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Teaching Music through Individual Composition: A Music Course for Pupils aged Eleven to Eighteen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Rosemary Dunn
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In this article I expound my method of teaching the language of music to my pupils. I aim to enable them to express themselves through music, just as they are expected to use the tools of language for creative writing and art materials for original work.

My class organisation and the syllabus by which my pupils learn to compose is explained in some detail for years seven to nine and in more general terms thereafter.

I include examples of compositions, from Year Seven and from GCSE pupils. I hope I can encourage other teachers to adopt similar objectives and therefore reap similar rewards.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Music Education , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 49 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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