Marzipan Music

We are Richard and Shannon, married K-6 music teachers, one retired and one still teaching. Between us we have over 65 years of classroom music experience. As well as being a music teacher, Richard is also a choral composer whose works have been performed throughout our home province of Manitoba and across Canada, as well as in Australia and the Netherlands.

Our teaching styles encompass the Orff approach, the Kodaly method, Phyllis Weikart's movement principles, the use of recorder, and choral singing. Over the years, we have both created numerous K-6 music units both thematic- and concept-based. We are working toward making these units available on Teachers Pay Teachers.

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Richard holds a Bachelor of Music from Brandon University and Shannon a Bachelor of Music from the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Music Education from Brandon University.

We have two grown children. One is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Guelph in Ontario; the other is a professional violin player who has achieved two Masters of Music degrees from Memorial University and performs in St. John's, as well as throughout the province of Newfoundland.