Month: August 2009

• Soundhouse conference, alongside AMAC 2009

  As I write I’m just on the way back from the Soundhouse conference which took place at the Australian Music Association Conference 2009. For those who don’t know, the Soundhouse Association is an international not-for-profit alliance of institutions with an interest in music technology and education. Soundhouses are in schools, colleges, museums, theatres and other…

  August 17, 2009

  Composition, Music education, Music technology

• I’m at the Soundhouse conference

  And I’m having a great time.

  August 15, 2009

  Cool stuff

• MLC’s Australian Music Day timeline website

  Composer Damian Barbeler and web development company Firefly Interactive have combined to create an amazing new website to support MLC School’s Australian Music Day 2009. MLC School, where I am composer-in-residence along with Damian and Director of Composition Dr Paul Stanhope, has a great tradition of supporting Australian contemporary music not only through its three…

  August 14, 2009

  Composition, Cool stuff, Lesson plans and resources, Music education

• Learn Sibelius in 1 hour passes 5,000 hits in various locations

  Well, I only ever intended it as a rough collection of videos made as soon as possible after Sibelius 6 came out to teach my students how to use it. The videos were recorded and edited in just a few hours (hence all the noise in the background, the umms and ahhs that give away…

  August 7, 2009

  Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Sibelius