Paul S. Farmer
Paul Farmer MBE | |
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Born | April 1950 Woodford Green, Essex |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Retired |
Known for | Devising the first UK school exam in pop music |
Website | www |
Paul Stephen Farmer MBE is a retired British educationalist who developed the use of pop music in school music education in the 1970s, and is reputed to be the first to devise a public examination in the UK exclusively in pop music.[1] He wrote several music education books and became a London comprehensive school head teacher at the age of 33.[2]
Education
Farmer was born in
Awards and honours
In 1997 the Chartered Management Institute admitted Farmer to membership as a Fellow (
Teaching career
In 1974, after two years' teaching, Farmer was appointed Head of Music at
Out of this course emerged what was claimed to be the first classroom textbook in pop music,[11] Pop Workbook, co-written by Farmer and Tony Attwood[12] and first published in 1978. Demand for the book led to its reprinting in 1979 and 1982. Alongside Holland Park's 4th/5th year course in pop music Farmer devised similar but broader modules for 11- to 14-year-olds which were later published as the Longman Music Topics.[13] In 1979 the first edition of Farmer's book Music in the Comprehensive School was published, written for teachers and students of education,[14] with a slightly larger second edition in 1984.
In 1981 Farmer became Deputy Head of
Later life
After the ILEA was abolished Farmer left London for Suffolk and held a number of part-time posts, teaching and examining music, including Choirmaster at
In 2003 Farmer was elected to
Main published works
- Attwood, Tony; Paul Farmer (1978). Pop Workbook. Edward Arnold. ISBN 978-0-7131-0155-3.
- Farmer, Paul (1979). Music in the Comprehensive School. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-317418-4.
- Farmer, Paul (1982). A Handbook of Composers and Their Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-321092-9.
- Farmer, Paul, ed. (1984). Music in Practice: A Collection of Music Projects for the Comprehensive School. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-321094-3.
- Series
- Longman Music Topics A series of classroom booklets, Longman 1979-1986, including:
- Into the Classics. Longman. 1979. ISBN 0-582-21576-5.
- Pop. Longman. 1979. ISBN 0-582-21577-3.
- Ragtime and Blues. Longman. 1979. ISBN 0-582-21579-X.
- Recording and Electronics. Longman. 1979. ISBN 0-582-21578-1.
- Into the Modern Classics. Longman. 1981. ISBN 0-582-20096-2.
- Steelbands and Reggae. Longman. 1981. ISBN 0-582-20097-0.
- Instruments of the Orchestra. Longman. 1982. ISBN 0-582-20018-0.
- The Story of Pop. Longman. 1982. ISBN 978-0-582-20017-3.
- Instruments in Pop and Jazz. Longman. 1985. ISBN 0-582-20218-3.
- (with F. Reilly) Music in Show Business. Longman. 1986. ISBN 0-582-20217-5.
- Into the Classics. Longman. 1979.
References
- ISSN 0027-433Xpage 217 (also mentioned by Lucy Green on pg 151 of Music on deaf ears, 1988 Manchester University Press 0-7190-2647-4); Pop Music in School Studies, Australia Daily News, 19 May 1976
- ^ a b "About Paul Farmer". PaulFarmer.com. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ The OC Mitre, the magazine of Chigwell Alumni, Issue 7, Dec 2011
- ^ [1] London Gazette 15 June 2013
- ^ Pop in the Classroom in ILEA Contact, 14 May 1976 vol 5 Issue 3 (pub. Inner London Education Authority)
- ^ Poly Victoros (1 October 2005). "WestFocus seminar report: Teaching resources for recorded music" (PDF). Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Metropolitan Regional Examination Board
- ^ Foot stompin' hard swottin' for exam sittin' , London Evening Standard, 2 June 1976, pg 11; The comprehensive rock report, Record Mirror & Disc, 10 April 1976, pp 22 & 23
- ^ Chapter 7 from Farmer's Music in the Comprehensive School
- ^ mtv.com
- ^ "Bibliography". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011. Bibliography of Tony Attwood
- ISBN 9780713101553. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Farmer, Paul. "Results for 'se:"Longman music topics"'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Stephanie Pitts (2000). Reasons to teach music: establishing a place in the contemporary curriculum, British Journal of Music Education, 17, pp 32-42; Perceptions of Crystallising and Paralysing Factors in the Development of Student Teachers of Music in Scotland, [2]
- ^ House of Lords debate 5 February 1986 Lord Harris of Greenwich, Hansard 1236
- ^ South London press, 25 September 1987, pg 14
- ^ "The man who wouldn't hide - News". The Independent. 10 December 1995. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Man Trouble in The Sunday Times Style magazine 13 July 1997 pp 34-35; further info at http://opencharities.org/charities/1061184
- ^ "Election Results St Edmundsbury Borough Council". Stedmundsbury.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Cabinet" (PDF). 16 January 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ [3] St Edmundsbury headstone policy
- ^ "Charity joins bid to save museum - News - East Anglian Daily Times". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Protest as museum collection dismantled - News - East Anglian Daily Times". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "St Edmundsbury Borough Council election 2007 - results A to K". Stedmundsbury.gov.uk. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ [4] pg 6 of St Edmundsbury cabinet meeting minutes 11 February 2009
- ^ "Results table 2009 - Suffolk CountyCouncil Elections". Elections.suffolkcc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Published on Fri 1 October 08:00:50 BST 2010. "Councillor stepping back - Local Authority". Bury Free Press. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Thewils, Jo (6 May 2011). "Local elections - St Edmundsbury: Conservatives take seats from Liberal Democrats". Eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Long serving Bury St Edmunds councillor Paul Farmer to stand down - Bury Free Press". www.buryfreepress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015.