The Singing Band

2019 The Singing Band Journal FAME Member Carol Swinchoski cswinchoski@wall.k12.nj.us Once again, in journal format, I offer a window into my Singing Band world, which is my Tuneful, Beatful, Artful approach to instrumental music infused with Conversational Solfege. I...

Teacher Trainer Corner: Ask Me Sheets – Owen Hughes

“Ask Me” Sheets for the First Steps in Music Classroom Created by FAME Board Member Owen Hughes I created these “Ask Me” sheets based on an original technique I learned in a graduate course with Lillie Feierabend at the Hartt School. You can learn more about how she...

Facebook Live: John Feierabend

In the first 40 minutes, Missy and John talk about solfège syllables: the fixed vs moveable do debate, how Zoltan Kodály decided which syllables to use with children based on Hungarian folksong, and how John’s own Kodály background and research led him to start...

Tea with Missy and John Feierabend

Tea with Missy – John Feierabend in Chicago, June 2017 This interview, which was recorded before the “Heimbach Hoedown” folkdance in Chicago, gives a fascinating glimpse into the very beginning of John’s music education journey. We owe a...