09.30-10.00

Registration

10.00-10.20

Introduction:

Intercultural music arts education and the curriculum: some issues, problems and possibilities

Robert Mawuena Kwami, UK/Ghana/South Africa

There will be a brief discussion of some conceptual issues and problems relating to the role of intercultural music arts in educational contexts. This will then be followed by a consideration of some general possibilities for teachers.

10.20-10.30

Break

10.30-12.00

Workshop 1: Music of Greece and Cyprus goes to school:  song, play and dance

Pepy Michaelides, UK/Cyprus

The aim of the workshop is to introduce and to enhance the participants’ musical experiences with music from Greece and Cyprus and to extend their repertoire of teaching material. The presenter will give a brief background of the history and the characteristics of Greek and Cypriot Music. In doing so, she will provide a practical hands-on musical journey involving a variety of activities. Participants will explore rhythmic and melodic patterns through singing, playing, improvising and dancing. Audio examples will be provided. The participants will receive handouts and material to facilitate implementation in their practice in music education.

12.00-13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.00

Workshop 2: African songs and mnemonics – movement – instrumental accompaniment - an approach for the classroom

Robert Mawuena Kwami, (UK/Ghana/South Africa)

Drawing on a corpus of African songs, including those from Kwami’s (1998) African Songs for School and Community: A Selection from Ghana, participants will be taken through a process of how to teach and combine the various aspects – song, dance and instrumental accompaniment using Kwami’s ‘3M’ (mnemonics – movement – music) model which is based on indigenous African methods of music education. The model represents an abridgement of the enculturation process, and requires internalisation on the part of students and their teachers. The model also highlights the importance of oral-aural musical literacy which is a relevant mode of musical transmission at and for all educational phases or levels.

14.00-14.15

Break

14.15-15.15

Workshop 3: Intercultural music and the QCA scheme of work

(John Harold, UK)

This workshop is intended to enable classroom teachers to deliver the curriculum more effectively. The QCA Scheme of Work for Primary School music deals with Exploring Pulse and Rhythm in Nursery, Reception Years 1 & 2 (pupils aged 5 & 6). Modules in Years 3 & 4 (pupils aged 7 & 8) deal with Exploring Rhythmic Patterns and Pentatonic Scales, while modules in Years 5 & 6 deal with Exploring Rhythm and Pulse and Exploring Lyrics and Melody. Workshop ideas will take into account the Key Stage experiences and requirements of the teachers involved and will provide ideas that can be used immediately in class.

15.15-15.30

Plenary Session:  Classroom applications (with Workshop Leaders)

This session, with the workshop leaders, will primarily consider how the musical arts dealt with in the workshops can be applied in various curricular contexts. There will also be an opportunity to consider other aspects of intercultural music arts education and the aims of the Centre for Intercultural Music Arts.