# Patrick John

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Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.132 - Expo Special

Send us Fan Mail 2026 MUSC & DRAMA EXPO SPECIAL In Episode 132, Patrick visits the 2026 Music & Drama Expo, to chat to leaders of CDP sessions, and chat to exhibitors about new Music Education products.  Sebastian Murgul from Klang.io introduces their software, that uses AI to transcribe audio to s…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.133 - Tim Gray (Pitch Pals), Alex Aitken

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 133, Tim Gray tells Patrick all about the new app 'Pitch Pals', designed to allow young children to practise their aural skills in a fun, game-based way (0:59). And Alex Aitken discusses A Level Music, with all its challenges: the importance of research as part of the co…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.134 - Dafydd Williams, Anna van Veldhuisen & Issy McMichael (Kodály)

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 134, Patrick meets Dafydd Williams, the Music Lead at Rushmore Primary School in Hackney, winner of the Outstanding School Music Department award at the recent Music and Drama Education Awards, to find out about the music-making at the school (0:46). Plus, Anna van Veldh…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.135 - MTA Conference preview - James McEvoy-Stevenson, Deirdre Waller-Box, James Stevenson

Send us Fan Mail MTA CONFERENCE PREVIEW  In Episode 135, Patrick looks ahead to the 2026 MTA Conference, and meets two of the speakers leading CPD sessions.  James McEvoy-Stevenson gives an overview of his session, ‘GCSE Music: Planning for success’ (1:15), and music teacher and DJ James Stevenson …

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.136 - MTA CONFERENCE incl. Sir John Rutter, Liz Dunbar, Simon Toyne

Send us Fan Mail 2026 MTA CONFERENCE SPECIAL  In Episode 136, Patrick visits the 2026 MTA Conference, held at Warwick Schools Foundation, in Leamington Spa.  He chats to Sir John Rutter about John’s own musical education, the power of singing, the compositional process, and what happens to the frag…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.137 - Tessa Armstrong (Voices for Life), James Manwaring, Natalie Wild & Christopher Tarrant

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 137, Patrick meets Tessa Armstrong, founder and director of Voices for Life, who provide free singing workshops and concerts for primary children, with a focus on well-being. MTA President James Manwaring updates listeners about A Choir in Every School, including the lat…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.138 - David Gray, Geoff Pearce, Karen Marshall

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 138, Patrick chats to David Gray (aka ‘Music with Mr Gray’) about The Big Strum, a new ukulele event to be held in July in Devon, in association with Octopus Ukuleles and Devon Music Hub (0:57). Geoff Pearce introduces Music Scholars, a new online resource with hundreds …

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.139 - Mark Llewelyn Evans, Laura Bendy, Jonathan Mayes, Mark Keith

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 139, Patrick discovers The Rapturous Romantics in the third book of The ABC of Opera, written by Mark Llewelyn Evans. Mark explains about the power of children discovering their ABC (Any Body Can) through opera. The MTA’s own Laura Bendy encourages listeners to respond t…

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.140 - Vanessa Wilson-Best, Katie Sollars, Chelsey Bamford, Rob Reich-Storer

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 140, Patrick kicks off the new academic year with a look at A Level Music, with guest, Vanessa Wilson-Best. As numbers decline for A Level Music, Vanessa and Patrick discuss whether the qualification is fit for purpose in its current form. The MTA’s new season of online …

Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.141 - Michael Wright, Liz Stafford, Zac Moxon

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 141, Patrick chats to Michael Wright about approaches to teaching improvisation in the classroom and with ensembles (0:33). Dr Liz Stafford introduces the forthcoming Curriculum Music Conference from Music Education Solutions, and chats about unrealistic expectations in …