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Music and Drama: For Faculty/Instructors

Welcome! This guide includes helpful resources for your music and drama learning, including theory and history material for world and regional music and related audio or video recommendations

Search for books online @AUK Library

Search for books online @AUK Library

The AUK Library owns a huge collection of physical books and e-books in different languages and covering all disciplines, selected to support your research, teaching and learning needs. Start browsing by searching for your desired subject at: AUK Library website ► Search All

  • For off-campus access, remember to log in with your valid AUK username and password to view the collections

Free drama teaching resources

Below are a few links to free online tools to support your drama teaching practice and help your students in the classroom and beyond:

  • Performing International Plays offers training workshops and learning resources on contemporary international plays, promoting theatre in translation to communicate global stories to young people everywhere
  • Globe: Teach Shakespeare shares hundreds of free quality resources, including lesson plans and guides, to help you teach Shakespeare, searchable and created by play, theme, language, or character
  • Drama Online Library provides a rich collection of learning kits and resources to help your students dive into classic and contemporary plays and performances from the National Theatre, UK

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Free music teaching resources

Below are a few links to free online tools to support your music teaching practice and help your students in the classroom and beyond:

  • Music Theory and Music Appreciation Learning Materials offers dozens of educational resources on music theory for various levels to help students understand chords and scales, tonality and rhythm, and much more
  • Online Music Theory and Appreciation Learning Resources provides interactive to help students apply or test their theoretical knowledge through exercises or ear training tutorials, and also directs you to free sheet music and recordings
  • OER Commons: Music shares a vast repository of open-access materials related to music learning, including resources to help teachers like lesson plans and strategies for interactive/lab sessions, homework, games, assessments, and more

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Online resources @AUK Library

We offer many online resources like databases and journals to support your teaching practices, whether you are a faculty member, instructor, or tutor. Below are a few examples for you to explore:

For off-campus access, remember to log in with your valid AUK username and password to view the collections