KONY Kodály Organization of New York
 
KONY Board
President
Karen Paulson
Vice-president
Madeline Franklin
Past President
Naomi Cohen
Secretary
Kathryn Klein Eddy
Co-Treasurer
Janie Vance, Inka Rudnycka
Membership VP, KONY News Editor
Walter Paul
Voices United! Chair
Madeline Franklin
Members-at-large
Angela Dixon
Traci Sandler
Craig McGorry
Web Master
Richard Doll
KONY on Facebook
 

 
About KONY
The Kodály Organization of New York enjoys twenty–one years of leadership in music education. KONY provides a forum for music teachers who wish to teach according to the Kodály concept. Every year KONY presents three workshops featuring top musicians from around the world and a well-received choral festival involving choruses from the tri-state area.
KONY Membership
To become a KONY member you simply join OAKE and choose KONY as your Chapter Affiliation. KONY members will receive the Kodály Envoy - OAKE's quarterly journal plus three issues of KONY News.
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Kodály Summer Institute and the Kodály Organization of New York Annual Lecture  Hidden Treasures of the Underground Railroad: Connection or Coincidence?  Rebecca Fay Squire, Presenter  Wednesday, 30 June 2010 5:00–7:00 p.m. Reception to follow Frederick Loewe Theatre Enter at 35 West 4th Street Doors New York City KONY Members (not enrolled in levels program): $10 Students  (not enrolled in levels program): $5 Non-Members (not enrolled in levels program): $15 Retirees (not enrolled in levels program): $10 Participants explore the possible connections of favorite children’s traditional songs and well known quilt squares to the Underground Railroad while learning how this collection of songs also works well for rhythmic literacy and as partner songs, as found in the New Haven Kodály Folksong Collection. Rebecca Fay Squire holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the State University of New York at Fredonia, Master of Music Education (with Kodály emphasis) from The Hartt School, University of Hartford, and CAGS in Music Administration and Supervision, also from The Hartt School. She studied in Graz, Salzburg and Vienna, Austria at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. Rebecca has taught elementary general music in Clyde-Savannah, Orchard Park, and Cobleskill in upstate New York. Now located in Connecticut, she has taught in West Hartford, New Haven, and currently teaches at Saugatuck Elementary School in Westport. Rebecca has held positions as adjunct Professor of Music Education at Fairfield University and as Past President of the Organization of American Kodály Educators Eastern Division. She has served the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) through the Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) program as a cooperating teacher, mentor, Assessor and Portfolio Scorer. She currently serves CSDE as Task Leader for the Grade Five Singing Assessments of the Common Arts Assessments. As a professional harpist, she runs a harp studio in her home, with many of her private harp students performing together frequently in Harpeggios, a student harp ensemble. KONY is now on Facebook! Join us on Facebook by visiting: http://www.facebook.com/konymusic. Once there, select: "Like" and you will be added to our FB page. What are some of the benefits of doing this? You be able to easily see the details of upcoming events. You will also be able to communicate easily with other KONY members, see postings that may be helpful to you as an educator (and musician), see pictures of workshops, join in on (and even start) discussions, and more. Want so share a video that of your chorus or your classroom or even one you found on YouTube that you think will be helpful to other KONY members, post it on the KONY FB page. You can also post suggestions for ways we can enhance the page or other aspects of KONY to make it more valuable to you as a member. Join today: http://www.facebook.com/konymusic.  http://www.facebook.com/konymusichttp://www.facebook.com/konymusicshapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1