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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Education, Featured, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology
My “Flip Sample” unit of work for middle/high school (e.g. year 7/8) students, updated to meet the new NSW Music 7-10 Syllabus
(And a GPT Agent for aligning the new Content Points!) I wrote this unit of work in 2021 when YouTube
Advocating for music education today – can we stay together?
We have many wonderful music education experts here in Australia, and around the world, who each advocate for music education
MusicZettel S3E14 – Everything’s a project
This week I’m thinking about the project that I’ll create for our undergraduates and postgraduates at the Sydney Conservatorium of
MusicZettel S3E12 – AI and teaching music creation
I know, everyone is writing and podcasting about AI at the moment – YAWN! But the AI generation of music
MusicZettel S3E11 Public blogging, Critical Thinking, & the Worldviews of Music Teachers
Today’s show is sponsored by Abble and their new product the iSlave Mini, as well as by FcDonald’s. Please check
Introducing the 2024 #SCMTME and MC1 Extension cohorts
Any of you who have been reading my blog this century will know that I’m a big fan of getting
Music Zettel S3E7: Teaching music through sampling
In today’s episode I talk about ways I’ve used samping in my own composition and production, and ways that I’ve
Music Zettel S3E6 – The Maker Movement (pt 2) with Mr Phil
This episode of Music Zettel extends ideas about The Maker Movement for Music Education with a recording of my (lockdown)
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
Composition, Cool stuff, Creativty, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Pedagogy, Production
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
Music Zettel S3E4: Structuring poetry, structuring music
In this episode, I show how setting a poem to music can be guided by the structure of the words,
Music Zettel S3E3: The sound worlds of Agapi
In this episode, I introduce the sound worlds that I created to reflect the narrative in my latest music theatre
Music Zettel S3E2: Rapping about history
In this episode, I explain how to teach composition and production with free resources that I’ve made to go with
Music Zettel S3E1: The story of Agapi
In this episode, I explain the story behind my latest music theatre show, Αγάπη (Agapi) and other kinds of love,
Composition, Creativty, GarageBand, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Production, Sibelius
Free music education resource for Αγάπη (Agapi) and other kinds of love
As you can see on the dedicated page for my latest collaboration with Luka Lesson, Αγάπη (Agapi) and other kinds
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
School mobile phone bans
A friend sent me a great meme yesterday – He framed it as some pushback from GenZ about the upcoming
Project-Based Learning for digital sound communication
My wonderful colleague Brad Fuller and I published a paper on the pedagogies we’ve developed in a course I originally
Composition, Creativty, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Sibelius
The Paul Grabowsky Sibelius Education Kit (from 2006)
There’s a funny story about this one. Sibelius 5 had lots of cool things to show off. A new audio
Composition, Creativty, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology, Sibelius, Text books
Sibelius 7 Music Notation Essentials (Book, no longer in print).
Because this book is no longer in print, I have made the resources and tutorial videos (which are still quite
Stimulating music educator worldview change througha pedagogy of provocation, critical thinking and peer-review
This is the second research article arising from data collected from my MOOC, The Place of Music in 21st Century
#SCMTME, Lesson plans and resources, Music education, Music technology
Announcing the #SCMTME & MTeach Extension cohorts, 2022
Yes, it’s that time of year again, when I share my students’ websites with the world! We’re 11 weeks into
#SCMTME, Music education, Music technology
Introducing the #SCMTME cohort of 2021
Well, who’d’ve thunk it? I’m back again after a quiet 10 months on this blog, to introduce the next cohort
Drum Programming Minus One, and The Patented Humberstone Four-Finger Technique (Text Book Chapters)
I wrote two chapters for a wonderful new music education textbook, The Music Technology Cookbook, edited by Adam Patrick Bell. The
Music Zettel S2E3 – Songwriting, composing, & creativity
In the third Zettel of the week, I take you through a number of songwriting, composition, and other zany creative
MusicZettel S2E1 – The Elephant in the Room
Here I am, back with a second micro-season of MusicZettel, after abandoning the first one just when it was getting
#SCMTME, Cool stuff, Innovation, Music education, Music technology
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
Nurturing Vulnerability to Develop Pedagogical Change Through MOOC Participation and Public Blogging (Book Chapter)
A chapter I wrote with Catherine Zhao and Danny Liu drawing upon data from my MOOC, The Place of Music in
Music Zettel Ep. 8 – A load of Pollak
We’ve just had three wonderful days with our Maker-in-Residence, Linsey Pollak! In this episode, I reflect on the learning that
Music Zettel Ep. 5 – Tech skills & industry collaboration
This week we are giving away dozens of free resources for music education and technology! I’ll be reflecting on the
Music Zettel Ep 1 – Introduction
The first podcast in my first ever series – Music Zettel – in which I’ll share ideas and resources from my lecture series this semester at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, in addition to content related to my free MOOC (online short course), The Place of Music in 21st Century Education.