My “Musical Cryptography” unit of work, updated to meet new NSW Music 7-10 syllabus (2024 for 2026 onwards)
ASME NSW are running a professional learning day tomorrow on our various new syllabi, and I realised that I haven’t […]
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NSW Unit of Work planners for the current and new syllabi
I published these a few weeks ago, and then had an update to my website, and the post was deleted
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A more considered response to the new NSW 7-10 syllabus
The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) have published my considered thoughts on the new NSW years 7 to
Music Zettel S3E5 The maker movement with Caitlin & Rowena
In this episode of Music Zettel I revisit the topic of the Maker Movement in music education – something that
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Teaching with Flip Sampler by Andrew Huang
I created a whole bunch of resources and a unit of work for high school classes when YouTube sensation Andrew
Introducing the 2023 #SCMTME cohort!
The tenth annual presentation of learning for my course Technology in Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will
Music Zettel S2E2 – Free Resources FTW
In the second episode of this micro-season of Music Zettel, I’m looking at projects undertaken in the stream of digital
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Introducing the #SCMTME cohort of 2020!
That time of the year has come earlier this year, as my Technology in Music Education class at the Sydney
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Class, control, and classical music
Last week I was lucky enough to meet Anna Bull, the author of Class, Control, and Classical Music (Oxford University
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Inspired by New Zealand’s approach to cultural diversity
A week ago I gave the keynote speech on the opening day of New Zealand’s national music education MENZA conference.
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Alice Springs makes Zettel 4 a little late
OK, so I know you’re all madly waiting for episode of Music Zettel, my new podcast. OK well maybe not.
Learning Ukulele Diary 4 – my favourite songs with C, G, F, and Am
As mentioned in my second diary, the only difficult thing about playing the above 4 chords is the change to and
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Learning ukulele diary 1: unboxing :)
As mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve decided to DO THE PROJECT MYSELF, FIRST! and learn a new chord-playing
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Remixular bells
In this unit of work you will examine how Mike Oldfield built the opening of his seminal progressive rock work Tubular
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Technology in Music Education – 2018 cohort
This Friday brings one of my favourite events of the year at the Sydney Conservatorium – the Presentation of Learning
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Homesong Diary 10: inspirations, and getting up and healing and going on
A lovely blog by Nigel Featherstone – a write up of a chat we had about our new song cycle,
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GETTING TO KNOW: JAMES HUMBERSTONE
An interview I did a few months ago about my new song cycle, The Weight of Light, as well as
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Soundtrap templates for Adelaide today
Just a temporary blog to share the Soundtrap templates for a workshop I’m giving today in Adelaide… Crossing the Line
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The Weight of Light – my new song cycle
In just a few weeks, my new song cycle, The Weight of Light, will premiere in Canberra. I’ve just made a
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On Hip-hOpera, the Glitter Gang, Humberrants, and becoming Senior in 2017
You’ve probably noticed that my blogging rate has somewhat spiked in the past couple of days. As 2016 creaked to
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Presenting: the 2016 Technology in Music Education cohort
For obvious reasons, one of my favourite subjects to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium is “Technology in Music Education”. In
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Odysseus : Live
On Sunday last we premiered Odysseus : Live at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. A collaboration between poet and hip hop
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Explore hundreds of brilliant free digital music education resources
This Friday evening my Technology in Music Education students are going to share all of their work at the Sydney Conservatorium
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“Waterside Adventures” in rehearsal at 2015 AMIS Asian Honor Boys’ Choir Festival
My new work Waterside Adventures is part of a larger scale work titled say not men for we know they are boys
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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