Keep Them Singing!
Kodály-inspired ideas for the secondary music classroom
Kodály Ireland is delighted to present Keep Them Singing! a winter webinar exploring ideas for the secondary classroom with our tutor Amy Morrison Walsh. Using the Irish secondary music curriculum for inspiration, Amy will provide techniques and strategies for developing theoretical understanding, harmonic knowledge and compositional skills through active engagement with listening material, with a strong singing connection throughout!
The webinar will take place in two sessions, and participants can sign up for either or both. Session 1 runs from 10 to 11:30am and is designed around the learning outcomes for the Irish Junior Certificate course - also suitable for teachers outside the Republic of Ireland working with students aged 11-15. Session 2, from 11:45am to 1:15pm, offers ideas for teaching the new Leaving Certificate music curriculum from a Kodály standpoint, including the new prescribed works.
WEBINAR INFORMATION
Date: Saturday December 5, 2026
Time: Session 1 from 10 to 11:30am
Session 2 from 11:45am to 1:15pm
Venue: Online!
Webinar fees:
Kodály Ireland members and current course participants- €10 for one session or €15 for both.
Non-members - €15 for one session or €25 for both.
Music education students can avail of two for one tickets if signing up with a friend! This offer is valid for all BMusEd, BRelEd and PME students, as well as students from abroad studying secondary music teaching. You will be asked to provide proof of student status. The above rates do not include Eventbrite booking fees (8% approx).
Meet the Course Instructor
Amy Morrison Walsh is a committed music educator who has worked in many different settings throughout her career. She is committed to her work with musicians of all ages and experience, and aiding the professional development of teachers in Ireland, particularly relating to Zoltán Kodály, his philosophy and concept of music education.
After completing her BA Music and H.Dip in Trinity College Dublin, Amy completed a one-year diploma in the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, Hungary, which further instilled her passion for music education. Following this, she graduated with the first cohort of the MA in Choral Studies in Dublin City University achieving a First Class Honours.
More recently, Amy has completed the International Kodály Certificate Level 3 in Musicianship and Pedagogy from the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, and the Professional Certificate in Secondary Level Teaching from the British Kodály Academy and National Youth Choir of Scotland. She is currently working to complete the complementary certificate for Primary Level.
From 2011 to 2022, Amy worked as a Music Teacher in Newpark Comprehensive School in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Since then, she has worked in Dublin City University working with undergraduate and post-graduate trainee music teachers; ExWell Medical Unity Choirs; teaching music and taking choirs in Our Lady of Fatima School; teaching musicianship with Kodály Ireland and in Leeson Park School of Music; and occasional work with the Post-Primary Music Teachers’ Association, and Sing Ireland. Amy currently lives in Wexford and enjoys a freelance career.
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This workshop will run subject to enrolment. Spaces are limited.
Deadline to register is Friday 4th December at 5pm
MEMBERSHIP
If you would like to join Kodály Ireland as a member (€20 for the remainder of 2026), click below
REFUND POLICY
If you have booked onto the workshop but can no longer attend, you can transfer your ticket to someone else or we can offer you a credit note for use on any of our future courses. You must cancel your place via email before Sunday November 29 to avail of a credit note. Refunds can only be given where the course is cancelled ,or otherwise does not run as advertised.