19/10/2024
Tomorrow at 10.00am UK time I will open a space to share ideas about IMPROVISATION WITH CHILDREN, starting from my personal experiences with Gordon’s MLT, vocal improvisation, music therapy and improv theatre 🧩
For the wonderful worldwide community The Well: Global Vocal Improvisation Network
OMG, I cannot wait!
If you wish - REGISTER HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcu2upzMuH9372Q3Cc3vagg_Yg5ggDQUV #/registration
Recording available after the session ⚡️
17/10/2024
Today, our music teachers participating in the Music Tree Teacher Training will have the privilege of attending an incredible session with our psychologist, Flavia Capoano.
As our SENCO consultant, psychologist, and ABA supervisor, Flavia will lead a session titled “Helping parents and teachers transition their children to new environments.”
This topic is incredibly important for music education, as children often face challenges when adapting to new settings, whether it’s joining a music class for the first time, transitioning between different learning environments, or even adjusting to new routines or instructors.
For some students, especially those with special educational needs, these transitions can be overwhelming and lead to anxiety, behavioral difficulties, or withdrawal, which can impact their learning and enjoyment of music.
By understanding how to support children during these transitions, both parents and teachers can create a smoother, more positive experience.
Music teachers play a crucial role in helping students feel comfortable and secure in new environments. When children feel supported, they are more likely to engage, express themselves creatively, and fully benefit from the learning opportunities music education provides.
Flavia’s insights on how to manage these transitions will empower our teachers to work collaboratively with parents, offering strategies to ease the process.
This knowledge is essential not only for fostering student well-being but also for creating an inclusive, nurturing atmosphere where all children can thrive musically and personally.
A thoughtful approach to transitions can lay the foundation for long-term success in music education, ensuring that every student, regardless of their needs, feels confident and ready to learn.
We look forward to it, Flavia ❤️
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15/10/2024
A great honour to be hosting an open forum for The Well: Global Vocal Improvisation Network, the most amazing community of vocal improvisers and music facilitators ❤️ connecting wonderful souls from everywhere in this world!
I will open a space for a conversation on the theme the I love the most: CREATIVITY AND IMPROVISATION WITH CHILDREN! 🤩✨
This SUNDAY at 10.00am UK time :)
Follow the chat here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcu2upzMuH9372Q3Cc3vagg_Yg5ggDQUV?fbclid=IwY2xjawF7VyBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHb0rdX6xVnC1upKK-BCTVZ_sL73vQRsjsIQQCm7XZq6pEaNbkOhRrenwBw_aem__aD4l3I-0lgjwuGAW-tLGQ #/registration
28/09/2024
In a few days, I will officially reopen the doors of COOPERATIVE MUSIC GAMES.
I tell you more.
This past week, I returned to one of my first loves: leading circle music.
After a month spent closely working with the secretary of Music Tree (where we welcomed nearly 300 families in less than three weeks) and a weekend in Italy that turned into ongoing business consulting— with a 3 yo at home and my partner is in California for a tour— I felt the need to return to my roots: collaborative music making ❤️
There is where my expertise comes from (and that sets me apart from others), where I learned how to blend different pedagogies and incorporated them into my approach to making music with children.
I discovered this collaborative approach to making music together back in 2008, when I began my studies in music therapy. I then became passionate about MLT, where through the ‘musical dialogue’ (which is nothing more than sharing musical intentions in a collaborative way), I help children fully develop their musical abilities.
I couldn’t simply be the teacher who studies a method and continues to use it year after year with their students, without variations, a research, a revolution.
So, I began to develop my own approach, starting with Body Music for Children, which originated in 2015, and emphasised the attention and care for the relational aspects in music learning.
Now, this is developed into COOPERATIVE MUSIC GAMES, where I lay the foundations for strategies based on listening, respect, and cooperation.
⚡️ Next Tuesday I will do something I haven’t done yet and I can’t wait to go LIVE for the personalised analysis I’ve prepared.
I’ve written customised strategies for the first people that booked their analysis and I will share them with you here, perhaps opening path that you have not yet explored.
