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Below are FAME events planned for the coming year. You may select specific categories to see the different types of courses offered.
FAME Calendar
Mar
9
Sat
Mar 9 – Mar 30 all-day
MISSY STRONG
First Steps in Music Certification Course (THREE WEEKENDS)
March 9th 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Saturday)
March 10th 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Sunday)
March 16th 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Saturday)
March 30th 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Saturday)
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
Contact: Dr. Lisa DeLorenzo Email: elorenzol@mail.montclair.edu
Montclair State University
John J. Cali School of Music – Chaplin Hall
College Ave – Montcliar, NJ 07043
Jun
3
Mon
JOHN FEIERABEND
2019 First Steps in Music Certificate 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
Contact: Susan Ramsey
Email: susanramsay@bellsouth.net
Phone: 615 957 1287
Jun
17
Mon
Jun 17 – Jun 21 all-day
JOHN FEIERABEND
June 17 – 21, 2019
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
2019 First Steps in Music Certificate 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
Contact: Joani Brandon Email: jbrandon@anderson.edu
Anderson University School of Music – 1100 E 5th St, Anderson, IN 46012
Jun
24
Mon
Jun 24 – Jun 28 all-day
JOHN FEIERABEND
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
Contact: Patrick O. Benson – Director of Continuing and Online Education
VanderCook College of Music
3140 S. Federal St.
Chicago, IL 60616
Email: pbenson@vandercook.edu
First Steps in Music Certificate Course: Click the Link below to register: Coming Soon
Jun
29
Sat
Jun 29 – Jul 2 all-day
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 from the Feierabend Association for Music Education
June 29, June 30th, July 1st, July 2nd
Colorado Mesa University The Moss Performing Arts Center
1221 N. 12th Street – Grand Junction CO
Contact: Nicholas Kent Email: nicholas.kent@hotmail.com
Jul
1
Mon
Jul 1 – Jul 12 all-day
JOHN FEIERABEND
Silver Lake College John Feierabend First Steps in Music FAME Certification TWO WEEK Class.
Silver Lake College Summer Classes
First Steps in Music Certificate Class Kodály Certification – Levels I
Silver Lake College Summer Classes
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Certificate Class /Kodály Certification – Levels I I
Silver Lake College Summer Classes
Conversational Solfege Upper Level Certificate Class / Kodály Certification – Levels III
Course Schedule – Summer 2019: July 1 – July 12th
All courses take place M-F July 1 – July 12 unless otherwise indicated
8:00-10:00
MUS 544 Kodály Methods III [2]
MUS 522 Solfege II [2]
MUS 501 Folk Song History and Research I [2]
Workshop: Conversational Solfege – Upper Levels [no graduate credit]
10:15-12:15
MUS 543 Kodály Methods II [2]
MUS 521 Solfege I [2]
MUS 644 Choral Literature & Advanced Conducting [2]
Workshop: Conversational Solfege – Lower Levels [no graduate credit]
1:15-2:15
MUS 560 Choral Ensemble [.5]
2:30-4:30
MUS 542 Kodály Methods I [2]
MUS 531 Solfege III [2]
MUS 502 Folk Song History and Research II [2]
Workshop: First Steps in Music [no graduate credit]
Contact: Rachel Ware Carlton Email: Rachel.WareCarlton@sl.edu Phone: 920 686-6272
Silver Lake College 2406 S. Alverno Rd. Manitowoc, WI 54220
Jul
15
Mon
Jul 15 – Jul 19 all-day
BETSY GREENE
he 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
First Steps in Music Certificate Class July 15 – July 19, 2018
8:00 – 4:00 PM Daily
Champlain Elementary School 800 Pine St, Burlington, VT 05401
Questions about registration? Contact Matt LaRocca at Matt@music-comp.org
Jul
22
Mon
Jul 22 – Aug 2 all-day
The Hartt School of the University of Hartford Summer Term Classes
First Steps in Music® Connie Greenwood
Fame First Steps in Music Certificate Course – Connie Greenwood
During this course, participants will be introduced to current research findings and the implications of that research on the development of an early childhood music and movement curriculum. Materials and activities will be presented for children from birth to age seven. Collecting materials, designing teaching strategies, lesson plans, and yearly curriculum, as well as developing and promoting an early childhood program, will be covered. Active participation in both music and movement activities will be the basis for most instruction. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level I and meets at the same time and place.
