NCAKE Workshop: “Bringing Spanish Music into Your Classroom!” Arwen de Castellanos and Lydia Mills

October 3, 2009, 9:30 am - 1 pm
Cal State East Bay, Hayward, Arts and Education Building, Rm 142
Use Parkling lots H and K

Arwen de Castellanos and Lydia Mills, who are both performers of traditional Latin American music and classroom music teachers, bring a lively workshop with lovely melodies and fun-filled Spanish language games for your classroom. New repertoire for use with the early elements so-mi, la, ta, titi, and rest will be presented, as well as more advanced traditional singing games from regions of Mexico, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Peru for older students. Lydia will also report on her experiences in giving introductory Kodály workshops in Puerto Rico, Peru, and Colombia and on the rapidly growing interest from music teachers from all over Latin America in Kodály’s wonderful approach to teaching music to children.

2009 Summer Institute - Register now!

41st HNU Kodály Summer Institute - July 6-24
Kodály Certification Levels I, II, III
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd. Oakland, CA 94619

The Kodály Summer Institute offers an introduction to Kodály philosophy, including musicianship training, conducting, curriculum development, pedagogical techniques, and materials for teaching. Course work within the institute can be applied towards Kodály Summer Certification, the Master’s Degree in Music Education, or the Kodály Specialist Certificate. Classes meet daily, Monday-Friday, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Faculty: Gemma Arguelles, Helga Dietrich, Judit Hartyányi, Anne Laskey, Hélène Matters, Ildikó Salgado, Fran Smith.

For more information or to download a registration form, click here and select the link "2009 Summer Institute Brochure".

You may also email laskey@hnu.edu or call 510-436-1234.

Early Childhood Music Workshops Summer 2009

The Role of Singing Games in Early Childhood Education (MUSCX 208)
Helga Dietrich, Instructor
Saturdays, July 11 & 18 9:30 am – 5:00 pm 1 unit

Nurturing Musical Creativity in Young Children (MUSCX206)
Helga Dietrich, Instructor
Monday-Friday, July 6-10 6:00-8:30 pm 1 unit


Holy Names is delighted to announce the return of Helga Dietrich, internationally recognized as one of the most creative and dynamic figures in the field of early childhood music education. In these sessions, she will present materials for teaching, techniques for developing musical responsiveness and creativity, and goals for music education in early childhood inspired by Zoltán Kodály’s philosophy. Videotapes of work with children will allow participants to observe these techniques in practice.

The workshops will explore the use of age-appropriate and playful musical activities for the development of social, emotion, cognitive and musical skills. Guidelines will be presented for selecting, analyzing and organizing song and game collections, as well as identifying songs for listening. Participants will be challenged to develop their own musical creativity by developing activities based on the ideas presented in the workshop.

For those who are new to the Kodály Center, we also recommend enrolling in a musicianship class offered during the HNU Kodály Summer Institute (July 6-24, M-F, 9:30-10:40am).