by Tom Hawley | Apr 25, 2019 | Teacher Spotlights
Name: John Crever School District: FAME Endorsed Teacher Trainer After over 20 years of teaching music in the classroom, I left because of significant challenges with my immune system, which kept me out of school more than I was in. This change has allowed me to focus...
by Tom Hawley | Apr 25, 2019 | FAME Podcast
FAME Endorsed Teacher Trainer Chris Anne Powers outlines how she and her district colleagues successfully combine rhythm and tonal units of Conversational Solfege starting in 2nd grade. … You must be logged in to view this page. Join now at...
by Tom Hawley | Apr 10, 2019 | FAME Podcast
Join Missy as she and Master Teacher Lillie Feierabend begin a series about moving the learning that takes place in the classroom out and into the homes and broader community of students. Lillie talks about her “Ask Me” sheets, which are a wonderful way to help...
by Tom Hawley | Mar 27, 2019 | FAME Podcast
John and Missy continue their energetic and engrossing discussion as they delve into the remaining “Feierabend Non-Negotiables.” John talks about rote learning as an important requirement for higher order thinking, as well as what he means when he says “any response...
by Tom Hawley | Mar 18, 2019 | Articles, FS-General
by Andrew Himelick – FAME Teacher Trainer: FSM & CS When I started my student teaching over 25 years ago, my supervising teacher, who was trained both in Kodály and Gordon methodologies, made it clear that her expectations were for me to use my falsetto...
by Tom Hawley | Mar 18, 2019 | Move It
There is no better way for a child to grow up loving classical music than to dance with their caregivers at a very young age. That’s why I have created a series of Move Its for the parent/child First Steps in Music class called Baby Move It. When...
by Tom Hawley | Mar 18, 2019 | Articles
BRIDGES TO THE COMMUNITY SERIES: ALL SCHOOL SING Lillie H. Feierabend, FAME Teacher Trainer Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime. This experience cannot be left to chance. It is the duty of the school to provide it. ...
by Tom Hawley | Mar 14, 2019 | FAME Podcast
While there is an inherent flexibility in Dr. Feierabend’s philosophy and programs, in this episode (Part 1 of 2) he describes what have come to be known as the “Feierabend Non-Negotiables” – those principles that, in his estimation, underpin...
by Tom Hawley | Feb 28, 2019 | FAME Podcast
FAME Teacher Trainers Emily Maurek, Andrew Himelick, and Rachel Grimsby talk with Missy about First Steps in Music, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum to help young students become Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. Hear about how each of these master teachers came to learn of...
