Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
A new fantastic resource based on Section 1 of the EDEXCEL A Level Music exam.
All cues are examined, with very similar questions to previous past papers. All answers are provided.
The first 2 questions feature part of the full score and the other questions skeleton scores, or very short extracts. All questions require aural skills in answering.
(PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A RHYTHMIC ERROR IN THE SKELETON SCORE OF MARION so an extra question to correct the error has been added)
Email me if needed
rhianjenkins@hotmail.co.uk
Prelude
The City
Marion
The Murder
The Toys
The Cellar
Discovery
Finale
** For any queries/issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com**
Comprehensive resource, featuring all of the different musical styles in Area of Study 4.
The following pieces are examined:
With or Without You – U2
Looking For Somebody – Fleetwood Mac
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Heard it Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Light My Fire – The Doors/UB40
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Wiz Khalifa – See You Again
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
All pieces are marked out of 12 (not 9 as is usual for WJEC), following typical exam questions and layout. A useful vocabulary summary is included at the start
In the AQA specification, popular music is defined as mainstream music including a number of musical styles and genres including rock, pop, musical theatre, film and computer gaming music from 1950 to the present.
There are 20 different pieces of music included in this resource. Screenshots give an idea of the content.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Mabel’s Prayer
Corner of the Sky
Do You Hear the People Sing
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Last Night of the World
Seasons of Love
Smoke on the Water
ZZ Top
FLeetwood Mac
ELO
Inception
Courtyard Apocalypse
Across the Stars
Godzilla
In Dreams
Assassin’s Creed
Megalovania
Gangsta’s Paradise
Fallin’ - Alicia Keys
Praise You
Human
This resource (originally written for EDUQAS) contains 10 pieces of film music. All questions are based on past paper questions. As it is based on EDUQAS, there are 12 marks per piece (WJEC awards 9 marks per question), however it has the benefit of extending the higher achievers.
WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION THIS YEAR OF ONLY HAVING 2 PAST PAPERS ON WHICH TO BASE OUR EVIDENCE FOR CENTRE ASSESSED GRADES. This resource will help your judgements, certainly in Area of Study 3.
Dances With Wolves
Theme from The Mission
Rupert Bear, from The English Patient
Theme from Batman
Snowpiercer
X Men Apocalypse
Theme from Godzilla
Hatikvah (The Hope) from Munich
A Fateful Meeting/Central Park, from King Kong
Conan the Barbarian
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
Created specifically for the AQA GCSE Music exam.
Covers each of the following areas, with music characteristics of each group of composers summarised on one page.
• The orchestra music of COPLAND
• The British Music of ARNOLD, BRITTEN, MAXWELL-DAVIES, TAVENER
• The Orchestral Music of KODALY & BARTOK
• The Minimalist music of JOHN ADAMS, STEVE REICH & TERRY RILEY
Includes 23 different pieces of music with typical exam questions.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any problems, please email misscreativecurricum@gmail.com
Many thanks
Brand new resource
Area of Study 3 - Paul Simon (featuring 3 songs from the album Graceland)
**Activity/Featured Work
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Contextual Understanding of Extract 1 – 2 mark questions
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extract 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
Graceland – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extracts 1 & 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
You Can call Me Al – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 1
Extract 2
Extract 3
Contextual Understanding – 2 mark questions
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
All answers are provided.
Screenshots give a good indication of content
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
Brand new resource for OCR As and A Level Music - AoS2 Popular Song: Blues, Jazz, Swing and Big Band
Features exam style questions with a focus on Cole Porter.
There are many different artists featured with questions on the elements of music, as well as vocal technique and style.
Screenshots give a good idea of content
The information and answers is by no means exhaustive, but provides excellent homework, classwork, individual and group practice.
The Coraline Expressive Arts Scheme of Learning has been created with the intention of covering the following disciplines:
Art
Media
Drama
Music
This powerpoint includes:
Ideas for activities to develop subject specific skills
Youtube videos and tutorials
Colourful, eye-catching slides
It is envisaged that the subject specialist would add to the content and desired outcomes, however, a general expressive arts teacher would be able to teach the content and feel confident in doing so.
ART
Develop a working knowledge of the colour wheel and develop watercolour techniques
Develop skill in single line self portrait drawing
Develop creativity in using mixed media
Learn about Van Gogh and his style
Adapt and develop his style in recreating an existing image
MEDIA
Analyse a poster, using subject specific terminology
Discuss Music In Film
Analyse an animated scene
Develop creativity through drama hot seating
Develop photography and editing skills
DRAMA
Develop characterisation
Develop devising
Develop mise en scene
Develop improvisation
Developing choral speaking
Lots of available scripts with different character combinations
Google scriptsforschools
Then search for Coraline
MUSIC
Develop focused listening skills and discussion skills
Composed a creepy house theme
Compose a quirky character theme, using Chrome Music Lab
Learn about the composing techniques related to magical music
Following the Advance Information announcement this is the 3rd and final resource for Section A of the EDEXCEL A Level Music listening paper. (Psycho and Schumann also available).
A fantastic resource containing 5 exam style questions on Courtney Pine, Back in the Day.
