http://www.harmoniamusic.com en-gb harmoniamusic.com 2010-4-19T00:00:00Z harmoniamusic.com http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#63335 Just had a fabulous 4 days working with the Cambridge Holiday Orchestra Association. I ran 3 hour long workshops each day 2 x KS2 belleplates and 1x age 11 djembe drumming followed by concert performances on the last day. Brilliant time and great children to work with. Lovely to see so many keen young and not so young musicians. Great organisation by the committee and quality parent helpers made it easy to get on with the music. Bumped into a few ex pupils Haslingfield Coton and Harmonia which was lovely. Also enjoyed playing belleplates briefly with the staff. 2010-4-19T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#60665 A great days music making with Harmonia and Spaldwick School. Djembes 2 choirs sax sextet and band all received brilliantly positive feedback from the adjudicators Sarah Watts Robert Galliard. Wonderful support from parents and families and lots of great comments from other audience members. Audience member how do you get your little ones to sing so loudly me its more a case of trying to stop them 2010-3-16T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#51408 Well since September I have managed to organise a purely music working week. Having enjoyed teaching year 5 on Mondays for the last couple of years I am now back to concentrating on my main interest. Current timetable Monday Youth Singers Tuesday Woodwind lessons Wider Opportunities Spaldwick Band Wednesday PPA music curriculum lessons Spaldwick Young Singers Thursday Woodwind lessons Music assembly Composers Club Adult Drumming Spaldwick Singers This is also supplemented by Mentoring on the OUTrinity Guildhall course Leading Music Teacher commitments and bassoon teaching. Ive just got a newold bassoon thanks to the lovely Tim Sutton and am loving playing again. Recent highlights Cambridgeshire Singing Day stunning performance by Youth Singers after just 3 rehearsals VOCE8 singing day inspiring course with bags of energy and humour 2009-10-27T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#7027 2007-1-3T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#2940 Since handing in my notice at Haslingfield School I have been looking for more teaching work and am pleased to say I have been asked to work for CIMA the County Music Agency where I will be teaching everything from ocarinas to keyboards Foundation Stage to Year 6. I will also be continuing to teach classroom music at Spaldwick School near Grafham Water foundation stage to year 6 and at Coton School where I currently teach year 36. I have been made to feel very welcome and am enjoying being part of a happy team at both schools. The support of the headteachers in particular 3 of them since there are 2 at Coton has been particularly reassuring and both schools are very keen to promote music making both within the curriculum and through wider opportunities. I will be continuing to run the Youth Singers at Haslingfield Coton and Spaldwick and also intend to make time for the Harmonia Singers adults who are such fun to sing with. There are vague plans for CABARET II the revenge ..... 2006-7-1T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#2360 As many Harmonia families will know by now as from September I will no longer be teaching at Haslingfield School. Im very sad to be leaving and it was disappointing to have to take that decision. I hope to be continuing music making within the village but will greatly miss the teaching staff and support staff who have been so wonderful the fabulous pupils who made classroom music lessons so rewarding and the parents who have always supported me and appreciated the high standards we have reached. Many thanks to everyone who made my time at the school so enjoyable. The Youth Singers Young Singers and Harmonia Singers adults will hopefully all continue to run and I hope to see all the groups thrive and uphold the strong tradition of musical activities in the village. 2006-5-26T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#2138 We now have 3 branches of Harmonia Youth Singers Haslingfield Coton and Spaldwick. At the moment Spaldwick is being run as a school choir but I hope that from next term it will take on the same format as the other two. Coton has got off to a flying start with 16 very enthusiastic members who are already singing in three parts. We hope to do our first joint concerts in the Autumn. New choirs mean Im thinking about a new uniform perhaps with a different colour for each branch. Its wonderful to see young people singing so well in three different villages. 2006-5-14T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#1775 If you have any doubts about the future of music follow these links warning not to be watched whilst eating or drinking due to likely mess Mad Trombonist A new horn concerto 2006-4-30T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#1774 Spent yesterday at Linton Infants working with year 1 and 2 children on music to go with poems by John Foster. Despite my hacking cough and croaky voice we managed to get through everything just in time Have put it together as both a CD and a DVD with simple pictures for each stanza. The DVD wasnt the original plan but it works really well and I think the children will really like it at least I hope they do 2006-4-30T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#1145 An interesting day doing boomwhackers at a school in Huntingdon made more interesting by the presence of some ofsted inspectors. They stayed for a session and a half and then returned for the sharing assembly. This either means they were fascinated by the boomwhackers were impressed with the workshops or were just victimising me. Im hoping for one of the first two options. The children were great and I felt very welcomed by the staff in what must have been quite a trying week for them. Good to see friendly and enthusiastic teachers 2006-3-24T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#1146 My latest offering into the BBC news magazine site was not only finally accepted but was the top letter of the day which surely means it was the best one. Im so proud. It wasnt even that funny but I think I flattered the Magazine Monitor enough to be admitted into the inner sanctum of contributors. Incidentally the number of letters from Cambridge is totally disproportionate maybe we should all get out more. 2006-3-23T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#1115 I cant tell you how frustrating it was trying to get a crossword on the Youth Singers Club page Anyway I finally succeeded and I know at least 3 people have bothered to complete it. 2 members of the choir have downloaded the programme and are going to write their own so I look forward to trying to get one of their creations on the site. The password for the club page is a big success on its own Ive been told its the coolest password ever.. perhaps itll be featured on one of those ghastly channel 4 top 100 programmes. Im really pleased with the helpful advice and comments Ive had from friends and family particularly regarding child protection issues etc. What stunningly responsible people I know My list of things for the site is growing not shrinking and Im guilty of keeping moving any kind of biog details to the bottom of the heap. I must get round to it one day. 2006-3-22T00:00:00Z http://www.harmoniamusic.com/page27.htm#996 Well its taken me nearly all day but I feel like Ive made a good start. Theres lots more to come I want to publish my belleplate arrangements I have about 40 put on pictures going back over the last 7 years since Harmonia was founded make a links page to some of the fantastic music sites Ive discovered work out how I put on my crossword programme.. there IS a way Im sure and obviously come up with some way of making my fortune and hastening my retirement. 2006-3-15T00:00:00Z