Monthly Archives: July 2013

Issue 95: Correction to a link in “Summer Evening”

I noticed that in all my editing and copy-and-pasting I ended up giving two identical links for the different versions of the piano piece “Summer Evening”. Here is the correct version of the second link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZceTnU6iQ4 and the piece starts … Continue reading

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Issue 95: Welcome to The Jungle

Well, this is a surprise! Saturday and the Music Jungle is ready and posted! I’m nearly finished, and there are 25 minutes left on the lap top battery and the little indicator light is glowing orange. This week there is the … Continue reading

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Issue 95: Ah, could you take year 5 and 6 for music now?

So I had the luxury of ten minutes to plan an unexpected 45 minute lesson for year 5/6 No plans? no problem. I took the crate of boomwhackers (I LOVE boomwhackers – sad, but true) and we were off. I chose the … Continue reading

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Issue 95: Listening to the Radio

In term-time, by the time I have finished teaching for the day – several school in the day-time, and piano teaching until around 6:30 or 7 pm, and then cooked and eaten my evening meal, my ears are just about finished as … Continue reading

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Issue 95: Samba on Saturday, and Boomwhackers

I caught just the last five minutes of a vibrant samba performance by a local Junior School in the town centre this afternoon as I nipped in for last minute shopping before closing time. About thirty children and a couple … Continue reading

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Issue 95: Summer Evening, and Weightless-ness

We’ve just had our evening meal sitting in the shade of the apple tree at the bottom of the garden, my favourite place on hot Summer days. It brought back memories of my own Grade 7 piano exam, and this … Continue reading

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Issue 94: Welcome to The Jungle

I’ve been having technical problems this week, not only with the Jungle but also with other files on my computer. All is  now well; running a series of heavyweight scans has proved that whatever the problems were, they were not … Continue reading

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Issue 94: Recorded Music

MusicTeacher     ‏@DailyMusicQuote 13 May “I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever.” ~ Arthur Sullivan,born on this day,1842 Little did he know what lay in the future… My mp3 … Continue reading

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