12 Nursery Rhymes To Sing With Your Baby Want to sing something, anything, with your baby? Why not start with one of these 12 nursery rhymes?

Staring with this one, a post that is your favourite post pretty much every month! All about #singing #nurseryrhymes #Singwithbaby #sing #songs #musicforfamilies #musicforbabies #getkidsintomusic

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Facts About Sonata Form How much do you know about Sonata Form. Read all about this musical structure here.

Want to know about #SonataForm? This blog post will tell you about this #MusicalStructure which is commonly used in the 1st movement of a bigger piece, like a #Concerto or a #Symphony #Composer #MusicComposition #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Music Book Review for Older Children/Adults: Practice Pie by Nicola Cantan A review of the fantastic book Practice Pie by Nicola Cantan, a set-by-step guide for parents to help their child enjoy music practice.

Are your kids learning to play a #MusicalInstrument? This is a fantastic #Book about #Practice, about your role in #MusicPractice and why it’s important. There’s some great #PracticeTips in here too. #PracticeMakesProgress #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Facts About Rondo Form Want to know more about different musical structures that you could use for your composition? This post is about the Rondo Form musical structure.

It’s Friday, so it’s new blog post day! The latest in my series of #FactsAbout posts on #MusicalStructures to use in #MusicComposition - Rondo Form. Read more about Rondo Form by clicking the link below. #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Composition Game to Play with your Children Musical games to play at home. A fun way to get your children to have a go at composition, and to make their own music. Great for homeschool music composition class.

Another “escape from the news and play with music” idea to do with the kids here, this one’s a #composition game that you could play #MusicalPlay#MusicGames #MakeYourOwnMusic #GetKidsIntoMusic

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It’s time for my January newsletter rounding up what I’ve been up to on the blog this month and previewing what’s coming up on February #MusicSky #MusicaforKids #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Moseley Violins If you are looking to buy a violin, viola, cello or double bass, or need yours repaired, where would you go to? There is a lovely shop in Moseley, just south of Birmingham in the UK, where you will…

In the autumn I featured a blog post on a specialist #violin & all other #stringinstrument retail and repair shop in #Moseley #BirminghamUK, Moseley Violins. #Music #MusicShop #GetKidsIntoMusic #2024Highlights

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Interview with Rebecca Ledgard from Ex Cathedra about their work with young people in Birmingham, UK Talking to Rebecca Ledgard from Ex Cathedra all about their work with young people in Birmingham, UK, from very tiny children through to teenagers about to head off for University. This fantastic o…

Next I got to talk to Rebecca Ledgard from @excathedrachoir.bsky.social about her work with their #choirs for young people #YoungVoices #Interviews #Musicians #Choir #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Interview with Craig McLeish, Musical Director for Young Voices An interview with the Musical Director of Young Voices, Craig McLeish all about the process involved in writing and arranging the music for Young Voices each year; what he enjoys most about Young V…

During 2024 I got to interview some fantastic people, starting with the fantastic Craig McLeish, Musical Director of the brilliant #YoongVoices #Interviews #Musicians #Composer #WorldsLargestSchoolChoir #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Day 16 of the #MusicalAdventCalendar and today is a classic #ChristmasSong A Spaceman Came Travelling #christmasmusic #AdventCalendar #Advent #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Day 9 of the #MusicalAdventCalendar and today is an #orchestral classic- Sleigh Ride by #Composer Leroy Anderson #christmasmusic #AdventCalendar #Advent #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Day 8 of the Musical Advent Calendar and today we have a fun song, Santa Baby, sung by the fabulous Eartha Kitt #ChristmasMusic #Advent #AdventCalendar #Day8 #MusicalAdventCalendar #GetKidsIntoMusic #Christmas

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It wouldn’t be #Christmas without a bit of Tchaikovsky’s #Nutcracker, would it? And here for #Day6 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar we have the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy #ChristmasMusic #Christmas #Advent #AdventCalendag #Day6Advent #GetKidsIntoMusic

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#Day5 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar and today I offer you my favourite #ChristmasSong, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas sung by the inimitable Judy Garland. I hope you enjoy it! #ChristmasMusic ##Christmas #AdventCalendar #GetKidsIntoMusic

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#Day4 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar I have the very lovely Oh Holy Night #ChristmasMusic #Advent #AdventCalendar #GetKidsIntoMusic

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For #day3 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar I have this gorgeous piece by #Composer Sally Beamish- In The Stillness #AdventCalendar #Advent #ChristmasMusic #GetKidsIntoMusic

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Facts About Big Band Want to know more about Big bands? What is a Big Band? Who plays in a Big Band? What music do they play? Read on to learn the answers to these questions and more.

So I guess it might be time to start posting some of the stuff I write on here. My latest blog post was Facts About #BigBand #Bands #Ensembles #Brass #Woodwind #Jazz #GetKidsIntoMusic

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