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Flip / Koala Sampler

As part of the technology component for our Stage 6 music curriculum classes, I had my first brief introduction to the Flip Sampler app,...

Groove Sophistication

Listening to and learning to play Papa Was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations) as a class was not as easy as it might seem. We had a live...

Digital Game-Based Learning

It’s not every day that we go to a lecture and play computer games, but that’s exactly how we started out on this occasion. I played...

iPad Orchestras

There is a part of me that struggles with the way that these children are making music by playing Pachelbel’s canon as an iPad ensemble....

Composition: baby-stepping from models

As preservice teachers, we have been working on developing our own improvisational and compositional skills throughout the semester. This...

Improvise to Compose

As a classically trained pianist, I was never given the opportunity to learn improvisation skills growing up. I became highly proficient...

Video Editing

This is our class at work recording a music video with the full set up: lighting, video cameras, mics and audio recorders: Behind the...

Scratch

Scratch is a free online coding tool which uses block-based programming to enable students to create animations, games, and interactive...

MPC Beats

MPC Beats is the free version of Akai's professional MPC workflow. It can be downloaded here. This is a fully-featured Digital Audio...

Intro to Step Sequencing

Step sequencers are ideal for amateur musicians as little musical knowledge is required. With a basic visual interface using a form of...

Entering the Music Technology Universe

This semester has been a huge learning curve in terms of developing an understanding of music technologies, and I have really only just...

Fallin' - Jessica Mauboy

This is me performing a piano cover of Fallin' by Jessica Mauboy. I especially wanted to represent the music of a successful Australian...

Manifesto for music education

“We must listen. . . to the stories of others before we speak, understanding that we may not understand their situation fully and may...

Mensural canons

I took up the challenge and had a go at writing my own mensural canon. Not an easy task, and I wouldn't say I am happy with the result...

Musical and social hierarchies

Reflections on "Everyone Here is Going to Have Bright Futures", Chapter 3 in Class, Control & Classical Music (Anna Bull, 2019) For me,...

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