MUSICAL FUTURES - XIAMEN 2 DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP

JANUARY 13th and 14th, 2018
Xiamen International School
262 Xingbei San Lu
Xinglin, Jimei District, Xiamen
People’s Republic of China


COST:   £250 for two days
                   £160 for single day option
Who is the workshop for?
  • Primary music specialists and primary classroom teachers with a background in music,
  • Secondary music teachers
  • Tertiary music educators
  • Tertiary students studying music or music education

Why attend?
Musical Futures believes music learning works best when young people are making music, and when their existing passion for music is reflected and built-upon in the classroom. Musical Futures was established in 2003 and grounded in academic research, is based on the real-world practices of popular and community musicians.

Musical Futures supports teachers around the world with training, networks and resources to deliver practical, engaging, developmental music programs in the classroom. Currently more than 1.5 million students in 71 countries worldwide benefit from their teachers use of the Musical Futures approach. The widespread adoption of Musical Futures in the UK and Australia means that it is now one of the most successful and sustainable  music education initiatives in schools in those countries.
What's on the program?

Over the two days each of the following Musical Futures units will be workshopped:
  • Just play - is a practical workshop plus a full easy-to-use resource for primary music specialists and secondary music teachers which explores the Just Play, the skills-building Musical Futures approach.
  • Find Your Voice - an inclusive approach for engaging students of all ages with singing through vocal work and the integration of mobile technology.
  • Groove your classroom - models strategies for composing and improvising through classroom workshopping and shows how these can be delivered in practical ways that are both musical and theoretical
  • The Songwriting workshop explores inventive techniques for teaching contemporary songwriting and is supported by materials that engage students with fresh, hands-on approaches, opening them up to exciting possibilities for storytelling and music creation.
  • Informal learning is a model of self-directed learning that aims to enhance student motivation, enjoyment and skill-acquisition in music lessons by tapping into the real-life learning practices of popular musicians. Unpick how this works in practice and discuss the impact a change of approach can have on music teaching in schools

Then there are the materials and resources....
  • Each activity includes take home resource packs and lesson plans you can immediately use in the classroom
  • Membership of Musical Futures to includes access to future members-only resources is included as is 
  • Access to our international teacher network to share ideas with like-minded teachers across the world.

How does Musical Futures help my students and teaching?
  • Improves the transition from junior to secondary music
  • Develop fresh ideas for composing, improvising and songwriting and whole class work shopping for primary and secondary classes
  • Introduce new ideas for inclusive extra – curricular music in school
  • Challenge more advanced instrumental players through new routes to learning music in class
  • Get more students taking up instrumental lessons on a wider range of instruments
  • Increase participation in concerts and performances
  • Improve engagement with classroom music for all ages
  • Increase numbers of students opting to participate in music
  • Supports and connects with British, Australian, US and IB curriculum

In addition to the workshop and resources your workshop fee includes lunches and refreshments.

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​Workshop leaders
Our team of workshop leaders comes from the UK and Australia.  Combined they lead over 120 workshops around the world each year where they work with around 2,000 teachers.    ​
Full attendee:  
​Attend both days with all resources provided along with lunch and refreshments for £250.00 using the early bird rate before Thursday November 30th.  From December 1st the full attendee registration is £289.00

Single Day Option:  
We understand that it might not be possible to attend both days of the workshop.  In that case we have a few 1 day registrations for £160.00 early bird or £190.00 
The single day option is only available for Saturday January 13th, 2018
Online payments use PayPal to register and pay via your credit card.  You will be billed £250.00  for full registration and £160.00 for a single day registration. ​​​  Offline payments must be paid in Australian dollars $415 for 2 days or $225 for one day.  ​​​

Offline payments are available.  Musical Futures will provide you or your school with an invoice.  The invoice must be paid prior to the workshop.