by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
by Peter Amidon Dear Singing Friends, I have joined the ranks what I am sure must be thousands of church choir directors creating virtual choir movies for weekly virtual church services. It is always surprising and moving to listen to the range of individual...
by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
by Leslie Weaver FAME teacher trainer Leslie Weaver demonstrates her technique to teach students whose turn it is to sing when learning a call and response song. Check out the video: … You must be logged in to view this page. Join now at...
by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | FS-General
It’s the year 2020. As a new mother, you sit in the rocking chair holding your crying infant wishing, hoping, praying, that he will fall asleep before you join in on the tears. You do all you can to rock your inconsolable baby to sleep, but nothing seems to comfort...
by feierabendmusic | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
Teaching on-Line Parent/Child First Steps in Music Classes by Connie Greenwood As I write this reflection, I am ending my “into the unknown” season of on-line First Steps in Music parent/child classes. Since the quarantine in March, I have taught 11 Facebook “live”...
by Tom Hawley | Jul 10, 2020 | FS-General
Created by FAME teacher trainer David Rankine of Kington, Ontario in Canada, The “Tuneful, Beatful, Artful Music Class” was an attempt to re-create and preserve the excitement and research-based learning embodied in First Steps in Music and Conversational...
by Tom Hawley | Apr 21, 2020 | FS-General
In this brief video you will find 4 different ways to use props in Pitch Exploration as modeled by FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson. In these examples Lindsay uses 2 kinds of puppets, a rainbow fan, and a whimsical children’s book to encourage students to...
