Articles

 

General

Arkell, J (2002) ‘Minimalism’. In Music Teacher, 81.4, London: Rhinegold Notes for EDEXCEL GCSE – also useful for OCR GCSE

Batchelor, C (2000) ‘Jazz Classics’. In Music Teacher, 79.7, London: Rhinegold Useful information on OCR AS level jazz repertoire

Batchelor, C (2002) ‘Jazz Works’. In Music Teacher, 81.9, London: Rhinegold Information on further OCR AS level jazz repertoire

Berkley, R (1999) ‘Classroom 4: ways into notation and literacy’. In Music Teacher, 78.7, London: Rhinegold

Benham, H (2002) ‘Sacred Vocal Music’. In Music Teacher, 81.3, London: Rhinegold
Notes for the EDEXCEL AS/A2 option

Bray, D (2000a) ‘An examination of GCSE music uptake rates’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.1, Cambridge: CUP

Brock, K (2000) ‘Secret Seven’. In Music Teacher, 79.5, London: Rhinegold
The KS2 – 3 interface

Burnett, M & Harris, T (2000) ‘Cross curricular options’. In Music Teacher, 78.9, London: Rhinegold

Burton, I (2001a) ‘GCSE Music: AQA’. In Music Teacher, 80.7, London: Rhinegold
Guide to the ‘new’ course, focusing on Music for Film

Burton, I (2001b) ‘Salsa, Bhangra and Minimalism’. In Music Teacher, 80.10, London: Rhinegold
Material for the OCR GCSE specification, but also relevant to AQA and EDEXCEL

Cain, T (2001) ‘Classroom: Music for Film’. In Music Teacher, 80.9, London: Rhinegold

Drummond, B (2001) ‘The classroom music teacher – inspirations, aspirations and realities’. In British Journal of Music Education, 18.1, Cambridge: CUP Based on evidence from Northern Ireland - worth reading to compare with your own feelings and experiences

Finney, J (2000) ‘Vocal Support’. In Music Teacher, 79.1, London: Rhinegold
Singing in the classroom

Green, L (2002) ‘My Music’. In Music Teacher, 80.12, London: Rhinegold
Analysis of changing repertoire used by music teachers from 1982 – 2001

Green, L (2002) ‘From the Western classics to the world: secondary music teachers’ changing attitudes in England, 1982 and 1998’. British Journal of Music Education, 19.1, Cambridge: CUP

Hallam, S (1997) ‘The development of memorisation strategies in musicians: implications for education’. British Journal of Music Education, 14.1, Cambridge: CUP

Harris, D (2002) ‘A report on the situation regarding teaching music to Muslims in an inner city school’. British Journal of Music Education, 19.1, Cambridge: CUP

Howard, K (2002) ‘World Music for EDEXCEL GCSE Music ’. In Music Teacher, 81.5, London: Rhinegold Notes for EDEXCEL GCSE – also useful for OCR GCSE

Hughes, E (2002) ‘New Directions’. In Music Teacher, 81.6, London: Rhinegold
Notes for EDEXCEL GCSE Area of Study 2

Hurry, P (1997) ‘A-level Music: a survey of opinions from music lecturers in higher education’. British Journal of Music Education, 14.1, Cambridge: CUP

Jamset, V (2001) ‘Words & Music’. In Music Teacher, 80.6, London: Rhinegold
Advice for teaching OCR A2 Historical and Analytical Studies

Major, A (2000) ‘Curriculum Assessment’. In Music Teacher, 79.1, London: Rhinegold
Review of the new national curriculum

Mills, J (1997) ‘First Class? – Unlocking KS3’. In Music Teacher, 76.10, London: Rhinegold

Michael, R and Skinner, T (2000) ‘Classroom: Ways into jazz and rock’. In Music Teacher, 79.6, London: Rhinegold Rock section perhaps more helpful

Mills, J (1996) ‘Starting at Secondary School. In British Journal of Music Education, 13.1, Cambridge: CUP KS 2/3 issues

Mills, J (2000a) ‘Secondary singing inspected’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.1, Cambridge: CUP

Pitts, S (2000b) ‘Reasons to teach music: establishing a place in the contemporary curriculum’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.1, Cambridge: CUP Good for reading in early days of PGCE course

