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Dixons Music Primary pupils learn to hold their new Djembes.
Posted: 10/10/14
Year 2 pupils today were excited to be playing on bigger Djembes. Look how well we can hold them. They sounded super!!
Read more »Excellent Drumming at Dixons Music Primary
Posted: 10/10/14
Here we see another one of our brilliant drummers in year 2 accompanying Katie in year 13 as she learns a very difficult Bass solo to an unusual Flamenco backing. Our year 2 student also featured performing his rendition of a drum part to the Rockschool grade 4 piece ‘Noisy Neighbour’. Great music!
Read more »Year 2 student Drum student at Dixons Music Primary first recorded session
Posted: 09/10/14
Great morning of drumming at Dixons Music Primary. Here we have another fabulous year 2 drummer playing along to one of the Rockschool grade 4 drum pieces ‘Attitude’. He will be playing this with another year 2 student at the DMP concert in December!
Read more »Grade 8 Electric Guitar
Posted: 08/10/14
Grade 8 on any instrument is never easy! But here we have one of our Year 11 students making the opening section of ‘Lead Sheet’ from the Rockschool Grade 8 Electric Guitar syllabus look easy! It is a very tricky opening!
Read more »Year 7 Student Working with New Vocal Coach Malaika
Posted: 08/10/14
One of our year 7 students working hard in a new sing with Mal one if our new Vocal Coaches.
Read more »Great Afternoon of Music in Ilkley See Track Student Progress
Posted: 08/10/14
Yesterday was a great afternoon of Music making with some of our advanced students in Ilkley. Keep up to day by going to ‘Track Student Progress’ to see video footage.
Read more »Check Out Our New Vocal Coach Mal Working with one of Year 10 students
Posted: 07/10/14
It has been another great day for our Ilkley students. I put Mal, one of our new Vocal Coaches, on the spot by asking her to accompany on the Guitar with one of our outstanding Year 10 students and I also asked Mal to impro some harmonies. Great rendition, first attempt! This particular student will be famous one day!!!
Read more »Reece Lesson 4 Bass Guitar
Posted: 07/10/14
Wow ….look at the progress Reece in Year 3 is making on the Bass Guitar. Here he is in lesson 4 where he is using RH walking fingers, crossing strings and fretting LH on a C. Rhythmically Reece is also listening to the backing drum track and varying straight quavers with a syncopated feel which echoes the rhythm of the […]
Read more »1R at Dixons Music Primary singing and drumming.
Posted: 02/10/14
Listen to our talented Year 1 children at Dixons Music Primary singing their pattern song and playing the Djembe. They had lots of ideas for patterns but this was our favourite one.
Read more »Spring Term Lesson Dates Now Posted
Posted: 02/10/14
Message for all parents of our students who have instrument, voice or band coaching sessions with us. Or for any of our after school Musical Theatre programmes. Invoices and newsletters for the Spring Term will be issued Friday 14 November. All dates for the Spring Term 2015 can now be viewed for all of our schools by going to ‘Parents […]
Read more »Brilliant first lesson for one of our new Reception Drummers at DMP
Posted: 02/10/14
One of new recruits had a great first Drum lesson today at Dixons Music Primary. Great sense of pulse and RH and LH coordination!
Read more »Dixons Music Primary Student Chief Executive Award
Posted: 02/10/14
One of our fantastic year 2 drummers has now perfected his rendition of a Rock School Grade 4 drum piece and will be playing it to the Chief Executive of the Dixons Group of Schools to try to earn the prestigious Chief Executive Award for Outstanding Musical Progress.
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