#142 Penny Mealing, Singer and Music Educator

Penny Mealing had a career as a successful professional singer, then decided to become a music teacher of young children. She talks about her goals and techniques and explains the importance of music education for all children. Information on music education pedagogy that Penny Mealing mentioned during this podcast: Zoltàn Kodàly (vocal based) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. Carl Orff (instrument based) was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Emile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States. These are the 3 most influential music pedagogical practices and fantastic composers in their own right.

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#142 Penny Mealing, Singer and Music Educator is an episode from Planetary Gig Talk by Paula Bellenoit.

This episode is 44:41 long.

This episode was published on Sep 24, 2025.

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