The Anacrusic Podcast

Today I am beyond thrilled to have my great friend and mentor Kathy Kuddes on the podcast to talk all about her experience with Kodály. Our conversation goes beyond what you might expect from a stereotypical “Kodály” interview, and we talk about all things training programs, historical context, and the upcoming teacher’s tour to Hungary. Kathy’s thoughts on quality and authenticity still have me thinking critically about what I’m choosing to include in my classroom, after all, only the best is good enough. 

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Today’s episode is all about Dalcroze Eurhythmics, with Dr. David Frego. David is a Dalcroze practitioner and teacher trainer, and has developed materials for children and teachers to implement meaningful movement in the various settings. He is an incredibly joyful and intentional pedagog, and in this interview we discuss some of the main tenants of Dalcroze inspired teaching.

You can find out more about how to contact Dr. Frego here | Learn More about the American Eurhythmics Society Here | Click here for Creating Artistry Through Movement: Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Choral Setting DVD |  Click here for Meaningful Movement: A Music Teacher’s Guide to Dalcroze Eurhythmics co-authored with Dr. Marla Butke

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Today on the podcast, I get to talk with the wonderful Jennifer Bailey of Sing to Kids. Jenn is an absolutely amazing pedagog, and is one of the kindest, most intentional teachers I think I've ever met. She helps talk me through some of the tenants of Gordon Music Learning Theory that still seem a bit mysterious or understood, and helps identify the approach as a sequential, joyful music making venture for students.

Make sure you check out Jenn's website & TpT Store! | We're both members of the TpT Music Crew, make sure to click here and out the crew website as well! |  Click here for my FREE PDF all about Learning Sequences

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Today’s episode of the podcast is about blurring pedagogy lines and labels. Now, it may seem strange that after an episode about Kodály-inspired teaching, and an upcoming season full of interviews with experts from different pedagogical approaches that I’m choosing this as a topic. But my hope is that with this episode, and all the interviews this season, you will see that many of those boxes we force ourselves into can really be broken out of and work together for a common goal. So today, I’m reviewing a few of the approaches I am most familiar with, and sharing the things that resonate with me most about them.

Links mentioned in this episode:

-Rad Parenting

-TAP 006: Mythbusting Kodály-Inspired Teaching

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Today’s episode of TAP is going in the books as one of my favorites. I was lucky enough to speak with one of my mentors, Dr. Brent Gault, about Kodály-inspired teaching, and the book he co-edited with Dr. Carlos Abril, Teaching General Music. Here are some of the highlights of our conversation:

• The book Teaching General Music, and why he and Dr. Abril decided it was important to have a text like this.
• How he discovered Kodály and why he was drawn to the approach.
• The importance of musical fluency and how to incorporate it into your teaching.
• The issue of “quality” and how to decide what to include in your classroom.
• How world music and musics of different cultures apply to Kodály-inspired teaching.

I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as I enjoyed having it!

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Welcome to the kickoff to Season 2 of The Anacrusic Podcast! Today on TAP is an episode all about learning sequences, a topic that has been a recent passion project of mine. Not sure what learning sequences are? You are 100% in the right place, because today I’m unpacking all of that for you.

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What I love about using learning sequences is that it’s not a method, or a prescription for the exact things you need to do in your class. It’s a framework for how to effectively facilitate instruction for your students so that they can be the most musical they can possibly be. It has nothing to do with a set of activities or required media by which to teach specific concepts, but rather a process that lives and breathes and allows for the flexibility on the part of the teacher to make decisions that will pave the best path for their students.

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If you want to known more, go ahead and head to the show notes where you can sign up for the PDF guide of everything I’ve  talked about today. Also check out my recent blog post-->  5 Benefits of Learning Sequences in Elementary Music. If you want more information about how to effectively sequence instruction in the ways that I’ve talked about today, stay tuned, because I’m working on a super special project I’m going to be sharing in the coming weeks.

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Fresh off of teaching Kodály Levels at SMU in Dallas, in this bonus episode I give you some behind the music insight to what Kodály training is really like. If you’re interested in learning more about Kodály-inspired teaching, check out  TAP 006 here.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

OAKE

 SMU/Plano ISD Kodály Certification Course

 Sail Away

 150 American Folk Songs

 An American Methodology

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Today on The Anacrusic Podcast, I'm talking about where Anacrusic has been, and how TAP has formed what's to come for me, the podcast, and Anacrusic.com.

If you're new, this isn't the best place to start. Check out episode 002 or 003 to get to know me and my mission a little bit better!

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Today on the podcast, I’m sharing how I approach composition in the music room. Spoiler alert: it’s part of a sequence, and improvisation is the main scaffold to get to all things composition. This episode was inspired by a blog post I wrote earlier this year.  Check it out by clicking here.

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Today on TAP, I’m sharing the 5 things I’d tell my First Year Music Teacher Self. There are about a million and one pieces of advice everyone spouts at you when you’re a first year teacher. Helpful hints about this curriculum, that activity, and the other classroom management plan you should definitely subscribe to that will magically fix your classroom. And while that’s all well and good, the things I would go back in time and tell myself has little to do with what curriculum or concept to use, and much more about how unexpected life as a first year teacher was. I was overcome with all of these changes, all these pattern shifts that I didn’t deal with well. Overtime, although these feelings haven’t gone away, I’ve found a few ways to cope and make things better.

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