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In episode 53, Harriet Clifford gives a preview of the Music & Drama Education Awards being held in late March;

Dr Steven Berryman introduces the new MTA Composing Club, in collaboration with NMC Recordings, using contemporary classical music to stimulate students’ compositions;

And Anna Gower and Steve Jackman chat about their use of Musical Futures in their lessons in Thailand, and beyond

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In Episode 52, Natalie Wild tells Patrick all about her new book, ‘The Symphony from Mannheim to Mahler’;

And Ofsted's new National Lead for Music, Christopher Stevens, chats about inspections, demonstrations of progress, challenges facing music education, and the place of staff notation in the classroom.

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In episode 51, Dr Phil Mullen talks about a new series of webinars provided by MAC Makes Music, promoting inclusivity;

Stephanie Bissell and Natalie Wild introduce the wonderful work done by the Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST);

And Dr Liz Stafford chats about curricula past, present, and future, with details of a forthcoming curriculum conference.

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Paul McCreesh and Simon Toyne announce the latest Gabrieli Roar project, featuring the music of Michael Praetorius;

Abigail D’Amore introduces Every Copy Counts, a campaign to help schools with the copying of music;

And former Charlie Parker sideman, Jazz legend Dick Hyman chats about all things Jazz, including his lessons in the 1940s with Teddy Wilson, what it was like to play with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and the Blues in Jazz.

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In the first episode of 2022, Elliott Smith introduces his music education resource, The Teaching Gadget; 

The MTA's own Gill Davies talks about her role, with details of several forthcoming events, 

And X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent vocal coach, Annabel Williams, chats about singing: repertoire, technique, and her favourite singers.

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In Episode 48, composer, arranger, conductor and teacher Ralph Allwood chats about Christmas carols, getting started with composition, and creativity; and MTA President, Don Gillthorpe looks back at 2021, and forward to 2022.

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In Episode 47, Gemma Scotcher from Education Support explains the range of support provided to teachers who are suffering from poor mental health, including a 24/7 telephone counselling service;

In an extract from a recent MTA webinar, Senior HMI and Music Lead for Ofsted, Mark Phillips talks about the National Curriculum, and how it should be interpreted;

And SEND specialist, Kelly-Jo Foster-Peters talks about students with additional needs, music within specialist schools, and resources.

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In episode 46, Patrick welcomes Senior HMI and Music Lead for Ofsted, Mark Phillips back to the podcast to discuss Deep Dives: what Ofsted inspectors are looking for, what they’re NOT looking for, how to demonstrate progress, and much more;

Plus an extract from Sally Beamish’s recent Hibbins Series webinar with Steven Berryman;

And Chris Fish introduces the excellent provider of composition CPD, Passing Notes.

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In this episode, lead teacher Bhamika Bhudia discusses four teaching trends that she thinks should be abandoned in the classroom, including demonstrating progress, and frequent marking.

And Senior HMI and Music Lead for Ofsted, Mark Phillips returns to the podcast to discuss assessment in music education: what's valuable, what's not; the dangers of over-assessing; and a new approach to Assessment for Learning.

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In Episode 44, MTA committee member Lewis Edney gives an update as to the MTA’s Partnerships programme; 

An extract from the most recent Hibbins Series webinar with Master of the Queens Music, Judith Weir;

And composer Shirley J Thompson on fusions, and her influences.

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