Summer Workshops
COVID-19 UPDATE
In order to help support the effort to contain the coronavirus, Gordon College has announced that summer classes and workshops will be held online. Workshops will be delivered in hybrid formats—synchronously and asynchronously by the same outstanding clinicians.
Registration is open for summer 2020.
At Gordon, we believe in innovative music teaching and learning. Our interactive workshops taught by nationally recognized clinicians, provide music educators with a unique opportunity to explore topics that prove to be inspiring and enriching in music classrooms across the country. Workshop participation is open to all music educators, no matter what your educational or professional background.
Modifications to the course schedules and content are in process, and will be updated in entirety by the week of June 15 to reflect the scope and outcomes of remote delivery of our workshop programming.
Kids, Choirs – Endless Possibilities for the Elementary Teacher: Wander the World with Drums, Movement, Song, and Nurturing the Child Voice.
Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer
Calling all elementary general music and choir educators! This workshop will use choral music teaching and learning as a foundation for exploring essentials for elementary music-making. Sessions will include:
- Nurturing and cultivating the child voice
- Wander the world with song
- Kids, Choirs - endless possibilities
- Kids, Choir and Drums
- Sing, Move, Learn, Teach!
Hands-on world drumming will be explored, presenting ways to broaden and enrich elementary general music and choral classroom literature, learning, and curriculum.
Dr. Brinkmeyer intends to set aside time for advocacy tools and discussion about the value of music learning as plans develop for modified school experiences this fall of 2020
Remote Learning Program Schedule
July 13–15, 2020
Monday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom; 90 minutes extended lunch and zoom drop-in office hours; 12:30–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Tuesday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom, 90 minutes extended lunch and zoom drop-in office hours; 12:30–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Wednesday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom.
Registration
$637.50: One and one-half (1.5) Graduate Credits
$580: Participation Only
Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.
Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.
PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. One and one-half graduate credit is the equivalent of earning 33.75 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to interface directly with DESE if they wish to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
First Steps in Music (**This course is full - we are no longer accepting registrations)
Dr. John Feierabend
All people are born with the potential to become musical. With inappropriate or limited musical experiences in the early years, children consistently lose their intuitions for thinking tunes, feeling rhythms and responding to expressiveness in music. This course will provide a bridge from research to practice by demonstrating how a "natural" curriculum rich in the repertoire of traditional children's songs, rhymes, games and dances can develop young children's musical aptitude. A model of parents and children playing together in the years from birth to age three will be presented, as well as curriculum for three-to-eight-year-old children in classroom settings. Participants can earn certification in First Steps in Music by the Feierabend Association for Music Education.
More about John Feierabend ➔
Remote Learning Program Schedule*
July 13–16, 2020
Monday–Thursday, 8:30–11:30 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom; 90-minute break; 1–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
*No class on Friday, July 17
Registration
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits
$980: Participation Only
Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment, or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.
Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.
PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. Three graduate credits is the equivalent of earning 67.5 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to coordinate directly with DESE if they with to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
THIS COURSE IS FULL - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS
Teaching Improvisation: Where to Begin
Dr. Christopher Azzara
According to the National Standards for Music Education, everyone should be teaching improvisation. This class provides a common-sense approach that improves your musicianship and that of your students—making connections for general, vocal and instrumental teachers at all levels of instruction and experience. Using Christopher Azzara's publication Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation, participants will be introduced to practical techniques designed to (1) improve musicianship; (2) develop improvisation skills in a variety of musical styles; (3) include improvisation as an integral part of teaching and learning; (4) define relationships among improvisation, reading and composition; and (5) assess students' learning. The course will also use Dr. Azzara's newest publication, Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation 1-B.
More about Christopher Azzara ➔
Remote Learning Program Schedule
July 13–17, 2020
Monday–Friday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom; extended break for lunch and independent project work; 1–3:30 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom.
Registration
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits
$980: Participation Only
Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.
Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.
PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. Three graduate credits is the equivalent of earning 67.5 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to interface directly with DESE if they wish to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
Universal First Steps in Teaching Music Students with Disabilities
Rachel Grimsby
This workshop considers Dr. John Feierabend's First Steps in Music for PreSchool and Beyond curriculum through the lens of Universal Design for Learning. Participants will gain an understanding of the principles of Universal Design for Learning and how they apply to First Steps in Music. Assistive technologies, accommodations, and modifications will also be discussed.
Topics to include:
- Overview of First Steps in Music and Universal Design for Learning
- Vocal Development through Universal Design for Learning
- Movement and Beat Development through Universal Design for Learning
Remote Learning Program Schedule
July 15–17, 2020
Wednesday, 1–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Thursday, 8:30–11:30 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom (short breaks incorporated as needed); 1–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Friday, 8:30–11:30 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom (short breaks incorporated as needed); 1–3 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Registration
$637.50: One and one-half (1.5) Graduate Credits
$580: Participation Only
Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.
Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.
PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. One and one-half graduate credit is the equivalent of earning 33.75 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to interface directly with DESE if they wish to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
A General Music Ukulele Curriculum
Kenneth Trapp
Participants in this workshop will explore ideas and activities for improvisation and ukulele performance, with a goal of understanding how general music activities can be naturally sequenced to instrumental performance. The workshop will also demonstrate how collaboration and differentiated instruction are natural and powerful models for learning. The ukulele is a user-friendly instrument that can be played successfully from early elementary age through adulthood. Collaborative group work will offer innovative ways to promote aural skill development, singing and playing harmony in a linear manner, and engaging in improvisation skills that will inform instrumental performance and promote composition.
Participants will need to have the use of a ukulele in order to participate in this workshop
More about Kenneth Trapp ➔
Remote Learning Program Schedule
July 13–15, 2020
Monday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom and independent project work; 2 hour extended lunch and zoom drop-in office hours; 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Tuesday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom and independent project work; 2 hour extended lunch and zoom drop-in office hours; 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. synchronous participation via Zoom
Wednesday, 8:30–11 a.m. synchronous participation via Zoom.
Registration
$637.50: One and one-half (1.5) Graduate Credits
$580: Participation Only
Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.
Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.
PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. One and one-half graduate credit is the equivalent of earning 33.75 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to interface directly with DESE if they wish to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
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