York, North Yorkshire
A practical workshop on the application of the Kodály principles to classroom music teaching (Early Childhood and Primary with a strand for instrumental teachers)
Tutor: Len Tyler
Location: Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy, West End, Strensall, York, YO32 5UH
Dates:
Part 1: Thursday 29th September 2016 from 16:00 to 18:30
Part 2: Friday 30th September 2016 from 09:00 to 12:30
Single session attendance by arrangement. Priority give to those attending both sessions.
Who is this workshop for?
Anyone interested in classroom music teaching (preschool and primary). There is no need to be a music reader. This workshop is also suitable for instrumental teachers who want learn the Kodaly principles. Very useful for “whole class” teaching.
What will the workshop include?
- Use of the basic Kodaly principles
- Lots of songs, routines, and handouts
- Examples of easy to produce resources
- Loads of practical ideas (all tried and tested)
Comments from previous delegates
- Everything was marvelous and extremely useful
- All very exciting as my first experience of music teacher training. Loved the practical exercises
- Having done pre-school music for the last 10 years, and being a professional musician there were surprisingly quite a few things that I hadn’t thought about
- So many great ideas. It was all useful to me
- Len was excellent in how he explained the course. Good to listen to and very precise. I enjoyed it immensely.
- I found Len very inspiring and helpful.
York Kodály Workshop Flyer September 2016
To register your interest or book a place
Contact:Alison Goffin
Email: enquiry@yorkmusicservice.co.uk (marked FAO Allison Goffin)
Phone: 07806 848471
This workshop has been set up specifically to support classroom teachers in preschools and primary schools in York and the surrounding area and is open to all in both the state and private sector. While there is no need to be a music reader to attend this workshop there will be plenty for the music specialist. As the Kodály principles are easy to see in early years and primary this workshop is ideal for any instrumental teacher wanting to find out how this approach works. The composer Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967) discovered that music education in his native Hungary was not good, and certainly not as he had personally experienced music as a child. As a result he set out to improve things by seeking out “best practice” around Europe while travelling as a professional musician/composer. It was in 1964 that the Incorporated Society of Music Educators held their annual conference in Budapest. At that event the world saw for the first time the great benefits of music the education system in Hungary. There are now Kodály organisations in many countries including USA, Canada, Australia, UK and of course Hungary.