Composing Matters comprises of a Student Book, Teacher's Resource File and Audio/CD-ROM to provide a combined aid to students at Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum with music composition. Composing Matters comprises of a Student Book, Teacher's Resource File and Audio/CD-ROM to provide a combined aid to students at Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum with music composition.

The Composing Matters series (which comprises a pupil book, teacher's file and audio/CD-ROM) encourages composition work with a series of skill-based activities and projects for Key Stage 3 pupils. The audio/CD-ROM contains musical works from existing composers, includes examples of compositions produced by pupils and provides extracts to help pupils to improvise, which are linked to improvisation frameworks in the teacher's file. The Composing Matters series (which comprises a pupil book, teacher's file and audio/CD-ROM) encourages composition work with a series of skill-based activities and projects for Key Stage 3 pupils. The audio/CD-ROM contains musical works from existing composers, includes examples of compositions produced by pupils and provides extracts to help pupils to improvise, which are linked to improvisation frameworks in the teacher's file.

Composing Matters Pupil Book

by Patrick Allen

Published 15 October 2002
This series encourages composition work with skill-based activities and projects for Key Stage 3 pupils, focusing on integrating composing with performing, listening and appraising. The pupil book contains composition projects, from poetry to stories and pictures, with suggested frameworks.