Early childhood workshop participants will explore how children learn music and what that means for guiding the music development of children ages 0-9. They also will develop their audiation skills in a variety of tonalities and meters as well as their movement skills.

In the instrumental workshops, teachers will explore how to apply Gordon’s music learning theory concepts to beginning instrumental music lessons, rehearsals, and concert preparation. Participants will use a soprano recorder to facilitate practical applications of audiating tonality, meter, and style, and will learn how to transfer those applications to other instruments.

The piano workshop will explore how children learn music & how it informs the development of rhythmic & tonal audiation skills.  Participants will have the opportunity to develop their own movement and audiation skills in a variety of meters & tonalities. New and familiar repertoire will be utilized in away-from-the-keyboard and rote learning activities. To experience application of concepts directly, proximity to a piano or keyboard is encouraged.