My first public lecture is live
It was an honour to be asked to give a public lecture in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s About Music series […]
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. What does it make me realise? That
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We take assessment very seriously at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music – at Sydney Conservatorium of Music View on Path
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Happy Birthday Synergy Percussion. Timothy Constable speaks about what Synergy means to him at the celebration tonight. – at 107
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Nothing like finishing a 15 min work for orch & choir the night before penultimate rehearsal! @thankyoukaren – at Sydney
GarageBand, Innovation, Music education
Slide2Learn conference, Sydney
I’m having fun at the Slide2Learn conference on mLearning in Sydney. Did a presentation this morning – the deck below was created
Composition, Music technology, Sibelius
Piano, vibes etc. pedalling workflow in Sibelius
I’m in the middle of composing a large work for orchestra and choir at the moment, and as I was setting
Composition, Cool stuff, Innovation, Music education, Music technology
Live jamming Ableton-style, with iPads & USB MIDI controllers
I posted an obscure photo last week showing set-up for a lecture I gave the following morning. I’m interested to know
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Lecture nearly ready for tomorrow. A single Ableton Live session run by an assortment of hardware and 15 iPads running
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Today at SCM learning how to integrate music of another culture into our programs. First up: an Iranian Ney performer
Composition, Creativty, GarageBand, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Production
Songwriting in GarageBand with Musical Cryptography
I developed several units of work to go with my composition Passion for Symphonic Winds, and this electronic version has nothing to
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Making iBooks for Music Education
A month ago you may have seen the tweets about a series of tutorial videos I put out late at
Composition, Innovation, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Pedagogy
#SCMtech educational iBooks go live – download them free!
Last week my Sydney Conservatorium of Music Technology in Music Education (#SCMtech) students handed in their main project, worth 50% of the
GarageBand, Innovation, Music education, Music technology, Sibelius
Please welcome the #SCMtech community of music educators for 2013
It will be no surprise to hear that I really relished the opportunity to rewrite the Sydney Conservatorium’s course Technology in
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iBooks comes to Mac OSX: James requests the world
Something that has troubled me for over a decade as an educator is finding the best format to publish my
Composition, Cool stuff, GarageBand, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Sibelius
Website updates, SoundCloud integration and a free online Sibelius course. Yes, free.
Long time no blog – but that’s what happens when you take a new job! Since March I’ve been working
Concert music, High School, Large ensembles, Small ensembles
Spring is like a perhaps hand
SSAA Choir Text by EE Cummings. For small or large women’s vocal ensemble. Download a free score here. The demo
GarageBand, Innovation, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Pedagogy
Adventures in Project Based Learning part 2: back in the classroom
In my last blog I outlined some of what I learned from spending a week observing and even participating a
Innovation, Pedagogy
Adventures in Project Based Learning part 1: High Tech High
There are a few blogs I’ve been meaning to write over 2012, so as I’m about to hit 2013, I’m
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Music to Infinity – free education kit
Beginning this week, I’m off on the road with Ensemble Offspring for premiere performances of my Cycles and Circles in addition to
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Upcoming performances
I’m usually busy writing about education, technology, or the art of composition – but I rarely get to write about
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The Speaking Piano
I’ve just completed my fourth commission of the year, and I’m especially proud of this one. I’m going to blog
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Kindle apps in education
This term at school we’ve been trying to run IT Pedagogy PD on a wide range of topics. I especially
Music education, UWS MTeach lecture series
#UWSMTeach Assignment 2 – structure and content
A few of you lovely #UWSMTeach students have asked for further guidance on how to structure Assignment 2. Well, for
Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, UWS MTeach lecture series
#UWSMTeach Lecture 7
Blended and Online Learning Update: I’ve made a Facebook page for our class. You don’t have to use it, but
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Protected: Post for #UWSMTeach students (password protected)
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 6
Performance, process and planning This week our performance activity was based around O-Generator. I showed you some of the content
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 5
This week we started with a reading exercise instead of the usual learning by copying or by rote. We used
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 4
Lecture 4 was a departure from the usual format, with our annual visit from the education technology industry experts at
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#UWSMTeach lecture 3
A bit of a mixed week this week, with the problem before we’d begun being that Sibelius still wasn’t registered
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 2
In the lecture we completed a 3 week performance task in just 40 minutes. We began with some vocal warm-ups