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 Season Six  Episode 132 Sequencing Rhythmic Concepts What grade should students learn sixteenth notes?  How long should we focus on a specific note value?  What should be taught first:  tika-ti or ti-tika?  The answer to all of these questions is “well, it depends.”  There’s no ‘must’ in terms of when students should learn specific notes or how long we should spend in making sure students understand the concepts.  Some years my students move at a faster pace and other years students demonstrate that they need more time practicing certain rhythms.  However, it is helpful to know the order that you will be teaching rhythms so that you know not only what students already know, but where they’re heading so that you can build sequential learning over many lessons. I’m going to share the sequence that I use with students and the why behind it.  Let’s start with the why. When we look at the musical pieces that we are using with students, we...

Season Three Episode 89 Teaching Rhythmic Concepts Virtually Before COVID hit the plan for this Kodály series was to share about the approach and some lesson ideas that you could use in your classroom.  And while this episode wasn’t quite the one I had planned, it’s actually closer than I had anticipated because the music concepts are the same ones being taught whether we are in our classrooms or teaching virtually.  It’s the way in which we are presenting the information that likely looks different. I’m going to share a few ideas for teaching musical concepts virtually. One of my favorite things about the Kodály approach is how clearly and sequentially rhythmic and melodic concepts are taught through an outline using prepare-present-practice.   Prepare - meaning that students are singing, moving, playing, and interacting with a new concept that hasn’t been named for them yet Present - this is a very short moment in a lesson where the new note, rhyt...

Season Three Episode 88 Play Parties and Folk Songs with Kathy Kuddes Kathy Kuddes holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from Millikin University and the University of North Texas respectively, a Kodály training certificate from the FAME/University of Texas program at Festival Hill in Round Top, Texas Supervisors Certification and ESL Supplemental Certification.  She is currently the Director of Fine Arts for the Plano Independent School District, a school system of approximately 53,000 students with Kodály specialists in all 44 elementary schools and award winning band, choir, orchestra and music theory programs.  She is the Founder and Coordinator of the Plano Kodály Teacher Training Program, and Folk Music Materials Instructor for the companion training program at Southern Methodist University.  Kathy has fourteen years of classroom experience and more than twenty years in fine arts administration.  She is an active presenter including presentat...

Season Three Episode 87 Folk Song Collections with Kathy Kuddes Kathy Kuddes holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from Millikin University and the University of North Texas respectively, a Kodály training certificate from the FAME/University of Texas program at Festival Hill in Round Top, Texas Supervisors Certification and ESL Supplemental Certification.  She is currently the Director of Fine Arts for the Plano Independent School District, a school system of approximately 53,000 students with Kodály specialists in all 44 elementary schools and award winning band, choir, orchestra and music theory programs.  She is the Founder and Coordinator of the Plano Kodály Teacher Training Program, and Folk Music Materials Instructor for the companion training program at Southern Methodist University.  Kathy has fourteen years of classroom experience and more than twenty years in fine arts administration.  She is an active presenter including presentations f...

Season Three Episode 86 Kodály Series: Master Copies with Kristin Vogt Kristin Vogt is the Music Specialist at Brinker Elementary School in Plano ISD, where she teaches K-5 students.  Kristin received her Bachelor of Music in Music Theory in 2000 and Masters Degree in Music Theory and Music Education from SMU in 2003.  She earned her Kodály certification from the Plano ISD/UNT program and her Orff Schulwerk certification from SMU.  This is her 17th year to teach elementary music.  She presents professional development sessions for school districts in Texas and the OAKE National Conference in 2010 and 2018, AOSA in 2016.  Kristin is the Past President on the executive board for Kodály Educators of Texas.  She has two sons (a freshman in high school and a 6th grader).  She is an avid runner and an adjunct professor at Texas A&M-Commerce. TRANSCRIPT OF THE SHOW Jessica: Kristin, it is so good to see you.  Thanks for talking with us!...