Tag: teachers

VIDEO REPLAY: First Thursdays – Music Performance Anxiety

What is music performance anxiety? Causes, symptoms, and experiences Sources of support: the role of the music teacher Challenges for music teachers and performance anxiety management The music teacher as a performance anxiety practitioner: strategies to support students with MPA About the Presenter Isabella Mazzarolo (BMus(Hons), BCom, AMusA)   Scientia PhD Scholar | School of Arts & Media…
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PD Video Replay: First Thursdays – Improvisation and Creative Learning

In this live webinar, Australian pianist/improviser/composer/educator Andrea Keller shares her processes for improvisation and creative learning. Lauded for her musical inventiveness and prolific artistry, Andrea demonstrates her approach to practicing improvisation, how she uses concepts and external sources as impetus, and how she turns improvisational material into compositions and vehicles for further improvisatory explorations. Viewers…
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First Thursdays – Music Performance Anxiety

What is music performance anxiety? Causes, symptoms, and experiences Sources of support: the role of the music teacher Challenges for music teachers and performance anxiety management The music teacher as a performance anxiety practitioner: strategies to support students with MPA About the Presenter Isabella Mazzarolo (BMus(Hons), BCom, AMusA)   Scientia PhD Scholar | School of Arts & Media…
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First Thursdays – Improvisation and Creative Learning

In this live webinar, Australian pianist/improviser/composer/educator Andrea Keller shares her processes for improvisation and creative learning. Lauded for her musical inventiveness and prolific artistry, Andrea demonstrates her approach to practicing improvisation, how she uses concepts and external sources as impetus, and how she turns improvisational material into compositions and vehicles for further improvisatory explorations. Viewers…
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Members’ Meet Up – Penrith

Come join your fellow colleagues for an informal meet up in Penrith. There is no agenda to the meeting, just an opportunity for chats, collegiality and relaxation with fellow music teachers and members of the MTA. On the 14 September 2023 at 10:30am The Prairie Cafe, 177 Smith Street South, Penrith NSW 2750

Members’ Meet Up – West Ryde

Come join your fellow colleagues for an informal meet up in West Ryde. There is no agenda to the meeting, just an opportunity for chats, collegiality and relaxation with fellow music teachers and members of the MTA. On the 19 October 2023 from 10:30am Pages Cafe, 28 West Parade, West Ryde NSW 2114

VIDEO REPLAY First Thursdays – Which Edition Should I Choose?

Teachers are presented with a wide range of editions for the music that they will teach. There are editions with fingering, and other editions without; editions with numerous editorial markings and editions that have very little other than the notes that the composer wrote. There are “urtext” editions, historically informed editions and performance editions. It’s…
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First Thursdays – Which Edition Should I Choose?

Teachers are presented with a wide range of editions for the music that they will teach. There are editions with fingering, and other editions without; editions with numerous editorial markings and editions that have very little other than the notes that the composer wrote. There are “urtext” editions, historically informed editions and performance editions. It’s…
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Members’ Meet Up – Summer Hill

Come join your fellow colleagues for an informal meet up in Summer Hill. There is no agenda to the meeting, just an opportunity for chats, collegiality and relaxation with fellow music teachers and members of the MTA.