Amy M. Burns

Elementary Music Technology and Integration

Amy M. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 25 years at Far Hills Country Day School (FH) (https://www.fhcds.org/). She also teaches grade 5 instrumental class, directs the FH Modern Band, is the Performing Arts Department Manager, and teaches privately in the after-school conservatory, having served as director for over 20 years. She has authored four books and numerous articles on integrating technology into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in TX, IN, St. Maarten, and AU. She is the recipient of the 2005 Technology in Music Education (TI:ME) Teacher of the Year, the 2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) Master Music Teacher, the 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year, and the 2026 NJMEA Distinguished Service Awards. Her most recent publication, Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches (2020), is available from Oxford University Press (OUP) and Amazon. Burns is also the Community Coordinator for Midnight Music (MMC) at https://midnightmusic.com/, the General Music Chair for NJMEA Board of Directors, and the Elementary Music Consultant for MusicFirst (https://www.musicfirst.com/), a company built by music educators for music educators, dedicated to helping music teachers and their students make the most of technology in the classroom.

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Higher #elmused Moving Up Song Medley

June 01, 2024  /  Amy M. Burns

New Rhythm Play-Along Medley Video!

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New Rhythm Play-Along Medley Video! 🎤🥁🎼

This rhythm play-along medley consists of four popular songs for higher elementary moving up days. Like my videos? Please consider buying me a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/elmusedtech

The rhythm patterns covered are syncopation, quarter, eighth, whole, dotted quarter, and sixteenth notes, as well as quarter rests. These are patterns my students have performed during the school year.

The songs in the medley are:

  • Perry, S., Cain, J., Schon, N. (1981). Don't Stop Believin' [Recorded by New Directions from Glee]. Glee: The Music, Volume 1, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, 2009.

  • McKee, b., Platzman, D., Reynolds, D. Sermon, W., Grant, A. (2013). On Top of the World [Recorded by Imagine Dragons]. Continued Silence, KIDinaKORNER, Interscope Univeral, 2012.

  • Accetta, A., Barnett, Z., Goodman, S., Rublin, D. Sanchez, M., Shelley, J. (2013). Best Day of My Life [Recorded by American Authors]. Oh, What a Life, Mercury Island, 2012.

  • Cochrane, T. (1991). Life is a Highway [Recorded by Rascal Flatts]. Cars Soundtrack, Walt Disney, 2006.

Manipulatives

Here is a forced copy of the rhythm patterns found in the medley. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jUpXbuGXWyG9BlCVX8WvlxjBE8KhCeU-Zr6u1pAtiLc/copy

I hope you enjoy it!

Coming Soon


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