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Alla Breve is the official publication of the Kodály Society of Canada. It is a annual publication, contains articles detailing current research in music education, pertinent items relating to music and education and information of interest to musician-educators, as well as news from Kodály branches across the country. In addition to regular columns and news items, Alla Breve is a peer-reviewed journal, and manuscripts read and evaluated by qualified referees (upon invitation of the Editor) are identified as such in the journal. Alla Breve is published in December and June of each academic year and is indexed by RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.


ALLA BREVE ISSUES


RESOURCES


Pierre Perron Resource Development Grant Abstracts

2020

Jennifer YM Lee - The aim of this project is to develop a choral resource following a Kodaly-inspired approach for adult learners.

Keli Brewer - This resource will provide educators with a sampling of music from the founding cultures of Cape Breton Island. Selections from the Mi’kmaq, Acadian, and Gaelic traditional music are presented within a brief cultural and historical context, including the background of the song and songwriter.

SINGING GAMES BY ANN OSBORNE SEYFFERT


CURRICULUM & VINTAGE RESOURCES

Short video introduction to the Archives: Circling Back, Fresh Ideas in Archive (pdf intro)

Resources from Nanaimo and Ladysmith British Columbia public schools (District #68), in the 1970s & 1980s

Curriculum Guides Grades 1-5, compiled by teachers under Supervisor Alastair Highet

Resources from the University of Victoria, Victoria BC, by Bruce E. More

  • Sight singing and ear training at the university level  – an historical discussion of, and rationale for, use of Tonic Sol-Fa (movable do) in university level musicianship training – Choral Journal, March, 1985

  • Syllable Systems, Kodaly’s Choices – historical mnemonic syllable systems used in musical training – Kodaly Envoy, Fall, 1985.

  • Fixed-do vs. movable-do – a discussion in the form of a critique of W. Multer’s “Solmization and Musical Perception”.

  • Do vs. La minor – a discussion of  2 variations of movable do.  Traditional tonic sol-fa uses the syllable “la” as the tonic of a minor scale.  The use of “do” as the tonic of a minor scale is in wide use in the eastern US and Canada and parts of Germany.  A discussion and evaluation follows in this article.

  • A Choral Conductor’s Guide to the Music Library – an annotated bibliography of choral-related books to 1995.

Middlesex County (Ontario) curriculum guides (1980s)

 

CBC Radio Program Guides for the Province of Québec,  by Pierre Perron & Margaret Tse (etc.)

Resource from the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria BC:

Article from Reflections on KodályLászló Vikár, Editor.  International Kodály Society, 1985.


 

KSC AGM MINUTES