Video library

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Encouraging Student Involvement

This Head of Music discusses her 'open door' approach to the department.

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ICT and Music

This Head of Music discusses an approach to setting up ICT in the department.

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Links with Primary Schools

This secondary Head of Music briefly discusses the importance of making links with surrounding primary schools.

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The Whole Child

This Head of Music acknowledges the importance of music for developing the whole child.

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Composition: The Role of the Teacher

This teacher discusses the importance of her role in offering feedback, responding to ideas and encouraging students ...

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Assessment in Music

This teacher offers some advice on assessment in music.

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A Professional Relationship with Students

This teacher discusses her approaches to extracurricular music and the emerging deepening relationships that are form...

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Capacity Building 2

This teacher discusses her relationship with the local music service, the developing capacity and the inclusive offer...

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Project Based Curriculum

This teacher discusses the schools approach to music and enterprise.

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Supporting School Performances

This teacher discusses the value of having a visiting team of peripatetic teachers. The support for school performanc...

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Peer Assessment 2

This teacher comments on the usefulness of peer feedback.

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Transferable Skills

This Head of Music discusses the breadth of transferable skills he observes being developed in his students through m...

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The 'Shop Face' of the School

This experienced Head of Music discusses the role of the modern music teacher, complete with the expectations of extr...

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Suzuki Method - Transferable Pedagogy

This experienced Suzuki teacher discusses her approach to developing advanced string technique.

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Suzuki Method in Schools

This teacher has 35 years’ experience using the 'Suzuki' method and is also a teacher trainer. She discusses her wor...

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Posture - Hold - Technique - Musicality

This experienced string teacher discusses the essential elements of a balanced body for good posture, violin hold and...

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The First Lesson

This flute pupil recounts her experience of a friendly first lesson at school.

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Setting Expectations

This experienced teacher discusses her approach to setting expectations for her pupils in a Suzuki violin lesson.

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Y8 Lesson: Pupil Commentary

These pupils describe their experience of a song writing lesson recorded earlier that day. Despite the variance in in...

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Authentic Rehearsal

This Y12 student discusses the advantage of rehearsing authentically to prepare for performance.

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WCIT: Pupils Perspective

These children comment on the experience of learning through whole class teaching supported by the local music service.

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Understanding Simple Devices

This teacher comments on the need for her Y7 class to understand how to use simple compositional devices.

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Performance for Learning

In this short video, the group perform part of Corelli's "La Folia" to begin the lesson.

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Student Perspective

This student recounts his experiences and motivations of learning music at school.

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Developing Violin Staccato

In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...