Infusing Music in the Elementary Classroom

The Lutheran Institute for Music Education is here to provide assistance in and ideas for various aspects of music education in the classroom. “Infusing Music in the Elementary Classroom” will give teachers an opportunity to expand their idea of what music education is - more than just a class held twice a week. There are so many other ways students can experience music on a daily basis. The research provides overwhelming positive evidence that engagement in music throughout the school day is beneficial for student learning and health. Our WELS schools have even more reasons to develop the musical natures of God’s children and bring respite, or even healing, to their days in the classroom.

Grace Hennig, current professor of music at Martin Luther College, has taught music education courses, presented at various conferences on music and worship, and is a founding member of the Lutheran Institute for Music Education, a grass-roots WELS organization that promotes the musical development of all students in WELS schools.