Music Teacher

MT May has a special focus on composing, exploring classroom and 1:1 activity across a broad age-range. There’s a fascinating description of KS2 projects in Bristol, drawing on the Listen Imagine Compose Primary research framework; a guide to getting the best out of Digital Audio Workstations in class; and a raft of ideas for KS3 composition tasks and for songwriting. Composing aside, we explore the Clarion (the software-based adaptive instrument), the role of school musicians-in-residence, and how one-person music departments are run effectively and without the sense of isolation. Elsewhere, Youth Music shares its Industry Connect Report, emeritus professor Martin Fautley looks back at music education over the last 40 years, and MT’s reviewers share thoughts on a theory app, West End musical for schools, and collection of undiscovered piano music by Florence Price.