So Matt Podbury and I are putting the band back together...
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Musical Geographies: Sense of Place and Storytelling in the curriculum
Music is a dynamic, everyday phenomenon that connects billions of people, places, and cultures. It offers a powerful lens through which to understand the world and our place within it. From local rhythms to global genres, music, and its associated visuals provide students and teachers with meaningful insights into diverse environments which help shape their worldview.
Alan will share his new collaborative World of Music blog, which charts a year long journey through curriculum resources and collaborative pedagogy around music and its meanings; a playlist of ideas for teaching everyday geographies.
You will gain practical ideas, resources and inspiration for incorporating music into your own geography curriculum.
This one goes up to 11!
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Our session at the GA Conference 2026 has been accepted and we've teamed up for some musical improvisation... this one's in 9/8....
Here's the details, we submitted, which will appear in the programme in due course:
Music is a dynamic, everyday phenomenon that connects billions of people, places, and cultures. It offers a powerful lens through which to understand the world and our place within it. From local rhythms to global genres, music, and its associated visuals provide students and teachers with meaningful insights into diverse environments which help shape their worldview.
For this collaborative lecture, Matt Podbury and Alan Parkinson are putting the band back together!
Matt will share how an idea to showcase his vinyl collection evolved into a rich, three-week unit on the Geography of Music for KS3 students. This explores themes such as sense of place, landscape and emotion, and the role of music in shaping our cultural identity, and addresses how music can be both a unifying and divisive force. Students design and produce their own vinyl LPs to end the unit.
Matt will share how an idea to showcase his vinyl collection evolved into a rich, three-week unit on the Geography of Music for KS3 students. This explores themes such as sense of place, landscape and emotion, and the role of music in shaping our cultural identity, and addresses how music can be both a unifying and divisive force. Students design and produce their own vinyl LPs to end the unit.
Alan will share his new collaborative World of Music blog, which charts a year long journey through curriculum resources and collaborative pedagogy around music and its meanings; a playlist of ideas for teaching everyday geographies.
You will gain practical ideas, resources and inspiration for incorporating music into your own geography curriculum.
This one goes up to 11!
Thanks to those who have already sent their contributions.
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