"Kodály Seminar 2011 Kecskemét, Hungary"

I. PEDAGOGICAL COURSE IN KODÁLY-BASED MUSIC EDUCATION

Course content and daily schedule:

8:30 – 9:45	Warm up and Choir
10:15 – 11:45	Solfege
12 – 1	Choral Conducting (optional class, see the application form)
2 – 4	Optional classes (see the application form)
4 – 6	Methodology Workshops (see the application form)
8	Concert

We offer five areas of specialization in methodology (each participant can choose ONLY ONE of the six specializations, see application form):

1. “In Memoriam Katalin Forrai and Márta Nemesszeghy-Szentkirályi” – early childhood and primary music education for teachers working in kindergartens and elementary schools.

This track offers a pedagogical course in honour of two of Hungary’s most outstanding and decisive music pedagogues with significant international reputation: Katalin Forrai and Márta Szentkirályi-Nemesszeghy. Leaders of the programme are: Helga Dietrich-Mélykúti (HU) and Borbála Szirányi (HU). Faculty members include: Lucinda Geoghegan (UK), Elizabeth Moll (USA) and Cyrilla Rowsell (UK). The programme will feature lectures, workshops and live demonstration classes with some of Hungary’s most outstanding master teachers.

The first week of the course will focus on the musical development of the young child from birth till age 5; development of singing abilities, rhythmic skills, listening skills and lesson planning.
Leader of the programme: Helga Dietrich-Mélykúti (HU)
Faculty: Lucinda Geoghegan (UK), Helga Dietrich-Mélykúti (HU) and Elisabeth Moll (USA)
Demonstration classes: Ilona Gáll-Gróh (HU), Bíborka Papp (HU)

The second week of the course will focus on the development of musical abilities in the elementary school: musical reading and writing, singing, and the use of instruments.
In addition to the daily workshops, participants will have the opportunity to observe live demonstration classes led by some of the most outstanding Hungarian master teachers. Visiting international lecturers will be able to provide useful ideas regarding to the international adaptation of the Hungarian teaching practice.
Leader of the programme: Borbála Szirányi (HU)
Faculty: Cyrilla Rowsell (UK) and others
Demonstration classes: Katalin Körber (HU)
All workshops in this course run from 3 to 6 pm daily.

2. From folk music to art music – methods and repertoire for teaching art music in primary and secondary schools

This strand is open to upper-elementary and secondary music teachers. The workshops offered for participants in this course will deal with issues such as: selecting age-appropriate classical musical repertoire for teaching older students, effective and creative teaching methods, diverse learning skills, competence-based music education, folk music and world music repertoire and the teaching of contemporary music.
In addition to the daily workshops, participants will have the opportunity to observe live demonstration classes led by some of the most outstanding Hungarian master teachers. Visiting international lecturers will be able to provide useful ideas in regards to the international adaptation of the Hungarian teaching practice, development of rhythmic skills and improvisation.
Leader of the programme: Sarolta Platthy (HU)
Faculty: Anikó Fehér (HU), Ildikó Herboly-Kocsár (HU), Lorraine O’Connell (IRL)
Demonstration classes: László Durányik (HU), Zsuzsanna Gráf (HU), Katalin Hraschek (HU), Emőke Jámbor (HU), Zsolt Jámbor (HU), Ildikó Szegedi (HU)
All workshops in this course run from 4:00 to 6 pm daily.
Demonstration classes in this course will be held between from 3 to 4 pm.

3. Choral music education (for conductors of children’s choirs)

„Every person has a song in his heart, and he hears his soul in every song. And only the one, that has a beautiful song in his heart, WILL hear the song of the others beautiful.”

This course is open to conductors working with children’s choirs as well as choral conducting and music education students whose interest is in choral music education. The following topics are going to be discussed: Kodály-based choral music education, choir building, vocal training for children, repertory, Kodály’s and Bartók’s works for children’s choirs, conducting and rehearsal techniques, resources, development of music literacy within the framework of a choral rehearsal and teaching of contemporary choral literature with the use of relative solmization.
Leader of the programme: László Norbert Nemes (HU)
Lecturers: Adrienne Bruckner (HU), Deborah Gan (Singapore), Ildikó Kocsár-Herboly (HU), Katalin Körtvési (HU)
Demonstration classes: László Durányik (HU), Simon Lovell Jones (UK)
All workshops in this course run from 4:00 to 6:00 pm daily.
For participants of this track choral conducting is a compulsory subject, within the framework of the conducting classes the following topics will be discussed: conducting technique, score study, score preparation.

4. Solfege and music theory training for professional musicians – tertiary level musicianship training

“The training of elites and the education of masses must form an inseparable, integral part, and the result can only become invaluable if the balance of the two prevails.” (Kodály: In Restrospect)
This strand is designed for people teaching aural skills at colleges and universities.
While this strand will primarily focus on the musicianship training of future professional musicians from age 14 to 24 with special emphasis on university musicianship training, participants will discuss issues of solfege training for instrumentalists at the elementary level based on the new complete translation of László Dobszay’s The world of tones – teacher’s manual.
Faculty: Katalin Kiss and other guest lecturers

~~5. Music analysis – Liszt, Bartók and Kodály~~ - cancelled

6. Voice pedagogy for music teachers

The course is recommended for music teachers who would like to develop their develop vocal technique and to extend the knowledge of vocal repertoire.
Applicants are requested to send a detailed list of songs along with their application:

one song by Ferenc Liszt,
one humorous song by any composer,
one mythological or religious song by any composer,
freely chosen songs.

Maximum number of participants: 8
Faculty: Roland Hajdu and János Klézli

Optional classes:

-- Choral Conducting
-- Chamber Music Lessons:
Four times a week, 30 minutes/lesson at an extra cost. Fee: 10.000 HUF
-- Piano and Voice Lessons:
Private tuition is available in piano and voice up to three times a week, 30 minutes/lesson at an extra cost. Fee: 20.000 HUF