The Playground

  Many people have the misconception that the Simply Music program doesn’t teach music reading, but as you may have gathered in my recent article asking how important is it to read music?, we consider music-reading […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Nov 1, 2015
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Throughout September and October, Simply Music has asked its community to collect iTunes cards and gently-used or new iPods for Music & Memory. It’s been a powerful experience to see how many people have shared […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on Oct 26, 2015
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Halloween is just around the corner, so we thought we’d share some musical tricks and treats to get you in the spirit 😉 How about some ghoulish new lyrics to Night Storm? Here are some […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Oct 18, 2015
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  Your Simply Music teacher will tell you that the real learning occurs more at home than in the lesson. As Neil Moore puts it, coming to a lesson is like a chef going to […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 28, 2015
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Music has always been such a huge part of my life – there are some songs which can instantly transport me to different places in time, invoke memories, stir up feelings that sometimes have languished […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 20, 2015
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  Music & colour. Of course they have things in common – they can be beautiful, they can trigger memories – but there are other more intriguing connections reported by some people.   Isaac Newton […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 13, 2015
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In our most stealthiest of modes, the month of July saw 7 Simply Music teachers conduct an iPod/iTunes drive with the aim of not only collecting iTunes cards and iPods for Music & Memory, but […]

• Written by Mel Karajas on Aug 31, 2015
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How many times have you embarked on some new project bursting with enthusiasm, only to find that motivation deflated like an old party balloon at the first setback? It’s happened to all of us, and […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Aug 11, 2015
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A rock school is a great endeavour anywhere, but in Mitrovica, Kosovo, split by war into two ethnic groups, it has a special dimension. Young people from both sides ignore those divisions and come together […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Aug 3, 2015
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Through the launch of our Simply Music Gateway project, you may have heard the story of Jewels, a special needs student with a special relationship to music. In this profile, Simply Music Piano Teacher Anne […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Jun 22, 2015
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