Kodály Certification Program
Registration
Registration Deadline
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Course Fee
$795
Registration Link
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This course is also available for Additional Qualification and for graduate credit, with different fees.
Additional Qualifications (AQ) Registration
AQ Registration
Graduate Student Registration
Graduate students register via Student Center. For more information, contact the Graduate Program Assistant, Audrey Yardley-Jones, at ayardley@uwo.ca
Visitor Information
June 30–July 11, 2025
Schedule
June 30 | 8am–4:30pm
July 1 | No classes
July 2–4 | 8am–4:30pm
July 5–6 | No classes
July 7–10 | 8am–4:30pm
July 11 | 8am–2pm
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.
Participants must purchase a copy of Susan Brumfield’s 2014 Teaching Guide First, We Sing! Kodaly-Inspired Teaching for the Music Classroom in advance of the course. It is available on Amazon.ca (usually for about $25 to $30).
Kodály Certification Program postcard (PDF)
Course Description
Level I
Level I is appropriate for experienced teachers, emerging teachers and graduate students.
Level II
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.
- Strengthen understanding of a Kodály-based pedagogical sequence and its connections to the Ontario curriculum
- Explore activities that assist children’s growth in singing, playing, reading, writing, moving, listening and creating music
- Strengthen their personal musicianship, conducting and choral ensemble skills
- Immerse themselves in global folk music and music literature for use in classroom and community teaching
Also Available
- Primary Junior Vocal Music Part 1 Additional Qualification (AQ) available at the Faculty of Education, Western University. Candidates will complete Kodály Level I onsite and an additional two weeks online.
For further information contact Dr. Kim Eyre (Faculty of Education, Western University) at aeyre@uwo.ca.
Testimonials
"The Kodály certification course empowered me with knowledge and material that compels me to evaluate and reevaluate my teaching pedagogy on a daily basis. Taught by an outstanding faculty, the focus of this course is intergenerational and interdisciplinary in a welcoming and thoroughly encouraging environment." – Brent Fifield
"There is not a single day in the classroom that I don't find myself using the skills I have developed in the summer Kodály course at Western. My students find the singing games extremely engaging and I enjoy the structure of teaching a Kodaly lesson. Through the development of a song collection you will leave this course prepared with materials and teaching strategies to make music learning enjoyable for children." – Chantel Vallier
Scholarships Offered from the Kodály Society of Canada and the Kodály Society of Ontario
Current members of the Kodály Society of Ontario, which includes membership in the Kodály Society of Canada, are eligible to apply for KSC and KSO scholarships.
The deadline for scholarship applications is Friday, June 20, 2025. More information and application forms can be found on the Kodály Society of Canada website.
Faculty
Dr. Kim Eyre
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Diploma, Kodály Pedagogical Institute Hungary
M.Mus., Holy Names University
Kodály Certification, University of Calgary
B. Ed., Western University
B.Mus. Honours Music Education, Western University
Dr. Eila Peterson
Ph.D., Music Education, Northwestern University
M.Mus., Music Education, University of Calgary
B.Ed., Western University
B.Mus. Honours Music Education, Western University
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
MA Music Education with Choral concentration, University of St. Thomas
B.Ed., Brock University
BMus Music Education, Wilfrid Laurier University
Biographies
Kim Eyre is semi-retired but continues her passionate advocacy for music education. She was privileged to serve as a music educator in elementary schools in London, ON, the Faculty of Education, Western University, the Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University and currently teaches in the undergraduate music education program at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University. Kim is the coordinator for the Kodály Certification program at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Western University. Her degrees include Doctor of Philosophy (University of Toronto), Diploma (Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music, Kesckemét, Hungary), Master of Music (Holy Names University, Oakland, California), Kodály Certification, University of Calgary and Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Music (University of Western Ontario). Kim is the Past President of the Kodály Society of Ontario and the Kodály Society of Canada. She is a frequent presenter at local, provincial, national, and international music conferences. She has also instructed at summer courses at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Alberta. Kim’s primary research interests include identity formation and reformation of pre-service and in-service elementary specialist and generalist music teachers and a reimagining of Kodály music education in Canada.
Eila Peterson has studied Kodály methodology with Ilona Bartalus, Miklós Takács, László Vikár, Lois Choksy, Erzsébet Szönyi, and Katalin Forrai and she has taught Musicianship for summer Kodály programs at the universities of Calgary and Victoria. Dr. Peterson currently teaches Music Theory and Aural Skills courses at The King’s University in Edmonton. She holds B.Mus. and B.Ed. degrees (Western University), M.Mus. (University of Calgary), and a Ph.D. in Music Education (Northwestern University).
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh is delighted to be a part of the choral and music education communities locally, provincially, and nationally. She is currently the conductor of the Inter-Mennonite Children’s Choir, a community children’s choir in Waterloo Region, which she has conducted for the past 24 years. For the past 8 years she has also conducted the Laurier Concert Choir, a large SATB ensemble in the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music. In the classroom, Carolyn has also been a sessional instructor at WLU teaching courses in elementary music education and choral techniques. Additionally, Carolyn is an elementary school teacher for the Waterloo Region District School Board and is currently teaching music at Keatsway Public School. In 2022 she received an Honourary Membership from the Kodály Society of Ontario for her contributions to music education in Ontario. Carolyn’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Music Education from Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), a Bachelor of Education from Brock University and a Master of Arts in Music Education (Choral Concentration) from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
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