This issue: January 2006

Scottish Flute Music of the Eighteenth Century


Dr John Purser
Scotland’s music is as dramatic and beautiful as its land and sea-scape. It has asserted its individuality through a tempestuous history and has learnt to survive in a tempestuous climate. Geographically isolated, internationally minded, socialist inclined, and deeply conscious of the connections between man and nature and expressing these in music and verse in Gaelic, Scots, Latin and English, this small country of 5 million inhabitants is musically recognised throughout the world… Subscribe to read the full article

Brain Gym® and Music


Glenys Leadbeater
"Movement is the door to Learning"

Developmental experts have known for more than eighty years that movement enhances learning. Beginning in the 1970s, Southern California educator and reading specialist Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D., built on this knowledge by bringing specific movements into his learning disabilities clinics. Dr. Dennison researched these movements, simplified them, and created techniques to make them effective for everyone. In collaboration with his wife and partner, Gail E. Dennison, he developed a whole new way of understanding the learning process. This new field is known as Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K for short), and the new movements are called the Brain Gym movements… Subscribe to read the full article

From Alexa Still


The third of Maria Grenfell’s - Four Pooh Stories
“In which Pooh and Piglet go Hunting and nearly catch a Woozle”

This installment of Maria Grenfell’s “Four Pooh Stories” uses a very funny story. A brief synopsis beforehand will ensure your audience’s enjoyment of hearing this reflected in the music. This piece is another without bar lines. I think it is pretty easy to understand that Maria is avoiding any sense of downbeat or hierarchy that you get with measured music. This is particularly important for Pooh’s footsteps…Subscribe to read the full article

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Teaching notes - Helen M Colthart
Jim on jazz - Jim Langabeer
Irish flute - Brendyn Montgomery
Dear Cathrine - Cathrine Bowie
Piccolo notes - Nancy Luther Jara

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