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Listening Inspiration

Free resource aiming to help students find pieces to give inspiration and ideas for their own composing activities.

Composition using ipads and Apps Inspire Events

Resources regarding composition in the classroom using iPads and Apps.

With Music In Mind by Amber Trust

An ISM Trust webinar for parents, carers and music professionals caring for, supporting or working with a young person with neurodegenerative disease.

Future learn MOOC on improving as a music teacher

Whether you’re starting your music teaching career or refreshing your skills, our free online course helps you take your teaching to the next level. This free course will provide you with a strong foundation of the skills, knowledge and insight needed.

MTB Piano Duets

Music Teachers’ Board’s supporting exercises are all designed to enable musical development. Find reading skills, listening skills, scales, technical studies and even duets for all grade levels.

Livestreamed piano lessons from WKMT

Free advanced lessons in composition, music analysis, counterpoint harmony and piano technique.

RSL Teach Today

Free grade books and schemes of work for teachers across Rockschool syllabuses (Music Production, Vocals, Piano, Drums, Ukulele, Electric Guitar).

RSL Learning Platform

The revolutionary music teaching and learning app from RSL Awards. Access a huge library of RSL Awards’ grade book materials on an interactive score player, and deliver online lessons via the app with its in-built Zoom Functionality.

English Touring Opera

Offers ‘Singing lessons for kids’, a free 10-part online singing lesson series.

ISM Guide to Buying Adaptive Musical Instruments

This guide from Creative United includes details of more than 80 musical instruments and products, many of which have been specially designed to make learning and playing musical instruments accessible.

Valuing Music in Special Needs Settings

Report on music making and singing approaches for whole class teaching (WCT) and group work in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) schools. The toolkit offers a training and development framework to be flexibly.

A Cappella Lego

A free resource from the VOCES8 Foundation, A Cappella Lego consists of 11 videos with interactive singing activities including warm-ups and songs. Suitable for primary and KS3.

Musicroom Resources

Musicroom is growing its index of free materials to support music teachers and students, including free a classroom teaching resources sample pack, and method packs for piano (for adult and young beginners), ukulele and music theory.

Classical 100

ABRSM’s Classical 100 is a fantastic collection of 100 carefully selected pieces of music and activities for you to share with your families over the coming weeks. Designed as a classroom resource, it’s already been a big hit in 6,000 primary schools.

Free Songs from Bright Star

Gareth Malone and Catherine de Sybel introduce songs from their popular whole-school singing book, Bright Star, offering tips on how to teach them, and free lyric and sheet music for the songs.