Branch News
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KSC 2009 President's Report
British Columbia: http://www.bcksc.ca/
BCKSC 2009 Branch Report
Feb. 19 2010, workshop information on Professional Development page.
April 23, 2010 workshop information on Professional Development page.
Alberta: http://www.albertakodaly.ca
AKA Singposium 2010 paper registration form
Online registration: https://www.eplyevents.com/Event.aspx?l=1&evt=ee3fcad7-3618-446a-ae9a-430e6cfbcb71
AKA 2009 Branch Report
I'm very pleased to supply a short report of Kodaly activities in Manitoba for your February meeting in Vancouver.
As you are aware, Kodály came under the MMEA umbrella in 2005. As a result, a) one representative sits on the MMEA board as a member-at-large; b) Kodály articles have been published in the Manitoba Music Educator; c) we held one day of PD with Dr. Moira Szabo at the Manitoba Music Conference in October, 2005. Attendance at the four sessions was strong with an average of 60 each time. Further PD is awaiting the appointment of a new PD chair on MMEA. CMEA will be meeting in Winnipeg in November, 2006 and many of their board members will be Manitoba conference presenters. This may delay a Kodály presence until 2007. Ten people took out dual memberships in KSC and MMEA. Former KIM members were also informed of the option to join AKA or KSO to continue their contact. The KIM archives have been fully catalogued and deposited with Brandon University. The remaining financial assets were also gratefully received by the School of Music.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen Knott
Former Liaison with
Manitoba Music Educators’ Association until 2009 only.
Ontario: http://www.kodalysocietyofontario.com
The Kodály Society of Ontario is pleased to present our annual August workshop “Let Us Sing Together"on Tuesday August 24, 2010 from 8:45 am – 4:00 pm at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON. Guest clinicians include: Denise Gagne, Mary Stouffer and Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh. For a brochure and more information, please check out: www.kodalysocietyofontario.com
The Kodály Society of Ontario is a group of music educators dedicated to assisting teachers to teach music in the classroom. Our philosophy of music education comes from the Hungarian Ethnomusicologist Zoltán Kodály who believed that musical literacy was the right of every child.
The mandate of the Kodály Society of Ontario is to assist teachers of music in elementary schools in Ontario, improve the quality of music learning occurring in their classrooms. Our philosophy of music education includes teaching musical concepts in authentic musical contexts. We focus on practical, hands-on ideas within a developmentally appropriate and sequenced context.
KSO 2009 Branch Report
Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh
President, the Kodály Society of Ontario kso.president@rogers.com
Nova Scotia: website under discussion
KSNS 2009 Branch Report
Words of Wisdom Feature