Each Bold Answer is 1 Mark, alternative answers in Italic– 24 in total
Every year, I have a competition for all my GCSE and A level music students. This competition is designed to further their score reading abilities, and also provide them with some wider listening. The booklet contains 10 excerpts of musical scores. The score is out of 24, as each question requires 2 or 3 pieces…
The School Ukulele Ensemble (SUE) series is a self-published series of music written and arranged especially for Schools Music leaders to have a repertory of arrangements. These guiding requirements are designed to allow a common language in Ukulele arranging for school ensembles, without inhibiting creativity. Objectives: Guiding Requirements for this series: 1. Submissions may be…
The Verse Anthem: Virtuosic Verse for Making Means? A study into the Verse Anthem and its place in Society c.1560–1690 According to Charles Butler in The Principles of Musik, the finest anthem was one ‘wherein a sweet melodious treble or countertenor singeth single and a full choir answereth [sic]’. He was referring to the Verse…