jm-education was first created in 2014 by Joe McGowan to serve as a companion website for his fourth book, How to Pass National 5 Music, and, largely as a result of his many subsequent publications, has become a useful resource for busy music teachers and dedicated students.
The main aim of jm-education is to provide a helping hand to teachers and students of school music courses, and it is hoped that a community spirit will evolve with the website.
To this end, those who use the site's resources are encouraged to give feedback, ask questions or make comments/suggestions on the forum page or by email, twitter or facebook. Like us on facebook
Gradually building into a more extensive resource
Joe is also a qualified TEFL tutor, award-winning author, composer, classical guitarist, and founder of Your Music Mentor, an online music tuition, mentoring and advisory service.
His first book, How to Pass Standard Grade Music, won the Saltire Society and Times Educational Supplement Scotland (TESS) Academic Book of the Year Award in 2005, and each of his subsequent music books in Hodder Gibson's 'How to Pass' series have achieved best-seller status in their category, including the current Scottish school music curriculum book, How to Pass National 5 Music.
A music tutor for more than 35 years, Joe McGowan studied at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama), and is a graduate of Glasgow University and an Honours graduate of the Open University. In addition to his post-graduate studies, music theory and Art & Design diplomas, he has degrees in music and the arts, and LRSM and LTCL music teaching diplomas.
Joe McGowan
jm-education director
