IN-19 (Grades K-12)
World Music, Steel Drums and More!
Jim Knutson, Onalaska, WI
knuja@onalaska.k12.wi.us
  

Whether you are a music teacher or a classroom teacher using Responsive Classroom who wants to enhance your Morning Meetings, this workshop will enrich your classroom practice! World music has been filtering into both the popular music market and the general music classroom over the past few years. By making use of this trend, music educators, and classroom teachers, have an opportunity to serve both general and unique populations with exciting alternative instrumental programs.

Properly presented, these hands-on offerings can help students experience the joy of music making as they come to appreciate other cultures. Come HAVE FUN while learning some best practices that will excite your students and help them develop their memory and concentration skills!

Workshop participants will not only experience a wide variety of Afro-Cuban percussion instruments, such as congas, bongos, and timbales, they will learn how to create culturally authentic-sounding ensembles. Participants will even acquire tips for finding funds to purchase instruments and for building school and community support for innovative music programs. Previous participants left this workshop brimming with ideas how drum circles can enhance community building and work with special needs students.