MMEA 2010 Conference Schedule - by Last Name

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Day Time Room Session Title Person Last Name Role
Saturday 8:00-9:00 Plaza Ballroom Three Views on Score Prep: Youth choir conductors discuss the power of preparation. Michele Adams Adams Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Plaza Ballroom Defying Gravity: Laying the foundation for music literacy Michele Adams Adams Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Recruitment and Retention Daniel Albert Albert Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 1A/B Building Better Brass Daniel Albert Albert Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 North End What’s Love Got To Do With It? Music Education and Social Justice Jaime Alberts Alberts Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Teaching with Respect and an Open Mind: Using Contemporary Popular Music in the Middle School Libby Allison Allison Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 2, 3 Demonstration Lesson: Literate Little Ones Libby Allison Allison Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 2, 3 The Art of Choral Deportment in the Elementary Urban School Choir Libby Allison Allison Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 3 Composers Forum Libby Allison Allison Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 2, 3 The Art of Choral Deportment in the Elementary Urban School Choir June Ambush Ambush Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Cambridge Complex Improvisation in Instrumental Music: A Practical Guide for Building Better Musicians Dr. Christopher Azzara Azzara Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Cambridge Complex Developing Musicianship through Improvisation Dr. Christopher Azzara Azzara Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Cambridge Complex Teaching Improvisation: How to Get Started Dr. Christopher Azzara Azzara Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Back Bay Complex Improvisation: How Was My Solo? Learning to Improvise Meaningful Solos Dr. Christopher Azzara Azzara Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Cambridge Complex Music Literacy that Goes Beyond the Page Dr. Christopher Azzara Azzara Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 North End First Year Teaching Strategies Anthony Beatrice Beatrice Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 North End Higher Ed Breakfast Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 North End First Year Teaching Strategies Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 North End Action Research for Best Practices Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 North End Higher Ed Breakfast Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 North End Start Strong and Thrive: Ideas, Resources, and Strategies for Entering a First Year Placement with Long Term Success Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 North End Electronic Portfolios in Massachusetts Music Education Programs Dr. Rhoda Bernard Bernard Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Skyline Four Steps to Effective Advocacy: Developing a Plan for Your School Emilee Blanchet Blanchet Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Skyline Planning the Secondary School Music Facility Emilee Blanchet Blanchet Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Skyline Music Achievements: Identifying What Students Learn when Learning Music Thomas Brooks Brooks Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Music Grades: Communicating Student Progress and Achievements Susan Brooks Brooks Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Skyline Music Service-Learning: Empowering Music Students to 'Play It Forward' Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett Burdett Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Skyline Troubling Concert Audiences: Taming, Teaching and Transforming Them Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett Burdett Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Skyline Been There, Done That! Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett Burdett Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Skyline All Politics Are Local, and So is Your Music Program Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett Burdett Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Skyline 21st Century Skills Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett Burdett Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 Plaza Ballroom With a Banjo On My Knee - America's Instrument in the Classroom Bob Cameron Cameron Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 1 Improvisation: A Window Into Your Student's Musical Understanding Bob Cameron Cameron Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Back Bay Complex Beyond the Blues Scale: Improvising in Instrumental Music Ensembles Brian Cervone Cervone Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Creating a Music Community Through New Age Technology and Old World Ideas Brandon Clark Clark Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Back Bay Complex Tubas, tubas, tubas...and some euphonium stuff too! Brandon Clark Clark Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 South End Using Finale with Secondary Performing Ensembles Dr. Peter Cokkinias Cokkinias Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 South End Paperless Music Theory (or History) Classroom. Dr. Peter Cokkinias Cokkinias Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 1C Finale 101 Dr. Peter Cokkinias Cokkinias Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Cambridge Complex MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading Session Paul Combs Combs Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Cambridge Complex MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading Session Paul Combs Combs Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 2 Bones in the Middle; The Jazz Trombone Section Uncovered! Steven Conant Conant Presider
Saturday 8:00-9:00 Federal Complex The Anatomy of Breathing Steven Conant Conant Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Back Bay Complex High School Choral Reading Session Catherine Connor-Moen Connor-Moen Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Beacon Hill 1 Preparing Your Ensemble for Festival Catherine Connor-Moen Connor-Moen Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Skyline Embracing the New Music Educator Mary Correia Correia Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Skyline Embracing the New Music Educator Stephen Correia Correia Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Cambridge Complex Jazz-a-ma-tazz Mary Correia Correia Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Federal Complex Do-Re-Mi to Bb-C-D- Meaningful Singing for the Beginning Instrumentalist Heather Cote Cote Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Waterfront 1A, B,C String Orchestra New Music Reading Session Kenneth Culver Culver Presider
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Waterfront 1A, B,C String Orchestra New Music Reading  & membership mtg Kenneth Culver Culver Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Cambridge Complex Improvisation in Instrumental Music: A Practical Guide for Building Better Musicians Stephen Curtis Curtis Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Cambridge Complex Developing Musicianship through Improvisation Stephen Curtis Curtis Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Musical Games to Leave for the Substitute Steve Damon Damon Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Musical Games to Leave for the Substitute Joyana Damon Damon Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 1 Middle School General Music Sharing Session Steve Damon Damon Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Federal Complex Jazz Improvisation Made Easy Patrick Dandrea Dandrea Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Choral Techniques for the Instrumental Teacher Ruth Debrot Debrot Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 1 Middle School General Music Sharing Session Ruth Debrot Debrot Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Teaching with Respect and an Open Mind: Using Contemporary Popular Music in the Middle School Ruth Debrot Debrot Presider
