Why Djing?

“DJing provides for that cohort of young people who love music but will not engage in traditional instruments.”

“DJing is an engaging and culturally relevant musical art form with a progression route to the highest levels of demand equivalent to traditional instruments”

Available to KS2, 3 and 4:

Count the pulse, beats and bars.

Identify and use the inter-related dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication:

1. Dynamics

2. Tempo

3. Pitch

4. Structure

5. Texture

6. Duration

7. Timbre

8. Harmony

9. Arrangement.

Extend and develop musical ideas.

Draw on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions.

Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.

Play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts.

Play musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression.

Use relevant notation appropriately and accurately.

Develop a deepening understanding of music and its history.

1. Culturally relevant.

2. Can be youth-led.

3. Engaging for young people, especially those sometimes considered hard to reach.

4. Improvise, experiment and compose.

5. Follows a process of Do, Review, Improve.

6. Accessible for SEN/D.

7. Instant results/confidence boosting.

8. Reaches equivalent level of demand as traditional instruments.

9. Counts as music technology.

10. Follows the history of music since African rhythms met western instruments.

11. Empowering DIY culture.

DJ School UK is a partner with LMEP (Leeds' local Music Hub), can offer accreditations (AQA UAS or Arts Award (with school support), GCSE support, ensemble working, notation and has a network of opportunities available to signpost for FE/HE/WORK Experience.