by Emily Maurek | Oct 21, 2024
Friday October 24, 2024 8:30–9:45 a.m. | Allard Hall | Room 11-463 Teaching the “Tuneful, Beatful, Artful Part” of Singing to Music in Elementary Grades 4:45-6:00 p.m. | Allard Hall | Room 11-463 Teaching the “Tuneful, Beatful, Artful Part” of...
by John Crever | Oct 13, 2024
Description Transitioning from unison to part singing can be challenging for upper elementary and middle school students. Proven strategies for developing part-singing by ear and eye are critical for the preparation of choral singing in the later grades. But where to...
by John Crever | Oct 13, 2024
Improvisation plays a crucial role in music development, but when to begin, and how? With appropriate prompts, engaging methods, and active participation, even young children can successfully improvise. “The Nutcracker ” (Movement Exploration) and...
by John Crever | Oct 13, 2024
Description “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.” Zoltán Kodály: Children’s Choruses, 1929
by Emily Maurek | Oct 13, 2024
Description: Multiple Intelligence in the Music Classroom: Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence suggests that individuals do not have just one intelligence but, rather, possess a portfolio of intelligences, Music being one of them. What is becoming...
