Organization of American Kodály Educators

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Institutions Offering
Kodály Courses And Workshops

American Kodaly Institute at Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Baptist Bible College, Springfield, MO
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
Cleveland State University Kodaly Program, Cleveland, OH
Colorado Kodaly Institute, Ft. Collins, CO
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
KASC Summer Certification Program, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
Kodaly Institute, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Kodaly Summer Institute, New York University, New York, NY
Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
New England Conservatory - Kodaly Music Institute, Boston, MA
Palomar Community College, San Marcos, CA
Pensacola Kodaly Institute, Gulf Breeze, FL
Plano Independent School District, Plano, TX
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI - 35th Kodaly Institute
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Summer Kodaly Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Summer Programs for Music Educators: Kodaly, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
The Hartt Kodaly Certification Program, The Hartt School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
The Kodaly Institute at Capital University, Columbus, OH
The Kodaly Institute at St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
The Kodaly Institute of Kentucky Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
Webster University, St. Louis, MO
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
West Texas Kodaly Initiative, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

American Kodaly Institute at Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
Dates: Special Studies Week July 7-11, 2008; Kodaly Master's Program July 12-August 1, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-IV; 9 graduate credits per level
Other: Residence hall housing available
Courses: Kodaly Methodology, I-II (2 credits each), Kodaly Materials I (includes dulcimer) and II (includes guitar) (3 credits each), Solfa I-II (2 credits each), Choral Studies (Conducting and Choir) I-II (2 credits each); Special Studies Course: Solfa Fundamentals (prep course for Solfa I) (1 Credit)
Faculty: Amy Branum Huggins, Gabrielle Dietrich, Tasha Maglocci, additional TBA
Application Deadline: June 1, 2008
Contact: Amy Branum Huggins, Director
410.617.2391
info@america-kodaly-institute.org
www.american-kodaly-institute.org

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 4-15, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III, 2-3 graduate credits per level. Additional Kodaly elective study also available as well as other graduate-level music studies.
Faculty: Audrey Berger Cargany, Shelly Cooper, Shelly Mann, Liza Meyers and others
Registration Deadline: May 25, 2008; materials available February 15, 2008
Contact: Sandra Stauffer, School of Music
s.stauffer@asu.edu

Baptist Bible College, Springfield, MO
Contact: Michael Dove, Chair Music Department
mdove@baptist.edu

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
An OAKE Endorsed Program
InterMuse Academy for Kodaly Certification
Levels/Credits: I-III; 3 credits
Faculty: Marta Szabo, Lenke Igo, Jerry L. Jaccard and others
Other: Campus housing available
Contact: Jean Hwang
801.422.4785
jean.hwang@byu.edu

California State University, Long Beach, CA
Dates: July 28-August 8, 2008
Levels: I-III
Graduate Credits Available
Courses: Kodaly Methodology, solfege, choral works, Folk Song Research, Special Topics
Application Deadline: June 2, 2008
Contact: Gervacio Jose Brondial, Director
562.985.5343 or 562.508.3995
gbrondia@csulb.edu

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
Levels/Credits: I, II; 5 graduate credits
Faculty: Lamar Robertson, Ivy Rawlins Ward
Contact: Dianne Mack
mack@msul.cmsu.edu

Cleveland State University Kodaly Program, Cleveland, OH
Levels/Credits: I, II; 4 graduate credits
Contact: Rita Klinger
216.523.7176
r.klinger@csuohio.edu

Colorado Kodaly Institute, Ft. Collins, CO
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 18-August 1, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III, 5 graduate credits
Courses: Solfege/Musicianship, Pedagogy, Folk Song Research, Conducting Ensemble
Faculty: Jo Kirk, Sue Leithold-Bowcock, Karla Cherwinski, Gabor and Kati Viragh
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2008
Contact: Cindy McCaskill
cindy.mccaskill@colostate.edu

DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Levels: I, II
Contact: Judy Bundra, Associate Dean
773.325.1037
jbundra@wppost.depaul.edu

Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Contact: Aimee Beckman-Collier
aimee.bekmann-collier@drake.edu

Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Kodaly Workshop
Dates: July 9-13, 2008
Professional Development Hours: 30
Courses: Kodaly Philosophy, Principles, Methods and Techniques, Pedagogy, Folk Song, Singing Games, Art Music, Musicianship Skills
Faculty: Georgia Newlin
Other: Tuition $945/1 credit or $475/noncredit
Contact: Eastman School of Music
800.246.4706
summer@esm.rochester.edu
www.esm.rochester.edu/summer

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 15-28, 2008, Levels I-III; July 13-15, 2008, Special Topics Workshop
Levels/Credits: I-III, 1-5 credit hours; Speical Topics Workshop, 1 credit hour
Faculty: Nyssa Brown, Brent Gault, Georgia Newlin, Berta Yee
Registration Deadline: May 20, 2008
Contact: Gary Ritcher
540.568.6753
ritchegk@jmu.edu

KASC Summer Certification Program, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 7-25, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; credit available through California State University, Los Angeles
Courses: Methodology, I-III, Solfege I-III, Choral Conducting, Choral Ensemble, Folk Song Research I-II
Faculty: Kurt Cereske, Laszlo Cser, Kathy Hickey, Marilyn Sousa, Nike St. Clair, Pamela Wade
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2008
Contact: Kurt Cereske, Certification Coordinator
kcereske@aol.com
www.oake.com/kasc

Kodaly Institute, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 8-27, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; all levels university credit or CEUs, Level I undergraduate or graduate credit
Faculty: Ann Eisen, Kari McCarty, Jon Rappaport, Hungarian teacher TBA
Other: Scholarships and nonresident fee waivers available to qualified students, deadline May 1, 2008
Registration Deadline: May 16, 2008 for admission to university for credit study; May 30, 2008 for admission to continuing education program for CEUs
Contact: Michele Martin, Head
337-475-5020
mmartin@mcneese.edu
www.mcneese.edu/performingarts/

Kodaly Summer Institute, New York University, New York, NY
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Celebrating 20 Summers of Kodaly Studies at New York University
Dates: June 30-July 18, 2008, required student orientation June 29th.
Levels/Credits: I-III; noncredit or 3 graduate credits (applicable to an NYU Master's Degree Program)
Courses: Voice Pedagogy, Solfege, Kodaly Methodology, Chorus, Traditional Materials and Research, Choral Conducting, Recorder Pedagogy and Ensembles
Special Workshop: Kodaly Curriculum: Developing Ideas and Applications, June 30-July 3, 2008, 4:00-8:00 pm, Sarah St. Onge, Instructor.
Faculty: Jerry Kerlin (Director), Susan Glass, Esther Liu Harris, Anna (Panni) Kovacs, Sarah St.Onge, Giocille Shaw, David Xiques
Registration Deadline: June 10, 2008
Other: Low-cost summer housing: www.nyu.edu/housing/summer
Contact: Sara Cohen
New York University, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Office of Special Programs, Pless Hall, Fifth Floor, 82 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003-6644
212.992.9380
cohensar@nyu.edu
Website and Application Forms: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/education/summer/kodaly/

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Contact: Charlotte Mizener
Charlotte.mizener@lamar.edu

Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
Dates: June 16-27, 2008
Levels/Credits: I, III
Courses: MUS 634 and 636
Faculty: Charlotte Morey, Carole Richman, Nancy Weiser
Registration Deadline: TBA
Contact: Jenny Dufault
218-477-4607
dufault@mnstate.edu

Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
Contact: Bonnie Blu Williams
bwilliam@mc.edu

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 16-27, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; 3 graduate credits for Methods and 1 graduate credit for Solfege
Courses: Methods, Solfege
Faculty: Jo Kirk, Linda Hulsey, Elizabeth Arcaro, Gabor Viragh, Katalin Viragh
Registration Deadline: May 30, 2008
Contact: Jeanette Young, Director
402-465-2281
jry@nebrwesleyan.edu

