Early Years Music Scotland is delivering a year-long programme of free, high-quality, creative and inspiring continuous professional learning and development for musicians working with children in the early years across Scotland, supported by Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative.

This workshop is free-of-charge to musicians who are resident in Scotland and working with children in the early years (0-5yrs). Non-Scottish residents and non-musicians may purchase a ticket.

This workshop will be recorded and available to view for one month following the event. If you are unable to attend live, you can select a 'session recording' ticket. The recording will be sent to all ticket holders within 48 hours of the event. Please book one ticket only.

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"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales” - Albert Einstein

Picture books are an essential part of a child’s life and this session will explore a variety of picture books and how they can be used in an early years music setting to support musical learning and experience. Picture books can be used for beat and rhythm work and singing - there are many picture books which are songs OR which have repetitive choruses for improvisation of a melody. Some picture books lend themselves to having well chosen musical accompaniment whilst some explore topics such as the importance of everyone having a voice. These are just a few of the ideas to be explored during this session. If you love music and love picture books come along and find out more!

This workshop will be delivered by Lucinda Geoghegan. Lucinda graduated in music from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, completed a postgraduate teaching qualification at Moray House College of Education and trained with the Kodály Institute of Britain where she gained an Advanced Diploma in musicianship with Distinction. She worked as a secondary music teacher in Edinburgh before deciding to specialise in Primary and Early Years Music Education. She was also a member of staff with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus for 16 years and was Director of the NYCOS West Lothian Choir for 8 years. She is a regular tutor and Chair of the Education Committee for the British Kodály Academy and in 2017 was elected as a Director to the Board of the International Kodály Society.

Lucinda is NYCOS Director of Creative Learning and her work increasingly includes staff development training across the UK presenting workshop on Kodály musicianship and methodology. She is a guest lecturer on the summer and yearly courses at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary and in addition has delivered workshops in Australia, Canada, Germany, Holland, Indonesia, Ireland, Taiwan, Turkey and USA.

Publications written by Lucinda for NYCOS include – Singing Games and Rhymes for Tiny Tots, Singing Games and Rhymes for Early Years (Books 1&2), Singing Games and Rhymes for Middle Years (Books 1&2) and with Dr László Nemes Singing Games and Rhymes for ages 9 to 99. With Christopher Bell she wrote the musicianship programme Go for Bronze, Go for Silver and Go for Gold. For more information please visit www.nycos.co.uk