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Endorsed Teacher Education Programs

 

Arizona State University

School of Music, 41 East Gammage Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
Levels/Credits: I-II, grad credit and non-credit options available
Faculty: Shelly Cooper, Liza Meyers, Audrey Berger Cardany, Michele Paynter Paise
Contact Person: Sandra Stauffer
480.965.4374 - s.stauffer@asu.edu 

Brigham Young University

Intermuse Academy for Kodály Certification
C-582 HFAC School of Music
Provo, UT 84602-1530
Levels/Credits: I-III, 3 credits
Faculty: Martha Szabo, Lenke Igo, Jerry L. Jaccard
Dates: June 6-17, 2011
Contact Person: Jerry Jaccard
801.422.3778 - jerry_jaccard@byu.edu

Capital University - The Kodály Institute

Adult and Graudate Education Office
1 College and Main Street
Columbus, OH 43209-2394
Levels/Credits: I-III; Masters Degree and Certificate, Elementary and Choral Tracks
Faculty: Jody Porrecca, Liz Arcaro, Joanne Prendergast, Bruce Swank, Julie Swank, Jeanne Wohlgamuth, Andrea Solya and Hungarian faculty Lilla Gabor.
Dates: Summer I-(Masters education courses) June 27-July 15, 2011; Summer II-(Masters and Certificate music courses) July 18-August 5, 2011
Registration Deadline: 
Contact Person:  Liz Arcaro - 614.236.6199 - larcaro@capital.edu

Colorado State University

Kodály Institute, Campus Delivery 1778; Ft. Collins, CO   80523-1778
Levels/Credits: I, II, III, 5 graduate credits each, Master of Music Education with Kodaly Emphasis available
Faculty: Sue Leithold-Bowcock, Aileen Brown, Karla Cherwinski, Kati Virágh, Conducting/Choir Faculty TBA
Dates: July 15-29, 2011
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2011
Contact Person: Bonnie Jacobi
 

Drake University

2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311-4505
Levels: I, II, III - 1-4 graduate credits available - $600 registration
Faculty: Tom Michalek, Barbara Sletto, Thomas Sletto
Dates:  July 18-29, 2011 for Levels
Registration Deadline:  
Choral Techniques - July 11-15, 2011 - 2 credits - $300 registration
 Faculty:  Ruth Dwyer, Indiana Children's Choir
Contact Person: Thomas Sletto

George Mason University

Potomac Academy Summer Kodaly Program
4260 Chain Bridge Road, A301 ASN6D8
Fairfax, VA 22030
Levels I, II, III
Faculty: Robbin Marcus, Ivy Rawlins Ward, Vicki Dohrmann, Christine Stuart-Saunders
July 11-29, 2011 
Contact Person: Robbin L. Marcus

Holy Names University

Kodály Center for Music Education, 3500 Mountain Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619
Levels/Credits: I-III, 6 grad credits each including daily classes in musicianship, conducting, choir, pedagogy, and folk music
Faculty: Gemma Arguelles,  Judit Hartyáni, Anne Laskey, Hélène Matters, Ildikó Thesz Salgado, Fran Smith
Contact Person: Anne Laskey
510.436.1234 - laskey@hnu.edu

Indiana University School of Music

Merrill Hall 003, 1201 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-2200
Levels/Credits: I-III, 4 grad credits per level
Faculty: Nyssa Brown, Brent Gault, Diana Gillespie, Georgia Newlin
Contact Person: Brent Gault
812.855.7993 - bgault@indiana.edu

James Madison University

Music MSC 7301
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Levels/Credits: I-II, 1-6 credit hours
Faculty: Joy Anderson, David Gadberry, Brent Gault, Georgia Newlin
Teaching Students with Special Needs in the Music Classroom - Alice Hammel
Contact Person: Gary Ritcher
540.568.6753 - ritchegk@jmu.edu

Kodály Association of Southern California

Certification Program, Azusa Pacific University, 901 E. Alosta Avenue
Azusa, CA 91702
Levels/Credits: I-III, Credit offered through California State University Los Angeles
Faculty: Katherine Hickey, Niké St. Clair, Marilyn Sousa, Laszlo Cser
Contact Person: Kathy Hickey

