musiclearninglive!2011 programme

musiclearninglive2011.com

March 3 & 4 2011 at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow

Presentedby Zone New Media inpartnershipwithCreative ScotlandSupportedbythe English Folk Dance and Song Society,Musicians’ Union &the City of Glasgow SponsoredbyGAK Education

Programme

musiclearninglive!2011

The UK National Festival of Music Education

a UNESCO Creative City

musiclearninglive!2011 – acknowledgements

www.musiclearninglive2011.com

The conference organisers wish to acknowledge gratefully the support of

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Continuing professional development programme

Our CPD programme for spring 2011 includes a variety of practical, one-day courses relevant to all instrumental and vocal teachers, helping you to keep up-to-date and continue with your professional development.

The following courses will be offered between March and June this year:

One-day courses from ABRSM this spring

Explore something new

• Introducing ImprovisationLondon, York

• Music TechnologyGlasgow, London

• Play by EarLondon, Manchester

• Developing Aural SkillsEdinburgh, Newcastle

For further course information, dates and venues, go online to www.abrsm.org/teachers or call us on +44 (0)20 7467 8832


John Wallace CBE, Principal of the RSAMD, and the whole RSAMD team

The Lord Provost of GlasgowGlasgow City of Music

Fiona Hyslop MSP

Andrew Dixon and David McDonald at Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative

Drake Music ScotlandEnglish Folk Dance and Song Society

GAK EducationHeads of Instrumental Teaching Scotland

Live Music NowMusical Futures

Musicians’ UnionNational Youth Choir of Scotland

Scottish Association for Music Education

Carol LaulaDr László Nemes

David PriceCyrilla RowsellClare Stevens

Katherine Zeserson

All contributors and performersAll exhibitors and sponsors

Louder Than Life & Notion Music for contributing prizes

Photography credits: cover & p3 – Youth Music Initiative; Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan p6 – Alexey Melentiev

Creative Scotland is delighted to welcome the musiclearninglive!2011 conference toScotland. We hope that colleagues from all over the UK, and overseas, find the conferenceprogramme not only stimulating but that you also find time to enjoy Glasgow, UNESCO City of

Music; the city has some amazing experiences to offer.

Creative Scotland is the new national leader for arts, screen and creative industries and we willwork with a wide range of partners to develop and support Scotland’s creative future.

We aim to invest in talent; quality of artistic production; in audiences, access and participation; thecultural economy; and in places and their contribution to a Creative Scotland.

Investing in our children and young people contributes to a sustainable cultural ecology and we willput young people at the heart of developing our future plans and policies.

Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) is an exemplar model of how young people can engage with the creative & culturalindustries, education, artists, arts organisations and cultural professionals. The YMI was established in 2003 to put music atthe heart of young people’s lives and learning. Its primary focus is to: support high-quality music-making programmesparticularly for young people who would not normally access music activities; develop a cohesive national infrastructure forthe youth music sector; and support and develop the workforce.

The YMI has ensured that every young person in Scotland has access to one year’s free music tuition by the time they reachPrimary 6. By the end of the current academic year, there will have been around 1.7 million (1,736,372) attendances at YMI-funded programmes across all of Scotland’s 32 Local Authority areas.

Each year the YMI invests £10million to bring music-making opportunities to virtually every single community across Scotlandthrough over 300 different music programmes covering all musical genres, age groups (0-25yrs) and teaching methods.

This investment has been fundamental to the creation of an infrastructure for the youth music sector: a sector that workstogether, where formal and informal providers work in collaboration for the benefit of Scotland’s young people.

So many people give willingly of their time and skills to build a young person’s interest in and love for music, each plays apart and role in this ecology but its strength and success is underpinned by collaboration and partnership.

The challenge for us all is to create a clear pathway in a young person’s musical education so that they can choose to stepon, and step off, at the level that suits their interest or ability.

Each of us here today shares a passion for music and for passing it on to young people everywhere.

I hope you leave Glasgow with that passion burning even brighter.

Andrew DixonChief Executive, Creative Scotland

Welcome to musiclearninglive!2011

Contents

ProgrammePlan your personal journey

through musiclearninglive!2011

Thursday 3 March

4-6 Conference Schedule

Delegate Reception

Emily Smith Concert

Friday 4 March

7-8 Conference Schedule

Event Partners9-11 Contributors

12-14 Exhibitors and sponsors

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l Love Music Festival: Live Music Meets Multi-Media Stephen Deazley & Yann Seznec Concert HallStephen Deazley and Yann Seznec, the festival’s artistic director and multi-media producer, present a summary of the inaugural Love Music Festival’s achievements

through a series of documentary films, digital music created by young participants, multi-media works and innovative music software commissioned by the festival to

encourage musical curiosity and deepen understanding of diverse music and cultures.

l Fun with Folk Song in the Primary Curriculum Carolyn Robson & Rachel Elliott Fyfe Lecture TheatreCarolyn Robson will teach delegates a diverse range of traditional folk songs all tried, tested and thoroughly enjoyed by children at KS2. Bringing history and other areas

of the curriculum to life in surprising, dramatic, funny and intriguing ways, the songs are all featured on the Fun with Folkweb resource for children and teachers, developed

by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS). Rachel Elliott will put the practical work in context by screening a 10-minute film outlining the project.

l Live Music Now at Harmeny School Live Music Now, Skerryvore and pupils from Harmeny School Room V1In Spring 2010, Live Music Now delivered a six-week music project in Harmeny School, a national residential school for pupils with social, emotional and behavioural

difficulties. In today’s session, the pupils and musicians will present their musical achievements and demonstrate the workshop process that took place in school. Folk-rock

band, Skerryvorewill talk about their approach to working with children with additional needs and the benefits of creative music-making to social and personal development.

l 10.30-11.00 The BIG Sing Kim Edgar Movement Room 1Join singer-songwriter Kim Edgar, youth workers and volunteers from The BIG Project youth and children’s charity and members of The BIG Sing Children’s Choir who

will lead you in warm-ups for the body and voice, action songs, round singing and on-the-spot songwriting.

11.10-11.40 Introduction to Musical Futures Abigail d’Amore & David Price Movement Room 1Musical Futures is frequently referred to as one of the major initiatives in secondary music education and it has seen dramatic improvements in student engagement

and achievement through its often radical teaching and learning strategies. Yet it operates on a small scale – its success is attributable to the ground-up approach and the

fact that it has been developed and driven by teachers and practitioners. Find out about the success and scale-up, the challenges Musical Futures faces and the forthcoming

pilot projects in Scotland and Wales. (Precedes two practical workshops: Informal Learning, 1200 today, and Non-Formal Teaching, 1200 Friday)

l Soundbeam + The Skoog Conference RoomA hands-on opportunity to experience some amazing technology (NB non-directed time).

l The Future of Online Learning Richard Crozier Language LabIn this session, ABRSM’s Director of Professional Development, Richard Crozier, considers the place and role of online and blended learning in the world of music education

with particular reference to ABRSM’s own online course, Being an Effective Teacher, which was launched in February 2010.

l Make Your Own Ukulele Steve Nutter & Mark Ferraby AGOS Rehearsal Room 8In this session, not only will you have the opportunity to make your own Utterly Butterly Ukulele and become a fully fledged UKE-A-TEER, you’ll also learn how to play it

and then, as if that wasn’t enough, take part in a live jam session/performance as a member of the Utterly Butterly Band! No previous experience required!

