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Workshop Registration Now Open

August 26, 2012 / / One comment

With the 2012-2013 school year getting underway we are proud to announce that our online registration for the 2012-2013 workshops is now open! Be sure to register today to hold your spot for some of the amazing workshops we have planned for this year.

Here is a quick taste of our workshop schedule, to view more details and to register click here.

September 15th
Ellen Gilson Voth will be leading two sessions in one. Learn first how to incorporate literacy and sight singing skills seamlessly into your choir rehearsals for maximum efficiency. Then learn how to arrange or compose songs directly for your choirs to enable you to grow as an artist and tailor compositions to your choirs specific strengths and needs.

November 17th
Tim Gregory will be sharing the songs and dances of East Africa and helping you understand how to bring them into your classroom in a way that is educationally appropriate, but still authentic and true and respectful to the culture from which they came.

December 7th
KESNE hold’s its annual choral reading session and holiday gathering. Come and enjoy great food, great company, and great music. This $10 session includes more food than you can possibly consume and a fantastic reading packet containing sure fire selections from the KESNE Board.

May 4th
Join Diana Brandt as she explains the importance of building musicality not only within your school, but within your community. In this session Diana will get you thinking beyond just having a music classroom, but building a true Music Community.

So please, sign up today to register for our workshops!

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Friday Find: Intervals in Inversion Song

April 27, 2012 / / No comments

Having trouble remembering your interval inversions? Don’t worry we’ve got you covered with the help of David Newman who has several ear training music videos online. Hope you enjoy!

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Workshop this Saturday

March 28, 2012 / / No comments

Just a reminder to all members that we will be holding a workshop this Saturday (March 31st) with world renowned clinician John Feierabend. He will be presenting a workshop on how to better incorporate movement into the music classroom and as always it is bound to be a wonderful and eye opening experience. If you haven’t registered you can still pre-register up until 8pm Thursday evening. So be sure to sign up today if you haven’t already.

Directions:

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Friday Find: I’m a Good Ole Rebel

February 24, 2012 / / No comments

Music is a powerful teaching tool in social studies and history that is often not used to the fullest extent possible. This song is a ballad that was written by one of General Lee’s aides as he sat in a Northern Army prison camp during the Civil War. His sentiments can show the strength of emotion felt by both sides of the conflict and bring subject matter more to life for students.

For music teachers who do a unit on the Civil War or for any history teachers who cover the subject matter Bobby Horton has several wonderful CDs with songs of both the Union and Confederate armies that are available for purchase here. A great lesson involves looking over the textual changes the two sides would make to the same exact song to reflect their political viewpoint. This can help drive home the notion of how folk songs change and shift over time, sometimes unintentionally, but sometimes with a very clear purpose or intent.

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Friday Find: Amazing Overtones

December 16, 2011 / / No comments

Overtone singing is an amazing thing where by changing the shape of your mouth can create separate pitches in the overtones, even when the fundamental pitch remains the same.

This first video does a somewhat better job of explaining exactly what overtone singing is and how you can practice it.

This next video shows how you can use the overtones produced to create an actual melody. Listen carefully to hear “Amazing Grace” in the overtones. It might take you a few tries.

Finally this is an example of a piece of composed music that uses overtones for a neat effect.

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Friday Find: Happy Holidays from NAfME

December 9, 2011 / / No comments

Everyone may not have noticed that MENC (The Music Educator National Conference) has officially made the switch to NAfME (National Association for Music Educators).

So they thought they would spread the news with a holiday greeting card.

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Friday Find: Stella Olla (Belated)

October 27, 2011 / / No comments

Dear KESNE enthusiasts! I sincerely apologize for missing last week’s Friday Find. I had accidentally scheduled it to be published on 11/21/2011 instead of  10/21/2011! Thank you to everyone who emailed me when you noticed it was missing, I’m glad that you enjoy it so much!

That means you will be getting a Friday Find today AND a second one tomorrow!

Now for the find:

I often try to explain my job to non-music teachers and their reaction is often “So you sing songs and play games with children?” And as much as I know I’m also teaching children how to read and write music, how to play and work together cooperatively, and to understand how music relates to the world around them I also know that at the end of the day the games and dances we do is one of the most memorable parts of the lesson. Read more

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Traffic Advisory!

October 14, 2011 / / No comments

If you are attending tomorrow’s workshop you may wish to check out the traffic information below.

Harford is holding it’s annual marathon tomorrow and while the workshop location is not directly on the marathon route it is near by. Please review the map below:


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For a more detailed schedule of street closings and times please review this document.

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Friday Find: Bolero Flash Mob

October 14, 2011 / / No comments

Most people know what a Flash Mob is by now. It has become a bit of a culture in and of itself. You can find many musical flashmob videos online, most of them resemble something out of the hit series glee. Some have coordinated dance numbers, and some play like a form of advanced avante garde theater.

The Copenhagen Philharmonic decided they would try their own flash mob using Ravel’s Bolero. You have to admit it is the perfect choice as more and more instruments just seem to “show up” to the party.

I think my favorite part might be the very ending when the orchestra just melts back into the crowd without offering any explanation for what just happened. I can’t think of a better way to expose a random audience to a masterpiece in a way that they will never forget.

Think you know a video that would make a great Friday Find? Email us at media@kesne.org!

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Friday Find: The Glass Armonica

October 7, 2011 / / No comments

Do you know what a glass armonica is? This instrument, credited to Benjamin Franklin, is an interesting little find that never really caught on. But, like the theramin, people still play it to this day. So here is the a video of the glass armonica being played.

One of the reasons I chose this video is because of the lack of a finely produced sound quality. It gives you a much rawer feel of what the instrument would sound like live. If you want to hear more there are plenty of videos of this strange instrument being played on YouTube.

Think you know a video that would make a great Friday Find? Email us at media@kesne.org!

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