McNeese State University

The Kodály Institute, PO Box 92175
Lake Charles, LA 70609
Levels/Credits: Level I for undergraduate or graduate credit; Levels II and III for graduate credit; Levels I, II, and III for Continuing Education Units
Faculty: Ann Eisen,  Kari McCarty Proksch, an additional American teacher   Dates: June 12-July 1, 2011 
Registration Deadline: 
Contact Person: Michele Martin
337.475.5020 - mmartin@mcneese.edu

Minnesota State University Moorhead

1104 Seventh Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563
Levels: I-III
Faculty: Charlotte Morey, Carole Richman, Nancy Weiser
Contact Person: Jenny Dufault
218.477.4607 - dufault@mnstate.edu

New England Conservatory

Kodály Music Institute, 290 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Levels/Credits: I-IV, 20 grad credits
Faculty: Katherine Athanasiou, Kathryn O. Bach, Charlyn Bethell, Margie Callaghan, Karrie Chan-Lam, Susan Cleveland, Joanne Crowell, Mary Epstein, Nomi Epstein, Elizabeth Higgins, Betty Hillmon, David Hodgkins, Martha Sandman Holmes, Faith Knowles, Mary Ellen Junda, Ingrid Kainen, Brian Michaud, Tom Morris, Philip Montgomery, Susie Petrov,  Constance Price, Elaine Quilichini, Jonathan Rappaport, Wendy Silverberg, Jill Trinka,  Gábor and Kati Virágh, Pamela Wood
Contact Person: Mary Epstein

New York University

Steinhardt Music: Kodaly 2010 
35 West 4th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Levels/Credits: I-III, noncredit or 3 grad credits
Faculty: Jerry Kerlin, Susan Glass, Esther Liu Harris, Anna (Panni) Kovacs, Sarah St. Onge, Giocille Shaw, David Xiques
Dates: July 5-27, 2011
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2011
Contact Person: Jerry Kerlin, Director
212.998.5424 - jk23@nyu.edu

Plano Independent School District

Plano Kodaly teacher training program at Southern Methodist University
Levels/Credits: I-III  and New Choral Track
Faculty: Kathy Kuddes, Gay Baker deMontel, David Gadberry, Karen Gentry, Lenke Igo, Cecile Johnson, Kenny Allen, Laszlo Duranyik
Dates: July 5-22, 2011
Registration Deadline: 
Content Information: Kathy Kuddes
469.752.3080 - kathy.kuddes@pisd.edu
Registration information: Julie Scott
214.768.3717 - scottj@smu.edu

Portland State University

Music Department, PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Levels/Credits: I-IV
Faculty: Susan Brumfield, Katalin Kiss, Carol Brown, Andy Paney
Contact Person: Debbie Glaze
800.547.8887 x 3155 - glazed@pdx.edu

San Antonio ISD, Fine Arts Department

David Burnet Center
406 Barrera Street
San Antonio, TX 78201
Levels I, II, III
Faculty: Ann Burbridge, Carol Wheeler, Karen Gentry, Paul Rauschhuber, Gary Mabry, Becky Terrazas, Susan Bruenger, David Hightower
Dates:  All year training starting 
Contact: Ann Burbridge
210.354.9907 - aburbridge@saisd.net

Silver Lake College

Kodály Programs, 2406 South Alverno Road
Manitowoc, WI 54220-9319
Levels/Credits: I-III, 6 G/UG credits per level
Faculty: Beatriz Aguilar, Lisa Brandl,  John and Lillie Feierabend, Donna Gallo, Frank Gallo, Brent Gault, Teresa Schroepfer, Sr. Marella Wagner, Sr. Mary Jane Wagner, Lynne Zimmerman, Sr. Lorna Zemke
Contact Person: Sr. Lorna Zemke
920.686.6161 - lzemke@silver.sl.edu

Southeast Texas Kodaly Certification Program

Sponsored by Aldine ISD
Houston, TX
Levels I, II, III
Faculty: Rhona Brink, Cecile Johnson, Mary Stevens
Dates: June 13-30, 2011, October 29, 2011
Registration Deadline - May 20, 2011
Contact Person: Colleen Riddle
 

Texas State University

Kodály Summer Program, 21003 IH35
Kyle, TX 78640
Levels/Credits: I-III, graduate credit available
Contact Person: Patricia Moreno

