West Virginia University's School of Music will host its third Smithsonian Folkways certificate course in World Music Pedagogy, June 18-22, 2018. Participants will engage with world music in daily workshops featuring several musical cultures, including Central Appalachia, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, and West Africa led by WVU faculty and guest artists. Through this partnership with Smithsonian Folkways, teachers will develop a foundation in world music pedagogy and be introduced to an extensive archive of audio, video, print, and ethnographic resources created to support curricular innovation that connects music programs with the vibrant local and global musical cultures in their surrounding communities. Participants will apply the principles and practices of world music pedagogy in a culminating project that features the rich multicultural resources available from Smithsonian Folkways. Teachers successfully completing all course requirements will receive a certificate of completion from the Smithsonian Institution that documents a specialization in world music pedagogy.

WVU Faculty and guest artists include:

• Travis Stimeling (Appalachia)
• Jesse Milnes and Emily Miller (Appalachia)
• Mike Vercelli (West Africa, Brazil)
• Juliana Cantarelli Vita (Brazil, pedagogy)
• Janet Robbins (Brazil, pedagogy)
• Kym Scott (Australia, choral)
• Kuo-Huang Han (Java and Bali, gamelan and angklung)
• Martina Vasil (Balinese dance, pedagogy)

For more information visit: http://www.music.wvu.edu/summer-programs/smithsonian-folkways