As we enter 2024 and continue to prepare for OAKE’s fiftieth conference, I’m imagining OAKE’s sixtieth and seventy-fifth. Chapter leaders will have welcomed new leaders to offer ongoing professional development and build camaraderie within their own locale. The state of American education and music education will continue evolving,…
Lauren Hirsh, Executive Director In the prior issue of the Kodály Envoy I shared my personal reflection on a “PPP lifestyle,” especially the first of our Kodály educators’ favorite trifecta – prepare. This has remained on my mind, and as elections close I’m thinking about the variety of…
Lauren Hirsh, Executive Director “Prepare, Present, Practice” is a central Kodály principle because it works. It’s intentional, responsive, and cumulative; a sequenced approach to imparting knowledge in a way that sticks. Although the “PPP” sequence is a foundational tenet for Kodály practitioners, I do not hear it discussed…
Lauren Hirsh, OAKE Executive Director In Jacksonville the OAKE staff got to greet many of you on your way into the evening social events, speak with the families of your students singing in National Choirs, answer questions from presenters and attendees, celebrate award recipients, and address you as…
WINTER 2023Message from the Executive DirectorLauren Hirsh The initial visits to choose a location for OAKE’s 49th National Conference started five years ago in 2018 with your National Conference Business Director Nancy Johnson traveling to three cities in the Southern Division to choose one that would best fit…
Approaching 50 years in existence, let’s celebrate this movement. OAKE members have committed not only to personal growth as educators, but also pursue activities that continually encourage that for others. My records show twenty-six people previously served you as OAKE President and Kevin Pearson is the twenty-seventh. How…