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Thursday
8:00
AM
Waterfront 2,
3
Clinic - Lecture
Demonstration Lesson: Literate
Little Ones
Clinicians:
Wendy Silverberg,
Cambridge Public Schools; Mary Epstein
Presider:
Libby Allison, Berklee
College of Music
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
is a live demonstration music class of twenty, seven-year old,
second grade children from the Cambridge MA Public Schools.
These children are students in an innovative, groundbreaking
urban public school music program in which singing is the
primary form of musical expression. Attendees will observe that
singing games and musical literacy can be woven together to
produce extraordinary cultural and outstanding musical
achievements. The significance of this session is evidence that
great music teaching, urban children, and a school's commitment
to increased music instruction with no expansion of the school
day, can result in high levels of musical literacy by 20 very
young children and as a sidebar have a positive impact on high
stakes testing.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Beyond the Blues Scale:
Improvising in Instrumental Music Ensembles
Clinician:
Mark Filsinger, University of
Rochester
Presider:
Brian Cervone
Sponsor:
MAJE
Improvisation
is an integral component of music teaching and learning. This
session will provide a common sense approach for developing
improvisation skill within the context of the 12-bar blues.
Participants will be introduced to practical techniques for
teaching improvisation to instrumental music students including
1) listening to recordings, 2) singing and performing a variety
of standard tunes by ear, and 3) transcribing solos. In
addition, ideas for incorporating this material into your large
and small ensemble concerts will be included. A video will be
shown demonstrating middle school students singing and
performing several 12-bar blues tunes, and a handout with
suggested repertoire and solos will be provided to participants.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Sharing
Creating a Music Community
Through New Age Technology and Old World Ideas
Clinicians:
Jennifer Moros, Peabody
Public Schools; Michael Giannopolo, Peabody Public Schools
Presider:
Brandon Clark, Lowell
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
In a very
short amount of time both the chorus and band director at
Higgins Middle School have created a community around programs
that were at one point dwindling. We would like to share how we
have bridged the communication gap to parents and administrators
through the use of our websites and student run blogs; how we
have built teacher support behind the program through activities
and hand written invitations to events; and how we have created
ownership of our program through the creation of music counsels.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Sharing
Glad Rags: Costuming those
Broadway junior Shows on a Shoestring
Clinician:
Karen Hastie-Wilson, Milford
Public Schools
Presider:
Scott Tarantino,
Sharon Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
Many middle
school music teachers have become fans of the abridged musicals
currently available. But how to costume the 85 cast members
without breaking the budget? Get some ideas on costuming by
viewing tested creations from past productions.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Leading The Learner To Listening
Using Pop Music
Clinician: Dr.
Matthew Finnegan, Boston College High School
Presider:
Kristin Voccio,
Dighton Rehoboth
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will explore using popular music- styles include rock, rap,
alternative, etc.- to expand conceptual understanding and
listening skills in middle and high school classes.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Federal
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Jazz Improvisation Made Easy
Clinician:
Jody Harmon
Presider:
Patrick Dandrea,
Weston Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Bring your
instruments, and join in with this right-brained, intuitive
approach to jazz improvisation. Very string player friendly, and
lots of fun! Using easy scale patterns and call and response
exercises, you will find yourself improvising in a jazz style.
Based on the Jazz Improvisation Made Easy method by John Blake
and Jody Harmon.
Thursday
8:00
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Recording Your Ensemble
Clinician:
Gino Sigismondi, Shure
Presider:
Dr. Dominick Ferrara,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
If you want to
capture a more natural sound in your recordings, it’s time to
learn a few fundamentals of stereo miking. Distant stereo miking
tends to capture the characteristics of an instrument or
ensemble better than close miking. Done well, it conveys
localization, superior depth of field and a fuller more accurate
"picture" of the recording. These techniques were developed to
approximate the sound we hear in our own two ears, providing the
proper picture of the acoustic space on your recording. Using
just two or three microphones, stereo miking is still the
preferred method to record classical music and ensembles. Learn
some of the most popular stereo miking techniques as we cover
some microphone basics and the advantages and disadvantages of
the different stereo microphone methods.
Thursday
8:00
AM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
Portfolio Assessment in the
Elementary Instrumental Program
Clinician:
Joseph Pergola, National
Education Service Company
Presider:
Jillian Hogan, Private
School
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
Assessment in
music education has been solely performance based. Missing is a
muti-dimensional view of each student's growth. Portfolios
improve the teaching-learning process and incorporate assessment
techniques to insure students are developing necessary skills
and meeting national standards. Through the use of portfolios,
students learn to take responsibility for their own learning.
Thursday
8:00
AM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Music Service-Learning:
Empowering Music Students to 'Play It Forward'
Clinician:
Aldonna Girouard, North Adams
Presider:
Dr. Noreen Diamond
Burdett, Milton Public Schools
Sponsor:
AIME
Are you
looking for ways to help your students use their musical
passions and skills to make a significant difference in their
world? If you are, Music Service-Learning is your answer.
Service-Learning is a method of teaching and a way of learning
that enables students to use their music skills to engage in
authentic community service. This workshop will provide
guidelines for getting started with Service-Learning. Examples
will be given of successful projects that empowered student
musicians to pay it forward while achieving high music
performance standards. Strategies will be shared for aligning
the Service-Learning projects with the Massachusetts Arts
Curriculum Frameworks and the 21st Century Skills Framework.
Service-Learning can be done in all music classes and ensembles
at all grade levels.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Waterfront 2,
3
Clinic - Lecture
The Art of Choral Deportment in
the Elementary Urban School Choir
Clinician:
June Ambush, Boston Public
Schools
Presider:
Libby Allison, Berklee
College of Music
Sponsor:
ACDA
This session
will present a challenge for music educators and choral
conductors in urban elementary schools to teach their students
the art of choral deportment and etiquette in public
performance. A demonstration of these techniques with the John
Marshall School Chorus, followed by a short choral concert,
attempts to raise the music consciousness and musicianship of
high-quality performance and repertoire in the urban school
chorus.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Simplifying Jazz Rhythm Sections
Clinician:
Jeffrey Holmes, University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Presider:
Paul Pitts, Boston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
Individual and
sectional role-playing of the rhythm section for big bands,
combos and vocalists -- ways to avoid clutter, stylistic
characteristics, feeding musical information et al will be
discussed and demonstrated.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Clinic - Lecture
Music for Children with Special
Needs
Clinicians:
Heather Kirby, Dedham
Public Schools; Dr. Karen Levine, Helping Children with
Challenges
Presider:
Benjamin Mafera,
Cohasset Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This
multi-faceted session will present activities for integrated
preschool and substantially separated Kindergarten special
education classes. These activities address key goals, such as
emotional regulation, co-regulation, imitation and interaction,
for children with autism spectrum disorders as well as other
disabilities. Music teacher and Psychologist/Developmental
Specialist will share information, observations, insights, and
activities.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
Choral Techniques for the
Instrumental Teacher
Clinician:
Ruth Debrot, Sharon Public
Schools
Presider:
Scott Tarantino,
Sharon Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Participants
will learn singing techniques. Session for instrumental teachers
who conduct choral ensembles. Focus will be on breathing,vowel
placement and diction for singers. Appropriate skill development
through choral literature will be addressed. Discussion will
center on trouble shooting in the choral setting - how to
achieve a choral sound.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Improvisation in Instrumental
Music: A Practical Guide for Building Better Musicians
Clinician:
Dr. Christopher Azzara, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester
Presider:
Stephen Curtis,
Southborough Public Schools
Sponsor:
MMEA
Everyone in
band and orchestra can, and should, improvise. Through
improvisation, students and teachers will improve listening
skills, gain deeper understanding of literature, and play with
better intonation and rhythm. Using repertoire as a foundation,
this session will provide practical, accessible ideas for
teaching improvisation in a band or orchestra setting.
Thursday
9:10
AM
Federal
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
The Vic Firth Percussion Resource
Center
Clinician:
Neil Larrivee, Vic Firth Corp.
