Chicago Area Kodaly Educators Workshop Series

Chicago Area Kodály Educators
Building Bridges for Elementary Success
Workshop Series 2008-2009
at Vandercook College of Music

October 4, 2008
NEW: CAKE Octavo Share
Bring your favorite octavo and we will have a reading session. We
will leave with a list of octavos tried-and-true for elementary students.

February 7, 2009
Emily Ellsworth
"YES WE CAN! Successful Work With the Elementary School Singer"
This session will focus on the development of the young singing voice: engaging
ideas for warm-ups, rehearsal techniques, and quality repertoire.

March 21, 2009
Lillie Feierabend: with GCAOSA
"Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence"
Participants will be introduced to the eight intelligences as well as various strategies and techniques that will enable
them to help strengthen these intelligences without compromising our musical goals and standards. We will use a rich
repertoire of folk music to explore how tonal, rhythmic and expressive developments contributes not only to a child's musical
growth, but can serve to strengthen, enrich and develop other intelligences. Thus, we are able to nurture the whole child in
our quest to help them become musical.

April 25, 2009
Thom Borden
"Treasures That Build Music Literacy: Using Children's Literature in the Music Classroom"

This session will provide a collection of children's literature titles that can be incorporated into the
music classroom. Play-parties and singing games that build music literacy will be woven into a story
of activities. A complete bibliography will be provided.

All workshops will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Vandercook College of Music is located at 35th and Federal, just east off the Dan Ryan Expressway