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 Canterbury Musical Parenting Association Inc. Newsletter May 2010

NEXT MONTHLY MEETING

Wednesday 19^th May in the Trinity Room at the Christchurch School of Music on Barbados St.

7.30-9pm Ukulele Workshop with Roger Hamilton. He promises that in one session he can teach us 3 chords and at least 5 songs! A great session for anybody interested in being able to accompany themselves singing and very useful for pre/primary school teachers and anybody who interacts with children. It’s also going to be a lot of fun - cost $5 for CMPA members, $10 for non-members, which will include a booklet to take away.

To book a ukulele contact Georgina on grsclarinet@hotmail.com

9-9.15pm Library time -Katharina will help you with your hire needs.

Julie Gaudin’s Corner

Welcome back to Musical Parenting for all those who have paid their subs, and for those that haven’t a gentle reminder that this is your last newsletter you will get before being “turned off” so get your cheque book out and come along to our next meeting. Roger Hamilton will play and sing us through an hour of Ukulele instruction, teach us 3 chords and how to put them with at least 5 songs. I have been to Roger’s workshops before and he always has a little extra something for more advanced players so do come along even if you play a bit. Bring your ukulele or borrow one for the night. If you can’t make it then why not pay your subs from the comfort of your own home using Internet banking.

 The day workshop with Soili was very enjoyable. According to a recent survey the Finnish are the happiest and most content people on the planet, and their teachers are the best trained. I think Soili is responsible for both these statistics. I was particularly inspired by how she builds up a song with complex movements from a simple idea, and always follows the speed of the participants. I am using around 80% of what I learnt that day with all the children I teach, I haven’t quite found a niche for the Sauna song yet. Financially it was also a great investment for musical parenting. So many teachers came that we made a reasonable profit which can be reinvested into other workshops and used to buy resources for the library.

 We are in the process of lining up more guests for our workshops - so if you know anyone you think would be inspiring and marvelous do let me know.

See you soon

Julie

Dates to Note

“Tiny Tapping Toes” Under 5’s Series at the Christchurch Music Centre

Mondays once a month at 10.00am: $4 per child - carers/parents free

To book contact Trish Rainey 3775000 or e-mail concerts@musiccentre.org.nz

14^th June    Magical Movement with Canterbury Ballet

5^th July       Julie Wylie and Louise Shand - early childhood musical play

2^nd August  Jackie Jones - highland dance, music and movement

Disney on Ice - Friday 28^th to Sunday 30^th May at Westpac Stadium. It’s the real deal Disney experience with fabulous music, costumes and ice skating.  Book at Ticketek.

A mini Canterbury Music Education music conference on Saturday June 26th with a lot of choices for Musical Parenting members. Contact Celia Stewart for more information.

Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights runs for 10 days from Friday 18^th to Sunday 27^th June in Lyttelton Township. Events include mid winter feasts, music, theatre, walks, culinary activities, art, crafts, star gazing etc. The highlight will be the terrific street party on Friday June 25^th from 6-10pm with a spectacular parade, circus spectacular, music and dance, exhibitions, an outdoor street market with winter warmers, quality art and craft and a brilliant firework display.During the entire 10 day event, landmark items in the township will be illuminated.

TV2 Kidsfest 2010 is on from Saturday 3^rd to Friday 16^th July.  To find out about events for your kids go to http://www.kidsfest.co.nz/.  CMPA are not taking part this year but look out for a new event from us next year!

Ukulele workshop for adults – if you work in early childhood or primary teaching this is excellent professional development. If you are a parent it’s an opportunity to stay “one step ahead” of your child or to see if the Ukulele might be a good first instrument for your child. Everything provided and you get a song sheet to take away. Feel free to show this to anyone you think may be interested. Hope to see you on Wednesday!

UKULELE FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER (AND BEYOND)
With Roger Hamilton

Sing, and play your way through popular children’s classics with 3 chords.

We’ll even lend you a ukulele to learn on.

No experience necessary.

Workshop is aimed at adults - a children’s session may follow later in the year.
$5 members, $10 non members (one year membership costs $25, memberships for groups and schools also available)
7.30pm to 9pm

Wednesday May 19th, Trinity Room, Christchurch Music Centre (Corner of Barbadoes and Ferry Roads)

To confirm your place and ukulele please email Georgina on grsclarinet@hotmail.com

Pictures taken by Lynda Skinner at the workshop on May 1st

Due to illness tonight’s meeting has been changed.  Tonight’s sharing session will be on writing songs to use in your music sessions. The aim is that we will collaborate and write a song that will then be published as a Musical Parenting song.  We will use the SolFa method to notate it.  

If you have an idea for a song please bring it tonight. The meeting starts at 7.30pm at the Trinity Room at the Music Centre on Barbadoes Street. 

Library time will now be at the end of the meeting.  

