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I create secondary music resources and award-winning online student composition courses. Please check out our website for more resources!
Romantic Composers Homework Pack
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Romantic Composers Homework Pack

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This pack contains: 6x Homework listening sheets (PDF) 6x Answer sheets (PDF) This homework pack is suitable for Year 9 or GCSE students (14 -16 years). Each homework sheet focuses on a different romantic composer. Pupils are required to listen to a piece of music on YouTube or Spotify and answer questions relating to the given music. Pupils can access the music clip either by scanning the QR code on the homework sheet or following the link given. Each homework sheet is marked out of 15 in total. There is a ‘Stretch and challenge” question at the end of each homework sheet worth 5 marks. This question requires more detailed use of musical key terms. Composers included in this pack: Felix Mendelssohn Hector Berlioz Johannes Brahms Gustav Mahler Clara Schumann The final sheet is a Romantic Overview (includes listening question on Tchaikovsky).
Christmas Listening Pack
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Christmas Listening Pack

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This pack contains: 4x Listening sheets (PDF) 4x Answer sheets (PDF) This listening pack is suitable for KS3 and GCSE students (further details below) and can be used either in the classroom or as a homework task. Each sheet focuses on a different composer. Pupils are required to listen to a piece of music on YouTube or Spotify and answer questions relating to the given music. Pupils can access the music clips either by scanning the QR code on the sheet or following the links given. Each listening sheet is marked out of 10 in total and encourages pupils to use level-appropriate technical terms. Composers included in this pack: Nina Simone (Little Girl Blue) – KS3 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Nutcracker) – KS3 George Frideric Handel (The Messiah) & Gerald Finzi (In Terra Pax) – KS4 / KS5 Alan Silvestri (music for film ‘A Christmas Carol’) – KS3 Please note: KS3 refers to 11 – 14 year olds; KS4 refers to 14 – 16 year olds; KS5 refers to 16 – 18 year olds
Contemporary Composers Listening Pack
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Contemporary Composers Listening Pack

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This pack contains: 6x listening sheets (PDF) 6x Answer sheets for each sheet This listening pack is suitable for more advanced Year 9 students or students studying GCSE music (14 -16 years). Each homework sheet focuses on a different contemporary composer. Pupils are required to listen to a piece of music on YouTube or Spotify and answer questions relating to the given music. Pupils can access the YouTube clip either by scanning the QR code on the sheet or following the link given. Each listening sheet is marked out of 10. There is an optional ‘Stretch and challenge” question at the end of each sheet worth 5 extra marks. This question requires more detailed use of musical key terms. Composers included in this pack: Elena Kats-Chernin Jessica Curry John Tavener Chilly Gonzales Ryuichi Sakamoto Henri Tomasi
Composers Homework Pack Bundle
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Composers Homework Pack Bundle

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This bundle contains 5 homework packs. Each pack includes 6 pupil listening sheets and 6 answer sheets (PDF). The packs are written for Year 9 - GCSE students (14-16 year olds). Baroque Composers Classical Composers Romantic Composers Twentieth Century Composers Contemporary Composers
GCSE Music 'Free Composition' Student Workbook
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GCSE Music 'Free Composition' Student Workbook

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16-page PDF workbook to guide GCSE Music students through planning and composing the “free composition” or “learner-set brief composition”. Includes: Planning page Listening inspiration page 5-page structured composing log to track progress Rhythm, melody (2 pages), harmony & tonality (including cadences), structure and instrumentation pages. Space to write down initial ideas Can be printed in colour or black and white.
Black History Month Listening Calendar
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Black History Month Listening Calendar

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This calendar is a celebration of black composers and is intended to inspire everyone to explore the lives and works of these musicians. Follow the link / QR code on the calendar to the dedicated Spotify playlist to listen to each work listed.
MuseScore Shortcut Posters
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MuseScore Shortcut Posters

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MuseScore has a rich feature set, and built in shortcuts can help you and your students compose more efficiently. This handy PDF contains 3 A4 posters with the most useful MuseScore shortcuts for both PC and Mac – print it out and put them up on the classroom wall or laminate to create a mousepad.