about mr. baur
My name is Michael Baur and I am so excited for the opportunity to teach your child music. The 2017-2018 school year will be my 12th year teaching here in the Islip School District. I received a Bachelor’s of Music degree in Music Education K-12 from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, and a Master of Arts degree from Stony Brook University. I have also done additional musical literacy coursework at Shenendoah University, Conversational Solfege Training with Craig Knapp, and First Steps in Music training with Rachel Grimsby.
I am an Orff-Schulwerk certified instructor (having completed levels 1-3 at Hofstra University) and regularly attend SCMEA and LIAOSA Saturday professional development workshops and have attended several American Orff-Schulwerk Association national professional development conventions to further enhance my current lessons, learn about new techniques in elementary music education and collaborate with fellow music educators from all across America. I am a big believer in music literacy and incorporate First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege by John Feierabend to encourage students to be tuneful, beatful, and artful as well as being musically literate by the time they reach middle school. I regularly attend LIAOSA and SCMEA Classroom Music and Choral Workshops during the school year to enhance my own personal learning and to see other educators' lessons, methods, and strategies. I have also had the privilege of presenting at the SCMEA PEAK Classroom Music Festival as a guest clinician.
My students have performed as part of SCMEA All-County Chorus ensembles, participated in Community Choirs such as the MYO Suffolk Childrens' Choir under the direction of Mr. Craig Knapp, and have performed with the ACDA Eastern Division Honor Choir in Providence, RI.
I currently serve on the Suffolk County Music Educators' Association (SCMEA) Executive Board as the Assistant to the Vice President for All-County Festivals and have previously served as the Public Relations Chairperson and as a festival chairperson. I work at Hofstra University as the West Music liason for the Orff-Schulwerk teacher training levels in the summer and I also hold current memberships in SCMEA, NYSSMA, NAfME, ACDA, LIAOSA, and AOSA.
Outside of school, I live with my wife, Heather, and our dog, Oliver.
I am an Orff-Schulwerk certified instructor (having completed levels 1-3 at Hofstra University) and regularly attend SCMEA and LIAOSA Saturday professional development workshops and have attended several American Orff-Schulwerk Association national professional development conventions to further enhance my current lessons, learn about new techniques in elementary music education and collaborate with fellow music educators from all across America. I am a big believer in music literacy and incorporate First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege by John Feierabend to encourage students to be tuneful, beatful, and artful as well as being musically literate by the time they reach middle school. I regularly attend LIAOSA and SCMEA Classroom Music and Choral Workshops during the school year to enhance my own personal learning and to see other educators' lessons, methods, and strategies. I have also had the privilege of presenting at the SCMEA PEAK Classroom Music Festival as a guest clinician.
My students have performed as part of SCMEA All-County Chorus ensembles, participated in Community Choirs such as the MYO Suffolk Childrens' Choir under the direction of Mr. Craig Knapp, and have performed with the ACDA Eastern Division Honor Choir in Providence, RI.
I currently serve on the Suffolk County Music Educators' Association (SCMEA) Executive Board as the Assistant to the Vice President for All-County Festivals and have previously served as the Public Relations Chairperson and as a festival chairperson. I work at Hofstra University as the West Music liason for the Orff-Schulwerk teacher training levels in the summer and I also hold current memberships in SCMEA, NYSSMA, NAfME, ACDA, LIAOSA, and AOSA.
Outside of school, I live with my wife, Heather, and our dog, Oliver.
