Moving beyond the dualistic paradigm of top-down student focused education toward a more creative collaborative learning approach requires us to think a little differently about the role of the musician in schools, tertiary institutions and the broader community—particularly when the music teacher is a passionate...
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A wonderful week at the Heinrich Boel Schuller in Roden, Germany saw Dr. Garcia collaborating with Nyckelharpa player/teacher Sue Ferrers. Over 60 students from the year 5 and 6 instrumental music classes participated in a series of improvisation workshops, composed new music together and presented...
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A successful visit to Geneva, Switzerland for the inaugural Multi-Mod Festival saw Anthony Garcia present new compositions inspired by the Australian landscape, people and culture. The conference was centered in the notion of multi-modernities, a term borrowed from the social sciences, as a way of...
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