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Professional Development For Music Educators
Longy’s hands-on, interactive, and experiential summer courses will have you on your feet, collaborating with colleagues, growing your network, and developing new skills you can take into your classroom next school year.
These programs qualify for professional development points and graduate credits you can use to renew your teaching certificate, increase your salary, and ready yourself for the next step in your career. You can even use them to get a jump start on your Master of Music in Music Education at Longy!
In-Person Courses:
| Guitar Pedagogy for the Non-Guitarist | July 21 – July 25 | $950 (3 graduate credits) $875 for participation only (non-credit) |
| Inclusive Over Exclusive: A Choral Classroom and Curriculum For All Singers | July 28 – August 1 | $950 (3 graduate credits) $875 for participation only (non-credit) |
| Orff Level 1 Training | July 21 – August 1 | $1500 (for 3 graduate credits) $500 for participation only (non-credit) $300 for Boston Public School Teachers ONLY –participation only (non-credit) |
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Asynchronous Online Courses:
Learn at your own pace with our flexible, self-paced classes!
| Laptop Ensemble for Middle and High School | June 23 – August 17 | $950 (3 graduate credits) $875 for participation only (non-credit) |
| Culturally Responsive Teaching in General Music | June 23 – August 17 | $950 (3 graduate credits) $875 for participation only (non-credit) |
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Asynchronous Online Graduate Courses (can be applied to our online graduate degree and certificate):
Thinking about getting a Master of Music in Music Education or Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies? Try one of our asynchronous online graduate courses before you enroll! If you choose to move forward with your Online Master of Music Education or Online Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies at Longy, these courses will be applied to your degree or certificate.
| Technology in Music Education | June 23 – August 10 | $1800 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to our Online Master of Music in Music Education degree and Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies) |
| Social and Emotional Learning in the Trauma-Informed Classroom | June 23 – August 10 | $1800 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to our Online Master of Music in Music Education degree and Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies) |
| Empowering and Engaging Students: Student-Centered Curriculum and Assessment | Ongoing – On-demand | $1650 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to our Online Master of Music in Music Education degree and Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies) |
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For questions, please contact Director of Teacher Education Erin Zaffini at [email protected].
Please note: Longy no longer offers a Dalcroze summer program. However, if you are still interested in Dalcroze, contact Eiko Ishizuka at [email protected] for information about other Boston-area Dalcroze summer programs.
Music Education Summer Faculty
“ Summer can be the perfect balance between relaxation and growth for music teachers. It’s the perfect time to take charge of your own development and make connections that can last a lifetime, all while centering new learning in relevant and practical ways that matter most to you and your students. Come join our caring community to learn, recharge, and reignite your passion. ”
Want to take your studies further? Learn more about Longy’s Master of Music in Music Education program offered both in-person and online!
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Course Descriptions
Guitar Pedagogy for the Non-Guitarist
Date: July 21 – 25, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Longy School of Music / In-Person
Faculty: Sarah Fard
Cost: Graduate credit $950 (3 graduate credits); Non-credit $875
This course is aimed at familiarizing non-guitar playing educators with the pedagogical methods (and content) of teaching the guitar elective. Participants will:
- Engage with the material as a student, learning through a differentiated high school guitar class curriculum
- Explore on culturally responsive teaching methods, including a multitude of music literacy options that are often presented for guitar playing, popular music selections, and student choice.
- Learn what resources exist for obtaining curricular materials, as well as using technology to create practice sheets for students.
Guitars will be provided!
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Inclusive Over Exclusive: A Choral Classroom and Curriculum For All Singers
Date: July 28 – August 1, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Longy School of Music / In-Person
Instructor: Stephanie Riley
Cost: Graduate credit $950 (3 graduate credits); Non-credit $875
An inclusive choral music classroom is more than just welcoming all students to gather and sing for common goals. It is about creating a space where students of all musical abilities and backgrounds can gather together in community for a common goal-to sing choral music in an environment that supports and furthers a students’ social emotional learning, highlights each choral singer’s contributions to the group, and builds a community of lifelong singers.
