The Tuneful, Beatful, Artful Music Teacher

In the season opener of the podcast, Missy speaks with FAME Teacher Trainer Chris Anne Powers about the Feierabend Repertoire Database, a truly exciting new resource that Chris has been working on for GIA Publications that is making its debut this Fall.  

A brief overview of the first few episodes of the new season

In this final part of our series with passionate black music educator and activist Jasmine Fripp, Missy asks about practical ways predominantly white music education organizations can invite and center the voices of Black, Brown, and Indigenous music educators. The post Dear White Colleagues- Jasmine Fripp (Part 3) | S2E19 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Join Missy for a special 3-episode series with music educator Jasmine Fripp, author of the Facebook post entitled “With Love, Letters to my Fellow White Colleagues” that went viral, provoking countless discussions of how white music teachers should approach Black genres of music. Jasmine Fripp joins Missy for the 2nd part of their interview in […] The post Dear White Colleagues- Jasmine Fripp (Part 2) | S2E18 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Join Missy for a special 3-episode series with music educator Jasmine Fripp, author of the Facebook post entitled “With Love, Letters to my Fellow White Colleagues” that went viral, provoking countless discussions of how white music teachers should approach Black genres of music. In the first episode, Jasmine talks to Missy about how her dedication […] The post Dear White Colleagues- Jasmine Fripp (Part 1) | S2E17 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

In the final episode of Season Two, Missy chats about the ups and downs of teaching in the age of a COVID-19, especially in the Feierabend-focused classroom. She also interviews 2 of her kids, Jackson and Owen, to hear their perspective as musicians/students during this unique time and place in history.         […] The post COVID, Look What You’ve Done to Me! | S2E16 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Missy sits down with FAME Teacher Trainer and FAME President-Elect Emily Maurek to talk about what Conversational Solfege is and why it is such a great program to use with kids who are tuneful, beatful, and artful. About Emily Maurek    Find the book First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk (referenced by Missy in […] The post Series-Reflections on Conversational Solfege: a Teacher Trainer Perspective | S2E15 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John Feierabend’s Conversational Program is a phenomenal way to help  your already Tuneful, Beatful, Artful students become musically independent and notationally literate, but it can be challenging for teachers to master the process. In this series of episodes, gneral music teacher Taylor Kurilew asks Missy questions about CS after trying it in her classroom for […] The post Conversational Solfege in the Real World- Taylor Kurilew Part 3 | S2E14 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John Feierabend’s Conversational Program is a phenomenal way to help  your already Tuneful, Beatful, Artful students become musically independent and notationally literate, but it can be challenging for teachers to master the process. In this series of episodes, gneral music teacher Taylor Kurilew asks Missy questions about CS after trying it in her classroom for […] The post Conversational Solfege in the Real World – Taylor Kurilew Part 2 | S2E13 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John Feierabend’s Conversational Program is a phenomenal way to help  your already Tuneful, Beatful, Artful students become musically independent and notationally literate, but it can be challenging for teachers to master the process. In this series of episodes, gneral music teacher Taylor Kurilew asks Missy questions about CS after trying it in her classroom for […] The post Conversational Solfege in the Real World- Taylor Kurilew Part 1 | S2E12 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson talks with Missy about First Steps in Music, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum to help young students become Tuneful, Beautiful, and Artful. Hear what, in particular, this master teacher loves about First Steps. Click here for a Bio of Today’s Guest. Resources featuring today’s guest: First Steps in Music for Kindergarten and […] The post Reflections on First Steps in Music: a Teacher Trainer Perspective with Lindsay Jackson | S2E11 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Missy and John continue talking about CS Upper Levels, this time talking about the success John had using CS with his high school choirs as well as with his undergraduate music students. Then, John talks about the development of a line of choral music easily accessible music for the unauditioned choir. Conversational Solfege Level 3 […] The post Conversational Solfege Upper Levels: the Revision Part 2 | S2E10 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Dr. Feierabend joins Missy again, this time to talk about the new revision of the Upper Levels of Conversational Solfege. In Part One of their discussion, John touches on the progression from Book 2 of Conversational Solfege with its focus on Tonic and Dominant harmonic support to Book 3 where he begins to introduce Subdominant. […] The post Conversational Solfege Upper Levels: the Revision Part 1 | S2E09 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

In the final installment of the series of conversations with Sister Lorna from Fall 2019, the discussion begins with the difficult but important topic of what to do about music with racist origins or backgrounds and then moves on to ask what constitutes American folk music, as well as how to be more inclusive of […] The post A Conversation with Dr. Lorna Zemke: Part 3 | S2E08 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

