Composition Day – Senior Schools City of London School for Girls St Giles Terrace, Barbican, London EC2Y 8BB Friday 10th February, 2017 A day of composition workshops providing invaluable experience for young composers to experiment and discuss ideas with leading practitioners. With two categories (Junior ages 12-14, Senior ages 15-18) the day will be full of tips…
Programme to include:
Sessions on aural training for GCSE and A level
Composition in the classroom for Junior/Prep
Mindfulness for musicians
Choral repertoire and communication for both Junior/Prep and Senior Schools
Kodaly-inspired singing in the classroom
Annual INSET for Music Administration in Schools This annual gathering for anyone involved in school music administration has been happening for several years now and has become an invaluable day for learning skills, sharing new practice and networking between school music departments. With a packed programme and plenty of chance for Q&A recent days at…
Music & Music Technology at University of Surrey, Guildford Wednesday 12 October 2016 An excellent opportunity for teachers and students to visit the Department of Music and Media at the University of Surrey. There will be practical sessions for students and teachers, the chance to meet and speak with lecturers, admission tutors and current students.…
Prep & Primary Focus Edgeborough Prep School, Surrey 84 Frensham Rd, Frensham, Farnham GU10 3AH Thursday 22nd September 9.30 Registration and coffee 10.00 Session 1 – Drusilla Harris – Dalcroze in the Classroom. Drusilla’s workshop will introduce and explain the Dalcroze method and show how to incorporate it into our day to day…
Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith – VMT INSET Iffley Rd, London W6 0PG Monday 5th September 2016 9.30 Registration and Coffee 10.00 Session 1– Charlotte Tomlinson ‘Managing Performance Nerves’ Charlotte is a Performance Coach who over a number of years has developed a holistic approach for helping musicians manage performance anxiety. 11.30…
Nottingham Girls High School – VMT INSET 9 Arboretum St, Nottingham NG1 4JB Thursday 1st September 2016 9.30 Registration and Coffee 10.00 Session 1 – Sarah Upjohn ‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’ This interactive workshop looks at risk factors for playing related injuries and at risk reducing measures, focusing on sitting posture for instrumental…
The final three compositions in the MMA Amadeus Composition Competition have been announced. They are: Morgan Overton; Oakham School Sam Rudd-Jones; Stamford Endowed Schools Benjamin Wili; Cranleigh School These compositions will be listened to and looked at during the Composition Workshop Day on March 15th. (Register here) The winning composition will be announced at the…
Composition Workshop Day, March 15th 2016, CVMS London Spaces are available for pupils and / or music teachers to sign up. A workshop on instrumental writing led by Jonathan Willcocks with techniques of composition (accessing high marks in Bach Chorales and String Quartets), writing to composition briefs (including for the new syllabus for 2016 led by…
This essay competition is for Lower and Upper Sixth Formers. It is aimed at (but not restricted to) all those in the Sixth Form taking Music A-levels/Highers/IB/Pre-U. The word limit is 2500 words. Entries should be sent to Sandy Chenery, MMA Honorary Secretary, Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 0AL schenery@brightoncollege.net and should arrive no later than Friday…