Inclusion matters – ideas for inclusive music making, teaching and sharing
I recently attended the Hackney Learning Trust’s music education conference on the 24th of April [...]
Autism and Music therapy – a starting point – “first you imitate then you innovate”.
“First you imitate, then you innovate” (Miles Davis) This quote by Miles Davis I think [...]
Edinburgh SEN teacher nominated for Learning Through Technology Award
This year’s Scottish Education Awards sees Wendy Whyte from Prospect Bank school in Edinburgh being [...]
Tips for inclusive music making.
Inclusive music making is where it’s at, and one that is at the heart of [...]
4 of the best portable speakers around
Here is a quick snapshot of what’s on the market in terms of portable speakers. [...]
Autism and Music Therapy – An Introduction
In my interactions with service users, teachers, parents, carers and people involved with autism I [...]
Highlights from the Music Education Expo March 2013
The Music Education Expo – 2013. This was the Show’s first year and with a [...]
Nugget 6 – Experimental Brain Research – Music & Expression
Measuring Expression in Musical Performance Our 2008 paper, published in Experimental Brain Research. This [...]
Nugget 5 – Kinetic Consequence from Mind to Body
In the course of the early noughties, Dave and I began trying to square the [...]
Nugget 4 – We got Rhythm!
Published in a special edition of the German Encyclopaedia of Neuroscience, this next nugget is [...]
Nugget 3 – to sing and Dance together!
Now a chapter written with the magnificent Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, an inspiring font of knowledge [...]
ACTIVE USB EXTENSION ! FREE YOUR SKOOG…
Just received and tested a cheap USB 2.0 ACTIVE REPEATER CABLE – Which in layman’s [...]
Nugget 2 – Islands in the Stream – Synchrony – shared goals and communication
Here the ideas develop further both in terms of theories about Rhythm but also in [...]
Nugget 1- “Music as a tool in Communications research” 1998
The study of music as an act of communication, examining how musicians interact musically and creatively, [...]
Starting a narrative – the psychology behind the Skoog…
There have been so many people and disciplines involved in inspiring, creating and supporting our [...]