The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast: Music Education 84- Combining Orff and Kodaly and teaching upper elementary and middle school music with Jessica Grant
Today's podcast episode with Jessica Grant is about two topics that she is both knowledgeable and passionate about... combining the Orff and Kodaly approaches and teaching music to upper elementary and middle school students.
Jessica Grant is the middle school music specialist at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. She taught fourteen years as an elementary public school music specialist prior to teaching middle school students for the past four years. She has taken Dalcroze classes, is certified in Orff Schulwerk, and completed Kodaly Level III this past summer.
Jessica earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Lee University in Cleveland, TN, and her Masters of Music in Music Education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a member of AOSA, OAKE, ARS, and TMEA. Jessica is the host and creator of the Afternoon Ti Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.
You can find Jessica here:
Instagram: @highafternoonti
Facebook: Jessica Morrison Grant
Links shared in this episode include:
Percussion for Waltz in 2 (Group Example)
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