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Volume XXXVII Issue 1
Spring 2015
Arizona Kodály Teachers Society Welcomes:
Dr.ChristopherRoberts
AKTS
An affiliate chapter of the Organization of American Kodály Educators
Www.ArizonaKodaly.org
Arizona Kodály Teachers Society
“WorldMusicinthe
Kodály-InspiredClassroom”
Asourcountrygrowsincreasinglydiverseandthe
internetmakesfolkmusicfromaroundtheworldeasily
accessible,manymusiceducatorsarelookingforways
toincorporateworldmusicintothecurriculum.Inthis
workshop,participantswillexploreissuesrelatedto
twotypesofmulticulturallearningexperiences:
ListeningLessons:Whenteachingmusicthatis
unfamiliar,recordingscanbeaneffectivewayto
experiencethemusicasitsoundsinthehomeculture.
SingingGames:Childrenthroughouttheworld
engageinmusicalplaythroughsinginggames,andthey
areastapleinmanyKodá ly-inspiredclassrooms.
Saturday, March 7, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(8:30 a.m. registration)
OAKE members $25, Non-members $30,
Full-time students with ID Free.
Gammage Auditorium, ASU Main Campus
Earn Four Professional Development Hours.
For more info, contact Beth Nichol.
Inside this issue:
AKTS Board Members
UpcomingWorkshopInformation 1
President’sMessage
Fall2015WorkshopInformation
Kodá lyinYourClassroom
2
3
4-6
SummerLevels,ScholarshipInfo.
7
AKTSBoard,FallWorkshop2014 8-9
AKTSSpecials,DoorPrize,Raf6le
10
ListeningtoChildren
11
EarlyRegistration&ASU
12
President: Beth Nichol: [email protected]
Past President: Lisa Harney: [email protected]
President Elect: Joshua Block: [email protected]
Secretary: Mandy Cooke: [email protected]
Treasurer: Jana Gorodishter: [email protected]
Member-at-Large: Megan Rodriguez:
[email protected]
Member-at-Large: Ying-Shu Liu: [email protected]
Extreme Helper: Corrie Box: [email protected]
President’s Message: Beth Nichol
DearFriends,
Ihopethatyourspringsemesterhasstartedoffwonderfully.Westarted
thisschoolyearoffrightwithDr.JillTrinkapresenting"GreatRepertoire
ForGradesK-5&HowToUseItForTeachingMusicLiteracySkills"toour
chapteronSaturday,October25,2014.PleasereadMeganRodriguez’s
recapoftheworkshoplateroninthenewsletter.
Spring Workshop
WewillcontinueourworkshopsthisspringwithChristopherRoberts
presenting“WorldMusicintheKodá ly-InspiredClassroom”Saturday,
March7,2015from9:00AMto1:00PMat301GammageAuditoriumon
theArizonaStateUniversitycampus.Forfurtherprofessional
developmentopportunitiesandevents,pleaseseeourcalendarofevents.
Quilt Raf'le
NancyWeeks,formerAKTSboardmember,hasgenerouslydonatedahandmadewallhanging.AKTSwill
beraf6lingthisoffatourMarch7workshop.Raf6leticketswillbesoldfor$2eachorthreeticketsfor$5.
Proceedsfromthisraf6lewilldirectlybene6ittheactivitiesoftheAKTSchapter.
ASU Summer Levels Courses
ArizonaStateUniversitywillagainbeofferingKodá lylevelscoursesduringthe6irsttwoweeksofJune.
Pleaseseepage7forcourseinformationanddetails.Inaddition,AKTSwillbeofferingscholarshipsto
helpdefraythecostsoflevelscourses.Keepreadingformoreinformation!
OnbehalfoftheArizonaKodá lyTeachersSocietyboard,welookforwardtoseeingyouatourMarch
workshop!
Sincerely,
BethNichol,AKTSPresident2014-2016
Dr. Christopher Roberts teachesK-5musicinSeattleandisanAf iliateAssistantProfessorattheUniversityofWashington.
AnactiveworkshoppresenterthroughouttheUnitedStatesandCanada,hisresearchandclinicalinterestsincludeworldmusic
pedagogyandtheroleofstudentinterestintheelementarymusicclass.RobertscurrentlyservesastheWesternDivision
PresidentoftheOrganizationofAmericanKodályEducators,anddirectstheKodályLevelsProgramofSeattle.
