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
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
9 questions, all based on similar questions in the A level paper.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Most questions are 10-12 marks, and do not always feature the 5 mark extended writing.
Features the following pieces of music:
NEO-CLASSICAL
Prokofiev – Gavotte (Classical Symphony) – page 2
Stravinsky – Pulcinella – page 3
Stravinsky – Dumbarton Oaks – page 5
IMPRESSIONISM
Debussy - Colloque Sentimental – page 8
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne – page 10
Debussy – Prelude a l’apres-midi – page 13
EXPRESSIONISM
Schoenberg – Premonitions – page 15
Berg – Wozzeck – page 16
Schoenberg – Valse de Chopin – page 18
All answers are provided, but probably not exhaustive.
As usual, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I am always happy to look at any issues, make corrections etc
6 practice questions (based on typical questions in the EDUQAS A Level exam)
All 5 rotations of Nuages, by Debussy are covered (from Area of Study E - Into the 20th Century)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Mark scheme is also included
Any issues/questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
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4 questions on Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (2nd movement).
There is an overview of Poulenc’s style and there are also extension tasks intended for class discussion or paired work.
Each question focuses on one section (so A1, B1, B2, A2)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
All answers provided, (although I’m sure that there may be more!)
The score that I used for reference was one found on imslp (only one on there, but not public domain in the EU)
NEW RESOURCE
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, in particular EDUQAS and WJEC. It would also benefit pupils studying other exam board specifications (screenshots illustrate this).
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
A series of 18 typical questions based on the OCR specification.
All questions have varying levels of difficulty and are designed to be easily accessible to all pupils, with additional extended answers that will stretch and challenge pupils.
Please see screenshots for typical questions.
Answers are provided for all questions, although these are not exhaustive for the extended answers. Please note that there is an additional WORD document to download with some corrections to the answers. A couple of small errors.
All questions have YouTube links, not an accompanying audio. (This could be created however)
Please email if you have any questions
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
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.
Brand new resource, based on the 3rd movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
Develops pupils’ knowledge of each section, with focused questions - the type of questions pupils will meet in Section A of the paper.
There are also 2 mark contextual understanding questions, specific to each section, and three 8 mark questions at the end.
All answers are provided, although I’m sure teachers will find extra answers!
Screenshots give a good idea of content
As always, any questions or issues, please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
This resource gives an overview of the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
It discusses his characteristic musical style, with recommended works to focus on.
Additionally there are 4 SAMS, based on the type of questions that students will come across in their exam. A great deal of research has gone into creating these questions.
Answers are provided at the end of the booklet, although these answers are by no means exhaustive. I know that all of the expert teachers out there will no doubt find extra answers to some of the questions I have set.
Pieces include:
Think of Me (from Phantom)
Gethsemane (from Jesus Christ Superstar)
Oh What A Circus (from Evita)
Close Every Door (from Joseph)
Screenshots included of extra musical extracts, for teaching purposes, if required.
A brand new resource, with practice exam questions, featuring the following concertos:
Vivaldi A minor
Bach Brandenburg No.5
Corelli Op.6 No.8
Mozart Horn K495 (3rd movt)
Mozart Flute - 1st movt
Haydn Oboe - 2nd movt
Mozart Clarinet - 2nd movt
Bruch Violin E minor 1st movt
Bruch Violin E minor 2 movt
Tchaikovsky Piano - 1st movt
All questions are based on similar ones in the OCR past papers.
The screenshots give a clear idea of content.
As always, any questions or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
For teaching from September 2024. First exam in 2026
This is the new set work for the Area of Study Western Classical Tradition 1650 - 1910
It replaces the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
It features Section A style questions on the entire movement, split up into slow introduction, 1st subject, 2nd subject etc
There are several Section B style questions (8 mark questions)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
There are 28 pages in total
Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
As always, if you have any queries, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource for the EDUQAS A Level Music exam.
An in-depth coverage of the 60s and 70s with a brief overview of the 80s
The following pieces are examined, with a mixture of individual and class development tasks. All answers are provided in a separate booklet. As always, please email misscreativercurriculum@gmail.com if there are any issues/queries.
I hope you enjoy working through the resource as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Screenshots give a good overview of content.
FOLK
Silver Dagger – Joan Baez
Class Development Tasks 1 & 2
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Class Development Task 3
FOLK ROCK
Jethro Tull
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Class Development Task 4
ROCK
A Little Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Class Development Task 5
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Caroline, No – The Beach Boys
Class Development Task 6
Class Development Task 7
Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Class Development Task 8
SOUL & FUNK
Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
This Is A Man’s World – James Brown
Class Development Task 9
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Class Development Task 10
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
Class Development Task 11
Class Development Task 12
It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
California Dreamin- The Mamas & The Papas
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
The 70s
70s Folk Listening
Class Development Task 13
Country
Traveling Man – Dolly Parton
Class Development Task 14
Heavy Rock
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Class Development Task 15
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
Hard Lovin’ Man – Deep Purple
Bass Riffs
Development Task
Class Development Task 17
Punk Rock
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Class Development Task 18
DISCO
Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation
Class Development Task 19
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Class Development Task 20
Class Development Task 21
Class Development Task 22
** Brand New Resource **
EDEXCEL GCSE Music - Unfamiliar Music.
