News
- Opera North and the RNCM announce new partnership
RNCM students will benefit from auditions and mentoring - Oundle School and Royal College of Music launch new partnership
Partnership will see students of both institutions work together in a range of collaborative projects - Royal Opera House launches third fanfare competition
Young people aged 11 to 16 invited to submit 30-second compositions - Mayor of London's Music Fund gives 100 scholarships
£400,000 awarded to 100 primary school musicians across the capital - Live Music Bill passes final stages
Bill needs only House of Lords rubber-stamping to become law
Contents for Music Teacher
For instrumental/vocal teachers:
- Teaching Mozart's violin concertos
- Scales for cellists
- Ukulele or tenor guitar?
- Reviews of the latest advanced piano sheet music
For classroom teachers:
- What makes the perfect primary music lesson?
- Rhythm and pulse: how to teach the difference between the two
- The fundamentals of early years music
- Set up a recording room in your music department
Plus:
- Q&A: Richard Morris, former chief executive, ABRSM
- Column: David Ashworth remembers Christopher Small and David Bedford
- Working week: Edward J Craig, head of music, Carrickfergus Grammar School, Belfast
- The jazz experience: Yamaha's beginner jazz classes for teachers
- A man's world: are there too many male directors of music?
Editorial
FIRM FOUNDATIONS
Do you remember your first ever music lesson? Or did your musical journey start at home, before you even knew what lessons were? Experts seem to agree that the early years are when the brain is at its most receptive to music, so if you grew up to become a music teacher, it’s more than likely that you first encountered music at a relatively tender age.
Do you remember your first ever music lesson? Or did your musical journey start at home, before you even knew what lessons were? Experts seem to agree that the early years are when the brain is at its most receptive to music, so if you grew up to become a music teacher, it’s more than likely that you first encountered music at a relatively tender age.
Of course, helping produce the next generation of music teachers is only one of the reasons why the work of early years and primary music teachers is so important...
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