Texas Tech University

The West Texas Kodaly Initiative
Lubbock, TX 
Levels I, II, III, IV and advance studies beyond level IV
For undergraduate or graduate credit, contact Michael Stoune
806.742.2270 x 255 - michael.stoune@ttu.edu
Faculty: Susan Brumfield, Katalin Kiss, Carol Brown, William Westney, Jenny Dees, Beth Berridge, Tina Arenas, Sarah Todd, Soma Szabo, Rochelle Mann
Contact Person: Robert Rumph
806.766.1069 - rrumph@lubbockisd.org
 

University of Central Missouri

Music Department, 109 UH
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Levels/Credits: 1, II, III; Methods and Materials (3), Musicianship (2), Choral Techniques (1)
Faculty: Ann Eisen, Laurdella Foulkes-Levy, Kari McCarty-Proksch
Dates: July 10-22, 2011
Contact Person: Carla Maltas
660.543.4160 - maltas@ucmo.edu

University of Hartford

The Hartt School, 200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
Levels/Credits: I-III,
Faculty: Ed Bolkovac, John Feierabend, Jeff Rhone, Gábor Virágh
Dates: July 18-29, 2011
Contact Person: John Feierabend
860 768 4075 - Feieraben@hartford.edu

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Nebraska Kodaly Institute
Levels/Credits: I-III
Faculty: Tom Michalek, Linda Hulsey, Elizabeth Arcaro, Gábor and Kati Virágh
Dates: June 9-24, 2011
Contact Person: Melissa Berke
402.554.3609 - mberke@unomaha.edu

University of North Texas

COM/CCSME, 1155 Union Circle, #311367
Denton, TX 76203-1367
Levels/Credits: I-III
Faculty: Kathy Kuddes, Gay deMontel, David Gadberry, Karen Gentry, Lenke Igo, Cecile Johnson, Kendall Allen
 

University of Oklahoma

School of Music, 500 West Boyd
Norman, OK 73019
Levels/Credits: I and III
Faculty: Lenke Igo, Joy Nelson, Sandra Knudson, Anita Roesler (autoharp)
Contact Person: Joy Nelson
405.325.2081 - ejnelson@ou.edu

University of St. Thomas

Kodály Program, 2115 Summit Avenue LOR 103
St. Paul, MN 55105-1096
Levels/Credits: I & II
Faculty:  Dan LeJeune, Carol Brown, Katalin Kiss, Angela Broeker
Dates: July 20-July 1, 2011
Registration Deadline: 
Contact Person: Bev Johnson
651.962.5870 - gradmusic@stthomas.edu

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Dept. of Music-1451, 615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
Levels/Credits: I-III
Faculty: Don and Susan Garrett,  Karen Shuford
Contact Person: Lee Harris
423.425.4601 - lee-harris@utc.edu

Webster University

Music Department, 470 East Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, MO 63119-3194
Levels/Credits: I-III 
Faculty: Robbin Marcus, Ivy Rawlins Ward, Vicki Dohrmann, Tom Lowery
Dates: No Classes for 2011 Summer due to low enrollment - Please refer to the University of Central Missouri
Contact Person: Vicki Dohrmann 314.968.7035 - vicki_dohrmann@yahoo.com

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Swope Music Building
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
Levels/Credits: I, II, III Methodology and Musicianship (4)
Kodaly Electives (2-3 credits)
Folk Song Analysis (2credits)
Faculty: Kristen Albert, Director, János Horváth, Sallie Ferrebee
Dates: July 11-22, 2011
Contact Person: Kristen Albert
610.738.0495 - kalbert@wcupa.edu

Westminster Choir College of Rider University

Westminster Kodály Institute, 101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
Levels/Credits: I-IV
Faculty: Susan Brumfield, Carol Brown, Katalin Kiss
Dates: July 5-15, 2011
Contact Person: Scott Hoerl
609.924.7416 - woce@rider.edu

Wichita State University

School of Music, 1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0053
Contact Person: Elaine Bernstorf


Other Education Programs

 

American Kodály Institute at Loyola College

Baltimore, MD
Contact Person: Amy Branum Huggins 
410.935.4946 - abhuggins@loyola.edu
Dates: Levels I & III: July 14-August 3
Level IV: July 9-August 3
Registration Deadline: May 1
Faculty: Amy Branum Huggins, Gabrielle Dieterich, Edie Yeager, TBA
 
 

