Event Details
‘Soundscapes of Innovation’ featured the best of music education, amazing presentations from various experts in their fields, the launch of the Year 12 ATAR materials and more.
Please note: Videos (of sessions and for promotional purposes) will be taken at Summer School. If you are not happy to be videoed, please make yourself known to an ASME Committee member on arrival at Summer School.
Profiles of presenters are available at: https://asme.edu.au/activity/asme-wa-summer-school-soundscapes-of-innovation/
PDF Timetable is available for download here.
Certificates from the event have now been sent. Please check your Spam folders as sometimes they are delivered there.
Monday, 15th January 2024
- Dr Roma Winmar, ECU Elder in Residence: ‘Welcome to Country’ (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
- Andrew Pennay – Keynote Address: ‘To Take a Sad Song and Make It Better: Teachers, Students, and Shared Creativities’ (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
Music education in Western Australia sits at a critical juncture! In embracing a fuller conceptualisation of what it means to be truly creative in our music classrooms, we do well to see what the rest of the world is doing. Through this practical session, let’s explore philosophical standpoints that we might consider when working with young musicians.
- Veronica Akse – ‘Neurodiversity in the Music Classroom’ (Room: ML3.213)
This interactive workshop will focus on embracing Neurodiversity using a strengths-based approach. We will explore effective strategies to support your neurodivergent students’ success in the Music classroom. Participants will also gain insights into understanding unique ways of learning and thinking using neuro-affirming language. You will receive resources and practical tips to create an inclusive space in your own Music classroom, where all students can shine and enjoy making music together.
- Su-Lyn Chong – ‘Singing Through Adolescence: Nurturing the Voices of Secondary School Boys’ (Room: ML3.207)
Join me and 10 of my students as we share the importance of nurturing and empowering young male voices as they navigate through their own adolescence and interest in our choirs. Here, you will learn effective strategies for developing and sustaining boys’ enjoyment of singing for secondary school and for life.
- Su-Lyn Chong – ‘Tune Into the Brain: Creating Lessons Using Brain-Based Learning Strategies’ (Room: ML3.210)
This session will introduce you to Marcia Tate’s 20 Brain-Based Learning Strategies. We will delve into practical methods to incorporate research-backed approaches for effective and stimulating music lessons, fostering both enjoyment and cognitive development. I look forward to sharing the use of these strategies in our music classroom, particularly with beginning teachers and those returning to teaching.
- Dr Joanna Drimatis – ‘The AMC and Music Education Part 1-For Secondary School: ‘Exploring Tone Colour’ and ‘Celebrating Ngarra-Burria’ (Room: ML3.201)
The purpose of this presentation is for educators to connect and understand the services and resources that are provided by the AMC as well as give a deeper insight into the cultural significance of the Australian Music Centre. The discussion will focus on the resources created for the secondary school classroom on Australian orchestral music and Ngarra-Burria: First Nations Composers Initiative.
- Justin Florisson – ‘Unit 4: Innovations: Designated Works Analysis and Teaching Applications) (Room: ML3.215)
Designated Works Analysis and Teaching Application
- Catherine Haydon – ‘Ukulele Composition’ (Room: ML3.213)
If you can hold a ukulele, uke-can compose with it! With songs, games, suggestions for assessments and differentiation, Catherine will guide you through a range of theory, aural and composition tasks for various ages and abilities. For upper primary/lower secondary students, comparisons (using semitones) are made between the ukulele fretboard and the piano keyboard, and composition including solfa and/or traditional score writing is demonstrated. Bring your own ukulele or use one of the student instruments provided, and leave with ideas you can take straight into your classroom.
- Mandy Herriman – ‘Music from Picture and Word’ (Room: ML3.209)
Ever wondered how to ‘up the ante’ on advocating for music education as a way of complementing and supporting literacy development in students? This workshop will explore how to integrate literature (picture books, poems, visual imagery) with music making. Combining a strong focus on improvisation and composition with the use of standard instruments and ‘found sounds’ in interpreting the language in literature (in both picture and word) and expressing it as music will be the central essence of this workshop.
- Mandy Herriman – ‘Assessment in the Music Classroom – Moderation Tasks for Networks’ (Room: ML3.209)
This session will cover ways and approaches to assessment and using the Achievement Standards to assess appropriately to the Curriculum across both strands. This is also an opportunity to consider offered tasks that can be used in primary music networks for moderation purposes. Learn how to manage a moderation activity in your network.