Teachers in this course will:
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Learn how to build a community of singers while keeping high standards
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Explore topics of accessible learning and social emotional learning in the choral music classroom
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Collaborate to work through programming strategies to highlight the strengths and traditions of the students in your choral ensembles
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Engage with a variety of resources to create a culture of community and accessibility
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Orff Level 1 Training
Date: July 21 – August 1, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Boston Public Schools / In-Person
Instructors: Jennifer Dennett (Basic 1), Griff Gall (Movement), and Patrick Dillon (Recorder)
Cost: Graduate credit – $1500 (for 3 credits)
Participation only/Non-credit –$500
Participation only/Non-credit – $300 (Boston Public School Teachers ONLY)
Most music educators recognize the importance of offering active and engaging learning experiences to their students. Orff Schulwerk is a child-centered approach that relies on rhythmic speech, physical movement, and musical play to actively involve students in educational music experiences. This approach uses poems, rhymes, games, songs, and dances – all of which are natural and enjoyable to children – as springboards to learning. The cultivation of imagination and creativity is an important goal of Orff Schulwerk. Participation in this course leads to Level 1 Orff certification. Participants can elect to attend and receive three graduate credits for an additional cost. These graduate credits can be applied to advance your teaching license while helping you advance up the salary ladder.
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Laptop Ensemble for Middle and High School
Date: June 23 – August 17, 2025
Time: 8-Week Asynchronous Course (with 3 optional opportunities to meet with faculty on Zoom)
Location: Online
Faculty: Garo Saraydarian
Cost: Graduate credit $950 (3 graduate credits); Non-credit $875
How can you incorporate coding skills into your music classes and spark a musical fire in students who might not be interested in traditional instruments or ensembles? During this hands-on course, we’ll explore how you can use coding for creative projects in composition, performance, and improvisation, and unlock new pathways to bring more students into your music programs. This course is designed for teachers whose students have access to laptops or desktop computers that run either Windows or Mac OS. No prior coding experience required!
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Culturally Responsive Teaching in General Music
Date: June 23 – August 17, 2025
Time: 8-Week Asynchronous Course (with 3 optional opportunities to meet with faculty on Zoom)
Location: Online
Faculty: Lorrie Heagy
Cost: Graduate credit $950 (3 graduate credits); Non-credit $875
Meeting all your students’ needs is tough, but culturally responsive teaching can help. In this online, self-paced course you’ll dive into a full spectrum of alternative and traditional music pedagogy rooted in culturally responsive teaching in the context of general music education. Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll explore:
- Informal music learning
- Global repertoire
- Hip-hop songwriting
- Orff-Schulwerk, Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Feierabend methods
- Music for social change
You’ll work through readings and assignments at your own pace, with the option of real-time check-ins with faculty throughout the course.
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Technology in Music Education
Date: June 23 – August 10, 2025
Time: 8-Week Asynchronous Course (with 3 optional opportunities to meet with faculty on Zoom)
Location: Online
Faculty: Nicole Collins
Cost: Graduate credit $1,800 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to the Online Master of Music Education or online Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies).
This course provides tools for you to become active agents of inclusion and responsiveness, paired with the skills and understanding needed to integrate technology most effectively. We will focus on current software and technology standards, lesson ideas, and direct applications that can be made in a preK-12 classroom and ensemble setting.
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Social and Emotional Learning in the Trauma-Informed Classroom
Date: June 23 – August 10, 2025
Time: 8-Week Asynchronous Course (with 3 optional opportunities to meet with faculty on Zoom)
Location: Online
Faculty: Alice Tsui
Cost: Graduate credit $1,800 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to the Online Master of Music Education or online Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies).
This course provides music educators with the knowledge and skills to integrate social and emotional learning (SEL) within a trauma-informed framework, fostering a supportive and resilient music classroom and ensemble environment. Students will explore:
- The intersection of trauma and its impact on students’ emotional and cognitive development and
- Evidence-based strategies to support students’ social and emotional needs
- SEL competencies as they relate to music education
- Strategies for creating a safe and inclusive learning environment
- Practical applications for lesson planning and classroom management and community building
- Collaborating with colleagues, families and the surrounding communities and techniques for building strong, supportive relationships with students
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Empowering and Engaging Students: Student-Centered Curriculum and Assessment
Date: Ongoing – On demand
Time: Asynchronous and on demand
Location: Online
Faculty: Dr. Erin Zaffini
Cost: Graduate credit $1,650 (3 graduate credits – can be applied to the Online Master of Music Education or online Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies).
In this course you will learn about how to make practical changes in your music curriculum (for any grade level of your choosing!) that can “level-up” your teaching practices and help instill equity in your PreK-8 music curriculum. Come learn strategies on how to engage learners in a way that fits their learning and social needs both in and out of the classroom. Topics to be covered will include curriculum and assessment from both a practical and philosophical view, rubrics and grading systems, engagement strategies that center student learning and social needs, student self-assessment, and building student agency through fostering opportunities for voice and choice. Relevance takes center stage as all teachers engage in curriculum development for their students and with their students during this course! Access, equity and inclusion—pass it on!
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