Workshop Fees For Online Workshops:
OAKE members pay a $15 fee.
Non-OAKE members pay a $25 fee.
OAKE members in their first 2 years of teaching after completing a teaching degree pay a $10 fee, with documentation.
(Email chicagokodaly@gmail.com for information.)
▶▶▶Please note that online payment processing fees will be added, making the final registration fees $15.74 (OAKE member) and $26.03 (non-member) and $10.59 (OAKE member with new teacher discount).
Workshop Fees For In-Person Workshops:
OAKE members pay a $30 fee.
Non-OAKE members pay a $50 fee.
OAKE members in their first 2 years of teaching after completing a teaching degree pay a $15 fee, with documentation.
(Email chicagokodaly@gmail.com for information.)
Full time undergraduate students can become OAKE members and affiliate with the CAKE chapter to attend our workshops for FREE!
Click HERE to become an OAKE member to receive discounted workshops and registration to conventions, journals and newsletters, and access to scholarships.
Online workshops will be held at the times posted in the descriptions below.
OAKE members pay a $15 fee.
Non-OAKE members pay a $25 fee.
OAKE members in their first 2 years of teaching after completing a teaching degree pay a $10 fee, with documentation.
(Email chicagokodaly@gmail.com for information.)
▶▶▶Please note that online payment processing fees will be added, making the final registration fees $15.74 (OAKE member) and $26.03 (non-member) and $10.59 (OAKE member with new teacher discount).
Workshop Fees For In-Person Workshops:
OAKE members pay a $30 fee.
Non-OAKE members pay a $50 fee.
OAKE members in their first 2 years of teaching after completing a teaching degree pay a $15 fee, with documentation.
(Email chicagokodaly@gmail.com for information.)
Full time undergraduate students can become OAKE members and affiliate with the CAKE chapter to attend our workshops for FREE!
Click HERE to become an OAKE member to receive discounted workshops and registration to conventions, journals and newsletters, and access to scholarships.
Online workshops will be held at the times posted in the descriptions below.
Sept. 11, 2021
12:00pm - 3:00pm, CST
Rita Alway presents "We Love Rock ‘n Roll: Popular Music in the Kodály Classroom from Early Childhood Through Adolescence"
Online Workshop
Workshop Description: "Why don't we ever do music that we know?" Kodály-inspired teachers often find themselves facing a huge gap between the folk music and art music we study in our classrooms and the popular music our students listen to and enjoy. Popular music is the native musical language of many of our students, and excluding this music from our classrooms sends the message that we don’t believe their music is valuable. The occasional use of popular music in the classroom can be a powerful tool to help students see the connection between music they know and love and the musicianship skills they’re building in class. This workshop will cover the use of popular music from early childhood through secondary levels, as well as other considerations and best practices for using popular music in the Kodály classroom.
Rita Alway teaches music at Berkley Maynard Academy in Oakland, CA, where she is proud to have created a TK-8th grade music program that includes both Kodály pedagogy and middle school rock band! Rita believes strongly in the importance of high quality, culturally responsive music education for ALL children. She received a bachelor's degree in music from Yale University and a master's degree in music education with Kodály emphasis from Holy Names University. Prior to teaching at her current school, Rita taught with Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta and with Cantare Childrens Choirs in Oakland. She is a past president of the Northern California Association of Kodály Educators and currently serves on the OAKE Equity committee.