by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
by Leslie Weaver FAME teacher trainer Leslie Weaver demonstrates her technique to teach students whose turn it is to sing when learning a call and response song. Check out the video: … Sorry, this content is for FAME Lifetime Member, FAME Member,...
by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | Articles, FS-General
by Miriam Capellan (she/her) mgephardt@gmail.com Fanny Mendelssohn, Romantic composer and sister to Felix wrote her own wedding music, staying up past midnight to finish the night before her big day. Why? Felix had promised to write the music but unexpectedly fell out...
by Tom Hawley | Sep 27, 2020 | FS-General
It’s the year 2020. As a new mother, you sit in the rocking chair holding your crying infant wishing, hoping, praying, that he will fall asleep before you join in on the tears. You do all you can to rock your inconsolable baby to sleep, but nothing seems to comfort...
by feierabendmusic | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles, CS-Instrumental
FAME Member Carol Swinchoski cswinchoski@wall.k12.nj.us The concept of the Singing Band takes on a whole new meaning in the wake of Covid-19. I expect to hear: Do you mean you are not only going to risk your health playing wind instruments, but you are going to...
by feierabendmusic | Jul 10, 2020 | FS-General, Uncategorized
by Connie Greenwood As I write this reflection, I am ending my “into the unknown” season of on-line First Steps in Music parent/child classes. Since the quarantine in March, I have taught 11 Facebook “live” events and 10 weeks of Zoom parent/child classes. I have...
by Tom Hawley | Apr 21, 2020 | FS-General
In this brief video you will find 4 different ways to use props in Pitch Exploration as modeled by FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson. In these examples Lindsay uses 2 kinds of puppets, a rainbow fan, and a whimsical children’s book to encourage students to...
