Introducing:
Teaching Recorder in the Music
Classroom
Published by MENC:
(The National Assocation for Music Education )
A practical 119 page
text, with a major chapter on using the Recorder in the Orff
Classroom by Konnie Saliba, nationally and internationally known Orff
clinician. Musical examples and songs of a multicultural nature are
included, as are exercises and techniques for working with the Orff
approach.
This book is developed as a quickly accessible "guide to
use" that provides the busy teacher, in an interesting and highly readable
manner, with aspects of recorder playing /teaching that are not
covered in presently available methods. A few of the myriad topics
include:
- National Standards lessons for grades 3-12.
Integration of the recorder into the general music curriculum.
- Instruments for the physically challenged
and fingering charts that can be utilized.
- Tonguing techniques and examples which
are practiced by experienced and knowledgeable players for
improved articulation.
- Arranging for the classroom; including
ranges and transpositions. Teachers then can arrange and develop
ensembles for classroom performance and choral
accompaniments.
- History of the recorder development.
Students can learn about the fascinating origins of the instrument they
play.
- Hand position, relaxation, and
breathing exercises.
- Recorder with other instruments including
band and strings.
- Recorder and Technology--utilization of MIDI
and other technology for lesson and performance support.
- Demystifying the bass recorder. so that it
may find its place in the classroom recorder ensemble.
- "Chockfull of real world information"
such as a method book evaluation checklist, information on classroom
instrument cleaning, thumb rests, recorder festivals, and instrument
purchase.
There exists a tremendous opportunity for recorder ensemble
playing in the classroom because of availability and low cost of
ensemble instruments. Lists of quality arrangements and
methods for referral are included. The fingering charts are one of the
most complete and best in the world, and are provided by Aulos and
internationally known Dolmetsch Recorder Workshops in England.
We are fortunate in having practical suggestions in this book from many
elementary and middle school teachers who are presently using recorder in their
classrooms.
Availability:Order through: MENC at
1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston VA 20191. Telephone orders: 800-828-0229.
http://www.menc.org/ Price: $12.00-
members,
$15.00-non
members
Fred Kersten's articles on Recorder have
been featured in American Recorder Teaching Music,
PMEAnews , and General Music Today. His study of recorder
has been at Indiana University and Long Island Recorder Festival. He has Orff
training and is a veteran of many years of successful public
school K-12 vocal music teaching. He wrote this practical book based
on many years of teaching recorder to children and college students with an
intense desire to help music teachers raise the quality of teaching and
performance of recorder in the public
schools.
Fred will be happy
to answer questions via email about the book, or provide any recorder
information that would be helpful for teaching your students. His
web page is devoted to the
recorder. Stop by and visit!