New England Conservatory - Kodaly Music Institute, Boston, MA
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 30-July 18, 2008
Levels/Credits: I, II, III (6 graduate credits/level); IV post certificate (1 graduate credit)
Deadline: April 1, 2008 (early bird reduced tuition)
Special Guest: IKS President Gilbert de Greeve
Faculty: Valerie Becker, Charlyn Bethell, Margaret Callaghan, Karrie Chan Lam, Susan Cleveland, Joanne Crowell, David Hodgkins, Martha Holmes, Brian Michaud, Tom Morris, Susie Petrov, Elaine Quilichini, Jonathan Rappaport, David Richardson, Wendy Silverberg, Katalín Viragh, Gabor Viragh, Pamela Wood.
Other - Vocal Vacation Children's Choral Festival: July 7-18, 2008
Contact: Mary Epstein
New England Conservatory
290 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617.585.1126
mepstein@newenglandconservatory.edu
www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer

Palomar Community College, San Marcos, CA
Levels: I-III, Also Choral Conducting, Choral Analysis and Vocal Development
Contact: Martha Rosacker
markodaly@aol.com

Pensacola Kodaly Institute, Gulf Breeze, FL
Contact: Ann Leffard, Director
kodalyflutist@excite.com

Plano Independent School District, Plano, TX
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Contact: Kathy Kuddes, Director of Fine Arts
kathy.kuddes@pisd.edu

Portland State University, Portland, OR
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 28-August 8, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-IV; 5 graduate or undergraduate credits
Courses: Musicianship, Conducting, Pedagogy, Materials, Folk Music
Faculty: Susan Brumfield, Carol Brown, David Vinden
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2008
Contact: Debbie Glaze
503-725-3155
glazed@pdx.edu

Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX
Sam Houston State University
Dates: July 14-25, 2008
Levels: I, II
Graduate Credits Available
Courses: Kodaly Methodology, Solfege, choral works, Folk Song Research,
Special Topics
Other: Housing Available
Application Deadline: July 1, 2008
Contact: Kathy Daniel, Director
936-294-1367
kdaniel@shsu.edu

Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Dates: July 21-August 1, 2008
Levels/Credits: I, II; 7 credits each
Courses: Beginning Conducting (2 credits), Musicianship (1 credit)
Faculty: Rita Klinger, Susan Senft, Christopher Roberts
Registration Deadline: June 6, 2008 for early bird registration
Contact: Susan Senft
425-967-3936
senftsk@comcast.net

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
Shepherd University
Dates: June 30-July 11, 2008
Level I
Faculty: David Gonzol, Julie Swank
Contact: David Gonzol
Shepherd University
Department of Music
PO Box 3210
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
304.876.5225
dgonzol@shepherd.edu
www.shepherd.edu/musicweb

Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, WI - 35th Kodaly Institute
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 23-July 11, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; 6 graduate credits per level
Courses: Level I, Methodology, Solfege, Choir; Level II, Methodology, Solfege, Choir; Level III, Methodology, Folk Song History and Research, Choir. Additional courses: Assessment, Conversational Solfege, First Steps in Music, Graduate Music History Review, History and Philosophy of Music Education, Introduction to Orff, Music and the Middle School Student, Purposeful Movement, Research in Music, Technology in Music, The Vision of Listening
Faculty: Angela Barker, Walter Boyer, Lisa Brandl, John Feierabend, Lillie Feierabend, Frank Gallo, Brent Gault, Al Holcomb, Teresa Schroepfer, Sr. Marella Wagner, Sr. Lorna Zemke
Other: Most courses can apply to the Master of Music in Music Education: Kodaly Emphasis
Registration Deadline: June 16, 2008
Contact: Sr. Lorna Zemke
920-686-6161
lzemke@silver.sl.edu
www.sl.edu/music/summermusic.htm

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Contact: Julie Scott, Music Education Workshops
music@smu.edu