Ross, M (1995) ‘What’s wrong with school music’. In British Journal of Music Education, 12.2, Cambridge: CUP See also Charles Plummeridge’s response in BJME 14.1

Ross, M (1998) ‘Missing Solemnis: reforming music in schools’. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.3, Cambridge: CUP

Sharman, E (2001) ‘World Music’. In Music Teacher, 80.1, London: Rhinegold
Notes for Edexcel AS Music specification Follow up article to ‘What’s wrong with school music’

Swanwick, K (1997) ‘Assessing Musical Quality in the National Curriculum’. In British Journal of Music Education, 14.3, Cambridge: CUP

Stollery, P & McPhee, A (2002) ‘Some perspectives on musical gift and musical intelligence’. British Journal of Music Education, 19.1, Cambridge: CUP Musical intelligence examined within the context of Howard Gardner’s theories of multiple intelligences

Terry, P (2001c) ‘Haydn, Beethoven & Rossini’. In Music Teacher, 80.2, London: Rhinegold
Notes for OCR AS specification ‘set works’

Terry, P (2001d) ‘Popular Music and Jazz’. In Music Teacher, 80.4, London: Rhinegold
Notes for EDEXCEL AS specification Area of Study

Turton, A & Durrant, C (2002) ‘A study of adults’ attitudes, perceptions and reflections on their singing experience in secondary school: some implications for music education’. British Journal of Music Education, 19.1, Cambridge: CUP

Vause, L (1996) ‘Blue note’. In Music Teacher, 75.8, London: Rhinegold
Read the responses to this article in the letters pages of subsequent issues

Wightman, A (2002) ‘Cage, Berio and Reich’. In Music Teacher, 81.7, London: Rhinegold
Notes for EDEXCEL A level ‘c20 Art Music’ Area of Study

Winterson, J (2001) ‘Edexcel GCSE’. In Music Teacher, 80.5, London: Rhinegold
An introduction to the GCSE 2003 specification

Wright, R (1998) ‘A Holistic Approach to Music Education’. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.1, Cambridge: CUP Examining combined curricular/extra-curricular approaches

York, A (2000) ‘Music for film & television’. In Music Teacher, 79.12, London: Rhinegold
Notes for Edexcel AS Music specification

York, N (1999) ‘Pop at the top’. In Music Teacher, 78.4, London: Rhinegold

York, N (2002) ‘Rock Steady’. In Music Teacher, 81.2, London: Rhinegold Discussion of the relevance of Paynter and Swanwick to today’s society

 

Composing in the classroom

Berkley, R (2001) ‘Why is teaching composing challenging? A survey of classroom observation and teachers’ opinions’. In British Journal of Music Education, 18.2, Cambridge: CUP
Slightly frustrating article with some misleading statements (eg with regard to GCSE ‘notation’ requirements) plus elements of the ‘children can do nothing until we teach them’ and of ‘notation as the only tool for serious work’ mentalities. Nevertheless, this is definitely worth reading in relation to GCSE composing

Kennedy, M A (1999) ‘Where does the music come from? A comparison case study of the compositional processes of a high school and a collegiate composer’. . In British Journal of Music Education, 16.2, Cambridge: CUP

Odam, G (2000) ‘Teaching composing in secondary schools: the creative dream’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.2, Cambridge: CUP A summary of the ‘Creative Dream’ project – an important article

Paynter, J (2000) ‘Making progress with composing’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.1, Cambridge: CUP A bit bogged down in Golden Section, but containing excellent advice on how to help pupils be aware of and improve their compositional work (esp pg 20/21 and the start)

Instrumental Teaching

Allison, C (1999) ‘Can you beat it’. In Music Teacher, 78.9, London: Rhinegold
Composing as part of instrumental lessons

Cope, P & Smith, H (1997) ‘Cultural context in musical instrument learning’. In British Journal of Music Education 14.3, Cambridge: CUP.

Evans, C (2000) ‘Keeping track of progress’. In Music Teacher, 79.5, London: Rhinegold
Recording/reporting progress, mainly in instrumental lessons

Davidson, J & Scutt, S (1999) ‘Instrumental learning with exams in mind: a case study investigating teacher, student and parent interactions before, during and after a music examination’. In British Journal of Music Education, 16.1, Cambridge: CUP

Gane, P (1996) Instrumental Teaching and the National Curriculum: a possible partnership? In British Journal of Music Education 13.1, Cambridge: CUP.

