Patrick Allen (music educator)
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Patrick Allen is the English
author of Singing Matters
(Heinemann publishers), which won the Times Educational Supplement
Schoolbook Award in 1999. He also won The Guardian
Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in 2004. He works as an Advanced Skills Teacher
and as a music education consultant, based at Ifield Community College
in Crawley
, England
where he is also Head of Music. He was awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status in 2001.
Singing Matters was widely acclaimed in the educational and academic press and remains a very popular text and teaching tool with music educators in the United Kingdom
and beyond. Allen's subsequent Heinemann publications, Developing Singing Matters and Composing Matters are also widely used in schools and provide a practical and inclusive repertoire of activities for secondary pupils. Allen also contributes to educational journals, and was a co-author of Music Suite, an interactive CD-ROM
published by On-Line Classics.
His work as an Advanced Skills Teacher and his consultancy work have seen him provide support and training for Local Education Authorities and universities
across the United Kingdom the National Association of Music Educators, The Scottish Association for Music Education, The Halle Orchestra, the Department for Education and Skills and a range of private training providers.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
author of Singing Matters
Singing Matters
Singing Matters by Patrick Allen , which won the Times Educational Supplement/Educational Publishers Council Secondary Schoolbook Award in 1999, is the most influential and widely used classroom singing resource in the United Kingdom...
(Heinemann publishers), which won the Times Educational Supplement
Times Educational Supplement
The Times Educational Supplement is a weekly UK publication aimed primarily at school teachers in the UK. It was first published in 1910 as a pull-out supplement in The Times newspaper. Such was its popularity that in 1914, the supplement became a separate publication selling for 1 penny.The TES...
Schoolbook Award in 1999. He also won The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in 2004. He works as an Advanced Skills Teacher
Advanced Skills Teacher
Advanced Skills Teacher is a role in a maintained school in England and Wales. Advanced Skills Teachers are judged through external assessment against a range of criteria to demonstrate excellent classroom teaching practice...
and as a music education consultant, based at Ifield Community College
Ifield Community College
Ifield Community College is a maintained comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18.-Admissions:It caters for around 1000 pupils in years 7 to 13, including over 100 in its sixth form. It is in the west of Crawley, next to the A23...
in Crawley
Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
where he is also Head of Music. He was awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status in 2001.
Singing Matters was widely acclaimed in the educational and academic press and remains a very popular text and teaching tool with music educators in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and beyond. Allen's subsequent Heinemann publications, Developing Singing Matters and Composing Matters are also widely used in schools and provide a practical and inclusive repertoire of activities for secondary pupils. Allen also contributes to educational journals, and was a co-author of Music Suite, an interactive CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....
published by On-Line Classics.
His work as an Advanced Skills Teacher and his consultancy work have seen him provide support and training for Local Education Authorities and universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
across the United Kingdom the National Association of Music Educators, The Scottish Association for Music Education, The Halle Orchestra, the Department for Education and Skills and a range of private training providers.