Originally from Sydney, Rowena Tall has been a primary music specialist for 30 years. She first encountered the Kodaly method while teaching at St. Catherine’s in Waverley when she discovered the Deanna Hoermann ‘Developmental Music Program’ books hidden in a cupboard of resources. After moving to Armidale NSW in 2008, she introduced many of her colleagues in country NSW to the Kodály method and completed the Australian Kodaly Certificate in 2011. Whilst in Armidale, Rowena also worked closely with the New England Conservatorium of Music in the development and delivery of their highly acclaimed community music programs and she conducted the primary massed choir at their regional ‘New England Sings!’ event in 2012 and 2014. She also helped coordinate and lead several professional development workshops in the New England area providing valuable in-servicing for rural teachers. Rowena moved to Melbourne in 2017 and is currently the Head of Junior Music at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School. She is also actively involved with the committee of Kodaly Victoria.
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Session 2: 11.15 | Working in Harmony – Ideas for Fostering Positive Collaborations between Instrumental and Classroom Music Teachers |
In a paper delivered at the KMEIA conference in Brisbane in 2016, Anthony Young and Angelina Ellis explored the the notion that in many educational settings instrumental and classroom music teachers work in separate domains with their own set of teaching practices and limited opportunities for collaboration. They suggested that building partnerships between departments can benefit both teachers and students especially in developing common strategies, language, repertoire and resources that will support deep learning by ‘constructing multiple relevancies and competencies’. (Nuthall, 1999 as cited by Young and Ellis 2016).
In this workshop we will share our experiences of this type of collaboration within a Kodaly context including discussion of repertoire, sequencing of elements and teaching strategies. |