Overview
Meet the head of music
Mrs Michaela Duckett
Mrs Duckett studied Music at King’s College, London and the Royal Academy of Music between 2000-2004 performing on flute, violin, piano and orchestral percussion. She has been teaching in the Midlands since 2005 and regularly contributes to Music Teacher magazine published by Rhinegold. Her educational resources on TES have been downloaded more than 50,000 times and have also been featured in the magazine supplement.
Passionate about Music Education, Mrs Duckett hopes to meet the educational needs of all her pupils by working in partnership with specialist music teachers from Forest Arts Centre, professional performers such as ‘Skins and Feet’ and organisations such as CBSO, PMT and Mushrooms Recording Studios.
Year 9 Students Write Songs With Chip Kendall
Some of our Year 9 Students participated in a singing/song-writing workshop with musician Chip Kendall earlier this month. The workshop focused on how musicians can build a positive rapport with their audience through ‘Posture, Presence and Projection’. In addition, Chip guided the students as they wrote original songs about ‘inspirations’ and ‘injustice’. It was very […]
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