• A New Music Theory Worksheet Video Resource

    Updated: 2011-02-28 02:13:15
    Part of our commitment at the Fun Music Company is to not only create great music teaching resources, but also to support you as you start working through the worksheets with your classes. We plan to do this with some quick videos that you can watch in just a few minutes, that will explain how [...]

  • Three French treats guaranteed to brighten a midwinter's Saturday

    Updated: 2011-02-26 12:25:43
    It's barely light out, and it's already clear that it's going to be one of those slate-grey, can't-wait-for-spring Saturdays. Here are three antidotes, filled with musical colour as well as heat-generating drama. Two are free: ON THE NET: Ravel's Shéhérézade This is a powerful performance by the Orchestra National de Lyon under conductor Josep Pons, the new music director at the Liceu opera in Barcelona. The soprano is Mireille Delunsch, who has rarely strayed far beyond her native France in a rich, busy opera career. ON RADIO: Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, 1 p.m. on CBC Radio 2 The last of...

  • Podcast interview with David Thomas clarinetist, on flow breathing, music education, changes in classical music culture

    Updated: 2011-02-25 18:54:18
    I was interviewed by Thomas J West a few days ago. Tom is quickly becoming a well known online music educator and music technology user. His bio is below. Our hour long discussion was fruitful. Among other subjects we covered: Twitter and networking; Flow Breathing technique; my research on musical breathing using motion capture suits; [...]

  • Wanted: Choir Trainers and Choir Directors!

    Updated: 2011-02-24 00:06:17
    The Fun Music Company is just starting a brand new product, which we hope to release later this year. This product will be called Fun Warmups for Choir (or similar, we’re not totally sure of the title yet), and it will feature: A student booklet A teachers guide Piano accompaniments Recordings of accompaniments (midi & [...]

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