10 Min Tips to Teach Music

In today's podcast, I talk about how to organise Once you have your ideas, whether that be a set of core material, some chords, a structural plan, you still need to organise the ideas. In today's pod…

In today’s podcast, I am going to expand on last weeks podcast where I offered some ideas on how to get started with the Core Composition. This week I will look further at the different focus areas a…

Ever wondered how incredibly busy and productive people seem to have it all. They can get things done, go out with their friends and still have time to do the washing. Well a "Not Negotiable Plan" is…

In this podcast I review the new google sites platform and how it can best be used for student portfolios. There is a supporting video on my YouTube Channel. For more fantastic resources for Music Te…

In this episode of 10 Min Tips to Teach Music, I talk to teachers about how to create an ensemble development plan. Whether it be instrumental or vocal, a development plan can really help you and the…

This Podcast features the audio from a support video for the first of a series of Ebooks created by Klerrisa Custom Music called "The Nationalists". The podcast talks about the Russian 5 however, the…

Unity in music seems like an easy topic to address but there might be something in this podcast that you might not have thought about. I use one of Beethoven's String Quartet to help demonstrate how …

This week's podcast is just a little taste test of how to distinguish between Contrast, Variety and Unity. All three words are slightly different and students need to be trained in how best to manipu…

This week on 10 Min Tips to Teach Music, I got through the process I use to teach the Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. I flip this in my classroom and if you are new to flipping, it might be of interest…

I am sure you, like me, have that one student who doesn't think they can sight sing. They dig their heels in and just plainly refuse to give it a go. I have spent the last two years developing a week…

Hey all,  Welcome to nearly the end of the first month of spring. This is a great time for me to reflect and review my business. This weeks podcast is a call to action. I am sure you have heard this …

For those of us in Australia, some are on holidays and some have a week to go. This week's episode focuses on "refocus". There are a number of people that are tired, and just need a little pick me up…

I have had many people over the years ask me to demonstrate a Texture Graph. This is a tool that is really helpful when you are trying to remember the music you have just listened to. This podcast ex…

Well this week is designed to help any student who is looking at a score for the first time and perhaps, they aren't really sure how to analyse it. I always start with the Core Material. Identifying …

In this week's podcast, I discuss the word "treatment". I also talk about "core material" and specifically core "melodic" material and align it with a work by Debussy - Voiles. There is a great PDF a…