Hi there! I'm Kirsten and I am in my 7th year of teaching. As Assistant Director of Music, I oversee the Key Stage 3 Music curriculum at my school. I also create a large number of Edexcel GCSE and Eduqas A Level resources. I specialise in composing, arranging, Musical Theatre and Eduqas AoSA (Development of the Symphony).
Thank you for checking out my TES shop!
Hi there! I'm Kirsten and I am in my 7th year of teaching. As Assistant Director of Music, I oversee the Key Stage 3 Music curriculum at my school. I also create a large number of Edexcel GCSE and Eduqas A Level resources. I specialise in composing, arranging, Musical Theatre and Eduqas AoSA (Development of the Symphony).
Thank you for checking out my TES shop!
This is a complex and relatively challenging SATB+Piano work set to the text O Magnum Mysterium. It has beautifully rich harmonies and is perfect for a senior school choir or chamber choir. PDF and MP3 included!
This is a lovely, intermediate level arrangement of The Angel Gabriel, a traditional carol, for a string quartet. Included are the PDFs (full score plus separate parts) and an MP3.
This is a super fun arrangement I created, of 4 different well-known Christmas songs, for Big Band and vocalists. Songs and instruments are listed below. A standard performance lasts for around 5m45s. It is so much fun to perform and really shows a range of styles. Perfect for an intermediate-advanced school Jazz Band or Big Band.
Songs:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Baby it’s cold outside
Rockin’ around the Christmas tree
Jingle Bell Rock
Parts included:
Alto sax 1
Alto sax 2
Tenor sax 1
Tenor sax 2
Bari sax
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Voice x2 (but can be split into 3/4 parts)
Piano
Bass
Drums
Guitar chords over the vocal line
If you email me proof of purchase, I will gladly send you the Musescore file! (can’t upload Musescore files on Tes)
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
This is the perfect arrangement for an intermediate string group at Christmastime! I arranged it for my Grades 2-3 violins, violas and cellos and they loved it. Hope you enjoy!
This is a lovely arrangement of the traditional Irish song Danny Boy. It works really well for an upper voice choir and has two choral lines, accompanied by piano and string ensemble. The string parts are suitable for players Grade 4 and above.
If you email me proof of purchase, I would be delighted to send you the Musescore file alongside the MP3s and PDFs in this pack, so that you can tweak if necessary!
Included are PDFs and MP3s of every part as well as the full score!
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
This is a mammoth arrangement of Show Yourself from the wonderful Frozen 2. This pack includes the full orchestral score, SATB+piano, and separate parts alongside MP3s of the arrangement with and without voices. I used Musescore 4 to create this arrangement and the sound packs are really good.
Perfect for an SATB choir with or without orchestra - it’s all there for you as a backing track or arrangement either way.
The arrangement includes the following parts:
Solo voice
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Violins
Violas
Cellos
Double bass
Piano 1
Piano 2
Guitar
Bass guitar
Triangle
Cymbal
Drumkit
Bass drum
Gong
Horn in F
Trumpet in Bb
Trombone
If you email me proof of purchase I will happily send you the Musescore file, which can’t be uploaded onto Tes!
This is a highly useful 15 page resource, containing the following (all of which can be tweaked - PDF and word document included):
What we have done so far (This year, we have…’)
What we will do in Year 13/Upper Sixth (Next year, we will study…’)
Links to helpful wider listening playlist
AoSA Development of the Symphony revision exercises on Haydn, texture, structure, harmony and tonality etc.
Harmony exercise to identify and describe different tricky chords
Symphony wider listening grid (blank, to fill in)
AoSC Musical Theatre task - composers’ fingerprints grid
AoSE 20th Century wider listening grid with provided pieces
20th Century set works creative task
20th Century extensive questions based on Tom Pankhurst’s fantastic video
Guidance on dictation, signposting to best websites to use to practice
Space to jot down composition ideas (no guidance here, just manuscript)
A Level performance requirements
8 week practice diary
An elements of music matching exercise with 40+ key words on the page to match to the elements.
I hope this is helpful - thank you for your continued support of my resources! Please also check out my Symphony Wider Listening Guide and extensive schemes of work/PowerPoints.
Any questions, please email kirstenparry12@gmail.com
This is a 6 lesson SoW on Blues music, with the final project being a group performance of their own composed Blues song. I teach this to Year 8, but it could easily work for Year 9 as well.
This pack includes:
Full, detailed written scheme of work
PowerPoint covering 6 lessons
Listening exercises
Support for theory, triads, playing techniques and the necessary chords and notation
Complete student booklet which features the above resources
Any questions or issues, please email me on kirstenparry12@gmail.com. Please feel free to check out my other KS3, KS4 and KS5 Music resources. Thank you for your support!
Here are lessons 1-5 of my AoSA scheme of work, which complement the long-term plan I have uploaded separately and in this pack. Please do edit and tweak as necessary. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. Enjoy the elf on the shelf memes - they sustain my pupils first thing on a Monday morning! The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. PLEASE NOTE one of the videos I refer to has been taken off Youtube since the creation of these lessons. Please use this alternative video: https://youtu.be/a8jp2FKmDKM?si=KT04MM8TNZBcJ74x
Lesson 1 - An introduction to A Level Music
Lesson 2 - Theory Baseline test
Lesson 3 - Musical periods/genres
Lesson 4 - The Mannheim Orchestra/Stamitz Symphony in D
Lesson 5 - Musicianship skills - CPE Bach Symphony in Em
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If you find my lessons useful, please keep an eye on my page as I will be selling the rest of my lessons for AoSA in bundles (I have around 60 lessons in total!)**
Any questions please email! - kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Hope this is helpful!
12 double sided flashcard designs with elements and their definitions on one side, and key words linking to that element on the other side. Print them off as A6/A7 and laminate. Hole punch the corners and put on a key ring.
Differentiation - this resource is perfect for SEN and EAL students in any year group. Purple words are higher KS3 or GCSE level vocabulary. Great for prompting when looking for detailed written or verbal answers.
Thank you for your support of my TES shop. Please do have a look at my other KS3, GCSE and A Level Music resources!