l Techniques of Creative Composition Peter Moser AGOS Rehearsal Room 13 Be playful and create! Be creative and play! Work in a group and by yourself! Leave with a pocketful of ideas to use tomorrow! Peter Moser will take you through a

number of easy-to-develop ideas that will enable you to get the most out of your next workshop! As a composer and workshop leader, Peter’s ideas have been proved

through practice and have resulted in great new pieces all over the world!

l Early Years Kodály Lucinda Geoghegan Concert Hall‘We put up the fancy spires first. When we saw that the whole edifice was shaky, we set to building the walls. We still have to make a cellar.’ Zoltán Kodály

This will be a practical session looking at the importance of preparing musical concepts. This preparation stage provides children with songs, games, movement and

musical examples which contain the musical concepts which will be presented in the future.

l Techniques for Sight-Singing Jonathan Rathbone Fyfe Lecture TheatreJoin the former musical director of the Swingle Singers for an inspiring workshop session.

l Child Protection & the Work of the Musicians’ Union Diane Widdison Room V2Diane Widdison will talk about the recent initiatives the MU have embarked upon for musicians who teach, including the course, Safeguarding Children in Music, and

new partnerships (repeated 1410 Friday).

l Musical Futures: Informal Learning Abigail d’Amore & David Price Movement Room 1This practical session will explore the informal learning pedagogies that sit at the heart of the Musical Futures initiative. Delegates will have the opportunity to experience

first-hand how students navigate their way through a programme of independent learning that draws on the real-life learning processes of musicians outside the classroom

and builds on their own musical interests Be prepared for noise, chaos and profound learning!

A Piper from the RSAMD welcomes delegates by kind permission of the RSAMD

Music from RSAMD students

Welcome from John Wallace CBE, Principal of the RSAMD; Ian Clethero, Managing Director, Zone New Media

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Minister for Culture and External Affairs, opens the conference

Andrew Dixon was appointed Chief Executive of Creative Scotland in 2010

1030–1140: Breakout Session 1 Options


from 0830: Trade Exhibition open

1140-1200: Visit Trade Exhibition, Tea/Coffee

from 0800: Registration

0920–0950: Welcome to musiclearninglive!2011 Concert Hall

0950–1020: Keynote: Andrew Dixon Concert Hall

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Thursday 3 March 2011: morning

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l In Harmony Lambeth Brendon Le Page, Jade Calliste & Donna Peters Concert HallTake 3 Primary schools, 1 international arts venue, 1 housing association, 1 world-class orchestra and 5 days a week. Stir vigorously for 21 months and savour a 120-

piece symphony orchestra, a 70-piece training orchestra, committed families, changed children and an online community. Through films, presentations and Q&A, this session

will explore the challenges and successes of In Harmony Lambeth – with lessons for us all.

l A 21st Century Music Curriculum Aileen Monaghan Fyfe Lecture TheatreThis colourful and entertaining session will consider what it looks like to participate in a 21st century music education and the role of a modern HMIE to support this. In

particular, we will consider how to embed ICT where appropriate and discuss other innovative solutions to deliver the highest quality music education.

l Introduction to Musical Reading and Writing Cyrilla Rowsell Movement Room 1Following on from the Early Years session (1200 today), this section of the Kodály strand will focus on a) differentiating between pulse and rhythm, leading to the introduction

and use of rhythm notation, b) pitch differentiation, leading to the introduction of solfa and handsigns and c) how to introduce new rhythm and pitch elements.

l Soundbeam + The Skoog Conference RoomAnother hands-on opportunity to experience some amazing technology (NB non-directed time)

l Build Your Own Recording Studio Chris Nichol Language LabA simple, step-by-step guide to what is needed to build your own classroom or home studio on a budget. The days of having to spend thousands on over-complicated,

hard-to-use systems are far behind us. People can shy away from music technology out of fear of not understanding but this session will gently ease you into the world

of recording and MIDI composition using a sequencer.

l Songwriting Carol Laula AGOS Rehearsal Room 8Carol Laula has worked on songwriting with many groups of all ages and genres from pre-school to prison! In this workshop, Carol will take you through a simple process of

writing a song - either solo or in a small group setting - that can be adapted to suit most groups. No experience of songwriting, singing or playing an instrument is necessary.

All you need to bring along is a pen and some paper and a great big dollop of fun! And, once you've written the song, you get to perform it!

l Music and the Deaf Paul Whittaker AGOS Rehearsal Room 13Paul Whittaker OBE, Artistic Director of Music and the Deaf, talks about the various projects that MatD runs for deaf people, such as Deaf Youth orchestras and Signed Song

choirs, and tells you how you can get involved. There will be audience participation!

1620–1730: Breakout Session 4 Options (continues on next page)

l Sistema Scotland – The Big Noisy Story Nicola Killean, Joëlle Fenna, Ysla Robertson Concert HallBig Noise is an orchestra programme that aims to use music-making to foster confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children taking part – and across their wider

community. It is based on the methods of Venezuela’s El Sistema movement and is run by the charity, Sistema Scotland. Big Noise opened in 2008 in the community of

Raploch, Stirling. It started working with a core group of 35 children and now works with over 300 children every week. This session will involve: an overview of Big Noise;

a presentational performance from 40 children who form one of the Big Noise orchestras; feedback from the children on what the orchestra means to them; Q & A.

l Art Music in the Music Curriculum László Nemes Fyfe Lecture TheatreMusic education according to the Kodály concept is about spiritual enrichment through active music-making that has an enduring influence on the shaping of the human

character and the human personality. It is about musical inspiration and the beauty of music, both folk and classical. Some music educators these days tend to forget about

the mission of music education. If we do not want Palestrina’s or JS Bach’s music to be lost for the generations following ours, we must teach the music of Palestrina and

Bach in the classroom. Where is the place of this repertory in the music classroom curriculum? How can we help children to get closer to the masterworks of classical music?


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1310–1410: Lunch, Visit Trade Exhibition

l Peter Moser Fastest One-Man Band in the World will be appearing very, very briefly

l The Utterly Butterly Ukulele Duo Steve Nutter & Mark Ferraby

Thursday 3 March 2011: afternoon

l 1200-1230 Introduction to Soundbeam 5 Tim Swingler & Drake Music Scotland Conference RoomThe new Soundbeam 5 is a uniquely accessible and interactive musical instrument which motivates learners at all levels and which can be as easy or as difficult to play

as you want it to be. Traditionally a mainstay musical resource in special schools, Soundbeam is increasingly used throughout education. This session will include film of

Soundbeam’s applications in the classroom but will be largely hands-on, giving delegates the opportunity to make music and to enjoy and evaluate the technology.

(Repeated 1200 Friday)

l Music Technology for the Terrified Chris Swaffer Language LabNot everyone is comfortable with using a computer, let alone using it for notation or recording. This session takes a refreshingly straightforward look at getting to grips

with computers, peripherals and music software for the first time. A practical overview of all the hardware, software, jargon and what to do when it all goes wrong...

l Traditional Music in the Community Jo Miller AGOS Rehearsal Room 8This session will be an interactive exploration of issues around learning and teaching traditional music, including aural and intergenerational learning, repertoire and possibilities

for formal/informal collaboration. The session will be of interest to Music Leaders both in and out of school looking to increase their awareness of traditional music and its

potential as a resource for music learning. Delegates are welcome to bring instruments if they would like to try some tunes!

l V-Drums – The Future of Electronic Percussion and Sampling Craig Blundell AGOS Rehearsal Room 13International Roland clinician, Craig Blundellmakes a welcome return to musiclearninglive! delivering his mind-boggling demonstration of the Roland range. This interactive,

fun and amazing masterclass is not to be missed, even if you don’t play drums!

l Dr László Nemes is Director of the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. He explains: ’School curricula today place less and less emphasis on singing. According to

Zoltán Kodály, “The cause of music education in school is not primarily the cause of music. By learning music we do not only learn about music. Singing sets us free,

encourages us, cures us from behavioural inhibitions and diffidence; singing recreates us, it cures both our bodies and our souls, develops our work capacity, makes us more

capable, enhances our attention span and discipline”.’

