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Pedagogy seminar announcement: The Complete Rudiments Teacher.
Click here for details.
Winter/Spring Term course details have been updated. Details here...
Online payment via PayPal has been updated for History 1 (Saturdays)!
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Music Without Borders: Live Online Instruction with Joe Ringhofer offers its congratulations to the Royal Conservatory (Toronto) on the creation of The Carnegie Hall-Royal Conservatory: The Achievement Program in the United States (click here for details). Music Without Borders will continue to reach out to Canadian and American students as it has done so successfully over the past three years, offering an enriched and successful learning experience!
Success is just a click away!
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In 2011, the Royal Conservatory celebrates 125 years of excellence in teaching and learning. Students in Canada will continue to take their music examinations under the aegis of this venerable institution.
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In 2011, the Royal Conservatory creates an historic partnership with one of the most famous institutions in the world, Carnegie Hall, to form the Carnegie Hall-Royal Conservatory: The Achievement Program. Under the aegis of this exciting new partnership, it is hoped that more American teachers and students will embrace the comprehensive system of music education that the Royal Conservatory has been developing over the past 125 years.
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June 6-11, 2011. Joe Ringhofer will be examining keyboard harmony for the Royal Conservatory in beautiful Burnaby, British Columbia. The teachers of Burnaby and the surrounding communities have been nothing less than visionary in their quest to promote keyboard harmony over the past many years. Congratulations!
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August 22-26, 2011. Joe Ringhofer has been engaged by the ORMTA (Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association) teachers of Etobicoke and Mississauga to teach the next level of theory pedagogy: Intermediate Harmony. This 15-hour seminar will be of immense help to both new and seasoned teachers of the subject. The Basic Harmony Pedagogy Seminar offered last summer was an enormous success, thanks to the dynamic participation of the teachers who attended!
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Spring-and-Summer Courses
All theory courses (with the exception of Piano Pedagogy) required as pre-requisites for Royal Conservatory (Canada) practical examinations, as well as those offered through the Carnegie Hall-Royal Conservatory: The Achievement Program (United States), are being offered this term. Summer is a great time to learn, and complete these important co-requisites. Register now, before the Fall, 2011 fee increase takes effect.
Music Without Borders : Live Online Instruction with Joe Ringhofer
Over the past three years Joe Ringhofer (director, of the Phoenix Conservatory of Music, and Chief Examiner Emeritus, Theoretical Subjects, RCM Examinations) has been breaking new ground in live online instruction of music theory. Harnessing the newest web conferencing technologies available, he makes learning both stimulating and fun. His virtual classroom is made up of students from across North America: from Quebec to California, from northern Ontario to Tennessee.
Here are TEN reasons why you should consider choosing Music Without Borders: Live Online Instruction with Joe Ringhofer, when preparing for examinations offered through the Royal Conservatory (Canada) and the Carnegie Hall-Royal Conservatory: The Achievement Program (United States):
- Convenience. Attending an online course eliminates the hassles of driving your children (or yourself) to and from the lessons.
- Comfort. Students feel relaxed and receptive, learning at home in a familiar environment. Feeling under the weather? Students who might otherwise not attend a live class because they are feeling unwell can attend the online class with little strain.
- Accessibility. Students may attend classes anywhere there is a high-speed internet connection. Over the past year, students vacationing with their families signed on from as far away as Munich and Hong Kong!
- Equality. The virtual classroom makes everyone equal and ageism a thing of the past. Neither a ten-year old child, nor a mature adult student, need feel intimidated by each other’s presence; each participant learns on an equal plane.
- Technology. Computers, headsets, the internet, YouTube. These are the tools of today, tools that students are skilled at using. Marshall McLuhan saw the future when he wrote, “The medium is the message.” The future is now.
- Feedback. All assignments are marked electronically and returned to the students before the next class, providing a more immediate and streamlined assessment of their work. Practice examinations are marked and returned in a video tutorial format featuring a voiceover explanation of the marked paper. An unparalleled and ground-breaking service.
- Reinforcement. All classes are recorded. Afterwards, students may request to be sent the link, allowing them to revisit the lecture. This opportunity for review is a valuable feature unique to this type of teaching.
- Time Shifting. Students can register for a class, but choose to watch the recordings at a time best suited to them. Now, trying to schedule their piano lessons, soccer practice AND their online theory classes is not an impossible feat.
- EXPERIENCE. Joe Ringhofer draws on almost 40 years of teaching experience. He has been an RCM examiner since 1976; since then, he has marked over 55,000 examinations for the Royal Conservatory. He served as the Chief Examiner of Theoretical Subjects at RCM Examinations (2002-2007). He is the author/coauthor of 20 books on music theory published over the past 30 years, and has spoken regularly to teacher groups across Canada and the United States. Having committed himself to mastering the technology of today, he is able to share his expertise and passion for music with a wide and diverse audience.
- RESULTS! Students perform as well, or better, than learning in a live classroom setting, thanks to the many benefits that the technology offers. (For example, the bar was raised high in the very first year of Music Without Borders when Melissa L. of Timmins, Ontario, achieved 98% on her Counterpoint examination – a rare achievement for this examination!)
Music Without Borders: Live Online Instruction with Joe Ringhofer makes the study of music theory both stimulating and fun. See for yourself - success is just a click away!
Teacher Mentorship Program
Joe Ringhofer has been a leader in theory pedagogy. Through Music Without Borders, he provides a unique opportunity for music teachers to broaden their experience by registering for his music theory classes to gain a close-up view of his teaching methods and practices. Teachers are encouraged to submit the weekly assignments for evaluation. Moreover, they are invited to stay online after each class for a brief roundtable discussion of the lecture and raise any pedagogical questions they might have concerning the teaching of a particular subject or topic.
As always,
Keep the Faith! Believe in the Phoenix. The Phoenix believes in you!
Joe Ringhofer
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