A useful resource for school music teachers. How do you source appropriate, good quality sheet music for school ensembles? It's not always easy to find the right pieces of music, and once you've found suitable material what is the best way to run a school ensemble?
Sheet Music for School answers these questions and more with articles from music teachers with years of experience in music education. Benefit from their expertise and guidance by reading our articles. We will also be building up a directory of good music shops that sell sheet music designed specifically for schools, and welcome all recommendations.
Articles submitted by school music teachers.
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Your school ensemble will probably have a mix of abilities, so you need to find a piece that is targetted to a certain grade or ability range but still has enough scope to include and interest the more seasoned performers.
It sounds obvious, but choose pieces for which you know you have the right instruments. Check the instrumentation, and ensure that the music has been written with typical and sensible substitutions in mind should you need to improvise.
Sheet music for school should be composed specifically with schools in mind, so choose a supplier who specialises in this area and you will find that it saves you a lot of time and effort in the long run. The thought will have already gone into tailoring the music to suit a school group.