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nafmeadminHello!
I’m currently finishing up my fourth year teaching K-8 general music, under a curriculum that I created (there was no music program at all when I started here!). I’ve been following Kodaly, with a mix of some elements of Conversational Solfege. I’d like to eventually switch to the Conversational Solfege and Process, but now with the new core music standards looming in the distance, I’m wondering if Conversational Solfege will fulfill those standards. I know many will, seeing that the new standards are all about music literacy, but there are also some new components that don’t seem to fit within the very precise CS method. The new standards also seem to be “a mile wide and an inch deep” when compared to CS.
Is there anyone who has been working with CS? If so, what steps have your school/district made to correlate them to the new arts standards?
Thank you for any advice!
Christopher Szpara
K-8 Music Teacher,
Odyssey Community School
nafmeadminHey Chris!! Your old buddy Patricia from ARC. I have been in touch with Paul Scanlon in West Haven Public Schools, who has been very successful with CS. He could steer you in the right direction. I am sure you can find him on the WH website. He also mention a great contact in Westport I believe.
nafmeadminWe have done some work with the new standards in our district along with First Steps and Conversational Solfege. In this link, are the two power standards that our team has chosen to report out on each quarter along with FS/CS alignment.
http://siouxcityartsandcommunityengagement.blogspot.com/
Pat
nafmeadminThank you so very much!!
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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