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18 January 2017
Hull teachers get started with Minute of Listening!
It’s January and the Hull’s year as UK City of Culture has finally got underway! Although I missed the fantastic New Year’s Eve fireworks, I was in Hull a few days later to meet some of the local teachers at one of our Minute of Listening Continuing Professional Development sessions. They were all keen to […]
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11 January 2017
Join the SaM Summer School for young composers and music creators!
As the SaM Summer School for young composers and creative musicians enters its ninth year, here are my thoughts on some of the students who have passed through its doors over the past decade. Sound and Music’s Summer School for young composers and creative musicians is a unique, intensive residential week for young people aged […]
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22 June 2016
How can we help pupils Listen, Imagine and Compose?
I come from a generation of musicians who didn’t get much opportunity to compose. Like many young musicians getting to grips with playing their instruments, I did a lot of “noodling” in my practice time and even committed some of it to paper. I did the old O’ Level, which involved writing perfect cadences and […]