October 4, 2008
Keith Terry
BODY MUSIC WORKSHOP
Using the oldest instrument on the planet -- the human body -- we clap, slap, snap, step and vocalize our way through some very fun and funky, original and traditional rhythmic music. BODY MUSIC is an effective way of internalizing rhythmic work, enhancing all musical skills. Wear comfortable clothing and clean sneakers or jazz shoes.
Body Music, also known as Body Percussion and Body Drumming, is the oldest music on the planet. Before people were hollowing logs and slapping rocks, they were using their bodies to stomp, clap, sing, snap and grunt their musical ideas. There are many traditional Body Musics in the world, from African-American Hambone and Flamenco Palmas to Sumatran Saman and Ethiopian Armpit music. Keith Terry has developed a contemporary style of Body Music based on his training as a jazz drummer, as well as his years of intensive study and collaboration with world rhythmic systems.
Keith Terry is a percussionist/rhythm dancer/educator whose artistic vision has straddled the line between music and dance for more than three decades. He has performed as a soloist and band leader in world-wide venues. He has produced CDs and DVDs on Crosspulse Media. As an educator, he has designed and taught a dozen courses on the relationship of music and dance; deep listening; synchronicity, time and timing; and intercultural communication in the arts. In 2006 he conceived and directed the first international body music performance project for the Orff Institute in Salzburg. Keith tours extensively in the Americas, Asia and Europe, where his Body Music performances, workshops, residencies and choreographic commissions are popular among professional performers and educators. In the 2007-08 season he is touring in the US, Canada, Holland, Germany, Spain, Australia, Iceland, Finland, France and Denmark. Keith Terry is the recipient of a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship and the Artistic Director of the first International Body Music Festival, to take place in San Francisco/Oakland in December.
for more information:
keithterry@crosspulse.com
http://www.crosspulse.com
http://www.myspace.com/keithterrybodymusic
January 17th, 2009
David Conners
SING A SONG OF SIX PENCE A POCKETFUL OF OSTINATI
We will focus on the Orff teaching process: How to begin and then develop songs, rhymes, and singing games. The day will be an exploration of a variety of activities for all grade levels.
David Connors is a Professor of Music at California State University, Los Angeles. At Cal State LA he teaches courses in the master’s program in music education, general music methods courses, applied voice, music for dance majors, supervises student teachers, and directs the Orff Schulwerk Certification Program. He holds the MM and DME degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He holds all three levels of Orff Certification and received his Kodaly Certification from Danube Bend University in Esztergom, Hungary. He is a program author for Silver Burdett’s “Making Music” and is an author of “Making Music with Movement and Dance”.
March 7th, 2009
Anne Fennell
Discovery, Composition, Literacy, And Assessment: Standards-Based And Integrated Music Eperiences
Participants will create and read developmentally appropriate rhythms and melodies across the grade levels, while composing larger ensemble pieces, using text, notation, and improvisation. In addition, they will take a creative dive into rhythm, leading into composition.
Anne Fennell is the Orff-Schulwerk Specialist at the K-8 Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts where she teaches standards-based integrated music. She is the composer of 32+ original musical productions and her percussion ensemble, ZOOM! has performed for numerous national conferences. She is also an author and a national workshop clinician (TMEA, CMEA, AOSA, National PTA, etc.), coordinator, advocate, facilitator, and guest lecturer, presenting workshops for teachers and administrators in Orff-Schulwerk, composition, and integrated arts programs. Ms. Fennell has presented to the International Music Products Industry, a Senate Advisory Committee, and given interviews on national TV for Disney1s Baby Einstein. She also presented at the U.S. Dept of Education1s Research to Best Practice Conference in Washington D.C. Ms. Fennell was Vista Unified School District1s 2005 Teacher of the Year and CMEA1s 2006 Southern Border Music Educator of the Year. Anne is an active clinician and contributing author for Making Music (Silver Burdett, Pearson Scott Foresman, 2002, 2005), the author for Grade 6, Making Music with the Arts and Across the Curriculum (Silver Burdett, Pearson Scott Foresman, 2006). She is also the author and program director of MusicVentures, an nationally researched and integrated music education program. She has Masters in Education in Leadership Studies with an additional certificate in character education.
