A resource for visiting music tutors on teaching small groups.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
The first question with warm-ups is: why should my students warm up? The simple answer is that it will make them better musicians.
Paul White Teaching Materials
To forge a career in music, you have to possess an excellent internal metronome: you need to have developed an ability to feel the pulse of a piece of music, and to subconsciously count in your head...
Richard Steggall Teaching Materials
I’ve attended many training sessions and professional development courses where I’ve been given a lot of contradictory advice about teaching beginners.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
A resource looking at how we can incorporate Christmas music into our teaching.
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
In this resource, we will explore the benefits of strong sightreading and look at how we can demystify it, recast it in a positive light, and integrate it into our teaching – rather than pigeon-holing...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
How can we approach teaching so that musical understanding develops hand in hand with technique? Is it even possible to teach expressive playing, or is there an ‘x-factor’ that is innate in only a...
Edward Maxwell Teaching Materials
Planning can be the most daunting aspect of teaching, particularly if you have many students with a diverse range of needs. Approached in the right way, however, understanding flexible and realistic...
Richard Barnard VMT
There are few things more excruciating than hearing a student stumbling through a performance without any sense of rhythmic flow. They may be playing all the correct notes, but if there’s no sense of...
Edward Maxwell VMT
This resource looks at why and how to include composing activities in instrumental lessons, regardless of your own composition experience.
Richard Barnard VMT
Over the years, I’ve picked up a lot of knowledge about the workings of a music department and what are the best, most effective and value-for-money ways to keep it running. For the sake of space,...
Paul White VMT
In this resource I’ll explore how teachers can cultivate independence in students both during and outside their lessons. I’ll examine a range of different theories that we can employ in order to...
Helen Reid VMT