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Melanie Spanswick is a pianist, writer, teacher, and composer, who has authored best-selling books on many aspects of piano performance and pedagogy. Her Play It Again series for the returning pianist has proved to be hugely popular, and here she gives 5 top tips for returning pianists. Whether you are young or old, if you Read More

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Body percussionist and Body Beats Author Ollie Tunmer discusses the benefits of his method in today’s music education landscape When Body Beats was launched at the Music and Drama Education EXPO in March 2020, no one could have foreseen just how much things would change due to Covid-19. Following the initiation of lockdown, I delivered Read More

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  Times are tough for musicians at the moment. At Encore we’ve been investigating this first hand – in a recent survey of 560 musicians we found that 64% of them were considering leaving the industry. But as we all begin to adapt to the ‘new normal’, it’s more important than ever that as musicians Read More

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It may not be the same as singing live, but continuing to sing online with your choir can really invigorate your singers. It gives them something to work towards, to look forward to, and it can also be a tremendous learning experience for singers and directors alike. We wanted to create this choral pack to Read More

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What is ScorePlay? ScorePlay allows you to listen and read through entire choral arrangements online. Due to the current climate, we’re unable to meet up with our local choirs – ScorePlay is the perfect way to sing along to your favourite choral arrangements and decide on repertoire for your next rehearsal!   Who is it Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education. Since lockdown started we have provided 27 free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 in conjunction with Rhinegold Education. These lessons are simple to use with no previous musical expertise required, and can Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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  Finding the best resource to begin a journey in music theory is not easy. It’s a jungle out there! To help you navigate through it, Musicroom provides here a review of some of the most reputable theory books available on the market. Picking the right resource will be at the heart of successful learning, Read More

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How do you maintain a spirit of community when faced with an extended period of isolation? Bringing people together through singing has been the essence of Gareth Malone’s work for over a decade. Whether it be through his days as a youth and community choir leader at LSO, inciting children’s investment in school through his Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Remote Classroom Learning Solutions   How to improve the audio quality for remote educators. We would like to share Part 1 of our tutorial videos for teachers and remote learning. Educator, and Samson demonstrator, Matt Vanacoro shows how to enhance the audio for remote instruction and lesson planning using tools like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Read More

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  Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Key Stage 1: Lesson 3   Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! From Rhinegold Read More

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From Rhinegold Education, this week’s Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) home music lesson, which will get you listening to and performing Irish Traditional Music! Key Stage 3: Lesson 1 Irish Traditional Music Learning Objective: Listen to, review and perform some Irish traditional music. Length: ½ hour. 1. Watch the clip below and answer these questions. (Listen Read More

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Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical expertise is required! This week, Read More

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Key Stage 2: Lesson 2 Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical Read More

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Key Stage 1: Lesson 2 Musicroom is dedicated to helping you provide your child with a rich and rounded education, even during school closures. Every week we’ll be providing free outstanding, fun and rewarding music lessons for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 that can be taught at home. Simple to use and no musical Read More

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The Casio Music Academy The Casio Music Academy is an online learning platform designed to help you learn to play the keyboard! You don’t need any prior musical knowledge, just a Casio keyboard or digital piano and a compatible device. Starting from the most basic stages, this online academy will have you playing straight away Read More

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March has begun with a spring in its step at this year’s London Music&Drama Education Expo, held at the Kensington Olympia on 4-5 March. For those of you who don’t know, the Music&Drama Expo is Europe’s largest conference and exhibition for music and drama education professionals where authors and products took centre stage in a Read More

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  ‘One of the things that was crucial for me I got from Rory Gallagher, which was the idea of, like, being a guitar player for life and living it.’ Johnny Marr – The Smiths Rory Gallagher: Profile Despite over 30 million record sales, and having been a noted influence on such acolytes as Brian Read More

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