Atlantic City
NJ
USA
2017 NAfME Eastern Division Conference – Craig Knapp –
Music Literacy in the Elementary Chorus Classroom
Friday April 7th 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Room CC 415
The Workshop will guide participants trough a sequential series of activities, games, warm-ups, techniques, visuals and strategies which integrates Conversational Solfege into the rehearsal that produces a creative, successful and musically literate elementary choir.
Craig Knapp teaches Classroom Music and Chorus, grades 3 through 5, at the Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School in the Rocky Point School District, where he teaches his elementary music students through Conversational Solfege. Craig has studied closely with Dr. John Feierabend earning OAKE and FAME certification, and is now a FAME endorsed Teacher Trainer. With his innovative and energetic approach to music education, Craig Knapp directs the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York’s Children’s Treble Choirs (www.myo.org), where he has conducted at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. He has conducted several commissioned pieces by renowned composers including Nick Page and Jim Papoulis. Craig has presented elementary classroom music and choral workshops at various state, regional and national music education conferences and has been a guest conductor for many All-County and regional honor choirs throughout the Northeast.