Who We Are
The SongWorks Educators Association (SWEA) is a community of educators who engage learners through SongWorks, a principles-based approach to teaching music.
SongWorks principles and practices offer teachers both grounding and flexibility in making purposeful, caring choices in their interactions with people and music. Songs are the foundation for study and learning experiences that nurture playfulness, responsiveness, and musicality.
Through developing and sharing ideas centered around the SongWorks teaching approach, SWEA members support each other in growing as educators and learners.
Events
Certification Courses
Summer 2022
River Falls, WI & Provo, UT
Annual Conference
March 31 – April 2, 2022
Dallas, TX
SongWorks Saturday Workshops
April 23, 2022
Corvallis, OR
News
2022 Conference: Save the Dates!
Planning for the 2022 Annual Conference is underway! What session might you present to convey the playfulness and vibrancy happening in your classroom and musical spaces?
From the President
Outgoing SWEA President Lisa Schoen says “Goodbye” and incoming President Aimee Newman says “Hello.”
From the President
Are you starting to feel like you’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? I am feeling happier and more hopeful. The dark days seem to be subtly giving way to light.
SongWorks Certification Teaching Practicum – Registration Open!
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for Certification Level 3: SongWorks Teaching Practicum!
2022 Conference: Save the Dates!
Planning for the 2022 Annual Conference is underway! What session might you present to convey the playfulness and vibrancy happening in your classroom and musical spaces?
Resources
Looking for Songworks I & II or other printed resources?
Head over to our Books page for these and more!
Get Involved
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From the Archive
The Children Are Coming: An Interview with Leah Sunquist
At the beginning of the school year, I’m excited to see my students! I’ve missed them, and I’m excited to rekindle the relationships. I like to touch base with what’s going on, see the growth and find out what’s happened in their lives. I am also excited about all the new things I have to present to them, and the journeys I want to take them on throughout the year.
A Tribute to Teachers
We are teachers. We know the importance of our work. We have made a career commitment to helping young people learn. Yet, we know that we’ll never finish our quest to be the best teacher we can be.
‘…that by which…’
In 1946 during my first year of undergraduate studies, I took my very first course in philosophy. How I loved that course! Yet for all my enthusiasm at the time only two precise memories remain. Those of you who know me will laugh at this first one simply because I haven’t changed a whit to this day!
The Children Are Coming: An Interview with Leah Sunquist
At the beginning of the school year, I’m excited to see my students! I’ve missed them, and I’m excited to rekindle the relationships. I like to touch base with what’s going on, see the growth and find out what’s happened in their lives. I am also excited about all the new things I have to present to them, and the journeys I want to take them on throughout the year.