Visiting Manor Church of England Academy: thoughts about music technology and gender
Although it feels like a lifetime ago now due to Covid-19 restrictions - I used to have the privilege of visiting music teachers and local schools as part of my research assistant role at CSPACE. Sometimes these would be part of a funded research project, but other times they were just to see new and interesting practices, and to hear about some of the challenges and delights of classroom music teaching directly from those living it every day. One of these visits was to Manor Church of England Academy where their inspiring music teacher, Dave Lowe had been developing composing pedagogies using Apple iPads.
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