The new concept
- The original succession of lessons with a playful approach for preschool-aged children
- A new, faster course for first- and second-graders with additional ideas for play and practice including new children’s sheets
- A concept designed for classroom instruction is currently in the works and will be published mid-2006
Recorder Magic features an extensive range of materials:
- Methodology and didactical structure
- Information for instructors
- Lesson plans
- Ideas for play and practice
- Children’s sheets
Recorder Magic is the first recorder method available on-line and is designed as an open and continuously expandable system:
- The authors bring all materials up to date and expand them with on-going experience
- Users are able to submit criticism and feedback via e-mail
- The team of authors will discuss submitted feedback and criticism and, where appropriate, integrate it into the concept
In addition to the professional information presented, Recorder Magic offers the following services:
- Music and professional literature quoted in the materials can be directly ordered on-line from early music im Ibach-Haus/Stephanie Göbel
- The recordermakers Moeck offer the following items connected to the concept of Recorder Magic: - Free demonstration sets with recorder parts (+ post) - - Free posters “At record speed through recordology…” on recorder construction (+ post) - Introductory workshops to Recorder Magic featuring Ulrike Volkhardt
Methodology and didactical structure:
This new part includes
- An explanation of the methodical process used in Recorder Magic
- Diagrams illustrating the didactical structure
- Links between separate steps to the collection of materials
Information for instructors:
Instructors can refresh or expand their knowledge on the following sub-categories of recorder playing:
- Basic understanding of physiology
- Videos featuring exercises for breath control and body posture
- Information on tone quality
- Sound examples on articulation
- Literature references (with links for direct on-line order)
Recorder Magic now offers a flexible concept appropriate for different age groups:
- The collection of the print version of 1988 has been substantially expanded and varied.
- Ideas for play and practice are ordered according to different areas of learning (articulation, notation, etc.)
The students do not receive a ready-made booklet, but rather compose their own during the first year of instruction. They receive a binder or a notebook with thick paper, where they can glue or file the children’s sheets printed out or created by the teacher, with which they can work/play with crayons during the lesson and at home.
- The children’s sheets have been graphically redesigned and relate directly to specific ideas for play and practice.
- New children’s sheets have been created.
Music and professional literature quoted in the materials can be directly ordered on-line from early music im Ibach-Haus/Stephanie Göbel
The recordermakers Moeck offer the following items connected to the concept of Recorder Magic:
Free demonstration sets with recorder parts (+ post)
Free posters “At record speed through recordology…”
on recorder construction (+ post)
Introductory workshops to Recorder Magic featuring Ulrike Volkhardt. Dates: October 28 2005 Moeck, Celle /April 1 2006 Ibach-Haus, Schwelm
At the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Ulrike Volkhardt is starting the new advanced training project “accompagnato”. Offered as weekend workshops, “accompagnato” enables recorder teachers and players to review, deepen, and exchange their knowledge in various areas.
Topics 2006/7:
- Recorder instruction in the classroom: concepts for a new challenge. In cooperation with Margarethe Uher (Early childhood music education, Folkwang Hochschule Essen)
- Jazz in recorder teaching: Practice for beginners. In cooperation with Tobias Reisige (Wildes Holz)
- Unafraid of unknown styles 1: Modern extended playing techniques
- Unafraid of unknown styles 2: Improvisation
- Unafraid of unknown styles 3: French music
- Unafraid of unknown styles 4: early baroque
advance notice for "accompagnato"- more information here
Ideas for play and practice
Recorder Magic is based on a rich collection of ideas for play and practice.