1410–1440: Keynote: László Nemes Concert Hall

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l Breath, Voice, Spirit Michael Harper Movement Room 1Have you ever wondered how your voice works? How to get the most efficient use of it when teaching or speaking publicly? Through vocal exercises and simple, fun songs,

we will explore freeing your natural voice, techniques for vocal health and more confidence in your singing and teaching of singing.

l Soundbeam + The Skoog Conference RoomAnother hands-on opportunity to experience some amazing technology (NB non-directed time).

l The Skoog – To Accessibility and Beyond! Ben Schögler Language LabFor many, the barrier to making music is the instrument itself: knowing how to play an instrument is essential. The barriers can be even more fundamental for those with

physical and learning difficulties. A musical instrument that we can all play, that sounds great and affords expressive potential? Ladies and gentleman, introducing the Skoog.

This session, led by Skoog co-inventor, Ben Schögler, will examine the grounding of the Skoog in Human Communicative Musicality, the support the project received from

schools throughout Scotland and the input from pupils and teachers that helped create a unique tool for creating and sharing music with others.

l Standards, Progression and Assessment at Key Stage 3 Kevin Rogers AGOS Rehearsal Room 8What are the implications of QCDA’s new exemplification materials for music at KS3? How do they reflect the principles and requirements of the national curriculum? What

do they imply about planned learning? Do they demonstrate the musical learning that Ofsted identifies as effective? How should teachers refine their assessment practice in

response to these materials? What does it all mean for transition and progress? Although the materials are designed for teachers in England, these are fundamental questions

for all KS3 music teachers (and relevant for KS2 teachers), wherever they teach.

l Boys’ Changing Voice Christopher Bell AGOS Rehearsal Room 13Christopher Bell explains: ‘Ever since I started in choir directing, it has been clear that there is a ‘crisis’ in male singing in the UK and it’s recognised that male singers can

be few and far between. I have become a bit obsessed with seeking to redress this balance in a variety of ways, mainly by starting at the beginning, forming a National Boys

Choir and, as part of that, a Changed Voice group.’ NYCoS is rightly proud of its ground-breaking work in the area of Boys’ Changing Voice. This session will explore the five

stages of boys’ changing voices; how to assess ranges, suitable repertoire and motivational strategies will be covered.

1620–1730: Breakout Session 4 Options (continued from previous page)

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Thursday 3 March 2011: evening

musiclearninglive!2011

The Lord Provost of Glasgow & The Musicians’ Union

Request the Pleasure of Your Company

at a Reception

on Thursday 3 March 2011 at 6pm in City Chambers, Glasgow

with Music Performed by The Gorbals Community Choir

and Afterwards at a Concert with Scots Singer of the Year 2008/9, Emily Smith

1800: Reception and Concert sponsored by The City of Glasgow and the Musicians’ Union (Concert at 1915) City Chambers

Set up in September 2010, the Gorbals Community

Choir draws singers from the Gorbals – including

residents and those who work locally – and across

Glasgow. We are all about inclusion, giving folks an

opportunity to get involved in their community and

create some wonderful harmonies and sounds. We

love to perform a wide range of material, including

songs from different cultures and modern classics.

Emily Smith is one of the leading singers of the

contemporary Scottish folk scene. Her powerful,

clear vocals have gained her award-winning,

worldwide recognition. As a songwriter, Emily has been

likened to ‘a Scottish Joni Mitchell’ but as a passionate

collector, she is equally adept at presenting fresh and

evocative interpretations of traditional songs.

Aged seven, she started out on piano; moved

onto snare drum in the local pipe band and

subsequently found a passion for piano accordion

where at the age of eighteen she was National Mod

champion. But it wasn’t until a solo with the school

choir in her late teens that Emily discovered her

singing voice. She moved to Glasgow in 1999 where

she gained an Honours degree in Scottish Music from

the RSAMD. With principal study of Scots Song, she

also studied accordion and piano.

Winning BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional

Music of the Year Award in 2002 gave Emily the

confidence and impetus she needed to pursue a career

in music. In the same year she met New Zealand born

multi-instrumentalist Jamie McClennan who had

travelled to Scotland to pursue his own music career.

Jamie joined Emily’s band initially on fiddle and has

been an integral part of her sound ever since, helping

to arrange and produce Emily’s albums and has now

settled into the role of lead guitarist in her band.

Emily soon found her interpretation of traditional

Scots songs coupled with her own compositions were

gathering appeal both in the UK and further afield and

the last eight years have seen her regularly perform to

audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Australia,

Japan, USA and Canada.

Emily has released three solo albums with her

fourth, Traiveller’s Joy, launched at Celtic Connections

in January 2011.

Emily was the first ever winner from Scotland

when her song Edward of Morton won the Folk

Category of the USA Songwriting Competition in 2005.

Another of her songs, Always a Smile, about the life of

her Polish grandmother, was shortlisted in the final ten.

Her 2008 release, Too Long Away again brought

awards when in the same year she was named ‘Scots

Singer of the Year’ by public vote at the Scots

Traditional Music Awards.

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l Is There Life After Henley? Marc Jaffrey, James Dickinson, David Price, Diane Widdison & Katherine Zeserson Concert HallWith its far-reaching recommendations for the future of music education in England, the Henley Review, commissioned last Autumn by the London Government and

published in February, has had a mixed reception. Former Music Manifesto Champion, Marc Jaffrey gives a personal response to the Review, after which the panel, chaired

by journalist Clare Stevens, will open the debate more widely. Questions from the floor are welcome!

l Creating a Folk Band from Scratch Becki Driscoll & Paul Wilson (Wren Music) Movement Room 1This dynamic session will be filled with practical, participatory activities based on English folk tunes with backup music sheets and discussion. Wren Music will provide a

selection of traditional instruments (accordion, autoharp, anglo-concertina, bodhran, dulcimer, fiddle, mandolin, melodeon) to enable delegates to make music on instruments

they may never have played before. This approach has been successfully used by Wren Music for many years with young people of all levels of experience.

l Soundbeam + The Skoog Conference RoomAnother hands-on opportunity to experience some amazing technology (NB non-directed time)

l Music Tech on a Budget Tim Hallas Language LabThis session will look at free software available to schools, including online Web 2.0 technologies. The web is full of resources for the aspiring musician and we need to

know what’s worth using and what isn’t. The software looked at will be suitable for work at KS3 and higher.

l Inspiring Older Beginners Lucinda Geoghegan & Cyrilla Rowsell AGOS Rehearsal Room 13This will be a practical, hands-on session exploring singing games and repertoire suitable for older beginners (Upper Primary). Topics include age-appropriate material,

engaging the older beginner and musical reading and writing for all learners.

l Scots Folk Song Emily Smith Fyfe Lecture TheatreEmily Smith will teach examples of the various song types found within the Scots song tradition, focussing on the history behind the songs and the use of Scots language.

