Check out Karen’s latest post on how she helped a group of students learn the basics of composition in 11 easy-to-understand steps. This can be such a challenging area for some students, so Karen’s list will be a wonderful tool to help them get started!
Group Class Ideas
Composer Trading Game
For our Mid-Winter Ball, the theme was “an evening of serious music – experience the masterpieces of yesteryear composed by world famous musicians.” Each student played a classical piece and shared a biographical sketch of their composer. The games centered around the composers represented in the performances. Here’s a game that was a favorite! Composer […]
A Great Music Dictionary for Students!
Throughout the year this year I’m holding six musical balls for my students. It’s part of our studio incentive program for the year, Let’s Have A Ball! (After the year is over, I’m hoping to package it up like I did the Climbing the Ladder to Success incentive program.) At each of the balls, I […]
A Music Spelling Bee!
Looking for a fun game to play with a group of students that will also help them work on note identification? Try having a spelling bee! Here’s how it works: 1. Divide the students into two or more groups. 2. Give each group a set of flashcards with notes on the staff (make sure the […]
Music Games Galore!
Choosing Music Games for Students to Play Written by Karen Koch of Music Educator’s Marketplace In order not to be overwhelmed by the many games that are available, you may need to think through what you wish to accomplish by using games. Here are some questions I ask to help shoppers at conference exhibits, along […]
An Impromptu Group Class
Since I’ll be taking off of teaching next week to attend the MTNA Conference, I planned to stick to my regular teaching schedule this week, even though it was spring break for most of my students. I had consented to giving a few lessons Monday morning for several students that would be going out of […]
