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FESTIVAL VIII SUMMER 2006 PROGRAMS 2006 SUMMER TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOPS |
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MUSIKGARTEN AWARDS
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR
SCHOOL_YEAR PLANNING
MUSIKGARTEN DAYS |
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Festival VIII – March 3-6, 2006 -
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SUMMER 2006 PROGRAMS
MUSIKGARTEN WANTS TO BE
PART OF YOUR SUMMER!
“Nimble & Quick” and “Twist & Turn” – Our Newest Mixed-Age Programs!
Announced earlier under the working title “Mother Goose and Father Duck,” Musikgarten’s newest offerings – available April 1, 2006 – have been co-authored by Lorna Heyge and Martha Hallquist as two eight-week units. Parents will receive a family packet with CD, parent book, and either an instrument or manipulative. Preview these programs yourself at the 2006 Musikgarten Festival or at Musikgarten Day in Baltimore, Cincinnati, or St. Paul!
“Nature’s Music” for Mixed Ages!
This supplement to our popular toddler program allows you to invite families with babies through 4-year-olds to share in the fun. Parents with more than one young child will appreciate these lessons, which will benefit their active “creepers, leapers, and singers.”
“Camping at the Seashore”
Make Music Makers at Home’s “Seashore” program a summer event for your families! “Let’s Go to the Seashore” is a five-day camp that will give children 2-3 hours daily of music and art activities centering on a seashore theme. Features include making an instrument to take home, family time with siblings to end each day, and story time about the magical seashore.
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Marketing Your Summer Program
Professionally designed flyers are available to help you market all of Musikgarten’s summer programs, including “My Musical World” (0-4), “Nature’s Music” (toddler or 0-4), “Cycles: Summer Edition: (3-5), “My Neighborhood Community” (4-6), “Let’s Go to the Seashore” (4-7), “Nature Trail” (4-7), “Nimble & Quick,” and “Twist & Turn.” Each flyer describes lesson activities and includes a parent testimonial. Flyers and lesson supplements are available free of charge to licensed Musikgarten teachers. Perfect for summer, T-shirts featuring the Musikgarten logo plus “Music Brings Kids to Life!” are offered at $8.00 each, plus shipping. |
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2006 Teacher Training: 3–5 Day Summer Workshops -
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MUSIKGARTEN AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Join us this coming March at Musikgarten Festival VIII for the formal presentation of Achievement and Exemplary Program Awards for 2006!
Musikgarten Achievement Award: Musikgarten is pleased to salute those teachers who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to continuing education. The Musikgarten Achievement Award recognizes the following licensed educators, who have successfully completed the entire series of Musikgarten teacher training workshops. Recipients for 2006 include the following 12 teachers:
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Susan Arrington
Sarah Grove-Humphries
Alicia Hanna
Vernita Kenney
Adina Lambert
Jill Lundberg
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Ellie Van Overen
Sherry Van Overen
Jill Waggener
Jill Maurer-Davis
Susan Schnering
Rebecca Simonfalvi |
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Musikgarten Exemplary Program Award: This special designation is given to teachers who not only offered several different levels of Musikgarten classes during the 2004-05 school year, but have also been actively licensed with Musikgarten for four or more years. Recipients for 2006 include the following 53 teachers: |
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Tamara Albrecht – Emory University
Arleth Anderson
Jan Boner
Nan Borden
Caryn Borgetti
Lianne Brewer
Rita Burghart
Carol Ourada and Kathy Cathey – Wheaton College
Community School of Music
Janet Crawford
Kari Cullimore
Dorothy Denton
Beth Douglas
Suzanne E. Franklin
Cindy L. Freeman – Early Childhood Music School
Diana Greene
Melanie S. Gritters
Betsy Grizzell
Sylvia Hamilton
Jill Hannagan
Karen Haughey
Jennifer Heavyside – Texas Christian University
Linnea J. Hillesland
Cynthia Hirst
Ginny Jacobson
Ellen M. Johansen
Amy Johnson – Union Colony Children’s Music Academy
Joyce Jordan & Joy Galliford – University of Miami MusicTime
Roann Keen
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Nancy Kubo
Marlene Lee and Michelle Thompson
– Kinderstudio of MusikJill Lundberg
Catherine Mathia
Karen McIver
Jennifer Green – Shenandoah University
Leilani Miranda
Valerie L. Nelson
Amy Pappageorge
Ruth Prevette
Victoria Raja
Mary Rekers
Joyce Alexander – Suburban Community
Music Center
Anja Scheidel
Lynette Schwane
Tamara Smith – University of Delaware
Community Music School
Gayle Sprinkel
Cheri Steele – Jump Start Music
and Movement
Jennifer Stone
Joan Swider
Lisa and Millie Thompson – Somerville School of Music
Jennifer Tutt
Janice Vidruk
Kay Ellen Wilkins – Rochester Conservatory of Music
Page L. Williams |
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ADVANCE NOTICE FOR SCHOOL-YEAR PLANNING
Musikgarten does everything possible to hold down the costs of its programs and materials. We believe that all children should have access to music, and we recognize that music teachers must keep a close eye on their budgets. Where possible, we pass our savings along to you. For example, the price of Musikgarten banners was recently decreased by over 50%, thanks to a new supplier this year. And, we are pleased to say that you have seen no increase in price for Musikgarten family and teacher materials over the past five years.
After much thought and analysis, we have found it imperative to make price adjustments, effective June 1, 2006. Musikgarten will adopt a two-tiered pricing structure, one applicable to purchases by unlicensed buyers, and the other applying to purchases by licensed Musikgarten teachers. The cost of teacher materials will not increase for licensed Musikgarten teachers; the cost of family materials will increase by approximately 5%. For instruments sold by Musikgarten, variable rate increases will apply, as driven by market forces worldwide.
United Parcel Service, Musikgarten’s primary shipping service, has raised its rates to customers like Musikgarten by almost 7% over a 12-month period, without our having passed these increased costs on to you. Effective February 15, 2006, Musikgarten will increase its shipping and handling charges by approximately 1% of the value of goods purchased.
We appreciate your understanding of the economic forces that necessitate periodic cost adjustments. More than anything else, we at Musikgarten wish to ensure the value of your continued investment in our educational products for teachers, children, and their families. We look forward to many years of continuing work with a vibrant and growing community of music educators throughout the world – especially you!
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MUSIKGARTEN DAYS
March 11, 2006 – Baltimore (with Jill Hannagan)
March 11, 2006 – Cincinnati (with Mary Louise Wilson)
March 18, 2006 – St. Paul (with Lorna Heyge)
See what Musikgarten Day (10 am – 4 pm) has to offer you -
•“All Together Now!” - Musikgarten’s new program for mixed ages
• Around the World at the Keyboard: Singing and Dancing
• Your Turn: Teachers’ Roundtable Discussion
• Family CD and Parent Book for children ages 0-4
• Keyboard Sampler with CD for children ages 5-9
• A delicious lunch
ALL FOR ONLY $40!
To register, call us at 1-800-216-6864 or e-mail us at event@musikgarten.org.
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Referral by knowledgeable friends has proven to be our most effective means of recruiting prospective Musikgarten teachers. Please help us out by making sure that your musical associates know about Musikgarten Days, Previews, and Workshops, along with the incentives that each of these carries (e.g., free audits and returnee discounts)! |
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