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All Students preparing for Grade exams are
recommended to use the Hofnotes on-line
training pages to practise for the aural tests.
At
higher grades you must be able to discuss with the examiner musical
features such as texture,
form,
style, and
period of a piece of music.
My own web pages to help with these parts of the test at Grade 5+ and at
GCSE
are available
here!
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I
 hold
the following music and teaching qualifications:
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ALCM (what's this?)
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CTABRSM (what's this?)
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BA(Hons)Oxon
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MAODE(Open) (what's this?)
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A level Music (including theory, analysis and harmony elements at approximately
Associated Board Grade 8)
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Grade 7 clarinet
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Grade 8 piano
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Grade 7 theory
I am a professional member of
EPTA (European Piano Teachers' Association) and an associate member of the
ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians)
CTABRSM: Certificate in Teaching (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)
For more details on this extremely valuable and
effective professional development course, go to the ABRSM
Teachers' pages
Basically it has four
elements:
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mentor sessions, which
are instrument specific. We studied many features of
piano technique and how to teach them effectively, including
achieving the best tone, pedalling, sightreading, and memorising.
We also looked at pupil
case studies and evaluated new repertoire
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group learning sessions, which
are more generalist. Some key areas were music technologies, music
in schools, teaching children with dyslexia/dyspraxia, tension in performance, and
Kodaly approaches
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observed teaching,
mentor-assessed lessons with a number of pupils over the year
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written assignments
ALCM: Associate Diploma in Piano performance
(London College of Music)
For more details on performance
requirements at this level, visit the
London
College of Music's pages.
Continuing
Proessional Development:
Associated Board Piano Syllabus seminars, September 2006, November 2008, January
2011
 Trinity
Guildhall Piano Syllabus seminar, November 2007
Suzuki Piano method workshop,
June 2007
Kodaly and Dalcroze Early years Teaching
Conference, September 2009
Jazz teaching
certificate, May 2008 with Distinction
Epta Conference, September 2011
Other
information
Child
protection
I completed the Bucks County Council training course ‘Safeguarding
Children in Education’ (May 2007) and their Early Years Development training
workshop on Including All Children: Autistic Spectrum Disorder Workshop
(October 2007)
I have a CRB enhanced disclosure certificate (most recent
issue March 2011)
I hold a chaperone license for children taking part in
concerts and festivals
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