Posted on April 1, 2024 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
By Eva Floyd Changing voice workshops and articles are most often associated with teachers of middle school-aged students. However, these topics are relevant for elementary teachers as well, as they often hear voices changing in their 5th or 6th grade classes. High school teachers also crave this information…
Posted on April 1, 2024 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
By Melissa Fuller Flores Pictured Above: Melissa Fuller Flores leads a session at the 2024 OAKE National Conference in Chicago, IL If you have ever heard of any Filipino folk dance, you have likely heard of Tinikling (Tin-ick-ling). Even though it’s considered by many as the National Dance…
Posted on April 1, 2024 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
By Susan Brumfield No matter where you go, there’s one thing that people everywhere have in common: the passing of time. Every culture has its own ways of marking special days of the year with food, festivals, music, dance and other traditions. “May Day” is a calendar custom…
Posted on April 1, 2024 in Issue 3: Spring, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
Interview conducted by Brent Gault The Legacy of Sr. Lorna Zemke In November of 2023, I had the great honor of spending some time with the legendary Sr. Lorna Zemke. Sr. Lorna was a founding member of OAKE, served as OAKE’s President in 1980, and is a recipient…
Posted on January 1, 2024 in Issue 2: Winter, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
Dr. Leigh Ann Garner Introduction The nature of Kodály-inspired instruction requires well-defined lesson plans influenced by specific curricular structures. In addition, our planning relies on sound instructional, methodological, and philosophical foundations, and these structures inform practices in long and short range, and day-to-day planning of instruction. The intent…
Posted on January 1, 2024 in Issue 2: Winter, Kodály Envoy, Volume 50
Larena Code Boyle Music educators across the country have been rethinking their song lists. As the problematic histories of many American folks songs have become more widely known, teachers have removed them from their repertoire or indefinitely hit pause. What songs do we replace them with? Or should…