

Teaching "21" Through Rhythm Exercises
I've been really excited by the potential for awesome rhythm learning through Andy Akiho's "21". In a previous post I explained the basic...

I don't know about you, but I'm liking "21"
I worked my way through the list of compositions from this post, and I simply couldn't go past Andy Akiho's "21". I wasn't aware of any...

Finding Support Works for "Pulse Magnet"
One of the really important features of Matthew Hindson's compositional oeuvre is the popular music influences. Although they aren't as...

Pulse Magnet Score Analysis
So I'm currently working my way through a score analysis of the third movement of "Pulse Magnet" by Matthew Hindson. I thought I'd just...


Choosing a Focus Work
The major assignment for Senior Secondary Music Education (SSME) involved writing a program of work based on one of the focus works that...


And we're back with SSME!
It's been while since my last blog post, but I'm back to tell you all about the biggest subject I'm doing this semester, Senior Secondary...


Presentation of Learning
The final event for the entire semester was the Presentation of Learning (PoL), which was an event set up for our class where we would...


The Final Unveiling
If you've been hanging out waiting for the official unveiling of my new website, your patience has been rewarded. If you haven't then too...

Finishing Touches
My website is coming along nicely, but something I realised I needed to add was more internal hyperlinks. I'm not sure if there's a...


"Play that Walking Bass!": The 12 Bar Blues Simulacrum in Music Education
Throughout the course of this semester at university, I've been having some increasingly agitated (and by that I mean I was getting...