A focus of my unit has been devising aural dictations from key musical ideas in chosen topic pieces. I am planning to use these as starter activities as a way of introducing melodic, rhythmic, harmonic ideas from the pieces. This way students are actively engaged in analysing, understanding and remembering small excerpts, to then link […]
Sifting through greatness and formalising unit ideas. I’m in the process of drafting my Year 12 Unit of Work; Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus). I’ve begun a blog to help document my resource development process using Google Sites to host my resource ideas. Mainly becuase I wanted to test out Google […]
It’s always good to learn something new. That’s one reason why I returned to uni to begin a Bachelor of Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. This has definitely been one of my hardest challenges. Returning to uni while adding to my family and working part time is no easy measure. However it has […]
So honoured to be able to play at this recent wedding. The Bride chose a great mix of modern and classical music for the ceremony and always a great opportunity to play with Alex Gilmour.
Exciting new year ahead with the celebration of Bach’s 330th Birthday and 100 years at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Term 1 will be commencing 31st of January through to the 27th of March with holiday lessons on the 17th of January. Looking forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!
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