Lyrics will be provided but melodies will be taught by ear.

l Givin’ it Laldie Shelly Coyne Movement Room 1In this study of wide-ranging Gorbals-based project, Givin’ It Laldie, Project Leader, Shelly Coyne will interview one of the project’s founders, Douglas Ellis, ask RSAMD

placement students to talk about their experiences and invite her Children’s Community Choir to perform.

l Communicating to Survive Marc Jaffrey Board RoomDrawing on the work Think Again Media have been undertaking with Local Authority Music Services, this session will provide insight into key communication and sales

techniques and encourage participants to see communicating well with their users, stakeholders and staff as an essential part of being a professional educator.

l Presenting Self Sarah Thurstan Conference RoomSarah Thurstanwill give an interactive lecture on the use of body language, vocal techniques and the building of rapport and empathy with an audience. This will be followed

by exercises in relaxation techniques and live presentations from delegates with feedback from both Sarah and the group (repeated 1200 today).

l ABC Creative Music Online for Primary: Teach Creative Music on Your Smartboard Tom Bancroft Language LabThis session will demo interactive lessons from ABC Creative Music’s new online Primary classroom music resource, including early composing and improvisation activities.

We will look at online traffic light assessment, teacher training videos and curriculum coding and forward-planning features.

l Yamaha Jazz Experience Richard Michael & Bill Martin AGOS Rehearsal Room 13This session will offer an overview of Yamaha Jazz Experience plus an improvisation workshop. Participants should bring instruments and be prepared for Richard

Michael to leave you energised and excited about the positive impact that improvising can have on you and your students.

Please come to this brief plenary! As well as starting the day singing, you’ll be able to hear any general announcements.

***Just published: visit www.zonemag.net for a special edition of Zone Magazine devoted to the Henley Review***



from 0815: Visit Trade Exhibition

from 0800: Registration (Friday day delegates only)

0900–0910: Music from Royal College of Music Junior Department students & warm-up led by Sam Lee Concert Hall

Friday 4 March 2011: morning

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In 2009, Emily and Jamie released a duo album

titled Adoon Winding Nith to celebrate the 250th

anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s bard, Robert

Burns, who at one time lived only a few miles from

where Emily grew up.

Traiveller’s Joy features songs written on the road

throughout 2010 beautifully blending alongside

traditional material sourced from the travelling people

of Scotland. Emily continues to draw inspiration from

her home area of rural Dumfriesshire in South West

Scotland but this release sees her writing from a more

personal viewpoint than before.

Jamie McClennan has toured worldwide with Emily

Smith, playing on all of her albums and co-producing

Too Long Away. Performing with the likes of Beth

Neilson Chapman, Phil Cunningham and Brian

Finnegan, Jamie draws influences from his ancestral

roots of traditional Scottish and Irish fiddle music as

well as a love of bluegrass and blues. 2009 saw the

release of his first solo recording, In Transit.

Offer for mll!2011 delegates

Emily Smith’s new album, Traiveller’s Joy, is

available this evening at the special price of £10

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1530–1615: Closing Plenary Concert Hall

Thank you for joining us at musiclearninglive!2011.

We’re coming back to Glasgow in 2012.

Please register your interest at www.musiclearninglive2011.com/mll2012.

Friday 4 March 2011: afternoon

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l Musical Futures: Non-Formal Teaching David Price Movement Room 1This practical, hands-on session will explore the non-formal teaching pedagogies of the Musical Futures initiative. This democratic view of learning utilises the skills and

interests of students in the group/class and uses this as a basis for whole-class composition and improvisation.

l 1200-1230 Introduction to Soundbeam 5 Tim Swingler & Drake Music Scotland Conference RoomRepeat of 1200 Thursday.

l Practical Technology in the Classroom Tim Hallas Language LabA practical workshop looking at PC and Mac software for use in the classroom and how it can be used in day-to-day teaching. The session will also look at other technologies

available to young people including ‘Apps’ for mobile phones and other portable devices.

l Introducing Figurenotes: ‘I Can Play Music’ Pete Sparkes AGOS Rehearsal Room 8Drake Music Scotland has been piloting Figurenotes in a range of educational settings. Pete Sparkes will chart the journey so far, outline future plans and, joined by

one of the teachers using Figurenotes in the classroom, discuss the real difference it has been making for her pupils with Additional Support Needs.

l Living Song Joy Hill, David Sutton-Anderson, Sam Lee, Rachel Elliott & RCMJD Chamber Choir AGOS Rehearsal Room 13A presentation of the source material, working process and outcomes of this folk song and composition project, jointly devised and delivered by the English Folk Dance

and Song Society and the RCMJD, which has introduced RCMJD singers and composers to English folk song as a living, evolving tradition and led to the RCMJD Chamber

Choir performing new choral compositions by student composers based on traditional folk songs.

1310-1410: Lunch, Visit Trade Exhibition

l The Kodály Approach to Advanced Repertoire László Nemes with the RCMJD Chamber Choir Concert Hall‘Relative solmisation has done more for the popularisation of musical culture than any music school..’ Zoltán Kodály

‘Solmisation, through play, implants in the pupil the foundations of musical thinking..’ Zoltán Kodály

This session aims at demonstrating the adaptation of the tonic solfa method to teaching non-tonal music. With careful and thorough preparation we can successfully teach

the most challenging atonal repertoire to young people.

l Child Protection & the Work of the Musicians’ Union Diane Widdison Fyfe Lecture TheatreRepeat of 1200 Thursday.

l Let’s Make the Music and Dance Carol Laula & Judy Fielding Movement Room 1Let’s Make the Music & Dance involves children in a creative artistic experience whilst emphasising the key messages for Early Years within the Curriculum for Excellence.

This is a simple, fun workshop, suggesting ways in which you can work with children to achieve these outcomes.

l Soundbeam + The Skoog Conference RoomA final hands-on opportunity to experience some amazing technology (NB non-directed time).

l Introduction to Charanga Mark Burke Language LabMark Burke talks you through the latest developments at Charanga Music, including inspira®, their Wider Opportunities training programme (part of a Professional

Development Partnership with ABRSM) and the interactive Music Medals modules with ABRSM which will come on-stream in Spring 2011.

l Action Learning Sets: An Introduction Catherine Pestano AGOS Rehearsal Room 8Action Learning is a structured and powerful way for a group to assist each other to extract new reflections, understanding and solutions. This creative professional and

leadership development tool offers a new way for teachers, managers, arts coordinators and other professionals to engage with issues and challenges.

l Presenting Self Sarah Thurstan AGOS Rehearsal Room 13 Repeat of 1030 today.

l 1300-1400: RSAMD Showcase Concert (Concert Hall)A special showcase event marking musiclearninglive!2011 featuring performers from across the RSAMD School of Music.

Tickets are available to conference delegates at the concesionary rate of £6.50 from the RSAMD Box Office.

Please note start time: Latecomers will be admitted but slip in quietly!

musiclearninglive!2011 closes as it opened – with music

l Royal College of Music Junior Department Chamber Choir

l Wren Music Show Band – a musical jigsaw is made from music and rhythm patterns as lucky volunteers come and join the Show Band on stage!

l Utterly Butterly Ukulele Band

Prize draws!

l NOTION 3 unlimited site licence worth £750 donated by NOTION Music

l 30-piece Samba kit worth £1,200 donated by Louder Than Life

Conference round-up by David Price, Musical Futures

is a Bookstart Rhymetime Champion, fulfill-

ing her role as a training deliverer throughout

Scotland to present her own Bookstart

Rhymetime Sessions with parents and chil-

dren under five.

Lucinda Geoghegan works with the British

Kodály Academy, Royal Scottish National

Orchestra Junior Chorus and RSAMD. Her work

as National Youth Choir of Scotland Education

Consultant includes staff development across

Britain. An ‘Expert Friend’ of Sistema Scotland,

she has provided training for music tutors and

members of the BBC Scottish Symphony

Orchestra. She has written numerous singing

books for Primary-aged children.