Presider:
Dr. Matthew Finnegan,
Boston College High School
Sponsor:
MICCA
Experience the
suite of online percussion education features geared to assist
the band director in the day-to-day teaching activities. These
features include the Band Director's Percussion Survival Guide,
Percussion 101, Marching 101, Drum Set 101 and are an
informational index for percussion maintenance, tuning, and
playing technique. Strategies to be demonstrated on how to
implement specific concepts into your curriculum. This
tremendously successful and helpful session will provide answers
to virtually all percussion questions through Vic Firth's online
resources. Don't miss it!
Thursday
9:10
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Web 2.0 Tools for the Music
Classroom
Clinician:
Sean Hagon, New England
Conservatory
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
With the
advent of Web 2.0, there are many new and exciting browser based
software tools that can become valuable teaching tools in the
music classroom. Best of all they are free! Discussions and
demonstrations will be on multimedia/web design for your class,
file sharing, streaming audio and video, developing electronic
portfolios for your students, creating and sharing music
notation projects/assignments online and creating a virtual
classroom. Gain insight and effective strategies for integrating
these tools into the music classroom and making it a more
engaging experience for your students.
Thursday
9:10
AM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
First Year Teaching Strategies
Clinician:
Anthony Beatrice, Pentucket
Regional School District
Presider:
Dr.
Rhoda Bernard, Boston Conservatory
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
The first year
of teaching can be stressful but rewarding. This session will
focus on practical tips you can use to maximize your success as
a first-year music teacher. Each participant will receive a CD
with useful templates to take home!
Thursday
9:10
AM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Four Steps to Effective Advocacy:
Developing a Plan for Your School
Clinician:
Dr. Ronald Kos, Boston University
Presider:
Emilee Blanchet,
Retired
Sponsor:
AIME
In this
session, attendees will learn several important considerations
for developing an effective advocacy plan. Following the four
steps, which are based on common marketing and policy making
strategies, will help advocates develop support for strong music
programs in the current economic and political climate.
Thursday
10:20-11:15
Coffee Hour -
World Trade Center, Atrium and Mezzanine Levels
Thursday
11:15-12:30
Concert Hour -
Newton All-City Honors Chorus Treble Singers; The Rivers School
Conservatory Honors Marimba Ensemble - Waterfront 2, 3
Thursday
12:40
PM
Waterfront 1A,
B,C
Clinic - Lecture
Improvising in any style
Clinician:
Jody Harmon
Presider:
Brianna Pesce
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Bring your
instruments, join in playing musically delightful exercises, and
discover how easy it is to improvise in a wide variety of
styles. The class will cover how to use specific improvisational
techniques, such as: Scale based improvisation; Sequences;
Thinking rhythmically; Imitation; Variations; Arpeggios. You and
your students will love this, (and they won’t even realize the
hidden agenda of learning scales, theory, listening.) All
they’ll know is that they’re enjoying playing with music. Based
on the Improvise! method by Jody Harmon.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Waterfront 2,
3
Clinic - Lecture
Superior Musicianship Through
Quality Warm-Up
Clinician:
Peter Tileston, King Philip
Regional
Presider:
Dr. Matthew Finnegan,
Boston College High School
Sponsor:
MICCA
This session
will feature the King Philip Regional Symphonic Band to
demonstrate the power of focused, purposeful warm-ups to
transform your ensemble and the quality of individual
musicianship.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Reading Session
High School Choral Reading
Session
Clinicians:
Catherine Connor-Moen,
Norwood Public Schools; William Pappazisis, Belmont Public
Schools
Presider:
Liana Hill, Amesbury
Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Accessible
choral music for a variety of voicings will be provided during
the session as well as approaches to teaching the pieces.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Beacon Hill 1
Clinic - Lecture
What Works: Research that Speaks
to the Profession
Clinician:
Dr. Clark Saunders, University of
Hartford
Presider:
Dr. Charlene Ryan,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
AIME
Come find out
what recent research in music education is telling us about how
students learn music and what instructional methods/techniques
yield greatest advantage. Findings from studies will be
summarized for easy understanding and practical application.
Investigations in the areas of music teaching, learning, and
curricula will be examined. Come learn about the latest research
and how it can inform what goes on n the classroom and rehearsal
hall. No prior research background is necessary to come away
from this session with interesting and useful information.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
Recruitment and Retention
Clinician:
Joseph Pergola, National
Education Service Company
Presider:
Daniel Albert,
Longmeadow Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
Recruitment
and Retention are two vital elements of any performing program.
A well develped recruitment plan must consist of a series of
check and balances to insure success. Retention is critical for
a performing group to thrive. Intervention strategies must be
put in place so students will remain intheir chosen performing
ensemble. This workshop will discuss recruitment and retention
policies and procedures necessary to build successful performing
ensembles.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Developing Musicianship through
Improvisation
Clinician:
Dr. Christopher Azzara, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester
Presider:
Stephen Curtis,
Southborough Public Schools
Sponsor:
MMEA
Improvisation
in music is the spontaneous expression of meaningful musical
ideas – it is analogous to conversation in language. As
presented here, key elements of improvisation include
personalization, spontaneity, anticipation, prediction,
interaction, and being “in the moment.” Interestingly, we are
born improvisers, as evidenced by our behavior in early
childhood. This state of mind is clearly demonstrated in
children’s play. When not encouraged to improvise as a part of
our formal music education, the very thought of improvisation
invokes fear. If we let go of that fear, we find that indeed we
are improvisers. Improvisation enables musicians to express
themselves from an internal source and is central to developing
musicianship in all aspects of music education.
Thursday
12:40
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Using Finale with Secondary
Performing Ensembles
Clinician:
Tom Johnson, MakeMusic! Inc
Presider:
Dr. Peter Cokkinias,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Finale is the
ideal tool for any music educator’s daily curriculum. This
clinic focuses on fast, unique ways to prepare students for
concerts and other performing events. Topics covered include:
Scanning music, SmartMusic accompaniments, custom lessons, and
more.
Thursday
12:40
PM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Music Education and Social Justice
Clinician:
Dr. Roger Mantie, Boston
University
Presider:
Jaime Alberts, Newton
Public Schools
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
The teaching
of music is much more than just the teaching of music. While
issues of social justice have been prevalent in the field of
education for many years, only now is music education beginning
to catch up. Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in
issues of social justice and music education. This session
builds on this recent interest, focusing on three key areas that
should be of concern for all music educators: access, standards,
and diversity.
Thursday
12:40
PM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Planning the Secondary School
Music Facility
Clinician:
Pascal Marzella, Wenger
Corporation
Presider:
Emilee Blanchet,
Retired
Sponsor:
AIME
The Wenger
Corporation presents a new construction planning guide session.
This is a one-hour presentation on planning for good acoustics
in the music suite during new construction.
Thursday
1:50
PM
Waterfront 2,
3
General Meeting - Waterfront 2, 3
Lowell Mason
Award
Thursday
3:15
PM
Waterfront 1A,
B,C
Reading Session
String Orchestra New Music
Reading Session
Clinician:
Christopher Memoli, Weston Public
Schools
Presider:
Kenneth Culver,
Westford Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
This reading
session will review the newest publications for string
orchestra. Come and bring your instrument to sight read
everything from beginning orchestra music through advanced
literature. A few instruments will be available for use courtesy
of Johnson String Instrument.
Thursday
3:15
PM
Waterfront 2,
3
Hands-On
Take the Repeat
Clinician:
Dr. Darla Hanley, Berklee College
of Music
Presider:
Dr. Sarah McQuarrie,
Bridgewater State College
Sponsor:
SGMM
Children learn
through guided (and sequential) repetition. This K-5 session
focuses on ways to develop musical skills in general music by
building on prior knowledge. It includes a variety of
contemporary and non-traditional approaches to fostering music
literacy while singing, playing, listening, evaluating,
reading/chanting, and responding to music through movement. Come
prepared to participate!
