My guest article for @MuFuInternat with 3 questions for music teachers at the start of the new school year. What would your answers be? musicalfuturesinternational.…

Amazing day in Sydney, with some great music making and chats with NSW music teachers. @MuFuInternat teacher PD remains as fun, engaging and motivating as ever!

Enjoying learning about electronic music pedagogy and informal learning with teachers in Auckland today at @MuFuInternat #WinterJam24. A revisit of Explore, Recreate, Create through playing, singing and music tech pathways

I’ve been in Melbourne, one of my totally favourite cities, working with the fab @MuFuInternat team and teachers from across Victoria. Next stop Auckland #TheWinterJam24 #MusicalFutures

I went on a fantastic PD recently about world music pedagogy led by Dr Jennifer Walden. The take away for me was to remember to insert the words ‘in western music’ or ‘in this music’ into my teaching.

#TheBigGigBangkok moving to jamming along on chords. Teachers gravitate to instruments as the groove continues

#TheBigGigBangkok moving to jamming along on chords. Teachers gravitate to instruments as the groove continues

#TheBigGigBangok without stopping the groove adding in percussion as the music evolves

@sjeeves has developed a scaffolded and progressive approach for KS3 through various aspects of #MusicalFutures that sits beautifully alongside more traditional elements of the music department. Fab lesson - now onto year 9 and some electronic music – at Pathum Wan, Thailand

STA Primary Music Teacher Beck gets us started with a groove which will build to who knows what depending on the musical contributions from within the room

It’s evolving and changing as people find a space and fill it. The change of synth sound changed the groove and people are building it each time the phrase repeats

This group took the instruction to choose something they haven’t played before to recreate a song by ear seriously and created this amazing performance! #TheBigGigBangkok #InformalLearning

Great to reconnect with Air and May from Trinity Thailand who are sharing updates on developments with music, drama and performing arts @TrinityC_L qualifications with delegates #TheBigGigBangkok

Wow what a morning! So much music making and discussion at #TheBigGigBamgkok Time for our afternoon of songwriting together with @emmyjwilson and @sjeeves

I’ve always loved dipping into the #MusicalFutures Find Your Voice approaches because it can be done in a way where it’s not ‘a singing project’ the singing just happens as tool for learning about chord progressions and mashing up melodies. Lovely to hear y7 singing in groups – at Pathum Wan, Thailand

#TheBigGigBangkok people are changing instruments and trying new ideas. Heck hasn’t given any instructions just laid out instruments and added more

We shared words for how it felt to jam together. Words like explore, fun, create, courage, connect. Then asked about choices. Teachers reflect on what they chose and why they played what they played. Really interesting responses. Now relating this to children doing the same