- Kate Humphreys – ‘iDoceo, Data and Moderation in the Primary School’ (Room: ML3.208)
Learn how to use the app iDoceo to improve assessment, attendance and classroom engagement in your primary music class! This will then lead to a discussion on how to use this data and discuss moderation opportunities within the music community.
- Kaboom Percussion – ‘Composition Strategies with Percussion’ (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
Join Kaboom as they take you through some of their favourite composition strategies which you can apply to any untuned percussion instruments or found objects. These methods are easy enough that your students will be creating their own music in no time. You can also use them to write your own music for your students.
- Adrian Kelly – ‘Composition Matters 101: Scoring and Publishing’ (Room: ML3.215)
Getting started in setting up a score and writing for various composition settings, using a variety of notation software.
- Kimberley Lloyd (Kodály WA) – ‘Refresh Your Repertoire: Songs, Games and Dances for Lower Primary)’ (Room: ML3.210)
Make your lessons memorable and join Kimberley to discover new songs, engage in fun games and master lively dances, all whilst developing your students understanding of the elements of music through this fun and active music making session.
- Alan Lourens – ‘New UWA ATAR Teacher Resources’ (Room: ML3.215)
- Anita Newhouse – ‘Just Sing: Songs and Games for the Primary Music Class and Choir’ (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
The aim of this workshop is to:
– Share practical activities for immediate use in rehearsals/classes
– Encourage intonation and correct vocal technique
– Provide strategies for fast tracking singing in your primary class and choir
- Tim Newhouse – ‘Thoughtful Strategies for Teaching and Marking Composition’ (Room: ML3.215)
Learn how to inspire your students, as well as yourselves, to compose at any stage of musical development. I’m passionate about assisting in setting engaging composition assignments, marking composition assignments and portfolios, supporting ATAR composition students and how we can work together to make more students aware that composing can be for everyone!
- Jane Nicholas – ‘Whose Voices Are We Hearing?’ (Room: ML3.207)
‘Whose Voices’ is a workshop Jane was invited to present at last year’s International Orff Schulwerk Forum in Salzburg. The workshop demonstrates different approaches to ensure First Nations Australians voices are heard in current music teaching programs. Mau Power, Archie Roach, a Palawa nations Queen and Noongar knowledges of the seasons are all part of this active music making session.
- Leonie Nicholls/Jane Alderson – ‘Unit 3: Identities: Designated Works Analysis and Teaching Applications’ (Room: ML3.215)
Analysis and teaching application for the Year 12 ATAR Music Unit 3 – Identities designated works: Marryuna by Baker Boy, To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Nina Simone and Gaelic Symphony by Amy Beach.
- Rhianna Reynolds – ‘Technology for Music Teachers’ (Room: ML3.208)
Music teacher technology for non-digital natives. 🙂 Rhianna will go through how to create a lyric video (using iMovie and Canva) and upload it to YouTube. She will also give an overview on using Garageband and Audacity to shorten songs and change their pitch. You don’t need to have access to a Mac – although she may convince you it’s a good investment (she’s a diehard Mac devotee)!
- Katherine Smith (Dalcroze) – ‘The Brain Needs the Body! Preparing Kids for Movement in the Music Room.’ (Room: ML3.213)
Built on the presenter’s experience teaching in Early Childhood and Primary School, this session explores the value of embodied musical learning in the primary school music room. Through the lens of the Dalcroze approach (but without any Dalcroze experience required!), learn practical procedures and behaviour-support ideas to make whole-body locomotor movement safe and manageable for large classes.
- Lee Stanley and Steve Harmer (ABODA) – ‘Flexible Band Scores for Beginner and Junior Bands’ (Room: ML3.210) Note: Participants to please bring their own instruments
Bring your instrument to this practical session. We will play a number of flexband arrangements exploring their adaptability and finding opportunities for including improvisation.
- Natalie Tran (WAOSA) – ‘Behaviour Management Strategies: for an Orff-ully fun, effective music classroom.’ (Room: ML3.209)
In this session, I will show how I use my favourite strategies that reduce behavioural issues and keep students engaged so everyone can have a fun, effective music lesson.
AUSTA WA Post Day One Event
Monday, 15th January 2024 – 6:30pm – 9:30pm (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
The Australian Strings Association (AUSTA)WA warmly welcomes ASME Summer School delegates to join us for an exciting adventure in the spirit of innovative soundscaping.
