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Denise Gagné is a music specialist with 40 years of experience teaching band, choir and classroom music from pre-school to university levels. She presents regularly for Orff and Kodály chapters, music educators conferences and preschool and kindergarten conferences in Canada, the USA, Asia, Europe and Australia! Denise is currently the managing editor of Themes & Variations. Denise is the author or editor of more than 80 publications for K- 6 music teachers.
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Archive of all Newsletters
2018
- Easter Dynamics and Composition Lesson
- St. Patrick’s Day Unit – Lesson Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day!
- Chinese New Years Musical Activity Unit
- Obwisana Lesson Ideas to Teach Ties
- Ready for Recorder
2017
- PreK - Gr. 3 Holiday Concert Songs
- Ten Easy Assessments
- Halloween Lesson: Old Mother Witch
- Music Room Rules - body percussion lesson and bulletin board
- Easy Bucket Drumming
- Back to School Ideas and Inspiration - Name Games for the Start of the Year
- Outdoor Music Classes
- Easy Assessment for End of Year
- Why Teach Solfege?
- Inspiring the Teacher ~ Inspiring the Students
- Get the Kids Moving, Learning, Behaving
- Spring Dynamics Lesson
- Is Teaching Harder Than 40 Years Ago?
- Peter and the Wolf Lessons
- Bullying in the Music Classroom
- Musicplay 1 Lesson - March Week 2
- Storybook Music Lesson Plans
- Ukulele Hacks - Tips and Tricks for Teaching Ukes
- Differentiated Recorder Instruction
- Celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday
- Free Recorder Resource
2016
- Free Resource - Holiday Songs for Guitar and Ukulele
- Planning Holiday Concerts
- Holiday Songs for Recorder - Free resource
- Sing Noel - Free Holiday Resource for Voice, Ukulele, Recorder, Boomwhackers
- Singing Games and More!
- Centers in the Music Class
- Managing Your Toughest Classes
- She's taught for 55 Years! Advice for Music Teachers
- Fun in a Minor Key
- Christmas Around the World Ideas
- Classroom Management
- Staff Lesson For K-6
- Long Term Planning with Musicplay
- Musicplay Lesson 1
- Music Room Rules
- Name Games for Your First Class
- Musicplay Online
- Summer Reading for Music Teachers
- Quick Assessment Ideas for Rhythm Reading
- Carnival of the Animals
- Peter and the Wolf
- Really Fun Listening Lessons
- Quick and Easy Assessments
- Earth Day Lesson Ideas
- Ostinato Lesson
- Mother's Day Song for Performance
- Create Accompaniment For Songs
- Create a Dance Lesson Plan
- Happy St. Patrick's Day
- Groundhog Day Composing
- Great Elementary Choral Music
- Snowman Pointing Page
- Boomwhackers - What Do You Do With Them?