In Part 1, we left Sister Lorna on the tarmac in the Ukraine as she was desperately trying to get to Hungary after being in Russia, listen to hear what happened next. You’ll also hear Dr. Zemke discuss first meeting Dr. Feierabend when he was her graduate student at Silver Lake College, and share a […] The post A Conversation with Dr. Lorna Zemke: Part 2 | S2E07 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Missy gets to know Dr. Zemke, or Sister Lorna as she is affectionately known by the many people whose lives she has impacted. Hear about her life as a young girl in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin all the way through the crucial 6 months she spent collecting data and observing music classrooms in Budapest, Hungary during […] The post A Conversation with Dr. Lorna Zemke: Part 1 | S2E06 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Missy talks with FAME Teacher Trainer Rachel Grimsby, PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan, about Universal Design for Learning a lens through which music educators can examine how to teach students with disabilities. Bio of Today’s Guest Resources mentioned in the episode: www.cast.org Including Everyone: Creating Music Classrooms Where All Children Learn Universal Design […] The post Universal Design for Learning: Rachel Grimsby | S2E05 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Ever found yourself wishing your state music standards were more reflective of your practice? In this episode Missy speaks with 3 expert music educators who had a direct hand in the recent revision of the Indiana State Music Standards – learn how they got involved and what happened along the way. Indiana Academic Standards: Fine […] The post Crafting Indiana’s Music Standards: A Conversation with Brent Gault, Emily Maurek, & Andy Himelick | S2E04 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Have you wondered how, exactly, you should get going with the Arioso part of First Steps in Music? You’ll get a TON to think about in this extra long episode with Dr. Feierabend! Also, at the end of the episode, Missy lists the names of each member of the FAME Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. […] The post Arioso: Just do it! | S2E03 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Listen to Part 2 of the conversation between Missy and Connie Greenwood about things to think about when doing parent/child classes for infants and toddlers.   The post Starting Parent/Child Classes for Infants and Toddlers: Business Considerations, Part 2 | S2E02 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Have you ever considered starting infant/toddler and parent classes using First Steps in Music? Then you won’t want to miss the first part of Missy’s interview with FAME Teacher Trainer Connie Greenwood!   The post Starting Parent/Child Classes for Infants and Toddlers: Business Considerations, Part 1 | S2E01 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

In the final episode of Season One, John and Missy continue the conversation about First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers, outlining exactly what happens in an early childhood class and why classes of these type can be so impactful in the musical development of our youngest students.   The post What is First Steps in Music: The Infant/Toddler Curriculum, Part 2 | S1E12 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Listen in to Part 1 of a conversation between Missy and John about music in early childhood and how he developed his First Steps in Music for Infants and Toddlers Curriculum.   The post What is First Steps in Music: The Infant/Toddler Curriculum, Part 1 | S1E11 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

This week’s podcast (Season 1, Episode 10) will feature a fascinating discussion with Dr. Feierabend about how an elementary teacher can take their Tuneful, Beatful, Artful students and begin to teach them how to successfully sing in harmony. it debuts June 6, so don’t miss it!   The post Non-Negotiables: Getting Started with Part Singing John | S1E10 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Join Missy as she talks with FAME Teacher Trainer Leslie Weaver about some “first steps” in working with the special needs students in your program. Learn about the educators in your building and in the administration who can help you along the way and hear a little about the work Leslie does in her classroom […] The post Series- Working with Special Needs: Where do I start?! | S1E09 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Missy and FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson discuss the ins and outs of hosting Informances for the younger elementary grades. Find out how to offer parents and students a fantastic experience that will help students demonstrate what they’ve learned while also advocating for your program without cutting into your general music class time!   The post Informances in the First Steps Years | S1E08 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

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FAME Endorsed Teacher Trainer Chris Anne Powers outlines how she and her district colleagues successfully combine rhythm and tonal units of Conversational Solfege starting in 2nd grade.   The post Conversational Solfege: Teaching tonal and rhythm units simultaneously | S1E07 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

Join Missy as she and Master Teacher Lillie Feierabend begin a series about moving the learning that takes place in the classroom out and into the homes and broader community of students. Lillie talks about her “Ask Me” sheets, which are a wonderful way to help students become teachers outside of the music classroom! The post Bridges to the Community, Part 1: Ask Me Sheets | S1E06 Lillie Feierabend appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John and Missy continue their energetic and engrossing discussion as they delve into the remaining “Feierabend Non-Negotiables.” John talks about rote learning as an important requirement for higher order thinking, as well as what he means when he says “any response is the right response.” He then shares some important considerations for teaching notation in […] The post The Feierabend Non-Negotiables, Part 2 | S1E05 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

While there is an inherent flexibility in Dr. Feierabend’s philosophy and programs, in this episode (Part 1 of 2) he describes what have come to be known as the “Feierabend Non-Negotiables” – those principles that, in his estimation, underpin excellent pedagogy and practice in the music classroom. The post The Feierabend Non-Negotiables, Part 1 | S1E04 John appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

FAME Teacher Trainers Emily Maurek, Andrew Himelick, and Rachel Grimsby talk with Missy about First Steps in Music, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum to help young students become Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. Hear about how each of these master teachers came to learn of and embrace John Feierabend’s work and what, in particular, is so appealing to […] The post Reflections on First Steps – a Teacher Trainer’s Perspective | S1E03 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John Feierabend and Missy talk about Conversational Solfege, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum that teaches music literacy with a sound before sight approach. Learn about the 12 Steps of Conversational Solfege and how through it, students learn to become independent musical thinkers! The post Conversational Solfege – An Overview | S1E02 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.

John Feierabend describes the “8-Part Workout” of First Steps in Music. Learn about the Kodály foundations of FS, how it was developed, and why elementary general music teachers around the globe love this program! The post First Steps in Music – An Overview | S1E01 appeared first on Feierabend Association for Music Education | A tuneful, beatful, artful learning community.