Blogs
1st April 2022
Time for a triple-threat curriculum?
While Rose Ayling-Ellis & Giovanni Pernice proved that you can have dancing without sound, the dramatic contrast achieved in their… Continue reading Time for a triple-threat curriculum?
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15th February 2022
Where is music education going?
The writing has been on the wall for a while. The publication of the Model Music Curriculum, the subsequent shoehorning… Continue reading Where is music education going?
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2nd February 2022
Standards in Primary Music
One of the questions that I get asked most often is what ‘standard’ should pupils be at music when they… Continue reading Standards in Primary Music
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20th January 2022
Why training must be at the heart of the new NPME
The National Plan for Music Education is being ‘refreshed’ and we are led to believe we may see it at… Continue reading Why training must be at the heart of the new NPME
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3rd December 2021
Progression in the Expressive Arts
Currently, most of music education discourse is related in some way to the idea of progression. It might be semantic… Continue reading Progression in the Expressive Arts
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12th November 2021
Music and Meaning
Most of us would agree that music means something to us, but does music have objective ‘meaning’ of its own?… Continue reading Music and Meaning
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24th September 2021
Keynote Speech: Hackney Music Network
Dr Elizabeth Stafford was delighted to be invited to give the Keynote Speech at the Hackney Music Education Conference on… Continue reading Keynote Speech: Hackney Music Network
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17th June 2021
The Knowledge: Musical Devices
The devolved nations of the UK each have their own music curricula, which have to be interpreted and taught by… Continue reading The Knowledge: Musical Devices
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8th June 2021
The Knowledge: Classification
The devolved nations of the UK each have their own music curricula, which have to be interpreted and taught by… Continue reading The Knowledge: Classification
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