Teaching Notes - Music Teachers Association's Podcast

About Teaching Notes - Music Teachers Association's Podcast

Teaching Notes, the Music Teachers' Association's podcast, covers all aspects of Music Education, both in the UK and beyond. Interviews with Music Teachers sit alongside chats with industry professionals and education experts. Plenty of CPD, discussion, and reports from conferences and Expos. A must-listen for every Music Teacher! Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.

Publisher

Music Teachers Association

Category

arts · education · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2020

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

141 episodes in the feed.

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   1 Oct 2026

   Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.141 - Michael Wright, Liz Stafford, Zac Moxon

   Send us Fan Mail In Episode 141, Patrick chats to Michael Wright about approaches to teaching improvisation in the classroom and with ensembles (0:33). Dr Liz Stafford introduces the forthcoming Curriculum Music Conference from Music Education Solutions, and chats about unrealistic expectations in Primary Music Education (23:37). And award-wining music teacher Zac Moxon explains how he has doubled his schools’ numbers at Key Stage 4 (31:04). Presented and produced by Patrick Johns. &nbs...

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   11 Sept 2026

   Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.140 - Vanessa Wilson-Best, Katie Sollars, Chelsey Bamford, Rob Reich-Storer

   Send us Fan Mail In Episode 140, Patrick kicks off the new academic year with a look at A Level Music, with guest, Vanessa Wilson-Best. As numbers decline for A Level Music, Vanessa and Patrick discuss whether the qualification is fit for purpose in its current form. The MTA’s new season of online CPD is here, and Patrick plays a short extract from music teachers Katie Sollars and Chelsey Bamford from a recent session. And Rob Reich-Storer tells Patrick all about his new resource, CC Designer...

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   16 Jul 2026

   Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.139 - Mark Llewelyn Evans, Laura Bendy, Jonathan Mayes, Mark Keith

   Send us Fan Mail In Episode 139, Patrick discovers The Rapturous Romantics in the third book of The ABC of Opera, written by Mark Llewelyn Evans. Mark explains about the power of children discovering their ABC (Any Body Can) through opera. The MTA’s own Laura Bendy encourages listeners to respond to the Call for Content, to hear from as wide a range of voices as possible. And the CEO of the Cathedral Music Trust, Jonathan Mayes, and the Director of Music at Hull Minster, Mark Keith, discuss t...

Who has been a guest on Teaching Notes - Music Teachers Association's Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Elizabeth Stafford
• Dan Francis
• Ritula Shah
• Buster Birch
• Leanna O'Brien

Reach and audience

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Spotify

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

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Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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