I’d love to share with you why I run these workshops and why they are beneficial for teachers, students and of course, retailers.
Why these workshops are win-win for retailers, teachers, publishers and manufacturers.
I am incredibly passionate about music education for children. The traditional approach to learning music isn’t working anymore. Dr Edward E Gordon who wrote the key note speech at the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy in 2016 said that, “many teachers teach how they were taught, not to current learning theory”. Very few teachers have any pedagogy training and the few that do, often have little of no experience in technology. I am keen to do my bit to help change this so we have more life-long music learners.
Building great foundations in music for beginners in aural and theory has been shown to be one of the key elements in lengthening the time a student learns music. (see the 14 year longitudinal study called “Music in our Lives” by Dr Gary McPherson published by Oxford University Press). This means, students are likely to learn longer, keeping teachers employed as well as more people purchasing sheet music and musical instruments.
My experience of teaching these workshops.
Since 1985 when I started teaching music, and through over 20 years of selling Theory Fundamentals, I have noticed that kids who learn an instrument or piano using teaching strategies other than the traditional, read then play, learn more effectively and keep learning for longer. The Aural & Theory Toolkit is an educational workshops that offer instrumental and piano teachers concrete teaching examples and suggestions that they can incorporate in their music lessons the next day.
Please be aware these workshops as they NOT sales workshops, they are music education workshops. The outcome for the retailer seems to be even more successful than normal sales workshops because teachers are engaged in their purchasing and understand why the products that they are purchasing are beneficial to their students.
Here’s what the Printed Music Manager at JG Windows in Newcastle England, Jenny Johnson said:
We hosted a workshop with Paul Myatt from easiLEARNmusic at our store, JG Windows Ltd in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 4th July. We were delighted to have over 20 music teachers in attendance. Paul was extremely professional, arriving well ahead of time and fully equipped, and helped us set up the room. The feedback from teachers was really positive, with everyone coming away with new ideas as well as enjoying the opportunity to interact with other teachers. Sales after the event were great, both of the Theory Fundamentals series and other materials. By providing a valuable CPD event for our teachers, we saw this as a great way of encouraging customers into the shop during the quiet summer, as well as helping to cement our place as a centre of musical activity in the community. It didn’t disappoint!
You can download an example of the workbook here.
Here’s just a few of the comments from teachers who have participated in them:
| I would highly recommend the Aural & Theory tool Kit workshop. It was thoroughly enjoyable and informative and gave me some great tools that I could use in my studio right away. Paul Myatt’s presentation style is fun and engaging and I hope to have the opportunity to attend more of his workshops in the future. – Coo Jarvis |
| I’ve received many new and creative ideas to teaching aural. It’s been great. – Doreen Yong |
| Paul was engaging and fun as a presenter and the material was inspiring. I am curious to learn more about Neuro pedagogy! – Kate Price |
| Great practical effective ideas that can be easily implemented in the lesson in a short amount of time. – Natascha Feliciani |
| Engaging workshop with full of refreshing, practical and hands on musical experience - thoroughly enjoyed it and what an instant transformation of skill and knowledge! – Piano Teacher Workshop Participant |
Newsletter Article 1
Dear << Test First Name >>
Do you find it challenging to teach some students Aural skills, especially when they are preparing for their next exam? Is “theory’s boring” a regular comment from your students? If you answered yes, then you’ll definitely benefit from adding some new ideas and strategies to your teaching tool kit.
I’m very excited to be hosting the Aural & Theory Toolkit workshop presented by Paul Myatt. Paul has been teaching since 1984 and still teaches nearly 80 students a week and some of his students have gone on to tertiary music studies and are working musicians.
He is passionate about aural and theory skills as he feels these form the fundamentals for future music and piano or instrumental education.
I look forward to seeing you at the workshop on Sunday 15 July.
Speak soon
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Newsletter Article 1a
Join passionate educator & presenter, Paul Myatt
Paul Myatt, one of Tim Topham’s Expert Teachers, will be presenting a workshop for instrumental & piano teachers at LOCATION on Sunday 15 July from 11:30am – 2:30 pm.
This interactive workshop will give you a treasure trove of activities for helping your students develop their Aural & Theory skills. Paul will also be sharing the latest neurological research about effective teaching and neuro-pedagogy.
You’ll be going home with access to some goodies including a workbook with lots of aural ideas to try out with your students and some new music to try out with your students.
Book now to reserve your place. Remember, places are strictly limited.
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Newsletter Article 2
Dear << Test First Name >>
Have you heard of the the Reticular Activating System (RAS)? Me neither! I’ve just been reading about it in an article that Paul Myatt wrote for the Music Teaching Professionals (MMA) Ensemble Magazine which just had their conference at Eton College in May. He writes:
“When your students write music in a workbook or on paper, specific brain activity occurs stimulating the reticular activating system (RAS). This area at the base of the brain acts as a filter for external information that the brain processes. Through writing the brain places more importance on what it is that one has written down and helps the brain notice and remember those signs and signals.
A number of studies have concluded that students learned symbols and graphic shapes, which is what music is, more effectively when they reproduced them with a pen/pencil and paper rather than a computer keyboard or tablet.” – excerpt from article in Ensemble Magazine.
That certainly explains why students do better when they write rather than doodle on a device. Imagine if our students were able to learn more effectively, Paul has some great ideas to share with you. Come along and join Paul at the Aural & Theory Tool Kit (around the Trinity & ABRSM exams) on DATE to find our more on enhancing your teaching.
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Newsletter Article 3
Dear << Test First Name >>
As a fellow teacher, I’m sure you’d agree that our job would be a lot easier if all our students found aural tests easy, or theory fun to learn. That’s not my experience nor that of many of the piano teachers I know.
With that in mind, I’m very excited to be able to share this professional development teacher workshop with you. Presented by Paul Myatt, a passionate piano teacher, the Aural & Theory Tool Kit is a workshop to assist teachers in improving student outcomes in aural & theory. Please have a look at the information below and join Paul and I on Sunday 15 July for this fascinating interactive workshop.
Kind regards
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