[HANASHIR:4277] Re: Song Selection

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Alice - That sounds right on target.
Meris
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From: ALICEWINE (at) aol(dot)com <ALICEWINE (at) aol(dot)com>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 11:02 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:4276] Re: Song Selection


>In a message dated 10/26/99 12:21:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com writes:
>
>Dear Karen and Meris -
>
>I established a music curriculum for our school (when I was in that job at
>Suburban Temple) in consultation with both the school director and the
rabbi,
>based on the classroom curricula for each grade.  In that way, I developed
a
>spiraled program of liturgy based on the different service levels (K-2,
3-5,
>6-8), spiralling holiday song selections with increasing difficulty, songs
>targeted at what the students were studying in Judaics at each grade level,
>and Hebrew songs that also increased in difficulty with each grade level.
>
>After the targeted areas were identified, I put together the music
selections
>to include "old stand-bys" that were the favorites, some of the "new folk
>music" genre, and, especially in the liturgy section, some of the
>"congregational" melodies that  the rabbi felt it important that the
students
>know so they are comfortable when attending adult services.
>
>There was no way to include everything that I would have liked to teach.  I
>had to cull through and include what was feasible for the 20-25 minute
music
>segments that were part of the morning schedule and that were acceptable to
th
>e boss!!
>
>What was the primary underlying principle was that everything that was
taught
>was usable for the students, not repetitive year after year, and that the
>Judaic and Hebrew components were reinforcing and enhancing to their
>classroom work.  That often meant that my personal preferences just didn't
>have a very big vote!
>
>BTW - the curriculum is available.  E-mail me privately for more info.
>
>B'shalom,
>Alice
>
>
>

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