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Monthly Archives: September 2014
139: Welcome to The Jungle
I was on a two-day staff training event last week, with a lot of good input on the new music curriculum, assessment, and instrument specific sessions (keyboard and piano in my case) My notebook is full of inspirational quotations, … Continue reading
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139: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
This was a manic year 5 and 6 lesson at the end of the first week. I think we all enjoyed ourselves – well, I certainly did! If you get yourself to the BBC Ten Pieces website, one of the offerings … Continue reading
139: Relax. You know you need to.
I discovered this on twitter. Pure genius. https://www.google.co.uk/#q=dalek+relaxation Are you feeling better now? I suppose you could use it to discuss how you choose timbre to create a mood or effect, if you wanted to have an excuse for … Continue reading
139: Learning their names
Once again I am facing class after class of brand new faces. Or worse still, faces I have been teaching for a couple of years already but am still having trouble remembering names. I’m trying a new tactic this term. … Continue reading