The Feierabend Approach

Dr. Missy Strong explains Dr. John Feierabend’s approach to what he calls his “30-Year Plan” for all students. With the right musical guidance in the elementary years, students will become tuneful, beautiful, and artful. Strong goes into detail about the eight-step workout found in Dr. Feierabend’s First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond to help students become fundamentally musical. Amy M. Burns offers ways to integrate technology into each step, giving music educators several ideas and lessons that can enhance the classroom when using Dr. Feierabend’s First Steps Approach. The lessons and ideas presented are ones educators can use for assessing their students, extending the lesson concepts, and sharing their music-making with others outside the classroom. The lessons can be used by educators who have limited technology or 1:1 classrooms, and those with novice to advanced technological skills.