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Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #175: 2025 OAKE Conference Reflection Support us at Buy Me a Coffee! We are excited to offer our listeners support through our new Membership site on Buy Me a Coffee. We have two membership options: Solo Single Shot ($5/month) and Duet Double Shot ($15). Check out our  Buy Me a Coffee membership site  for all the details including the perks you get with each level of membership. We appreciate you supporting our work! Main Theme: OAKE 2025 Conference Reflection In this episode, Carrie and Tanya talk about their takeaways and favorite moments from the 2025 Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) national conference that was held in Chicago in March, 2025. Things we mention in this episode: Organization of American Kodaly Educators - website Larena Code Boyle - website The Rhythm of Somalia: A Collection of Songs, Stories, and Traditions by Qorsho Hassan and Becca Buck   GIA World Music Initiative Publications Anne Mileski - websit...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #174: Post Performance Ponderings   Announcement! We are starting up a new Membership site on Buy Me a Coffee. We have two membership options: Solo Single Shot ($5/month) and Duet Double Shot ($15). Check out our  Buy Me a Coffee membership site  for all the details including the perks you get with each level of membership. We appreciate you supporting our work! Main Theme: Post Performance Ponderings In this episode, Carrie and Tanya talk about recent performances they've led at their schools. We talk about the general outline of our performances, what went well, what we would change if we did this performance again, and tips that we learned along the way. Tanya did a performance with 2nd grades all about weather. She used songs and poems that relate to the 4 seasons. Each class got to perform 2 songs related to one of the seasons. Students got to play instruments and read poetry. Carrie did a performance with 5th grade inspired by the ...