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  • Teaching Music: Tips, Tools & Why We Do It

    Check out some resources and content you might have missed around the DSMusic space recently. Resource Round-Up The Importance of Music Education Although all things music literacy and language of music are key here at DSMusic, we’re also big fans of terrific advocacy material. While we as music teachers and students understand the importance of […]


  • How Eilish & Holst can help you Decode Sound!

    Check out some resources and content you might have missed around the DSMusic space recently. Resource Round-Up Build Better Performers! DSMusic has everything you need to digitally decode character, comparison, tempo, articulation, tone colour and more! Decoding Sound: Analysis for the Secondary School is a fully interactive way for students to build word lists and […]


  • Intervals, Analysis and Access — Music Is Transformative

    Check out some resources and content you might have missed around the DSMusic space recently. Resource Round-Up Seeking some Analysis Aid? Get yourself a step-by-step look at expressive outcome (feeling, character or mood), the elements of music (including the expressive ones!) and how all of this contributes to interpretation in performance. Plus, build your analysis […]


  • Canons, Creativity & Communities

    Check out a few DSMusic free resources and a discover a round-up of our favourite finds this month.


  • Beethoven & Bingo

    Check out a few DSMusic free resources and a discover a round-up of our favourite finds this month.


  • Practice, Performance Anxiety & Lifting Literacy

    Plus dynamics, quaver rests, quotes and more – check out a few DSMusic free resources and a discover a round-up of our favourite finds this month.


  • Melody, Models & a bit of Bill Bailey

    Tackle tonality with Bill Bailey, check out a few DSMusic free resources and a discover a round-up of our favourite finds this month.


  • Major Scales, NAPLAN & Elgar

    Check out some Level 1 Major Scale writing content, a few DSMusic videos and a round-up of our favourite finds this month.


  • Great TED talks for music educators (and students)

    As we head into our school holidays I thought it might be a great opportunity to enjoy some inspirational speaking via some amazing TED talks by musicians and music educators. Here’s what I consider to be the pick of the bunch. Enjoy! PS Do you have a favorite TED talk? Share if you do! Richard Gill: […]


  • Human Brain is Wired for Harmony

    Interesting article by Elizabeth Norton in ScienceNOW about how we are wired for harmony! “Stop that noise! Many creatures, such as human babies, chimpanzees, and chicks, react negatively to dissonance—harsh, unstable, grating sounds. Since the days of the ancient Greeks, scientists have wondered why the ear prefers harmony. Now, scientists suggest that the reason may go […]


  • Transcript of National Curriculum Address to the KMEIA National Conference by Richard Gill OAM

    The following is the transcript of my National Curriculum address at the recent Kodaly Music Education Conference, held in Adelaide from Tuesday, October 2nd to Friday, October 5th


  • Transcript of Key Note Address to the KMEIA National Conference by Richard Gill OAM

    The following is the transcript of my keynote address at the recent Kodaly Music Education Conference, held in Adelaide from Tuesday, October 2nd to Friday, October 5th


  • A LIST OF REASONS TO INCLUDE MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS

    A LIST OF REASONS TO INCLUDE MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS from http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20079/7545/ 1.Educates the creative part of the brain 2.Teaches you to express yourself