Music
This year will be my 4th year teaching music to the children of PBES. It has been the biggest joy of my life and I look forward to this year with great anticipation. I moved to Gulf Breeze in 2000 when my husband Bill was transferred to Eglin AFB. After he retired, we stayed for the schools, the beaches, and our children. We have 3 boys and endure a seriously split household with one graduated from FSU and one from UF. One more will finish at MTSU in Tennessee in a few years.
I have two Bachelor’s degrees from UWF; one in Psychology and the other in Music Education/Voice. I enjoy singing in the community and am a member of Choral Society of Pensacola, Pensacola Opera Chorus, Canticle, and the St. Paul Lutheran Church choir. I am a member of the Pensacola Music Teachers Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the Organization of American Kodaly Educators. I also teach private voice lessons in my home studio. I am Kodaly Level 2 certified. As a Kodaly music teacher, I employ many of Zoltan Kodaly’s philosophies, one of which is that we learn music first and best with our only natural musical instrument…our voice.
“Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this…
only the best is good enough for a child.” Zoltan Kodaly
We have fun in music class not only with singing but with listening (all different kinds of music), beat, rhythm, instruments of all kinds, music games of all kinds, and dancing. All of this facilitates the learning of music literacy and performance. I teach from the Sunshine State standards for music. If you are interested in exploring what this is all about, check this page for a link to a Word doc. Also, check out the links for available websites that are great for kids to explore and learn more about music theory and other facets of the musical world in a child-friendly forum.
Keep your eyes and ears open for upcoming concert and field trip dates…tentative Holiday Concert is Friday, December 12, 2011.
Ms. Holway’s recommended links: