Hampshire Music Service: Secondary Music Conference



Hampshire Music Service: Secondary Music Conference

‘Music: always developing and improving’

Thursday, 20 October 2016 9.00am – 3.45pm

Marwell Hotel, Colden Common

Keynote

Presenter: Sir David Carter

Sir David Carter became National Schools Commissioner on 1 February 2016, having previously worked for 18 months as Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West. Sir David is the former CEO of the Cabot Learning Federation, a post he held from September 2007 to August 2014.

Sir David is a music graduate of the University of London and has taught music in comprehensive schools across the country since he started teaching in September 1983. He received a knighthood for services to education in the Queen's birthday honours in 2013.

Workshops

A: ‘Verbatim’ composition projects

Composer Michael Betteridge will introduce a technique which he dubs 'verbatim music' in which pre-recorded interviews are turned into songs for young people to perform. The technique involves recording, or sourcing, interviews with young people and matching the pitch and rhythm of their speech to a melodic fragment. This new melody is then elaborated on (ideally in collaboration with the young people) and a song is created using simple chordal harmony. Within the session we will have explored the technical and compositional processes and created our very own verbatim song! This workshop is particularly designed for secondary music teachers who may wish to work with feeder primary schools to create a piece for a Year 6 / Year 7 transition project.

Presenter: Michael Betteridge

Michael is a composer, conductor and animateur based in Manchester. Michael’s output and work is exceptionally eclectic ranging from conducting traditional choirs through to collaborating with other artists on abstract, site-specific installations. He believes strongly in collaboration and that his colleagues, participants and performers should always be actively contributing to the final product or performance regardless of their experience. In 2015-2016, he was a Sound and Music ‘Embeded’ composer in residence with Hampshire Music Service. As part of the residency, he wrote a 35-minute verbatim cantata with primary pupils from Aldershot, called ‘Many Futures, One Voice’. This was successfully performed at The Princes Hall with 150 KS2 pupils, the Hampshire County Youth Choir and members of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra.

B1: Creating authentic Electronic Dance Music

In a practical hands-on session using the latest developments in Music App Technology, Phil will encourage delegates to explore various apps to create original & authentic EDM on an iPad. Learning will be supported by simple to follow video tutorials, a recommended App list and the key elements that will fulfil criteria for the top end of marks at GCSE level.

Delegates will be exploring the main features that define this popular and varied genre, following video tutorials that will enable teacher & student to work at their own pace, mapping GCSE criteria to specific features within the apps being creative and experimental within the context of the genre.

By the end of the workshop, delegates will have become familiar with the basic elements of Electronic Dance Music, explored how certain apps can be used to create authentic EDM, appreciated the subtleties and potential of using the iPad as an instrument and learned how to manipulate pre-recorded samples and create original loops

If you have an iPad it would be highly beneficial to bring it (fully charged) and have already downloaded some or all of the apps the Apps below. However, iPads will be available for all delegates to use during the workshop:

|Name: |Price |Name: |Price |

|GarageBand Updated |£3.99 |LaunchKey |Free |

|(Essential for workshop!) | | | |

|Audiobus |£3.99 |Auxy |Free |

|Navichord |£5.99 |DM2 |£3.99 |

|Blocs Wave |4.99 |Figure |Free |

B2: Performing at KS3 and GCSE Using Music Technology

In a practical hands-on session, Phil will enable delegates to play with various apps, controllers and hardware to discover the power of the latest technology and its potential to create and manipulate sound in the context of a live performance. Be prepared to step out of your comfort zone and enter an alien world where there may be few familiar reference points but once accustomed you will unleash a seam of creativity and talent you never knew you had! This will be particularly relevant for teachers with students wanting to perform with technology at GCSE.

During the session, delegates will explore the potential that Technology can offer a performance, use an app or a number of apps to practice and perform, improvise using Hardware and Midi Controllers and tackle the challenge of assessing and marking a performance using Technology.

