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Supplies

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Level 1 Supplies

The following materials are required for your use during the session. Please bring the materials with you.

Solfege I and Conducting I (required)

  • Required Materials
    • Szonyi, Erzsebet. Musical Reading and Writing, Volume I, Boosey and Hawkes, student edition.
    • Crow, Edgar, A. Lawton, and W.G. Whittaker. The Folk Song Sight Singing Series, Book I, Oxford University Press.
    • Crow, Edgar, A. Lawton, and W.G. Whittaker. The Folk Song Sight Singing Series, Book VIII, Oxford University Press.
    • Kodály, Zoltán. 333 Reading Exercises, Boosey and Hawkes.
    • “A” Tuning Fork
    • Choral packet (available at class session)
    • Black pants or skirt with solid color top in a bright color (jewel tones- red, blue, teal, purple, green, magenta, yellow, orange, etc.) for our final concert
  • Additional Helpful Materials
    • Staff paper, some blank paper, 3 ring binder and dividers, and pencils

Kodály Concept I

  • Required Materials
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing! Kodaly Inspired Teaching for the Music Class. Hal Leonard.
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing! Activity Cards. Hal Leonard.
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing! Teaching Strategies (Primary Grades): Rhythmic & Melodic Elements for Primary Grades. Hal Leonard.
    • Nelson, Joy. The Music Effect Kindergarten Book 1, Alfred Publications.
    • Nelson, Joy. The Music Effect Kindergarten Book 2, Alfred Publications.
    • Binders and dividers for Brumfield materials and course packet
  • Recommended Materials (the following materials are not required, but may be helpful to bring if you already own them)
    • Choksy, Lois. The Kodaly Method. Prentice Hall, 2000.
    • Daniel, Katinka. The Kodaly Approach; Method Book 1 and Transparency Masters 1 (Materials for Reading).
    • Houlahan, Micheal and Philip Tacka. Kodaly Today, A Cognitive Approach to Elementary Music Education, Oxford University Press 2008.
    • Robertson, Lamar and Ann Eisen. An American Methodology. Sneaky Snake Publications, 2010. Workbooks for upper grades.
    • Houlahan and Tacka. Kodály in the Kindergarten Classroom. Oxford University Press, 2015.
    • Houlahan and Tacka. Kodály in the 1st Grade Classroom. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Level 2 Supplies

The following materials are required for your use during the session. Please plan to bring the materials with you.

NOTE: West Music has the materials in stock. Follow the link designed specifically for the Norman session: 

https://www.westmusic.com/custom/specialty-ordering-pages/summer-workshops/university-of-oklahoma-kodaly-workshop-2024

Use the promo code OUN-K24 (also listed on the course page) during check out to get the free shipping.

NOTE: this offer is for free shipping on the entire order (with a $49.95 minimum purchase), so participants are welcome to add other things to their order in addition to their course materials (standard exclusions apply)! It’s a great time to stock up. The promo code is valid until August 31st, 2024.

Solfege II and Conducting II

  • Required materials
    • Szonyi, Erzsebet. Musical Reading and Writing, Volume II, Boosey and Hawkes, student edition.
    • Over in the Meadow: A Collection of 2-part Vocal Arrangements for Treble Voices, Compiled by the Oklahoma Kodály Educators (OKE), Oklahoma Kodály Educators, 2018.
    • Crow, Edgar, A. Lawton, and W.G. Whittaker. The Folk Song Sight Singing Series, Books V, VI, IX, Oxford University Press.
    • Choral and course packet (available at session)
    • “A” Tuning fork
    • You will receive a CD of tonal patterns or you can elect to receive an mp3 email. If you choose the CD, have something on which to play it!
    • Black pants or skirt with solid color top in a bright color (jewel tones- red, blue, teal, purple, green, magenta, yellow, orange, etc.) for our final concert
  • Additional helpful materials
    • Staff paper, some blank paper, 3 ring binder and dividers, and pencil

Kodály Concept II

  • Required materials
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing! Kodaly Inspired Teaching for the Music Class. Hal Leonard. (was used in Level 1)
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing! Activity Cards. Hal Leonard. (was used in Level 1)
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing: Teaching Strategies (Intermediate Grades): Rhythmic & Melodic Elements for Intermediate Grades. Hal Leonard.
    • Brumfield, Susan. First, We Sing: 100 Little Songs and Rhymes. Hal Leonard.
    • Brumfield, Susan. First We Sing: 101 Songs and Games for Singing, Playing and More for Intermediate Grades. Hal Leonard.
    • binders and dividers for Brumfield materials and course packet
    • course packet (available at session)
    • “A” Tuning Fork
    • Other Level 1 materials
  • Recommended Materials: The following materials are not required, but may be helpful to bring if you already own them.
    • Choksy, Lois. The Kodály Method 1, 3rd Edition
    • Erdie, Peter. 150 American Folk Songs to Sing, Read, and Play. Boosey and Hawkes, 2004.

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Level 3 Supplies

The following materials are required for your use during the session. Please bring the materials with you.

Solfege III and Conducting III - Required Materials

  • Crow, Edgar, A. Lawton, and W.G. Whittaker. The Folk Song Sight Singing Series, Books V, VI, IX, Oxford University Press. (V, VI and IX were used in Level 2)
  • Molnar, Antal. Classical Canons, Editio Musica Budapest.
  • “A” Tuning Fork
  • Choral packet (available at session)
  • Additional required materials: staff paper, blank paper, large 3 ring binder for materials, pencil, set of highlighters (need 4 colors), small straight edge ruler, colored pencils (black, brown, red and blue), and sharpener
  • Bring choral packet for Level 3- given last summer- and review modes by listening to the tonal pattern CD or mp3
  • Black pants or skirt with solid color top in a bright color (jewel tones- red, blue, teal, purple, green, magenta, yellow, orange, etc.) for our final concert

Kodály Concept III

  • Required Materials
    • 3-ring binder for your song collections
    • “A” Tuning Fork
    • Access to a device such as a laptop or tablet
  • Recommended materials
    • 1-4 primary or secondary source folk song collections that you find useful in your classroom with your students

Folk Song Research

Nothing required