| 2008 Issue 23 - The resources referred to on page 9, which accompany the article 'Mother tongues and other tongues', can be downloaded below as four separate ZIP files: Amra Regchak.zip Lusse Lelle.zip Si Hei Lwli.zip Stomi Omi.zip |
| 2007 Issue 21 - overview - in PDF format! |
| 2007 Issue 20 - overview - in PDF format! |
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2006 Issue 19 - Conference Report
Chair’s Report National Perspectives: Collaboration and Music Hubs - Marc Jaffrey The importance of policy – influence or intervention? - Margaret Martin Griffiths Music and the Secondary Strategy - Kevin Rogers Singing and songwriting: Motivating students to sing – Patrick Allen Singing in the oral tradition - Tina Brooks Orpheus, Harry Potter and the violin farm - Richard Stilgoe Research findings: Endangered subjects – the case for music - Ruth Wright and John Finney Pupil Talk in Musical Composition - Angela Major Making space for Toby – musicking and empathy - Felicity Laurence Composing at KS3 as developmental activity - Martin Fautley ‘It’s really weird’ – understanding babies musical competencies - Alison Street ICT and Music: Messing about is important - music technology at KS1 - David Wheway Music, ICT and creativity - Andy Pierson Laptops live – ICT in performance - David Ashworth Cross-curricular projects: Angels for the able - Sara Liptai Gumboot dancing - Katy Diamond and Lucky Moyo Round Table Discussions 2006 - Issue 18 Richer learning, poetic thinking and musical understanding - John Finney Working with professional orchestras: Worth getting up for – getting to grips with Stockhausen - Matthew Douglas Teacher support from the London Sinfonietta - Judith Webster Learning and achievement: The pupil’s perspective – music learning in Year 9 - Jo Saunders Black Caribbean achievement in music - Sam Spence Turning their ears on – music and early years research - Helen Taylor and Jim Clark Local authorities projects and programmes: The singing school - Maurice Walsh Trying different models for widening opportunities - Sam Donohoe The Pirates of Portsmouth –workshops and festivals - Sue Beckett Keeping students involved after they leave school: Why do we bother? Creating musical adults - Robin Osterley The tale of a late returner - Jane Willis New recorded resources - Ruth Benson Spotlight on the North-West - Rob Nash 2006 Issue 17 Derek Kitt – a tribute Workplace Reform and music Jenny McGavin Remodelling the workforce to benefit the arts David Wheway A timely snapshot – workforce reform and primary music Aspects of instrumental teaching Jamie Howell A Week in the Life … of a guitar teacher Elaine Scott Depth and breath in instrumental teaching Issues of interest Vanessa Elston Music and disengagement Dominique Royle Playing related physical problems for musicians Continuing the Transition discussion on from Rites of Passage Roger Crocker Leaders steer, managers drive Janet Redwood Communications, joints activities and recordings Helen Bretherick Season It – a joint schools performance Developing skills for the classroom Em Whitfield Whole class singing at KS3 – making it work Sarah Kekus Javanese Gamelan in the classroom Special projects Karen Roberts Real music, real musicians and our children Deborah Rogers A very special arts week 2005 Issue 16 Conference Report Chair’s Report to the Annual General Meeting Marc Jaffrey: Humility and will Helen Coll: Training the music teachers we need Robert Bunting: Muslim music and culture in the curriculum John Finney: Students as leaders in music David Oliver: A real test of musicianship – the energy of folk music Karen Frost: Large group learning – teaching music through string playing Kevin Rogers: The KS3 music pilot – secondary strategy for school improvement Leonora Davies: Transition from, across, within and between Deborah Lugg and Robin Bates: Music Therapy – how does it fit it? David Ashworth: The fragile cell – live ICT in performance Jonathan Savage: Sound Design – interactive approaches at KS3&4 Steve Grocott: Making musical connections in the early years Kevin Hamel: From inspiration to activity – online music activities for primary schools Adam Lane: Building a department website Charles Ellis: The changing face of the music industry 2005 Issue 15 John Finney and Jo Plumb: Practising democracy