Resources

A spotlight on Joanna Lee and Andy Shepherd, featuring a Zoom interview with Lucy Drever

Spotlight on Jonathan Dove, featuring A Day in the Life of a Composer and an interview with Charlotte Brosnan.

Lyric video for Shadow-Maker by Cecilia McDowall and Kate Wakeling.

Lyric video for Earth by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen

Lyric video for Fire by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with backing track.

Lyric video for Us by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with backing track.

Lyric video for Atoms by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with backing track.

Lyric video for Invention by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with backing track.

Lyric video for Discovery by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with backing track.

Lyric video for Earth by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance track.

Lyric video for Fire by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance tracks.

Lyric video for Us by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance track.

Lyric video for Atoms by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance track.

Lyric video for Invention by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance track.

Lyric video for Discovery by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen, with performance track

These songs are great for Key Stage Three. There is something for everyone from vocal percussion, unison singing, 2–4-part rounds and 2-part harmony singing, we hope you enjoy!

This playlist offers an alternative style of song for this age group, offering many opportunities to extend learning across other areas of the curriculum using song as the starting point.

A spotlight on Russell Hepplewhite, featuring A Day in the Life of a Composer and a Zoom Interview with Tom Appleton.

Composition activities for Us by Russell Hepplewhite and Michael Rosen.

Composition activities for Russell Hepplewhite's song Invention.

Composition activities for Errollyn Wallen's song I am Looking at a Map of the World.

Composition activities exploring Errollyn Wallen's song Star.

The Friday Afternoons Ambassadors share their Top 10 Tips for delivering a successful digital singing session.

A video about Britten's Music for Children.

A video about Britten's Impact.

A case study from Tom Daggett at St Paul's Cathedral

Advice from Friday Afternoons Ambassadors Emily Barden and Charles MacDougall on how to count and keep a steady pulse.

Friday Afternoons Ambassadors Dominic Ellis-Peckham and Emily Barden share their top tips on how to include dynamics into your singing.

Friday Afternoons Ambassador Charles MacDougall shows us some techniques on how to encourage your singers to sing more smoothly, with legato.

Friday Afternoons Ambassadors Charlotte Brosnan and Dominic Ellis-Peckham demonstrate some techniques to help with singing high notes.

Advice on breathing and airflow technique from Friday Afternoons Ambassadors Charles MacDougall and Tom Appleton.

A blank note grid for use alongside melody writing.

Emily Barden explains how to get your students to control their breathing through long phrases.

Emily Barden explains how to practice singing big intervals such as 5ths and octaves.

Emily Barden explains how to explore two part harmony with your students using a keyboard/tuned percussion instrument.

London Youth Girls' Choir share a melodic warm up: Ghosts

Artistic Director: Rachel Staunton
Accompanist: Helen Smee

Made possible with support from Friday Afternoons.

A Song for Haddo, with songs from Friday Afternoons by Benjamin Britten

Part of the Haddo Arts Festival 2017 with Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland (McOpera Outreach) and Snape Maltings.

A Song for Haddo marks the beginning of an exciting new strand of music outreach in Aberdeenshire as part of the Haddo Arts Festival.

Score and parts for a flexible classroom ensemble arrangement of Three Birds, created by David Ashworth. This resource comes with accompanying teaching notes.

Score and parts for a flexible classroom ensemble arrangement of Snow, created by David Ashworth. This resource comes with accompanying teaching notes.

The 'Composing Teachers Resource' document breaks down the key compositional elements of three of Jonathan Dove's Friday Afternoons songs: 'Music on the Waters', 'Legend', and 'Mad Moon'.

The accompanying worksheets help you deliver activities based on the compositional elements in these songs.

Apollo5 demonstrate their creative response to 'Fire!'

Apollo5 demonstrate and lead the Voces8 Method.

A vocal warm up led by Charlotte Brosnan from Apollo5.

An odd-one-out puzzle based on the places in Benjamin Britten's life.

A codebreaker puzzle based on the important places in Benjamin Britten's life.

A wordsearch based on the important places in Benjamin Britten's life.

A keyword puzzle on the people in Benjamin Britten's life.

A crossword based on the people in Benjamin Britten's life.

An odd-one-out puzzle based on the music of Benjamin Britten.

A codebreaker puzzle on the music of Benjamin Britten.

A wordsearch on the music on Benjamin Britten.

A keyword puzzle based on Friday Afternoons.

A crossword on Benjamin Britten's Friday Afternoons.

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of There Was A Monkey:
- Stretching a motif
- Bitonality

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of The Useful Plough:
- Chord inversions
- Tied notes and syncopation

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of Jazz-Man:
- Dissonance
- Tonal Scheme
- Recapitulation

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of Fishing Song:
- 5/8 time
- Rising leaps

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of Cuckoo!:
- Musical questions
- Harmonic implications of an ostinato
- Chord spacing
- Melisma

A resource to help students explore the musical elements of A Tragic Story:
- Minor Key
- Bells
- Tempo Change

A KS2 lesson plan for There Was A Monkey, exploring seven subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Information and Communications Technology
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts

A KS2 lesson plan for The Useful Plough, exploring seven suggested subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Information and Communications Technology
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts

A KS2 lesson plan for Jazz Man, exploring seven suggested subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Information and Communications Technology
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts

A KS2 lesson plan for Fishing Song, exploring seven subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Information and Communications Technology
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts

A KS2 lesson plan for Cuckoo! exploring six subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts

A KS2 lesson plan for A Tragic Story, exploring six subject areas:
- Understanding English, communication and languages
- Mathematical understanding
- Scientific and Technological understanding
- Historical, geographical and social understanding
- Understanding physical development, health and well being
- Understanding the arts