Violins Prepare Kids for Future Musicianship - and Much More!

Kings Highway Rockin' Lion Cubs

Day: Thursday, January 9, 2020
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Venue: Tampa Convention Center
Room: 103
Format: Demonstration
Topics: Elementary Strings Pedagogy
Grade Levels: Elementary
Sponsored By: FMEA

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Developing good habits from the very first music experience is essential for future individual and ensemble musical excellence. “Violins Prepare Kids” is a unique step-by-step approach to developing routines for everything from opening cases to developing playing technique, ultimately resulting in well-behaved students prepared to fully engage and participate in future ensembles. Pre-K and Kindergarten “Kings Highway Rockin’ Lion Cubs” will demonstrate their newfound skills in this session.

Anne Jacob

Kings Highway Elementary School
Music Teacher

Anne Jacob is in her 29th year of teaching and holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from West Virginia University and a Master’s of Education in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Phoenix. She renewed her National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2017. Being married to a U.S. Marine Band Director and moving every few years, Mrs. Jacob is grateful to have had the opportunity to teach band, chorus, general music, guitar, strings, and even P.E. to students in grades K-12 in school districts throughout the country. When Kings Highway Elementary opened in 2014, Mrs. Jacob developed a Pre-K violin curriculum as a component of the new magnet program and has been the school’s “Teacher of the Year” representative twice in the past 5 years. In addition to Pre-K Violins, Mrs. Jacob also teaches K-5 Music classes and before and after-school music ensembles including Traditional Band, Modern Band (Little Kids Rock), Drumming, Orff, and Strings.

Session Coordinator:
Daniel Shafer

The FMEA Professional Development Conference and All-State Ensembles receive support in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.