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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF KODÁLY EDUCATORS presents...

New Perspectives on Folk Songs: Exploring the American Folk Song Collection a workshop with

Gail Needleman and Anne LaskeyA good folk song is a perfect masterpiece in itself."  Zoltán Kodály  

The online American Folk Song Collection is a free, interactive site featuring hundreds of authentic folk songs, including field recordings, scores, and musical and pedagogical analysis.  This unique resource (http://kodaly.hnu.edu), containing a wealth of untapped cultural treasures, was created by the presenters to help teachers and parents find quality materials for teaching.   
In this workshop, participants will learn and perform folk songs and games from this online collection suitable for elementary and middle school students.   We will explore ways of learning and teaching folk songs, listen to original field recordings from the archives of the Library of Congress and learn how to use the site to create exciting lessons for our students.  If you are new to the Kodály Approach, come and be introduced to several aspects of this fascinating curriculum by two of our most experienced teachers.  Even first-timers will come away with a wealth of new insights and teaching materials.  Handouts will include songs, game directions and lesson plans.

Anne and Gail are nationally-recognized mentor teachers who are at the forefront of the international Kodály movement.  Anne is director of the Kodály Center for Music Education at Holy Names University in Oakland, where she supervises student teaching in neighboring schools. Gail teaches courses at Holy Names that integrate solfège, theory, stylistic analysis and cultural context.  Anne and Gail received a Parsons Fellowship in 2000 from the Library of Congress for research in American folk songs for teaching, and are currently creating music textbooks for children based on the philosophy of Zoltán Kodály. 

Join us for a morning of joyful music making and inspirational teaching with potential applications to many disciplines and settings. Don't miss this opportunity to experience why, as Kodály said, "only the best is good enough for children."   

Saturday, February 2, 2008

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

Registration: 9:00 am

Knuth Hall

San Francisco State University

1600 HollowaySan Francisco

For directions and parking information, 

go to _http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/parking.html

Bring your own bag lunch to stay andmeet our membership  after the presentation!

OAKE members:  $35 

Non-members:  $55

Student OAKE members:  free

Student non-members: $10

For more information:Gemma Arguelles (510) 836-5435, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Nancy Linford (510) 524-7392, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it /