Music Resources

Useful Links

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Associated Board homepage.

Associated Board Exam Entry - Online entry for music examinations.

BBC Music Live - Performance opportunities through a national event.

Korg - Korg UK homepage.

Live Music - Listen to concerts over the net.

Music Education Online - Lots of links to Music Education sites, though mostly American.

Music Heritage Network - Music education resources, including multicultural.

Music History 102 - History of Western Music including graphics and audio.

Music Web Sites for Education - Reviews of Music websites.

MusicWing - Supporting UK school music learning through ICT.

The National Curriculum Music Index - The National Curriculum for Music.

Roland - Roland UK homepage.

S-Cool A really useful site with lots of resources for both teachers and pupils: GCSE and upwards.

Miss Shannon's Site - This site, from an NQT (!) has some useful prompts for pupils and resources for teachers, including useful links and dowloadable worksheets.

U.K. Piano Page - Piano resources and links.

Yamaha - Yamaha UK homepage.

Downloadable Resources

The Arts Inspected - Look at case studies and download resources.

The Centre for Technology in Music Education - University of Central England, info & downloads.

Classical Music Archives - Large collection of classical music files.

Rain music - Various resources including free downloadable sheet music.

Shareware Music Machine - Over 2,600 music software titles to download.

Guidance on writing your departmental development plan - secondary (Microsoft Word Format) This brief guidance will help you to write your department's development plan, by focusing attention on how actions will improve pupil outcomes. The advice includes a brief completed example.

Audit at Key Stage 3

This is a useful document from DfEE to carry out an audit within your department. Designed initially for literacy and numeracy, but equally valid for other subjects.