Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast
Teaching Notes, the Music Teachers' Association's podcast, covers all aspects of Music Education, both in the UK and beyond.
Interviews with Music Teachers sit alongside chats with industry professionals and education experts.
Plenty of CPD, discussion, and reports from conferences and Expos. A must-listen for every Music Teacher!
Presented and produced by Patrick Johns.
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast
Latest Episodes
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.139 - Mark Llewelyn Evans, Laura Bendy, Jonathan Mayes, Mark Keith
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.T...
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.138 - David Gray, Geoff Pearce, Karen Marshall
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).G...
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.137 - Tessa Armstrong (Voices for Life), James Manwaring, Natalie Wild & Christopher Tarrant
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 abou...
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.136 - MTA CONFERENCE incl. Sir John Rutter, Liz Dunbar, Simon Toyne
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...
Teaching Notes - MTA Podcast - Ep.135 - MTA Conference preview - James McEvoy-Stevenson, Deirdre Waller-Box, James Stevenson
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 Musi...