I'm tremendously excited to have worked as editor with Carolyn Cooke, Victoria Kinsella and Elizabeth MacGregor for the new 4th edition of Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School. I hope it supports music teachers in the vital work they are doing!

Struggling to unpick the Ebacc recommendations in the Curriculum and Assessment Review and what this might mean for music. Also worried that there isn't a single mention of composing in discussions of music, which seems to me an essential part of music ed. www.gov.uk/government/p...

This has been a long project, so it's great to see that 'Mentoring Music Teachers in Secondary School' is here. Pleased to have contributed a couple of chapters too. The bookmark is in and I'm ready to read! www.routledge.com/Mentoring-Mu...

I might be a music education researcher, but I still love the organ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYc...

I am worried about what the proposed withdrawal of the Secondary Music Teacher Training bursary could mean for music and young people in schools. Take a look at my short briefing paper thinking about this issue: zenodo.org/records/1737...

This is the kind of thing that literally keeps me awake at night... questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

Interesting to read about staff perspectives on conservatoire alumni here... doi.org/10.1080/1461...

Prof. Martin Fautley, together with Ally Daubney wrote the new curriculum documents which are available for all music educators to access. Music is an essential part of a rich a broad curriculum, use this framework to create joyful engagement of music within the classroom. @ism-music.bsky.social