Singing Ambassador Howard Goodall gave an inspiring keynote speech at the MusicLearningLive conference on 31 Jan 2008, as persuasive as ever on the subject of the transformative power of music. From the significance of the coffee shop boom to the latest developments in cognitive science, he brought a wealth of evidence on the importance of music - and singing in particular - in a child's education.
Click here to listen to the speech in full
Or listen in sections:
Part 1 - 'Singing is a species entitlement'
Part 2 - Sing Up
Part 3 - The science of singing
Part 4 - Lessons from Ivaldo Bertazzo
Part 5 - Finding focus
Creativity is at the core of the new KS3 music curriculum, along with more autonomy and flexibility for schools in the way they teach.
Watch the video to see how children in Tower Hamlets have been inspired by a wealth of new playground songs.
