Are you a new or veteran music educator? Are you looking for a place to receive practical professional development that you can use right away in your classroom and as part of your music curriculum? Are you looking for a place to share your ideas and hear other ideas you can implement in your music program? If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, then this new course offered through Graduate and Continuing Education at Fitchburg State is designed for you!
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This exciting new course is for all music educators regardless of what performance area or school system they teach in, and will be particularly relevant for music teachers at the PK - 8 level. The objective of this course is to learn a range of foundational methods in music education, not only from the point of view of their theoretical frameworks, but also their real-world application in the classroom.
Some of the topics will include:
- Kodaly Method
- Dalcroze Method
- Orff-Schulwerk Method
- Music Learning Theory Method
All music educators are welcome to participate, whether you are a new teacher in the field or are a veteran music educator. Participants will leave with ideas, examples and plans that are realistic and attainable to implement in their school system. Don’t miss this opportunity to collaborate with fellow music educators and discuss current topics related to teaching music in our schools.
MUSC 7011 CRN 12101
Music Teacher’s Methods Toolbox
Dr. Ida Pappas
Hybrid format includes online learning, as well as four face-to-face meetings on Saturdays @ 9:00am-12:45pm: Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 19 & Nov. 2
Fall classes begin September 3, 2019
Dr. Ida Pappas, faculty bio
Dr. Ida Pappas hails from the city of Pittsburgh, PA, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Voice Performance and the required coursework for licensure in Music Education from Duquesne University. From the beginning of her teaching career, she has been an interdisciplinarian, bringing into her lessons connections to visual art, theatre, history, science and culture.
She has taught all manners of PK - 12 performing arts for the past 27 years: general music, choral and band ensembles, and speech and drama electives, as well as co-taught courses with visual arts colleagues. Additionally, she has stage performance, directing and music directing credits, including a 2016 production of Hairspray that was nominated for 5 MET awards.
For several years, Dr. Pappas has also served as a K-12 Performing Arts Coordinator, where she taught and directed choral ensembles, as well as supervised and evaluated as many as 31 faculty and staff over nine schools. In these positions, she has established ensembles and booster groups, and expanded the school offerings to include dance and Ableton Live 9 music technology courses.
Dr. Pappas built a music studio and a stained glass studio onto her home, and in 2000, she established IMPappas Studio where she designs and builds large stained glass art pieces on commission. In 2009, Dr. Pappas earned her Masters in Music Education at Boston University, and in 2017, she graduated with a PhD in Education (Lesley University), with a focus on Interdisciplinary Arts and their power to build community in schools, as well as provide avenues for student transformation and social justice.
Since 2018, Dr. Pappas has been a Program Director for Lesley University's STEAM Lab program. In this position, she mentors and supervises college students as they write interdisciplinary curriculum utilizing urban greenspaces, in order to teach students from Cambridge and Somerville. In 2019, Dr. Pappas joined Fitchburg State University as an adjunct in the Humanities Department, designing and teaching courses for the Masters of Arts Education program.
Thank you to Dr. Pappas for contributing to this blog.
