Workshop #2: Kodály for Violin Teachers: How Singing Serves Both Technique and Literacy with Cynthia Richards

About this event

Workshop #2: Kodály for Violin Teachers: How Singing Serves Both Technique and Literacy with Cynthia Richards

Note to Participants: Please bring your own violin if possible!

Student model violins will be made available upon request with workshop registration.

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Registration: 9:00- 9:25am

Workshop: 9:30am-12:30pm

In-Person Only

About the workshop:

This workshop will be a hands-on experience using materials from The Complete Musician , a five-year curriculum for teaching aural literacy to young violinists. Principles will apply to other string instruments as well. Emphasis will be given to singing as the vehicle for developing inner hearing, which is used for building technique on the instrument and gaining aural literacy (hearing in your head what you see on the page). Learning will follow most North American Kodály sequences which use folk songs of those cultures and literature from the classical repertoire. Participants are encouraged to bring a violin to the classes.

About the Clinician:

Cynthia V. Richards , free-lance professional violinist and studio pedagogue.

BA in Violin Performance at Brigham Young University and private study with Franz Samohyl,

Vienna Academy. Instructor in violin performance and string pedagogy at BrighamYoung

University (BYU) and Utah Valley University. Private studio for over 60 years. Concertmaster

of Utah Valley Symphony in Provo, Utah, for many years.

Co-author of The Complete Musician series for teaching string students, based on Kodály

principles of music education. String specialist at the Intermuse Academy, Kodály teacher

certification course at BYU.

Mother of eight children, whom she used as her laboratory subjects in her book How to Get Your

Child to Practice Without Resorting to Violence. (1985)

Her work has been featured recently in the American String Teacher: “Kodály for String

Teachers” (August 2025) and “Orchestra Prep-Step by Step” (February 2026).

Location

California Baptist University - Staples Room (James Building)

8432 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92504

Presenter: Cynthia Richards

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Parking

From CA Hwy. 91 W. to Adams Street. Exit at Adams Street and head toward Magnolia Ave. Proceed to Magnolia Avenue and turn left. Proceed to Campus Bridge Drive and turn left into the CBU campus. Park in the first available lot on your right and walk across Campus Bridge Drive to the Yeager Center entrance. A receptionist in the entry lobby beyond the left side of the fountain will help direct you to your destination or continue beyond the Yeager Center to find the James Building. The Staples Room is located in the James Building east of the Yeager Center.

Pricing:

$30 KASC Members/$40 Non-Members (Members will get a coupon code for $10 off!)

FREE Full-time students:

If you are a full-time student and want to attend our workshop for free, then become a FREE member of OAKE with KASC as your chapter! Be sure to select "full-time student" as your membership type.

https://www.oake.org/become-a-member/

(Current student members will receive a coupon code for free admission via email.