EARCOS Music - A Network for Music Teachers

A Network for Music Teachers

A network and forum for music teachers involved in the East Asian Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS). You can post resources, share ideas and connect with others your field. Your participation keeps this forum vibrant and exciting!

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BT Dance Project visits UNIS Hanoi -- Fantastic!

Just this last week, Esther Baker-Tarpaga and her husband, Olivier Tarpaga (along with their gorgeous little girl, Windiga), the two founders of BT Dance Project, visited UNIS, Hanoi for a week filled with rhythm and dance from West Africa. Olivier is fabulous djembe player and dancer from Burkina Faso and Esther is a dancer and choreographer from the US who did her master's work in Sengalese hip hop. The two worked with students of all ages and performed at two assemblies on Friday with our mid… Continue

Posted by David Cameron on May 24, 2009 at 8:18pm

EARCOS 2009, Use of This Site, Leaving South East Asia.

Hello all -- A couple of quick comments on the EARCOS teacher's conference, use of the this site, and my departure from Asia.

EARCOS -- although I didn't attend the conference this year (officially) I did catch the last day as I was visiting a friend in Borneo. The location was spectacular, and the couple of environmentally related workshops I attended were quite inspirational. There was not much in the way of music, although I do believe one of our members presented on the importance of being… Continue

Posted by David Cameron on March 29, 2009 at 2:19pm

any music jobs out there?

Some of you may remember me from EARCOS last year, when I taught at Shanghai American School. I am now in Bolivia, at American Cooperative School, La Paz. Bolivia is beautiful and he job is great BUT with so much political turmoil this year the school has lost lots of students and I need to find a job for next year! I've taught Band, Choir, Orchestra, IB Music, World Music Drumming, General Music. If anybody knows of any music openings please email me at rgreenblatt@acslp.org
Thanks

Posted by Ralph Greenblatt on October 8, 2008 at 12:43am — 3 Comments

"Once" -- the movie. A must see!

If you haven't seen this movie, then go out and watch it as soon as possible. Any one who writes songs, sings, records and/or loves will connect with this film. One of the most beatiful love stories I have ever seen. Check it out.

Posted by David Cameron on October 6, 2008 at 9:04am — 1 Comment

Read Doug Goodkin's ABC's of Education!

Calling all empassioned educators: Don't miss the opportunity to read Doug Goodkin's The ABC's of Education: A Primer for Schools to Come. The book is an alphabetic journey through 26 essential elements of any education designed to meet the genuine needs of children such as Art and Beauty, Stories, Truth, Understanding, Vulnerability, and Yes, to list a few. Doug gives numerous examples from his own teaching and offers a wonderfully human and welcoming means to look at the work we… Continue

Posted by Sherri Spelic on September 29, 2008 at 8:15pm

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BT Dance Project comes to UNIS in Hanoi!`

Started by David Cameron May 24.

Dalcroze Master Class for Piano and Music teachers

Started by Zukhra Suleymanova Sandre Dec. 18, 2008.

Guest Educators Travelling Through Asia!

Started by David Cameron Nov. 27, 2008.

Stepping Documents

STEPPING – MOVEMENT AND RHYTHM
Taught by David Cameron who learned it from Doug Goodkin who learned it from his students.

• Derived from gumboot dancing in the mines of South Africa
• Popularized by black fraternities and sororities in North America during the 1980’s
• Very effective in teaching middle school boys in particular due to its aggressive nature and vigorous movement
• Those with bodily kinesthetic intelligences excel at this!
• Can be combined with body percussion to create complex rhythmic routines
• Investigate Keith Terry and Crosspulse for more information on body percussion
• www.crosspulse.com
• Excellent for teaching pulse, beat, syncopation, synchronization and what I call ‘intent’
• ‘Intent’ meaning enthusiasm, energy, physical release, aggressiveness
• Ways to show intent include bent knees, straight arms, vigour, vocalizations, etc.
• I often show video of the “Haka” from New Zealand in order to demonstrate intent
• Vocalize rhythms as much as possible
• ‘Dung’ is a step and ‘dac’ or ‘a’ is a clap
• Home Sequence
• Dung dac a dac dung dac
• Sequence 1
• dung dung dung, dung dung dung, dac dac dung, dac dac dung, dac dung dac dung
• Sequence 2
• dung dac dac, dung dac dac, dac dac dac dac dac dac dac dac dac
• Sequence 3
• dung dac dac, dung dac dung dac dung dac dung dac, dung dac a dac dac
• Teach the ‘Home Sequence’ first and come back to it as a grounding point
• Try using a drum to sound the pulse when students invariably start to speed up their stepping.
• Feel free to contact me at dcameron@unishanoi.org or teampeacedove@gmail.com. The teampeacedove.org website is still under construction so although it is listed in my bio, it’s not going to do you a whole lot of good right now!
• Good luck!

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Hi, I have a gr.3/4 band and we use recorders, drum set, pianicas, keyboards, xylophones, chinese drums, African drums and whatever else we can get hold of. Is there anyone out there who also has something like that? It would be great to connect a...

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