Professional Documents
Culture Documents
www.midnightmusic.com.au
www.midnightmusic.com.au
About Katie
Katie Wardrobe is a Melbourne-based music technology trainer and
consultant with a passion for helping music teachers through her business
Midnight Music (www.midnightmusic.com.au). She runs hands-on
professional development workshops throughout Australia and a popular
series of online courses. Her workshops and courses focus on
incorporating technology into the music curriculum through a range of
creative projects.
Katie is a qualified teacher and has worked in a variety of music and
education-related workplaces, including Sibelius Australia and Orchestra
Victoria. She has also worked as a freelance copyist, music arranger and transcriber for more than 20 years.
In 2011 she released an ebook for users of open-source software program MuseScore, titled MuseScore:
The Essential Beginner's Guide and in 2012 she authored a keyboard and music technology program for
middle school students titled Studio Sessions (published by MusicEDU). Katie has had articles published
by magazines such as Music In Action and Education Technology Solutions.
In 2011, 2013 and 2014 Katie worked as the Project Manager of the Soundhouse Music Alliance's bi-annual
Music Technology in Education Conference and she has presented at more than 40 other music and
education-related conferences and events. She is also fast-becoming known as an expert in the practical
integration of iPads in music education and published iPad Projects for the Music Classroom (an ebook
with accompanying videos) in 2014.
Katie Wardrobe
Midnight Music
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Work with me
Option 1: Face-To-Face Workshops
I run music technology workshop at schools, network meetings, conferences and
professional learning events in Australia and overseas.
Workshops focus on curriculum integration, the how-to aspects of software and
cover current education and learning trends.
You can find more information about professional development workshops here:
www.midnightmusic.com.au/pd
iPads)in)Music)Educa/on
Sibelius)Beginner
Sibelius)Advanced
Speedy)Arranging)with)Sibelius
Sibelius)Projects)For)Students
Audacity
Music)Tech)for)Beginners
Crea/ve)Projects)with)GarageBand
Crea/ve)Projects)with)Acid
Crea/ve)Projects)with)MixcraF
Pro)Tools)for)Teachers
Interac/ve)whiteboards)
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Scores are not tracked but you could ask students to take
a screenshot (also known as a screencapture image) to
record their score
You can select the level of diculty and the range of notes
Scores are not tracked but you could ask students to take
a screenshot (also known as a screencapture image) to
record their score
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Whack A Note
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/
steprightup/whackanote/
You can customise the exercise (ie. leave out some notes)
by using the Customise menu at the top right of the
screen
You can customise the exercise (ie. leave out some notes)
by using the Customise menu at the top right of the
screen
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Flash Notes
http://www.pedaplus.com/games/fn/
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Ear-Training
Theta Music Trainer Ear-Training Games
http://midnightmusic.com.au/theta
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Enter the Lab (on the left of the screen) and then select
Ear-IQ by clicking on the organ
Rhythm
Jama Mambo The Music Interactive
http://www.themusicinteractive.com/downloads
www.midnightmusic.com.au
You can also choose the number of beats and the speed
at which the example will play
10
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Music Theory
Musictheory.net
http://www.musictheory.net/
Teoria
http://www.teoria.com
Notation
Songbrush Quaver Music
https://www.quavermusic.com/Default.aspx
11
www.midnightmusic.com.au
You can also use the Chord Builder and Melody Maker
to give students a head-start with their compositions
MuseScore
http://musescore.org/
Noteflight
http://www.noteflight.com/
12
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Free download:
Printable Audacity shortcuts list
GarageBand
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Free download:
Printable GarageBand shortcuts list
13
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Acid Xpress
http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/
PC only
Easy to use; good for looping, film composition
Full version (Acid Music Studio) worth buying for the
included loops
Free download:
Printable Acid shortcuts list
Soundation
http://soundation.com/
Soundtrap
https://www.soundtrap.com/studio/
AudioSauna
www.audiosauna.com
14
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Music Shake
http://eng.musicshake.com/create/
Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQakcwETUV0
Information about Music Shake EDU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO5ZyMYUDFk&
15
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Interactive website
Simple, pentatonic-based melodic tool
Monkey Machine
http://rinki.net/pekka/monkey/monkey.php
Audiotool
http://www.audiotool.com/
16
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Beatlab
http://www.beatlab.com/
Papatap
http://www.patatap.com/
You really need to try this out for yourself! Visit the site
and then press any key on your computer keyboard
17
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Ujam
http://www.ujam.com
Incredibox
http://www.incredibox.com
18
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Sound Fusion
http://culturalinfusion.org.au/soundinfusion/
soundapp.php
Hook Theory
http://www.hooktheory.com
Interactive website
Allows you to break down Bobby McFerrins
arrangement listen to parts separately or together
19
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xR7JKw4j4A&
Virtual Instruments
Qwerty Beats
http://www.unitunitunit.com/qwertybeats/
20
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Virtual piano
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/
client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/
Virtual drumkit
http://www.kenbrashear.com/
Musictheory.net piano
http://www.musictheory.net/piano
21
www.midnightmusic.com.au
22
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Scheherazade Interactive
http://creativekidseducationfoundation.org/html/
scheherazade.php
23
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Musical dictionary
Free lesson plans
Games
24
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Music Tools
Online metronome
http://www.seventhstring.com/metronome/
metronome.html
25
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Online metronome #2
http://www.metronomeonline.com/
Electronic-style metronome
Includes A440 pitch
Online tuner
http://www.seventhstring.com/tuner/tuner.html
Fingering%Diagram%Builder
http://fingering.bretpimentel.com/#!/flute/
26
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Ristation
http://play.ristation.com/
Voicethread
http://voicethread.com/
Animoto
http://animoto.com/
27
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Save your own creations and share the link with students
Students can click on a square to mark it
Heres an example
www.bingobaker.com/play/110495
28
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Find 10 - Triptico
29
www.midnightmusic.com.au
You can also use it to group the students: you select the
number of groups you need and it will randomly place
students in each one
You can then use the tool to choose a single student from
each group, or two students from each group
30
www.midnightmusic.com.au
31
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Highly recommended!
32
www.midnightmusic.com.au
More links
There are more links on the Mulitmedia Resources page
on my website:
http://www.midnightmusic.com.au/multimediaresources/
33
www.midnightmusic.com.au
Contact Me
Email:
katie@midnightmusic.com.au
Website:
www.midnightmusic.com.au
34