Make It Music... (sneak peek)
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If you’ve been following my work, you know that I am PASSIONATE about bringing Dalcroze-style content into mainstream music ed spaces. Whether it was through my collaborations with QuaverEd, NAfME, or West Music; I’ve been able to get these ideas in front of many large audiences of students and teachers. I’m still learning how to distill the most useful portions of Dalcroze pedagogy into content for this crowd, but I think my forthcoming book “Make It Music” will be a great achievement toward this goal. In this post I’ll share a sneak peek into the book and accompanying card decks, but first…
Housekeeping:
Stephen Neely and I are TEAM TEACHING an online short course reviewing many of the concepts in our book, and collaborating on ways to use the cards in a variety of contexts. If you are buying the book, this will be a great chance to get some advice on how to maximize its effect on your practice and to understand it fully!
I am excited for two REALLY great online events in January… leading up to THREE MAJOR in-person events in February… all coinciding with the release date of MY FIRST BOOK, which is available for preorder now. On January 18th you can catch “Finding Balance” workshop sponsored by the DSA New York Chapter!
On January 29th I’ll be presenting a FREE webinar, sponsored by NAfME called “Make It Music.”
There’s also my Minnesota workshop on 4/5 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
From the Archive:
Less Words : Don't Miss This Video
Each month our TEAMM meetings gets BETTER and BETTER! This past Monday we had a large group that was so engaged and creative, talking about leading our classes without using TOO MANY WORDS. We discussed the Balloon Time activity in depth, really talking about how it has been honed over the years to limit the amount of verbal instruction. So many TEAMM members chimed in including All-Stars KuanTing, Cathy, Emily, and Andrew. If you are teaching this way, you really don’t want to miss their insights. In this post I’ll share the FULL video of the meeting! But first…
We’ve got some amazing materials to share with you including a professionally produced video, new website, and tons of other content all build around our NEW BOOK! Stephen Neely and I have been working RELENTLESSLY for two years on this project and it’s almost ready to hit the shelves! You can pre-order the book and card decks today, and they’ll be shipped right to your door!
For TEAMM Subscribers, I’m going to share a few quick videos that discuss the concepts of the cards and give a bit of insight into how they work and how the book came to be!