Thomas Breeze
@thomasbreeze
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Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader for PGCE Secondary Music at @cardiffmet. Talks teaching once a fortnight on @talkteachingpod!
Cardiff, Wales
Joined January 2008
RT @NewbieSlt: Hi all,.Congratulations to Miss Johnson and her GCSE Music class who all got grade 4 or above in their exams. When we say “a….
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Delighted to see Cardiff Met's Group for Research in Music Education (GRiME)'s name up in lights on the PDF version:
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Latest article (lead-authored by @EHMacGregor and also starring @VivJohn6 ) finally out in the world with correct title! Hopefully more people will find our comparison of the Welsh and English National Plans for Music Education without getting confused.
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RT @DrLizStafford: Now might be a good time to remind people that the Primary Music in Conversation Podcast exists to shine a light on the….
primarymusic.podbean.com
A series of interviews with music subject leaders from primary schools across the UK.
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RT @Music_bod: A fascinating article from @EHMacGregor @thomasbreeze and Vivienne John here on curriculum music policy in England and Wale….
tandfonline.com
In 2022 both England and Wales released policy documents entitled A National Plan for Music Education. While the English policy was a long-awaited update to a similar policy published in 2011, the ...
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Great to have another article out this month, with thanks to lead author @EHMacGregor and @VivJohn6. Top marks for creativity to the journal, who replaced the title with an annotation from the proofing process 😂 - hope to have that fixed soon…
tandfonline.com
In 2022 both England and Wales released policy documents entitled A National Plan for Music Education. While the English policy was a long-awaited update to a similar policy published in 2011, the ...
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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 @NC_Renic: Don’t write for fame or money. Write because you agreed to a deadline, forgot the deadline, and just remembered the deadline.
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Sad news. I enjoyed seeing Norrington’s Mahler 9 at the @bbcproms from the top of the Albert Hall in 2011 (was it really that long ago?!)
theguardian.com
The conductor, whose historically informed evangelism helped transform the classical music world, has died. Tom Service remembers a man who looked to the past to find a fresh and thrilling present.
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Phew… first day of a mammoth 2-day bilingual lecture recording session done for next year’s PGCE. Huge thanks to Pete, Ethan, Caitlin and all at @metbroadcast, and thank goodness for the studio air conditioning!
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RT @DrFautley: Exactly this ⬇ And musical learning demonstrated should be musical. As the oft-attributed saying goes "writing about music i….
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PS, you definitely don’t have to call me sir any more, I’m a reformed character now!.
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You were an absolute legend as well, Mali 🎤 - so many great pupils who kept me coming back to the classroom for more! And you, @BrynMusic plus so many other talented people.
@thomasbreeze 11 years ago you were teaching me, Sir! I will never forget your inspiring lessons and epic accompaniments. Loved singing with you 🎹🎵.
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RT @mal_rhys_thomas: @thomasbreeze 11 years ago you were teaching me, Sir! I will never forget your inspiring lessons and epic accompanimen….
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RT @BrynMusic: @thomasbreeze Well, 20 years ago in September, you taught me (Maddy Davies). Then you couldn’t get rid of me for another 10….
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It was 20 years ago today. no, not a Sgt. Pepper quote, but I did my first day in my first teaching job on 4th July 2005. I remember looking to the back of the room to see no mentor watching me. I was on my own! Cheers 7B1, I wonder where you all are now.
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…and I made a ‘3 minute literature’ episode about it, with no AI assistance!
podcasts.apple.com
Podcast Episode · 3 Minute Literature · 19/03/2023 · 3m
No thank you, @academia - if anyone wants to know about this paper, lead author Judith Kneen, the real human version (accept no substitutes) and two co-authors (us) have already made a podcast for people to enjoy:
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RT @Johnfinney8: Elizabeth MacGregor’s Musical Vulnerability is a fine ex of ethnography: strong conceptual/theoretical framework, rigorous….
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I've mainly been shocking and offending journal peer reviewers this year rather than students. Can we warn them too? .
bbc.co.uk
Guidance has been published by the Office for Students on new free speech rules coming into force this year.
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RT @TalkTeachingPod: THIS FRIDAY: It's time for us to head off on our Summer break, but before we do, here's Richard West from @StanwellSch….
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