Category Archives: Music Education

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Music student receives national O.A.K.E. scholarship

For the second time in a month, a CSU Music master’s student has been selected to receive a prestigious national scholarship from the Organization of American Kodály Educators (O.A.K.E.). Brooke May, M.M. Music Education Specialization, Kodály Option, has been awarded O.A.K.E.’s Jenö Ádám Scholarship, which will subsidize her Level 2 Kodály training this summer. Ms. May teaches music at Lakeview […]


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Music student receives national scholarship toward Kodály certification

School of Music, Theatre, and Dance music student, Laura Alleman, M.M. Music Education Specialization, Kodály Option, has been selected to receive the prestigious Denise Bacon Scholarship Award from the Organization of American Kodály Educators (O.A.K.E.). According to the O.A.K.E. website, the award provides partial funding for further study at OAKE-endorsed Kodály certification programs in the United […]


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CSU Music faculty and students will present at 2021 Virtual CMEA Conference

The Colorado Music Educators Association clinic conference will take place online for 2021. Information about registering for the annual conference is available at cmeaonline.org. CSU music education graduate student Christina Herman has been selected to present a session titled: Student Perceptions of Online Peer Learning in Preservice Music Teacher Education: Motivation, Social-Emotional Learning, and Classroom Climate […]


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Dr. Bonnie Jacobi to present several sessions at Elementary Music Seminar

Associate Professor of Music Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, is giving a series of online presentations at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in late Jan., 2021. The sessions are designed specifically for current music teachers and students. January 28, 2021 – “Connecting the Ear, Mind & Body! Building Musicians and Music-Lovers through Dalcroze Eurhythmics” (for HSU students) […]


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Singing outdoors provides a lift

Within the context of strict adherence to School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (SMTD) and CSU COVID-19 policies, SMTD has persevered. Rather than abandon a semester of group music-making, the choral area has modified its approach to rehearsals by moving outdoors and providing a much-needed creative outlet for skill development.  University Chorus director, Dr. Seth […]


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Bonnie Jacobi appointed chair-elect to Special Research Interest Group on Gender and Sexuality

Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, associate professor music, Music Education, has been appointed as Chair-Elect (2020-2022) for the National Association of Music Education’s (NAfME) Special Research Interest Group on Gender and Sexuality. This appointment will evolve into the role of Chair of NAfME’s Gender and Sexuality SRIG during 2022-2024, during which time she will lead the United States […]



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August 2020: Music Education News

CSU Kodåly master’s student, Laura Alleman, presented a professional development session on Aug. 7, 2020. The session, entitled “Planning with a Purpose,” was presented to 1500 fine arts teachers within the Frisco Independent School District in Frisco, Texas. Laura will be graduating with a Master of Music, Music Education Specialization, Kodály Option from CSU this […]


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Socioemotional Learning in the Music Classroom

Dr. Bonnie Jacobi will present a professional development session entitled “Socioemotional Learning in the Music Classroom” for K-12 Music Teachers in Forsythe County School District, in Georgia, on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The session will be presented via live video-stream.


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News from the Music Education’s Kodály area

CSU M.M. Kodály Emphasis alum, Gabriela Ocadiz (left), presented as a clinician for the Chicago Area Kodaly Educators organization on Nov. 9, 2019. Gaby is also a leader of CSU’s Kid’s Do It All summer music-theatre camp, held annually at CSU’s Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Dr. Lauri Hogle (right), CSU M.M. Kodály […]