
Dr Gary Spruce
@GarySpruce1
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Visiting lecturer @mybcu; CME@TrinityC_L; UK rep. music @EuropeanSchools; Board Member @BCMG. Writer on music education.
Birmingham, England
Joined November 2012
RT @EnglishCadence: @TsuiAllen @DrFautley @haringey_music Music is a statutory part of the curriculum. It's not an extra. 'If they're musi….
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RT @MusicTeacherMag: Progressive composing: what’s the difference between a soundscape composed in Year 2 and in Year 5?. Join @BCMG 's Nan….
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RT @EnglishCadence: Hesds-up to observers of music lessons. You may not see 'turn and talk' or 'cold calling'. Not all knowledge is verbal-….
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RT @ISM_music: In 2022 the ISM released Music: A subject in peril?, which revealed the devastating decline of music in English schools. No….
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Share your views on the current state of music education in England and what needs to be done to support it in future
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RT @SueYoung351: Due out soon! New edition of Debates in Music Education edited by Chris Philpott and Gary Spruce. I was very pleased to….
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Debates in Music Teaching encourages both graduate and postgraduate students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It introduces a critical...
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RT @ISM_music: MUSIC EDUCATORS 📢 .We've just launched the ISM's 2025 Music Education Survey. We're asking all music educators in England….
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RT @DrLizStafford: I thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Janice about the strategies they’ve used to support all the teachers in their school….
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RT @UKMusicMasters: We believe great teachers are worthy of investment. Read our Musicians of Change impact report to find out how @ukmusic….
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RT @d_mackrill: Last chance to book for the Sussex Secondary Music Teacher Conference on Thurs 19th June if you are a teacher working with….
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Powering Up Creativity, Collaboration and Innovation across the Music Curriculum.
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RT @englishspecial: A dozen teacher training providers that were deliberately crowbarred out of their status to make room for pop up new pr….
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RT @ISM_music: Join @DrFautley & @AllyDaubney for two free @ISM_Trust webinars on applying the music curriculum frameworks to your classroo….
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RT @MusicTeacherMag: £200,000 award to enhance music education in Birmingham primary schools through composer-in-residence program. https:/….
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The award will promote composing in primary schools
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RT @MrsGleedMusic: Click on the music specialism pack to find out more. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions!.
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RT @DrLizStafford: PSA: Primary schools not having a specialist music teacher does not equal primary schools “not doing music.” The norm in….
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RT @BarbaraBleiman: Why is it that in 2024 80% of pupils met the expected standard in the phonics screening check in Y1 but only 61% achiev….
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RT @Johnfinney8: Elizabeth MacGregor’s ‘Musical Vulnerability’ is profound in its implications. Chapter 1 is online. Perhaps just read ‘The….
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RT @Jamesedpoole: This research forms part of my first PhD study. I would be extremely grateful to anyone who can respond and/or share with….
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RT @lyssy_wilding: We have a music conference coming up &several people have told me their school won't let them out. I understand budget p….
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RT @MusicTeacherMag: Letting pupils lead builds confidence, enhances self-expression, and challenges our wisdom around genre in music, Dr A….
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Letting the pupil take the lead can build confidence, allow for greater self-expression, and challenge our accepted wisdom around genre
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