I will be live from 12.00pm here on my IG profile in a live session - the replay will not be saved in the feed so if you want the link, please comment “UNLOCK” on this post or in my DMs.
Let me know below if you’ll be joining live and if you wish to UNLOCK YOUR FLOW, simply comment “unlock”
20/09/2024
Teaching for many hours a week and interacting with numerous students in a musical environment can really put our mental well-being under pressure — sometimes to the point where we feel like saying, “I’m going to quit.”
But that would be a terrible mistake, and if you’re reading this, you likely already know that! Your passion for teaching is essential to making a difference in music education.
So, let’s focus on improving your teaching experience.
The quality of the time you spend with your students can improve hugely depending on how you structure your activities, especially when using musical instruments.
⚡️ In my school now, the team of teachers running groups for kids aged 4+, is following the FMTI PROCEDURE, with incredible benefits on multiple aspects:
- children are developing great musical skills, no matter what teacher they are working with.
- after a few sessions, they can play in unison or polyphony with no effort, playing properly on instruments with great satisfaction.
- they can move from one class to another (rescheduling missed classes) finding the same type of approach across sessions. This makes them feel safe and confident even if their teacher and their classmates are different.
- the perception of the school is stronger, parents see that goals are reached, and kids are having lots of fun. The whole community is expanding and the brand growing.
Comment INSTRUMENTS and I will give you a quick strategy to use instruments in your classes and improve your overall teaching experience.
Musical instruments
Teaching music
Music teachers
Musical strategies
Music education
19/09/2024
I know your child seems very convinced and keep repeating “I want to play the violin”, but trust me, that is not enough 😅
These are the things to consider before booking classes:
❓What is your child’s musical experience?
👇if they have never attended music classes before, register them for group sessions, better if multi-instrumental, so they will have the chance to try many different options whilst developing musical skills.
❓Can they stay seated for longer than 15 minutes even when the activity requires effort (no, Lego and TV don’t count 😂)?
👇if not, choose a movement-base class where the approach on the instrument is done through playing, listening and interaction - reading from a book is not essential at this stage of their life, nor being seated (actually moving or imitating the hands of the teacher will develop many more skills).
❓Have they attended music classes before and seem very passionate about one specific instrument?
👇 Find in your personal routine the time to support them in the practice at home, even if you do not playing an instrument. Even in this case, the best option is not a 1-1 class but a small group where kids learn together the same instrument.
The journey in music is incredibly long and when kids start too early on a specific instrument they can get bored and stop, before the right time to start playing arrives.
✅ How old is your child? Comment their age and I will send you the strategy to make sure they will love playing an instrument!
18/09/2024
Hello London circle singers and anyone who hasn’t tried it yet welcome!
on Wednesday 25.9 we are launching Circle Music London, with Guillermo Rozenthuler and Phoebe Osborne featuring super special guest Zuza Gonçalves from Brazil🎶☀️
An evening of spontaneous polyphony, movement & rhythm open for all. The circle is an open community where everyone is welcome and all voices matter. Inspired by Bobby McFerrin’s Circle Songs, Musica Do Circulo (Brazil) and all the singing & dancing peoples from around the world.
An opportunity to take part in a musical tapestry created in-the-moment. To sing, move and resonate together.
Event booking link here https://snappytickets.co.uk/events/circle-music-london-with-special-guest-zuza-goncalves/
18/09/2024
My final goal is always to be guided by the participants of my groups, so when I use more directive activities it’s only to bring them to a cooperative behaviour, where they ideas and creativity define my decisions.
For me, the perfect blend between Teaching-Initiated and Child-Led Approach is also guided by:
- behaviour and listening of the participants
- their emotional state
- my final outcomes
- my general well-being
Both approaches can be blended: I can provide guidance when necessary but also allow the children (or even adults!) room to explore and lead their learning experience.
Comment below if you think your classes follow more a teacher-initiated or a child-led approach, or if you’re already a pro and mastered the perfect flexibility between the two!
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Child-led VS Teacher-initiated
Cooperation
Collaboration
Music teachers
Music education
10/09/2024
See you tomorrow 11th Sept at 1.00pm, wonderful music teacher!
