Dr Monica Esslin-Peard
MA (Oxon) MA Mus Ed (London) mPGCE, PhD (Liverpool)
New approaches to performance and composition through sound installation
Our sound installation workshops enable participants of all musical abilities to explore music making through sound. Each workshop, which lasts around 90 minutes, includes movement, playing with balloons, singing and a free improvisatory performance utilising up to 450 musical instruments and objects.
The aim is to discover the joy of making sounds without any preconceptions about musical technique, musical genres and individual ability and these workshops are open to any participants, whatever their musical backgrounds.
Here are some of the comments from our participants:
‘As a person who wants more experience with cross collaboration with other disciplines in my UG/PG module, I think it would fit this setting as connect artists from different fields together, wish I could have had this during my study’. (Music undergraduate student)
‘This workshop gave me the opportunity to create different sounds through a group setting without any judgement. Exploring different art forms and how that can impact music and sound’. (Adult participant, community choir)
‘I love how we got together to make a beat. No matter what we use it sounds beautiful’. (Secondary school pupil)
The conference presentation from InMusic23 is here
Are your students practising effectively?
One of the biggest challenges for GCSE and
A Level Music students is understanding
how to practise effectively.
Playing through your piece from start to finish
without listening critically is not the way to
practise. You are just learning the mistakes!
Check out these tips which are suggested by
Dr EP and her research at the University of Liverpool.
Keep a practice diary.
Ask yourself these questions:
What am I doing?
How am I doing it?
What do I need to do to improve?
Review your achievements from yesterday and check out what you can do today ...
Have you achieved your goal?
If not, what has to change?
If yes, what are you going to do next?
Write down what you do - your practice diary is your best resource to solve practice problems.
If you would like an interactive workshop, book me via my contact page.