Thursday
3:15
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Reading Session
Elementary Choral Reading
Clinician:
Heather Tryon, Needham Public
Schools
Presider:
Joseph Stillitano,
Westborough Pubic Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Thursday
3:15
PM
Beacon Hill 1
Clinic - Lecture
Diagnose, Document and Deliver:
Improve Music Teaching and Learning with Innovative Assessment
Methods
Clinician:
Dr. Clark Saunders, University of
Hartford
Presider:
Dr. Charlene Ryan,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
AIME
Listen, judge
and instruct your students using materials that will help you
clearly discriminate among distinct levels of student music
achievement. Learn how you can assess your students as a regular
part of music instruction. Assessment can improve student
learning in rehearsal and in the music classroom!
Thursday
3:15
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
Teaching with Respect and an Open
Mind: Using Contemporary Popular Music in the Middle School
Clinician:
Libby Allison, Berklee College of
Music
Presider:
Ruth Debrot, Sharon
Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
Whether you
love it or hate it, middle school students are listening to
popular music. Learn some new techniques for using this genre in
the classroom to fulfill the national standards, state
frameworks and your own goals for your general music students.
We’ll explore what works, what doesn’t and learn some strategies
for selecting appropriate and current materials.
Thursday
3:15
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Hands-On
Music: The Pulse of West African
Cultures, from Ghana to the United States
Clinician:
Megan Fitzharris Harlow, Carlisle
Public Schools
Presider:
Marta Frey, Billerica
Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
The pulse of
American music began with the music of West African slaves. How
did West African cultures affect the development of American
music? What musical elements traveled across the Atlantic to
become integral parts of American culture? This workshop will
explore the connections between West African cultures and the
music of African-American slaves. During the workshop, topics
that will be explored include the cultural uses, musical
elements, and songs of Ghana and the movement of West African
cultures through slavery to the United States. Participants will
sing, dance, play, listen, and move to music from Ghana and
African-American slaves. Material will be applicable to K-8
General and Choral music.
Thursday
3:15
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Audio System Set-Up Basics
Clinician:
Gino Sigismondi, Shure
Presider:
Dr. Dominick Ferrara,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
An often
overlooked yet vital part of modern musical performances is the
sound reinforcement (PA) system. While setting up and operating
a portable sound system is not overly complicated, it is by no
means simple. Learn about components of the audio system, proper
connection, and basic operation for your sound system. From
microphones on through loudspeakers, learn the ins and outs of
the audio system and how to optimize it for your next
performance.
Thursday
3:15
PM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
Action Research for Best
Practices
Clinician:
Dr. Benedict Smar, University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Presider:
Dr. Rhoda Bernard,
Boston Conservatory
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
“Best
Practice” is a centerpiece of education reform in the U.S. With
increasing emphasis on Best Practice in Massachusetts, action
research can provide teachers with a powerful tool to identify
and articulate what really works in the music classroom. This
session focuses on the process, issues, and applications of
action research in the music classroom.
Thursday
3:15
PM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Troubling Concert Audiences:
Taming, Teaching and Transforming Them
Clinician:
Dr. Sandra Nicolucci, Boston
University
Presider:
Dr. Noreen Diamond
Burdett, Milton Public Schools
Sponsor:
AIME
Are the
behavior and attention of your student and adult audiences
deteriorating? What are the root causes behind this decline and
what can music teachers do to improve this troubling situation?
This session will present many ideas for using curriculum and
public relations skills to transform audience members into
active, focused, empathic and engaged partners with our concert
performers.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Waterfront 1A,
B,C
Reading Session
String Orchestra New Music
Reading Session
Clinician:
Christopher Memoli, Weston Public
Schools
Presider:
Kenneth Culver,
Westford Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
This reading
session will review the newest publications for string
orchestra. Come and bring your instrument to sight read
everything from beginning orchestra music through advanced
literature. A few instruments will be available for use courtesy
of Johnson String Instrument.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Waterfront 2,
3
Hands-On
Approaches to Movement/Dance in
the Classroom
Clinician:
Cici Hunt, Silver Burdett Ginn
Presider:
Lindsey Sherman, UMass
Lowell
Sponsor:
SGMM
I hear and I
forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. This
session will present various techniques to make dance something
your students will look forward to. Folk dance, patterned dance,
and creative movement will be incorporated, from simple first
grade dances to getting your chorus on and off risers.
Techniques will use a variety of learning styles within a wide
range of age levels, grades 1-6. So, put on your dancing shoes
and come ready to move, sing, move, listen, and move some more.
Thursday
4:25-5:25
Beacon Hill 1
Panel Discussion
Preparing Your Ensemble for
Festival
Presider:
Ted Hagarty,
Foxborough Public Schools
Panelists:
Catherine Connor-Moen, Peter
Tileston, Michael Mucci, Marie Forte, Ted Hagarty, Brandon Clark
Sponsor:
MICCA
This panel of
experts and adjudicators will address essentials of preparing
bands, orchestras, and choral ensembles for competitions and
adjudicated festivals.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Building Literacy and
Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part I
Clinicians:
Dr. Carol Krueger, Florida
Southern College; Michael Driscoll, Brookline Public Schools
Presider:
William Pappazisis,
Belmont Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Far too often
students are musically illiterate when they enter the choral
setting and directors aren't sure how to develop elementary
skills in older students. In this participants will explore how
we learn music and will be given specific techniques for
developing reading readiness, and tonal and rhythmic literacy.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
Emergency Repairs for Band
Directors
Clinician:
Michael Leonard, Leonards Music
Presider:
Tom O'Toole, Nashoba
Regional School District
Sponsor:
MICCA
What do you do
when a student comes to you just before a big concert and
announces 'my instrument isn't working'? This session will
include advice on how to help during those emergencies. The
clinician will also demonstrate how many difficulties can be
prevented with proper care and maintenance.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Hands-On
Teaching Improvisation: How to
Get Started
Clinician:
Dr. Christopher Azzara, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester
Presider:
Dr. David Rox, Gordon
College
Sponsor:
MMEA
According to
the National Standards for Music Education, everyone should be
teaching improvisation. How do students learn to improvise?
Where do I start? This session will provide a common sense
approach that improves your musicianship and that of your
students—making connections for general, vocal, and instrumental
teachers at all levels of instruction and experience.
Participants will be introduced to practical techniques designed
to: (1) improve musicianship; (2) develop improvisation skills
in a variety of musical styles; (3) include improvisation as an
integral part of teaching and learning; (4) define relationships
among improvisation, reading, and composition; and (5) assess
student learning.
Thursday
4:25
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
The Top Ten Things You Want to
Know About Finale
Clinician:
Tom Johnson, MakeMusic! Inc
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Whether you
are a beginner or a seasoned Finale user, this clinic focuses on
the top ten questions asked by all music educators. Learn the
fastest, easiest ways to learn Finale, enter notes and lyrics,
transpose, scan, combine multiple tasks into one, create
percussion parts, format scores/parts and gain the best sounding
playback, as well as useful tips on sharing your music with
others.
Thursday
4:25
PM
North End
Hands-On
Recorder Audiation Jam
Clinician:
Donna Nagle, Weston Public
Schools
Presider:
Rebecca Smart, Canton
Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will feature activities for developing the musicianship of both
student and teacher. Participants will perform songs in various
modes, play harmonic progressions in the modes, and be given
tools for developing improvisation skills in some modes. Bring
your recorder and be ready to audiate.
Thursday
4:25
PM
Skyline
Sharing
Embracing the New Music Educator
Clinicians:
Mary Correia, Retired; Dr.
Sandra Doneski, Gordon College
Presider:
Stephen Correia,
Billerica Public Schools
Sponsor:
MMEA
Join a
community of music educators in their first three years of
teaching for a time of critical thinking, empowering, discussing
and networking. Embracing the New Music Educator is a mentoring
program formed in the fall of 2008 in the Northeast District
with the goal of supporting new teachers and connecting them
with experienced music educators and professionals in the field.
