Elementary Music Summit 2026

Thanks for joining me at the Elementary Music Summit for Reggio in the Real World!

I really appreciated the opportunity to explore these ideas with you and consider what music learning can look and feel like when children’s curiosity, creativity, and voice are placed at the center.

As a thank you for attending, when you sign up for my newsletter, you will get two resources that should help you to start transforming your classroom right away. The first will help you to distinguish between a task and a provocation, allowing you to make the adjustments that will bring the philosophies of Reggio Emilia to life. The second provides a menu of prompting questions for a Reggio-inspired music classroom, which you can use to nudge the children forward in their experimentation and inquiry.

I hope these guides offer some practical ideas, provocations, and points for reflection that you can bring into your own classroom right away. My hope is that they encourage and empower you to bring experimentation, inquiry, listening, and deeper musical thinking into your everyday practice, transforming your students’ experiences into something even more rich and meaningful.

If you’re looking for more, check these out:

20+ questions to guide inquiry-based learning

Vocal exploration in music class

Three simple steps to developing creativity

Carnival of the Animals Listen, Match, Describe PRINT AND GO pack

The Listening Walk: Exploring sounds through literature