Susie Fredline is an experienced music educator who has taught classroom music and directed choirs for the last 34 years, to students aged three to eighteen. Most of Susie’s teaching experience has been in the rural and remote areas of Queensland. Since leaving the state system she has gained experience in the Catholic Education and other private school settings. Her main interests, outside of the primary music curriculum, are choral music and recorders that sound beautiful. She currently teaches Music at Whitsunday Anglican School in Mackay Queensland with an experienced and passionate team of music educators.
Day 3
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| Session 5: 15.00 | Repertoire: Renewed and Recycled |
| Kodaly is quoted as saying “…that the folk songs of a child’s own culture constitute his musical mother tongue and should be the vehicle for early instruction.” In the primary classroom this philosophical underpinning gives us opportunity for excitement and some trepidation. Our classrooms in Australia are far from representative of one, static, cultural group and, as such, we are encouraged to explore music from a range of cultures. Teachers need their repertoire to fulfill many purposes and be pedagogically rich to allow students to connect with themselves and others through music.
In this workshop, participants will be led through a sequence of activities that explore repertoire that can be used from lower primary and through to upper, using an old favourite and examples of repertoire from different cultures. An explanation of how this repertoire was sourced and chosen will be discussed along with avenues for finding pedagogically rich repertoire to suit the participants own cultural contexts. The key discussion point being, “How could you apply these ideas in your context and develop an effective sequence of activities?” an essential element of the modern primary music classroom. |
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