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2009 Wisconsin State Music Conference
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creativity to the core |
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Thursday, October 29 |
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| 8:00 am - 9:15 am |
Location: Room M/N/Q/R, Monona Terrace
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Children of the World: Creating Culturally Affirming Music Education in the Elementary Classroom - Middle Eastern Music |
Presented by: Baruch Whitehead, Ithaca, NY
Sponsored by: Peripole-Bergerault, Inc.
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Presider: Nicole Hudachek, Eau Claire |
 The session will help participants understand how to present diverse children’s songs and dances in a culturally sensitive and affirming way for grades 3-6. Participants will learn how to enhance musical diversity by examining historical, economic and social conditions in the Middle Eastern culture.
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| Wisconsin Teacher Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 |
| Wisconsin Music Standards: A, B, C, F, G, H, I |
Dr. Baruch J. Whitehead, an associate professor of music education and world music at Ithaca College, is an elementary music specialist with the Orff-Schulwerk Process. He is the founder of the Ithaca College Orff certification program and lead teacher of the Orff certification program at Boston University. Dr. Whitehead studied at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria and founded the Orff-Schulwerk Certification Program at Marshall University.
He has been a featured presenter for the West Virginia Orff-Schulwerk Association, Twin Tier Orff Association and the Texas Orff-Schulwerk Association along with serving as a clinician, conductor, and adjudicator throughout West Virginia, Florida, Texas, Ohio and Central New York. |
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