I have been teaching Music for 6 years and many of the resources I use, I made myself. At the moment, I am particularly focusing on making resources for the Development of the Symphony aspect of the Eduqas A Level Music course, as this is an extremely broad area of study which requires a huge amount of wider listening and contextual knowledge.
I have been teaching Music for 6 years and many of the resources I use, I made myself. At the moment, I am particularly focusing on making resources for the Development of the Symphony aspect of the Eduqas A Level Music course, as this is an extremely broad area of study which requires a huge amount of wider listening and contextual knowledge.
This is an extensive and exhaustive resource full of essay points and score examples for AoSA Development of the Symphony Wider Listening. It contains points for every single essay topic (13 in total), covering 21 wider listening works from Stamitz (1750) to Mahler (1894). This resource also includes extensive points on Haydn 104 and Mendelssohn 4, the A Level set works.
Whilst there is a huge volume of information in here, and more than enough wider listening examples, the idea is that students can flick to the essay topic that they want to revise (e.g. C. Second/slow movements) and easily be able to compare earlier and later symphonies, accessing lots of different essay points. You can edit the document to make it work for your wider listening choices, and use it as a PDF (with hyperlinks for each essay topic), or print it as a booklet (for a physical revision resource).
This resource has been a labour of love, and taken over 50 hours to complete. I hope that it is helpful!
Any questions at all, please contact me on kirstenparry12@gmail.com. Thank you!
This is the full collection of all 61 PowerPoints I have created for the AoSA within Eduqas A Level Music. I made these resources to teach myself the content, as I was new to teaching Development of the Symphony, and I also of course use them to teach my students. Some of the lessons are very information-heavy, but you could adapt them to be more research-focused if that works for you. The SoW includes activities, video links and suggested homework tasks. I have also included all wider reading, although not all of it is necessary for the course - more complementary.
These lessons took in excess of 3 months of daily grind to create (summer 2023 was great fun…!), and by purchasing this bundle you are saving 10% compared to purchasing them in separate, smaller bundles.
Thank you for your support, and please do not hesitate to email me with any questions!
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
Here are lessons 40-44 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 appropriate for your classes. 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. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 40 - An introduction to Mendelssohn
Lesson 41 - Musicianship - cadences
Lesson 42 - Mendelssohn 4, Movements 1 and 2
Lesson 43 - Mendelssohn 4, Movements 3 and 4
Lesson 44 - Mendelssohn and the essay topics
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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!
This would work for Year 7 or Year 8. Comprehensive set of 6 lessons to cater for both beginners and experienced players. Scaffolded activities, listening activities, key performance indicators, performance targets and success criteria.
Includes PowerPoints, written scheme of work and student booklet. The booklet contains vocal and piano warm ups, several short pieces to learn and activities which match the PowerPoint slides. All documents editable.
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 clear, eye-catching and informative display based on AoSA for Eduqas A Level Music. My students found it super helpful to have up on the classroom wall!
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 display perfect for a board in a music department, as it contains several roles in the music industry that pupils may not have thought even existed!
This is a full 6-7 week scheme of work based upon Programme Music, appropriate for Key Stage 3 (I wrote it for Year 7). Including studies of Smetena’s Ma Vlast, Carnival of the Animals and The Lark Ascending, this is the perfect unit to get pupils into orchestral music. There are fun quizzes, listening exercises, performance opportunities and a composition project based upon images at the end. I hope that you enjoy and find it useful!
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 beautiful and delicate arrangement of Silent Night for two upper voice parts (SA or SS) and string ensemble. Perfect for a Christmas concert or carol service. The string parts would work for intermediate to advanced players and are Grade 3+ standard.
I have also included the MP3 of the full arrangement, as well as the MP3 without voices.
If you email me proof of purchase, I will happily send you the Musescore file so that you can tweak for your choir/ensemble!
kirstenparry12@gmail.com
This resource is perfect for the first half term of GCSE Music, whether that be the beginning of Year 9, end of Year 9 or the beginning of Year 10 (depending on when your KS4 begins!)
Pupils will be taken on a journey from Baroque to 20th Century, exploring wider listening, crucial key terms, theoretical concepts, dictation, context and meaning along the way. This is the perfect introduction to GCSE Music for Edexcel, as all key terms learnt link to the GCSE set works.
This package includes a Scheme of Work on a word document, with lesson objectives, activities and homeworks, a full set of 10 PowerPoints with integrated clips (and memes!) to make the delivered information as engaging as possible. There is also a short initial theory test and a longer end of term assessment included, which is helpful for a data snapshot of where your pupils are at.
All files are editable, and there are 11-12 lessons’ worth of content there, which fits nicely into a half term (with composition and performance alongside).
Here are lessons 45-54 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 appropriate for your classes. Keep an eye on the notes, as I have put links/notes on quite a few of my slides. The integrated videos should work on your device/s but if they don’t, the Youtube links are in the notes for each slide. Wider reading/worksheets are also included, apart from those I did not make myself. Includes suggested homework tasks.
Lesson 45 - Beethoven 9 ‘Choral’
Lessons 46-47 - Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Lesson 48 - Patronage
Lesson 49 - Drama/narrative/programme music
Lesson 50 - Dance/folk/nationalist music
Lesson 51 - Schumann Symphony No.3
Lessons 52-53 - Liszt Eine Faust Symphonie
Lesson 54 - Liszt Les Preludes
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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!
I hope people find this useful! I created it on Onedrive as a live document so my pupils fill boxes in for homework (or they do it live in class and I have it up on the board so we can see what each other is doing). Sometimes I tell them to focus on one wider listening work, i.e. Eroica, and sometimes I tell them to focus on one essay topic, i.e. harmony/tonality. It then becomes a really cool, live, revision resource. There are a lot of wider listening works on there, we dip in and out of some and focus more on others, but you can tweak/add/delete as necessary. Useful for revising specific essay topics!
Also includes links to score PDFs, date of composition, symphony nicknames and size of the orchestra for each work.
I hope people find this useful! I created it on onedrive as a live document so my pupils fill boxes in for homework (or they do it live in class and I have it up on the board so we can see what each other is doing). Sometimes I tell them to focus on one set work, i.e. the Beethoven, and sometimes I tell them to focus on one element of music, i.e. structure. It then becomes a really cool, live, revision resource. I colour code my elements of music to Dr T Smitth, but edit and adapt as you wish!
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.
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!