There are 2 questions on Lady Day and (John Coltrane), 2 questions on Inner State of Mind and 1 question on Love and Affection.
All exam questions have:
YouTube link (with timings)
Skeleton score
Answers
All questions are based
** Brand new resource** - PAPER 2
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance (Section A1)
Bassoon Concerto K.191 Rondo - Mozart
The Ash Grove - Welsh trad
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino/Louis Armstrong
Theme from The Plague - Vangelis
Theme from Star Wars IV - Williams
Everything Must Go - Manics
Money, Money, Money - Abba
I have uploaded another PDF file, as the first one isn’t always showing X and Y on the score for Anitra’s Dance - please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmailcom if you’re experiencing any issues and I can email you a copy.
Another resource to help students prepare for the EDEXCEL Question 5 - FILM MUSIC.
This resource features music from:
Blade Runner
Godzilla
Alien
Terminator
The Flood
There are answers included (although I’m sure they are not exhaustive by any means!), suggested listening and some useful YouTube links to help develop knowledge of technology in film music.
Please email me at misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you need anything further on this resource, or if there are any issues with it. Thanks
A fantastic resource to help prepare your students for the 2022 summer listening exam - Section A
4 full questions based on each section of the piano trio.
Questions are marked out of 13 or 15 and all answers are provided.
A resource that features 6 different pieces of music, with some composers in the suggested listening for Film Music.
Belle – Rachel Portman
The Danish Girl – Desplat
Wilde Suite – Debbie Wiseman
The Promise – Debbie Wiseman
Downton Abbey – John Lunn
Emma – Debbie Wiseman
Listen to each piece (YouTube links provided) as many times as necessary
Comment on each musical element, referring to the glossary at the start
Write a paragraph about each element, relating to different pieces of music
Justify why you consider the exceprt and the other pieces of music represent the suggested mood and/or descriptiong of the film scene.
Aim to spend no more than 35 minutes on the film music question.
Includes suggested answers and other related works.
A full mock paper, based on the advance information for 2022, with accompanying mp3 track.
Features:
Anitra’s Dance Section A
Concerto in D Minor - Vivaldi
Ar Lan Y Mor - Trad
Oh What a Beautiful Morning - R&H
In Dreams - Williams
Psycho - Herrmann
Manics - intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Answers provided.
Please note, the mp3 only plays each track once. Timings are provided on the question paper. Ideal for setting as a homework task.
Brand new resource
Mock paper now translated into Welsh for WJEC GCSE Music
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance - Section A1
Clarinet and Strings
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (2 versions)
Reet Petite/Walking Blues
Theme from Emma (Rachel Portman)
Theme from Home Alone
Everything Must Go - final chorus and outro
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Screenshots give a good idea of content
Brand New Resource for teaching the new set work for OCR A Level Music SET WORK 2024
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op.58
The 26 page resource contains 14 exam type questions (similar in style to Section A of the exam paper), but develops knowledge for Section B. The questions cover the whole of the first movement.
The screenshots give a good idea of the content.
All answers are provided, but these are not exhaustive, particularly in terms of the extension tasks. These are designed to support the essay writing in Section B.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
If there are any issues with downloads, please contact TES for support if I am unable to answer your queries.
Many thanks.
NEW RESOURCE, translated into Welsh
Any issues/queries, please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I’ll do whatever I can to sort any problems out for you.
Exam practice questions created specifically for Year 10 embarking on a GCSE Music course.
Split into the following areas of study, with key words from the specification developed.
MELODY
RHYTHM, TEMPO & METRE
HARMONY & TONALITY
FORM, STRUCTURE & STYLE
TEXTURE, TIMBRE & DYNAMICS
The following units of work are examined:
Forms and Devices
Music For Ensemble
Film Music
Popular Music
** Brand new resource**
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance - Section A1
Clarinet and Strings
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (2 versions)
Reet Petite/Walking Blues
Theme from Emma (Rachel Portman)
Theme from Home Alone
Everything Must Go - final chorus and outro
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Brand new resource
Helps develop knowledge of 2023 prescribed set work for Area of Study 1, for those sitting As in the summer 2023.
Haydn String Quartet in Bb major Op.76. No.4 Movt.1
Works through the first movement with typical exam questions that will be met in Sections A and B
Screenshots give a good idea of content
This resource (originally written for EDUQAS) contains 10 pieces of film music. All questions are based on past paper questions. As it is based on EDUQAS, there are 12 marks per piece (WJEC awards 9 marks per question), however it has the benefit of extending the higher achievers.
WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION THIS YEAR OF ONLY HAVING 2 PAST PAPERS ON WHICH TO BASE OUR EVIDENCE FOR CENTRE ASSESSED GRADES. This resource will help your judgements, certainly in Area of Study 2.
String Quartet Op 76, No 3 (2nd movt) – Haydn
The Last Night of the World – Schonberg
Jazz Ensemble
Alexander Hamilton – opening number
Seasons of Love
Beethoven chamber music
Swing Low Sweet Chariot – BB King
Hallelujah Chorus
Ar Hyd Y Nos – welsh folk
Defying Gravity - musical