Patrick Gazard: You Can Teach Primary Music

While not ignoring the challenges, Patrick Gazards consistently positive and practical approach will encourage the least confident of teachers to have a go while also providing ongoing support to the more experienced. --Lis McCullough, former chair of the National Association of Music Educators

A comprehensive resource for the non-specialist primary teacher. The information and advice is practical without being prescriptive. The book is ideal for headteachers, music co-ordinators and class teachers alike. --Katherine Fear, consultant for primary music, Coventry Advisory Service, and Schools Music Association Council Representative for West Midlands Region

Deliver music in the primary classroom with confidence, however limited your previous experience. Full of practical advice and presented in a simple manner that requires no previous musical experience, this book covers a wide range of issues including preparing your classroom and lessons, delivering the subject itself, and raising the profile of music in your school and the wider community. Performing, listening, composing, assessment, using ICT, putting on concerts and planning the curriculum are just a few of the topics covered. While aimed at the practising, non-specialist classroom teacher, there is also advice that will benefit music subject leaders, the head teacher and ultimately all of the staff in a primary school. The author is a former secondary head of music in a performing arts college, who has considerable experience of working with his local primary schools to ease the transition from Key Stage 2 to the Key Stage 3 music curriculum.