SEATCA / SWATCA 2022 - Southern Alberta Teachers' Convention

Creating is an important and challenging aspect of the elementary music curriculum. In this session Joyce will demonstrate ways to engage students in creative activities to demonstrate understanding of musical concepts using movement, instruments, and online tools. As a music specialist, I know first-hand the value of sessions which focus on the particular context of the music classroom. This session will provide teachers with activities which will meet the curricular concept of creating in fun and engaging ways.

Are you terrified at the prospect of teaching music? Have no fear - Joyce is here with more songs, games, activities and strategies to teach curricular outcomes in engaging ways. If you've never taught music or are a reluctant singer, you will learn strategies and resources to have you and your students loving music time!!

Be ready for a smorgasbord of ideas to bring your music classes to life using paper plates, scarves, parachutes and stretchy bands, bucket and desk drumming, and more!! Joyce will show you games, songs, and listening activities that use these 'tools' to teach and reinforce musical concepts and skills.

Do COVID protocols have you scratching your head as to how to play music games? Even without COVID, some students may be hesitant to touch or join hands, and yet singing games and movement activities are a rich source of music for teaching many concepts and for reinforcing skills such as pitch and steady beat. In this session, Joyce will introduce fun and engaging games that students can do without any touching, plus you'll learn strategies to help you adapt some of your old favourites.

As a music specialist, I know first-hand the value of sessions which focus on the particular context of the music classroom. Games and movement are an integral part of music education activities, and this session will provide valuable strategies for making them fun without contact between students.

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to learn a variety of different African drumming patterns that can be used from Kindergarten to Grade 6. You will be able to bring these patterns and drum stories right to your classroom as soon as you are done this workshop. Beginner teachers and teachers with experience are more than welcome to attend this session. You will be required to provide your own drum, whether it be an African drum, a table or a hard surface to bang on because this workshop is virtual.

Five years ago Alberta officially recognized Black History month and thus the contributions that people of African descent have made to the province and the country at large. Elementary music educators have been using a limited range of pieces from the African diaspora in their classrooms for years, however this session seeks to extend the repertoire in use and connect it to the history and the experience of Black Canadians and to its potential for skill building and developing music understanding in young children. The session will include call and response repertoire for nurturing vocal development, singing games from the diaspora, and spirituals to sing, listen to and play. The session also seeks to introduce, for K-6 children, the significant musical contributions of three national treasures: composer and choral director Nathanial Dett; internationally renowned soprano Measha Brueggergosman Lee; and jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson and his Canadiana Suite. This session includes call and response repertoire for nurturing vocal development, singing games from the diaspora, spirituals to sing, listen to and play and moving to Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite