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MISSY STRONG
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE (IN PERSON)
“John Feierabend’s First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become “Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful” for life. This research-based, practitioner-proven curriculum helps guide students to sing, chant, dance, feel, express, and play their way to musical independence. The First Steps in Music curriculum contains everything needed to lead infant/toddler, preschool, or early elementary music classes. Participants will become well-versed in the 8-Part “”Workout”” lesson framework of First Steps in Music as they take a deep dive into Singing and Movement Development in the early years. Those successfully completing this course receive an official certificate of completion from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
Montclair State University Saturdays 1/15/22 through 2/12/22 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Contact: Dr. Marissa Silvermanm Phone: 973-655-7779 Email: silvermanm@mail.montclair.edu
JOHN CREVER
FIRST STEP IN MUSIC VIRTUAL LIVE CERTIFICATION COURSE JANUARY 24 = MARCH 2ND 2022
FAME VIRTURAL LIVE COURSE EVENT – MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS 4:00 TO 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three, but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion from the Feierabend Association for Music Education.
$400 John Crever 503-278-5959 info@music-ade.comhttps://www.feierabendmusic.org/events
BETSY GREENE
VIRTUAL FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC WITH ORFF SCHULWERK
“5 one-hour online class meetings through ZOOM on Tuesdays at 6-7PM ET – January 25; February 1; February 8; Feb 15; March 8
Begin by learning classroom-ready activities which follow the eight part workout from First Steps in Music and integrate the Orff approach while gaining a better understanding of how to integrate these two approaches. Next, learn how to lesson plan using First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk and to develop your own integrated activities to use in your teaching. Prior First Steps in Music and/or Orff Schulwerk experience is not required.
Required Text: First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk: Sing, Say, Dance, Play by Brandon, Greene, Grimsby, Knapp, Tranberg. GIA Publications: 2017 G-9355
Music-COMP/Castleton University Virtual NA $750 PD/$900 graduate
Matt LaRocca 802 373 0730 matt@music-comp.org
BETSY GREENE
VIRTURAL CONVERSATIONAL SOLFEGE WITH ORFF SCHULWERK
“5 one-hour online class meetings through ZOOM on Tuesdays at 7-8PM ET
January 25; February 1; February 8; Feb 15; March 8
Discover ways to thoughtfully develop the musicianship of your students with activities that use a high level of engagement with creativity and student input. A close look and experience with the Feierabend Approach (Conversational Solfege) and the Orff Approach or Orff Schulwerk will be the focus for study as well as how to integrate them meaningfully into your teaching. This course will help you to reflect on your own teaching in a way that will encourage you to prioritize best practices regardless of the method(s) you use. Prior experience with Conversational Solfege and/or Orff Schulwerk is/are not required.
Music-COMP/Castelton University Burlington, Vermont NA
Graduate Credit $900 PD Credit $750 Required Text: Conversational Solfege Level 1 Teacher’s Edition
Matt LaRocca 8023730730 matt@music-comp.org
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14p7pzG6TWutviotiYr0oCLZ80HmdaVEmHlnR5-9gxfQ/viewform?edit_requested=true
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful Singing in Upper Elementary
Feierabend will offer easy and fun strategies for students’ first experiences with part-singing. Activities will include adding bassline melodies to songs, games for working on intonation when singing in parts, and delightful rounds and canons organized by difficulty.
Texas Music Educators Association Convention – San Antonio, Texas
Saturday February 12th 9:30 – 10:30 am – GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC
JOHN CREVER
VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONAL SOLFEGE LEVEL 1 & 2 CERTIFICATION COURSE
“Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege™ addresses the National Standards, while enabling students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to become musically literate, including the acquisition of listening, rhythmic and melodic reading, dictation, composition, and improvisation in an intuitive manner. Applications of Conversational Solfege™ are ideally suited to: elementary general music curricula; choral organizations at all levels; Orff Schulwerk; Kodály; Dalcroze; Gordon Music Learning Theory; high school and college sight singing and ear training; class piano; Suzuki; as well as recorder, band, and orchestral instrumental instruction.
Contact John Crever Phone: 503-278-5959 Email: info@music-ade.com
https://www.feierabendmusic.org/events/ Cost $400.00
Mon/Weds 4-6 PM PST, Pacific Standard
March 7 and 9, March 14 and16, March 21, and 23, March 28 and 30, April 4th, April 6th, April 11 and 13th
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Certification Course / Kodály Methods II
Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege™ addresses the National Standards, while enabling students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to become musically literate, including the acquisition of listening, rhythmic and melodic reading, dictation, composition, and improvisation in an intuitive manner. Applications of Conversational Solfege™ are ideally suited to: elementary general music curricula; choral organizations at all levels; Orff Schulwerk; Kodály; Dalcroze; Gordon Music Learning Theory; high school and college sight singing and ear training; class piano; Suzuki; as well as recorder, band, and orchestral instrumental instruction.
