The Music Workshop Company Blog

Each month the Music Workshop Company publishes two blogs. One blog, written by the MWC team addresses a key issue in Music Education or gives information about a particular genre or period of music. The other blog is written by a guest writer, highlighting good practice or key events in Music Education. We hope you enjoy reading the blogs.

To contribute as a guest writer please email Maria@music-workshop.co.uk

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The EBacc and the Importance of Arts Subjects in Schools

Posted on 30th December 2015 at 14:00

There has long been discussion about the structure of secondary education. Recently this has centred around the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a school performance indicator linked to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).

The EBacc is designed to measure the percentage of students in a school who achieve five or more A* to C grades in GCSE mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, history or geography. It is called a baccalaureate, but it is not like the French baccalauréat, which qualifies students for entry into universities and tertiary education.

The Music Education Expo

Posted on 30th November 2015 at 14:00

The Music Workshop Company has found the annual Rhinegold Education Expo an invaluable source of information and inspiration. We catch up with Alex Stevens, Editor of Rhinegold’s flagship education publication, Music Teacher Magazine, as he shares his plans for the 2016 event.

The Music Industry Management Degree and the Industry of Today

Posted on 30th August 2015 at 16:00

Music, with all of the business, technical, managerial, legal, marketing and organisational elements that go on behind the scenes, has always offered a huge range of career opportunities. It has nonetheless been frequently overlooked as a career path as students are steered more towards traditional white-collar jobs.

Many of today’s leading music industry top brass talk of moving up through the ranks, starting in the mailroom of a record label and gradually developing the expertise, knowledge and contacts to make it to the top.

Teaching with Technology: A Community Vision

Posted on 29th July 2015 at 14:30

The Music Workshop Company is focused around the community aspects of music making, shared experiences and direct musical engagement, but technology is opening up new opportunities within music learning. As the Internet becomes ingrained into every aspect of life, Simon Hewitt Jones, Director of ViolinSchool, is exploring the potential of online learning. We catch up with Simon to ask how he sees the future of violin teaching…

Image Courtesy of Tristan Jakob-Hoff

Capture the Moment

Posted on 29th June 2015 at 14:00

One of the things we make sure to encourage in our workshops here at the Music Workshop Company is the recording of every performance or workshop process, whether using photography, video or audio. This is such an important element both for the participants and the school.

Taking part in a performance is a big deal for a lot of students and it is valuable to document their achievements. When you think about a stage show, its full run and publicity, it is the high quality images that really make you remember the event.

All Change at AQA

Posted on 29th May 2015 at 14:00

Since the Rhinegold Expo back in March, Maria at the Music Workshop Company has been working to create a guest blog spot, to keep you up to date with what’s happening in the world of music education.

This month the MWC team are excited to welcome Sarah Perryman, Music Qualifications Developer at AQA, as she explains what’s new for GCSEs, AS levels and A-levels, and how the exam board created their new music qualifications…