by feierabendmusic | Feb 12, 2020 | FAME Podcast
FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson talks with Missy about First Steps in Music, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum to help young students become Tuneful, Beautiful, and Artful. Hear what, in particular, this master teacher loves about First Steps. Click here for a...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 30, 2020 | FAME Podcast
Missy and John continue talking about CS Upper Levels, this time talking about the success John had using CS with his high school choirs as well as with his undergraduate music students. Then, John talks about the development of a line of choral music easily...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 19, 2020 | FS-General
BRIDGES TO THE COMMUNITY SERIES: PART 6: MAY DAY Lillie H. Feierabend, FAME Teacher Trainer Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime. This experience cannot be left to chance. It is the duty of the school to provide it. ...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 18, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
Parent “Tell Me” Document By Connie Greenwood, First Steps in Music, Instructor Why is Developing Steady Beat so Important? Steady beat is a consistent, continuous pulse. This concept is invisible and must be developed by the sense of touch. An established steady beat...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 18, 2020 | Articles, CS-General
Game Changers: Conversational Solfege Techniques with Orff Schulwerk Inspiration By Betsy Greene, FAME Teacher Trainer Often referred to as games, the techniques are used throughout every stage and step of Conversational Solfege to develop understanding and skill....
by feierabendmusic | Jan 18, 2020 | FS-General
Hosting an Informance By Lindsay Jackson, FAME Teacher Trainer Every December, I see memes depicting music teachers surviving the holiday concert season. Between school programs and our own, personal, music making, it’s often a challenge to juggle all of the moving...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 18, 2020 | FS-General
Arioso: Sing Your Order – Jenny Parrot La La Lunch Order! by Guest Contributor and FAME Member Jenny Parrot I use this visual menu in my classroom with Year 1 and Year 2 students. We start off by venturing over to an eatery in Arioso Land. This is...
by feierabendmusic | Jan 16, 2020 | FAME Podcast
Dr. Feierabend joins Missy again, this time to talk about the new revision of the Upper Levels of Conversational Solfege. In Part One of their discussion, John touches on the progression from Book 2 of Conversational Solfege with its focus on Tonic and Dominant...
by feierabendmusic | Dec 19, 2019 | FAME Podcast
In the final installment of the series of conversations with Sister Lorna from Fall 2019, the discussion begins with the difficult but important topic of what to do about music with racist origins or backgrounds and then moves on to ask what constitutes American folk...
