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Category Archives: Schools
New term, new tunes: The Iona Boat Song and The New Claret
The summer term began this week with a look at some Scottish tunes with a little bit of history behind them. The SMG whistlers looked at Caol Muile (The Straits of Mull) or The Iona Boat Song. Another Scottish Boat … Continue reading
Posted in Community, FluteFling, Links, Resources, Schools, Scots Music Group, The Flow, Uncategorized
Tagged advanced, beginner, classes, community, edinburgh, flute, Gaelic, improver, MP3, portobello, Scots, Scots Music Group, slip jig
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Story and Music-making from Nature and Place
Story and Music-making from Nature and Place is a skills workshop run jointly by storyteller Malcolm Green and musician Gordon Turnbull, taking place at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. The workshop will be a creative collaboration between the workshop leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Schools, Workshops
Tagged collaboration, community, creative music workshops, edinburgh, nature, Surround Sound, workshops
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Schools project: Jock O’ the Syde
I’m delighted to be returning for the third year running to work with the Primary 7s at Trinity Primary School in Hawick as they prepare for their own dramatisation of a Border Ballad and performing it at the Hawick Reiver’s … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Schools, Workshops
Tagged collaboration, creative music workshops, Hawick, Primary 7, Scottish Borders, traditional music, workshops
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Thomas the Rhymer School project in Hawick
This week sees the culmination of a collaborative project with artist Jane Gaze and the P6 and P7 children and teachers at Trinity Primary School in Hawick and I am enjoying working with them again. The project, which was praised … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Schools, Uncategorized, Workshops
Tagged Border Ballad, creative music workshops, Hawick, Scots, Scottish Borders, traditional music, workshops
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Autumn term roundup
There are some exciting music projects coming up this term, which is set to be busy once again. I am delighted to have begun working as a music teacher at a special school for children with additional support needs. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in classes, Community, Fun Flute, Schools, Workshops
Tagged advanced, beginner, classes, East Lothian, edinburgh, flute, improver, portobello, Scots Music Group, Surround Sound, tin whistle, traditional music, workshops
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Surround Sound at North Berwick
Last week I returned to Law Primary School at North Berwick to deliver Surround Sound to P5s. The workshop explores music and sound inspired by nature and uses natural found objects as instruments. Situated at the foot of the dominating … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Workshops
Tagged creative music workshops, East Lothian, Primary 5, Surround Sound, workshops
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Surround Sound in East Lothian
Following on from a successful pilot scheme in Summer 2010, I have begun delivering a new series of Surround Sound workshops in East Lothian primary schools. These creative music workshops explore the sounds of nature and how they influence music, … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Workshops
Tagged creative music workshops, East Lothian, Surround Sound
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Sounds of the Forest Project
I have been selected by Artlink Central in Stirling for their Creative Transitions project, collaborating with animators and working with P7 children with special needs in Stirlingshire. Entitled Sounds of the Forest and celebrating the International Year of the Forest, … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Workshops
Tagged animation, collaboration, creative music workshops, film, forest, nature, Primary 7, SEN, special needs, Stirling, transition
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Jamie Telfer Border Ballad Project
I am pleased to say that I am now working with artist/ historian/ educator Jane Gaze on a project with Primary 7 children and their teachers in Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The cross-curricular project is a dramatisation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Schools, Workshops
Tagged Hawick, Primary 7, Scottish Borders
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African Music at Dirleton
The Dirleton school web site has some photos of a recent visit that focused on African music. There were three workshops, for lower, middle and upper school and we covered animals, counting, communities and protest song while singing in Swahili, … Continue reading
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