Hertfordshire Music Service Music Technology

Consultant, Tim Hallas studied Creative Music

Sound Technology at APU, Cambridge, gaining

an MSc in Composition with Technology from

the University of Hertfordshire. As well as

working with schools providing advice on

equipment installation and curriculum content,

Tim writes a column in Music Tech magazine

and is working on a book on the practical use

of technology in music education.

Professional singer, teacher and animateur,

Michael Harper has sung in the US, China and

throughout Europe and has worked with stu-

dents internationally at the Norwegian Opera,

the Asolo Song Festival, The Sage Gateshead

and Pegasus Opera. He works regularly with

Youth Music and Sing Up and is one of the

leading proponents of the natural voice

approach to singing in the UK.

Joy Hill directs the Royal College of Music

Junior Department Chamber Choir and Girls’

Choir, the Purcell School Chamber Choir and

New Commonwealth Voices. Formerly Senior

Lecturer in Music and Music Education,

University of Surrey, Roehampton and

Lecturer, Institute of Education, London

University, she now works internationally as a

guest conductor, lecturer and adjudicator. She

was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for choral

conducting in Sweden.

Glasgow University graduate, Fiona Hyslop

completed a postgraduate Diploma in Industrial

Administration at the Scottish College of

Textiles before becoming Brand Development

Manager for financial services company,

Standard Life. She was elected a Lothians MSP

in 1999 and was a member of the Parliament’s

Education Committee and Cabinet Secretary

for Education and Lifelong Learning. In

December 2009, she became Minister for

Culture and External Affairs.

Marc Jaffrey has 25 years’ experience as a

leader of high-impact campaigns including the

Music Manifesto. His skills were built through

Abigail d’Amore is National Co-ordinator for

the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Musical

Futures initiative, focussing on finding new,

innovative ways of engaging young people in

sustainable music activity. After specialising in

ethnomusicology at the University of London’s

School of Oriental and African Studies, she

worked as an editor in music and arts educa-

tional publishing before becoming Project

Manager for the Hertfordshire pathfinder of

Musical Futures.

Award-winning drummer, composer, band-

leader and educator, Tom Bancroft trained as a

doctor but now makes a living from music,

playing with musicians ranging from Sun Ra to

Bill Wells. He leads big band Orchestro

Interrupto, plays in Trio AAB and the Dave

Milligan Trio and runs music education

resource company, ABC Creative Musicwith his

twin brother, Phil Bancroft.

Belfast-born, Christopher Bell is Artistic

Director of the National Youth Choir of

Scotland (NYCoS) which he formed in 1996 to

encourage young singers to develop their skills.

He also holds posts as Chorus Master of the

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior

Chorus, Edinburgh Festival Chorus and

Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Chorus Director of

Chicago’s Grant Park Chorus, and Associate

Conductor of Ulster Orchestra.

Roland clinician, Craig Blundell performs,

records and runs drum clinics worldwide. He

has a column in Drummer magazine, writes,

produces and remixes for various acts/labels

under the moniker of Dr oKtopus and plays live

with King Crimson’s David Cross and neo-pro-

gressive rock supergroup Frost*. His master-

classes are a must for people wanting to see

technology at its very best being pushed to the

limits.

After graduating from the Royal College of

Music, Mark Burke went on to pursue a suc-

cessful performing career which included tours

of Japan and the USA, live solo performances

on BBC TV, Radio 3 and Classic FM and over

500 performances with Live Music Now! His

interest in exploring new approaches to teach-

ing led him to establish Charanga Music in

1996 with educational ICT expert, Paul

Fletcher.

Ian Clethero (conference programming) was a

chorister at Ripon Cathedral and later studied

the organ with Peter Hurford while a student

at Cambridge University, where he read

Mathematics. Following a time as administrator

of the national music education charity, The

Voices Foundation, he co-founded Zone, the

national music education magazine, and

through Zone New Media has developed the

the annual musiclearninglive! conferences.

Shelly Coyne leads and manages Gorbals-

based Community Music project, Givin’ it

Laldie. After 18 years teaching singing in

Primary and Secondary schools in Lancaster,

she completed an MSc in Community Music at

Edinburgh University before gaining a post as

a Sing Up Area Leader at The Sage Gateshead.

She moved to Glasgow in May 2010 to pilot

and run Givin’ It Laldie for Gorbals Church of

Scotland.

After studying music at Newcastle University,

Richard Crozier taught in Secondary schools as

Head/Director of Music before being appointed

Area Music Co-ordinator in Avon and County

Music Inspector in Bedfordshire. In 1995, he

became Course Director for the Certificate of

Teaching of the ABRSM one-year professional

development course for instrumental and

singing teachers. A consultant to the

Federation of Music Services, he has written

numerous books on teaching music.

Former Education Director for Scottish

Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Deazley is

Director of eclectic performing group, Music at

the Brewhouse and Artistic Director of Love

Music Festival. An award-winning composer,

Stephen specialises in large-scale works that

draw communities, amateurs, children and pro-

fessional musicians together. He is currently fin-

ishing a new youth opera for Welsh National

Opera and a cabaret concerto for cellist and

singer, Matthew Sharp.

After reading music at Oxford University, James

Dickinson taught and played the French horn

as well as managing orchestras including the

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. He

went on to become Marketing Director of two

successful software companies before being

appointed Projects and Activities Manager for

Hertfordshire Music Service in 2003 and Head

of Service in 2007.

Chief Executive of Creative Scotland, Andrew

Dixon began his career as youth projects direc-

tor of Major Road Theatre Company before

moving to Northern Arts (where, as Chief

Executive, he raised the profile of the region

through advocating for large projects such as

the Baltic, the Angel of the North and The

Sage Gateshead) and the

NewcastleGateshead Initiative. He has been

a tutor and mentor on the Clore Leadership

Programme.

Fiddle- and viola-player, Becki Driscoll started

playing folk and traditional music in her home-

town of Bridport before going on to study

Community Music in Liverpool. Since moving

back to the South West, she has been running

music workshops for Wren Music and leading

the Folk Orchestra of North Devon. Her duo

with Nick Wyke has made a strong impact on

the British folk scene.

In partnership with Broomhouse-based charity,

The BIG Project, Kim Edgar leads The BIG Sing

which uses music to build confidence, foster

positive relationships and raise the aspirations

of children and young people in an area of

social and economic deprivation. Kim balances

her community-based work with writing,

recording and touring as a solo artist, session

musician and member of Scottish-Canadian

‘supergroup’, The Burns Unit.

After training at the Rambert School of Ballet

and Contemporary Dance, Rachel Elliott

worked for arts organisations including London

Contemporary Dance Trust, Sadler’s Wells,

English Touring Opera and Akademi South

Asian Dance UK. She was Associate Director of

Green Candle Dance Company and co-chair

(2004–2009) of the Dance Educators Group.

She became Education Director of the English

Folk Dance & Song Society in 2008.

The English Folk Dance & Song Society is one

of the UK’s leading folk development organisa-

tions. It is multi-faceted, being a membership

society, advocate and lobbyist, arts venue, edu-

cation, training and development agency, pub-

lisher, online shop and custodian of the

Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Through

its work, EFDSS aims to place the indigenous

folk arts of England at the heart of cultural life.

