Use Ravel's Bolero to help teach KS2 music

This collection of resources from the London Symphony Orchestra is designed to support the teaching of classroom music at Key Stage 2 level. The exercises and example projects contained within should help even non-specialists communicate key musical ideas.

Written by animateur Rachel Leach, the pack is designed to help you use Ravel's Bolero in the classroom as a creative tool, and features easy warm-up activities, a step-by-step guide to composition and links to amazing HD footage of the LSO performing Ravel's famous work.

The files available to download are as follows:

Ravel_Bolero_KS2_Resources.pdf
PDF file comprising the bulk of the resource

Ravel_Bolero.mp4
Video of the London Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Valery Gergiev performing Bolero. The video is annotated and supports the chart on page 6 of the PDF.

RL_Bassline.mp4
Video of Rachel Leach demonstrating the teaching of the bassline exercise on page 8 of the PDF.

RL_Rhythm.mp4
Video of Rachel Leach demonstrating the teaching of the rhythm exercise on page 10 of the PDF.

The whole resource is also available as an iBook with embedded media for Apple iOS devices or computers. This can be downloaded from https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/book/ravels-bolero-resources-for/id1100169082?mt=11