Please come to see how you can help strengthen our profession
across the state. Whether you are a new teacher or have years of
experience the community we build will rejuvenate and inspire
each of us!
Friday
8:00
AM
Plaza Ballroom
Clinic - Lecture
With a Banjo On My Knee -
America's Instrument in the Classroom
Clinician:
Bob Cameron, Hull, MA Public
Schools (may be changing)
Presider:
Donna Nagle, Weston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
An overview on
using the banjo in the music classroom with a particular focus
on the 5-string banjo and traditional American Music-
Accompanying singing, folk dance, in ensembles with other
stringed instruments, as a tool for learning music theory and
other topics.
Friday
8:00
AM
Waterfront
1A/B
Clinic - Lecture
Doublers’ Dilemmas; Moving from
Electric Bass to Double Bass during a Jazz Ensemble Performance
Clinician:
Charles Gabriel, University of
Mass. Lowell
Presider:
Ray Novack, Beverly
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
Jazz ensemble
bass players are often called to play both electric and upright
bass during the same performance. Although the instruments share
a tuning, the similarities stop there: tone production, time
conception, and equipment needs differ significantly between the
acoustic and the electric instruments. Boston bassist and
UMass-Lowell faculty member Charles Gabriel discusses these
matters and provides tips on how to get the best sound from the
bass player in your ensemble.
Friday
8:00
AM
Waterfront 1C
Clinic - Lecture
Using Finale in Music Education
Clinician:
Tom Johnson, MakeMusic! Inc
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
A practical
demonstration of how to use Finale for Music Education, this
clinic is designed to show you how to create the materials for
your music program. Learn how to get the best results when
scanning in music, creating tests and worksheets quickly, tips
for creating rehearsal CD’s, custom exercises, SmartMusic
accompaniments, and more.
Friday
8:00
AM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Helping Kindergarten Students
Make the Transition to Elementary Music
Clinician:
Dr. Diane Lange, University of
Texas at Arlington
Presider:
Nicole Fantasia,
Braintree Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will guide children from imitating music to understanding music.
Same and different games will be explored.
Friday
8:00
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Hands-On
Active Listening: Using Ears,
Nose, Fingers, and Toes
Clinician:
Dr. Sarah McQuarrie, Bridgewater
State College
Presider:
Brian Spignese,
Methuen Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
In this
hands-on session, participants will be introduced to lessons
designed to actively involve children during listening
experiences. Using listening selections from Saint-Saens'
Carnival of the Animals, the activities presented will
demonstrate how children can show understanding of music and
musical concepts through movement response.
Friday
8:00
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Hands-On
Musical Games to Leave for the
Substitute
Clinicians:
Steve Damon, Gill-Montague
Regional School District; Joyana Damon, Brattleboro Public
Schools
Presider:
David Ruggiero,
Medfield Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
The session
will present a plethora of fun and games that leave substitute
teachers well equipped for a fun time of being music teacher for
the day.
Friday
8:00
AM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Instrument Maintenance: Problems
and Solutions for the Orchestra Teacher
Clinician:
Jessica Fox, Johnson Strings
Presider:
Deanna Leedy, Weston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Friday
8:00
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Paperless Music Theory (or
History) Classroom.
Clinician:
Tom O'Toole, Nashoba Regional
School District
Presider:
Dr. Peter Cokkinias,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Now you can
keep all of your classroom assignments online using an
affordable tablet computer and a site such as Sharepoint. Using
the 'digital drop box' students can pass in Finale, Sibelius,
Word, Powerpoint, MP3 or wave files...virtually any software
assignment will work. Assignments are automatically dated when
submitted and form an online portfolio. Economize your class
time and resources through this online method.
Friday
8:00
AM
North End
Sharing
Higher Ed Breakfast
Clinician:
Dr. Rhoda Bernard, Boston
Conservatory
Presider:
Dr. Rhoda Bernard,
Boston Conservatory
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
Join other
higher education faculty members for an opportunity to continue
our discussion from last year's Higher Education Symposium and
Higher Education Breakfast. This discussion has centered around
ways to strengthen connections between higher education faculty
and institutions and K-12 educators.
Friday
9:15-10:15
Plaza Ballroom
Panel Discussion
"Music Memory"
Curriculum:Strategies for Listening, Remembering and
Understanding Music
Presider:
LaVada Studley,
Falmouth Public Schools
Panelists:
Linda Whitehead, George Scharr,
Stephanie Miles, Jeanine Kelly
Sponsor:
MMEA
"Music Memory"
is a pilot program involving Falmouth's four elementary schools
and the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. The clinicians will present
curriculum that will give students the authentic opportunity to
gain a thorough knowledge of a wide variety of music and
composers from all eras. This curriculum will effectively engage
students as it integrates history and social studies.
Friday
9:15
AM
Waterfront
1A/B
Panel Discussion
The Junior High Jazz Ensemble;
Appropriate Literature
Presider:
Ray Novack
Panelists:
Ray Novack, Brent Ferguson, Karen
Forrest, John Kearns
Sponsor:
MAJE
The panel will
discuss and give suggestions on Big Band literature that meets
the needs of Junior High and Middle School students. Topics will
include: Ranges, style, difference in jazz articulations and
when to add it, unison vs. fully harmonized (head charts vs.
real big band charts), complexity of changes, improvisation, how
to help the rhythm section interpret the music.
Friday
9:15
AM
Waterfront 1C
Clinic - Lecture
Creative Composition Projects
using Notation and Music Production Software
Clinician:
Stefani Langol, Berklee College
of Music
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Friday
9:15
AM
Waterfront 2
Clinic - Lecture
Percussion In The New Age:
Teaching Percussion Via Common Elements
Clinician:
Dr. Cort McClaren, U. N.C. / Vic
Firth
Presider:
Paul Pitts, Boston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
At first
glance, the amount of specialized knowledge necessary to teach
percussion seems overwhelming. However, all the complex
information can be reduced to a few COMMON ELEMENTS that apply
to teaching several percussion instruments simultaneously. This
session will focus on demonstrating practical approaches to
teaching percussion in a private studio situation or in a full
band setting via this method.
Friday
9:15
AM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Make and Take Multicultural
Instruments
Clinicians:
Dr. Lisa Lehmberg,
University of Massachusetts Amherst; Lance Lehmberg, Retired
Presider:
Benjamin Mafera,
Cohasset Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
In this
session, participants will have the opportunity to explore
workable facsimiles of world instruments that can be constructed
easily and inexpensively at various levels of general music
instruction. A wide variety of world instruments will be
displayed, and detailed instructions for the construction of
each will be provided. Also, participants will receive guided
instruction in the creation of world instruments which may then
be taken home!
Friday
9:15-10:15
Skyline
Panel Discussion
Been There, Done That!
Presider:
Dr. Noreen Diamond
Burdett, Milton Public Schools
Panelists:
Noreen Diamond Burdett, Marc
Keroack, Dr. William McManus, Dr. Sandra Nicolucci
Sponsor:
AIME
Those aspiring
to be music or fine arts department directors or those newly
embarking on an adminstrative career path will benefit from
advice provided by prominent retired administrators who have
developed and sustained outstanding music or fine arts programs.
Attendees will receive a concentrated dose of insights distilled
from decades of experience in building department cultures and
programs.
Friday
9:15
AM
Back Bay
Complex
Reading Session
Middle School Reading Session
Clinician:
Megan Fitzharris Harlow, Carlisle
Public Schools
Presider:
Marta Frey, Billerica
Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Attendees will
read through accessible music for middle school that is designed
to build your choral program and meeting the national standards.
Friday
9:15
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Hands-On
Improvisation: A Window Into Your
Student's Musical Understanding
Clinician:
Heather Kirby, Dedham Public
Schools
Presider:
Bob Cameron, Hull, MA
Public Schools (may be changing)
Sponsor:
SGMM
There are few
things more revealing about a child’s musical development than
his/her improvisations. This session will offer activities that
develop readiness for improvisation, techniques for helping
students to develop improvisation skills from Kindergarten up
through elementary school, and strategies for leading learners
of all ages into improvisatory activities.
Friday
9:15
AM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
I Love Orchestra
Clinicians:
Bob Phillips,
Alfred/Belwin; Pam Phillips, Alfred/Belwin
Presider:
Deanna Leedy, Weston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Secrets of
success for recruiting and motivating students that result in
high retention rates and large programs. Who, what, why, where,
when and how for all levels. Examples drawn from the string
classroom but applicable to band and choir!
Friday
9:15
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Hands-On
A Moving Listening Experience
Clinician:
Cici Hunt, Silver Burdett Ginn
Presider:
Brian Spignese,
Methuen Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
I hear and I
forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.' - Chinese
proverb.It is by doing that students understand concepts and
gain skills. In this presentation, Cici has the audience
singing, moving, listening, creating, and performing, employing
strategies teachers can use immediately with their students for
truly active listening. Selections of music cover a variety of
styles, including classical, new-age, cajun, and more. Learning
comes to life, and life comes to learning.
Friday
9:15
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Recording A Solo Instrument
Clinician:
Gino Sigismondi, Shure
Presider:
Sean Hagon, New
England Conservatory
Sponsor:
TI:ME
During
recording, microphones play the critical role of capturing a
performance. A quality instrument skillfully played and properly
miked can bring a recording to life and reduce the need for
signal processing in the mix. Learn how to both choose and place
the best microphone for recording various solo instruments such
as piano, guitar, woodwinds and brass. We will also cover
various techniques for recording the human voice both in a
singing and speech applications, such as podcasting. These tips
and tricks will help you optimize your recording’s sound quality
while minimizing all the extra time “fixing it in the mix”.
Friday
9:15
AM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
Start Strong and Thrive: Ideas,
Resources, and Strategies for Entering a First Year Placement
with Long Term Success
Clinician:
Brian Peterson, Shasta Community
College District
Presider:
Dr. Rhoda Bernard,
Boston Conservatory
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
This session
engages pre-service collegiate MENC and newly credentialed
candidates entering first professional placements with a
heads-up perspective: What really matters in the classroom?
Where is help available? How does one balance daily demands of
classroom management, community connections, budgets, and
relationship-building? Recommendations and ideas drawn from
eight years of full-time teaching at the high school level in
California (instrumental/choral/classroom, public and parochial)
serve as the basis for this session along with participation by
audience educators (retired MMEA educators highly welcome!) to
share experience, insight, and wisdom in order to help our
newest teachers start strong in our profession for a lifetime of
excellence and service
Friday
10:30-11:40
Plaza Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: Dr.
Christopher Azzara
Presider:
Dr. Sandra Doneski
Creativity at the Core: Inspiration and Meaning for Music
Teaching and Learning
Distinguished
Service Award
Friday
12:00
PM
Waterfront
1A/B
Clinic - Lecture
How to be a Proactive Advocate
for your Music Program
Clinician:
John Kuhner, Cheshire Public
Schools
Presider:
Dr. David Neves,
Needham Public Schools
Sponsor:
AIME
This workshop
session will provide attendees with specific tools and
strategies to develop a step by step, proactive, and
comprehensive approach, to Music Advocacy in their schools and
community. Included in the workshop is a PowerPoint presentation
that can be tailored to each user's individual situation that
will provide examples of areas that can be addressed when
speaking on behalf of music programs to specific audiences;
i.e.: administrators, boards of education, parents, and
students.
Friday
12:00
PM
Waterfront 1C
Clinic - Lecture
Finale 101
Clinician:
Tom Johnson, MakeMusic! Inc
Presider:
Dr. Peter Cokkinias,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
This is for
beginners who have been considering a notation program but
aren’t sure where to start. The basics of Finale will be shown
and how they enable you to create all the basic curriculum
materials you need. Ample time will be given to questions and
answers in an entertaining, non-technical, and friendly
environment.
Friday
12:00
PM
Waterfront 2
Clinic - Lecture
Bones in the Middle; The Jazz
Trombone Section Uncovered!
Clinician:
George Murphy, Foxoboro Public
Schools
Presider:
Steven Conant, Norwood
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
In traditional
jazz band seating arrangements the trombone section is most
usually placed in front of the trumpets and behind the saxes.
Active listen is a particular challenge for the bone section.
This session will involve the Foxboro High School Jazz Ensemble
trombone section demonstrating a variety of approaches to
ensemble listening and reacting. Additional concepts will be
addressed and demonstrated including articulation, legato
tonguing, balance and blend, intonation, alternate positions,
and slide technique.
Friday
12:00
PM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Why Can’t Some Children Keep a
Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to
Aid in Beat Competency
Clinician:
Dr. Diane Lange, University of
Texas at Arlington
Presider:
Kelly Graeber,
Cambridge Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will explore techniques to guide students to keeping a steady
beat and ultimately becoming beat competent. Several activities
will be demonstrated showing how to combine Orff-Schulwerk and
Music Learning Theory with great success.
Friday
12:00
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Building Literacy and
Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part II
Clinicians:
Dr. Carol Krueger, Florida
Southern College; Michael Driscoll, Brookline Public Schools
Presider:
William Pappazisis,
Belmont Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Session 2 will
focus on practical ideas and techniques for cultivating melodic
reading and applying reading skills to choral literature.
Teaching strategies for developing audiation, elementary
composition, musical memory, dictation and aural skills will be
presented in the third session.
Friday
12:00
PM
Beacon Hill 1
Sharing
Middle School General Music
Sharing Session
Clinician:
Ruth Debrot, Sharon Public
Schools
Presider:
Steve Damon,
Gill-Montague Regional School District
Sponsor:
SGMM
Bring a plan,
a song, or an activity to share. Come hear tried and true ideas
from others who teach general music at the middle school level
Friday
12:00
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
So How Do I Teach a Large
Heterogeneous String Class?
Clinicians:
Bob Phillips,
Alfred/Belwin; Pam Phillips, Alfred/Belwin
Presider:
Susan Memoli, Wayland
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Does large
group instruction really work? Yes, more really is better! Build
excitement and skills for more kids and become an economic asset
to your district – tips and techniques from 28 years in a highly
successful large heterogeneous classroom!
Friday
12:00
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Rehearsing the New Jazz Chart;
Steps to a Successful and Productive Experience
Clinician:
Dr. Kenneth Schaphorst, New
England Conservatory
Presider:
James O'Dell, The
Boston Conservatory
Sponsor:
MAJE
Dr. Ken
Schaphorst and the New England Conservatory Youth Jazz Orchestra
Once the music programming for your jazz ensemble has been
accomplished, planning the approach for first and reoccurring
rehearsal(s) is essential. Rhythm, wind and brass sections
require specific guidance and direction when diving into the new
jazz composition. NEC Chair of Jazz Studies and Improvisation
Ken Schaphorst and the newly inaugurated NEC Youth Jazz
Orchestra will demonstrate.
Friday
12:00
PM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
Music Achievements: Identifying
What Students Learn when Learning Music
Clinician:
Dr. Clark Saunders, University of
Hartford
Presider:
Thomas Brooks, Gordon
College
Sponsor:
AIME
What do
students learn in music class? Music skills, content and
knowledge; do you teach that to your students? Technical mastery
and music literacy; in what proportions? Artistry, emotion and
beauty, do you have a lesson plan? Identifying clerly what you
want your students to learn is the first step in creating an
organized program of music learning.
Friday
12:00
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Music Technology in Service of
Creativity: Inspiration Facilitates Excellence
Clinician:
Stefani Langol, Berklee College
of Music
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
This session
will discuss the variety of ways music technology can facilitate
composition (songwriting, soundtracks, and sound collages) in
the music classroom, for both individual students and group
projects. Special emphasis will be placed on how poetry,
multimedia elements (text, graphics, audio, and video) and
web-based tools can enhance the music composition process.
