The award winners will be revealed on 23 February 2023 in a ceremony hosted by Aled Jones.
A new apprenticeship for music educators has been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)
What do we mean by fun? Maybe ‘enjoyment’ is a better work than ‘fun’. There’s less pressure on the teacher to make the lesson ‘enjoyable’, rather than ‘fun’. We have to acknowledge that most of our...
Conducting a choir can be a daunting task for a whole-class or instrumental/vocal teacher. It’s common to be uncertain about keeping a clear beat, and how to coordinate using both hands, face and...
The moment that you need to set cover is never the right moment to have a good think about creating good cover lessons. In a worst-case scenario, you’ll be sick or completely incapacitated, and even...
Revision can be a word with largely negative connotations. For teachers, it can mean producing ‘packs’ and summary resources, going back over old ground with students, and finding innovative ways to...
Since 2013 Restore The Music has given 130 primary and secondary schools access to 30,000 musical instruments through £2.4m in grants. MT caught up with the charity's CEO and founder, Polly Moore, to...
Buzzwords can be a real turn-off for teachers – particularly practitioners who have been in the classroom for a long time. Fads come and go, and as the next excited colleague stands up with a ‘fix’...
Kay Charlton looks at what is new in ABRSM's 2023 brass syllabus.
