SKU: GI.G-1052
With Commentary by
Lindsay Jackson, Andrew
Himelick, and John M.
Feierabend. Composed
by Andrew Himelick, John
M. Feierabend, and
Lindsay Jackson. First
Steps in Music. Music
Education. GIA
Publications #1052.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1052).
UPC:
785147005254.
The
First Steps in Music
curriculum becomes real
in this DVD featuring
FAME-certified master
teachers Lindsay Jackson
teaching a kindergarten
class and Andrew Himelick
teaching a first grade
class. Shot in real-time
in their own classrooms,
both Jackson and Himelick
sequence a wide variety
of activities, teaching
techniques, and
strategies from John M.
Feierabend’s
curriculum. As with the
other DVDs in the
“In Actionâ€
series, each class
includes an optional
commentary track where
Dr. Feierabend and the
teachers describe in
detail the decisions and
approaches they take with
their students. This DVD
is a wonderful
introduction to the First
Steps in Music
curriculum, demonstrates
how a male teacher can
model singing with young
students, and includes at
its heart the goal of
helping every student
become tuneful, beatful,
and artful. Lindsay
Jackson has been an
elementary music teacher
and choral conductor for
13 years and currently
teaches in Bryn Mawr, PA.
She sings soprano and
enjoys accompanying her
students on guitar,
dulcimer, autoharp, and
ukulele. Andrew Himelick
has been an elementary
music teacher for more
than 25 years with Carmel
Clay Schools in Carmel,
IN. He has also been a
director with the
Indianapolis
Children’s Choir
for 20 years. He sings
baritone and enjoys
playing the piano,
guitar, banjo, autoharp,
and recorder. John M.
Feierabend, PhD, has
spent decades compiling
songs and rhymes from the
memories of the American
people, in hopes that
these treasures will be
preserved for future
generations. John
Feierabend is Professor
Emeritus and former
Director of the Music
Education Division of The
Hartt School of the
University of
Hartford.