Workshops for Teachers

Hands-on Experience with Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways Certification Course
in World Music Pedagogy

June 25–29, 2012 (8:30am-5:00pm daily)
University of Washington School of Music (Room 313)
Seattle, WA

Audio, video, print, electronic, and human resources will be sampled in this three-credit intensive course, with the aim of learning as well as developing an understanding of ways to teach music of the world’s cultures. Attention will be given to learning culture through songs, stories, movement and dance experiences, and instrumental music on classroom instruments. Participants will be guided in developing curricular materials from the Smithsonian Folkways archives that fit the needs of students in knowing music (and knowing culture through music). Musical experiences will be tailored for use at various levels, including in classes for children, youth, and adults. Enrolled students in the course will develop a curricular project, and will receive documentation from the Smithsonian Institution that certifies their specialized study in world music pedagogy.

Traditional artist-musicians, culture-bearers, and experienced teachers will form the faculty roster for this workshop, including:

• Marisol Berrios-Miranda (Puerto Rico)
• Thione Diop (Senegal/percussion)
• Shannon Dudley (Trinidad/Caribbean)
• Peter Park (Korean percussion)
• Christopher Roberts (Turkey, Uganda, ‘children’s music’)
• Leon Garcia (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
• Amanda Soto (Conjunto, Son Jarocho)
• Patricia Shehan Campbell (North India, Bulgaria)

For registration information contact Michiko Sakai at MichikoS@u.washington.edu

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