Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast

Teaching Notes, the Music Teachers' Association's podcast, covers all aspects of Music Education, both in the UK and beyond. Interviews with Music Teachers sit alongside chats with industry professionals and education experts. Plenty of CPD, discussion, and reports from conferences and Expos. A must-listen for every Music Teacher! Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Music Teachers Association, with 140 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Music Teachers Association hosts Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast, a education show with 140 episodes published.

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  Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.140 - Vanessa Wilson-Best, Katie Sollars, Chelsey Bamford, Rob Reich-Storer

  Sep 11, 202647 minS19

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 140, Patrick kicks off the new academic year with a look at A Level Music, with guest, Vanessa Wilson-Best . As numbers decline for A Level Music, Vanessa and Patrick discuss whether the qualification is fit for purpose in its current form. The MTA’s new season of online CPD is here, and Patrick plays a short extract from music teachers Katie Sollars and Chelsey Bamford from a recent session. And Rob Reich-Storer tells Patrick all about his new resource, CC Designer, created to help teachers include a wide variety of external resource into their lessons, all in one app! Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. Ultrasound: https://ultrasound.bandcamp.com MTA Events: https://www.musicteachers.org/pages/events A Choir in Every School: https://www.musicteachers.org/pages/acies ACIES Newsletter no.8: https://tinyurl.com/ACIES-Newsletter Sing2Save: https://sing2save.org/#resources CC Designer: https://www.ccdesigner.co.uk/ © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

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  Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.139 - Mark Llewelyn Evans, Laura Bendy, Jonathan Mayes, Mark Keith

  Jul 16, 202642 minS18

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 139, Patrick discovers The Rapturous Romantics in the third book of The ABC of Opera , written by Mark Llewelyn Evans . Mark explains about the power of children discovering their ABC (Any Body Can) through opera. The MTA’s own Laura Bendy encourages listeners to respond to the Call for Content , to hear from as wide a range of voices as possible. And the CEO of the Cathedral Music Trust , Jonathan Mayes , and the Director of Music at Hull Minster , Mark Keith , discuss the Trust’s educational work, and the importance of repertoire for young choirs. Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. The ABC of Opera: https://academyofbarmycomposers.com MTA’s Call for Content: https://tinyurl.com/MTACFC Cathedral Music Trust: www.cathedralmusictrust.org.uk © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

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  Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.138 - David Gray, Geoff Pearce, Karen Marshall

  Jun 28, 202642 minS18

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 138, Patrick chats to David Gray (aka ‘Music with Mr Gray’) about The Big Strum , a new ukulele event to be held in July in Devon, in association with Octopus Ukuleles and Devon Music Hub (0:57). Geoff Pearce introduces Music Scholars , a new online resource with hundreds of lessons for KS3–KS5, plus composition tools, marksheets, and much more (9:54). And award-winning author, speaker, teacher and workshop leader, Karen Marshall talks about neurodiversity within music education, and her new book, ‘How to Teach Music – Music and Neurodiversity: A practical guide for teachers and parents’ (19:59). Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. Links: Music with Mr Gray: https://www.youtube.com/musicwithmrgray Octopus Ukulele: https://octopusukulele.co.uk Devon Music Hub: https://www.musiceducationhub.org/site/ Music Scholars: https://music-scholars.com How to Teach Music – Music and Neurodiversity: A practical guide for teachers and parents: https://collins.co.uk/products/9780008756871 Dyslexia advice: https://musicteachers.co.uk/media/musicteachers_dyslexia_advice.pdf © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

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  Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.137 - Tessa Armstrong (Voices for Life), James Manwaring, Natalie Wild & Christopher Tarrant

  Jun 5, 202639 minS18

  Send us Fan Mail In Episode 137, Patrick meets Tessa Armstrong, founder and director of Voices for Life, who provide free singing workshops and concerts for primary children, with a focus on well-being. MTA President James Manwaring updates listeners about A Choir in Every School, including the latest newsletter. And Natalie Wild and Christopher Tarrant chat about their latest book, The Composer’s Toolkit, in which students are guided through tried-and-tested compositional techniques and processes, dating back hundreds of years, and still very relevant to student composers in 2026. Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. https://voicesforlife.org.uk https://www.musicteachers.org/pages/acies https://www.fabermusic.com/shop/the-composers-toolkit-p479626 © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

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  Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.136 - MTA CONFERENCE incl. Sir John Rutter, Liz Dunbar, Simon Toyne

  May 21, 202647 minS18

  Send us Fan Mail 2026 MTA CONFERENCE SPECIAL In Episode 136, Patrick visits the 2026 MTA Conference, held at Warwick Schools Foundation, in Leamington Spa. He chats to Sir John Rutter about John’s own musical education, the power of singing, the compositional process, and what happens to the fragments of his music that don’t get published (30:40). Liz Dunbar and Simon Toyne chat about their CPD session, ‘Curriculum Thinking and Curriculum Planning – A Conversation’ (5:35). Plus, Patrick chats to various exhibitors at the Trade Fair, including Justin Wagstaff from The Sound Post (1:22), Yvette Cooper from Sparkyard (Out of the Ark) (21:33), and Thomas Reng Thomsen from Speed Admin (26:18). Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. Sir John Rutter: www.instagram.com/johnrutter.composer Liz Dunbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/liz-dunbar-4a30702bb Simon Toyne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-toyne/ The Sound Post: www.thesoundpost.co.uk Sparkyard: www.sparkyard.com Speed Admin: www.speedadmin.com © Music Teachers' Association www.musicteachers.org

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