Conversational Solfege 1 and 2

Weeklong hybrid intensive Conversation Solfege 1 and 2 Certification Workshop

**Please note that this is a hybrid class. Monday is online from 9-3:30. Tuesday is off. Wednesday through Friday are in-person from 8:00-4:30.

Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

Conversational Solfege™ is a pedagogical method to be used with children who have already developed their tuneful, beatful, and artful skills and are ready to develop a deeper understanding of melody and rhythm. Conversational Solfege™ develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm syllables and solfege syllables at a conversational level, then gradually evolves into traditional notation. Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege™ enables students to joyfully assimilate the skills and content necessary to be musically literate. Through various techniques, Conversational Solfege™ allows the acquisition of musical reading and writing, dictation, improvisation, and composition in an intuitive manner. This course is applicable to general music, choral, and instrumental teachers

Location

Patterson 302 for the in-person portion of the class (July 1-3)

Required Texts

Required Text: Conversational Solfege, Level 1 Teacher’s Manual (Purple Book)

Optional Text: Conversational Solfege Level 2 Teacher’s Manual Teacher’s Manual (Orange Book)

Both texts are available at giamusic.com