In March 2020 we launch a new parents' section of DabbledooMusic to help families enjoy music together while the schools were closed. The content was chosen from our most accessible content with loads of activities that can be enjoyed by the whole family, regardless of previous musical experience...

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Back at the end of July we released our Guidance For Music Making in The Classroom blog which walked teachers through our recommendations for safely conducting music lessons given the restrictions associated with Covid 19. We've since summarised the points of this article as a powerpoint deck...

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Throughout this month, we'll be running 2 webinars per week to give a full run through of our DabbledooMusic program. Each webinar will be 1 hour and in it we'll be covering the following: - Run through of our lesson plans, planning content and teachers manual - Demo of all our online and...

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With the school year now upon us, we know this is a busy time for teachers planning their individual lessons as well for schools developing their overall plans for certain curriculum areas. To help with this, we've just produced our template for a whole school music plan. The plan is written for...

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We’ve made our content even more accessible to help teachers and children get back to music in September. The start of this school year will be a busy one for teachers, with a lot more planning and preparation. We’ve already seen the amazing effort that schools and teachers are putting in to...

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Our goal at DabbledooMusic is to make sure every primary school child and teacher in Ireland has access to quality music education resources. An important part of that mission is to bring real world musicians and artists into the classroom. Previously, we have worked with musicians like...

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With preparations underway to reopen primary schools, we wanted to address the area of music in schools based on the new roadmap from the Department of Education and Skills. We have consulted Dr. Luke O Neill from Trinity College Dublin on the subject and have been following studies from around...

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There will be a lot asked of teachers in the lead up to the schools reopening so we are launching our full planning content to help with the preparations for September. For further advice on the return to school following Department of Education and Skills recommendations, see our Guidance...

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Back in September last year, as part of our monthly radio slot on Dublin Digital Radio, we featured the music of New Orleans. A big part of this show was looking at the contribution that brass marching bands have had on the music from the city and the development of the jazz sub genres such as...

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This month we take a look at the incredible musical heritage of the island of Jamaica. There are so many musical developments that can be credited to Jamaican producers and musicians that are the fundamentals of modern dance music - sound systems, bass-heavy productions, remixes and MCing to name...

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