Summer Kodaly Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 9-20, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; 4 graduate credits per level
Faculty: Brent Gault, Nyssa Brown, Diana Gillespie, Georgia Newlin
Registration Deadline: May 12, 2008
Contact: Office of Special Programs
Jacobs School of Music
812-855-6025
musicsp@indiana.edu

Summer Programs for Music Educators: Kodaly, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Dates: June 23-July 3, 2008
Levels/Credits: Pedagogy I-II (3 credits each), Solfege I-II (3 credits each)
Faculty: Phillip Tacka, Micheal Houlahan
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2008
Contact: Lucas McDaniel, Coordinator
615-460-6408
orffkodaly@mail.belmont.edu

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Levels/Credits: I-III (graduate credit available)
Contact: Patricia Moreno, Program Director
512-245-7945
morenop@hayscisd.net

The Hartt Kodaly Certification Program, The Hartt School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 21-August 1, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III (6.5 graduate credits each)
Courses: Levels I-II, Methodology, Solfege, Folk Song Research, Choir; Level III, Methodology, Solfege, Masterworks Research, Conducting, Choir
Faculty: Edward Bolkovac, John Feierabend, Gabor Viragh, Jeffery Rhone
Application Deadline: July 18, 2008
Contact: John Feierabend
860.768.4479
feierabend@aol.com

The Kodaly Institute at Capital University, Columbus, OH
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Date: Masters Ed. courses, June 23-July 11, 2008; music courses, July 14-August 1, 2008
Levels/Credits: I, II, III; Elementary Track, Choral Track, Instrumental Track; Masters Program (each term: 6 semester hours grad. credit/level)
Education courses: Ed. Psych in the Music Classroom, The Special Learner in the Music Classroom, Research in Music and Education, Children and Adolescent Literature in the Music Classroom
Music Courses: Musicianship, Choir, Chamber Music, Conducting, methodology, Folk Song Research
Music Faculty: Julie Swank, Bruce Swank, Joan Litman, Jeanne Wohlgamuth, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Andrea Solya, Lilla Gabor, Lenci Igo
Application Deadline: For Master's degree, march 15, 2008 (for financial aid); non-degree, June 1, 2008
Other: Captial University offers credit for the Las Palmas Course in the Canary Islands
July 28-August 1 - Choir Camp: students observe and work with the New World Singers of the Columbus Children's Choir. This choir performed at the OAKE National Conference in Chicago - March 2007.
Contact: Sandra Mathias
Capital University, Conservatory of Music
1 College and Main
Columbus, OH 43209-2394
614.236.6267
smathias@capital.edu

The Kodaly Institute at St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 15-27, 2008
Levels: I-III
Courses: Pedagogy, Musicianship, Choral Ensemble, Conducting, Folk Song, Materials and Analysis
Faculty: Jill Trinka, Leigh Ann Garner, Nancy Johnson, Dan LeJeune, Carol Brown, Katalin Kiss
Other: UST also hosts a Children?s Choral Camp during the course, with Barb Sletto as children?s choir conductor
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2008
Contact: Leigh Ann Garner or Jill Trinka
651-962-5870

The Kodaly Institute of Kentucky Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Dates: July 7-18, 2008
Levels/Credits: I
Faculty: Jo Kirk for Methodology and other nationally renowned teachers
Contact: June Grice
606-783-2470
j.grice@moreheadstate.edu

University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Contact: Linda Hartley
Linda.Hartley@notes.udayton.edu

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Contact: Caia McCullar, UMHB Station
jgary@umhb.edu

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dates: June 9-20th, 2008
Level I
Faculty: Joy Anderson, Regina Carlow, Alice Hammel, Susan Langmann
University Housing Available - Deadline: May 15, 2008
Application Deadline: June 1, 2008
Contact: Regina Carlow
University of New Mexico
MSC04 2570 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505.277.4825
rcarlow@unm.edu
music.unm.edu/musedworkshop.htm