Friday
12:00
PM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
Performance Anxiety and the
Developing Musician
Clinician:
Dr. Charlene Ryan, Berklee
College of Music
Presider:
Scott Sandvik, The
Park School
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
Performance
anxiety is a common problem among musicians, causing physical,
behavioral, and psychological distress and often impeding
success and satisfaction in performance contexts. Long thought
of as an ‘adult’ problem – one experienced primarily by
professional musicians – recent research has highlighted its
prevalence in younger, less experienced populations as well. The
question as to whether performance anxiety is innate or a
learned response remains to be answered, although researchers
are beginning to probe this issue. Are some people just born to
be anxious performers, or is this a cultural response that
students learn through their training years? What do research
findings tell us about who experiences performance anxiety, what
factors increase the anxiety response, and what role influential
others – in particular teachers – play in increasing or
diminishing anxiety in their students? This session will present
pertinent research findings related to the above questions and
discuss potential educational support systems that may help
students who suffer from performance anxiety.
Friday
1:15-2:30
Concert Hour:
Amherst Regional High School Chorale; Ottoson Middle School
Orchestra, Arlington - Plaza Ballroom
Friday
2:45
PM
Plaza Ballroom
Clinic - Lecture
Building Literacy and
Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part III
Clinicians:
Dr. Carol Krueger, Florida
Southern College; Michael Driscoll, Brookline Public Schools
Presider:
Joseph Stillitano,
Westborough Pubic Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
The third
session will focus on techniques for cultivating and applying
literacy skills to choral literature. The Brookline High School
Camerata Choir, directed by Michael Driscoll will serve as the
demonstration choir for this session.
Friday
2:45
PM
Waterfront
1A/B
Clinic - Lecture
Building Better Brass
Clinician:
Dr. John Pursell, Gettysburg
College, PA
Presider:
Daniel Albert,
Longmeadow Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
Participants
learn about the embouchure/air/aperture relationship, improving
intonation, eliminating common errors, developing range, and
cold weather performance tips, as well as the concept of Pumping
Brass by applying weight training principles to embouchure
development.
Friday
2:45
PM
Waterfront 1C
Clinic - Lecture
Success in Building a Music
Technology Lab
Clinician:
Dr. James Frankel, SoundTree
Presider:
Dr. Dominick Ferrara,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
This session
focuses on the process of designing and implementing a music
technology lab into the music curriculum. All phases of the
process will be discussed. The session will also feature
successful models of music technology labs in Massachusetts, as
well as strategies for obtaining funding for your technology
purchases. All experience and grade levels are welcome.
Friday
2:45
PM
Waterfront 2
Clinic - Lecture
Beyond the Baton: Rehearsing the
Orchestra
Clinicians:
Bob Phillips,
Alfred/Belwin; Pam Phillips, Alfred/Belwin
Presider:
Brianna Pesce
Sponsor:
MA/ASTA
Set the stage
to strive for excellence, refine technique and maintain
enrollment in your school orchestra with these exciting
strategies and rehearsal techniques.
Friday
2:45
PM
Waterfront 3
Clinic - Lecture
Composers Forum
Clinician:
Dr. Marti Epstein, Berklee
College of Music
Presider:
Libby Allison, Berklee
College of Music
Sponsor:
MMEA
Students whose
compositions have been selected for display at the conference
will have the opportunity to work with composer and composition
professor, Dr. Marti Epstein from Berklee College of Music. All
students who have submitted compositions will be recognized with
certificates at this session.
Friday
2:45
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Hands-On
Improvisation: How Was My Solo?
Learning to Improvise Meaningful Solos
Clinician:
Dr. Christopher Azzara, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester
Presider:
Dr. David Rox, Gordon
College
Sponsor:
MMEA
Using
repertoire as a foundation, this hands-on session will provide
practical, accessible ideas for learning to improvise. It will
address specific sequential techniques for teaching and
assessment, including learning repertoire, patterns and hearing
chord changes, spontaneity, interaction, improvising melodic
phrases, developing musical ideas, and seven skills for learning
to improvise.
Friday
2:45
PM
Beacon Hill 1
Sharing
Elementary General Music Sharing
Session
Clinicians:
Scott Tarantino, Sharon
Public Schools; David Ruggiero, Medfield Public Schools
Presider:
Samantha Gelfon,
Dedham Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will provide participants with many ideas around the theme of
composition in the elementary general music classroom.
Friday
2:45
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
Music Grades: Communicating
Student Progress and Achievements
Clinician:
Dr. Clark Saunders, University of
Hartford
Presider:
Susan Brooks, Gordon
College
Sponsor:
AIME
Do you award
an inordinate number of A's and B's? Does that really indicate
an actual abundance of outstanding students? How do factors such
as student retention contribute toward teachers' reluctance to
give lower grades? Come discuss various methods of reporting
student music progress and alternate music grading practices.
Friday
2:45
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Reading Session
MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading
Session
Clinician:
Paul Combs, Town of Groton
Presider:
Paul Pitts, Boston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
MAJE reading
ensemble of new jazz compositions. MAJE members and professional
musicians will read through a variety of jazz charts grade 2 1/2
to 5.
Friday
2:45
PM
Skyline
Clinic - Lecture
All Politics Are Local, and So is
Your Music Program
Clinician:
David Jost, Westborough Pubic
Schools
Presider:
Dr. Noreen Diamond
Burdett, Milton Public Schools
Sponsor:
AIME
This session
will give you what you need to understand and navigate through
your local political landscape. It will include issues involving
staffing, budgeting, school committees, parents, publicity
opportunities, scheduling, alternative sources of funding, and
resources for music administrators.
Friday
2:45
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
What's New In SmartMusic 2010
Clinician:
Robert Grifa, Smart Music
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
SmartMusic
2010 offers you and your students easier access to the features
and content that lead to improved performance. Now you can
easily search for repertoire from the vast and growing list of
titles directly in the SmartMusic application. SmartMusic now
includes over 2,000 concert titles for band, orchestra, and jazz
ensemble with on-screen assessment and rich audio
accompaniments. In addition there's an extensive solo repertoire
library, 50,000 skill-building exercises, and support for more
than 20 of the most commonly used methods. Each educator
subscription also includes the SmartMusic Gradebook which helps
you easily create, document and individualize assignments for
all your students.
Friday
2:45-3:45
North End
Panel Discussion
Electronic Portfolios in
Massachusetts Music Education Programs
Presider:
Dr. Rhoda Bernard,
Boston Conservatory
Panelists:
Dr. Jay Dorfman, Stefani Langol,
Dr. Alexander Ruthmann, Dr. Benedict Smar
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
Electronic
portfolios are a popular means by which students can collect
evidence of their accomplishments and reflect on their progress
as they become music teachers. What are the practices currently
being employed by music education programs at colleges around
Massachusetts for developing portfolios? What are the perceived
advantages and pitfalls associated with electronic portfolios?
Representatives from several colleges and universities will
share their insights and discuss their experiences.
Friday
4:00
PM
Waterfront
1A/B
Clinic - Lecture
Teaching Melodic Jazz
Improvisation to Beginners
Clinician:
Brian Kane, Jazz Path Publishing
Presider:
David Jost,
Westborough Pubic Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
The best jazz
improvisation occurs when students stop thinking about what
notes they are playing and start thinking about communication.
Jazz improvisation can be taught like a language, by learning
grammar, punctuation, and inflection. This session will present
step by step techniques that help beginners in improvisation
move beyond the notes and explore improvisation as a language.
Feel free to bring your instrument and give it a try!
Friday
4:00
PM
Waterfront 1C
Clinic - Lecture
YouTube in Music Education
Clinician:
Dr. James Frankel, SoundTree
Presider:
Dr. Dominick Ferrara,
Berklee College of Music
Sponsor:
TI:ME
This session
will focus on innovative ways to integrate YouTube into all
aspects of the music curriculum. Based on the book of the same,
name published by Hal Leonard, the author will provide music
educators with an overview of how to use the site with students,
including: how to create private groups and channels, how to
create and upload videos on both the Mac & PC, copyright issues,
as well as specific videos, lesson plans, and channels that can
be useful in teaching students about music.
