Singing Canons Selected from Molnár’s Klasszikus Kánonok

Type of Abstract (select): Workshop

Abstract (max. 250 words):
Join us to sing selected works from Molnár’s Klasszikus Kánonok, a collection of 230 canons he
collected throughout his lifetime. This publication has been in continuous use in music education/Kodaly teacher training courses for almost 100 years with an end goal of helping teachers improve their musicianship using solfa. Many of these canons were originally set to text, although Molnár purposefully omitted texts in favor of a pedagogical aim of teaching solmization. In this workshop, participants will sing canons using a neutral syllable (or solfa, as comfortable) with the end goal of carrying a beautiful melody (maybe several) away from the
session. For the music education participants, they will be introduced to harmonic structure present in the canon, and how it can be useful in their classrooms.


Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Dr. Thomas Kite is a retired music professor now writing music pedagogy materials for teachers. As a supervisor of music education students at the University of Arizona, he continues to be active in his field. His degrees include a Doctorate in Music education and theory (University of Houston), a Master of Kodaly Music Education (Holy Names University) and a Bachelor of Music (organ) from California State University, Northridge. He is also attempting to learn Hungarian.