Last week saw the return of 9 to 5 The Musical to the Edinburgh Playhouse. Based on the 1980s film of the same name, this show has music written by Dolly Parton. When and where: Edinburgh Playhouse, Saturday 8th June 2013, 7.30pm The Show This show was entirely new to Read more…
Welcome to this week’s Friday favourites. Enjoy them with a cup of tea, a biscuit and your favourite symphony, opera or musical! Have a great weekend’s practice. Do You Have a Student About to Quit Piano? – Save them with this email (Teach Piano Today) – Would this work Read more…
NB: While reading this series, it can be helpful to keep a copy of the ABRSM Singing syllabus to hand. The syllabus can be downloaded here http://gb.abrsm.org/en/our-exams/singing/ ABRSM did a wise thing when they invented the lists. It might initially seem restrictive to have to pick from a list, but Read more…
While looking on the internet for ideas, I stumbled across this great “craft” idea from Crayola: What a wonderful idea to help kids learn to plan and record their practice! You can get the full instructions as given by Crayola here, but I think overall it’s fairly self explanatory!
One of the aspects of teaching I really enjoy is when I get to use my degree (which isn’t in music) to help students understand the songs they are singing. I studied Social Anthropology and Social History, and so I love discussing historical context, composers and meaning. When preparing repertoire Read more…
In addition to my Friday Favourites posts, and the slot on Wednesdays reserved for series (like the current ABRSM exam series), I hope to make a regular appearance of a short post on Mondays with my teaching notes on one classical and one music theatre song. I like to discover new Read more…
Once or twice, I’ve had students insist to me that a Cb is the same as a B. Each time, I have to remind them that, actually they’re not the same note at all and as singers it’s very important to remember that. Now, many of you may go “huh? Read more…