Musicnet Summary 18 Feb 2017
Kia ora tātou,
Good morning Musicnet! At the end of 2016 many of you contributed to a survey about this online community. It was a great insight into how you use this email list, and provided some great feedback on how to make it even better.
So for the next few weeks I’ll be including two pointers per summary.
Subject Lines
A carefully crafted subject line that includes pertinent facts allows busy readers to read it, keep it or delete it!
Eg. “Level 3 Composition Query” or “New Plymouth Primary PD Day”
instead of “FW Re Perf” or “Piano”
Begin a new thread if it’s a new topic.
Replying to threads and contacting members
Musicnet is an email list, and by pressing ‘reply’ it sends a message to everybody, all 1326 members. (After I have read it)
To reply directly to a member, look in the ‘Sent From’ address at the top of the email. It usually says something similar to “musicnet-request@lists.tki.org.nz on behalf of Pino Palladino” Right clicking the name will often bring up the email address.
If you include your email address in the body of your email then it makes it even easier for people to contact you. Particularly if your message requires teachers to contact you.
Summary to 18 Feb 2017
General (for all Music Levels)
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A research-based guide to combating Performance Anxiety was shared.
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Anna is looking for anyone who has taken Music groups to Hong Kong.
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Nelson is looking for options for recording that are non-phone/laptop.
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Muscepts have created new videos on fundamental Music concepts.
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The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra have a new series of clips on the instruments of the Orchestra.
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Music Ecademy have updated their reporting and assessment options for their online learning portal.
Primary/Intermediate/Lower Secondary
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Ryan shared two great posters for your classroom wall.
Secondary
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Kerry shared Level 3 Group pieces that have worked well in the Pop/Rock genre.
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Tips for using original compositions for group and solo performance.
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The new Songwriting standard AS91849 including where it fits with the older standard AS91419
Professional Development/Concerts/Competitions
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Hook Line and Sing-A-Long entries are due 17th March. An authentic song writing project for all ages.
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MusicFutures still has spaces for it’s great 2-day training event in AKL 24-25th March.
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Entries for the NZCT Chamber Music Contest for Secondary School Students are now open.
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Free Choral Concert 26th Feb @ 5pm at Holy Trinity Cathedral Auckland.
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“The Piano” has a number of concerts and masterclasses on the 24, 25, and 26th of Feb with Edith Fischer and Jorge Pepi-Alos.
Positions
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Brass Teacher required for Takapuna Normal Intermediate AKL.
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Vocal and Piano required at Newlands College WLG.
As always, this summary will be uploaded to the Musicnet VLN Blog and our Twitter feed @ArtsOnline1. To access any of the threads on the Arts Online website archive simply type the username “artsonline” and the password “mailinglist” to do this.
Martin Emo
HOD Performing Arts, Teacher in Charge of Music, Waimea College
TKI Arts Online Community Facilitator – Musicnet
Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa Board Member (MENZA)
EDnet Music Technology Mentor Australasia