in the music classroom in a Cambridgeshire Village College Simeon Royle: It’s all about the music – going for specialist school status David Ashworth: E-confidence in music – ways of displaying confidence in the use of ICT Val Whitlock: Old songs, new songs, borrowed songs, blues songs – choosing and using vocal repertoire Jan Dickenson: Don’t have meetings, have a cup of tea – developments through working with creative Partnerships Jan Man: Me and my whiteboard – using a whiteboard in the music classroom Gill Harries: A look in the diary – the life of a music department David Wheway: The sound garden – an environmental music project in a nursery school Tony Hope: Music, disaffection and emotional response Jill Bird: Dartington Plus – the work of the new centre of excellence in the south-west Helen Fraser: Report on AST Conferences in York and Dartington Regional Reports: Spotlight on the South West Letters: Helen Bretherick on workforce reform 2005 Issue 14 Vic Gammon: What do they know? Research into the subject knowledge of candidates to the PGCE course at University level Mary Black: Post 16 teacher training update Charles Lloyd: Teaching instruments in large groups Band Teaching as part of the Wider Opportunities scheme in Oxfordshire Andrew McBurney: Keeping it cool in Canada a classroom band teacher in Canada describes his work Keith Stubbs: Professional partnerships issues for professional orchestras working in the education sector Andy Halsey: Brainwaves, Bands and a Bus a Youth Music funded project giving access to young people in isolated rural areas Wendy Andrew: Bronchial Boogie: using wind instrument playing to help children with asthma Pamela Enders: The psychology of performance techniques to use to develop confidence in performing Dorothy Bowling: Gospels and Galaxies making it happen a major concert project undertaken by a group of schools 2004 Issue 13 Conference Report Chairs Introduction Roger Crocker David Hargreaves: What is being good at music? Research findings Jonathan Kirby: Bringing Taiko to the UK principles and practice Derek Kitt A Clamour of Students Creative Partnerships at KS3, the Cornwall experience Janet Hoskyns: 14-19 Music: what do students want? Brian Humpherson Quality, consistency and the numbers game at 16+ Peter Desmond: Widening opportunities whole class instrumental teaching Alexandra Dalton Enactive musicianship Dalcroze and music Brenda Rattray: Thoughts for a successful project working as an animateur Sarah Hennessy Composing at KS2 Richard Michael: All you need to know about harmony with three fingers classroom jazz experience Andy Murray: ICT to support live performance Simon Elledge: Bringing video into the music room a school case study Duncan McKrill: Interactive learning David Ashworth Sequencing Hayley McDonagh: Using Internet networks Pam Burnard: Using critical incident charting to look at how learning in music affects the whole person Helen Rudeforth: A most ingenious paradox research into the uses made of the QCA schemes of work Focus Group reports Regional reports 2004 Issue 12 Chair's Introduction Roger Crocker What do we mean by instrumental teaching? How can have all the opportunity? Maureen Hanke Specialist music colleges the art of making a difference Mark Done Training tomorrow's teachers reflections on initial teacher education No longer terrified of singing: Ian Shirley Training generalists to teach primary music: Avril Tisdall Developing musical confidence in primary generalist student teachers Pam Burnard Why do musicians choose to do a secondary PGCE? Tim Cain Music Technology and musical learning Rebecca Berkley Music education for the 21st Century Jonathan Savage Making connections in the teaching business teaching with jazz at its heart. Richard Michael Are public examinations damaging music education? Over-examining and unmanageable workload: Patrick Allen Group composition and individual creativity balancing teaching in the primary music classroom a Best Practice Research report: Judy Sharps The dynamics of intense work groups a study of British string quartets: Keith Murningham and Donald Conlon Voices Raised a Youth Singing project: Ian Jones Singing in schools using central services in Hampshire: Anne George Early Years music catching them early and with their parents in the north-east