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Music Educators Workshops

Music Educators Workshops

Summer professional development and learning opportunities available for music educators and students of music

Conversational Solfège: 12 Steps to Music Literacy
June 13-15, 2011, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Daily
Noncredit Cost: $400
John Feierabend, Faculty

Orff Schulwerk Master Class: Hands on Music*
June 20-24, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily
Noncredit Cost: $500
Werner Beidinger and Reinhold Wirsching, Faculty
*Completion of Orff Schulwerk Level III certification is a prerequisite for the Master Class.

Orff Schulwerk, Levels I, II, III*+
June 20-July 1, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily
Noncredit Cost: $700
Faculty: Karen Benson, Michael Chandler, Paul Cribari, Paul Hallsted, Richard Layton, Beth Melin Nelson, Jacqueline Schrader, Julie Scott
*Level I is a prerequisite for Level II. Level II is a prerequisite for Level III.
+This course is approved by the American Orff-Schulwerk Association.

National Piano Institute for Teachers and Young Artists (NPITYA):

NPITYA for Piano Teachers:
July 11-14, 2011, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Daily
Noncredit Cost: $250
Faculty: Ingrid Clarfield, Brenda Dillon, David Karp, Jennifer Linn, Petronel Malan, Lois Nielsen, Scott Price, Mona Rejino, Richard Rejino

NPITYA for Young Artists: 
July 12-16, 2011
Elementary and Intermediate Levels: $350
Advanced Level: $400
Faculty: Kevin Gunter, Matthew Kline, Carol Leone,
Cathy Lysinger, Al Mouledous, Leonardo Zuno

Kodály Certification Training: Levles I, II, III
Kodály Level I Choral Track
July 5-22, 2011, 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Daily
Noncredit Cost: $700
Faculty: Kenny Allen, Gay Baker deMontel, László Durányik, David Gadberry, Karen Gentry, Lenke Igo, Cecile Johnson, Kathy Kuddes

Advanced Choral Conducting Techniques
August 2-4, 2011, 9-11 a.m.; 12-3 p.m.
Noncredit Cost: $300
Dr. Pamela G. Elrod, Faculty

The SMU Music Educators Workshops are annual professional development and learning opportunities offered for music educators and students of music through the Music Division of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. The Music Division of Meadows is an accredited institutional member of both the National Association of Schools of Music and the Texas Association of Music Schools.

Adult students who earn graduate credit for participation in the Music Educators Workshops may apply the credit to a Master of Music in Music Education degree, once accepted into the masters program.

Learn more about the Master of Music in Music Education.

For further information about the SMU Music Educators Workshops, call the SMU Music Office at 214-768-1951; or contact Julie Scott at scottj@smu.edu or 214-768-3717.

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