Making the GCSE Music performance paper accessible for everyone by Liz Dunbar Many students assume that they can’t access GCSE Music without being an experienced instrumentalist or vocalist. It’s not true. Exam boards offer a range of imaginative and creative performance pathways that enable all kinds of musicians, many of whom use Music Technology as their instrument,
Developing the musician through Music technology (part 3) by Liz Dunbar Part 3: Tried and tested musical applications of Music Technology beyond the classroom at KS3. Approach this from a student’s perspective The work you set, needs to be accessible by all students. That might sound obvious, but it’s easy to forget how little access to
Developing the musician through Music technology (part 2) by Liz Dunbar Part 2: Tried and tested KS3 classroom applications This is the second in a three-part series on how Music Technology can be used to develop musicianship, focusing on tried and tested KS3 classroom applications from the Music department, at Huntington School in York. At KS3 we have
Developing the musician through Music technology (part 1) by Liz Dunbar Part 1: Thinking deeply about how to employ Music Technology to musical ends, and embed it in your curriculum thinking/ progression/planning. In our KS3 curriculum planning at Huntington, we integrate pretty much all aspects of musical learning into every scheme - listening, analysing, performing, improvising, composing,
Games in sound Imagine you are in year 7 - running around a large school site from lesson to lesson - full bag, full day, full brain. So many new things to learn, so much stuff to remember. You arrive at your curriculum Music lesson and instead by Liz, Tim and Ian @HuntSchoolMusic
GCSE Music (AQA) composition briefs (June 2022) If you're anything like me then you will have been thrilled with the composition briefs released on 15th September. Every single one is a corker. At Huntington, we like to begin the process of selecting a brief, by listening to and discussing a wide range of by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic
To baseline, or not to baseline. What are we measuring and why? How do we really know what students actually hear? Who’s to say the sound you hear, is the same as the sound I hear? Photo by Marek Piwnicki [https://unsplash.com/@marekpiwnicki?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/ by Tim Burnage @HuntSchoolMusic
Bridging the Gap - supporting year 11 in the transition between GCSE and A level It's not uncommon for year 11 students to doubt their ability to tackle A level Music courses. For many, this self doubt may be heightened over the summer holidays between years 11 and 12, due to lack of practice and hands-on experience. We have by Liz, Tim and Ian @HuntSchoolMusic
Measuring Musical Progress at KS3 - the Huntington ladder system How do you know if students are making musical progress? Not simply going through the motions of completing tasks, collecting a bunch of marks, and being no better off for it? How do you create Music pathways at KS3 for everyone, regardless of students' starting points? by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic
Developing musicianship through Music Technology at KS3 At the Music Teacher Magazine conference in November 2021, I presented some ideas on how we use Music Technology to develop students' musicianship at KS3 at Huntington School. A number of conference delegates have been in touch asking to see the slides I used in my by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic
'All the Links' - a tidy little resource to support A level (Edexcel) set works It's going to happen. You're always on the go. You hear things in passing, something on the radio, something on TV, a film, and you ping out a link to students. It's yet another bit of gold dust that distills the essence of something you've been by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic
Why have we created this website? I'm really lucky to work with like-minded people. We all really care about providing high quality Music learning experiences for everyone, regardless of their starting point. We talk to one another about our Music teaching all the time. We share stories, exchange ideas, walk through lessons, by Liz Dunbar @HuntSchoolMusic