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Artist
Joe Crone
12+ albums
about
Joe Crone is a singer, songwriter, dramatist and educator. His evenings are spent sharing his songs with friends at pubs, coffeehouses and festivals. In the day, he spends his time with his company, "Educationalive", visiting schools for workshops and performing in concerts. When he is not busy doing this, he works with The Royal Conservatory of Music and their "Learning Through the Arts" program. As an artist with this program, Joe works with both teachers and their students, and designs and implements lessons that incorporate the arts into many curriculum areas. He has also developed "The Complete Phonics Program", a music and games based phonics program that has met with much success in helping students master the complexities of the English language. See: www.completephonics.com for more details. Starting in 1989, he has taught music and drama to students from kindergarten through to grade 12, and has been a classroom teacher for children from the 4th to 8th grades. He has taught in the York Region District School Board in Ontario for 12 years and recently on the island of Saipan for 3 years. He is also a regular teacher at the York Region District School Board's Arts Camp, teaching songwriting to students from grade 7 to grade 12. He has specialist certification in dramatic arts from the Ontario Ministry of Education and has recorded 4 CDs of original music for children that focus on curriculum concepts and character education themes. "On the Island" is a collection of
