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The Versatile Blogger Award
Wow, so I don’t get many awards these days, but I was very touched to receive this award from Heidi at Heidi’s Piano Notes. Thanks Heidi!!! 😀 To accept this award, I must… 1-Link back to the person who gave me the award. 2-Share 7 random things about myself. 3-Pass the award along to other…
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The Irish Washerwoman – easy violin trio
I’ve got some beginners getting together shortly, and because they range in level from open strings to First Grade AMEB, they needed something that would suit them all. I arranged a short version of the Irish Washerwoman for them, and thought I’d post a copy here too in case you’d like it. To print out…
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Some light hearted archaeology humour…just because
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago. Not to be outdone by the British , in the weeks that followed, an American…
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Music Seminars Sydney January 2011
Wow, Sydney is alive with Music Seminars throughout January! Unfortunately I’m at home with my kids as I chose to have a family holiday a few months ago over workshops/seminars so I’ll have to stay tuned for the Winter ones. But just in case you’re interested, here are the ones I know about:- Alfred Music Publishing “TEACH…
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“Dah da da dah is fun to do”
There is a song in the LDS Children’s Songbook called “Fun to Do” on page 253 (can also be found here: ‘Singing a Song is Fun to Do’ lyrics and mp3) The lyrics are:- Sing-ing a song is fun to do, Fun to do, to do, to do! Sing-ing a song is fun to do,…
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Singing Time – learning a new song (with a bouncy die)
I am helping out with our Ward’s Singing Time until the end of January as the Music Leader has gone to Hawaii (lucky her!!!). We were asked to do a Christmas musical item in Sacrament Meeting however only had 3 weeks to learn something. I chose to do a Medley of ‘When Joseph Went To Bethlehem’ and…
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Nurturing Creativity
A friend shared this talk by Sir Ken Robinson at the 2006 TED Conference on ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity’. He talks about the need to nurture creativity and why it is so important. Usually we focus on the academic side of things – Maths, Science and English. Dance, Drama, Music and the Visual Arts are pushed right…
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Jingle Bells – for Handbells
Here’s another one for handbells: Jingle Bells. I’m going to use it with a classroom full of 6 and 7 year olds today. Only 5 bells are required in this song so we shall have to sing it through 3 or 4 times so everyone gets a go at ringing a bell. I haven’t used bar…
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Angels We Have Heard on High – Handbells
I was thinking about Singing Time in Primary next week, and I decided as they’re going to be singing in Sacrament Meeting, that I could do something a little more enjoyable in Singing Time and use the set of bells I have. We did something a few weeks ago that they loved, and I will…
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Booked up with a waiting list
Well, that’s it folks, I can’t take on any more students apart from those already on my waiting list, but I’m not sure how long they’ll be waiting for (hopefully not too much longer – there are only a few on that list now). I have to wait until any of my current students move or…
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