This will enable delegates to step out of their comfort zone and embrace a new and ever evolving area of creative performance, to appreciate and understand the subtleties and skills of using FX and controllers, to use a midi controller effectively to manipulate sound during a performance and to map what is seen and heard in a performance to exam criteria and musical elements / dimensions

Presenter: Phil Heeley

Phil Heeley has worked as a teacher for over thirty years and has recently launched his own CPD, Resources & Consultancy Company. “Inclusive Music” encapsulates his passion for enabling “Access for All” through the Power of Music Technology. Creator of the Best Sellers “Dance eJay for Schools” and “GarageBand for Schools”, he encourages students to discover their own way of learning, their own motivation and their own success. He travels the world delivering capability in the form of training and workshops and Ofsted have repeatedly recognised him as an “outstanding” teacher.

C: Vocal groups: beyond the pop song

We might frequently find, in secondary school settings, that singers are more interested in singing Pop music than any other genre. This session aims to explore effective part singing, even when using Pop, and furthermore – how to develop good quality vocal skills through using Pop and how to convince The Reluctant Ones to branch out and try new things. The session will also offer suggestions of repertoire to try when moving on from Pop and we will sing through a range of songs used as examples on the day.

Presenter: Kim Seagrove

Kim is a passionate music educator and performer who co-leads the Vocal Team with HMS.

Kim started her teaching career as a Music Teacher in a challenging Portsmouth School before becoming Head of Music and leading her own department in a busy co-ed Secondary School in Fareham.

She has wide experience in directing choirs, chamber choirs, Gospel groups, Soul Bands and Show Choirs, as well as teaching small groups, bespoke ensembles, festivals and leading massed ensembles for special events for both primary, secondary and FE settings. She has an infectious enthusiasm for all kinds of singing and firmly believes ‘everyone can sing’!

D: From Beledi to ‘Sambhangra’: World Music Fusion.

This workshop will teach the basics of three World Music styles: Bhangra rhythms using dhol drums, Middle Eastern rhythms (as described by the new OCR GCSE specification) using darbukas, and samba. It will then explore fusion, how to fuse two different musics and result in a final short performable piece.

Presenter: Adam Broughton

Adam Broughton is an Area Leader with Hampshire Music Service. Alongside his area role, he is a conductor and ensemble specialist and he leads the percussion and world music teams. Adam is a multi-instrumentalist and his interest in World Music began when studying at City University and the Guildhall School of Music in London. Alongside orchestral percussion and drum kit, he has studied a wide range of styles, including West and North African drumming, Samba, Gamelan, Latin percussion and North Indian classical music. Adam’s teaching includes regular world music groups and he delivers the occasional world music workshop as part of the World Music team.

E1: Writing songs for Musical Theatre: - It’s easier than you think!

How to craft songs from story, character and conversation; this session will be a practical approach to how to create music from a theatrical brief. It will illustrate ways to combine solos, ensemble and chorus and show how working on your feet from a theatrical starting point can quickly develop ideas for songs that underpin character, move narrative forward and set the scene.

E2: Song-writing: - I always start with the ?????

This session will show how to get past the ‘blank sheet of paper’, avoid the pitfalls of taste, move towards writing and crafting songs from a sometimes random starting point and completely avoid the need for inspiration! It will also touch on the use of apps/digital media as a recording and writing tool and act as an opportunity for sharing ideas of how to develop and combine students’ ideas through a song-writing process.

Presenter: Nick Brace

As Artistic Director of Actiontrack Performance Company, and as a freelance composer, writer and theatre director Nick has created music and musical theatre alongside education for the last 35 years. His work is always dynamic and collaborative and has been utilised by schools, colleges, PRUs and with hard-to-reach young people national and internationally. His passion is to encourage creativity in people that surprises them, and to help them develop that creativity into something to be proud of. For information on Actiontrack’s work please see actiontrackperformance.co.uk

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download