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Monthly Updates

With every month that goes by, Uplevel U: Music releases new content and updates. 

This is the place to find it all!

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New year, new courses, resources and content for you!  We are back and ready to get you what you need.  

PD Certificate Course: How to Teach Sightsinging

This course helps choral and general music teachers quickly and easily teach their students to sight-sing for the purpose of learning new choral repertoire more quickly to help with music literacy skills

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PD Certificate Course: Improvisation in the Performing Arts- Theater

This course helps music, theater and communications teachers infuse dramatic improvisation teaching strategies in a quick and easy way, so that students do not miss out on the crucial skills that improvisation teaches.

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Podcast Episode: The Case for
Sight-Singing

In this episode, Kay discusses why it is so important to not neglect sight-singing skills in choral programs and in general music classes.  The benefits are discussed, the relevance to the NAfME standads and more.

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PD Certificate Course: Improvisation in the Performing Arts- General Music

Companion Course to the K-8 Curriculum course, Improvisation in the Performing Arts- General Music helps teachers seamlessly infused perfectly-paced improvisation tasks in various mediums into their lesson plans.

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Blog Post: The Vital Role of Improvisation in Performing Arts Education and Teacher Confidence

Accompanying the new courses for improvisation implementation, Kay discusses how and why regular access to dramatic improvisation helps various different skills for students that can be applied to real-world and career-related needs.

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Podcast Episode: Improvisation in the Performing Arts- Theater

Uplevel U: Music's new course features dramatic improvisation, which is SO much fun for everyone involved!  Whether it's in general music, theater classes, drama club or communications classes, this course helps you use improv to its fullest, in a safe classroom learning environment.

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Blog Post: Improvisation- The Most Neglected Facet of Music Education

Let's talk about improvisation and why it's the elephant in the room sometimes.  Why is that?  Why are so many teachers leaving it out?  What are the students missing out on, though?  Let's discuss.

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Podcast Episode- Uplevel U: Music- Improvisation in the Performing Arts- General Music

Uplevel U: Music on an improv kick!  How do we fill our General Music classes with improvisation opportunities?  There's so much to choose from: vocal, instrumental and dramatic; how to we help students enjoy it and feel confident?

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Have you bookmarked the link to our Live interactive course catalog yet?  Make sure you do!  Then you'll be able to access quick descriptions to all of our courses right when you need them, AND it automatically populates the new releases too!

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