Violinist Joëlle Fenna gained a BA Honours and

Postgraduate Diploma in Performance from the

RSAMD. Her freelance career has included

chamber music performances on Radio 3 and

concerto performances with orchestras. In

2008, she was the Scottish Chamber

Orchestra’s Education Fellow. Joelle’s main job

is as a musician on Sistema Scotland’s Big

Noise Raploch programme

Middlesex Polytechnic Performing Arts gradu-

ate, Mark ‘Toff’ Ferraby has always encour-

aged participation by all in drama, dance and

music through small-scale touring in diverse

settings. If, at first, Mark, a Primary teacher and

co-founder of The Utterly Butterly Ukulele

Project, appears engaging, lucid and level-

headed, please engage in friendly banter.

However, don’t allow him to become wet or

feed after midnight. Trial by ukulele is bound to

follow.

As well as running her own highly successful

dance school in the West End of Glasgow, pro-

fessional dancer Judy Fielding works exten-

sively around the West of Scotland teaching

dance and drama in nurseries and schools. She

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ships and associations and edits acclaimed

music education magazine, YES. A former

teacher, musician, composer and producer, Bill

is on the board of Jazz Yorkshire, a panel

member of Jazz Services and a trustee of the

Music Education Council.

2009 Jazz Educator of the Year, Richard

Michael has influenced a generation of teach-

ers and students through 30 years’ work with

Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra. An award-winning

composer, performer, writer and workshop

leader, Richard is Radio Scotland’s ‘Jazz

Jargonbuster’. Recent activities include presen-

tations for SAME, NAME and SMA, commissions

for Dumfries Youth Jazz Orchestra and

Wigmore Hall and an appearance on BBC2’s

Scotland’s Music.

Jo Miller founded and ran the innovative BA

(Scottish Music) degree at the RSAMD from

1996-2005. Currently a Youth Music Advisor to

Creative Scotland, she runs Singing Stirling

and the Riverside Music Project supporting

family and community learning of traditional

music. As well as working as a singer, fiddler

and academic, Jo has written materials to sup-

port the teaching of traditional music in Scottish

schools.

Award-winning music technology consultant,

Aileen Monaghan is a member of Her

Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education and the

current national specialist for music. One of the

writers for Curriculum for Excellence seconded

to work with Learning and Teaching Scotland,

her substantive post was Principal Teacher of

Music at Glasgow’s Kingspark Secondary. She

has written articles on the use of music tech-

nology for the TES and BECTa.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, teacher and

Fastest-One-Man-Band-In-The-World, Peter

Moser has been Artistic Director of More Music

for the last 15 years. He co-edited Community

Music: A Handbook and his latest work, The

Long Walk – a response to the Morecambe Bay

tragedy of 2004 – was developed and per-

formed in Morecambe, Gateshead, Liverpool,

Hong Kong and at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

Director of Hungary’s Kodály Institute in

Kecskemét, Dr László Nemes is a graduate of

the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest

where he has been Associate Professor since

2001. He obtained his doctoral degree in choral

conducting from the University of Alberta,

Canada. Associate Conductor of the Hungarian

Radio Children’s Choir from 1997 to 2009, he

has held workshops for choral conductors and

music educators in Australia, Canada, Ireland,

Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Singapore and

The Philippines.

Chris Nichol is the driving force behind music

a range of award-winning social justice initia-

tives and honed when he joined the BBC to run

multi-media social action campaigns on litera-

cy, family, education, arts and youth issues. A

Director of Think Again Media, Marc was

awarded an OBE in the 2010 New Year Honours

list.

Director and CEO of Sistema Scotland, Nicola

Killean graduated from the RSAMD with an

Honours degree in Music Education. She was

one of the first cultural coordinators for South

Lanarkshire Council and has worked as

Scottish Development Officer for Youth Music

and as a music leader for NYCoS. Nicola is a

Board member of Horsecross and is in training

to become a member of the Glasgow

Children’s Panel.

Professional singer/songwriter Carol Laula has

taught singing and songwriting for over twenty

years to people of all ages from various and

diverse backgrounds. For Carol, the most impor-

tant thing about her workshops is that they

maintain a fun element whilst managing to

produce a piece of work that participants are

proud to share. Carol is a Bookstart

Rhymetime Champion.

Singer, promoter, teacher and researcher, Sam

Lee is a leading light of the current folk revival.

In December 2009, he featured on the BBC4

Christmas Special dueting with Jon Boden and

sang alongside Rufus & Martha Wainwright,

The McGarrigle Sisters and Brian Eno at the

Royal Albert Hall. Sam was nominated for the

2011 Arts Foundation Award in folk music.

Brendon Le Page’s early musical experiences

were gained in South Africa where he played

trumpet in the National Youth Orchestra and

established the first South African National

Wind Band Festival and the South African

Youth Wind Ensemble. He was appointed

Head of Lambeth Music Service in 2006 and

gives Teacher Training on basic conducting skills

and Whole Class teaching methods throughout

the UK.

Live Music Now provides live music to the UK’s

welfare, educational, justice and health sectors,

working strategically with groups in the com-

munity whose access to live music would nor-

mally be restricted such as children with special

needs, adults with learning difficulties, older

people, hospital and hospice patients, prison

inmates, young offenders and refugees. LMN

musicians deliver over 3,000 performances,

workshops and training events each year.

Bill C Martin is Music Education Manager at

Yamaha Music Europe, co-ordinating

Yamaha’s music education activities in the UK

and Ireland. He leads the company's national

music education projects, activities, partner-

technology at Normans Musical Instruments.

Previously, Chris worked as a live and studio-

based sound engineer, recording everything

from indie rock groups and singers to beatbox-

ers and full brass/wind bands. He is a musician,

recording and gigging with his band Great

Scott and supporting UK acts including Sway

and Lily Allen.

Director of Sly Community Arts and co-founder

of the Utterly Butterly Ukulele Project, Steve

Nutter has been a musician, composer and stu-

dio engineer for over 20 years. From playing

tuba with Fidgety Feet to bass guitar with The

South, he has toured extensively throughout

Central and Eastern Europe. Steve has worked

in music education with all age groups from

KS1 to post-16 and adult education.

Catherine Pestano is a community musician,

workshop facilitator and educator with a social

work background. Chair of Sound Sense, she

trained with Frankie Armstrong and runs

career development sessions for MusicLeader

London. In 2010, in partnership with Sound

Sense, Catherine organised an international

conference on Community Arts in Higher

Education. She recently completed the Cultural

Leadership Programme’s Accreditation pro-

gramme for Action Learning Set leaders.

Education consultant, project manager, strate-

gic adviser and public speaker, David Price has

led national projects in arts and education in

the UK (most notably the Musical Futures and

Learning Futures projects for the Paul Hamlyn

Foundation) and advised companies, third-

sector organisations and government depart-

ments internationally. In June 2008, he was

awarded the OBE for Services to Education. He

is a Senior Associate at the Innovation Unit.

After training as a chorister at Coventry

Cathedral and choral scholar at Christ’s

College Cambridge, Jonathan Rathbone spe-

cialised in singing and composition at the Royal

Academy of Music. Musical Director of the

Swingle Singers from 1984–96, Jonathan has

written works for theatre, film, radio, television,

concert platform and the church and is in

demand throughout Europe and the USA as a

choral director, arranger and workshop leader.

Ysla Robertson gained a BA in Musical Studies

and a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance

from the RSAMD. After four years as a tutti vio-

linist in Portugal’s Orquestra do Norte, she

returned to Scotland where she freelanced with

Scottish Ballet’s orchestra and started her own

string quartet. Before joining Sistema

Scotland’s Big Noise in 2009, she worked as a

violin teacher and for NYCoS delivering musi-

cianship classes.

