Get them singing, keep them singing
A new online course designed to develop confidence, knowledge and skills for all teachers who lead young singers in secondary schools, whatever their experience level. Each recorded webinar-style session lasts around 75 minutes, led by one of our specialist music education team.
Sessions can be bought individually or as a set and can be viewed as many times as you like! Find out more about each session below.
- Individual sessions: £15 per session (non-member) or £11.25 per session for abcd members (discount of 25%)
- Full series: all seven sessions, plus a bonus session led by Ex Cathedra, can be bought for a bundle price of £85 (non-members) or £63.75 for abcd members (discount of 25%).
Find out more about joining abcd and all the benefits it offers here.
Leading singing in secondary schools: building a whole-school singing culture with Don Gillthorpe
Having spent a career building highly successful singing programmes in two state comprehensive secondary schools, Don brings a wealth of experience to support and encourage you to do the same. Amongst a whole host of contributing factors to the choral ecosystem in a school, this session explores the essential interplay between curricular and co-curricular music, adolescent vocal development, and how to work with school leadership teams to provide the best experiences for pupils.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: adolescent boys: you've got them singing, but how do you keep them singing? with Ian Crawford & Martin Ashley
In this session Martin and Ian spell out the things you need to do, why you need to do them, and how.
Make the rehearsal the highlight of your week.
Give them something to work towards - a clear purpose and an end goal.
Organise rehearsals that don't clash with sport.
Explain to them what is happening to their voices and why.
Choose repertoire that fits the voices - and know how to do this!Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: harmonise and inspire: empowering Year 6 and 7 singers with Suzzie Vango
Suzzie introduces some of her vocal techniques and repertoire to encourage and foster a love of singing for Y6 and Y7 children. Learn fun singing games, warm ups and pop-inspired songs written and arranged for this age group to arm you with an array of material to inspire and enhance your students' vocal skills and passion for singing.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: exploring the voice change for females with Joanna Tomlinson
Discover the physiological changes that happen in the female teenage voice and how we can help our singers by having a good understanding of the challenges they may face. We will explore warm-up ideas and approaches to rehearsing that can help nurture and develop the female changing voice as well as tips on choosing repertoire for this age group!Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: singing's most endangered species - teenagers, with Rachel Staunton
Join Rachel, Artistic Director and Co Founder of The London Youth Choirs as she shares her learning of engaging and retaining diverse teenagers. With advice on repertoire selection, a steer on warm ups that build skills, stamina and engagement across the adolescents, and insight on embracing new trends and ways of working, Rachel shares her experience from setting up 10 youth choirs in the capital city.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: conducting and musical leadership skills, with Amy Bebbington
For teachers who want to learn more about useful choral leadership strategies. Amy covers how to lead useful and effective vocal exercises, the basics of conducting technique (including starting, stopping and pauses) and simple beat patterns, and how to encourage, motivate and inspire your singers by being a confident musical role model.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: repertoire, repertoire, repertoire, with Simon Toyne
Join Simon as he shares his favourite repertoire to engage secondary school-aged children, whether in whole-class singing or choirs. He explores a diverse range of songs for whole class singing and choirs and discusses the best way to approach, plan and deliver an engaging singing session. Simon has decades of experience building a singing culture in a range of secondary schools, including Tiffin School and in state secondary schools across the DRET Academy Trust.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools bonus session: resources, techniques & methods to support singing at KS3 with Gemma King
Join Ex Cathedra's Education and Participation Manager, Gemma King as she shares behind the scenes material from their award winning ChoirMaker project. As a Secondary Music Teacher herself, Gemma has first-hand experience of delivering singing in schools and developed this project alongside Ex Cathedra colleagues. She explores warm-up ideas, new repertoire, conducting skills, adding percussion, inspiring further listening and linking to the NPME2. ChoirMaker was awarded "Outstanding Music Education Resource" in the 2024 Music and Drama awards in London.Price: £15.00
Leading singing in secondary schools: complete package of seven sessions plus bonus session
Buy all seven sessions of the course for a reduced price, plus a bonus sessions from Ex Cathedra: resources, techniques & methods to support singing at KS3. Price: £85.00