REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 28, 2021

We will be offering our FSR classes online throughout the 2020-2021 academic school year via Zoom taught by Diane Geller and Dr. Kathy Hickey. Full Kodály Certification includes completion of three levels of Core and Folk Song courses.

FOLK SONG RESEARCH II encompasses a survey of multicultural folk songs, emphasizing Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American music. Basic techniques of Standard Analysis used by ethnomusicologists are learned. Each student prepares a basic collection of twenty multicultural songs with Standard Analysis. 

An introduction to multicultural folk song.  Folk songs of major ethnicities found in the United States will be surveyed in this course, including Asian, Native American, Hispanic, and African-American.  Techniques of collection, categorization, and analysis will be presented, as well as historical and cultural context, performance practice, and application to music education.  Classes will include lecture, singing and analyzing folk songs, and music listening, and…