Arpeggio magic (piano and timpani)

Just over a minute long this piano arpeggio plays out a joyful melody and dramatic timpani, cymbals and vocal pads assist the journey.

Arpeggio magic stinger (piano and timpani)

A stinger featuring piano arpeggio in dramatic fashion with timpani, cymbals and vocal pads.

Atmos (piano and guitar)

Atmos (Piano and Guitar) is a short instrumental with piano and guitar.

Atmospheric news stinger

A stinger made on synths.

aTrance encounter

An electronic composition in the genre of Trance . . . a synth delight with some vocals used as beats.

aTrance encounter short

An electronic composition in the genre of Trance . . . a synth delight with some vocals used as beats.

aTrance encounter stinger

An electronic composition in the genre of Trance . . . a synth delight with some vocals used as beats.

Attitude electronic short

A short electronic composition styled for energy, attitude and adrenalin.

Ave (piano and vocal) DREAMY

This audio features vocals, piano, strings, synth and bells a curious and unique piece with a light feel.

Ave (with synth lead) DREAMY RELIGIOUS

Ave (with Synth Lead) is a short piece of music featuring vocals, synths, strings and bells.

Ave 02 DREAMY RELIGIOUS

Ave 02 is a stinger featuring vocals and bells.

Ave 01 DREAMY RELIGIOUS

Ave 01 is a recording of a singer singing Ave with bells for instrumentation.

Student centred approaches : teachers' learning and practice

Student-centred approaches to teaching and learning in mathematics is one of the reforms currently being advocated and implemented to improve mathematics outcomes for students from low SES backgrounds. The models, meanings and practices of student-centred approaches explored in this paper reveal that a constructivist model of student-centred teaching and learning is being promoted and implemented with some success. The ways in which teachers and leaders are being supported through network and school-based professional learning are described.

Diversity and thermal comfort in outdoor places

Sustainable cities should be livable cities where people from different backgrounds and with different aspirations can meet and interact with each other. Public places being the urban stages where the social interactions happen are considered important parts of cities (Thompson, 2002; Varna, 2009). They can contribute to enhance the quality of life within cities, or contrarily increase isolation and social exclusion (Lo et al., 2003). As a consequence of globalization and the development of global cities, the level of international migration has been growing in the last decades creating a plurality of different cultures in global cities and inspiring in such cities a multicultural nature (O'Byrne, 1997; Short and Kim, 1999; Hawkins, 2006). This created new challenges in urban planning or the management of the coexistence of different people that are having different characteristics that shape their unique identity and needs in the shared spaces (Sandercock, 2004). Ideally, in order to invite a diversity of users, urban outdoor places should provide significant functional and physical qualities, and accessibility to them, which induce the fulfillment of physiological, psychological and social needs (Carr et al., 1992; Jacobs, 1993; Sandholz, 2007). Users’ state of comfort as stated by researchers gives a good indication for how successful is the public outdoor places (Rosheidat et al., 2008; Kwong et al., 2009; Aljawabra and Nikolopoulou, 2010). In order to create a successful open space usable by all members of a community, urban designers need to satisfy their comfort needs in its wider meaning according to a variety of different ages, genders and cultural backgrounds (Knez and Thorsson, 2006; Thorsson et al., 2007). The main aim of the research is to examine the influence of culture and environmental attitude on participants’ thermal requirements in outdoor public places. The paper explores the variables that constitute a successful multicultural design, issues of cultural complexity, and the measuring comfort in specific outdoor public place. Qualitative analysis of a case study provides the main research methodology of the research. The conclusion will provide a set of criteria that guide future design and development of a successful shared outdoor public places.

Ave 03

Ave 03 is a short piece featuring vocals, bells, piano and synth.