Summer Professional Development

Download the movement directions for this Move It! About the Song Get ready for a delightful Move It! adventure filled with surprise, contrast, and expression—set to Nat King Cole’s iconic 1950 recording of Orange Colored Sky! Originally penned by Milton Delugg and Willie Stein, this swing-era hit tells the whimsical tale of love striking like...

Teacher Appreciation Week Arioso Harmonic Backing Track #1 - John Crever Arioso Harmonic Support Track: Turn Your Sundae Order Into a Song! Looking for a fresh way to help your students explore Arioso? Here’s your chance to turn a simple moment—like ordering ice cream—into a powerful musical experience. Try This: Sing Your Ice Cream Order!...

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Download and print  the card games Unit 1 I Have Who Has Unit 2 I Have Who Has Unit 3 I Have Who Has Unit 4 I Have Who Has Key of F Unit 4 I Have Who Has Key of G Unit 5 I Have Who Has Key of F Unit 5 I Have...

Virtual learning during COVID necessitated my ability to have my students progress through conversational solfege via Zoom and other digital platforms. I could teach and assess students by having them unmute themselves and echo or decode individually for the Readiness, Conversational Solfege, and Reading steps. But when I got to writing, I didn’t have an...

Enjoy this informative webinar with Lillie Feierabend who leads participants through Howard Gardner’s Theory on Multiple Intelligences as related to the music classroom. Tapping into the ideas behind Gardner’s theory can inspire multiple ways of approaching musical skill development to best serve a wide range of student learning preferences. While Gardner’s theory is qualitative, it...

Beat-Keeping Train Video with Engine, Engine Number 9 by Jason Simmons Are you looking for an engaging way to reinforce beat-keeping? Check out this new video featuring Engine, Engine Number 9 at three different tempos! Perfect for young learners who are ready to follow the teacher’s beat after the teacher has followed their beat and...

12 German Dances WoO8 Beethoven’s German Dances were composed in 1795 as an orchestra suite (WoO 8) and then transcribed for piano (in catalogs as Hess 100).  Beethoven shows off his mastery of classical dance forms, foreshadowing ideas that later appeared in his symphonies. The German Dances were first performed in Vienna in 1795. Download...

Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa Choreographed by Peggy Lyman-Hayes and John Feierabend Introduce your students to the lively spirit of John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” with this exciting new Move It! This activity practices expressive movement and on-point beat-keeping, encouraging students to feel the energy of one of America’s most...

Appalachian Spring Mvt. 7 “Simple Gifts” (Preparing the land) Aaron CoplandChoreographed by Peggy Lyman-Hayes and John Feierabend Bring Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring to your First Steps in Music classroom. This activity focuses on expressive movement, helping students connect to the music’s emotional depth rather than just keeping the beat. Appalachian Spring, composed for Martha Graham’s 1944 ballet, tells...