Music Education Programs for Gifted Students and Schools

Sound Formation Founder, Curtis Madigan. Photo Credit: Kara Mullane

Discover a new, highly engaging, and integrative approach to teaching music that is especially well-suited for gifted learners of all kinds. This accessible approach introduces a new theory of rhythm missing in current music pedagogy that incorporates the physicality of music, the extensive math in rhythm, and the neuroscience and internal aspects involved in music making that’s critical to effective assimilation. 

Curtis Madigan is a passionate educator of GT, HGT, and 2e students and he’s published numerous books on The Sound Formation Method™, which is an approach to learning music that’s especially well-suited for gifted learners. He’s spoken at the Colorado Association for Gifted Talented Conference, led professional developments at Westgate School (gifted charted school) and for Denver Public Schools GT staff, and has offered special workshops at the Logan School for Creative Learning (private gifted school), Institute for Educational Advancement, The Gifted Development Center’s Consortium for Gifted Schools, as well as creating a math-arts integration curriculum for the GT students at Denver School of the Arts. His camps and after-school programs have run at numerous other public and private gifted schools and Sound Formation offers private music lessons for gifted students. Sound Formation has specialized Teacher Certifications for gifted school music staff looking to reach learners with this exceptional methodology.

I believe parents of gifted children will find Sound Formation an excellent resource for their children. This visual-spatial approach to music is highly engaging and can improve attention and focus. Once visual-spatial learners see the visual representations of rhythmic patterns, they are able to read musical notation more easily and effectively, remembering the shapes of the various rhythms. I also enjoy Curtis as a person; he is a good human!
Linda Silverman, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Director, Gifted Development Center
Author, Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner

Current Music Opportunities for Gifted Students

•6month, 1year, and multi-year Mentorship Trainings and Intensives

•1:1 Online Coaching and Classes

•Music Curricula that engage GT and HGT students

•Become part of the Sound Formation community

•Train with Sound Formation Method™ certified teachers

Career Opportunities for Music Teachers of GT Students

•Get access to the best curricula for gifted music students

•Train and become certified in the Sound Formation Method™

•Get continuous support for your music career

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