Lorelei Batislaong

Workshop details: Music teachers do so much more than teach music. They plant the seeds of lifelong music-making. With the accessible and approachable ʻukulele as our conduit for music-making, we will reimagine an ʻukulele sequence that is student-inspired and centered. We will draw from known teaching principals including differentiation and other inclusive practices and combine educational concepts such as culturally responsive and sustaining teaching, antiracist and decolonizing approaches to ʻukulele teaching by integrating historical, current classroom, and musical content knowledge surrounding the ʻukulele. During our time together we will explore ‘ukulele activities that will build your students ‘ukulele skills as well as your own. If you are so inclined, please bring along a recorder (soprano or alto).

Bio: Lorelei Batislaong is Associate Professor of General Music Education at Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Music. She has taught undergraduates at The University of Texas at Austin and University of the Incarnate…