This course is FREE with an Online Subscription

Course Description

One of the worlds greatest performers Carlos Santana once wrote “When you can play from your heart, you are being open and honest . . . . The instrument becomes the vehicle by which you can reach others with the music.”.  


This course is designed to provide you with the tools to assist every student in your care to create and undertake a program in musical performance that shows them in the best possible light, allowing them to provide a confident and polished presentation, designed to maximise their HSC results in Music.

Audience

This course is best suited to teachers of Stage 6 Music 1, Music 2 and Extension Music.   

Whilst the course is focussed towards Proficient level, Head Teachers or teachers at the Highly Accomplished level can benefit from this presentation.


Teaching Standards 

1.5.2 Proficient Level - Know students and how they learn - Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities:  Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation:  Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities


$229 + GST - Individual Enrolment


FREE with  Online Subscription

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting to Know your students

    • Introduction Getting To Know Your Students

    • Getting to Know Your Students

    • Video Link - Music and the Brain

    • Getting to Know Your Students Continued

    • Reflection Question & Activities
  • 2

    Starting The for Success from Day 1

    • Starting The for Success from Day 1

    • Reflection Questions
  • 3

    Setting Up the Performance Contract with Each Individual Student

    • Setting Up the Performance Contract with Each Individual Student

    • Setting Up the Performance Contract with Each Individual Student - Cont.

    • Reflection Questions
  • 4

    What constitutes an Excellent Performance

    • What Constitutes an Excellent Performance - Aretha Franklin

    • Video Link - Aretha Franklin Kennedy Centre Honours

    • What Constitutes an Excellent Performance - Aretha Franklin Cont

    • What Constitutes an Excellent Performance –Luciano Pavarotti

    • Video Link - The Amazing Luciano Pavarotti

    • What Constitutes an Excellent Performance – Luciano Pavarotti Cont.

    • Video Link - A Touch of Country and Pop Justin Timberlake

    • What constitutes an Excellent Performance – Justin Timberlake

    • Reflection Activities
  • 5

    Course Feedback

    • Please take few minutes to give us your feedback

Presenter

David Reidy

David Reidy

David Reidy has been playing music professionally since the age of 12 and has toured the world, conducting music seminars in over 45 nations. David has taught across the K-12 spectrum, including some time as a Head Teacher CAPA. As well as his time in schools, David has written courses and lectured for Hillsong International Leadership College.

More recently, David has advised NSW DET on the use of technology in the Music classroom and has been heavily involved in seeing many young musicians reach success in the music industry across the globe. In 2015, students whom David had mentored and taught were selected as featured artist in the Schools Spectacular and remained as featured artist till they graduated in Year 12.

David has performed on stage in both large and small venues from 50,000 to 5 people, bringing the same energy and principles he teaches to his own performances. This is an outstanding opportunity to hear and learn from a teacher and performer with over 50 years in education.

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