Support for Music and Performing Arts
I offer schools a rich range of coaching and other support that includes:
- Mentoring/advice/action planning for struggling departments
- Departmental Reviews help for even the most successful departments become better still
- Advice when recruiting/appointing new members of staff
- Curriculum development, including writing schemes of work and assessment materials (all key stages/examination boards)
- Training on how to teach for success in the listening/written exams at GCSE and A-Level
- Producing resources (all key stages/examination boards)
- Original compositions and arrangements specially tailored to your students' strengths and your school's resources
- Moderation of NEA work (both compositions and performances)
- Supporting selection and interview processes
I have delivered many GCSE and A-level student masterclasses and offer them in:
I am able to deliver classes for all boards and produce bespoke resources that you are likely to find invaluable for your own teaching in the future
- composition (both original compositions and 'technical' A-level compositions such as 'Bach' chorale harmonization)
- performance
- the listening/written examination
I am able to deliver classes for all boards and produce bespoke resources that you are likely to find invaluable for your own teaching in the future
I began my teaching career in higher education, teaching at Cardiff University and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (in the Junior Department as well as in the main college); I also tutored on Open University Summer Schools over many years
Having completed a PGCE at the IoE, I taught music (KS3, GCSE and A-level) in London schools for 20 years, including when I was a headteacher
As Head of Music I rapidly transformed the music departments in two inner-London schools and was in charge of a large and highly successful performing arts faculty
I continue to be a practising teacher, working for Junior Trinity where I mainly teach A-level (but also GCSE when required)
I am an ABRSM examiner and a diploma examiner for the Guild of Church Musicians
I have given many teacher webinars on topics that include teaching GCSE listening pieces (set works), teaching composition at GCSE and leading an outstanding music department
I have given international conference presentations on primary school music, GCSE listening pieces, and teaching composition at GCSE
Having completed a PGCE at the IoE, I taught music (KS3, GCSE and A-level) in London schools for 20 years, including when I was a headteacher
As Head of Music I rapidly transformed the music departments in two inner-London schools and was in charge of a large and highly successful performing arts faculty
I continue to be a practising teacher, working for Junior Trinity where I mainly teach A-level (but also GCSE when required)
I am an ABRSM examiner and a diploma examiner for the Guild of Church Musicians
I have given many teacher webinars on topics that include teaching GCSE listening pieces (set works), teaching composition at GCSE and leading an outstanding music department
I have given international conference presentations on primary school music, GCSE listening pieces, and teaching composition at GCSE
I would like to thank you for two brilliant workshop days on Monday and Wednesday. All the Composition material was well-conceived, appropriate to our curriculum and extremely useful. I am positive our teaching staff left the sessions with valuable new skills and tools that they can use straight away in the classroom environment, either face-to-face or on-line.
We would like also to acknowledge the excellent AQA GCSE focused sessions -- the lack of published materials in this area is notorious and we were very impressed with the amount of resources presented during the workshops. This will certainly make our life easier when teaching the updated syllabus and new set-pieces.
Dr Zezo Olimpio -- Head of Music, The British School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The work that I do is bespoke to the needs and context of each school
Please email me to discuss your requirements/book a telephone call
Please email me to discuss your requirements/book a telephone call