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AKTS NEWSLETTER
Fall2015AKTSWorkshop:Saturday,September19,2015atGammage
DeniseGagne
DollarStoreDiva:Handsonlearningengages,inspiresandmotivates
childrenaswellasprovidingassessmentopportunitiesforteachers.Inthissession,
Denisewillshareherfavorite“toys”forteachingmusic,andmini-lessonsusingthe
toys.Comeandbeplayfulwithpuppets,rhythmbags,6lashcards,handstaff,6loor
staff,melodybags,pointingpages,cookiesheets,skippingropes,chopsticks,paper
plates,bugs,andmore.DigitalresourcesandAPPsasteachervisualsinconjunction
withstudentmanipulativeswillalsobeshared.Musicliteracyisfun!
CentersintheMusicRoom:Inthissession,participantswilltry
activitiesthatworkwellascentersinthemusicroom.Activitiestoteachrhythm,
dynamics,tempo,notenames,recorder,composingandlisteningwillbeincludedin
thissession.You’llseehowchildrencanbeengagedanddirectingtheirownlearning.
Suggestionsforassessmentwillbeincludedinthissession.
FavoriteStorybooksintheMusicClassroom:
Musiccanbeusedtoenhanceandaccompanychildren’sstories.You’llhavealotof
fundramatizingthestoriesandcreatingaccompanimentsforchildren’sclassics.
Denise Gagne is a music specialist with 35 years of experience teaching band, choir and classroom music from pre-school to College levels. Her
choirs and bands won many awards at Music Festivals and performed for local and national sporting events, on national radio and even for the
Queen. Denise has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan, a Diploma
in Music from the University of Auckland (pending), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Kodály Level 3) from the University of Calgary
with Lois Choksy. She has completed Orff Level 3 and additional Orff training with Cindy Hall, Jay Broeker, Jos Wuytack and Donna Otto.
Denise has served on the boards of the Saskatchwan Music Educators Association, the Saskatchewan Band Association, and served for eight
years on the board of the Kodály Society of Canada. Denise is currently managing editor of Themes & Variations, preschool music teacher and
frequent visitor to Red Deer elementary school music classrooms.
Denise is the author or editor of more than 80 publications for K- 6 music teachers. She has been a workshop presenter in every Canadian
province and territory and more than 40 states. She presents regularly for Orff and Kodaly workshops, preschool and kindergarten conferences
in Canada, the USA, Europe and Australia! Her workshops are fun, practical, and activity based!
AreyouanactiveAKTSMember?
WhenyoujoinOAKE,TheOrganizationof
AmericanKodá lyEducators,pleaselistAKTSas
youraf6iliatechapter.OurChapterandDivision
receiveabonusfromOAKEtohelpbringamazing
clinicianstoArizona!YoumaycontactOAKEat
(310)[email protected].
Thanks!
VisittheNationalConferencewebsite:
http://www.oake.org/conferences
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Kodály in Your Classroom by Dr. Shelly Cooper
“AThematicUnit”
Thematic units can be a useful tool for adding interest to the music curriculum, and provide opportunities for cross-curricular connections within your school setting. Upon determining the grade level for
which the unit will be implemented, the following questions can serve as a guide to creating your thematic unit:
1. What type of a theme will interest the students?
2. What is the best placement for the theme in order to match the curriculum sequence?
(fall, spring, January, etc.)
3. What type of a theme will support learning in other academic areas?
Upon determining your theme and examining your curricula for the best month to implement, you are
now ready to begin organizing song material and listening examples. Make a list of the songs and activities you will use and indicate how they will be utilized for each music element within your curriculum
(e.g., prepare, present, practice, assess).
The materials listed below can be used for a Transportation Theme. The suggested grade level is 4th
Grade. Figure 1 provides a list of music elements commonly associated with a Grade 4 curriculum. Other academic areas of study include geography, visual arts, language arts (poetry and vocabulary), science, and math. A culminating activity or program at the end of the thematic unit allows students share
their accomplishments with other grade levels within the school and parents. Program ideas for this
theme could include assigning each class a category (ship, train, etc.) of transportation. Students can
“perform” the evolution of transportation systems through singing, movement, and instruments. Individual students reading poetry, presenting research information, or discussing artwork can serve as
transitions between each transportation system. Involve the art specialist and classroom teachers and
encourage them to have the children draw pictures of the modes of transportation to display throughout
the room.
Artists’DepictionsofTransportation
Claude Monet: The Saint-Lazare Railroad Station
Scenes by Currier and Ives:
•
The Clipper Yacht “America”
•
Clipper Ship “Nightingale”
•
The Wreck of the Steam Ship “San Francisco”
•
Summer Scenes in New York Harbor
•
The “Lightning Express” Trains
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Figure1:MusicElementsCommonlyAssociatedwithGrade4Curriculum
Suggested Listening Selections
SleighRide–LeopoldMozart
LittleTrainofCaipira–Villa-Lobos
Paci6ic231–Honeger
GrandCanyonSuite–“OnTheTrail”–FerdeGrofé ChattanoogaChooChoo
OrangeBlossomSpecial
TheManhattanTransferSwing–“ChooChooCh’Boogie”
The“A”Train
GlennMillerGreatestHits–ChattanoogaChoo-Choo
DownintheValley–OldBrassWagon(NewEnglandDancingMasters)
FourWhiteHorses
BeachBoysGreatestHits–SloopJohnB
MichaelDaugherty–Route66
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Kodály in Your Classroom continued
Figure2:HorseMuleBuggyChart
Figure3:BoatsShipsChart
Figure4:TrainsChart
Remembertovisitwww.arizonakodaly.orgtodownloadsupportingPDFmaterialsthatmatch
previousKodályinYourClassroomarticles.Lookonthe“Newsletters”page.Thankyou!