The Feierabend Curriculum examines a pedagogical method that develops music literacy. Based on models used to teach conversational foreign languages, this course develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm and tonal syllables at a “conversational” level that gradually evolves into reading, writing, improvisation, and composition skills. This is a literature-driven curriculum. The sequencing of musical elements grows out of those tonal and rhythmic elements that exist in folk song literature. Each rhythm or tonal element is explored in patterns, songs, and themes from classical literature. Applications of conversational solfege range from elementary general and choral music courses to collegiate level choral, sight-singing, and ear-training courses.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
CONTACT: Rachel Ware Carlton PHONE: 920 565-1000 Ex 2153 EMAIL: CarltonRJ@lakeland.edu
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: http://lakeland.edu/kodaly
This class is labeled two ways: Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 (Lower Levels) Certification Course and MUS 542 Kodály Methods II
- Course Materials: Conversational Solfege Level 1 Teacher’s Edition (G 5380) and CD 526/ mp3 Conversational Solfege Level 2 Teacher’s Edition (G 5381) and CD 527/ mp3
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Certification Course / Kodaly Level 3 Course
Class Materials : Conversational Solfege Book 3 and CD or mp3 file
MUS 544 Kodály Methods III
MUS 503C Conversational Solfege Certification Course – Upper Level (Book 3 and CD/mp3)
- MUS 503 Conversational Solfege Upper Level Certification Course
Conversational Solfege Upper Levels further explores the development of music literacy through analyzing songs and creating a sequence of learning, based on song content and skill development. Strategies include listening, reading, writing, writing lesson plans, and establishing yearly goals and an introduction of how to teach harmonic function in major and minor tonalities as they apply to improvisation and composition. This course is applicable to upper elementary general music, as well as middle school and high school choral, and instrumental teachers.
While highly recommended, participants are not required to already have completed Conversational Solfege Levels I and II Certification. Participants will be required to purchase the newly revised (2018) Conversational Solfege Level 3 Teachers Edition and CD/mp3
CONTACT: Rachel Ware Carlton EMAIL: CarltonRJ@lakeland.edu PHONE: 920 565-1000 Ex 2153
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: http://lakeland.edu/kodaly
MUS 544 Kodály Methods III MUS 503C Conversational Solfege – Upper Level
MISSY STRONG
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE – JUNE 27 – JUNE 30, 2021
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for First Steps in Music from the Feierabend Association for Music Education
June 27, 28, 29, 30. Time 9:30am-4:30pm Face to Face
Colorado Mesa University, Moss Performing Arts Center, 1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122 Heidi Bryan (303) 551-2613. Heidi.Bryan@d51schools.org
JOHN FEIERABEND
First Steps in Music Certification Course
July 11 – July 14, 2022 Class will meet Monday through Thursday from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for First Steps in Music from the Feierabend Association for Music Education
Contact: Kristen.Harrington@gordon.edu Phone: 978 867 4429
Gordon College – Department of Music 255 Grapevine Road Wenham, MA 01984
BETSY GREENE
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE – JULY 11 – JULY 15, 2021
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum. Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion from the Feierabend Association for Music Education.
Music-COMP First Steps in Music Certification
Betsy Greene July 11-15, 2022 8 am – 4 pm , Monday – Friday
3 graduate credits or 45 hours Face to Face Music-COMP Summer PD
Champlain Elementary School, 80 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont 05408
Matt LaRocca 802 373 0730 matt@music-comp.org
https://music-comp.org/graduate-courses-and-workshops
MISSY STRONG
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE JULY 11 – JULY 14, 2021
“How can we ensure that our students enjoy and make music throughout their lives? Come learn about John Feierabend’s First Steps in Music, a powerful approach to early childhood music education. This research-based, practitioner-proven curriculum helps students sing, chant, dance, feel, express, and play their way to musical independence. Become well-versed in the 8-Part “”Workout”” of First Steps in Music as you take a deep dive into Singing and Movement Development in the early years and leave with ideas to use in your classroom right away. Successful completion of this course leads to certification in First Steps through the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
Toccoa Falls College 107 Kincaid Dr, Toccoa Falls, GA 30598
Yurii Henriques (706) 886-5342 yhenriques@tfc.edu
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 (Books 1 & 2) Certification Course / Kodaly Level 2 Certification Class
Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege™ addresses the National Standards, while enabling students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to become musically literate, including the acquisition of listening, rhythmic and melodic reading, dictation, composition, and improvisation in an intuitive manner. Applications of Conversational Solfege™ are ideally suited to: elementary general music curricula; choral organizations at all levels; Orff Schulwerk; Kodály; Dalcroze; Gordon Music Learning Theory; high school and college sight singing and ear training; class piano; Suzuki; as well as recorder, band, and orchestral instrumental instruction.
