Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast

Send us a textIn Episode 88, Patrick meets Jason Poulston, the music teacher behind the fantastic resource Music Homework, which does exactly what it says on the tin!Sophia Allen from Britten-Pears Arts introduces their newly-commissioned songs as part of Friday Afternoons, and the Big Sing!And singer, author, educator and researcher Randye Jones discusses Spirituals: their origins, the use of difficult terminology, and dialect, and Spirituals' place in the Music Classroom.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.www.musichomework.co.ukhttps://brittenpearsarts.org/friday-afternoons/themes/new-releases-2023https://brittenpearsarts.org/take-part/schools/big-singhttps://spirituals-database.comhttp://randyejones.com© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Conductor Paul McCreesh discusses the Gabrieli Roar project, while composer Paul Clark introduces Ear Opener. James Manwaring previews the Music Teacher Monday webinar on teaching harmony at Key Stage 5. They explore composition, repertoire for young people, and the power of arranging in music education.

Send us a textIn Episode 86, Patrick finds out what's in the new edition of the MTA's Ensemble magazine, with MTA president, Catherine Barker.He chats to Joe Hastings, from the charity Music Minds Matter, set up to provide a free 24/7 counselling service for musicians and music teachers;And Ali Bowen-Davies and Lincoln Abbotts from the ABRSM explain the process that leads to the development and creation of new syllabuses for instrumental and vocal exams.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.www.musicteachers.org/publications/ensemble/www.musicmindsmatter.org.ukwww.abrsm.orgMusic Minds Matter: 0808 802 8008© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 85, Patrick meets Dice Wood, author of the teaching blog Grab and Go Guides, and chats about how to say No to excess workload, how to reduce time spent marking homework, and the message that homework sends to students.Laura Hailstone from Music Mark introduces their annual conference, being held in November.And Paul Blaylock discusses his highly successful approach to the KS3 curriculum, offering tips and insights.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.https://grabandgoguides.blogspot.comhttps://www.musicmark.org.uk/events/music-mark-annual-conference-2023/https://twitter.com/Paul_Blaylock© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 84, Patrick chats to Alex Aitken about his enormous new resource, Mastering A Level Music, focussing on the Edexcel course.Lauren Elliott from Music Monsters introduces the wonderful work they do with young musicians from the age of three upwards, using play to teach the piano and theory.And film and TV composer  George Fenton looks at this year's GCSE Film Music Composition Briefs (from Eduqas and Edexcel). George also offers some insights to the art of film composition more generally, and gives some tips for aspiring film composers.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.https://masteringalevelmusic.co.ukhttps://www.musicmonsters.co.ukhttps://georgefenton.com© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn the first episode of the new academic year, Patrick chats to Rachel Shapey about her new book, co-authored with Nate Holder, Listen and Celebrate, written to help teachers to enrich and diversify music at Key Stage 3.Leanne Sedin and Adam Saunders tell Patrick all about their new project, The Music Teachers' Choir, set up to get music teachers together to sing, every month.And independent music consultant Dan Francis chats about the relationship between what's learnt in the music classroom, and what's learnt in instrumental/vocal lessons, and how the two can overlap more.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.https://www.icancompose.com/new-book-listen-celebrate-ks3-by-nathan-holder-and-rachel-shapey/https://musicteacherschoir.com/© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn the final episode of the academic year, Patrick chats to Rob Reich-Storer about his music resource website, Rhythmstix, and to Katy Thomson about Ground:Ed, which offers workshops to help teachers and students harness their creativity, build awareness and self-confidence.Finally, Patrick signs off the year by chatting to MTA President Catherine Barker, about the 2022-23 academic year, current issues in music education, and what's in store from the MTA for 2023-24.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying #SaveOurSubjectshttps://www.rhythmstix.co.uk/https://discovergrounded.com/© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 82, Patrick talks to Niels Bastrup and Hans Jakobsen from aural training app Ear Master, about a new feature designed to help students with the aural tests in ABRSM exams and beyond; Mark Aitchison shares his planning for the next academic year, taken from a recent MTA ECT webinar;And Dr Rebecca Berkley, Associate Professor in Music Education, at the Institute of Education, at the University of Reading, discusses music training for primary school teachers, looking at specific problems and possible solutions, including training courses.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying #SaveOurSubjectshttps://www.earmaster.com/shop/product/abrsm-aural-trainer.htmlhttps://www.abcd.org.uk/training/abcd-courseshttps://singforpleasure.org.uk/product/summer-school-2023/https://www.kodaly.org.uk/training-courseshttps://www.nycos.co.uk/learn/kodaly-summer-school/https://www.voices.org.uk/resourceshttps://www.singup.org/training© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn episode 80, Patrick finds out about the Why Music Festival, curated by Nate Holder - a one-day online festival on 4th July 2023, aimed at pupils, and featuring a wide variety of speaker. (Link below.)Olivia Sparkhall tells Patrick all about her new book, “A Young Person's Guide to Vocal Health”, and talks about the importance of vocal health for young people, including the effects of bad habits. (Link below.)And Christopher Stevens HMI, subject lead for Music at Ofsted, joins Patrick to answer a few questions about what Ofsted are looking for on inspections, and to discuss the purpose of assessment in music education.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying #SaveOurSubjects Why Music Festival: https://lnkd.in/ecYEvnpdYoung Persons's Guide to Vocal Health: https://oliviasparkhall.wixsite.com/sparkhallo/a-young-persons-guide© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Pianist Melanie Spanswick discusses her Women Composers anthology, while Cynthia Stephens-Himonides and Meggie Young explore music teachers' self-identity with technology. Jazz pianist Darius Brubeck shares insights on teaching jazz, improvisation, and composition, emphasizing the importance of making jazz relevant to young students and studying traditional jazz performances.