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S1: E17 Part-Singing with Georgia Newlin

Part-Singing with Georgia Newlin Season 1: Episode 17 Georgia Newlin Bio Georgia A Newlin, DMA is an independent Music Education Consultant. She has taught in early childhood and public school music positions for fifteen years and at the collegiate level for sixteen. Currently, Georgia is called upon as a conductor for choral festivals, as a clinician for choral workshops, reading sessions, and intermediate grade methodology, as well as a consultant for curriculum planning. She teaches musicianship, conducting, and ensemble in Kodály programs at Indiana University, University of Hawai’i, and James Madison University. Georgia is Past President of the Organization of American Kodály Educators and is a member of The VoiceCare Network. She has been a presenter for numerous music associations and conferences at local, state, national and international levels. She has had articles published in the Choral Journal, Orff Echo, Kodály Envoy, and Southwestern Musician, among others. ...

S1: E16 Song Collecting with Becca Buck

Song Collecting with Becca Buck Season 1: Episode 16 Becca Buck is the K-5 elementary music teacher at M.W. Savage and Gideon Pond Elementary Schools in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school district in Minnesota.  She is in her seventh year teaching and just finished her Master's degree this past summer at the University of St. Thomas, which is also where she did her undergrad work.  She recently presented at the Minnesota Music Educator's Association Conference on her Master's Project: "A Culturally Relevant Kodaly-Inspired Classroom" with her friend Qorsho Hassan.  You can read more about her work here:   Songs From Home Article . Transcript From the Show Jessica:  Becca, thanks so much for talking with us today. Becca:   Yeah, absolutely.  I'm happy, happy to be able to share my stuff so... Jessica:  Yeah, I'm excited.  So how did you become a music educator. Becca:   Well, I started to play the piano when I was five a...