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DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC VIRTUAL 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.
First Steps in Music June 7- 10, 2021 Vandercook College of Music
Contact: Patrick O. Benson Phone: 312 788-1139 Email: pbenson@vandercook.edu
Registration: First Steps (VanderCook Link) https://www.vandercook.edu/
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 and 2 Certification Course (Book 1 & 2) – Anderson University Indiana
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).
JUNE 14 – 18, 2021
Contact: Joani Brandon Phone: 800 428 6414 Email: jlbrandon@anderson.edu
Brochure and Registration: https://anderson.edu/academics/summer-studies-music-education/
Anderson University School of Music 1100 E. Fifth Street Anderson, IN 46012
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Certification Course
Course Materials: Conversational Solfege Level 1 and 2 Teacher’s Edition with CD 526/527 or mp3 files
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).
June 21 – 24 Conversational Solfege Certification Course Level 1 & 2 ( Books 1 & 2)
Contact: Sarah Van Waardhuizen: Phone 641 628 5295 Email: vanwaardhuizens@central.edu
Central College 812 University Street Campus Box 6100 Pella, Iowa 50219
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Virtual 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 Upper Level Virtual 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 will be offered as an ONLINE COURSE. All classes will be held in real time live stream. Lakeland University in Wisconsin is in the Central Standard Time Zone.
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
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 (Books 1 & 2) Certification Course (Possibly Virtual)
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: Kristen Harrington Email: Kristen.Harrington@gordon.edu 978 867 4429
Registration Link: http://www.gordon.edu/workships
Gordon College – Department of Music – 255 Grapevine Road – Wenham, MA 01984
DR. JOHN FEIERABEND
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 (Books 1 & 2) Virtual Certification Course / Kodaly Level 2Certification Class
hrough 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 Virtual 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
DR. JOHN FEIERABENDConversational Solfege Level 1 and 2 Certification Course (Book 1 & 2) – Vandercook College of Music, Chicago, Il
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).
Conversational Solfege Level 1 & 2 Virtual Certification Course August 2 – 5, 2021 Vandercook College of Music
Contact: Patrick O. Benson Phone: 312 788-1139 Email: pbenson@vandercook.edu
Registration: Conversational Solfege (VanderCook Link) https://www.vandercook.edu/