Day 1

• Why teach singing to children?
• Recent educational research looking at learning and aptitude
• The benefits of singing for achievement and well being
• Foundations in vocal anatomy
• Basic structure and function
• Challenging assumptions
• Choosing our language
• Development from birth to 6yrs
• Early musical experiences
• Musical play
• Vocal abilities and suitable repertoire

Day 2

• Singing in Key Stage 2
• Vocal development
• Musical development including singing in tune
• Relationship between parents, student and the teacher
• Adolescent girls
• The role of hormones in vocal development
• Common issues like breathiness in the voice
• Repertoire choices
• Adolescent boys
• Recognising the stages of voice change
• How to keep singing though these changes
• Common challenges such as working with a limited range or choosing whether to use falsetto
• Less common issues such as puberphonia
• Finding repertoire that fits

Day 3

• Structuring lessons and practice
• Warm-ups: what to do and in which order
• Crossing genres: pop and musical theatre techniques
• Dealing with fear – memorising music and performance anxiety
• Teaching students with different learning needs, for example: dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, visually impaired
• Child protection issues
• Vocal health

Evening Masterclass

From 4.30 to 8pm on the third day there will be a masterclass with some local young singers. Spaces will be available for participant teachers to enrol their own students in the masterclass.

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