Kodály Society of Ontario

05/26/2026

The Kodály Society of Ontario is offering scholarships to individuals who are registered in the Level I and Level III courses this summer at Western University. Information can be found on our website. Please fill out the application by June 20, 2026. The application can be found below or in the links on our profile page. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ3EgnmKyC7CQtnNAIRoEY_iVXufyKwPxfjbHHsXXIMY-mAw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

05/26/2026

The Kodály Society of Ontario is happy to share another song with you all! This one is called “I Don’t Care if the Rain Comes Down”, a traditional American folk song. It is being led by the amazing Gena Norbury at a PD session in Thunder Bay. Sitting in a circle and rhythm sticks add more layers to this catchy tune!

05/04/2026

Kodály Society of Ontario has scholarships available to individuals who are registered for Kodály Level I and III courses this summer. Applications are due June 19. To complete the application, fill in the below Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ3EgnmKyC7CQtnNAIRoEY_iVXufyKwPxfjbHHsXXIMY-mAw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

03/12/2026

The Kodály Society of Ontario is happy to share another singing game you can use in your music classrooms. This song is called “Dipidu” and is led by the amazing Gena Norbury.

Dipidu is an Ugandan Greeting Song in 3/4 and 2/4 time. Although the meter of the song shifts repeatedly between 3 and 2 beats per measure, the beat remains steady, giving the music a steady but seemingly complete sense of rhythm.

11/15/2025

A great song taught by the venerable Gena Pretty-Norbury

Kids love cup games, definitely a keeper!

11/10/2025

Congratulations to all KSO members who participated in last weekends OMEA conference in Toronto, Harmony 2025.

It was a resounding success with some great highlights.

Pictures 1 and 2 are of Naomi Simpson who won the Kenneth Eyre Scholarship - congratulations Naomi 🎉

Picture three is of our KSO board president Carly Aguiar who presented a session titled “Work Smarter, Not Harder”- Differentiating Musical Activities Across Elementary Classrooms. Bravo for sharing your insights Carly!

10/29/2025

Way to go Gena Pretty-Norbury! So great to see Kodály members sharing knowledge across the country 😍

Our team had a wonderful time at the BCMEA Conference today and learned a lot with master Kodály educator from the Kodály Society of Ontario, Gemma Pretty-Norbury.

Wonderful to reconnect with friends from the Kodály Society of Canada. Thank you to Natalia Pardalis and our entire KSBC team for your support today!

10/07/2025

CALL FOR DONATIONS

The Kodály Society of Canada is asking for donations to honour Lois Choksy who passed away in February of this year. This legacy fund will be used to support scholarships for music educators in Kodály programs across Canada.

Donate today!
Visit www.kodalysocietyofcanada.ca/donate

09/30/2025

We had another successful KSO workshop over the weekend! We had wonderful participants who were eager to learn!