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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

Send us a textIn Episode 62, Chris Hoban chats to Patrick about Folk Music in the curriculum, with some useful ideas and tips. There's an extract from a recent Music Teacher Monday webinar, in which Don Gillthorpe talks about ways to make KS4 Music more accessible.And Dr Jennie Henley, Director of Programmes at the RNCM, discusses recurrent barriers to music education.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textPatrick reports on the recent MTA Connect day, with Lewis Edney and Alicia Johnson, and Alex Parsons introduces a great homework activity for KS3 students. Plus, Don Gillthorpe reflects on the academic year.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn the wake of the National Plan for Music Education, "The Power of Music to Change Lives", Patrick talks to two of the panel of experts who helped to shape the Plan: Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and Catherine Barker.They chat about the background to the Plan, and about various points raised in the Plan, and expectations for schools, and music departments.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn Episode 59, Stephen O’Regan from the Ukraine Music Hub tells Patrick about the great work they’re doing to provide free music tuition to Ukrainians, recently arrived in the UK;We hear an extract from a recent Music Teacher Mondays, led by James Manwaring and Liz Dunbar discussing classroom singing;And Bridget Whyte introduces Music Mark’s ‘Talk into Action’ movement, supporting music education organisations in their EDI journey.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns #CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textIn this episode, Executive Director of the ABRSM, Lincoln Abbotts, introduces their latest resource, Classroom 200;Dr Kirsty Devaney discusses her research into the teaching of composition in schools, including surprising perceptions amongst students, and some myths;And Ofsted’s National Lead for Music, and Senior HMI, Christopher Stevens, answers questions, sent in by music teachers.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textMTA CONFERENCE SPECIALAndy Stott, Head of Popular Music at the RNCM, introduces the RNCM’s new Young Artists’ programme; Michael Hamilton introduces the Real Music Video Company, and what they can do for music departmetns; And saxophonist YolanDa Brown chats about her keynote speech, and her approach to music education.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

Send us a textMTA CONFERENCE PREVIEWIn this episode, Patrick looks towards the MTA Annual Conference, chatting to two companies from the trade fair, and two of the guest speakers, to find out what they will be talking about at the conference:David Ryan from Furlong Solutions, introduces their new app;Emily Crowhurst explains what ‘tuning’ a curriculum is, and the simple steps we can all take to help develop new Schemes of Work;Michelle James from Sing Up talks about their work, and introduces a new programme for primary schools;And professional drummer, Felix Higginbottom, on how to support students who want to go into the music industry.Presented and produced by Patrick Johns#CanDoMusic #GetPlaying© Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org