Leading folk animateur, Carolyn Robson stud-

ied at the Royal Academy of Music before

working as a teacher, presenter for Radio 4’s

Music Workshop, Education Officer for EFDSS,

performer and soloist. A Senior Advisory

Teacher for The Voices Foundation, Carolyn’s

work draws on a wealth of songs and games

gathered from the British tradition and further

afield. She sings with renowned a cappella trio

Craig Morgan Robson.

County Inspector with Hampshire Music

Service, Kevin Rogers was seconded to the

Secondary National Strategy in 2004 to lead

on the KS3 music pilot. This role was extended

to cover the national launch of the KS3 music

programme and the subsequent development

of the KS3 music website. He was the Lead

Music Consultant working with QCDA on their

exemplification of standards material.

Cyrilla Rowsell obtained the British Kodály

Academy’s Advanced Musicianship Diploma

with Distinction in 1991. She runs courses for

organisations including ABRSM, BKA, NYCoS

and the Dalcroze Society and teaches on the

String Training Programme at the Guildhall

School of Music and Drama. She has co-writ-

ten the Jolly Music scheme and hopes to

establish the first British Kodály School fol-

lowing the model of Hungarian music Primary

schools.

The Royal College of Music Junior

Department Chamber Choir is a choir of 40+

students aged 15–18 conducted by Joy Hill.

Repertoire includes new choral music along

with pieces by RCMJD student composers who,

under the direction of David Sutton-Anderson,

also work on collaborative projects with the

Young Dancers’ Saturday Programme at The

Place (Sound Moves). Both singers and com-

posers have been working with EFDSS on the

Living Song folk song and composition project.

Dr Benjaman Schogler is co-founder, co-inven-

tor and Creative Director of Skoogmusic and a

member of the Perception-Movement-Action

Research Centre, University of Edinburgh. A

former lecturer in developmental psychology at

the University of the West Indies, he has

worked closely with Professors Colwyn

Trevarthen, Dave Lee and Nigel Osborne over

the last 11 years and is at the frontline of

research in human communicative musicality.

Sound designer and artist, Yann Seznec’s work

has been shown at the Scottish National

Gallery of Modern Art, the Scottish National

Portrait Gallery, Inspace, Chapter Cardiff, MIT

Media Lab and the Hannah Maclure Gallery.

Awarded grants and residencies by the Scottish

Arts Council, Creative Scotland, New Media

Scotland and the British Council, he is founder

and director of Lucky Frame, a company spe-

cialising in fun and intuitive musical software.

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Ian Singleton, conference producer, has spent

more than twenty years as a content producer

and event organiser. His work has taken him all

over the world – he is currently pioneering a 3D

learning initiative in the Middle East. Ian con-

ceived and founded icanplayit (www.ican-

playit.com) where he has worked with musi-

cians such as Guy Pratt of Pink Floyd and clar-

inettist Emma Johnson.

Hebridean folk-rock band, Skerryvore has

gripped audiences from Chicago to Beijing and

been the highlight of festivals including Italy’s

MagiaCeltica, Holland’s Celtic Crackers and

Scotland’s Celtic Connections. When not tour-

ing, Skerryvore’s involvement with Live Music

Now has seen the band participate in perform-

ances and workshops in key community envi-

ronments such as The Royal Blind School,

Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale.

Pete Sparkes divides his time between work

as a freelance project leader throughout

Scotland and the North of England and his posi-

tion as Artistic Director for Drake Music

Scotland. He has led projects with many differ-

ent participant groups for various organisations

including Drake Music Scotland, Scottish

Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony

Orchestra, Artlink Central and Jessie’s Fund.

Clare Stevens is a former editor of Music

Teacher magazine and deputy editor of

Classical Music. She recently moved from

London to the Welsh borders where she works

as a freelance writer and editor for a variety of

music-related publications and sings with sev-

eral choirs including Hereford Choral Society.

Royal College of Music Junior Department

Head of Composition and Musicianship, David

Sutton-Anderson studied at the RCM and the

Cologne Musikhochschule and has composed

for dance, film, TV and concert platform.

David’s music has been recorded on Black Box,

Oboe Classics, Meridian, Classicprint and sfz

music. He is Associate Professor, University of

Notre Dame, member of music staff, Royal

Opera Covent Garden and conductor of

Sounds Positive.

Chris Swaffer was educated at Chetham’s

School of Music and holds a Masters degree in

composition and conducting from Manchester

University. He is Musical Director of the Auricle

Ensemble and Edinburgh Festival Symphony

Orchestra and has conducted the St

Petersburg Academic and Ukrainian State

Symphony Orchestras. He is UK consultant for

NOTION notation and conducting software and

conducting consultant to MusicInset.com.

Tim Swingler has run workshops and training

courses with Soundbeam in more than 20

countries. His recent sessions in New York were

reported as ‘momentous’.

Sarah Thurstan founded Performance Link in

2000 to provide coaching in presentation skills

to clients such as Microsoft and BBC TV. Having

performed in many stage and screen produc-

tions including Silent Witness, Casualty and

Coronation Street, her work as an actor allows

her to understand how frightening and difficult

it is to present – a skill of growing importance

in the educational world today.

Principal of the RSAMD, John Wallace CBE is

greatly in demand as a soloist, recitalist, con-

ductor, recording artist, teacher and writer.

After attending King’s College, Cambridge, he

was Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia for

nearly 20 years. He has given masterclasses

worldwide and participated in Arts Council

tours in the UK and Australia. He is Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal

College of Music.

Profoundly deaf since the age of eight, organist

and pianist, Paul Whittaker OBE studied music

at Wadham College, Oxford and the Royal

Northern College of Music. In 1988, he found-

ed the charity Music and the Deaf to help deaf

people access music and performing arts. In

2010, Paul gave the first signed Prom at the

Royal Albert Hall. He works regularly with

Rambert Dance and The Sixteen choir.

Musicians’ Union National Organiser for Live

Performance and Teaching, Diane Widdison

has transformed the work the MU does on

behalf of musicians who teach. Recent initia-

tives include an agreement with the National

Union of Teachers, a collaboration with online

teacher database musicteachers.co.uk and the

bespoke course, Child Protection Awareness in

Music developed in conjunction with the

NSPCC, ABRSM and MusicLeader.

Director of Wren Music, Paul Wilson is a multi-

instrumentalist, singer, composer and folk

music educator. His dedication to preserving,

maintaining and creating traditional music was

rewarded in 2002 with an Honorary MA in

Music Education from the University of

Plymouth. He sat on the Music Manifesto

Partnership & Advocacy Group, works closely

with Sing Up and led the delivery of Vocal

Force training for teachers and singing leaders

in Devon.

Katherine Zeserson, Director of Learning and

Participation at The Sage Gateshead, is

responsible for programmes including The

Sage Gateshead’s region-wide delivery, work-

ing with people of all ages and aspirations; and

three ground-breaking national programmes –

REFLECT (Creative Partnerships co-mentor-

ing); Sing Up, the Music Manifesto National

Singing Programme; and Vocal Force, a nation-

al workforce development initiative for singing

leaders. She performs regularly with a cappella

vocal ensembles, Mouthful and Human Music.


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ing and risers, theatre equipment, audience seating and many other items.

British Kodály Academy

58, Frankton Avenue, Styvechale, Coventry CV3 5BB, UK

BKA helpline: +44 (0)1638 601664; Orders for BKA Resources: +44 (0)24 7641 1269

www.britishkodalyacademy.org

The BKA promotes the approach to music education developed by Hungarian educator, Zoltán

Kodály. We run courses for people wanting to develop their own musical skills or to teach music

using the Kodály approach and we publish high-quality musicianship and teaching materials.

