Meeting Pattern

• October 14, 2023 -  {9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.} Reineke Fine Arts Center, Choir Room, 12th Avenue North & Bolly Drive, NDSU Campus
• January 20, 2024 - {9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.} Lewis & Clark Elementary School, 1729 16th Street South, Fargo, ND
• April 20, 2024 - {9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.} Olivet Lutheran Church, 1330 University Drive South, Fargo, ND

Description

Through attending three separate seminars; participants observe master teachers, collaborate and fully participate through singing and movement.

Guest Lecturers:

Christopher Underwood, Northern Plains Kodaly Chapter – Treasurer,  Elementary Music Education – Washington Elementary FPS                                   

Aileen Miracle has taught K-5 general music and choir in the Olentangy Local School District near Columbus, Ohio, along with K-7 general music, band, choir, and strings over the course of my career. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from Central Michigan University in 1999, and Master of Music in Music Education from Capital University in 2003; Aileen has been able to complete her masters’ studies at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemet, Hungary. She is Past President of the Midwest Kodály Music Educators of America, has taught Level I and III for DePaul University's Kodály Program, Level I Methodology and Folk Song Research for Colorado State University's Kodály Program, and Level III Methodology and Folk Song Research for Capital University's Kodály Program. Aileen is currently working as an Arts Curriculum Administrator.

Dr. Michael Johnson serves as Director of Choral Activities and Vocal Music Education at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He directs the Concert Choir, University Choir, and Solfire while also teaching a range of choral and general music education courses. Previously, Dr. Johnson conducted choirs and taught conducting classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting with a Composition minor. While at the University of Wisconsin, his doctoral research centered on the modern choral music of social justice. He also holds a Master of Music degree in Conducting from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Luther College. Dr. Johnson has taught K-12 music and choir in Minnesota and within an array of community, collegiate, and church choirs around the country. Dr. Johnson was the recipient of the 2020 Mullen Prize for composition and took first place in the 2018 ACDA conducting competition in Oklahoma City. He studied with Stefan Parkman as a 2019 Conducting Fellow for the International Choral Conducting Masterclass at Baylor University and was named a 2019 University of Wisconsin-Madison Honored Instructor by his students.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

This course is designed to help teachers promote musical learning in their elementary music students utilizing Kodály methodologies. The areas of musical learning will include creating formative assessments and studying matters of diversity.

"LOVE THIS COURSE AND CAN STILL EARN CREDITS FOR THESE HOURS!"

"EACH SESSION HAD RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS, AND THE FINAL PAPER WAS A GREAT WAY TO THINK DEEPER ABOUT THE CONTENT LEARNED AND HOW I MIGHT APPLY IT TO MY OWN TEACHING."

"COURSE WAS WELL LAID OUT. I KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WAS EXPECTED OF ME BEFORE I REGISTERED FOR THE COURSE."

“THE FALL WORKSHOP WAS EXCELLENT. THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT TAKE-AWAYS, READY USE LESSON PLAN IDEAS AND THOUGHTS! WHILE I APPRECIATED THE WINTER WORKSHOP, I PERSONALLY PREFER IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, JUST AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL A BIT MORE INVOLVED. BEING PUT INTO BREAKOUT ROOMS WITH PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS A BIT AWKWARD, THOUGH WE MADE IT WORK. IT IS A GOOD WINTER OPTION WHEN HAVING TO CONSIDER OUR WEATHER.”

 “IT WAS ALL VERY GOOD!”