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AKTS NEWSLETTER
ASU Summer Levels Courses and Scholarship Information
ASUSummerLevelsCourses2015
ASUwillbeofferingKodá lyandOrffcoursesthissummer!Kodá lyLevelsI,II,andIIIwillbeoffered,as
wellasaKodá lyreviewcourseforthosewhowanttobrushuponyourskills!Inaddition,anAdvanced
StudiesKodá lycoursewillbeofferedforthosepeoplewhohavetakenLevelIII.TheKodá lyLevels
Courseswilltakeplaceduringthe6irsttwoweeksofJune.Formoreinformation,pleasevisit
http://music.asu.edu/musiceducation/students/summer/kodaly_orff.php.
2015SummerLevelsCourseSchedule:
Kodá lyI,II&III,Kodá lyAdvancedStudies,andKodá lyReview:June1–12,2015
OrffI&II,andOrffReview:June15–26,2015
OrffMasterClass,June15–19,2015
2015SummerLevelsScholarshipInformation
ThepurposeoftheAKTS2015SummerLevelsScholarshipistoprovidepartialfundingtosummerlevels
coursestudentstowardsstudyintheKodá lyCerti6icationCoursesatArizonaStateUniversity,Tempe,AZ.
Forsummer2015,AKTSwillbeprovidingtwo$100Scholarships.PleasecheckbackafterMarchforthe
ScholarshipApplicationontheAKTSwebsiteatwww.arizonakodaly.organdreturntheapplicationtoBeth
Nichol.
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Your AKTS Board
Wall Hanging Raf'le
Thisbeautifulwallhanging,designedandassembledbyNancyWeeks,willbeavailableforraf6leonSaturday,
March7,2015,attheconclusionofourworkshop.Ticketsforthisraf6leare$2eachor3for$5.Pleasebringcash
orchecktoparticipateintheraf6le.
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AKTS NEWSLETTER
Fall Workshop 2014: Dr. Jill Trinka
MeganRodriguez
OnOctober25,2014Dr.JillTrinkapresentedaworkshopentitled“GreatRepertoireforGradesK-5andHowtoUseItto
TeachMusicLiteracySkills.”Shebeganwithanoverviewofher
teachingsequencetoexplaintheprocessofherteaching,then
shegotrighttotherepertoire.Overthecourseofourfourhour
workshop,shedemonstratedabouttwenty6ivesongs,games,
andplayparties.Shebeganwithsongsfortheyoungeststudents,using“HereComestheBluebird,”“TeddyBear,”and
“Who’sThat?”Shestressedtheimportanceofworkingoninner
hearingasanecessaryskilltohavebeforestudentscanwrite
anddictatesuccessfully.Shealsogavesomegreatwaystorepeatthesamerepertoireindifferentways,suchashavingstudentsthinkofdifferentpeoplewhomightbeknockingonthe
doorin“Who’sThat?”
Otherworkshophighlightsincludedtheplaypartiesfor“GreatBig
House”and“I’veBeentoHarlem,”anintricateclappingpatternto“Hambone,”
andsomefunsongswithtextimprovisationincluding“Scrapin’UpSand,”“The
OldSow,”and“HereSitsaMonkey.”Asacollectorandtranscriberoffolksongs,
Dr.Trinkaalsomadeapointofshowingushowto6indtheskeletonofeachsong.Sheperformedandgaveusthe
notationfortheauthenticversionsofthesongsassheheardthem,butthenpointedouthowwecouldpickout
themainessenceofthesongstousewithchildrenforreadingandwritingexercises.AKTSwasverypleasedto
haveDr.TrinkapresentforourchapterandwethankherforvisitingPhoenix!
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Be in the Know about AKTS Specials
WallHangingRaf'le
Thisbeautifulwallhanging,designedandassembledby
NancyWeeks,willbeavailableforraf6leonSaturday,
March7,2015,attheconclusionofourworkshop.Tickets
forthisraf6leare$2eachor3for$5.Pleasebringcashor
checktoparticipateintheraf6le.
