88 | Music For Young Singers: Interview with Donna Rhodenizer (Part Two)
In episode 88 we continue our conversation with music education specialist and composer, Donna Rhodenizer. Donna shares her passion for writing music for young singers and how she thoughtfully creates music that both girls and boys will appreciate and enjoy singing.
Warm Up of the Week: Donna shares a fun exercise she uses with her music students.
(Sung to the tune of the Can Can)
My dog, he can do the can can,
better than the cat can, but my goldfish finds it very difficult.
Oh, my dog, he can do the can can,
better than the cat can, but my goldfish finds it very hard.
(Second verse: Do the animal noise instead of the words for cat, dog and goldfish.)
About our Guest:
Donna Rhodenizer is a music educator with 35 years of experience as an elementary music classroom music specialist, years of teaching private violin and piano lessons, and a 24-year career in the singing duo, Donna & Andy, performing and recording music for children. Donna has been composing for over 40 years. She writes for children and adult choirs, solo vocal repertoire and instrumental pieces for violin, handbell and piano. Her printed music and/or CDs have traveled all over the world, to every continent except the Antarctic!
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