Introduction to the Kodaly Method
Date
February 10-May 2, 2025
Online
Course Code
7595A
Credits
3
Tuition
$1146
Course Description
This course will introduce participants to the Kodály methodology using current research findings and the implications of that research on the development of a sequenced music and movement curriculum for early childhood through intermediate graded students. Materials and activities will be presented for children from birth through grade 5-6. Collecting materials, building and analyzing a folk song collection, designing teaching strategies, and lesson planning while developing a sequenced curriculum will all be covered. Active participation in both music and movement activities will be the basis for most instruction.
Instructor
Thom Borden teaches PreK-5 in Las Vegas as well as Kodaly and Children’s Literature courses with Vandercook College of Music in Chicago. Thom completed his B.A. in Music and an M.A. in Education with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction focused in Reading. He completed Orff Levels at UNLV and an Orff Master Level at the University of Memphis under Jos Wuytack. Advanced studies include music and movement in Paris as well as Kodaly training and certification through CSU with Sr. Lorna Zemke. Thom has also completed First Steps Training as well as Levels i and II Conversational SolfegeTraining.
Thom is the past-president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter, founding member of the Las Vegas Kodaly Chapter (LUCKE), and has presented at numerous AOSA and OAKE conferences. He has presented in Australia, Canada, China, Europe and presents across the US each year. Thom served as the AOSA Diversity Committee Chair and is a founding member of the International Sharing Sunday USA organization. He has published Orff arrangements in the McGraw-Hill curriculum series SPOTLIGHT ON MUSIC and MUSIC STUDIO and has published materials on using manipulatives in the classroom. Additional publications include a series of musical active and interactive singing games – FILE FOLDER FUN! for Music Classrooms – that assist in teaching concepts both live and virtually.