Use Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune to help teach KS3 music

This collection of resources from the London Symphony Orchestra is designed to support the teaching of classroom music at Key Stage 3 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 Claude Debussy’s ‘Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune’ in the classroom as a creative tool, and features easy warm-up activities and exercises to stimulate classroom composition.

The files available to download are as follows:

Debussy_Pack_KS3_PDF.pdf
PDF file comprising the bulk of the resource.

Videos
The following videos show Rachel Leach demonstrating the exercises described in the PDF.

Debussy_Preludes_Demonstration_One.mp4
Debussy_Preludes_Demonstration_Two.mp4

The whole resource is also available as an iBook with embedded media for Apple iOS devices or computers. This can be downloaded from https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/debussy-prelude-a-lapres-midi-dun-faune/id1333507439?mt=11

Head to http://play.lso.co.uk for an interactive performance of this and other pieces by the LSO, plus masterclasses, listening guides and more.