Kate Picken (Music Teacher)

Hello, I am Kathleen (Kate) Picken and live near Kirkcudbright, a beautiful town on the South West Coast of Scotland. I studied music at Aberdeen College of Education and started my teaching career in secondary. After a break when my family were young, I took up a post of teaching music in primary schools, in the area in and around Kirkcudbright, a job I have been doing now for over 35 years. I also lead and sing in an adult vocal group ‘Taste of Country’ and I am the Music Director of ‘The Farmers Choir’ I enjoy creating and developing music resources which show clear progression across the levels in Curriculum for Excellence (the national curriculum for Scottish schools for learners from the ages 3–18) to help support teachers in the delivery of music to their students. I have delivered several music workshops at the SAME Conferences over the years along with presenting online. My work currently involves teaching music in primary (age 5 – 11), running ‘after school’ music workshops on group piano/keyboard, bucket drumming, leading a junior choir and creating and developing primary music resources.