Welcome to Episode 31 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In Part 2 of our Rounds & Partner Songs series, Susie continues exploring fun and accessible ways to introduce children to singing in parts, while taking a musical journey around the world. We begin with Everybody Loves Saturday Night, a lively folk song associated with West Africa that can be sung as a round and explored in many different languages. Next, we travel to Japan with Kaeru No Uta (The Frog Song), a cheerful and well-known Japa

Welcome to Episode 30 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In Part 1 of our Rounds & Partner Songs series, Susie explores some fun and accessible ways to introduce children to singing in parts. We begin with Fruity Samba, a lively two-part round written by Susie & Phil, before moving into the wonderful Charlie Chaplin, which can build into an exciting four-part round. We then explore Make New Friends and Sing, Sing Together, two beautiful melodies that can be sung independently and as ro

Thanks for joining us for Episode 29 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In this episode, Susie continues her chat with the incredibly creative and dedicated Bill Henry — known to many as Mr. Henry — a full-time elementary music educator based in the U.S. Bill shares how he balances his busy teaching schedule with a thriving creative life, rising at 4am each day to dedicate three solid hours to producing engaging music education content. Using tools like Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro, Bill crafts f

Thanks for joining us for Episode 28 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In this episode, Susie chats with the incredibly creative and dedicated Bill Henry — known to many as Mr. Henry — a full-time elementary music educator based in the U.S. Bill shares how he balances his busy teaching schedule with a thriving creative life, rising at 4am each day to dedicate three solid hours to producing engaging music education content. Using tools like Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro, Bill crafts fun and educat

Thanks for joining us for Episode 27 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In this episode, Susie chats with Stacy Werner (Education Director for Musicplay Online MPO) and Carey-Lyn Gould (CEO of Themes & Variations Inc.) Join us for an inspiring conversation as Stacy and Carey-Lyn share their journey into MusicPlayOnline — the widely loved Canadian-American digital platform for elementary music educators — and how they stepped into leadership following the unexpected passing of founder Denise Gagne

Thanks for joining us for Episode 26 of the Welcome to Music Podcast! In this episode, Susie chats with Bryson Tarbet — passionate music educator, founder of That Music Teacher, and creator of the Elementary Music Summit in the USA. Bryson is dedicated to creating more accessible music classrooms, drawing on his own experience as a neurodiverse individual. Much of his work centres around supporting teachers through professional development and coaching, particularly in building systems that simp