Dawsons Music Education

Download the 2012/2013 Dawsons Education Catalogue here

Welcome to the Education section of our new website! This part of the website is a dedicated resource purely for music teachers.

This new Education resource is not yet fully functional but we are working very hard to get it ready for you to use. Teachers will soon be able to log in to their personal Education Account using a personalised username and password. Features only available to Education Account Holders will shortly include:

• The ability to see all the special Education prices ex VAT
• The ability to create an order online, print it for bursar approval or for your records, and submit it electronically when you are ready to proceed
• The ability to look at your Purchase Order History and review previous orders

If you would like to be one of the very first to try out this new facility you can apply for a login simply by emailing education@dawsons.co.uk with the following information:

• Your name
• Your chosen username
• Your School's name
• The school's postcode
• The schools telephone number

We'll send you the details straight back and we'll also send a follow up email to let you know when this service is ready.

In the meantime, you can also view the Education Blog, where you'll find unique online resources and help articles dealing with everything to do with music education. We are also looking for teachers interested in becoming regular freelance contributors to the blog so if that is something you're interested in, please get in touch.

Finally, why not follow us on Facebook? It's the easiest way of keeping updated with new product releases and our latest blog articles.

Dawsons Music has a long established relationship with the Education sector. We were one of the first UK music retailers to open a dedicated Education division. We are proud to have this relationship, which was born out of the growing demand for musical instruments and music technology in schools throughout the UK.

Dawsons supplies a broad range of musical instruments, from acoustic & digital pianos to synthesizers, from drum kits to a broad range of world percussion and from guitars of all shapes and sizes to ukuleles, banjos and mandolins. We have orchestral instruments to support all players in all types of music ensembles and to support the more technical musicians; we have the very latest in music technology.

Read our dedicated Education Blog for in-depth articles and opinion on a wide range of Education related matters.

Education Customers

We have a wide range of customers, some of whom include the largest music services in the country, as well as the smallest schools in some of the remotest locations in the UK.

From initial projects such as the development of access technologies for special needs schools (in partnership with York University), Dawsons soon became accepted as a company whose ethos was to assist and support teachers in the classroom, by not only supplying appropriate instruments and equipment, but by also offering unrivaled pre-sales advice and after-sales care and support.

Music Technology

Dawsons pioneered the use of computers in the classroom at a time when schools were unfamiliar with this form of music technology. Through careful planning and by listening to what our customers needed, we were able to supply computer equipments that was cost effective, reliable, and helped school music departments to develop their music technology curriculum.

We don't just supply product. We work with our customers from start to finish. In most cases, this means that we help to install the equipment and also deliver high quality on-site training. We do this via our team of dedicated Education Department staff.

More recently, Dawsons Education department has been appointed as an Apple Solution Expert in Education. This is a prestigious award and we are one of only a few companies in the country to have received this recognition. More and more schools and colleges are moving towards Apple as their product of choice for music technology. In part, this is due to the ease of use of the Apple platform, particularly when utilising music software such as GarageBand or Logic.

Education Team

Director of Education, William Thompson, a former music teacher and adviser, heads the Education Department. William is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he was also a choral scholar in the world-famous Kings College Choir.

William's background, in both classroom music and technology, has given him a unique insight into the development of music ICT in schools. Supporting William are a team of highly qualified education advisers based across the UK. We have dedicated Education staff in the North & South of England, in Scotland, and in Northern Ireland. In addition, we have further support staff based in both our Warrington Head Office and our Bangor support center in County Down, Northern Ireland.

The new Education website provides unparalleled access to teacher resources and helpful guides, which continues the tradition of Dawsons in providing unrivalled support for Education customers across the UK and Ireland.

Read our dedicated Education Blog for in-depth articles and opinion on a wide range of Education related matters.