Summer Course Information
Summer 2024 Graduate Courses
Music Education
July 2-12, 2024
9784: Kodály Level I
Instructors: Kim Eyre - Instructor (Pedagogy and Music Materials); Eila Peterson - Instructor (Musicianship); Tracy Wong - Instructor (Conducting & Ensemble)
Time: Mondays-Fridays 8:00 am-4:00 pm
In this two-week intensive program, participants will strengthen their personal musicianship and pedagogical skills, with content grounded in a contemporary understanding of the philosophy inspired by Zoltán Kodály. Participants will engage in supportive musically educative opportunities through singing, reading, writing, moving and creating to build personal skills and knowledge to assist in classroom music teaching and learning. Level I is appropriate for experienced teachers, emerging teachers and graduate students. Level II builds on the learning in Level I and is open to those who have successfully completed a KSC or OAKE certified Kodály Level I course. (The Kodály Society of Canada will certify candidates who successfully complete Level III, which will not be offered until summer 2024).
July 15-26, 2024
9582: Special Topics in Music Education: Hand Drumming and Percussion Ensemble in the Classroom
Instructor: Rob Larose
Time: Mondays-Fridays 9:30 am-12:30pm
This course will focus on performance practices and pedagogical strategies for Hand Drumming based upon rhythms and techniques from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and the Middle East. The cultural relevance of the music within each geographical area will also be addressed. In addition, students will participate in Percussion Ensemble performances involving mallet keyboards, drums, and hand percussion. Proper techniques for playing and teaching these instruments will be demonstrated using percussion ensemble repertoire appropriate for teaching students in grades 7 through 12.
