119 | Vocal Studies for Kids!: Interview with Donna Rhodenizer
Composer and music education specialist Donna Rhodenizer shares her passion and her expertise for writing vocal “studies” for young singers. We discuss the unique challenges in private lessons and in the classroom when helping young singers develop their singing skills and how all music teachers can help students who struggle with pitch. Donna shares effective and fun teaching strategies including music writing activities for your youngest students.
Now available! The new teacher download “Vocal Studies for Kids!”
This 20-page download includes:
- 5 solfège studies (like Sleepy Sloth!)
- 7 warm-up adventures (like The Cactus Song!)
- downloadable backing tracks for online lessons and home practice (YAY!)
- fun facts to pique your student’s interest
- music score discovery activities to help singers learn to read music
About our Guest:
Donna Rhodenizer is a music educator with 35 years of experience as an elementary music classroom music specialist, years of teaching private violin and piano lessons, and a 24-year career in the singing duo, Donna & Andy performing and recording music for children. Donna has been composing for over 40 years. She writes for children and adult choirs, solo vocal repertoire and instrumental pieces for violin, handbell and piano. Her printed music and/or CDs have traveled all over the world, to every continent except the Antarctic!
Learn more about Donna and join her mailing list for fantastic music and music teaching strategies:
- www.elementarymusicwithdonna.com Sign up for the newsletter! For elementary music classroom teaching strategies and resources.
- www.redcastlepublishing.com for printed music: Registered Reproducible Masters, and fantastic song collections.
- https://www.facebook.com/ElementaryMusicWithDonna/ Follow Donna’s Facebook page and watch the fun videos she shares!