Our Workshops
Our workshops are designed to provide music educators & students with practical, hands-on learning experiences that can be immediately applied in the classroom.
Whether you're looking to integrate music technology, improve aural skills, or enhance music theory instruction, our expert-led workshops cover a wide range of topics to support your teaching journey.
Available both in-person and online, our workshops are tailored to meet the diverse needs of high school music teachers, helping you stay up-to-date with the latest teaching strategies, resources, and curriculum standards.
Explore our workshop options and discover how we can help you take your music teaching to the next level.
Browse our course offerings and start your journey toward transforming music education today.
Teacher Training in Music Technology Workshops
Teaching NCEA 1.1 "Use music skills in a music style"
The most exciting aspect of the level 1 NCEA refresh for music is this incredibly general and open-ended standard. The wonderful thing about it is that students can focus on developing their skills in their area of interest.
The challenge for kaiako is that we can have lots of students in the class all working in different areas at once.
This workshop is about how to make the most out of the resources that are available to provide a course that has your students motivated and excited to learn.
Overview of the workshop:
in-depth overview of the three new resources from Learning Ideas catering for ear training/transcription and improvisation, conducting/score reading and music production
structuring your course so that students can choose to work in their area of interest
how to provide check points to monitor student progress
supplementary resources for beginner and extension students
in-depth training on how to recreate sounds with synths in Soundtrap and other software
how to tie in the "Beats Re-creation" task with composition
Cost: $179 + GST
Payment is due on receipt of invoice and must be paid in advance. No refunds will be given for non-attendance.
Please note: morning tea will be provided but you will need to provide your own lunch.
WORKSHOPS
VENUES
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WELLINGTON
2025 workshops still TBC
AUCKLAND
2025 workshops still TBC
“It was really useful day! I liked how you went through your junior program year by year and shared with us your resources. It will definitely change the way I approach composition and reinvigorated me during the holidays to make some changes to my units. Thanks very much!”
2019
Workshop Attendee
“You are a true enthusiast and skilled presenter. It is a great refresher to attend your seminars. You make it seem less scary Duncan. Thanks”
2019
Workshop Attendee
“The day was well planned out and I loved that you had lots of examples to illustrate and support the course content covered on the day. At the end of the course, I felt confident that my basic knowledge and understanding of how to use music technology in the classroom had improved greatly with the new learning. I feel more equipped to be able to take what I have learnt and use it to support my students’ learning when we focus on using music technology in our Compositions next term. Thank you Duncan for a great day!”
2019
Workshop Attendee
“Duncan's workshop was well structured with practical information and resources that I can use straight away in the classroom. I went away having a clear idea of where to start my Year 9s with musical technology and knowing what programmes and resources I would need to carry them through Year 13. He had just the right balance of sharing information and giving us time to try it out for ourselves. I found this workshop very helpful and would recommend it to anyone secondary music!”
2019
Workshop Attendee