This workshop will focus on ways to use movement as a vehicle for fostering musicianship in children. Attendees will participate in sample experiences that utilize kinesthetic learning strategies to heighten musical understanding.

At Indiana University in Bloomington, Brent Gault is the Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education, the director of the summer Kodály Institute and the Program Director for the Indiana University Children’s Choir.  He specializes in elementary general music education and Kodály methodology, and is a Past President of OAKE.  Dr. Gault also has training in both the Orff and Dalcroze approaches to music education and has presented sessions and research at conferences of AOSA, the Dalcroze Society of America, OAKE and MENC.

In this afternoon workshop, one week before Chinese New Year, Sherlyn Chew will present Chinese songs and instrumental repertoire that we can use in our own classrooms! She will share and demonstrate authentic performance practices and show us how we can adapt these for our own groups and school or choral performances.

An Oakland native, Ms. Chew grew up steeped in traditional Chinese music and opera. She received her early training from her father and from musicians from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and she has performed in Asia and Southeast Asia. She holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley in Social Science and Language and has also pursued graduate studies in Curriculum and Instruction in Music and Bilingual Education. Ms. Chew founded the Purple Bamboo Orchestra and Chorus at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland, and the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus at Laney College. She currently teaches full time at Laney College.
corded music from her CDs.