It seems like classical music is finally getting the support it deserves in at least small area of LA, USA. This was the topic of a recent 60 minutes interview with Gustavo Dudamel, the youngest conductor ever for the Philharmonic Orchestra and the youngest major conductor in the world. Just think for a moment: How
Our team at the Fun Music Company has been hard at work for the last few weeks finishing off a whole revamp of one of our products, which was previously known as Instant Print Music Lessons. Several months ago we decided to completely revise and re-release this product, as we felt that the name "instant
I thought this was excellent food for thought for all teachers and a great practical lesson as to why we do the things we do. It's done by a guy called Derek Sivers who is a musician, blog writer and business owner and he's caught footage of a guy (who looks a bit like a
This video is a Suzuki teacher using flashcards to actively involve her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces. I was just looking through youtube for music theory videos and I stumbled across this teacher who was actively involving her students in remembering musical terms they have played in their pieces.
Here is an an amazing clip by Bobby McFerrin demonstrating a powerful and fun teaching tool
Here's some of my personal thoughts on Howard Gardner's talk on Digital Youth and I'd love to have your feedback on it
How does a student learn something, so that it becomes knowledge for life? We’ve been busily engaged this month putting the finishing stages to the Fun Music Company latest publication called “Printable Music Theory Books” which will be launched on Monday, 1st June. Leading up to the launch we are really interested in your opinion
Be one of the first to preview our newest project As a member of our Fun Music Company family, I would love to give you the opportunity to preview our latest project - The Junior Musicianship System -and I would love to hear your feedback! Over the year we have had loads of teachers ask
How to help young children to have fun and retain more in music. I had this question posted to me a few weeks ago and after careful research and consideration have posted this reply. I know this will be of value to many music teachers out there and although the answer is to address teaching
Be one of the first to check out our latest Project! This week we've been putting the finishing touches on our brand new website which has been in the pipeline for over a year. I'm really excited about it because I know that it will be of enormous value to all the classroom and studio