Jennifer Anderson is a bassoonist and 2019 Fulbright-Hays Scholar who previously developed interdisciplinary content in Indonesia. She traveled with over a dozen other educators from our home state of North Carolina as part of a two-week international training program with Go Global NC.  

Kazoos are more than goofy instruments. SoundSchool instructors use them to help children understand the vibrations coming from their vocal cords, which cause causing the kazoo membrane to vibrate, which in turn vibrates our eardrums.

This is the crux of the DBSS curriculum — how sound is made, how it travels, and how it’s heard. Here’s Anderson at the Moogseum, holding one of the DBSS kazoos headed to Zimbabwe with her.

She traveled to three Zimbabwean schools before presenting the kazoos to the music program at Victoria Falls Primary, and music teacher Praise Soko.

“Praise Antonio Soko is a true gem, and this is the beginning of our collaborative learning,” wrote Anderson’s colleague, Kelly Poquette, in a Facebook post about the trip.

Music teacher Mr. Soko wants to connect with the Bob Moog Foundation directly. We’ll let you know what we come up with to share sound science with the next generation of creative thinkers and problem-solvers at Victoria Falls Primary!

Read about another time the SoundSchool went global, with outreach to students in Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool goes international in Grand Turks and Jam Cruise gets a sonic education.