Canterbury Musical Parenting Association Inc.
Newsletter April 2010

NEXT MONTHLY MEETING
Wednesday 21st April in the Trinity Room at the Christchurch School of Music on Barbados St.
7.30-9pm Julie Wylie’s presentation “Musical Play: The Spirit of Childhood”
9-9.15pm Library time -Katharina will help you with your hire needs.

Julie Gaudin’s Corner

Julie is on holiday and is looking forward to a great year with a new committee and wonderful programme of workshops and sharing sessions.
You’ll soon find out more about your committee and president!

Dates to Note

“Tiny Tapping Toes” Under 5’s Series at the Christchurch Music Centre
Mondays once a month at 10.00am: $4 per child - carers/parents free
To book contact Trish Rainey 3775000 or e-mail concerts@musiccentre.org.nz
3^rd May      Tessa Rose (Colin the Kiwi)
14^th June    Magical Movement with Canterbury Ballet

CMPA and MEC Workshop with Soili Perkio
A truly inspirational music educator, Julie is thrilled that Soili will be here to present a oneday workshop on Saturday 1^st May from 10am till 4pm at Chisnallwood Intermediate.

CMPA May Monthly meeting on 19^th May will be a ukulele workshop with Roger Hamilton. He promises that in one session he can teach us 3 chords and at leat 5 songs! A great session for anybody interested in being able to accompany themselves singing and very useful for pre/primary school teachers and anybody who interacts with children. It’s also going to be a lot of fun -cost $5 for CMPA members, $10 for non-members, which will include a booklet to take away.

A mini Canterbury Music Education music conference on Saturday June 26th with a lot of choices for Musical Parenting members. More info coming soon.

Our May meeting will be a ukulele workshop with Roger Hamilton. He promises that in one session he can teach us 3 chords and at leat 5 songs! A great session for anybody interested in being able to accompany themselves singing and especially useful for parents, pre/primary school teachers and anybody who interacts with children.

It’s also going to be a lot of fun -cost $5 for CMPA members, $10 for non-members, which will include a booklet to take away.

We have a limited number of ukuleles for use at the session; to book one please email grsclarinet@hotmail.com - enquiries and place reservations for the session also welcome. The workshop will take place at our usual location - the Trinity Room at the Music Centre of Christchurch, 140 Barbadoes Street (Next to Catholic Cathedral)

THE WISDOM OF TRADITIONAL CHILDREN’S SONGS AND GAMES

Saturday, 1 May, 10.00am - 4.00pm
Chisnallwood Intermediate School Performing Arts Centre
76 Breezes Road, Avondale
Cost: $60.00

Click here to book

Enquiries:  celia@xtra.co.nz or 027-529-9000

A workshop for teachers, parents, grandparents and anyone interested in sharing music with small children

In this workshop we will sing, dance and play, as well as analyse the elements of activities which help children to learn and grow. We will explore how to get closer to young ones, through music and play, and how to claim our own creativity and playfulness.

Soili Perkiö is recognised world wide for her inspirational music workshops, theatre productions and publications. She chairs the Department of Music Education at the Sibelius-Akademy, Helsinki and is also a guest lecturer at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg. She studied music education, piano and voice at the Sibelius-Akademy, and is an expert in music and movement, folk music and early childhood music education. Soili has written a number of music books for primary and early childhood classroom with such titles as Time to sing with your baby, Singing with children and Music and movement for children. She has worked with the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation making radio programmes for children since 1984, and is an inveterate tourer, giving concerts in schools and kindergartens as a way of awakening an interest in Finnish folk instruments.

“Soili’s workshops are based on sound music and dance pedagogy. I have been totally inspired and enchanted with her musicality, warmth and depth of knowledge.” Julie Wylie

This will be a fantastic one-off opportunity to learn from a wonderful Finnish presenter. If you are a teacher working in early childhood or junior school, a parent or a grandparent then you mustn’t miss this. We anticipate if filling quickly so please register early.

This workshop has been made possible thanks to a collaboration between MEC (Music Education Canterbury) CMPA (Canterbury Musical Parenting) and  ONZA (Orff New Zealand Aotearoa)

 Canterbury Musical Parenting Association Inc.

Newsletter March 2010

NEXT MONTHLY MEETING

Wednesday 17^th March in the Trinity Room at the Christchurch School of Music on Barbados St.

7.30-7.45pm Library time -Kathy & Sarah will help you with your hire needs.

7.45- 9.00pm ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Agenda - President’s Report, Financial Report, 2009 AGM minutes tabled and confirmed, Election of officers and committee.

Vacancies for Secretary, Treasurer and President.  Please talk to Julie if you are interested in any of these positions.

