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Send us a text In Episode 127, Patrick chats to the Aurora Orchestra’s Creative Director, Jane Mitchell, about their free resources as part of Aurora Classroom, covering Key Stages 1–5. Plus, the launch of their Life-Changing Music Campaign, aiming to raise £500,000 across its 20th anniversary season, to support their

Send us a text In Episode 126, Patrick chats to Mark Aitchison about Year 8 Music, with potential pitfalls and suggestions, incorporating research from Mark’s recently published paper, ‘A study into musician identity in year 8 students in England’.  Plus, The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s musical directo

Send us a text In Episode 125, Patrick meets Jazz pianist, educator, author and Instagram sensation Quentin Walston, to discuss accessible ways into Jazz for non-specialist teachers, from his new book, ‘How to Teach Jazz and Improvisation’ (0:52). Head of Growth and Operations at the MTA, Caroline Robinson introduces m

Send us a text In Episode 124, Patrick chats to Ed Watkins about his recent article, shining a light on disproportionately low grades for otherwise high-achieving music students at A Level (1:02). Laura Bendy and Julian Whittaker introduce the new Members’ Area of the MTA website, and the first webinar of the academic

Send us a text In Episode 123, Patrick chats to Dr Kirsty Devaney and Dr Ed McKeon about the project Time Loops, run by the Science Museum Group, using old music technology in new and innovative ways, with Key Stage 3 resources to bring it into the classroom (0:57). Alys Wilding introduces a new ECT Secondary Music Net

Send us a text In Episode 122, Patrick meets Dr Elizabeth Stafford and Dan Francis, to talk about their new book, "The Secondary Music Leader"s Handbook" (0:48). Classic FM presenter Ritula Shah introduces the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards (deadline for entries is 20th July 2025!) (15:54). And Jazz musici