Baptist Bible College

628 East Kearney
Springfield, MO 65803
Contact Person: Michael Dove

Belmont University

1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212-3757
Levels I & II
Faculty: Philip Tacka, Micheal Houlahan
Dates: June 20-July 1, 2011
Contact Person: Chris & Carmen Hauser - 615.460.6408 - orffkodaly@mail.belmont.edu

California State University

Department of Music, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-7101
Contact Person: Gervacio Jose Brondial
562.985.5343 - gbrondia@csulb.edu
 

Carolina Kodály Institute at Lenoir-Rhyne University

PO Box 7355
Hickory, NC 28603
Level I, II, III
Faculty:  Karen Shuford and David Lail
Registration Deadline:  

Central Missouri State University

PO Box 800
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Contact Person: Dianne Mack

Cleveland State University Kodály Program

Department of Music-mu351
2001 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Contact Person: Rita Klinger
216.523.7176 - r.klinger@csuohio.edu

DePaul University

School of Music
804 West Belden
Chicago, IL 60614
Contact Person: Judy Bundra

Eastman School of Music

26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, NY 14604
www.esm.rochester.edu/summer

Kodaly Institute of Houston-University of Houston Moores School of Music

Houston, TX
July16-20, July 23-24, July30-August 3
Levels I, II, III; optional choral track (tentative)
Courses: Pedagogy, Musicianship, Music Literature, Conducting, Ensemble
Faculty: Rhona Brink, Laszlo Duranyik, Cecile Johnson, James Reifinger, Mary Neeley Stevens
Contact: Cara Spinks - crspinks@central.uh.edu
713.743.3303 

Kodaly Institute of Kentucky at Morehead State University

150 University Drive
Morehead, KY 40351
Levels: I, II, III
Faculty: Jo Kirk, Joy Nelson, Liza Meyers, Greg Detweiler, June Grice
Contact Person: June Grice
j.grice@morehead-st.edu

Lamar University

PO Box 10044
Beaumont, TX 77710
Contact Person: Charlotte Mizener
charlotte.mizener@lamar.edu

Loyola University Maryland

4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699
Dates: July 9-29, 2011
Contact Person: Amy Branum Huggins - 410.617.5020 - abhuggins@loyola.edu

Mississippi College

310 A Avondale Drive
Clinton, MS 39056
Contact Person: Bonnie Blu Williams

Nazareth College

4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
Contact Person: Rachel Whitcomb
585.389.2690 - rwhitco7@naz.edu 

Palomar Community College

1140 West Mission Road
San Marcos, CA 92069
Contact Person: Martha Rosacker
markodaly@aol.com

Pensacola Kodály Institute

1156 Shady Lane
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
Contact Person: Ann Leffard

Sam Houston State Univeristy

Huntsville, TX 77341
Levels: I-II
Contact Person: Kathy Daniel
936.294.1367 - kdaniel@shsu.edu

Seattle Pacific University

11342-17th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125-6527
Levels I & II, 7 optional credits
Faculty: Rita Klinger, Christopher Roberts, Vicki McMurray
Dates: July 18-29, 2011
Contact Person: Christopher Roberts
206.909.1644 - croberts777@aol.com

Shepherd University

Department of Music, PO Box 5000
Shepherdstown, WV 25443-5000
Level: I & II, 3 Grad Credits
Faculty: Julie Swank, Jason Largent & David Gonzol
Dates: July 5-15, 2011
Contact Person: David Gonzol
301.876.5225 or 304.876.5711 - dgonzol@shepherd.edu
 
 

Southern Methodist University

PO Box 750382
Dallas, TX 75275
Levels I, II, III
Faculty: Kenny Allen, Gay Baker deMontel, Laszlo Duranyik, David Gadberry, Karen Gentry, Lenke Igo, Cecile Johnson, Kathy Kuddes
Dates: July 5-22, 2011
Contact Person: Julie Scott - 214.768.3717 - scottj@smu.edu

The University of Oklahoma Tulsa

4502 East 41st Streeet
Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
Level III
Faculty:  Phyllis King, Sandy Knudson
Dates: June 7-18, 2011
Contact: Angelyn Ullrich - 918-695-7682 - tulsainfo@ou.edu

University of Dayton

300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469
Contact Person: Linda Hartley
linda.hartley@notes.udayton.edu
 

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

UMHB Station
900 College Street
Belton, TX 76513
Contact Person: Caia McCullar
jgary@umhb.edu