Posted on April 15, 2025 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
Combing through past Envoy articles, I rediscovered the Keynote Address given by Mary Goetze at the 2010 OAKE National Conference in Dallas, Texas. While I never had the privilege of meeting Mary, I grew up singing many of her choral arrangements in my community children’s choir. Opening my…
Posted on April 15, 2025 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
By Eva Floyd As teachers, we often learn about, are asked to think about, and are made aware of our students’ developmental stages. Less often we learn about, are asked to think about, and are aware of teachers’ developmental stages. Although dated, Fuller and Bown’s research published in…
Posted on January 1, 2025 in Issue 2: Winter, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
By Lydia Mills “Si tú quieres conocer, cómo es, cómo es, Kodály en español, ¡ven a conocer!” Text improvisation on a traditional game song from Ecuador Educadores de música, ¡les traigo buenas noticias! Music teachers, I have exciting news!Taking Kodály Levels in Spanish is now a reality! For those of…
Posted on January 1, 2025 in Issue 2: Winter, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
By Nina Kindt Wilson As a girl growing up in Winfield, Kansas, home of the Walnut Valley Festival where bluegrass, folk music, and amazing acoustic instrument national championships occur, I’ve been a folk music nerd for a long time. My first folk song book, Carl Sandburg’s The American…
Posted on January 1, 2025 in Issue 2: Winter, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
By Eva Floyd I recently learned about Yale Glee Club’s open-access choral resources entitled NextWorks. These new works are commissions for public domain. Commissioned composers include Melissa Dunphy, Stephen Feigenbaum, Coty Raven Morris, Ayanna Woods, Reginal Wright, and Yiran Zhao. The mission of the project as stated on…
Posted on October 1, 2024 in Issue 1: Fall, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
by George Kitaka One of the unique teaching experiences I boast of in my teaching career is to have taught at all levels from kindergarten to university and college. Regardless of the level I am teaching, two of my teaching philosophies always cut across – being learner-centered and…
Posted on October 1, 2024 in Issue 1: Fall, Kodály Envoy, Volume 51
by Eva Floyd Reality Check: What the Students Have to Say About Musicianship, Modes, and Bartok’s Mikrokosmos Have you ever read an article from the Envoy promoting pedagogical suggestions/materials and wonder about how it actually plays out in real-life teaching? This edition of Choral Connections is a follow…