Steph Brandon Music and Murals a Cornish community project: Peter Stedman Something to sing about teaching the community to sing: Zena Ambrose Please don't make me be a tree music for pupils with special education needs and inclusive groups: Diane Paterson Starting with play special needs and music technology: Mark Hildred Technology for musicianship looking at structured software: Kirk Kassner 2003 Issue 11 Conference Report Keynote speeches, research papers and workshop notes presented at Conference 2003 Chairs report to the AGM 2003 Helen Coll So big, so noisy, so what. The Sage Gateshead Anthony Sargent Implications for practice of the DfES Survey of Instrumental Music Services Sue Hallam and Lynne Rogers Simultaneous learning Paul Harris National perspectives in music education Margaret Griffiths HMI Creative Partnerships in Cornwall Derek Kitt and Lindsey Hall Where shall we make music? Janet Hoskyns Music through movement Dalcroze Eurhythmics Alexandra Dalton Pictures and music Sara Liptai Towards autonomy and authority - Milestones in composing at GCSE Rebecca Berkley Towards a usable past Gordon Cox Connecting activities Sue Nicholls Sound inventors Alasdair Nicolson Mistakes are cool Richard Michael Bhajan and Qawwali Marcelle Black Different drummers mastering Taiko against the odds Sarah Hennessy Enhancing learning using ICT in the music classroom Marina Gall & Nick Breeze Access to all getting into music through technology Phil Heeley Freely Available enjoying the music ICT requirements David Wheway Consultancy skills in music education a discussion forum Focus Group meetings Instrumental and vocal Curriculum Primary & Secondary |
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2003
Issue 10
Chairs introduction Cymazamania Jo Glover Hugh Who? A childrens opera project in Cromarty Jenny Gunn From SA to SATB Eileen Bentley The Arts under Socialism circa 1945 J.B.Priestley Graded Music Exams a new approach Nick Beach Instrumental Teacher Training Helen Coll Research into Teaching and Learning at the RCM Janet Mills Community Liaison Janet Hoskyns Notable Notes an teachers music magazine Joyce Rothschild Integrating ICT at GCSE Duncan McKrill Under fives music and movement Emma Hutchinson Regional round-up: reports from the regions |
| 2002 Issue 9 Conference
Report Musical Challenges and Solutions Keynote speeches, research papers and workshop notes presented at Conference 2002. Chairs report to the AGM 2002 Richard Hallam Music Education in the 21st century Tony Knight Creativity in Music Education George Caird Assessing what is important John Finney The intelligent integration of the internet and interactive ICT Duncan MacKrill Music, ICT and SEN Phil Heeley Electronic keyboards in the classroom Andrew Eales A Common Approach 2002 Richard Hickman Oxfordshire Foundation Course Tom Morter Lessons from West Africa Emily Keeler Music in the Community Mark Bick & Kathryn Deane Wider Opportunities the view from the DfES Notes on Mela Watts keynote speech Music Education issues of the moment Notes on Margaret Griffiths HMI keynote speech Sound Inventors a national composition project Stephen Montague Heightening the awareness of babies and young children Linda Bance Music in the early years Helen MacGregor Postgraduate reflections on GCSE Music Ted Bunting Year 6-7 transfer Leonora Davies Traditional Music David Oliver Ocarina workshop David Liggins Focus Group meetings ITT Instrumental Curriculum |
| 2002 Issue 8 Anand, Anthea Gurukul - Centre for Indian Classical Music Black, Mary - Djembe Drumming in the Classroom Glover, Jo - Musical Biography and joined up Music Education Hamel,Kevin- - www.carnivaloftheanimals- Hiscock, Chris - The GCSE Numbers Game Humpherson, Brian - The Role of the Secondary Music Teacher Kushner, Saville - Doing Our Best Morter,- Tom - A Musical Foundation Course Mussard, Geoff - Peripatetic Music Staff and Employment Issues Tait, Robin - Creative Contexts for learning – raising achievement in schools through direct arts action Savage, Jonathon - Reflecting Others – new models of composition with technologies Walden, Keith - The Best Weeks of my Life |
| 2001 Issue 7