AUSTA is celebrating the sounds of WA with eight new compositions for string ensembles of various ages and stages by WA composers. This is an opportunity for the inquisitive to experience the moment when a new composition leaves the printed page and becomes sound.
String players are encouraged to bring their instruments and join the ensemble.
To ensure there are sufficient printed parts for each instrument and PD certificates are available please register at https://www.trybooking.com/CNKCM
Tuesday, 16th January 2024
- Andrew Pennay – Keynote Address: ‘Dancing On The Ceiling: Cultural Forces at Play in Creative Classrooms‘ (Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
Project Zero’s Cultures of Thinking research provides a launchpad for this morning’s session, where we take a deep dive into the cultural forces that are at play in our music classrooms, whether we recognise them or not! Our physical environment, our interactions, our use of time, and our chosen learning opportunities reveal much about what we value as teachers, especially as we turn to creative music making.
- Michelle Bracken-Perks – ‘“How Do You Get Rhythm?” – An Introduction to Gordon/Froseth Rhythm Syllables’ (Room: ML3.209)
This session is a review of rhythm syllables and an introduction to the Gordon/Froseth rhythm syllables. Participants will also engage in activities using the Conversational Solfege methodology to experience the benefit of these syllables and the CS methodology when teaching/learning 6/8 rhythms.
- Ann Clarke (ANCA) – ‘A Bodymapping Overview’ (Room: 3.213)
A brief introduction to Bodymapping for musicians, bringing awareness to our overall health and physicality in all arenas of Music performance and teaching.
- Dr Joanna Drimatis – ‘The AMC and Music Education for Secondary School: ‘Beyond the Screen’ and ‘Let’s Sing’.’ (Room: ML3.213)
The purpose of this presentation is for educators to connect and understand the services and resources that are provided by the AMC as well as give a deeper insight into the cultural significance of the Australian Music Centre. The discussion will focus on the resources created for the secondary school classroom on Australian film and choral music.
- Dr Joanna Drimatis – ‘The AMC and Music Education for the Primary School and Co-Curricular Ensembles’ (Room: ML3.213)
The purpose of this presentation is for educators to connect and understand the services and resources that are provided by the Australian Music Centre. The discussion will focus on new resources created for the primary school classroom as well as offer strategies for researching Australian music for your co-curricular ensemble.
- Sonya Elek – ‘Beginner Ukulele Skills and Assessment’ (Room: ML3.210) Note: Participants to please bring their own ukulele
How do you manage 32 pre-pubescent students, each with access to ‘Weapons of Musical Destruction’ (AKA classroom musical instruments)? How do you teach basic ukulele playing skills in an engaging and challenging way? How do you incorporate a Kodaly-informed, singing-based approach when teaching instrumental skills? Come along to find out my approach to these common challenges in the Music classroom!
- Stephanie Fraser and Rupert Guenther (AUSTA) – ‘Including Strings in Your Classroom’ (Room: ML3.207)
Easy and engaging ways to include string students of any level in your classroom music. Featuring fun games, exercises and inclusive practices which are all curriculum based. With performed examples by the presenters, and inviting participation from attendees in a creative discussion and problem solving forum.
- Pamela Grubb (Kodály WA) – ‘How Upper Secondary Teachers Can Integrate a Kodály Approach to Teaching ATAR Music’ (Room: ML3.215)
Creating an aural-based approach to learning analysis, literacy and composition in ATAR Music.
- Rupert Guenther (AUSTA) – ‘Improvisation: Painting With Sound’ (Room: ML3.208)
This session with one of the world experts in the field shows how easy improvisation is in any setting whether instrumental or classroom. This session is full of tips and insights, games and interactive approaches to inclusive and fun music making. Also includes simple age-appropriate extended techniques on strings.
- David Hardie – TBC (Room: ML3.201)
- Catherine Haydon – ‘Lower Primary Composition’ (Room: ML3.209)
Children love composing and even your youngest students can proudly call themselves composers! With songs, games, suggestions for assessments and differentiation, Catherine will demonstrate ways of taking your mini-Mozarts through a range of theory, aural, composition and performance tasks. Utilising the Gradual Release of Responsibility pedagogical methodology and a big dose of “funergy”, all students are set up for success. See examples of student work and get ready to inspire a new generation of composers!
