Willem Van Spronsen

Biography

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Will’s love of hockey began long before he actually began to play at the age of 9, and he has many tales of a misspent youth travelling around Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland playing rep hockey and attending hockey schools. Sadly, the NHL did not recognise his talents, but their loss was the construction industry’s gain. Will built and renovated high-end houses in Whistler,B.C.for 30 years, many of them as owner of his own construction company. Never far from a rink, he played in community leagues whenever he could. When his two sons were old enough to need a coach, Will volunteered and discovered a newpassion –helping young players develop their skills and understanding of the game.Seeing the usefulness of Helen’s music book, Will and Helen (who is not only his wife but also the PeeWee Division Manager) put their heads together and came up with:

“Refresh Books are a godsend! I plan to use them for teaching on-line this summer and will suggest your materials to all of my course participants. In addition, while leading schools in curriculum development, I’ll propose they adopt your dry-erase materials for the entire district – this is the fastest (and most fun) way to have students think and write musically.”

Georgia A Newlin, Past President OAKE, author 'One Accord: Developing Part-Singing Skills in School Age Musicians'

“Musical dictation examples can be attractively and easily notated, corrected, observed, photographed, erased and re-used.”

 

Connie Foss More, Kodály “pioneer” in USA and Canada, Past-President, Kodály Society of Canada

​“Bravo!  This is a must-have pedagogical tool for every music classroom.

This develops the much-needed skill of music literacy to complete a well-rounded music education!”

Dr. Adam Jonathan Con, Professor of Music Education, University of Victoria

​“This workbook offers at every level everything you need to develop a child’s musical dictation and composition skills – grade 1 – 6.

There are templates for all common meters and bar lengths.  There are also 1, 2, 3 and 5 line staves for developing melodic dictation skills.

A classroom set of these books will save thousands of pieces of paper!”

Kelly Foster Griffin, NBCT, Past President of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE)

“Beginner, intermediate & advanced students can be accommodated with the same booklet, meaning that a single class set might serve an entire school. 

Dictation of both rhythm and melody is now FUNdaMENTAL!”

 

Connie Foss More, Kodály “pioneer” in USA and Canada, Past-President, Kodály Society of Canada

​“Well done!  This is great!  What a wonderful way for children to grasp musical literacy in a progressive and systematic approach!

A must for every music classroom!”

Elise Bradley, Artistic Director, Toronto Children’s Chorus

​“Every music teacher appreciates attractive, durable, re-usable materials that help stimulate their students’ best efforts.  

This multi-level booklet solves so many problems!”

Connie Foss More, Kodály “pioneer” in USA and Canada, Past-President, Kodály Society of Canada

“…what a FABULOUS idea!  This is soooo needed!  *Awards ‘Very Well Done!’ sticker*”

Cyrilla Rowsell, Co-Author, ‘Jolly Music – The Music Handbook; Teaching Music Skills to Children Through Singing’

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