Friday
4:00
PM
Waterfront 2
Hands-On
The Ukulele Circle in General
Music
Clinician:
Kenneth Trapp, Stratford Academy
Presider:
Nicole Fantasia,
Braintree Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
The ukulele is
a wonderful instrument that was very popular in the 1020's and
is making a comeback for the 21st century. this session will
demonstrate techniques for teaching aural skills in terms of
harmonic awareness and beat competence. Students as young as
grade 2 can learn to connect their aural skill development to
playing the baritone ukulele. Simple activities will be
demonstrated to help students build a repertoire of songs
quickly and authentically. Materials for home study will be
shared as well as video demonstrations of grade 2 students'
achievement on the instrument.
Friday
4:00
PM
Waterfront 3
Sharing
Recorder Sharing Session
Clinician:
Allyn Phelps III, Northboro
Public Schools
Presider:
Leigh Rogers,
Southborough Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will provide participants with many innovative ideas for
teaching recorder in the elementary general music classroom.
Emphasis will be placed on sequencing and overall musical
development of students.
Friday
4:00
PM
Beacon Hill 1
Panel Discussion
Ensemble Director 101: The Ins &
Outs for NEW Band, Orchestra, and Choral Directors
Presider:
Ted Hagarty,
Foxborough Public Schools
Panelists:
Steven Yavarow, Jeffrey Leonard,
Brandon Clark, Catherine Connor-Moen, Michael Mucci, Ted Hagarty
Sponsor:
MICCA
This session
is intended to answer questions and show the ropes to new
ensemble directors. A panel of experts will share their
expertise as directors and as mentors of new teachers.
Friday
4:00
PM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Harmonic Ear Training for the
Curious Musician
Clinician:
Roberta Radley, Berklee College
of Music
Presider:
Kelly Graeber,
Cambridge Public Schools
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
Ms Radley will
share with you her methods for teaching harmonic ear training in
an engaging lively manner, featuring her new book, 'The Real
Easy Ear Training Book, a beginning/ intermediate guide to
hearing the chord changes.' The book can be used by students as
a stand-alone study guide or as a supplement to your own
teaching. Using musical examples that reflect all contemporary
genres (pop. rock, Latin, fusion, jazz, etc.), emphasis is
placed on making ear training real, as Prof. Radley shows how to
apply the harmonic ear training studies in the book to your
students' own musical needs.
Friday
4:00
PM
Beacon Hill 2
& 3
Clinic - Lecture
How to Use Vision to Give
Direction to Your Choral Program
Clinician:
Anthony Trecek-King, Boston
Children' Chorus
Presider:
Irene Idicheria,
Boston Children's Chorus
Sponsor:
ACDA
Businesses
often use strategic planning to carve a new path for their
organization, part of which involves the creation and
reevaluation of the company's vision statement. A vision is the
inspiration that provides a framework to remind us of our
ultimate goals and to guide us in our daily work. In this
workshop we will explore the reasons why having a clear vision
for your program will dramatically effect its direction, as well
as how to clearly articulate your own vision.
Friday
4:00
PM
Cambridge
Complex
Reading Session
MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading
Session
Clinician:
Paul Combs, Town of Groton
Presider:
Paul Pitts, Boston
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MAJE
MAJE reading
ensemble of new jazz compositions. MAJE members and professional
musicians will read through a variety of jazz charts grade 2 1/2
to 5.
Friday
4:00
PM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Using SmartMusic in your Music
Program
Clinician:
Robert Grifa, Smart Music
Presider:
Sean Hagon, New
England Conservatory
Sponsor:
TI:ME
SmartMusic
2010 is more intuitive to use and gives you access to features
and content that lead to improved performance. SmartMusic now
includes over 2,000 concert titles for band, orchestra and jazz
ensemble with on-screen assessment and rich audio
accompaniments. In addition to the extensive solo repertoire
library and 50,000 skill-building exercises, SmartMusic has over
20 of the most commonly used methods. With the repertoire that
is included plus the ability to create SmartMusic files in
Finale and import audio files, SmartMusic can be used in all
aspects of your program. With SmartMusic GradeBook™, included
with an Educator Subscription, you can easily create, document
and individualize assignments for all your students.
Friday
4:00
PM
North End
Clinic - Lecture
Expressive Conducting Through
Muscular Intelligence.
Clinician:
Dr. Donald Running, Bridgewater
State College
Presider:
Tim Olevsky, Norwell
Public Schools
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
In this
session, I will use techniques borrowed from theatre and
developed while writing my dissertation Conductor as Actor: A
collaborative method for training conductors through dynamic
muscularity. These methods have been further modified while I
have served as a clinician on movement training for conductors.
These exercises offer simple and effective applicable ideas for
music teachers to begin training themselves to enhance the
specificity and expressivity of conducting gestures.
Participants will have opportunities to explore dramatic
gestures in solo experimentation, duets, and small ensembles.
Particular emphasis is placed upon connecting breath to gesture,
using physics to increase understanding of gestures, and the
importance of training through limitation.
Friday
4:00
PM
Skyline
Panel Discussion
21st Century Skills
Presider:
Dr. Noreen Diamond
Burdett, Milton Public Schools
Panelists:
Noreen Diamond Burdett, Dr.
Sandra Nicolucci, Dr. Benedict Smar, Dr. Lurline Munoz-Bennett
Sponsor:
AIME
Now that we
have all embraced and assimilated the national and state
standards for music, along comes the 21st century skills
movement. Music teachers may first react with frustration,
however examination of this cluster of skills shows that we
should have little cause for concern. Come learn what these
skills are from current members of the MA Arts Education
Advisory Council.
Friday
5:15-6:30
Concert Hour-VOX -
Select Women’s Choir Hanover High School; Duxbury High School
Wind Ensemble - Plaza Ballroom
Saturday
8:00
AM
Plaza Ballroom
Panel Discussion
Three Views on Score Prep: Youth
choir conductors discuss the power of preparation.
Presider:
Marta Frey, Billerica
Public Schools
Panelists:
Anthony Trecek-King, Michele
Adams, Irene Idicheria
Sponsor:
ACDA
Have you ever
sat wondering how to make time spent with your ensemble more
effective? Take a peek inside the brains of three conductors who
have distinctive answers to this question, ultimately arriving
at the same destination: productive rehearsals. In this
discussion, we will journey through several different approaches
to score preparation and how these practices are applied to
rehearsal. The music informs the scope of rehearsal with even
the youngest of musicians. This session reveals multiple methods
and opinions about programming, score study, short and long-term
planning techniques, and processes for designing effective
lesson plans.
Saturday
8:00
AM
Federal
Complex
Hands-On
The Anatomy of Breathing
Clinician:
Vanessa Breault Mulvey, Longy
School of Music
Presider:
Steven Conant, Norwood
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
Breathing is
the foundation for wind, brass and vocal performance. In this
hands-on workshop, educators will learn the anatomy and
movements of the breath and how to incorporate this information
into the ensemble. Teaching breathing that agrees with the
body's design not only elevates the experience of the young
musician but improves the sound of the ensemble. Teachers will
learn observation skills and tools to help students breath more
naturally when playing their instrument.
Saturday
8:00
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Great FREE software for your
classroom
Clinician:
Tom O'Toole, Nashoba Regional
School District
Presider:
Sean Hagon, New
England Conservatory
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Can't afford
that guest speaker? Do a video teleconference for FREE! Make
flash movies of your lesson (or a substitute lesson plan) for
FREE! Can't afford Finale or Sibelius? You and your students can
use this program and share files on line FREE of charge. Record
your students for FREE (we'll look at two different programs).
Need a website, online calendar, office software, MIDI
sequencing software, or podcast software? All of those are
available for FREE, as are many online sites that are great for
teaching music theory. Best of all you don't need to be a
technical wizard to use these FREE programs and sites.
