Northern California Association of Kodály Educators
The NCAKE mission is inspired by Kodály’s vision of quality music education for all.
We nurture a vibrant community of educators, students and musicians,
by providing learning opportunities and resources that promote musical excellence
and celebrate the diverse cultures of Northern California and beyond.
Announcements
Inspiring Students to Create in the Music Classroom: Inquiry, Standards, and Active Music Making with Nyssa Brown
In this workshop, participants will experience a create-focused inquiry lesson that can be applied or modified for use across grade levels in music classrooms. Leave with ideas for immediate classroom implementation as well as an understanding of how to create your own inquiry-based lessons in the music classroom that keep students actively engaged in “music-ing.” This workshop will use standards as a springboard and draw on inquiry, backward design, and concept-based tools and strategies for intentional curriculum design.
Nyssa Brown, Clinician
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Zoom Opens: 9:00am - 9:25am (Pacific Time)
Workshop: 9:30am-12:30pm (Pacific Time)
Offered on Zoom only
*** Special Discounted Workshop Prices! ***
Scholarship Benefit Auction - March 24!
The Kodály Foundation for Music Education invites you to join them for their 3rd Birthday Celebration & Scholarship Benefit Auction.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont
To launch the Named Scholarship effort in 2024, this event will feature an online and in-person silent auction to raise funds for student scholarships in Gail Needleman’s name.
This auction includes special items from Gail’s personal estate collection generously donated by her family including unique instruments, fine textiles, and exquisite rugs. The net proceeds from the silent auction go directly towards the KFME named scholarship fund in Gail’s honor.
Questions: Contact info@kodalyfoundation.org
Join NCAKE as we congratulate presenters and conductors, and share highlights from the 2024 OAKE Conference in Chicago (March 14-17). Bring a drink and celebrate the legacy and contributions of outstanding musicians and educators!
Select Debrief Date here: https://forms.gle/Zr7ZVgHcvychtvNn9
Please select your preferred date by Friday, March 29 at 11:59pm (PDT).
We will select the date with the highest attendance. Date will be announced on March 30.
Become a member of NCAKE today!
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Full time students join for FREE!
Enjoy discounted rates for workshops and chapter events!
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Kodály Center at University of Redlands
Attention all HNU Alums, friends of the Kodály Center and anyone interested in Kodály philosophy and pedagogy!
Learn more about the MM Kodály Pedagogy and Summer Certificate offerings here.
For more info: email Dr. Katherine Hickey (kathy_hickey@redlands.edu)
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The 50th OAKE Conference takes place from March 14-17, 2024 in Chicago, Il. Celebrate this anniversary with OAKE in Reflecting & Refining!
Conference Events & Special Sessions
Joan Litman, Keynote Speaker
Susanna Saw, Mini-Conference and Participant Choir Director
Jo Kirk, Sunday Spotlight Session
Judith Chan, Sandy Knudson, Tracy Wong, Árpád Tőth, Conference Choir Conductors
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International Kodály Society Symposium 2023
Golden Anniversary: Connecting Humanity Through Music
26th Symposium Celebrating 50 Years
The 26th IKS Symposium took place from July 31 through August 4, 2023 at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, California, USA. This biennial international event served as a platform to educate, engage, support and foster connections for aspiring and experienced music educators, ethnomusicologists and musicians internationally. This Symposium celebrated 50 years of support for the International Kodály Society, which is active in 34 countries and has Affiliated National Organizations in 16 countries.
NCAKE was proud to contribute, and found this Symposium particularly meaningful given the origin of the first Symposium at Holy Names University (then College) in 1973. NCAKE wishes to acknowledge the tremendous work that was so generously provided by the Symposium Organizing Committee, Western Division, OAKE and the IKS Board.
This occasion not only represented many distinctive ways of connecting humanity through music, but also in connecting the many generations of NCAKE leaders and members together in organizing and attending such a momentous event.
Web: www.ikssymposium2023.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikssymposium2023
Instagram: @ikssymposium2023
Photo Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQger
BRIGHT MORNING STARS ARE RISING
50th Anniversary Anthology, Kodály Center at Holy Names University
Anne Laskey & Gail Needleman, Editors
This 50th Anniversary Anthology of the Kodály Center reflects the significant role the Kodály Center has played in implementing Zoltán Kodály's vision for music education in the United States and around the world.
This collection of 26 articles explores the basic tenets of Kodály's vision:
That music is for everybody
That music literacy is a universal right and not a secret language for a select few
That singing is the most human and universal of instruments
That folk music and art music are the most beautiful and lasting of musical forms
In realizing and implementing Kodály’s vision, these articles reflect on bringing Kodály’s ideas to American classrooms, along with articles that investigate Kodály's life and thought, and what these mean for us today. The articles are complimented by writings of some of the many Hungarian master teachers who have worked with Holy Names faculty to develop higher levels of musicianship, excellent materials and clear pedagogical goals in music teacher education.
Email info@kodalyfoundation.org with any questions