Explore engaging techniques and games from John Feierabend’s Conversational Solfege designed to enhance students’ aural and visual musicianship. This session highlights accessible teaching methods and practical, spontaneous musical challenge games that encourage confident music decoding, reading, dictation, and improvisation. Educators will leave equipped with creative tools to naturally cultivate their students' musical literacy, making the learning process a “seemingly effortless assimilation” for learners aged eight and older. Join this interactive session and empower your teaching with research-based methods that prioritize Ear-First musical thinking.
Target Audience
General Music, Choir all levels
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Clinician Info
John Crever
Feierabend Association for Music Education
John Crever is a driven music educator with over 30 years of experience coaching, instructing, producing, managing, and organizing music. He has a talent for connecting with students and teachers from diverse backgrounds and has successfully taught vocal music in various settings. Throughout his career, he has maintained his passion for the Kodaly approach, which he learned at Westminster Choir College, and continuously works to enhance music literacy and empower people musically. In 2008, John transitioned his teaching philosophy from Gordon’s Music Learning Theory and American Kodaly approaches to a Feierabend-focused approach. He is also a Feierabend Association-endorsed teacher trainer, leading regional and district workshops and certification courses on the Feierabend curricula. John aims to help others share their love of music through active learning with song and movement in the Feierabend way. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon.