Workshop
A World of Possibilities: Teaching Music from a Global Perspective
Course Number: MU ED 497A
Dates: July 9–11, 2009
Times: 8:00 a.m.–noon and 1:30–5:00 p.m., with some evening performances
Credit: 2 University credits or 60 Act 48 hours
Location: School of Music
(Registration will be held in the Esber Foyer in Music Building 1.)
Enrollment: cap of 35 students
Description
Music from a global perspective will come alive for all ensemble directors and classroom teachers who attend this hands-on music teaching workshop. The participants will perform,
explore, and dialogue for a deeper understanding of musical practices around the globe. Through various experiences, ranging from in-depth discussion to rehearsals and music making,
the attendees will begin to develop a framework for student-centered experiences in multicultural and world musics. This workshop will offer music educators unique opportunities in
choral, general, and instrumental music.
The participants will explore the world of music through:
- daily seminars with keynote speaker Nick Page, a world-renowned song leader and director of the Mystic Chorale of Boston, Massachusetts
- rehearsals and workshops with Dr. Tony Leach, director of the Essence of Joy choral program, including a special performance with Essence of Joy at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
- world music lesson planning with Dr. Atesh Sonneborn, associate director of Smithsonian Global Sound, including guided attendance of performances at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and certification in the teaching of world music from the Smithsonian Institution
- daily mini-workshops on various themes—in-depth cultural experiences, song writing and arranging, early childhood music experiences, reading sessions, drumming, and much more!
Faculty
Nick Page is a composer, conductor, author, and song leader. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Page was a conductor with the Chicago Children’s Choir. He currently directs the Mystic Chorale of Boston, as well as leading sings and workshops throughout the Americas and Europe. He has served as a guest conductor at many festivals and concert venues, including Carnegie Hall. Mr. Page is the author of three books for teachers, including the Sing with Us Songbook (Hal Leonard) and Sing and Shine On! (World Music Press). His articles have appeared in numerous music journals, and he has published more than fifty choral pieces with Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, Transcontinental Music Publications, and World Music Press. Mr. Page has a music education degree from Ithaca College and a master’s degree in education from Lesley College.
Anthony Leach has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 1994. He teaches courses in choral music education and conducts the University Choir and Essence of Joy choir. He holds degrees from Lebanon Valley College and Penn State. A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Leach has fourteen years of teaching experience in the public schools of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. He has also served on the adjunct faculties of Shippensburg, Catholic, and Howard universities. Dr. Leach is national chair of the Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives Repertoire and Standards Committee for the American Choral Directors Association. He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, American Choral Directors Association, American Guild of Organists, and the Gospel Music Workshop of America.
Smithsonian Global Sound©, which has been dubbed by the New York Times as “the ethnographic alternative to iTunes,” encompasses 40,000 tracks of world music, streaming from the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology in India, the International Library of African Music in South Africa, and the nine record labels of the Smithsonian Folkways collections. The collection also includes prodigious liner notes, feature articles, multimedia shorts, and powerful search tools.
This workshop, presented in conjunction with the Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) teacher network, will offer a hands-on approach to creating lesson plans and activities for K–12 music
classrooms and ensembles, using the SGS archive. Scheduled to coincide with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the course will give the participants an opportunity to
study musical styles and genres from the SGS collection and then attend the Arts Festival to enjoy live performances. In addition, the participants will earn a Certificate in the
Teaching of World Musics from the Smithsonian Institution.
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