University of North Texas, Denton, TX
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 30-July 17, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; 3 hours graduate credit available for an additional fee
Faculty: Phyllis Braund, Gay deMontel, David Gadberry, Karen Gentry, Lenke Igo, Cecile Johnson, Kathy Kuddes, Tiffany Sullivan
Contact: Julie Scott
940-369-8338
scottj@music.unt.edu

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: Level II, July 6-19 2008; Level I, July 19-26, 2008
Credits: 5 graduate credits
Faculty: Joy Nelson
Registration Deadline: June 15, 2008
Contact: Joy Nelson, Sandra Knudson
405-325-580
ejnelson@ou.edu

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 9-27, 2008
Levels/Credits: I, II, III; may be taken for workshop credit or academic credit
Faculty: Don Garrett, Susan Garrett, Lee Harris, Karen Shuford
Application deadline: May 25, 2008
Other: University housing available
Contact: Lee Harris
Department of Music 1451
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403
423-425-4601
lee-harris@utc.edu

Webster University, St. Louis, MO
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: June 12-27, 2008 (Levels 2 and 3), June 14-27, 2008 (Level 1) 3-4 graduate semester hours creit available per level
Faculty: Ivy Rawlins, Robbin Schaffer Marcus, Vicki Dohrmann, Kathyrn Bowers, Christine Saunders
Campus housing available.
Contact: Kathryn Smith Bowers, Director of Music Education Programs
ksbd@iglide.net
314.968.7035 or 314.420.2995
www.webster.edu/depts/finearts/music/kodaly.html

West Chester University, West Chester, PA
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 14-25, 2008 (Levels, Conducting, Folk Song Materials and Genres), July 28-August 1 2008 (Folk Song Analysis)
Levels/Credits: I, II, electives (2 credits each course)
Courses: Musicianship I-II, Methodology I-II, Conducting, Folk Song Materials and Genres, Folk Song Analysis
Faculty: Janos Horvath, Sallie Ferrebee, Carolyn Anderson
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2008
Contact: J. Bryan Burton, Chair of Music Education
610-436-2222

West Texas Kodaly Initiative, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Dates: June 9-20, 2008 (Orientation, June 8)
Credits/Levels: I-IV, Advanced Studies, Choral Pedagogy, Instrumental Pedagogy, undergraduate and graduate credit optional
Special Topics Workshops: Early Childhood Music with John Feierabend; Developing Musicianship in the Children?s Choir with Susan Brumfield
Faculty: Susan Brumfield (Academic Director) Beth Berridge, Carol Brown, Janice Cusano, Jenny Dees, Lilla Gabor, Rochelle Mann, Katalin Kiss, Tina Raymond
Contact: dtackitt@lubbockisd.org
www.lubbockisd.org/finearts/WTKI.htm

Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
An OAKE Endorsed Program
Dates: July 7-18, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-IV; 4 graduate credits
Faculty: Susan Brumfield, Carol Brown
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2008
Contact: Jo Anna Chapin
609-924-7416
woce@rider.edu
www.rider.edu/woce

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Dates: June 4-15, 2008
Levels/Credits: I-III; 5 graduate credits per level
Courses: Methods and Materials; Folk Song Research and Analysis; Solfege and Musicianship; Choral Conducting; Adult Choir and Special Topics (Folk Dancing, Primary and Elementary; Classical Listening Lessons; Orff in the Kodaly-based Classroom; Children?s Literature in the Kodaly-based Classroom)
Faculty: Jo Kirk (Level I), Lisa Simmelink (Level II), Leigh Ann Mock Garner (Level III and Adult Choir), Katalin Viragh (Solfege and Musicianship I), Gabor Viragh (Solege and Musicianship II and III, Choral Conducting), Elaine Quilichini (Artistic Director, Children?s Summer Choir Camp)
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2008
Other: WSU Children?s Kodaly Summer Choir Camp (in conjunction with teacher-training program)
Contact: Elaine Bernstorf
316.978.3389
elaine.bernstorf@wichita.edu

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