Purpose, process and audience.

Listening to student compositions is, in itself, a critical skill for teachers to develop.

Listening to student compositions is, in itself, a critical skill for teachers to develop.

Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.

Scale practice is an important way to develop technique and tuning.

In this group flute lesson, the girls explore some rhythmic variation to their piece.

In this group flute lesson, the teacher uses a prop to develop the breathing.

In this y8 arranging lesson, the groups engage in peer assessment.

In this Y8 'arranging' lesson, the class teacher offers an 'arranger’s notepad' as a tool to help the groups structur...

It is often difficult to separate out the component parts of musical learning.

In this y8 classroom music lesson, the teacher encourages the class to map out ideas for arranging the song "Stand by...

This teacher talks us through her approach to her role in the context of her Y9 composition lesson.

Music, as a subject based in sound, requires teachers to have strategies for managing behaviour including starting/st...

The periodic direction from the class teacher helps to scaffold this composition lesson so that the class are focused...

This teacher is actively involved in the listening activity. Clear questions have been articulated before the example...

The plenary in this Year 9 lesson encourages the students to assess themselves in 2 clear areas.

After working in groups, this Year 9 group return mid lesson to explain the reasoning behind their musical choices.

In this y9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.

In this Year 9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.

In this y9 lesson the teacher uses questioning and clear prompts to help scaffold and collate ideas for a composition...

In this Djembe class lesson, the teacher offers the use of independent practice time for the class to explore solo rh...

In this Year 7 djembe lesson, the teacher explores polyrhythm using Djembe drums.

In this lesson the teacher has worked with the class in sections to devise a structured Djembe performance.

In this euphonium lesson the teacher develops range to G. There is a focus on posture and breathing as key components...

In this euphonium lesson the teacher uses simple call and response to develop articulation, offering advice on reduci...