Saturday
9:15
AM
Plaza Ballroom
Clinic - Lecture
Defying Gravity: Laying the
foundation for music literacy
Clinician:
Michele Adams, Boston Children'
Chorus
Presider:
Marta Frey, Billerica
Public Schools
Sponsor:
ACDA
Music
educators usually agree that teaching kids to read music is an
important skill, but the obstacles mounted against them seem
overwhelming. This session tackles the challenges of teaching
music literacy from day one. Take an in depth look at developing
beginning singers into confident, independent musicians. How do
you get the effort off the ground? Is there a way to teach
musicians to produce a good sound and prepare for an excellent
performance without sacrificing the progress in theory? Examine
tried and proven strategies for creating musical excellence with
demonstrations by the youngest singers of the Boston Children’s
Chorus.
Saturday
9:15
AM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Be A Recorder Star!
Clinician:
Ed Sueta, Macie Publishing
Company
Presider:
Lindsey Sherman, UMass
Lowell
Sponsor:
SGMM
Ed will
present BE A RECORDER STAR which incorporates motivational
activities, music theory and composition. He will demonstrate
the accompanying Recorder Reward System which uses achievement
stars and a special series of award certificates. He will also
present Orff Orchestrations and arrangements for recorder and
percussion instruments as well as a new concert duet book. Each
teacher will receive a complimentary Kingsley Kolor Recorder
with a patented Safety Neck Strap. Be sure to attend and play
along!
Saturday
9:15
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Hands-On
Exploring Early Music and Dance
in the Elementary Classroom - The Sequel
Clinicians:
Pam Yanco, The Boston
Conservatory; Martha Rogers, Lexington Public Schools
Presider:
Brian Spignese,
Methuen Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will present Renaissance dance music that is well-suited for
elementary music students. Join Eine Kleine Konsort as they play
these simple dance tunes on the recorder.Learn the steps for
each dance and how to present them in your classroom.Gather
ideas for your own early music performance. Please bring a
soprano recorder.
Saturday
9:15
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Jazz-a-ma-tazz
Clinician:
Hayes Greenfield, Rayburn
Music/Yahmaha
Presider:
Mary Correia, Retired
Sponsor:
MMEA
This session,
led by Yamaha artist Hank Greenfield will present an inspiring
way to involve students in music and in improvisation.
Saturday
9:15
AM
Federal
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Do-Re-Mi to Bb-C-D- Meaningful
Singing for the Beginning Instrumentalist
Clinicians:
Heather Cote, Westwood
Public Schools; Michael Reavey, Westwood Public Schools
Presider:
Steven Yavarow,
Hopkinton Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
This session
will explore ways in which instrumental teachers can engage
their students in singing as a part of the beginning band
experience.
Saturday
9:15
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
SmartMusic Gradebook: Guiding and
Documenting Student Progress with Ease
Clinician:
Robert Grifa, Smart Music
Presider:
John Hagon
Sponsor:
TI:ME
Today’s music
educators are expected to have complete documentation of their
students’ progress and to provide individualized instruction for
each student: SmartMusic and SmartMusic Gradebook can help!
SmartMusic helps teachers guide how and what students practice.
The assessment capabilities help identify students’ strengths
and the areas that need improvement. Completed SmartMusic
assignments are submitted to the SmartMusic Gradebook, giving
teachers a realistic means to document the progress of every
student and differentiate instruction – and providing students
and parents with round-the-clock visibility of progress and
grades.
Saturday
9:15
AM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Helping Kindergarten Students
Make the Transition to Elementary Music
Clinician:
Dr. Diane Lange, University of
Texas at Arlington
Presider:
Nicole Fantasia,
Braintree Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will guide children from imitating music to understanding music.
Same and different games will be explored.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Plaza Ballroom
Clinic - Lecture
Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to
Energizing the Voice
Clinician:
Dr. Kenneth Phillips, Gordon
College
Presider:
Irene Idicheria,
Boston Children's Chorus
Sponsor:
ACDA
This session
will focus on a developmental skills sequence of vocal exercises
appropriate for teaching kids to sing. Topics include energizing
the body, breath, ear, voice, and song. Applicable for all ages,
elementary and secondary. this is a two hour session.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Back Bay
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Tubas, tubas, tubas...and some
euphonium stuff too!
Clinician:
Michael Milnarik, UMASS Lowell,
Tufts University, Salem State
Presider:
Brandon Clark, Lowell
Public Schools
Sponsor:
MICCA
A tuba lesson
for the non-tuba player! Covers recruitment of tuba players, use
of air, mouthpiece placement, equipment, repertoire, brief
history and Q&A.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Beacon Hill 1
Clinic - Lecture
Teaching Middle Eastern Music and
Dance
Clinician:
Edward Hines, Swift River &
Erving Elementary Schools
Presider:
Jennifer Lilley,
Maynard Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This
participatory workshop is a fun and fascinating introduction to
the cultures of the Middle East. It features demonstrations of
folk & classical instruments (strings, winds & percussion) from
both Turkey and the Arab world. We learn about the exotic
sounding modes and scales of the region (maqamat) and then
compare musical styles of the East and West. But the highlight
of the workshop is when everyone joins in learning easy Middle
Eastern folk dances.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Cambridge
Complex
Clinic - Lecture
Music Literacy that Goes Beyond
the Page
Clinician:
Dr. Christopher Azzara, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester
Presider:
Dr. Clark Saunders,
University of Hartford
Sponsor:
MMEA
Everyone in
band and orchestra can, and should, improvise. Through
improvisation, students and teachers will improve listening
skills, gain deeper understanding of literature, and play with
better intonation and rhythm. Using repertoire as a foundation,
this session will provide practical, accessible ideas for
teaching improvisation in a band or orchestra setting.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Federal
Complex
Hands-On
Carnival Street Drumming
Clinician:
Dr. Lee Higgins, Boston
University
Presider:
Steven Mossberg,
Cambridge Public Schools
Sponsor:
Higher Ed/Research
During this
session we will learn a samba reggae using instruments from
Brazil. I will then discuss how I have used this style of group
music making in various locations around the world and consider
the relevancy of this type of activity in schools today.
Saturday
10:30
AM
South End
Clinic - Lecture
Technology & Curricular
Integration Across K-12 Music Education
Clinician:
Dr. James Frankel, SoundTree
Presider:
Sean Hagon, New
England Conservatory
Sponsor:
TI:ME
This session
will examine some of the available curricular resources for
music teachers who utilize technology in their music classrooms.
Included in the discussion will be a close examination of the
all new K-12 keyboard lab curriculum from SoundTree and Alfred
Publications. Session attendees will receive sample materials
from the curriculum. All experience and grade levels are
welcome.
Saturday
10:30
AM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Why Can’t Some Children Keep a
Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to
Aid in Beat Competency
Clinician:
Dr. Diane Lange, University of
Texas at Arlington
Presider:
Kelly Graeber,
Cambridge Public Schools
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will explore techniques to guide students to keeping a steady
beat and ultimately becoming beat competent. Several activities
will be demonstrated showing how to combine Orff-Schulwerk and
Music Learning Theory with great success.
Saturday
11:45
AM
Plaza Ballroom
Clinic - Lecture
Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to
Energizing the Voice
Clinician:
Dr. Kenneth Phillips, Gordon
College
Presider:
Irene Idicheria,
Boston Children's Chorus
Sponsor:
ACDA
This session
will focus on a developmental skills sequence of vocal exercises
appropriate for teaching kids to sing. Topics include energizing
the body, breath, ear, voice, and song. Applicable for all ages,
elementary and secondary. this is a two hour session.
Saturday
11:45
AM
Waterfront 3
Hands-On
Why Can’t Some Children Sing in
Tune: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Push
Children to Sing in Tune
Clinician:
Dr. Diane Lange, University of
Texas at Arlington
Presider:
Lindsey Sherman, UMass
Lowell
Sponsor:
SGMM
This session
will explore techniques to guide students to sing in tune.
Several activities will demonstrate how to incorporate Orff-Schulwerk
and Music Learning Theory with great success.
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