You will be able to book sessions through the website's online booking system closer to the event. Places are available on a first come first served basis.

• Registration opens at 0800
• The Groves Brass Quintet will perform to welcome delegates
• The Trade Exhibition is open from 0830
• Tea and coffee is available

The Groves Brass Quintet appears by kind permission of the Royal Northern College of Music.

Jonty Stockdale, Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music, welcomes delegates.

Plenary session including a live video-conference link to Dulwich College Junior School, Shanghai.

Manchester Singing Schools with Maurice Walsh.

Jazz Improvisation
Abram Wilson (Tomorrow's Warriors)

Detail to follow

OK Computer? Let's perform Radiohead in an hour!
David Ashworth

A hands on session, exploring ways to enhance pupil motivation, enjoyment and skill acquisition in Key Stage 3 music lessons by tapping into the real-life learning practices of popular musicians who use technology in their music.

The New Secondary Curriculum requires us to provide opportunities for pupils to develop individual performance skills, both vocal and instrumental, including the use of music technology.

This workshop gives us some ways in which we can integrate simple, low cost music technology applications into conventional music composition/performance to make learning more inclusive and relevant for our students.

Tags: Key Stage 3, Music Technology

MusicLeader

Detail to follow.

Trinity/OU KS2 Professional Development Programme
Rita Burt.

This session will now take place 1520-1630 today. Detail to follow
 

Lighting the Fire
Lin Marsh

A practical session exploring the voice and the way children sing. The workshop will look at how to achieve quality vocal work at primary level and developing performance and presentation skills.

Whole Class African Drumming
Andy Gleadhill

Two sessions, 11.00-11.30 and 11.40-12.10

The sound of African drumming has captivated and inspired human beings for centuries. It is one of the earliest forms of communication and an important part of mankind’s development.

This workshop is aimed at helping students, teachers and African drumming workshop leaders to enjoy playing a wide range of African rhythms and to be able to develop them into pieces of music ready for performance, including examples of call and response patterns.

We begin with some simple games and drumming warm up exercises with an explanation of basic African Drumming techniques, then we will learn our first simple African beats and explore some more involved African rhythms. The workshop will also look at how African drumming can be used in whole class music teaching.