MUSIC
ABOUT MUSIC AT ST. MAURICE
Music classes are offered in K-8 at St. Maurice. All classes are grounded in the Kodaly philosophy of music education.
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Students experience general music classes from K-8. K-3 Students have music 3 times a cycle and 4-8 have music 2 times per cycle. Highschool students can join SMS Drama or serve in Music Ministry to include music in their education at SMS. At present, there are no credited music classes offered at St Maurice for grades 9-12.
ABOUT
MRS. JENSEN
"Long after students leave my classroom, I want them to know they are music-makers; that they have a voice that matters; and that through music there is joy." Mrs Jensen
Leanne Jensen B.Mus., B.Ed A.D. is a graduate of Brandon University and has taught K-8 Music at St. Maurice School in Winnipeg since 2009. She holds her Level One Orff Schulwerk and Level One Kodály Certification from the University of Manitoba.
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She is a classically trained singer and has performed with several musical groups in Winnipeg and Brandon including the Manitoba Opera Chorus, Reign of Sound, World Village Gospel Choir, and the Brandon University Chorale. Her most enjoyable performances were singing soprano solos for Faure's Requiem and Shubert's Mass in G with Reign of Sound and performing in concerts with the Manitoba Opera Chorus.
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Leanne has worked to advocate for Music Education in Manitoba schools. She was the chair of the Music Month Project, a joint celebration of music education with Manitoba Education, for more than a decade and was was a long-standing board member of the Manitoba Music Educators' Association. She is continuing to advocate for music education in school as the current President of the Manitoba Kodály Society.
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Singing is Leanne's greatest passion and it is the center of her teaching. She believes that God has gifted everyone with a voice to sing with. Her biggest goal as a teacher is to provide joyful musical experiences for her students through games, songs and performances.
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Some core beliefs of a Kodály inspired teacher are:
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music is for everyone and the ability to read, write and think music is the right of every person
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​singing is the foundation of strong musical understanding.
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musical learning should start at a young age.
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music education is necessary for the development of the total person (music should be at the core of the curriculum (affective, cognitive, psychomotor)
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source: The Kodaly Society of Canada
ABOUT
KODÁLY INSPIRED CLASSROOMS
Zoltán Kodály was a musician and educator who lived in Hungary in the early 1900s. He developed a philosophy of music education based on folksongs and singing that is respected to this day.