Charanga Music

Suite 17 & 18, 9-12 Middle Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AL


www.charanga.com

Charanga’s easy-to-use interactive music resources cover instrumental, Wider Opps, vocal and

Key Stages 1-4. Create bespoke lessons with videos, animated instruments, cartoons, flashcards,

solfa, world music, hip hop, games and quizzes or choose from pre-built core curriculum lessons.

DB Audioware

PO Box 10012, Uddingston, Glasgow, G71 5XA, UK

T: +44 (0)1698 440771. E Brian Duncan, Sales & Marketing: [email protected]

www.db-audioware.com

DB Audioware Limited specialises in professional audio software. Recently, the company

has added Sounds Active to its portfolio, an innovative approach to music technology edu-

cation featuring expert tutorial content from the University of Strathclyde’s Iain Massey.

Drake Music Scotland

SPACE, Harewood Road, Edinburgh EH16 4NT, UK

T: +44 (0)131 659 4766. E Cath Sewell, Education: [email protected]

www.drakemusicscotland.org

Drake Music Scotland provides opportunities for people with disabilities to learn, compose and

perform music independently. DMS is pioneering Figurenotes notation and has built up a body of

specialist knowledge in the use of adaptive technologies such as Soundbeam and Brainfingers.

Drums for Schools

21, Shaftsbury Avenue, Nottingham NG14 5GL, UK

T: +44 (0)800 1577 686. E Andy Gwatkin, Director: [email protected]

www.drumsforschools.co.uk

Drums for Schools supply affordable, easy-to-teach world musical instruments to schools and

LAs. Our Value Packs (with 30% discount to schools, nurseries and Music Services) have been

developed in collaboration with Music Services and come with expertly written Teaching Guides.


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Louder Than Life

Innovation Way, Barnsley, S75 1JL, UK

T: +44 (0)1226 249590. E Chris Armitage, Sales: [email protected]

www.louderthanlifeltd.co.uk

Louder Than Life’s selection of innovative, long-lasting and attractive samba equipment is

designed to meet the needs of schools without compromise on pure Brazilian sounds. All our

products are designed in the UK, ensuring fast delivery and the highest quality.

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Luminous Edge Ltd

13, Earlbank Avenue, Glasgow G14 9HE, Scotland

T: +44 (0)7900 471392. E Robin Sayer, MD: [email protected]

Luminous Edge presents Presto, a pop-up music stand that transforms from a compact sheet

music case in just a few seconds. With an eye-catching design that can be customised for

the individual child or music group, Presto is the first stand that children can assemble quick-

ly and safely themselves.

Musical Trixstar

231, Smedley Street, Matlock DE4 3JD, UK

T: +44 (0)1629 700289. E Mark Percival, Director: [email protected]

www.musicaltrixstar.com

This versatile board game is endorsed by the FMS, SMA, Yamaha, NYO and Chetham’s School

of Music. The fun, colourful and concise delivery develops expression, coordination and per-

formance skills, inspiring young musicians to enjoy and embrace the world of music notation.

Musicians’ Union

60-62, Clapham Road, London SW9 0JJ, UK

Headquarters: +44 (0)20 7582 5566. E Diane Widdison: [email protected]

www.theMU.org

The Musicians’ Union represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the music

business. Membership benefits include public liability cover, teacher services, £2,000 worth of

equipment insurance, contract/careers advice, partnership agreements and legal assistance.

Normans Musical Instruments UK

Third Avenue, Centrum 100, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, UK

T: +44 (0)8000 281415. E Gary Bond, European Sales Manager: [email protected]

www.normans.co.uk

Normans Musical Instruments is the UK’s leading supplier and education specialist of musi-

cal instruments and their related resources. We supply leading independent schools/colleges

and LAs throughout the world with their entire musical needs from classroom to orchestra.

NOTION Music

Building 3 Chiswick Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5YA, UK

T: +44 (0)20 8899 6090. E Richard Llewellyn, Sales Director: [email protected]

Chris Swaffer, Notion Music Education Consultant: [email protected]

NOTION Music pride themselves on sound quality, ease of use and cost-effectiveness.

NOTION3 is a professional music notation software programme, PROGRESSION covers rock

and pop while NOTION Conducting boasts videos and performances by the LSO.

Win a £750 unlimited site licence

of NOTION 3 software in

NOTION Music’s free

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Draw made during closing session on

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National Youth Choir of Scotland

The Mitchell, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN, UK

T: +44 (0)141 287 2856. E Carole Allen, Education Manager: [email protected]

www.nycos.co.uk

The National Youth Choir of Scotland is dedicated to providing high-level singing opportuni-

ties for Scotland’s young singers. Activities include four National Choirs, a network of Area Choirs

and Mini Music Maker classes. NYCoS also commissions and publishes songbooks and resources.

John Packer Ltd

141 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6AF, UK

T: +44 (0)1823 282386. E Anita Dale, Educational Sales: [email protected]

www.johnpacker.co.uk

John Packer is an educational and retail supplier of instruments and accessories, including a

celebrated range of JP-brand instruments. The JP range has revolutionised the student mar-

ket and includes minority instruments such as shortreach bassoon and mini-French horn.

Peters Edition London

2-6 Baches Street, London N1 6DN, UK

T: +44 (0)20 7553 4000

www.editionpeters.com

Publishers of sheet and online music in all genres, Peters Edition’s catalogue is impressively

diverse and expansive. We send out free perusal scores for any of the titles featured on our

web pages as well as regular e-newsletters with details of new issues, special offers and more.

Musicroom @ Rae Macintosh

6, Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4PA, UK

T: +44 (0)131 225 1171. E Rae Lamond, Manager: [email protected]

www.musicroom.com/edinburgh

Part of the Musicroom group, Rae Macintosh sells sheet music, instruments, accessories and

musically themed gifts. Rae Mac is based in Edinburgh but can provide a mail order service

either via the shop or our website.

Roland UK

Atlantic Close, Swansea SA7 9FJ, UK

T: +44 (0)1792 702 701. E David Barnard, Head of Education: [email protected]

www.roland.co.uk

Roland is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments. Our aim

is to help turn your imagination into reality through sound and vision. We recognise our social

responsibility as a company and always do our best to inspire ‘Cooperative Enthusiasm’.

Skoogmusic

27, Albert Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5LH


www.skoogmusic.com

Skoogmusic is dedicated to doing fun and accessible things with technology. The Skoog

enables everyone to experience and play realistic instrument sounds for themselves, enhanc-

ing music-making, teaching and performing for disabled and able-bodied musicians alike.

Stow College

43 Shamrock Street, Glasgow G4 9LD, UK

T: +44 (0)844 249 8585. E Derek Doyle, Music & Creative Industries: [email protected]

www.stow.ac.uk

Pioneers in music technology and music business, Stow College’s Curriculum includes Music

Business, Sound Production, Musical Theatre, Theatre Arts, Professional Dance, TV and Music

Video Production, Technical Theatre and Music Performance (Rock and Pop).

The Utterly Butterly Ukulele Project – Sly Community Arts

10, Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester LE2 9PF, UK

T: +44 (0)7785 575468. E Steve Nutter, Director: [email protected]

www.tubup.org

Sly Community Arts delivers music-focussed participatory workshops nationwide. Make

your own ukulele from recyclable materials, learn how to play it and take part in a live per-

formance with The Utterly Butterly Ukulele Project.


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