Sound and Music are hosting the second Teacher Network Event for London music teachers wanting to explore and strengthen their approach to teaching composing. These informal events draw on the research generated by Listen Imagine Compose and offer teachers a chance to explore its findings, share personal experiences and to discover practical solutions to teaching … Continued
Yesterday evening we held our first ever teachers network day in Somerset House! 11 teachers attended the event, which explored how they could improve the education of music composition within the classroom. The workshop involved discussions around the teachers’ current classroom practice and how they individually approach lessons with each year group. They shared creative solutions with one … Continued
Back in October, this year’s cohort of secondary music teachers met for the first time, as they embarked on their Masters in Teaching and Learning. Drawing on the findings of the original Listen Imagine Compose action research projects, this course is accredited by Birmingham City University and delivered jointly by the Listen Imagine Compose team … Continued
For the last two years the wider Listen Imagine Compose network have got together in July for a day of presentations, provocations, ideas and discussions around the teaching and learning of composing in secondary schools. This year, we are getting together again on the 7th July for another day focused around creative composing at GCSE … Continued
We are looking for the next cohort of secondary school teachers to join the Listen Imagine Compose CPD course. The CPD is designed to offer secondary music teachers the opportunity to develop skills in teaching composing with KS3, GCSE and A level students.
We are delighted that Listen Imagine Compose is now full accredited.
Participants who join the course can chose whether to take a Diploma or MA in Teaching and Learning, or in Educational Leadership from Birmingham City University.
Judith Robinson, Project leader for Listen Imagine Compose, blog on creative composing (originally posted in 2016)
I come from a generation of musicians who didn’t get much opportunity to compose…
In July 2016, members of the Listen Imagine Compose community met in Cambridge for an away day to discuss learnings from the course and what to do next.
