#UWSMTeach Lecture 1 2012
We began our first lecture with half an hour of singing. We began with some warm-up scales to the 9th, […]
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Resources for Drone & Chant, first lecture
In our lecture, we have sung through the Drone & Chant: Next, download this GarageBand file to improvise your own
Concert music, Large ensembles
Passion (2012)
Symphonic Winds, extended virtuosic Brass, two Pianos eight hands. Passion was commissioned by MLC School and was premiered at the Sydney
Concert music, Small ensembles
Cycles&Circles (2012)
Two pitched percussion instruments, any bass instrument. JamesHumbers · Cycles & Circles (two percussionists and bass instrument, performed by Ensemble
Education, High School
Fanfare (2012)
Junior brass ensemble with smaller professional ensemble and optional organ. Commissioned and premiered by MLC School at the Sydney Town
Education, Elementary school
Small Stars (2012)
Text by Khayshie Tilak-Ramesh. SSA Choir, String Orchestra. Commissioned and premiered by Girton Grammar School. Note: strings parts are for
Concert music, Education, Elementary school, Middle school, Solo
The Speaking Piano (2012)
An outreach project for the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium of Music, premiered by Michael Kieran Harvey. Includes music for beginner and
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Stage 5 Film Project
I feel compelled to write about a unit of work just completed with a very talented stage 5 class despite
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Avid Scorch for iPad in the classroom
Avid released their first iPad app only a few weeks ago, and it’s for my favourite ever software title –
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 5 notes, part 1
These notes are just a few things that came up in the tutorials today, to make sure you’re covered for
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#UWSMTeach Lecture notes week 4
Well, not much hard work from me this week. I dashed over for the lecture time after having my friends
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#UWSMTeach lecture 3, 2011
This week we were not beaten by technology, for a change, but by a locked door. Poor Gary had had
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#UWSMTeach lecture 2, 2011
Well, I am a slack toad. It is Friday night and I collapse into my chair knowing that the likelihood
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#UWSMTeach lecture 1, 2011
What a start. Tutorial before the lecture. Fitting a 90 minute lecture into 60 minutes. A proxy server that blocked
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Complete unit of work, scores and recordings published today
Today I’ve published a stack of work I did last year for when I rewrote my Daedalus and Icarus (text
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The iPad and reading
The iPad has been, on the whole, an enormous disappointment to me. Those who know me well or follow me
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Tutorial notes week 7 – and resources from the lecture
In the tutorial this week we created our own Wiki on the topic of music technology for education. After discussing
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Lecture notes week 7 – typed up on my iPad
I have a feeling that these lecture notes will be fairly skinny. It’s not that I’m being lazy or don’t
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All about the form(at)
Being a music teacher is the most incredible, creative fun I’m spoilt for choice, and spoilt by choice. I have
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The importance of feedback … and agricultural learning …
My blog has been cold since the last article for my #UWSMTeach students. Similarly, I haven’t been rabidly tweeting the
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Assignment 2 in my own words (for #UWSMTeach students)
As promised in our last lecture (and yes, I still owe you lecture notes for it, I know) here is
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#UWSMTeach Lecture 5: Drum Labs and Challenge Based Learning
Lectures 5 and 6 in our series are off for a tour of the latest and greatest. We began last
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Sometimes your students learn in spite of you
Well, that was fun yesterday, wasn’t it? Lecture notes are coming so keep your eyes peeled for them. In the
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Lecture notes from lecture 4
I swapped the content for lectures 4 and 5 around because I have been able to augment the lecture on
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Do as I say, and do as I do.
Sleeping is definitely overrated. All I can say is that I’m jolly glad that my rather lovely father-in-law likes to
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Lecture notes week 3
The third lecture in the series was split up into two distinct parts. In the first half, I abandoned the
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Ning, ning, ning, ning…
In the lecture on Monday (yes, the lecture notes are coming, OK?!) we talked about Ning and I was very
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Sometimes technology will beat you…
I like to have my lecture notes out by Thursday, and as I fade into tiredness I have to admit
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Opportunity for music educators to get some online exposure
To music educators out there, especially my #uwsmteach rabble… Serendipitously received this email this morning from an educator in the
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Step-sequencing for primary school?
Last week in my second MTeach lecture I talked about a progression of software to match the progression of compositional
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UWS MTeach lecture 2
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. What a lot of information in a short space of time.
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UWS MTeach lecture 1
I’m a casual lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, because I just can’t fit enough things in my life.