Course Outline

In this workshop, Catherine will present a number of easy-to-follow lesson plans which focus primarily on Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Spring, movement 1. The lesson plans touch on all aspects of the curriculum through a number of fun exercises which allow the children to see the 4 main pictures that the music evokes and match them with their own tuned and untuned instruments. It's also an easy way to explore some of the instruments of the orchestra and those specific to the Baroque period. There will also be an introduction to how to teach basic music literacy effortlessly and make cross curricular links across many different subjects. No musical experience is needed for this workshop.

Facilitator Bio

Catherine Dunphy is a highly qualified and experienced teacher and TEDx speaker with a passion for teaching music. Having worked in both the secondary and primary sector as a music teacher and a mainstream classroom teacher, Catherine wrote an energetic and fun education music programme called 'The Magic of Music' for children from 6months - 18yrs. This has been running for the past 20 years in 1000's of schools nationwide. Catherine has also led annual Teacher Summer Courses and CPD training for teachers throughout the year. The ethos of the programme is that everyone is a musical in their own way and that regardless of musical talent, teaching music is something that all teachers can do and enjoy.