Burnard, Pamela - Examining Children’s Musical Interaction in Improvisation Cole, Bruce - Music Technology and the young offender Cope, Peter - Facilitating informal learning of musical instruments Davies, Non - Use of ICT in the KS3 curriculum Hallam, Susan - The Value of Music Humpherson, Brian - From Sibelius to Acid – using music technology at KS4 and beyond MacKrill, Duncan - Using Internet Resources Mellor, Liz - Welcome to The Dance Machine Sebba, Jane - Recorder magic Smith, Graeme - Making Music makes you smarter Warwick, Auriel - Music Therapy - points of view Watson, Roger - Traditional Music and Music Education |
| 2001 Issue 6
Coll, Helen - Circular 4/98: the national curriculum for teacher training Davies, Leonora - Haringey Young Musicians in South Africa Lormor, Mike - Mini Maestros in Lancashire Nicholls, Sue - I don’t teach music! That’s a specialist subject! Odam, George - A Real Musical Experience Scharf, Jenny - Music Education in Northern Ireland: challenges of curriculum review Wheway, David - Literacy and music in the primary school |
| 2000 Issue 5
Arnold, Joan - Looking at learning – a level playing field? Buchanan, Kate - Carl Orff and Composing Hallam, Sue - The social construction of musical ability: preliminary findings Harris, Diana - Some practical considerations for teaching music to Muslims Hiscock, Chris - Composing in the secondary school classroom Kwami, Robert Mawuena - Teaching Gota drumming in the classroom Odam, George - Music Education in the New Century Pierson, Andy - Using the computer as a composing tool in the primary classroom Scarfe, Jill - The relevance of ‘School Music’ for Children from the British Punjabi Muslim Community Whitlock, Val - Singing – a very good place to start |
| 2000 Issue 4
Auster, Stephen - Music, 27b and Special Schools Cockerill, Jane - Collaboration in Oxfordshire with Schools Richard Crozier - Instrumental and Singing Teaching in the 21st century Humpherson, Brian - Curriculum 2000 – Choice an opportunity at 16+. An Arts perspective Kay, Peter - Curriculum 2000 – Assessment Kekus, Sarah - World Music at Wyndham School Kinder, Geoffrey - Short inspections…or how was it for me? Roadknight, Peter - The ‘Time Machine and the voice – looking back on a KS3 music project Rogers, Kevin - Hampshire Music Service: an ICT Strategy Scott, Andrew - Music Centre at Gateshead Stubbs, Keith - The spirit of collaboration in Loughborough Taylor, Richard - Keyboard/Piano technique in the Classroom Walton, Sue - Using Music in Schools: How to keep on the right side of the law |
| 1999 Issue 3
Burt, Rita - Practical Ways of Managing Assessment Crozier, Richard - Julian Bliss: a personal profile of a prodigy Evans, Ilaina - Brain Gym Heyler, Mary - Vocal Health Ley, Brian - The National Curriculum and its links with the Common Approach framework for an Instrumental/Vocal Curriculum Mills, Janet - Improvement through Inspection Mitchell, Ian - Team work, Instrumental Teachers and the Classroom Scarfe, Jill - Seeing the Whole Picture – Desirable Outcomes and Music Education Primary Curriculum presentations of commercial materials: Ley, Alison - Writing the Scheme of Work (Sounds of Music) Storry, Ken; Child, Joan; Crozier, Richard; - Progression (Carousel) |
| 1999 Issue 2
Acharya, S. - Human Form in Divine Cast: Training methods in Indian Classical Music Bunting, Robert - Teaching Composing and Improvisation Davies, Elena - Music Assessment: a school perspective Harrison, Anna - Girls play piano and boys play guitar – or do they? Jones, Allan - Manchester LEA inspection Mitchell, Robbie - When the Gong Speaks: Javanese Gamelan in Education Morgan, Chris - Instrumental Teaching and Learning Paterson, Anice - The Creative Dream: Composition in the Classroom Update Penny, Fiona - Orchestras NOW Turner, Andrea - Tracking Musical Progress |
| 1998 Issue 1
Hallam, Sue - The Effects of Listening to Music on Learning and Development Hallam, Sue - Promoting Better Instrumental Teaching Ley, Brian & Murray, Andy - Music Technology – Key Stage 3 Teacher Support Materials McNicol Richard - Don’t forget the Music Morgan, Susan - Music CD Roms in the Primary Classroom Odam, Prof. George - Remaking the Dream Paynter, Prof. John - Sound and Silence 30 years On Russell, Barry - Composition: the Process and the Product Small, Christopher - Musicking: the Meanings of Performing and Listening Stephens, John: - Lend me your Ears Tee, Valerie: - Music within an Arts Project: Write an Opera |