Music Education in Action

This event is hosted by the Department of Music in the College of Arts and Science

Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022
Location: Quance Theatre, Education Building, University of Saskatchewan campus
Guest speaker: Denise Gagne
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Four free sessions will be held:
9 am - 10:30 am: Moovin and Groovin
10:30 am - 12 pm: Buckets of Fun
1 pm - 2:30 pm: Music Theory That’s Fun
2:30 pm - 4 pm: Singing Games for Spring

Speaker's bio
Denise Gagne is a music specialist with more than 40 years of experience teaching band, choir and classroom music from preschool to college levels. Her choirs and bands have won many awards at music festivals and performed for local and national sporting events, on national radio and even for the Queen. Denise has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Victoria, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan, a diploma in music from the University of Auckland (pending) and a post-graduate diploma in fine arts (Kodàly Level 3) from the University of Calgary with Lois Choksy. She has completed Orff Level 3 and additional Orff training with Cindy Hall, Jay Broeker, Jos Wuytack and Donna Otto.

Denise has served on the boards of the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, the Saskatchewan Band Association and the Kodàly Society of Canada. Denise is currently managing editor of Themes & Variations, a preschool music teacher and a frequent visitor to elementary school music classrooms.

Denise is the author or editor of more than 100 publications for K- 6 music teachers, including the Musicplay and Musicplayonline curriculum. She has been a workshop presenter in every Canadian province and territory and all 50 states. She presents regularly for Orff and Kodaly workshops and preschool and kindergarten conferences in Canada, the USA, Asia and Australia. Her workshops are fun, practical and activity based.

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