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Send us a textIn Episode 72, Patrick looks ahead to the Music and Drama Expo in February, chatting to two of the speakers about their forthcoming seminars:In "No Practice? No Problem!", violinist and teacher Georgina Leach discusses the initial importance of practising an instrument, questioning whether it is a form of exclusion, and looks at basic introduction to improvisation for non-specialists.And pianist Stephen Marquiss talks about The Anti-Racist Music Studio, and unconscious prejudice within our teaching.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn episode 71, Patrick talks to the Chief Exec of the ORA Singers, Matt Beale, and to the General Manager, Tom Rayner, about their annual Young Composers’ Scheme, encouraging students to send in their compositions for consideration.Michelle Buckman from the Musiq Group talks about their One Great Piano project, to get high-quality pianos into every school.And Dr Steven Berryman explains the benefits of joining the Chartered College of Teaching, how to become a Chartered Teacher, and talks about music education today.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying https://www.orasingers.co.uk/young-composers https://www.musiqgroup.co.uk/s/One-Great-Piano-Campaign.pdf https://chartered.college © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn the first episode of 2023, Letty Stott and Rebecca Celebuski from Gender And the Large and Shiny Instruments (GALSI) talk about the imbalance of female and non-binary musicians performing brass and percussion instruments;Chris Hoban introduces a potential new national song, A Song of England;And Ross Garrod discusses the ‘Missing Myelination Link’, the effect of regular musical practice on the brain’s development, and how understanding this could revolutionise education.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying https://www.largeandshiny.com https://chrishoban.com  https://practicepalmusic.com/blog/let-music-sing/ © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn the final episode of 2022, Learning Director of Aurora Orchestra Rebecca Barnett tells Patrick about their new online resource for Early Years and KS1, The Magical Toy Box. Plus, composer Bob Chilcott chats about Christmas Carols, including composition tips about melody and structure.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying https://app.learning.auroraorchestra.com© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 68, Patrick chats to Ollie Tunmer about Beat Goes On's Body Percussion Scheme of Work for key stages 1–4;And to Suzzie Vango & Lucy Hollins about their new book, "How to Make Your Choir Sound Awesome", focusing on warm-ups.In the final interview, Patrick discusses the role of improvisation within the classroom, and the role that Jazz pedagogy can play, with the co-chair of Jazz in Education UK, and International Chair in Improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Simon Purcell.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying www.beatgoeson.co.uk/body-percussion-scheme-of-work/ www.howtomakeyourchoirsoundawesome.com www.abdn.ac.uk/music/jazz-in-education/index.php© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 67, Alex Parsons talks to Patrick about approaches to melodic dictation at KS3 and KS4, as well as ways to develop greater aural awareness; And Ofsted’s National Lead for Music, and Senior HMI, Christopher Stevens, answers questions about curriculum design, and assessment in KS3 Music.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying https://trebleteaching.wordpress.com© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textRebecca Ledgard and Sarah Batten from Ex Cathedra, tell Patrick all about their various educational resources, including Choir Maker, designed to embed a love of singing with Year 7s.And legendary conductor Paul McCreesh gives some tips for running choir rehearsals, discusses Early Music in schools, and current and future Gabrieli Roar projects.https://www.singingplaygrounds.co.uk/choirmaker/https://excathedra.co.ukhttps://www.gabrieli.com/roar/about-gabrieli-roar/#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn episode 65, OCR’s Lead Subject Advisor for music, Marie Bessant, tells Patrick about the processes an exam board goes through to create GCSE Music exams; And from a recent Hibbins Series webinar, Rachel Leach offers some ways to kick-start classroom compositions, and relate them to orchestral music; Finally, Chief Executive of Music Mark, Bridget Whyte, gives details of their annual conference in cities across the UK and online.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns #CanDoMusic #GetPlayinghttps://www.musicmark.org.uk/events/talk-into-action-conference-series-2022/© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textPatrick chats to Shivani Rattan about her new Indian Celebration Songs, designed to help young singers incorporate Indian celebrations into their choral experience. Shivani shares extracts from each of them, and explains their background.And Haim Kairy, CEO of Arcana Instruments, introduces the Arcana Strum, an musical instrument especially designed for musicians with limited mobility and disability.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying www.musicteachers.org www.shivanirattan.comarcanainstruments.com© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 63, Patrick chats to Prof. Nate Holder about the music of West Africa, and Nate's new book, "Where Are All The Instruments? West Africa". Dr Matt Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Music, Oxford Brookes University, tells Patrick about his passion for Film Music, and his schools workshops to pass this on to the next generation.And Emma Wild, Associate Director, Standards for Design, Development and Evaluation of General Qualifications for Ofqual, answers questions about GCSE exams, and Ofqual's role.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying https://www.nateholdermusic.com/product-page/where-are-all-the-instruments-european-orchestrahttps://mattlawson.co.uk© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org