OAKEMemberBene'its
Weoftenhear,“whyshouldwejoinOAKE?”whenweare
doingregistrationsattheAKTSworkshops.Well,thereareseveralreasons.First,youreceivediscounted
admissiontoprofessionaldevelopmentworkshopssponsoredbyOAKEhereinArizonaandthroughoutthe
nation.Thesediscountsreallyaddup.YoualsoreceiveacopyoftheKodályEnvoy,ournationalpublication.
Thisresourceisavaluablesourceofinformation6illedwithlessonideas,literaturereviews,andchoral
programmingideastonameafew.Therearealsoscholarshipopportunities,discountedpricesonpublications
byOAKE,andonlineaccesstolessonplanswrittenbymasterteachers.
Full-timestudentscanaccessallofthisforjust$20.Full-timestudentscanalsobemembersforFREEiftheydo
notwishtoreceivethesubscriptiontotheKodályEnvoy.WhenjoiningOAKEpleaselistAKTSasyourchapter.
Wereceivegrantsbasedonourmembershipnumbersanditishelpfultohaveasmanymembersaspossible.
DonationSales
TheArizonaKodá lyTeachersSocietywouldliketothankAngelaJacobsforhergenerousdonationofKodá ly
materialstotheAKTSchapter.Wearesellingthesematerialstoraisemoneyspeci6icallyforScholarshipsfor
peopletakingsummerlevelscoursesatArizonaStateUniversity.Wewillhavetheseitemsforsaleatour
workshops.Wewillacceptcashorcheckforthesesales.Thereissomethingforeveryone,sopleasecomecheck
itout!
AKTSDoorPrize—SlideWhistle
AKTSwillberaf6lingoffaDoorPrizeatourFallWorkshop!Eachworkshop
attendeewillautomaticallybeenteredtowintheslidewhistle.
Raf'leandSpecialSales
Atallofourworkshops,AKTShasspecialsalesandaraf6leforfantastic
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Pleasebringcashorcheckfortheseitems.
CalendarofEvents
March7,2015:AKTSWorkshop—Dr.ChristopherRobertsinTempe,AZ
March19-22,2015:OAKENationalConference,Minneapolis,MN
June1-12,2015:ASUKodá lyLevelsCourses,ASUMainCampus
September19,2015:AKTSWorkshop—DeniseGagneinTempe,AZ
March5,2016:AKTSWorkshop—AileenMiracleinTucson,AZ
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Listening to Children for Concert Programming
CorrieBox
As you plan for the spring, consider performance options that feature student creativity and music performance.
I have de6initely used music with pre-recorded accompaniments in the past and may in the future. However, my
students this fall showed me the simplicity, beauty and pride in creating our own music for our holiday concert.
Part of this development was purely by accident. I took a position at a school with limited resources and random
instruments that hadn’t been used in ages. At the beginning of the year, I might as well have been speaking
Greek when I asked students to “step to the beat.” Also, due to some parent concerns, none of our songs for our
Holiday concert could mention aspects of any particular holiday.
As I started to work with students, I tried doing similar things with classes in a similar
grade level with disastrous results. How was I going to retain the interest of all children,
challenging young musicians at various levels? Also, how was I going to create a program
that 6it the theme of a “Holiday Concert” but did not mention a holiday? I decided to allow
my young musicians to create our music to share to allow for differing skill levels and
provide a rationale for any “holiday” references. Below are a few ideas that I realized
were critical to a quality music performance.
1. Give young musicians a song or rhyme or problem to focus initial efforts.
2. Let go of the need for recorded music. There is something beautiful, elegant, and innocent about the pure
voices of children and their instruments. Could I have used recorded music? Perhaps in another setting.
However, my musicians had not had a chance to play instruments with their previous teacher and the
children needed to play instruments.
3. Provide opportunities for young musicians to create. Creative activities can have more structure or less
structure depending on the situation, time, student proclivities, etc. I provided an initial prompt, allowed for
creative ideas, and organized the 6inal format as this was our 6irst performance.
4. Don’t sell young musicians short! Kids can do more than we think. One class of 1st-3rd grade musicians
performed 6ive ostinatos at the same time. I had previously only assumed that musicians in 3rd grade could
perform a maximum of 4 parts at once. Perhaps I just need to stay out of their way!
5. Listen to children: What are they saying out loud? What are they saying
with their behavior? What makes each class thrive? While it IS a little more
work to create slightly different approaches for various classes, when you
see children thriving, all efforts are worth it!
Especially in a music class, children cannot be taught like they are on an
assembly line. In our desire to re6ine our process and our own teaching, let’s
remember that the most import in6luence on our teaching is not our approach.
Our process needs to be guided by our young musicians entrusted to us that
look at us with eyes of wonder at the magic of music making!
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