1. Music Teaching Portfolioof
Meredith Harley Inserra

2. Education High School: New Bern High School, ’79 Bachelor of Music:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, ’84
(Mu Phi Epsilon: Honors Music Fraternity)
Master of Music:
East Carolina University, ’92
Postgraduate research in traditional music, (A.B.D.):
Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland, ‘99

3. The National and State Standards on display in my classroom.

4. Teaching Experience: Bangert Elementary School: January ’99 to present
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow, Scotland):
guest lecturer in traditional music ’97
International Council for Traditional Music:
lecturer and presenter in Durham, England ’96
J. T. Barber Elementary
Oaks Road Elementary
Trent Park Elementary
Bridgeton Elementary
F. R. Danyus Elementary
Blackville Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, S. C.:
Aug to Jan. 1987
New Bern
Aug to Jan. 1993

5. Students improvising and composing contrasting patterns to perform as a group

6. Student using a pentatonic scale to create ostinati to accompany songs

7. Students creating contrasting phrases using a pentatonic scale.

8. Movement and Dance
are important elements
of Music lessons

9. 2nd grade students composing, reading, writing, and playing using music notation.

10. Advanced Recorder Karate Ensemble
(4th and 5th graders)

11. Performances:
Examples from
Concerts
Musical revues
Musical plays

12. Paint the Town December
Musical show featuring 1st, 3rd, and 5th graders
Integrating visual art and famous artists

13. Bring Your Passport Original script by Meredith H. Inserra
Musical show featuring Kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th graders
Original script by Meredith H. Inserra
Multi-cultural trip around the world with music

14. Bring Your Passport

15. It Starts With Me Musical revue for grades K, 2, and 4
Integrating Character Education
Original script by Meredith H. Inserra

16. It Starts With Me

17. There's No Place Like Home 3rd grade Spring Show Script and characters
created by a team of
3rd grader writers:
Maggie Craze, Devan Corcoran,
Tori Eure, Brook Wheeler,
Emily Sanborn, and
Virginia Schnorenberg
Integrating writing and science
with the study of
animal habitats

18. There's No Place
Like Home

19. December Family Night
2nd and 4th grade
student directors

20. Singing
At the
Farmers
Market

21. Trained in PDSA

22. Three All-County Chorus logos I designed
Embrace the Music

23. Technology Advanced in:
Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft PowerPoint,
Finale (music notation),
Internet,
Web development,
Adobe Photoshop Elements
15 years experience on both
Mac and PC platforms
Workshop leader to help other music teachers develop web sites and use technology in their teaching

24. My web site Music at Bangert Click the link above to go “live” to
Home
The Music Classroom
Links and Games
Mystery Composer
Wish List
This Week's Link
Magic Music Word
Recorder Karate
Alto Recorder
All-County Chorus
Why Music Education?
NC Symphony
About Your Teacher
Composer Links
You Can Help!
What's New?
Contact "Miss Harley"
Music Curriculum
K Curriculum
1st Curriculum
2nd Curriculum
3rd Curriculum
4th Curriculum My
web
site
Music at Bangert
Welcome to Parents, Students, and Visitors
Please take a few moments to browse this site.  If you scroll down, the links to my pages are on the left.  You can see pictures from past shows and find cool links. 
This site is updated regularly, so check back often to see what's new.
Hello from your Music Teacher,
Meredith Harley Inserra,
still known to most students as
"Miss Harley."
On this web site you can:
get news from the Music Room
find the Magic Music Word
get Recorder Karate news
find out what your child is studying
visit some cool music links
play free music games
read interesting music quotes
find out how you can help    
Click here to download the Music Newsletter!
                                    
Special thanks to
Kyle
for his first grade portrait of me playing my guitar.
                                                                        
Click the link
above to go
“live” to
my web site

25. Yearbook editor
and
(all digital)

26. I have traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe.
I lived in Europe for 5 years as well.
Travel and living abroad have given me a global perspective
as well as valuable experience with various cultures

27. Philosophy
for
Music
and
Arts Education

28. Students of the arts learn to think
creatively and to solve problems by
imagining various solutions, rejecting
outdated rules and assumptions.
Questions about the arts
do not have only one right answer.

29. A study of the arts provides children with an
internal glimpse of other cultures and teaches
them to be empathetic towards the people of
these cultures. This development of compassion
and empathy, as opposed to development of
greed and a "me first" attitude, provides a
bridge across cultural chasms that leads to
respect of other races at an early age.

30. “Without music, life is a journey through a desert.”
~Pat Conroy, author~

31. “Music was my refuge.
I could crawl
into the space
between the
notes and curl
my back to
loneliness.”
~Maya
Angelou~

32. “Music training is
a more potent instrument than any other because
rhythm and
harmony find their way into the
secret places
of the soul.”
~Plato~

33. “If a child hears fine music from the day of his birth, and learns to play it himself, he develops sensitivity, discipline, and endurance.
He gets a
beautiful heart.”
~Shinichi Suzuki~

34. “What we play is life.”
~Louis Armstrong~

35. Meredith Harley Inserra
Thank you for taking the time to view my portfolio. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you.
Meredith Harley Inserra