Fireworks Suite by Handel: Lesson Ideas

1. What's included?

Aural 

This is a teacher resource to use with your pupil, in conjunction with the piece of music. This will not only help your pupil play this piece with greater understanding and more expression, it will also help with some of the aural tests in the exam.

Practice Play Cards 

An assortment of activities covering scales, theory, reading, aural, technique, composing, improvising, expression and posture.

Theory worksheet 

An activity sheet exploring all the notation and terms in the music.

Background on the piece of music

“The piece comes from a suite which King George II of England commissioned from George Handel in 1748. It was to accompany a triumphant celebration with fireworks, of the important peace treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle which brought a long war to an end."

On the following pages, activities have been suggested in a certain order. These lesson plans may move at a pace too quick or too slow for your pupil, so please feel free to amend these lesson ideas to suit your pupils' needs.