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Strings Together Practical Tour

Karen takes teachers on a practical tour through her Strings Together book. Participate in the activities then explore the deeper learning potential behind them. Teachers accidentally have more fun than expected as they channel their inner Year 7 and create music and play the games that can be taught to students the very next day!

Kickstart your program with a series of inspiring activities that cater for all group teaching needs. This session follows a holistic and accessible approach to inspire students of all levels.
Explore aural-based activities that encompass elements of composing, arranging, improvisation, technical work and ensemble skills. 
​In this session, you’ll explore approaches to:
    •    Develop students’ aural skills and musical intuition
 •    Reinforce skills with peer-to-peer learning activities
    •    Facilitate students’ own class compositions
    •    Use holistic curriculum approaches for instrumental music activities 
    •    Enable leadership opportunities to develop engaged & informed players
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Please bring your instruments!

Workshop Sessions with Students 

A Piece in a Day
​Work with composer Karen Kyriakou to create a new work with your ensemble. Karen facilitates the creative process, but the students make the material. She stitches it all together to make an authentic class-led composition that students will be proud of.

This activity works well in school camps and term 4 post-concert sessions!
(Minimum time for this workshop is 90 minutes).

Other PD's?

​Do you have an idea for a PD session for your string staff or music department?
Would you like to host a PD session at your school? You can get in touch HERE.

Music Camps, Workshops, Conducting, etc., by negotiation. Other compositional sessions for your class or ensemble are available.

​Send us an email with your ideas and we'll be in touch. 

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Thanks so much for zooming your session on Inclusive Teaching.
It was fantastic. So informative, engaging and encouraging.

K.B.

Strings Teacher
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NSW

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I just wanted to email and say thank you so much for the fantastic training sessions! I really enjoyed both of them and found them really helpful and inspiring.

H.M.

Strings and Classroom Teacher
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UK

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Thank you for this amazing workshop. It was so well presented and informative.

Z.S.

Strings Teacher
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VIC

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That was a very useful PL. I am so glad I heard about it and could tune in. I look forward to implementing many of your ideas in my primary classroom music setting. ​​

J.N.

Music Teacher
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TAS

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Thanks Karen. Since the last session, when I have lessons that aren't going the way I expect, I have been thinking to myself "What would Karen do". And I remember some of your gifts to us.

R.E.

Music Teacher
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QLD

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Thanks Karen, PD much appreciated and will now try to put it into action, great ideas and concepts.

Ms. B

Strings Teacher
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VIC

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String Teachers - Professional Development

Re-energise yourself and your string staff with a shared music-making and pedagogy session run by Karen Kyriakou, an experienced education leader. This PD session includes best-practice approaches of program design, curriculum approaches and content, and tips on how to achieve the desired results to engage students with the string programs at your school. Includes activities from Karen's book Strings Together. ​​

The Inclusive Music Class

Teachers are required to navigate diverse student needs in their classrooms and music lessons. Although teachers nearly always support such environments, they often feel under-prepared to navigate the complexities of the highly stimulating music-classroom. Karen Kyriakou has been working as a music teacher in Special Schools for the past 11 years. She has built up quite a toolbox of skills to share with teachers who require support and understanding of how to better manage the learning and teaching environment. Explore ways to make sure every child in the school is engaged, included, and authentically participating in your music program. ​​

Making the most of your Team

Bring your string team or music department staff together to strengthen the team’s vision for your department. Share common goals and new ideas for the short, medium and long term and unite in your goal setting. Then plot how to get there!

This session will help staff consider the experience of the student in the planning and how to involve students of all abilities in the music program so that everyone can feel part of the vibrant music community at your school.
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Best practice teaching models and ideas on incorporating student-centred learning into the instrumental class will be explored.