9 to 9.30pm Part of Julie’s presentation “Musical Play: The Spirit of Childhood”

Julie Wylie’s Corner

Firstly a very big thank you to Jody Keehan, Julie Gaudin, Louise Shand and Sarah Cannon for doing such amazing music presentations for Children’s Day Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Feedback was very positive and I was grateful to know that the music was being conducted by such enthusiastic presenters. I heard that the children were drawn into the music and were captivated by the many music activities.

On Monday March 15^th, at 7-8.30.pm at St Margaret’s College Chapel, 12 Winchester St Merivale, ( to the left off Merivale Lane) I am presenting as part of the 6 week series: “A Good Childhood”. This session is: the coherence of being: the spirit of childhhod. Storytime, play, music, education. The three presenters include Miriam McCaleb, early childhhod specialist, Nathan Mikaere-Wallis, X Factor Education, Julie Wylie music specialist. I will be speaking about music in relation to the brain, how and why music works through musical play, the musical spirit of the child and especially how musical play fosters close relationship between parent and child and develops a sense of music community.

After eighteen years since founding Musical Parenting, I have ticked the boxes of what I set out to do, but I want to do more to develop the art of good Musical Parenting practice. There are now regular training programmes, there is now a Diploma in Early Childhood which I developed in conjunction with the Institute of Registered Music Teachers New Zealand. Members are doing such great work laying the foundation of music for life. It is gratifying to see how many of our members are actively involved in music training and who have completed their music qualifications. I need to concentrate on the what, why and hows of Musical Parenting finding more of the pieces of the music jig-saw puzzle. I will come to meetings from time to time. I know Musical Parenting meetings will continue to inspire and delight.

Soili Perkio a brilliant music presenter from Finland Sibelius Music Academy will be presenting at Chisnallwood School on Saturday 1^st May 10 am.-4.pm. You are in for a musical feast.

Dates to Note

Orff Levels Training 2010

Monday 12 to Saturday 17 April ONZA and MENZA are hosting Level 1 and 2 training courses in Orff Schulwerk at the College of Education. Facilitators are Christoph Maubach, Susie Davies-Splitter and Sarah Brooke.

For more info contact Celia Stewart celia@xtra.co.nz phone 027-529 9000.  

“Tiny Tapping Toes” Under 5’s Series at the Christchurch Music Centre

Mondays once a month at 10.00am: $4 per child - carers/parents free

To book contact Trish Rainey 3775000 or e-mail concerts@musiccentre.org.nz

12^th April    Jody Keehan Music and Movement

3^rd May      Tessa Rose (Colin the Kiwi)

14^th June    Magical Movement with Canterbury Ballet

CMPA and MEC Workshop with Soili Perkio

A truly inspirational music educator, Julie is thrilled that Soili will be here to present a oneday workshop on Saturday 1^st May from 10am till 4pm at Chisnallwood Intermediate.

and in the pipeline ….

There will be a mini Canterbury Music Education music conference on Saturday June 26th with a lot of choices for Musical Parenting members.

New CMPA email address for enquiries / contributions to the newsletter:

musicalparenting@gmail.com

 Canterbury Musical Parenting Association Inc.

Newsletter February 2010

NEXT MONTHLY MEETING

Wednesday 17^th February in the Trinity Room at the Christchurch School of Music on Barbados St.

7.30-7.45pm Library time -Kathy & Sarah will help you with your hire needs.

7.45- 9.00pm This month’s meeting is all about Musical Parenting and what it really means. What do we do, how do we do it, what is musical play?   Check out the attached article by Jody Keehan and Julie Wylie’s corner.  We look forward to seeing you.

Julie Wylie’s Corner

Now that everyone is back into taking music classes it is timely to check whether we are all including vital musical parenting teaching strategies in our classes.

DO YOU INCLUDE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC IN EVERY SESSION SO THAT PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN INCLUDE THIS INTO THEIR OWN MUSICAL PLAY?

Melody include pitch games such as singing on one note, two notes, using echo songs for tuneful singing, singing questions, singing scale songs, pitch games in relation to the body. E.G. Feet X 4, Knees, X 4, Tummy, X 4, shoulders, X 4, Head to ascending five notes of the major scale.

Rhythm lots of patting, stamping, moving to the beat, slow, fast, patterning, use of nursery rhymes for pattern, repetition, clapping rhythms, echo games, use of rhyming stories. Remember slow beat activities calm children. Too much fast music can put children into a state of high arousal. We need to think of calm, arousing and back to calm for healthy brain activity and learning.

Texture One child plays solo , two play together in duet, then whole group, so the texture thickens.

Timbre The sound quality that makes one sound easily identified from another. Play listening games with instruments hidden behind a screen, can the children identify woodblock, triangle etc.

Is the sound metal, wooden, skin?