- Kaboom Percussion – ‘Bucket Drumming’ (Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
Join Kaboom as they take you through their favourite strategies, tips and tricks for implementing bucket drumming in your classroom.
- Adrian Kelly – ‘ATAR Performance Recitals: Marking to the Key’ (Room: ML3.215)
In this session you will take the role of practical marker – you will mark exemplar recital performances according to the marking key, and be part of the guided discussion to come to an agreed mark for each performance.
- James Kros/Justin Florrison/Kristel Hawksworth – ‘ATAR Composition Carousel’ (Room: ML3.215)
How did you find Composition at ATAR level this year? I found it rewarding but also daunting! I will share how we handled composition at Churchlands SHS, the main components of our Composition Task, what we expected of our students, what happened, and where we hope to go in 2024.
- James Kros – ‘2023 Year 11 Semester Two Exam Resource-Sharing Session’ (Room: ML3.215)
- Melanie McLoughlin – ‘Learn More About Musica Viva in Schools Classroom Resources’ (Room: ML3.208)
Join Musica Viva Australia In Schools Professional Development Manager Melanie McLoughlin for an interactive professional development workshop introducing teachers to the MVAIS resources. Discover more about MVAIS shows touring to WA in 2024 through creative scaffolded curriculum aligned activities; how does music makes you feel with the Colours of Home? Find out what it is like to be part of a team with Game Day!? All activities can be used immediately in your classroom regardless of booking a show.
- Anita Newhouse – ‘Just Move’ (Room: Richard Gill Auditorium, ML1.110)
– Share movement activities for immediate use in your primary classes
– Further student understandings of the elements of music through movement
- Jane Nicholas – ‘Western Art, Heavy Metal and Folk Music – First Nations Australian Cultures’ (Room: ML3.210)
This workshop shares fresh resources to embed First Nations Australian cultures using a strengths-based approach. This session will share the work ‘Cirrus’ by Perth born Aaron Wyatt. Aaron’s ancestry is Noongar, Yamatji and Wongi. He is a violist, composer and academic who is the first Aboriginal person to conduct a major symphony orchestra in Australia. His work ‘Cirrus’ will be the springboard for a great composition activity. Participants will also share in a reimagining of ACDC’s ‘TNT’ and a vocal and instrumental arrangement of Archie Roach’s ‘One Song’.
- Andrew Pennay – ‘“Getting Better” at Composition in Secondary Schools’ (Room: ML3.201)
When teachers intervene to help “improve” student compositions-in-development, what exactly are we trying to “fix”? In this session, we explore a novel framework for music teachers as they work with young composers/songwriters. Let’s push beyond music elements and compositional devices, to explore other authentic in-betweens and relationships that bring music together.
- Dr Joan Pope OAM (Dalcroze) – ‘Letters and Numbers’ (Room: ML3.207)
I borrowed the title from the television program which tests contestants and viewers skills with Word Play and Number Puzzles. It like, DALCROZE movement and listening tasks requires Quick Reactions! For Emile Jaques -Dalcroze his love of Games and Play as ways of solving the musical riddles he posed to his students of all ages was most inventive. His nick name was “The Jester”. He was intrigued at how quickly children learned from each other in playground games. For children and grown-ups who have not yet acquired a wide vocabulary of movement and gesture the use of letter shapes can be very helpful building awareness of lines and curves in the space. With LEAP year in mind, what other movement words begin with ‘L’? Numbers lead the way for explorations and discoveries in intervals, steps, bar time and rhythmic patterns. Such easy ways into personal inventions for your Music-Through-Movement classes!
- Rhianna Reynolds – ‘Folk Dancing Fun!’ (Room: ML3.209)
Inspired by the fabulous Missy Strong (US music educator extraordinaire), Rhi has been incorporating folk dancing into her primary classroom and has seen many positive benefits for her students. Rhi will share her favourite folk dances, traditional music and pop songs that suit, plus show off some resources from various collections.
- Amelia Verlato/Kailee Marshall (WAOSA) – ‘Orff Schulwerk Ideas for the Primary Classroom’ (Room: ML3.210)
Come along and experience the amazing learning potential of a simple rhyme. Participants will learn how a simple speech rhyme can be utilised to teach elements of music using the Orff Schulwerk process. From speech to body percussion to melodic instruments and beyond!