Teaching Resources
Immerse students in authentic performance experiences with Gig Based Learning, explore production and sound skills through Sound Lab, and access ready-to-use lesson plans, guided activities, interactive tools, and pre-formatted projects. Flexible pathways and teacher support make it easy to adapt for every skill level and classroom context.
Available only in the Music EDnet member portal, our curated resources bring music learning to life.
Gig Based Learning
Gig Based Learning (GBL) is a practical, performance-driven approach to music education. Instead of learning skills “just in case,” students prepare for real musical outcomes: a gig. Through performing, composing and listening, learning becomes purposeful, collaborative and authentic. Each gig provides a clear goal, with skills and knowledge developed in context and applied in real time.
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Engaging with GBL Gigs
Level 1
Gig Kit
- Original Song
- Simplified Covers
- Backing Tracks
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Gigs are simplified covers. They are a stripped down version of a famous song so that students can go from no experience to playing the song coherently within 20mins. Each Gig page consists of the Original Song, GBL Simplified Cover, Guided Practice Sessions, Backing Tracks, and other supportive resources.
Level 2
MVP Kit + Gig Support
- Worked Examples
- Web tools
- Assessment
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Gig Support are resources that support the gig. We structure listening, composition, and musicological learning experiences use web tools. We provide all the materials that help your student become more comprehensive in their approach to learning the MVP. We house these materials in a Canvas course that each Member school has access to. As part of the Music EDnet membership you get access to a suite of web tools that are integrated in a way that we have taught ourselves. Have a poke around, it’s all there awaiting you.
Level 3
MVP + Support + Context
- Cultural Context
- Social Themes
- Enquiry and Research
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Gig Context outlines the social or contextual affordances of the MVP. These gigs have opened up avenues of enquiry for us which may be the same for you. We share the affordances that we discovered from the gig. We just share avenues of enquiry. We find them provocative. We find them challenging, discomforting, and compelling. You can then choose what you’d like to bring in given your context.
Integrated Music Software
Auralia
Musition
Noteflight
Soundtrap
Soundlab
Soundlab is a practical, classroom-ready resource for teaching the core principles of music production and sound engineering. Lessons combine audio, guided instruction, and quizzes to build knowledge progressively, with no specialist teaching background required. It connects naturally into Gig Based Learning extension material, and underpins our Music Technology Short Courses for teachers.
Dive into our curated chapters on recording, mixing, acoustics, and music technology — practical lessons and resources designed for music educators and students alike.
Student Access
Student Access gives every student in your school a direct path into Gig Based Learning ‘Gig Kits’, Soundlab lessons, and student-facing resources from our partner collection. One shared login code for the whole school means no individual accounts to set up, no passwords for students to remember, and no student data collected. Just log in and get to work.
More Partners, More Resources!
We’ve also partnered with leading music education creators from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond to bring you a wide range of teaching resources—many exclusively free for Music EDnet member schools.
Browse below to explore our content partners.
Learning Ideas
Discover Learning Ideas’ array of programs designed to educate and support music educators and students in the creative industry. Join us in our mission to enhance music education.
Teach EDM
TeachEDM is dedicated to helping aspiring producers develop their skills with practical, step-by-step lessons that are accessible to beginners and valuable to more experienced musicians.
Fun Music Co.
The Fun Music Company, based in Adelaide, creates engaging and curriculum-aligned music education resources that help teachers bring the joy of music to their classrooms.
MusicTeacher Resources
MusicTeacherResources offers comprehensive, ready-to-use teaching materials that make music education engaging, effective, and easy to deliver for teachers at all levels.
The Domestic Musician
I help primary school music educators thrive in teaching and go from feeling overwhelmed to confident. It’s my mission to provide the training, mentorship and support the YOU need.
Swick's Classroom
Swick’s Classroom creates engaging, easy-to-implement music education resources that help teachers save time while delivering fun, effective lessons students love.
Midnight Music
Midnight Music is on a mission to demystify technology for music educators world-wide with world-class teaching resources, professional development, and expert support.
Flipped Music
Flipped Music blends proven string teaching methods with video and audio technology to create a self-paced, student-centred learning experience.
Electric Music Elements
Comprehensive curriculum with lesson plans, rubrics, and videos designed for use with Soundtrap, empowering teachers to teach electronic music creatively and effectively.
Ableton
Ableton’s online interactive learning materials provide hands-on, self-paced courses that help students master music production and sound design using Ableton Live software.
Real resources for real classrooms
One login, whole school access
Backed by a community of practice
The Music EDnet Member Portal gives your teachers access to Gig Based Learning, Soundlab, and resources from leading music education partners, all in one place.
Student Access brings the same resources straight to your class with a single shared login. And behind it all, a community of practice built by and for music teachers.