Hosted by Music Teachers Association · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 138 episodes
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Teaching Notes, the Music Teachers' Association's podcast, covers all aspects of Music Education, both in the UK and beyond. Interviews with Music Teachers sit alongside chats with industry professionals and education experts. Plenty of CPD, discussion, and reports from conferences and Expos. A must-listen for every Music Teacher! Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.
Music Teachers Association hosts Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast, a education show with 138 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 138, Patrick chats to David Gray (aka ‘Music with Mr Gray’) about The Big Strum , a new ukulele event to be held in July in Devon, in association with Octopus Ukuleles and Devon Music Hub (0:5
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 137, Patrick meets Tessa Armstrong, founder and director of Voices for Life, who provide free singing workshops and concerts for primary children, with a focus on well-being. MTA President Jam
Send us Fan Mail 2026 MTA CONFERENCE SPECIAL In Episode 136, Patrick visits the 2026 MTA Conference, held at Warwick Schools Foundation, in Leamington Spa. He chats to Sir John Rutter about John’s own musical education,
Send us Fan Mail MTA CONFERENCE PREVIEW In Episode 135, Patrick looks ahead to the 2026 MTA Conference, and meets two of the speakers leading CPD sessions. James McEvoy-Stevenson gives an overview of his session, ‘GCSE M
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 134, Patrick meets Dafydd Williams, the Music Lead at Rushmore Primary School in Hackney, winner of the Outstanding School Music Department award at the recent Music and Drama Education Awards
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 133, Tim Gray tells Patrick all about the new app ' Pitch Pals ', designed to allow young children to practise their aural skills in a fun, game-based way (0:59). And Alex Aitken discusses A L
Send us Fan Mail 2026 MUSC & DRAMA EXPO SPECIAL In Episode 132, Patrick visits the 2026 Music & Drama Expo, to chat to leaders of CDP sessions, and chat to exhibitors about new Music Education products. Sebastian Murgul
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 131, Patrick finds out more about the new campaign, ‘A Choir in Every School’ , led by MTA president, James Manwaring (0:57). Professor Derek Aviss chats about his forthcoming webinar, ‘Transf
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 130, Patrick chats to Mark Aitchison about his PhD, which focuses on Key Stage 3 music, and Mark asks for teachers’ assistance with a Year 8 Research Project. Plus, music education academics A
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 129, Patrick chats to music educator, technological innovator and coach, Alan Cameron , about his long career, including setting up the world's first ever live weekly instrumental music learni
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 128, Patrick meets James B Partridge to talk about his shows, Primary School Bangers and The Big Christmas Assembly, which revivify children’s hymns of the 70s and 80s. James and Patrick refle
Send us Fan Mail 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
Send us Fan Mail 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 i
Send us Fan Mail 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 J
Send us Fan Mail 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 Julia
Send us Fan Mail 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
Send us Fan Mail 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
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 121, Patrick meets Leanna O’Brien , from the Soaring Scarves Academy in California, who teaches music using movement and scarves, to help students really internalise great works by Tchaikovsky
Send us Fan Mail 2025 MTA CONFERENCE SPECIAL In Episode 120, Patrick visits the 2025 MTA Conference, held at Trinity Academy, Bristol. He meets ABRSM Chief Examiner and Jazz trumpeter Mark Armstrong, to find out more abo
Send us Fan Mail 2025 MTA CONFERENCE PREVIEW In Episode 119, Patrick chats to Liz Dunbar and Asha Bishop about the crucial balancing of creativity and academic rigour at Key Stage 3 (1:08). And composer, arranger, singer
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