Author: ljsmusiceducation

Today our inspirational and highly intellectual lecturer Dr James Humberstone led a discussion into the impacts both positive and negative on people. Some of the topics we discussed included; How the attention span of people decreases with the amount of time they spend on social media, email and other related applications and the case of … Continue reading WEEK 12: Detriments of Technology on People →

In week 11 our wonderful lecturer Dr James Humberstone was nice enough to bring in all of his wacky techie gear for us to experiment with. During this lesson I put on my dj hat and attempted to become a music producer. This lasted for about 30 seconds where I finally gave in to the … Continue reading WEEK 11: Playing with Techie Gear →

In week 10 we were lucky enough to have a visit by world renowned musician and inventor Lindsay Pollak. During this week we gained an insight into the different things he makes as well as have an opportunity to experiment with them ourselves. As well as showing us his many creations, Lindsay also spoke to … Continue reading WEEK 10: SPECIAL PROJECTS WEEK – LOOPING WITH LINDSAY POLLAK →

And that's all folks... Project Completed. I have just completed the finishing touches on my iBook titled 'Junior Music' - Teaching the NSW primary music syllabus and i'm very happy. I can't wait for this resource to be distributed as I honestly believe that it will benefit the primary music education of many students across … Continue reading TME Project Completion →

I ended up deciding that instead of just writing a how to teach composition book (mainly because there are geniuses with more knowledge than me that have done that) that i would instead write a book which discusses the intricacies of teaching music in the primary school. At the moment the book includes various pieces … Continue reading TME PROJECT UPDATE →

Please find the complete score and recording of my piece 'A Fragmented Fantasy' - you will understand the name if you read all the process posts. Enjoy... A Fragmented Fantasy LJSDownload https://soundcloud.com/lucas-schembri/a-fragmented-fantasy

Almost done, just a few touch ups required now. In this example, I have included the finalised version of the transition between the first and second sections. One thing that I altered from the previous version was the last bar where I have included some syncopation to adopt the feel of the next section and … Continue reading Composing from Scratch (11): The finished product →

The due date of the composition was fast approaching so I worked a lot on this version of the piece. I deleted any melodic material which I believed wasn’t essential to the composition and wouldn’t make the final draft. Firstly, I decided to create a small introduction to the first section. I did this by … Continue reading Composing from Scratch (10): Being picky and forming a complete work →