Music

Research 

Choose a piece of music from the current musician of the month and listen to it. Find out about the musician’s life and music. 

Attend a concert, show or live performance. (This could be viewed online) 

Create 

Create a new piece of music on Garageband on your school iPad. 

Write the lyrics to a new song on any topic you choose. 

Oracy 

Learn a new song with someone else at home and sing it together. 

Listen to a new song/piece of music and discuss the different features with someone at home. 

Research 

Choose one of the works featured in the BBC 10 pieces to listen to and research and create a fact sheet on it. Intro and Orchestral Films - BBC Teach 

Attend a concert, show or live performance. (This could be online) 

Create 

Find some examples of riffs in pop and rock music and challenge yourself to learn to play them on the keyboard, guitar or bass. 

Read all about how to write a song 

Writing songs - KS3 Music - BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize 

Oracy 

Teach somebody else an instrumental skill. For example, how to play the ukulele or the piano. 

Listen to a soundtrack from your favourite film. 

Research

Find out information about your favourite singer/band.

Who influenced them, what are their greatest hits, how have they contributed to their genre?

Attend a concert, show or live performance. (This could be online).

Create

Create a piece of music using Garageband on your iPad.

Find a band/singer you like and challenge yourself to learn part of a song of theirs on an instrument (this includes singing).

Oracy

Write the lyrics to a song and read or sing them aloud to a friend or family member.

Listen to a song recommended by a friend and discuss it with them.

What did you like?

What musical features could you hear?

Research 

Find out some information about the life and music of a film music composer of your choice. You could look at your favourite film and see who wrote the music. 

Attend a concert, show or live performance. (This could be online). 

Create 

Create a piece of music using Garageband on your iPad. Don’t just use loops, make sure to play some of the music yourself on the virtual instruments. 

Find a band/singer you like and challenge yourself to learn part of a song of theirs on an instrument (this includes singing). 

Oracy 

Listen to a song recommended by a friend and discuss it with them. What did you like? What musical features could you hear? Recommend a song to them and discuss the same questions. 

Ask a teacher what their favourite type of music is. Find out some information about it and listen to some examples. 

Research

Research what the key developments were and how 'classical' music changed in the twentieth century. 

Find a university course for music and explore the course credentials needed to attend.

Can you find any famous alumni?

Create

Write a short essay discussing the development of the orchestra from the Baroque to Modern Period.

Using technology, create a 'chill' remix of one of the set works for A-Level music.

Alternatively, create a classical version of one of the pop pieces learnt during the course.

Oracy

Listen to at least three different versions of your recital pieces and compare.

Watch the documentary:

'The Beatles: a musical appreciation and analysis'.