Will you be there live of watch the recording?
Comment 👇
Music Tree approach
Primary school kids
Children 5+
Music Education
Music teachers
10/09/2024
Hello hello, wonderful music teachers! I will see you tomorrow 11th September at 1.00pm UK for the Live!
Comment if you will be live or if you will be watching the recording.
See you!
Music Tree Approach
Primary school
Music teaching
Music education
Music classes
29/08/2024
HEY LONDON!
Look out for this, it’s an amazing new series of circle music and vocal improv events OPEN TO ALL that I will lucky to run with the amazing Guille Rozenthuler and Phoebe Osborne! I already know I will have lots of fun myself!
CIRCLE MUSIC LONDON will start its regular weekly sessions on the 25th of Sept with the spectacular presence of Zuza Gonçalves.
Honestly… what a night!! Looking forward to seeing you there!
https://snappytickets.co.uk/events/circle-music-london-with-special-guest-zuza-goncalves/
And if you cannot wait until the 25th, the incredible Luana Baptista will run two events on 12th and15th Sept ❤️
Please also spread the word to friends!
• Eve of Thursday 12th Sep with Luana from Brazil - Flight of the Voice -
https://snappytickets.co.uk/events/flight-of-the-voice-vocal-improvisation-lab-with-maria-luana/
• Sunday 15th with Luana from Brazil - Folk songs from South America
https://snappytickets.co.uk/events/folk-songs-and-rhythms-from-south-america/
EARLY BIRD FOR ALL THESE EVENTS is end of august, spread the word!
Folk songs and rhythms from South America - Snappy Tickets
A workshop to dive in the richness of South American songs and rhythms where you will learn and practice songs from Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Colombia. Since 2014 she has been researching different improvisation languages, vocal and body music and ancestral songs and rhythms from L...
28/08/2024
Three years of Music Tree in Islington, seven years since we opened in Highbury Barn.
We’re now in our fourth year on Barnsbury Street, and much has changed. We have a bigger venue, a wider range of offerings, and a growing team and community.
However, one thing remains the same and dear to my heart: the way I welcome new families and their children to their first classes at Music Tree.
I love observing their reactions, the expressions on their faces as they immerse themselves in our world of music and movement, and their attentive, curious eyes.
Welcoming a new child into my school feels like opening a door to new worlds. Who knows where that door will lead them in their lives or what role music will play in their futures?
But one thing is certain: those musical doors are opening their lives to wonderful possibilities, and the greatest gift for me is to support those musical journeys in the best possible way.
Comment below the age of your child and I will tell you what we can offer them at Music Tree ⭐️
23/08/2024
As teachers, we perfectly know that our students grow and develop their skills in different moments. We are aware that different milestones can be achieved months apart in children of the same age, and we patiently wait, gently watering the seeds we plant every day.
As a first-time mother, it can be a bit trickier, but luckily, I have my studies in education and child psychology to support me. My little one, for example, is a little volcano of energy: she loves to move, sing and dance, climb trees, and jump down from the stairs, trying every day from a little higher. Her language skills are far ahead of 99% of her peers, and the same goes for her musical skills (I bet!).
But drawing? Uff, that is another story! As a parent, I need to be very patient and trust the process. As teachers, we know this is totally normal as we deal with kids with different skills all the time.
—-❓But what if I told you there was a way to teach music that helps level up your students’ musical development?
—- ❓What if you could have your 5-year-old students ready, at nearly the same time, to coordinate their movements, sing in pitch, and keep rhythm?
⏩️ That would make your life much simpler, and your students would be thrilled to hear great music coming from their voices or hands at such a young age. I see this in my classes and it’s wonderful.
Sounds like a dream, right? Well, it’s absolutely possible if you work with a clear learning sequence through cooperative games.
I tell you all about it in ‘The Missing Link’, but you have until tonight to discover all its secrets and purchase it with the early bird price, so comment MISSING below!
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Music teaching strategies
Cooperative games
Music Learning Sequence
Primary school kids
Music teachers
22/08/2024
We don’t need many things to bring an incredible music transformation in our students, but the ones that we need are simply essential. Non negotiable.
