PERPICH SUMMER MUSIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS – AUGUST 5, 2025 “CONVERSATIONAL SOLFEGE: AN EAR-FIRST APPROACH TO MUSICAL THINKING, THE FEIERABEND WAY”
August 5 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Free
Perpich is excited to offer a series of five (5) summer Professional Development sessions for music teachers, in-person, at Perpich Center for Arts Education in August, 2025. Each workshop will be filled with teaching resources, strategies, and experiences you can use in your teaching this fall. Come to one or all five! Separate registration is required for each workshop.
Tuesday, August 5 – Conversational Solfege: An Ear-First Approach to Musical Thinking, the Feierabend Way
DATE: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., plus optional off-campus lunch
LOCATION (in-person):
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Gaia Building – Glass Box
6125 Olson Memorial Hwy, Golden Valley, MN 55422
*Gaia is the white building label 6105 on the east side of Perpich campus by the soccer fields
DESCRIPTION: Explore the 12-step method for developing musical literacy; learn how to teach rhythm and tonal elements using traditional repertoire. Intended audience is music educators of students in grades 3-8. Guest presenter is John Crever from Portland, OR.
DETAILS:
- Each workshop will take place 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- There is no cost to participate but a separate registration is required for each day.
- Water and snacks will be provided.
- An optional networking lunch will follow each workshop. The cost of lunch is on your own.
- Four clock hours will be earned each day (+ 1 additional clock hour when attending the networking lunch).
Questions? Email Dr. Michael Buck, Music Education Specialist at michael.buck@pcae.k12.mn.us
