Learning on all Tonalis courses and workshops takes place via a multifaceted and multi-sensory engagement with
music, based on innovative methods researched and developed by Michael Deason-Barrow, which balance:
  • Visual, Aural & Kinaesthetic Methods
  • Right & Left Brain Learning
  • Creative & Analytical Learning
  • Mind, Body, Feelings & Spirit.

  • All our teaching - and your learning - you will find is about balancing outer and inner work
    and practising a dialogue of:
    Head
    Heart and
    Hands

    so that the

    Moreover, our new multi-modal teaching methods address in wonderful ways the needs of:
    beginners children aural learners (e.g. in community groups)
    mixed ability, special needs and multi-cultural groups
    different types of choirs, and professionals wanting to improve their aural and sight reading skills.