Are You the Performing
Arts Teacher?
Do you suddenly need to include Dance and drama into your program, on top of everything else?
I am here to help you!
Smorgasbord Music and Dance is not only a business – I am here to support you in your life as an educator.
How?
- If you need help with implementing dance in your setting, go to my Dances page and/or book me to come out to you
- If you need new World Music resources, have a look at my Unlock series on the World Music page
- If you are looking for complete units of learning, or new things to do with your holiday program or Out of School hours Care kids, look at my Supporting Teachers page
- Looking for original stories to read to your children? Try the Books page
- Looking for unique bits and pieces to enhance your existing program? Sample the Tasty Morsels page
- If you need me to mentor you or run P.D. in your school, contact me on the Book Me page
There is something for everyone in the Smorgasbord Music and Dance world.
Here is a free gift to get you started! Go to this page
For drumming in other meters, visit the Tasty Morsels page.
This project has evolved in response to the many changing needs of educators of all kinds – the Arts teacher who needs to be able to teach across all Specialist areas, home schooling parents, as well as those teachers who are simply looking for new and different resources to enable the Arts to become more integrated into broader school life.
After so many years of involvement in Music Education, I have never ceased to be amazed by how profoundly traditional music and dance from any culture can connect to children in the classroom. What is now known as “World Music” has a deep and abiding way of touching people and connecting them to each other in a way that has become more important than ever.
World Music
This is a cross-curriculum resource, designed to be very accessible across various areas of a school, or just by the Arts teacher – whatever suits! It includes instructional videos for those of you who are not confident with music notation.
Songs
I have written songs on various themes, in different styles, for use in Primary school. These packages include arrangements for use with Junior ensembles, choir and in the classroom.
Tasty Morsels
Tasty Morsels is a “tasting plate” of traditional and original music, dances and songs that are stand alone items. These are not in big collections, as are the other resource packages, but there is plenty of variety here.
Dance Packs
This page includes “All Folks Can Dance packs” These are packs that include lead sheets, dance instruction videos and classroom arrangements fo dances from around the world that have been tried and tested by me over 40 years of teaching.
Books
The folk tales are supported by original songs that you will find on the Songs page of this website. “Swan Song” is compatible with “Follow Your Dreams” and “Things Aren’t Always As They Seem” is supported by “Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover”.
Supporting Teachers
Whether you work in school, in after school care, holiday programs or home school, there are complete units of learning for your young people here.
Meet Audrey Klein
Audrey Klein is a founding member of the seminal multicultural folk dance band Shenanigans. For the past 40+ years, Audrey has had experience leading folk dance in the community and in schools; performing as a multi-instrumentalist, teaching Music in pre-school and Primary school, and training Music teachers in the Orff approach to music and movement education.
Both of the artists supporting me are story tellers in their own right. One of them, Kelly Mrocki, has written 3 beautiful, award-winning books on environmental themes. They are available for purchase here. As time goes by, there will be other books added to this page, so please keep an eye out!
Folk Styles
Instruments Taught
Years Teaching
All of my digital products are licensed for a sole user which covers one individual teacher wherever they teach.
If you are planning to use my products with multiple teachers at a school, I ask that you consider purchasing more than one copy. The same applies if you are teaching across multiple schools/campuses. I have endeavoured to keep the purchasing cost low, to facilitate this.
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