ICDA Children's Choirs R&S

Dianne Braymen received her BA degree from Northwest Missouri State University and has her Kodály Certification Level II and CMP track I. She is currently in her 18th year at Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School, where she instructs over 620students in a prekindergarten through fifth grade music curriculum and directs a Boys’ Singing Team and Fifth Grade Girls’ Choir.

Dianne is currently the Repertoire & Standards Chair of ICDA Children’s Choir and was the chair for the 2002 NCACDA children’s honor choir held in Des Moines. Besides teaching at the public school level she is a board member of the Heartland Children’s Choir, Leadership Team at ADM, Iowa Comprehensive Musicianship Project Team, and a private piano teacher.

Dianne Braymen
Children's Choirs R&S Chair
childrens-chair@iowachoral.org

Children's Choir/General Music Events 2008-09

Saturday

October 25

ICDA Children's Choir & General Music Teachers' Workshop
University of Northern Iowa
Free Registration 8:30 Workshop - 9:00-3:00
Lunch on your own
Presenter: Michelle Swanson
Theme: Practical Tips for the Elementary Choirs - Making the Most of the Music
Description: This ICDA children's choir workshop will provide participants with
practical tips on choosing music, leading relative warm ups, teaching part singing, conducting practical cues, and keeping children very
interested in singing. This workshop will include insightful pointers
to integrate into your own children's choirs immediately. An added
plus will be the music reading of high quality 2-part music AND copies
of the music for all participants to keep! Participants will greatly
enjoy this worthwhile day of elementary choral music.

Any Questions please email Dianne Braymen at childrens-chair@iowachoral.org

Registration form and more information

See the ICDA Statewide Calendar for more event information

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Children's Choir / Elementary Music Links

Essentials of Music
This site, from Sony Music and W. W. Norton and Company Publishers, is like having a music textbook online. The variety of information and audio clips offer students of all ages a wonderful resource.

K-12 Resources For Music Educators
This site is for band, orchestra, choral, and other music teachers. Subcategories include band, orchestra, vocal, and more.

Mozart's Magical Musical Life
The storybook is filled with pictures, hypertext links to details, and audio files of Mozart's compositions.

Music
This site is dedicated to music for kids. It includes a guide to children's music on the Internet.

Music Hotlist - Franklin Institute
Contains links to opera, classical music, musical instruments, music around the world and teacher resources.

MUSICKIT
This is a music education website with activities for kids and resources for teachers.

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