Teaching Music Literacy:
Developing Independent Musicians
June 2-4, 2025 | 8:30am-4:30pm
Phoenix Children's Chorus
6060 N 7th Ave. Phoenix, Az 85013
Phoenix Children’s Chorus is committed to quality music education within PCC as well as in K-12 schools. As such, we are excited to offer an innovative 3-day workshop for current and future music educators focused on research-based music teaching methods. Inspiring educator Dr. Carol Krueger will share her approach to building literate and independent musicians.
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Helping individuals become musically literate is central to the school, community, and church music curriculum. Working from the premise that students learn musical skills in much the same order as they do language skills, participants will explore how we ‘learn’ music through hearing and imitating patterns before reading and writing. The pedagogy also includes sequential techniques for teaching improvisation and dictation, key components of music literacy. Workshop participants will also be presented with teaching strategies and techniques for integrating and applying literacy skills to appropriate repertoire. Special attention will be given to the development of music literacy curriculum maps and diction maps.
Workshop Details
Registration Fee:
General/Teacher - $175
1st Year Teacher - $75
College student - Free (based on availability)
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Schedule:
8:30-11:30 - Morning Session
1130-1:00 - Break for Lunch
1:00-4:30 - Afternoon Session
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Textbook:
Highly recommended, but not required
Progressive Sight Singing by Dr. Carol Krueger
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Participants will Receive:
Professional Development Certificate (18 hours)
Tickets to PCC Tour Sendoff Concert
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The PCC summer music literacy workshop with Dr. Carol Krueger has been so influential on empowering my students with the tools they need to become stronger musicians. By utilizing Carol's teachings, I have seen my students develop a deeper understanding of music literacy that has been so beneficial to my junior high students as both individual musicians and ensemble performers. I am so grateful to Phoenix Children's Chorus for offering this incredible summer workshop opportunity and blessing the lives of music educators and students!
Taryn Tidwell
Choir Director, Shepherd Junior High School
2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year Ambassador for Excellence
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I was so privileged to have attended the Carol Krueger conference for both the summer of 2020 and 2021. Her approach to music theory in the classroom is important for educators to obtain during any year but especially became crucial during the pandemic. She shares with the educator ways to encourage independent learning to happen within the student. While I have heard many music educators discouraged from the pandemic, I have been encouraged from seeing how my students have benefited from what I have learned from Carol Krueger. I don’t know how I would have personally survived without this incredible experience. I truly enjoy coming into the classroom every day and seeing my students blossom into the incredible musicians they are becoming. I highly recommend Carol Krueger’s summer workshop to all educators wanting to elevate the rigor in their classrooms.
Kirk Douglas
Choir Director, Boulder Creek High School
Past President, Arizona Choral Educators