Sing in Parts: Pedagogy Ideas for Beginning Part-Singing by Ear and By Eye
Friday, January 23, 2026
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Description
This session addresses part-singing challenges that upper elementary and middle school students encounter while transitioning from unison to part singing, from ear to eye, in the preparation for choral singing in the later grades. Participants will be introduced to strategies that develop part-singing abilities by ear using bass lines, partner songs, rounds and canons with upper elementary and middle school students. In addition, participants will discover how to present part-singing by eye.
Speakers
John Feierabend
Learning Objective 1
Teachers and and their students will be Singing by ear using Bass line melodies and ostinatos using solfeggi syllables with and without instruments
Learning Objective 2
Teachers and their students will sing partner songs of two, three or more parts with shared bass line melodies
Learning Objective 3
Teachers and their students will be introduced to vocal chording using solfeggi syllables with the song text.
Session Level
Elementary, Middle School/Junior High, High School, Collegiate