Hi Caroline, Thanks for your post and I hope you are finding these pages for teaching strategies helpful. This question comes up often in workshops and discussions. How can we best mentor percussionists with the performance adaptation...
Exploring Music in Context - Teaching Strategy IDear Pratik, My pleasure. Do not hesitate to reach out if you need any further assistance. My best regards, Anton
Ideas for the Percussionist IIIThank you so much Dr Anton. I will get started with these ideas that you have shared here.
Ideas for the Percussionist IIIDear Pratik, Thank you for your feedback. I am glad to hear that they have been helpful to you in offering some options for the percussionists. This came about, as members in the community were asking for some additional support with this. The...
Ideas for the Percussionist IIIDear Paul, Again, I would refer you to the paragraph above that no teacher (irrespective of their abilities) may have a performing role in the ensemble to be assessed. I hope that is clear. My...
Burning QuestionsDear Paul, The IB are very explicit about this. Here is the relevant paragraph from the Music Guide: Information...
Burning QuestionsDear Paul, Thanks for your questions here. Yes, playing in a rock band absolutely qualifies for the ensemble pathway. The IB defines an ensemble as any group of three or more members contributing in various capacities,...
Burning QuestionsOr could they be teachers who are not delivering the IB music programme and are amateur musicians???
Burning QuestionsThese three experiments and their explainations are amazing. Thank you for guidance with this. Are these from a work that was submitted to the IB for assessment or has it been curated for the purposes of teaching? Also would it possible to provide...
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Site authorDear Caroline, Thank you for your comments here. I actually saw these on the Facebook page as well, and I thank you for placing them here, which should reach an even wider audience. In fact, one of our other subscribers has requested this...
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