The Northern Lights

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

Join us on a trip to the most northern part of Canada to experience the call of the Aurora Borealis. Through music, movement, drama and visual art, participants will collaborate to create a magical journey of the Northern Lights. The joy of arts integration in our...

Centre-Based Learning in the Music classroom

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

Participants will rotate through centres that teach musical concepts while supporting music literacy through inquiry. In this workshop, participants will explore basic Orff activities, participate in music games that teach specific musical concepts, learn basic steps...

Let the Music Speak!

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Primary / Junior, Workshop Notes, Workshops

Talk less–play, sing, move, listen and create more! This workshop is filled with active ideas to discover, explore and reflect upon the fundamental concepts and elements of music. Experience/explore how your students can be delightfully engaged when experiencing...

Kindergarten “Komposers”

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

This workshop will provide quick and easy, hands-on, composition ideas that you can use in the Kindergarten program tomorrow! This will include many different approaches incorporating iPads, instruments, popsicle sticks, and pictures. Whole class, centres, individual,...

Guided Groups in Theory

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

Borrowing from Literacy and Numeracy pedagogy, using small groups to teach theory allows for differentiation and teaching specifically to each student’s level. The workshop will show how to set up the small groups as well as solving the problem of what to do with the...