Music Teacher

Music Teacher magazine is the essential meeting point and resource for music education practitioners. Whether you teach class music, or are a peripatetic/private instrumental teacher, Music Teacher will provide you with invaluable ideas for your teaching, with substantial online lesson materials and a range of practical features.

MT August celebrates shared enterprise and working effectively across age-groups. Eiron Bailey explains how the team at Bristol Cathedral Choir School started a comprehensive, inclusive offer of instrumental lessons and ensembles; Hazel Davis describes Wardle Academy’s integrated brass band programme, and a talent pipeline serving Rochdale; and Liv Edwards and Frances Jones advise on large-group instrumental teaching in class, covering methodology and outcomes. The other main theme this month is Woodwind Teaching, with features on instrument repairs, recorder player Helen Hooker, and oboist Hugh McKenna. On other pages, Kate Campbell-Green shares tips on working with neurodivergent students, Aidan Marsden introduces Mental Practice, and Simon Lyon explains how loopers and looping techniques are used in live or studio settings.