Music Technology

Cliff, T (1997a) ‘Taking the mike’. In Music Teacher, 76.7/8, London: Rhinegold

Cliff, T (1997b) ‘Love of Mike’. In Music Teacher, 76.9, London: Rhinegold

Folkestad, G & Hargreaves, D J et al (1998) ‘Compositional Strategies in Computer-Based Music-Making’. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.1, Cambridge: CUP

Mills, J & Murray, A (2000) ‘Music Technology inspected: good teaching in Key Stage 3’. In British Journal of Music Education, 17.2, Cambridge: CUP

Mills, J (2000b) ‘Sound Knowledge’. In Music Teacher, 79.5, London: Rhinegold
Brief summary of BJME 17.2 report

Pitts, A & Kwami, R (2002) ‘Raising students’ performance in music composition through the use of ICT: a survey of secondary schools in England’. British Journal of Music Education, 19.1, Cambridge: CUP

Rogers, K (1997) ‘Resourcing music technology in secondary schools’. British Journal of Music Education, 14.2, Cambridge: CUP

Salaman, W (1997) ‘Keyboards in Schools’. In British Journal of Music Education, 14.2, Cambridge: CUP

Shepard, D (1999) ‘Representative Sampling’. In Music Teacher, 78.2, London: Rhinegold

York, A, (1999) ‘Be brave about the new sound world’. In Music Teacher, 78.2, London: Rhinegold. NB other useful articles in same issue

Partnerships between artists and schools

Cottrell, S (1998) ‘Partnerships in the classroom’. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.3, Cambridge: CUP Examination of partnerships between artists and schools

Tambling, P (1999) ‘Opera, education and the role of arts organisations’. In British Journal of Music Education, 1,Cambridge: CUP Royal Opera projects in schools

World Musics (see general section above for specific GCSE/A level articles)

Black, M (2002) ‘African Beats’. In Music Teacher, 81.2, London: Rhinegold West African djembe drumming. NB See correction to Box 4 rhythm in letters page of May 2002 issue (81.5)

Burnett, M (1999a) ‘Classroom: Introducing Caribbean Music’. In Music Teacher, 78.1, London: Rhinegold

Burnett, M (1999b) ‘Classroom 3: Music from Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa’. In Music Teacher, 78.5, London: Rhinegold

Burnett, M ed. (1999c) ‘Classroom 2: Traditional Music from Europe’. In Music Teacher, 78.3, London: Rhinegold

Burnett, M (2000) ‘Classroom: A musical journey’. In Music Teacher, 79.2, London: Rhinegold

Burnett, M (2001a) ‘Classroom: Music from Wales’. In Music Teacher, 80.4, London: Rhinegold

Burnett, M (2001b) ‘Classroom: Geography & Music’. In Music Teacher, 80.5, London: Rhinegold
Curriculum links based around English folk and Indian music

Burnett, M (2001c) ‘Classroom: Music and Religion’. In Music Teacher, 80.10, London: Rhinegold
Projects relating to Rastafarianism, Judaism and Hinduism etc

Burnett, M (2002) ‘Classroom: Music from Scotland. In Music Teacher, 81.6, London: Rhinegold

Carson, C (2001) ‘Line of Enquiry’. In Music Teacher, 80.11, London: Rhinegold
Malian music projects relating to KS1/2

Fairley, J (1999) ‘Cuban Son’. In Songlines, #1, London: Gramophone

Naughton, C (1998) ‘Free Samba: A music and cultural awareness project for teacher trainees’. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.3, Cambridge: CUP

Johnson, S (2001) ‘Authenticity: who needs it?’ In British Journal of Music Education, 17.3, Cambridge: CUP

Kwami, R (1995) ‘A framework for teaching West African musics in schools and colleges’. In British Journal of Music Education, 12.3, Cambridge: CUP

Kwami, R (1998) ‘Non-Western Musics in Education: Problems & Possibilities. In British Journal of Music Education, 15.2, Cambridge: CUP

Williamson, N (2001) ‘South African Township Music’. In Songlines, #9, London: Gramophone