13 exam questions for Question 8 of the GCSE Music paper.
All 4 areas of study are covered : Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Music for Stage and Screen, and Fusions
Handel Concerto Gross Op.6 No 5
Vivaldi: Winter
Mozart: Piano Sonata K545
Handel: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Tears in Heaven
Somewhere in Time
Colonel Bogey’s March
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Mabel’s Prayer
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
Oye Como Va
She Moved Through The Fair
Questions are based on examples in past papers - screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
0’00” – 1’38” 30-31
A series of 6 mock question papers based on the new set work, Bach Badinerie. For teaching in September 2020, first exam in 2022. All 6 papers are based on the typical format in EDUQAS and marked out of 12. Spotify and YouTube links are included, with answers.
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
A set of 10 practice questions, covering the whole of the 1st movement (Reverie - Passions)
Screen shots give a good idea of content.
Answer booklet is also included.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
A 29 page resource that aims to develops all sections of the exam paper
Section A - short answer
Section B - 10 mark essay question
Section C - 30 mark essay question
The 4 composers are presented
Shostakovich
Messiaen
Reich
Macmillan
Features the following:
Essential vocabulary
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
EXTRACT 1 : SHOSTAKOVICH - THREE FANTASTIC DANCES (NO.1)
EXTRACT 2 : Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 “The First of May”
EXTRACT 3: Symphony № 10 in E minor, Op 93. Movt.3 (1953)
EXTENSION TASK – essay preparation
EXTRACT 4 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op.83 (1949)
STEVE REICH
EXTRACT 1 : Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1974)
EXTRACT 2 : Nagoya’s Marimbas
EXTRACT 3 : 2X5 (2008)
EXTRACT 4 : PROVERB (1995)
EXTRACT 5 : Tehellim (1981)
EXTENSION TASK
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
EXTRACT 1 : Vision de L’Amen (Movt. 1) (1943)
EXTRACT 2 : Dieu Parmis Nous (from La Nativité) – final movement (1935)
EXTRACT 2 : Dieu Parmis Nous (from La Nativité) – final movement (1935)
EXTRACT 3 Quartet for the End of Time (Movement 7)
Movement 1 from Quartet for the End of Time (Liturgie de Cristal)
Movement 1 from Quartet for the End of Time (Liturgie de Cristal)
Movement 3 (Abime des Oiseaux)
EXTRACT 4 Saint Francois d’Assisse (scene 1 The Cross) (1975 – 79)
JAMES MACMILLAN
EXTRACT 1 : Magnificat opening (1999)
EXTRACT 2 : Who Shall Separate Us? (2022)
EXTRACT 3 : Identity from Cantos Sagrados (1989)
EXTRACT 4 : Strathclyde Motets, No.5 Radiant Dawn (2006)
EXTRACT 5 : The Gallant Weaver (1997)
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any problems or suggestions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
GCSE Rhythm Practice - SUITABLE FOR ALL EXAM BOARDS (essential understanding and vocabulary development). 40 extracts in total.
Suitable for Year 10, embarking on GCSE Music Course.
Also suitable for use with Year 11 as revision at the start of the year.
I have tried to include as much subject specific vocabulary as possible, and ensured that there is progression in the skill content.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if there are any queries.
Many thanks
**Musical Forms and Devices **
Land of Hope and Glory – Elgar
Enchanted Lake – Tchaikovsky
In the Hall of the Mountain King – Grieg
Chanson Triste – Tchaikovsky
Volksliedschen – Schumann
Carillon – Bizet
Sonata in C - Mozart
Minuet in G - Bach
Dance of the Maidens - Borodin
March in C - Purcell
**Music for Ensemble **
Divertimento in F – Mozart
Chamber Music – Mozart
Any Dream Will Do – Lloyd Webber
Do A Deer – Rodgers and Hammerstein
Anything But Lonely – Lloyd Webber
Rondo – Kabalevsky
Rock Around the Clock – Bill Hayley & His Comets
Ar Hyd Y Nos – Welsh Trad
Chamber Music - Poulenc
Toot Suite – Claude Bolling
MUSICAL FOCUS Page
**Music for Film **
Imperial March – John Williams
Superman – John Williams
In Dreams – Howard Shore
Schindler’s List – John Williams
The Virginia Company – Alan Menken
The Raging Storm – Debbie Wiseman
Emma – Rachel Portman
Cinema Paradiso – Morricone
Dead Silence – Clouser
Arthur’s Fanfare - Goldsmith
**Popular Music **
Under Pressure – Queen
Clocks – Coldplay
Walking on the Moon – The Police
I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston
Old Town Road - Lil Nas X (feat. Filly Ray Cyrus)
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Smooth – Santana
I Should Be So Lucky – Kylie Minogue
Take It To The Limit – Eagles
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Brand new resource.
Contains 7 exam-style questions for the new WJEC set work, Everything Must Go, by the Manic Street Preachers.
Youtube links to the recording
All answers provided
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
This is just part of the Rhythms of the World resource.
It is being sold separately to raise money for The British Red Cross who are raising funds for the Israel and Occupied Palestine Territory Appeal.
The screenshots give a good indication of content.
As usual, any comments or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com