Conversational SolfegeTM —Beginning Music Literacy – John Feierabend
FAME Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Certificate Course
Conversational Solfege is a pedagogical method that develops musical literacy. Based on models used to teach conversational foreign languages, Conversational Solfege develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm syllables and solfege syllables at a conversational level, then gradually evolves into traditional notation. Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege enables students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to be musically literate. Through various techniques, Conversational Solfege allows the acquisition of musical reading and writing, dictation, improvisation, and composition in an intuitive manner. This course is applicable to general music, choral, and instrumental teachers. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level II and meets at the same time and place. Methodology Level II and meets at the same time and place.
Conversational SolfegeTM—Advanced Music Literacy – John Feierabend
FAME Conversational Solfege Upper Level Certificate Course
This course further explores the development of music literacy through analyzing songs and creating a sequence of learning based on song content and skill development. Strategies, including listening, reading, writing, writing lesson plans, as well as establishing yearly goals, and an introduction of how to teach harmonic function in major and minor tonalities as they apply to improvisation and composition will be covered. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level III and meets at the same time and place.
First Steps in Music Certificate Class
Kodály Certification – Levels I
Conversational Solfege Level1 & 2 Certificate Class
Kodály Certification Levels I I
Conversational Solfege Upper Level Certificate Class
Kodály Certification – Levels III
Contact Warren Haston Email: haston@hartford.edu Phone: 860 768 5526
University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 06117
http://www.harttweb.hartford.edu/SummerTerm/home.aspx
Jul 22 – Aug 2 all-day
First Steps in Music®
During this course, participants will be introduced to current research findings and the implications of that research on the development of an early childhood music and movement curriculum. Materials and activities will be presented for children from birth to age seven. Collecting materials, designing teaching strategies, lesson plans, and yearly curriculum, as well as developing and promoting an early childhood program, will be covered. Active participationin both music and movement activities will be the basis for most instruction. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level I.
Conversational SolfegeTM —Beginning Music Literacy
Conversational Solfege is a pedagogical method that develops musical literacy. Based on models used to teach conversational foreign languages, Conversational Solfege develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm syllables and solfege syllables at a conversational level, then gradually evolves into traditional notation. Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege enables students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to be musically literate. Through various techniques, Conversational Solfege allows the acquisition of musical reading and writing, dictation, improvisation, and composition in an intuitive manner. This course is applicable to general music, choral, and instrumental teachers. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level II and meets at the same time and place. Methodology Level II and meets at the same time and place.
Conversational SolfegeTM—Advanced Music Literacy
This course further explores the development of music literacy through analyzing songs and creating a sequence of learning based on song content and skill development. Strategies, including listening, reading, writing, writing lesson plans, as well as establishing yearly goals, and an introduction of how to teach harmonic function in major and minor tonalities as they apply to improvisation and composition will be covered. PLEASE NOTE: This course is cross-listed with Kodály Methodology Level III and meets at the same time and place.
HARTT KODÁLY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
An OAKE-Endorsed Program John M. Feierabend, Director
Jeff Rhone, Ed Bolkovac, Gabor Viragh
Kodály pedagogy at Hartt is built upon and derived from the most recent
music education and child development research. A new curriculum reflects characteristics of American folk music literature. Hartt’s Kodály program is committed to the finest-quality children’s music literature and masterwork literature. Students transferring from other Kodály programs should receive prior approval from the program’s director, John Feierabend. See Hartt Summerterm website for full descriptions of Kodály courses: hartford.edu/hartt/summerterm.
Access this link for more details about the Kodály Program at Hartt:
harttweb.hartford.edu/SummerTerm/home.aspx
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