Coachella Music Themed Lesson

A fun, engaging, and fully reusable music lesson inspired by the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, designed to develop students’ listening, analysis, and creative skills.

This lesson is aimed at students to see contemporary music through real festival performances, featuring example artists such as Justin Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter. Students will explore musical elements including tempo, dynamics, instrumentation, and song structure through guided listening and discussion activities. The lesson is also geared towards students thinking about their own performances by asking them to analyse the performances they watch and what makes the performance good.

What makes this resource unique is its flexible, future-proof design. Alongside worked examples (make sure to watch the youtube performance of the artists listed before showing to class to ensure you choose the performance best suited to your class group), the lesson includes blank question slides that allow teachers to easily swap in new artists each year—keeping the content fresh, relevant, and aligned with current festival lineups and student interests.

Perfect for classroom or remote learning, this resource supports:
Active listening and appraising
Understanding musical elements
Exploring modern genres and artists
Creative thinking through festival lineup design
Ideal for secondary music classrooms, this lesson combines education, creativity, and student engagement in a format that can be used year after year with minimal preparation.

This product includes one PDF presentation lesson

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