Music industry know-how

By Computers Now
Community contribution / November 20, 2014

By Year 11, most students who have had no prior instrumental experience may feel they have missed the music boat when surrounded by their high-achieving peers on show in school orchestras and ensembles.

But at Edward John Eyre High School in South Australia, an inclusive ‘music experience’ class is giving such students a ...

This story appeared in the November 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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