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A toolkit to support the teaching and learning of composing in primary schools
Guidance on using existing contemporary repertoire as a stimulus for composing with young people.
Compose music inspired by the signals of pulsars and by Ripples in Spacetime II by composer Jia Guoping.
Exploring the history of children composing, the composing process, effective pedagogies, planning and managing composing activity in the primary classroom.
Compose music using things you find in the garden or park inspired by composer John Cage's Child of Tree.
Composing new music inspired by Silbury Hill by composer Harrison Birtwistle. Playing with ‘musical objects’, exploring tempo, dynamics and articulation.
The full set of BCMG's Big Ears Resource Packs created to accompany our 2006-2014 Schools Concerts. Created before this website exisited, these PDF packs contain including composing activities inspired by contemporary classical music and curricula topics.
Compose by borrowing or stealing a tune from a piece you already know. Re-imagine it to create your own melody.
Compose music for your family using sound makers that you find around your home. Inspired by John Cage's Living Room Music.
Composing using types of movement (circling, spinning, floating, grinding, sinking, teetering, soaring). Inspired by These Particular Circumstances by composer Sean Shepherd.
Guidance on composing for trumpet. BCMG trumpet player Ryan Linham talks about composing for trumpet: the range, traditional and extended techniques and composing idiomatically for the instrument.
Explore how children can compose music, words and visual art inspired by trees.
Compose music inspired by the map of your daily walk, scoot or cycle.
Compose new music using the shape of a skyline near you to create a melody.
Compose music for a superhero of your own design.
Composing using bird song inspired by Oiseaux Exotiques by Olivier Messiaen.
Compose new music using the shape and character of star constellations. Inspired by Sternklang by the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Compose music using noisy toys from around your house inspired by the music of Joseph Haydn, Benedict Mason and the Modified Toy Orchestra.
Compose a melody using the changing shape and colour of clouds. Inspired by Cirrus Light for solo clarinet by British composer Jonathan Harvey.
Guidance on composing for cello. BCMG cellist Elaine Ackers talks on video about composing for cello: the range, traditional and extended techniques and composing idiomatically for the instrument.
Composing musical textures inspired Chamber Concerto by Gyorgy Ligeti
Compose music for imaginary or real deep sea worlds, inspired by Deep by composer Shiori Usui.
Compose a 60 second mandala melody inspired by A Dust in Time by Huang Ruo.
Composing music for Iris, goddess of the rainbow inspired by Iris by composer Tansy Davies
Compose music for your voice inspired by Sequenza III for Voice by composer Luciano Berio.
Create your own graphic score inspired by composers such as Cornelius Cardew, Cathy Berberian and John Cage.
Composing inspired by the changing colours and shapes of clouds. Inspired by Cirrus Light by composer Jonathan Harvey.
BCMG viola player Bridget Carey talks about composing for viola: the range, traditional and extended techniques and composing idiomatically for the instrument.
A simple guide to composing. Open your ears, play and experiment.
Compose your own percussion piece inspired by Ionisation by composer Edgard Varèse
Compose new music inspired by Octandre by composer Edgard Varèse. Parallel the creative process of BCMG oboe player and composer Melinda Maxwell.
Doodle along to BCMG oboe player Melinda Maxwell performing her own composition Sounding Out Varèse. Then compose your own music using your doodle!
Compose short melodies from given rhythms and order them into a longer piece inspired by In C by Terry Riley.
Compose a duet and notate it with a graphic score. Perform both parts and bring it together using the free app A Capella
Find and compose with unusual sounds on your musical instrument. Inspired by A Visible Trace by composer Rebecca Saunders.
Compose using a code to create a musical cryptogram melody. Inspired by music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Pierre Boulez.
A simple guide to composing. Open your ears, experiment and be playful
Compose simple melodies to describe friends and family inspired by the zodiac using a music box app or a real music box, inspired by Tierkreis by composer Karlheinz Stockhausen
Compose a spooky duet inspired by Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) for violin and piano by George Crumb
Compose a 60 second piece of music inspired by A Dust in Time by composer Huang Ruo.
Compose a piece of music for 1 performer that is a short drama between 3 characters. Inspired by Masks for solo flute by British composer Oliver Knussen
Compose a simple melodies inspired by Ben Somewhen by composer Howard Skempton using the roll of a dice and the toss of a coin.
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