Form: refers to the structure of the piece, e.g. nursery rhymes have a clear beginning, middle and end. Musical form help children to anticipate and follow sequences within the song

Harmony occurs when two or more notes are sounded together and combine in a special way. Sing rounds such as “Row, row, row, your boat”. Give three children a chime bar each using C.E.G. Get them to play together. They have played a chord. Now another three play three different notes. D.F.A they have played a minor chord. Listen to “Skittery Mouse” on “Teddy Bears Tango”: that uses the minor scale and outlines the minor chord.

Dynamics Loudness or softness of sound. Play crescendo, diminuendo games gradually getting louder, softer.

DO YOU FOLLOW THE CHILD AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN?

Creativity flourishes when babies and young children are given opportunities to be the leader. If a child sings a sound, creates a gesture, build it into the song or activity. This builds nurturing, self- esteem, and a strong sense of community within the group.

DO YOU INCLUDE THE PARENTS AS ACTIVE PARTNERS IN THE MUSICAL PLAY?  Include partner games such as “Ring- a ring- a Rosy” for parent and child, play peek-a-boo games, clapping games, bouncing and rowing games. We need to spend time making sure parent and child are moving, playing in synchrony with each other.

DO YOU CREATE SONGS/DANCES WITH THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS?

Make up new verses for well known songs, play simple rhyming games, leave off ends of phrases of songs for children to fill in the gaps. “Humpty Dumpty sat on the mat, Humpty Dumpty was wearing a hat, clapping and stamping and singing a song, Humpty was happy all the day long”.

Julie Wylie 2010

BEHAVIOUR IS COMMUNICATION There is always a reason for what a child is doing. If the child goes away from the group to a corner to observe, the music or the group dynamics are probably too overwhelming for the child at that moment. Give room for the child to rejoin when she is ready.

Musical Play is about listening to, watching and following the child/children whenever possible and building their own offerings into a musical experience. e.g. the babies are pulling up and standing at the bass drum. They need time to explore, to tap, bang, bounce in time and to watch and listen to each other. They are learning to be proud performers, being a part of a music group, knowing that they are supported within a loving music environment with proud parents watching, singing and playing as the babies lead the musical game.

Feelings of anticipation, wonder and joy are evoked through the creative process of music making. Learning to love music and sharing in its wonders, can begin with the baby in the womb.

HAVE FUN AS YOU SING AND SAY, MOVE AND PLAY WITH THE FAMILIES YOU WORK WITH.

Dates to Note

A Taste of Orff

Saturday 27^th February 10am to 3.30pm.  Music Education Canterbury and Orff Aotearoa NZ present a fun, practical workshop to introduce you to the fundamentals of Orff Schulwerk. Check out the flier and registration form.

Enrol by Monday 22 February.

PSIS Children’s Day

Sunday 7^th March, 11am to 4pm at the Groynes, Johns Road, Christchurch.

Free activities for all ages of children. CMPA are proud to have been invited to be part of the under 5’s area and will be running interactive sessions on the stage and in the crowd. Come on down and join the fun!

Orff Levels Training 2010

Monday 12 to Saturday 17 April ONZA and MENZA are hosting Level 1 and 2 training courses in Orff Schulwerk at the College of Education. Facilitators are Christoph Maubach, Susie Davies-Splitter and Sarah Brooke.

For more info contact Celia Stewart celia@xtra.co.nz phone 027-529 9000.  

A good childhood: the science and the spirit of good parenting in the 21st century.

A six-part series on early childhood and parenting drawing on the insights of psychology, philosophy, medicine, education, religion and the law. Presenters include the Children’s Commissioner, the Principal Youth Court Judge, Julie Wylie and the children’s advocate Judy Bailey.

This course will be held at St Margaret’s College Chapel.

6 Mondays: February 22^nd to March 29^th 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

Fee $60.00    Limited places

Go to http://www.theologyhouse.ac.nz/

“Tiny Tapping Toes” Under 5’s Series at the Christchurch Music Centre

Mondays once a month at 10.00am: $4 per child - carers/parents free

To book contact Trish Rainey 3775000 or e-mail concerts@musiccentre.org.nz

1st March   Liz Weir Storytelling

12th April   Jody Keehan Music and Movement

3rd May     Tessa Rose (Colin the Kiwi)

CMPA and MEC Workshop with Soili Perkio

A truly inspirational music educator, Julie is thrilled that Soili will be here to present a oneday workshop on Saturday 1^st May from 10am till 4pm. More details to be confirmed.  

and in the pipeline ….

There will be a mini Canterbury Music Education music conference on Saturday June 26th with a lot of choices for Musical Parenting members.

The Value Of Community Music

A Taste Of Orff - brochure

Orff Levels Training 2010 - brochure

Canterbury Musical Parenting monthly meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of the month start again for 2010 in February. 

The list of music classes will be updated by the end of January. If you are looking for a music and movement class in your area feel free to contact the CMPA member showing classes where you are.  Enjoy your summer break and the endless opportunities for making music with your children!