The Feierabend Curriculum examines a pedagogical method that develops music literacy. Based on models used to teach conversational foreign languages, this course develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm and tonal syllables at a “conversational” level that gradually evolves into reading, writing, improvisation, and composition skills. This is a literature-driven curriculum. The sequencing of musical elements grows out of those tonal and rhythmic elements that exist in folk song literature. Each rhythm or tonal element is explored in patterns, songs, and themes from classical literature. Applications of conversational solfege range from elementary general and choral music courses to collegiate level choral, sight-singing, and ear-training courses.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
Contact : Warren Haston Email: Haston@hartford.edu Phone: 860 768 5526
Registration Information: https://harttsummerterm.hartford.edu//hartt/summerterm/default.aspx
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Upper Levels Certification Courese/ Kodaly Level 3 Class
Conversational Solfege Upper Levels further explores the development of music literacy through analyzing songs and creating a sequence of learning, based on song content and skill development. Strategies include listening, reading, writing, writing lesson plans, and establishing yearly goals and an introduction of how to teach harmonic function in major and minor tonalities as they apply to improvisation and composition. This course is applicable to upper elementary general music, as well as middle school and high school choral, and instrumental teachers.
While highly recommended, participants are not required to already have completed Conversational Solfege Levels I and II Certification. Participants will be required to purchase the newly revised (2018) Conversational Solfege Level 3 Teachers Edition and CD/mp3
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for Conversational Solfege Upper Levels from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
Contact : Warren Haston Email: Haston@hartford.edu Phone: 860 768 5526
Registration Information: https://harttsummerterm.hartford.edu//hartt/summerterm
MISSY STRONG
CONVERSATIONAL SOLFEGE LEVEL 1 & 2 CERTIFICATION COURSE
Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege™ addresses the National Standards, while enabling students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to become musically literate, including the acquisition of listening, rhythmic and melodic reading, dictation, composition, and improvisation in an intuitive manner. Applications of Conversational Solfege™ are ideally suited to: elementary general music curricula; choral organizations at all levels; Orff Schulwerk; Kodály; Dalcroze; Gordon Music Learning Theory; high school and college sight singing and ear training; class piano; Suzuki; as well as recorder, band, and orchestral instrumental instruction.
The Feierabend Curriculum examines a pedagogical method that develops music literacy. Based on models used to teach conversational foreign languages, this course develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm and tonal syllables at a “conversational” level that gradually evolves into reading, writing, improvisation, and composition skills. This is a literature-driven curriculum. The sequencing of musical elements grows out of those tonal and rhythmic elements that exist in folk song literature. Each rhythm or tonal element is explored in patterns, songs, and themes from classical literature. Applications of conversational solfege range from elementary general and choral music courses to collegiate level choral, sight-singing, and ear-training courses.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 from the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME).
7/25/22 – 7/29/22 Face to Face Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085
Dr. Jenny Neff Cell: 484-680-4646 jeneff@uarts.edu
MISSY STRONG
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC CERTIFICATION COURSE
The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in by being Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers provides developmentally appropriate activities that are well suited for children under three years old with their caregivers. First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond provides activities for children as young as three but appropriate for any aged child that needs to further develop their tuneful, beatful, and artful abilities. Folk songs and rhymes as well as classical music are the primary source materials that are used to develop their musical minds and abilities. Created by Dr. John Feierabend, this pedagogical approach contains everything you need to lead a music class for preschool and early elementary students, including: Echo Songs, Call-and-Response Songs, Simple Songs, SongTales, Action Songs, Circle Games, Beat Motion Activities, and more. Ample time will be spent on exploring complete lesson plans for a three-year curriculum.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive an official certificate of completion for First Steps in Music from the Feierabend Association for Music Education
August 16, 17, 18, 19; 9:30am-4:30pm ET Face to Face Boston Public Schools
Anthony Beatrice PHONE 617 635 6769 EMAIL abeatrice2@bostonpublicschools.org