Musical Futures is offering a new opportunity for teachers and practitioners throughout the Emirates and Middle East to attend an intensive 2-day workshop.
Who is the workshop for?
- Primary music specialists and primary classroom teachers with a background in music,
- Secondary music teachers
- Tertiary music educators
- Tertiary students studying music or music education
- Instrumental teachers and practitioners
What's on the program?
Over the two days each of the following Musical Futures units will be workshopped:
- Just play - is a practical workshop plus a full easy-to-use resource for primary music specialists and secondary music teachers which explores the Just Play, the skills-building Musical Futures approach.
- Find Your Voice - an inclusive approach for engaging students of all ages with singing through vocal work and the integration of mobile technology.
- Groove your classroom - models strategies for composing and improvising through classroom workshopping and shows how these can be delivered in practical ways that are both musical and theoretical
- The Songwriting workshop explores inventive techniques for teaching contemporary songwriting and is supported by materials that engage students with fresh, hands-on approaches, opening them up to exciting possibilities for storytelling and music creation.
- Informal learning is a model of self-directed learning that aims to enhance student motivation, enjoyment and skill-acquisition in music lessons by tapping into the real-life learning practices of popular musicians. Unpick how this works in practice and discuss the impact a change of approach can have on music teaching in schools
Then there are the materials and resources....
- Each activity includes take home resource packs and lesson plans you can immediately use in the classroom
- Membership of Musical Futures to includes access to future members-only resources is included as is
- Access to the international teacher network to share ideas with like-minded teachers across the world.
How does Musical Futures help my students and teaching?
- Improves the transition from junior to secondary music
- Develop fresh ideas for composing, improvising and songwriting and whole class work shopping for primary and secondary classes
- Introduce new ideas for inclusive extra – curricular music in school
- Challenge more advanced instrumental players through new routes to learning music in class
- Get more students taking up instrumental lessons on a wider range of instruments
- Increase participation in concerts and performances
- Improve engagement with classroom music for all ages
- Increase numbers of students opting to participate in music
- Supports and connects with British, Australian, US and IB curriculum
In addition to the workshop and resources your workshop fee includes lunches and refreshments.
Musical Futures believes music learning works best when young people are making music and when their existing passion for music is reflected and built upon in the classroom.
The cost of the workshop is £250* for 2 days early bird offer. £160 for single day
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