Not only this: what makes the real difference in our teaching, is the ability we develop to combine them.
You have the colours, your brushes and the canvas: but it’s really the way in which you develop your art that will make you a great artist or not.
Have you ever seen a painting of Klimt before he found the style that made him famous all over the world? He had the perfect technique that would have allowed him to become a great painter according to the style of his years…. But the revolution Klimt brought to art was found by getting over the simple technique, delving deep in his creativity.
Same with teaching: get the theory, study the elements and then almost forget them, to get to your creativity and style.
So, let’s start by the pivotal elements with THE MISSING LINK, my new program available until tomorrow with the early bird discount.
Comment “Missing” and I will send you the link to subscribe.
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Music Tree Approach
Gordon’s MLT
Teaching strategies
Music teachers
Music education
20/08/2024
Children in the first years of primary school can be totally different to one another.
For years, my main difficulty was to understand how to bring my students to their next level of musical development.
They could sing, they could keep the tempo, they could coordinate their movements. Through my studies of MLT and the development of the Music Tree Approach, I could bring my students to an amazing place, when music was a game that could access with ease.
But what next ?
❓Was playing an instrument when reading on a book really the only future for them?
❓Was solfege and musical theory the only way into music?
🔥What about improvisation and creativity?
🔥 What about polyphony, harmony and music awarness?
Gordon’s MLT was for me again the pathway to explore, to be the teacher I wanted to be for my students ages 5-8.
Finding my own way of guiding children, based on studying the theory, was truly the key to feeling satisfied with my lessons.
ANNOUNCEMENT📣
——> THE MISSING LINK, my new program that will bring you all the steps to understand the theory behind the Music Tree Approach for primary school kids is now open!
Comment MISSING and I will send you the info!
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Music Teaching
Strong pedagogies
Gordon’s MLT
Music Tree Approach
Primary school
16/08/2024
The era of quick tips and pre-made activities is over.
Same for old-style methods or improvised activities where we try to find solutions to problems that we don’t really know how to fix.
We now have strong music pedagogies, psychology and neuro-music: we can’t go ahead without considering them.
Our students need more than just solutions taken from week-end long course or YouTube videos.
They need teachers who are committed to teaching with a solid pedagogy that leaves room for creativity and imagination.
🗝️Here’s what I tell the teachers studying with me: yes, theory is fundamental, and understanding the importance of working with patterns and learning sequences is crucial.
But in my approach, that’s only 50% of the equation. The other 50% is about who we are as teachers and what we truly want to bring to our students.
I’m Tiziana, and I’ve been working with kids for over 20 years now.
Do you know what I value? A deep connection between teacher and student, and an educational approach that fosters musical awareness and personal growth. Together. Always.
So, my new program for teachers working with children aged 5+, called RADICAL ROOTS, it’s designed to bring greater awareness to your teaching while guiding you through the principles of the Music Tree Approach.
🗓️ Details:
Start Date: September
Duration: 12 weeks
Includes: 5 modules + 6 Q&As
Cost: £600 (early bird pricing until tomorrow, Saturday 17th)
Bonus: Lifetime access to all materials
Join me in this transformative journey: let’s work together to refine your teaching approach and make a lasting impact on your students.
Music Tree Approach
Primary school
Music education
Music teachers
New pedagogies
14/08/2024
When I work with other teachers, I don’t just explain methods or theories.
Instead, I ask questions and take the time to understand their stories and backgrounds, aiming to discover their unique potential.
While I share the essential aspects of the Music Tree Pedagogy and the fundamental steps for teaching it, there’s much more to the process.
I believe that every teacher should start from their authentic self, learning how to be genuine with their students.
We are all different and rich in our own ways, and my goal is to help you bring that out, supported by knowledge and my experience.
For the next two days, you can sign up for RADICAL ROOTS, my program for children aged 5+, with the option to pay in installments if you prefer.
Working together will be a wonderful journey of discovery and sharing. Ready to join?
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Music Tree Approach
Primary school
Music Teachers
Potential
Music Education