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Jeremy Van Sluytman is teaching music at Shekou International School, China.
Jeremy featured in a short conversation for Episode 29 of the podcast, but we wanted to do a deeper dive on his context and approach to music teaching in international schools. Jeremy is a thoughtful and reflective practitioner who has insights on a wide range of topics.
In this episode, we explore:
- An overview and conceptual framework for the "Music Mix" approach that Jeremy uses.
- how Jeremy's context has led him to using/defining the Music Mix approach.
- Jeremy's journey to international school music teaching, including moving from Venezuela -> China -> Kazakhstan -> Indonesia -> back to China.
- the impact that attending the Big Gig had on Jeremy.
- the importance of student choice in ANY context (linking nicely with the previous episode with Adam Gaensler).
- how choosing music is "not about the genre or whether I'm going to be wearing a tuxedo or not", but about whether students engage with the music and where it might take their expressive journey.
- Jeremy's Our Mind On Music podcast and blog and why he started it.
Please do check out the links below for everything mentioned in the show!
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Get in touch with Jeremy:
- Jeremy's email: ourmindonmusic@gmail.com
Links and resources from this episode:
- Music Tech Pathways by Samuel Wright
- Beginner Orchestra
- Dr. Daniel Levitin - This Is Your Brain On Music Book
- This Is Your Brain On Music - Ideacity Speech/Talk
- Our Mind On Music Podcast & blog
EPISODE SPONSOR:
This episode is brought to you by the Unviersity of Warwick's new PGCEi iQTS program that now includes the perfect qualification to help music educators prepare to find the position of their dreams in an international school. Learn more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/cte
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