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Skyline Embracing the New Music Educator Dr. Sandra Doneski Doneski Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 North End Electronic Portfolios in Massachusetts Music Education Programs Dr. Jay Dorfman Dorfman Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part I Michael Driscoll Driscoll Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part II Michael Driscoll Driscoll Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Plaza Ballroom Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part III Michael Driscoll Driscoll Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 2, 3 Demonstration Lesson: Literate Little Ones Mary Epstein Epstein Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 3 Composers Forum Dr. Marti Epstein Epstein Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 3 Helping Kindergarten Students Make the Transition to Elementary Music Nicole Fantasia Fantasia Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 2 The Ukulele Circle in General Music Nicole Fantasia Fantasia Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 3 Helping Kindergarten Students Make the Transition to Elementary Music Nicole Fantasia Fantasia Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1A/B The Junior High Jazz Ensemble; Appropriate Literature Brent Ferguson Ferguson Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 South End Recording Your Ensemble Dr. Dominick Ferrara Ferrara Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 South End Audio System Set-Up Basics Dr. Dominick Ferrara Ferrara Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 1C Success in Building a Music Technology Lab Dr. Dominick Ferrara Ferrara Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 1C YouTube in Music Education Dr. Dominick Ferrara Ferrara Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Back Bay Complex Beyond the Blues Scale: Improvising in Instrumental Music Ensembles Mark Filsinger Filsinger Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Leading The Learner To Listening Using Pop Music Dr. Matthew Finnegan Finnegan Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Federal Complex The Vic Firth Percussion Resource Center Dr. Matthew Finnegan Finnegan Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Waterfront 2, 3 Superior Musicianship Through Quality Warm-Up Dr. Matthew Finnegan Finnegan Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1A/B The Junior High Jazz Ensemble; Appropriate Literature Karen Forrest Forrest Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Skyline Instrument Maintenance: Problems and Solutions for the Orchestra Teacher Jessica Fox Fox Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 1C Success in Building a Music Technology Lab Dr. James Frankel Frankel Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 1C YouTube in Music Education Dr. James Frankel Frankel Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 South End Technology & Curricular Integration Across K-12 Music Education Dr. James Frankel Frankel Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Cambridge Complex Music: The Pulse of West African Cultures, from Ghana to the United States Marta Frey Frey Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Back Bay Complex Middle School Reading Session Marta Frey Frey Presider
Saturday 8:00-9:00 Plaza Ballroom Three Views on Score Prep: Youth choir conductors discuss the power of preparation. Marta Frey Frey Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Plaza Ballroom Defying Gravity: Laying the foundation for music literacy Marta Frey Frey Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1A/B Doublers’ Dilemmas; Moving from Electric Bass to Double Bass during a Jazz Ensemble Performance Charles Gabriel Gabriel Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Beacon Hill 1 Elementary General Music Sharing Session Samantha Gelfon Gelfon Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Creating a Music Community Through New Age Technology and Old World Ideas Michael Giannopolo Giannopolo Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Skyline Music Service-Learning: Empowering Music Students to 'Play It Forward' Aldonna Girouard Girouard Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Keep a Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Aid in Beat Competency Kelly Graeber Graeber Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Back Bay Complex Harmonic Ear Training for the Curious Musician Kelly Graeber Graeber Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Keep a Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Aid in Beat Competency Kelly Graeber Graeber Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Cambridge Complex Jazz-a-ma-tazz Hayes Greenfield Greenfield Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 South End What's New In SmartMusic 2010 Robert Grifa Grifa Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 South End Using SmartMusic in your Music Program Robert Grifa Grifa Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 South End SmartMusic Gradebook: Guiding and Documenting Student Progress with Ease Robert Grifa Grifa Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Beacon Hill 1 Preparing Your Ensemble for Festival Ted Hagarty Hagarty Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Beacon Hill 1 Ensemble Director 101: The Ins & Outs for NEW Band, Orchestra, and Choral Directors Ted Hagarty Hagarty Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 South End Web 2.0 Tools for the Music Classroom Sean Hagon Hagon Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 South End Web 2.0 Tools for the Music Classroom John Hagon Hagon Presider
Thursday 4:25-5:25 South End The Top Ten Things You Want to Know About Finale John Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1C Using Finale in Music Education John Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1C Creative Composition Projects using Notation and Music Production Software John Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 South End Recording A Solo Instrument Sean Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 South End Music Technology in Service of Creativity: Inspiration Facilitates Excellence John Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 South End What's New In SmartMusic 2010 John Hagon Hagon Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 South End Using SmartMusic in your Music Program Sean Hagon Hagon Presider
Saturday 8:00-9:00 South End Great FREE software for your classroom Sean Hagon Hagon Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 South End SmartMusic Gradebook: Guiding and Documenting Student Progress with Ease John Hagon Hagon Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 South End Technology & Curricular Integration Across K-12 Music Education Sean Hagon Hagon Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Waterfront 2, 3 Take the Repeat Dr. Darla Hanley Hanley Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Cambridge Complex Music: The Pulse of West African Cultures, from Ghana to the United States Megan Fitzharris Harlow Harlow Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Back Bay Complex Middle School Reading Session Megan Fitzharris Harlow Harlow Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Federal Complex Jazz Improvisation Made Easy Jody Harmon Harmon Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Waterfront 1A, B,C Improvising in any style Jody Harmon Harmon Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Glad Rags: Costuming those Broadway junior Shows on a Shoestring Karen Hastie-Wilson Hastie-Wilson Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Federal Complex Carnival Street Drumming Dr. Lee Higgins Higgins Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Back Bay Complex High School Choral Reading Session Liana Hill Hill Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Beacon Hill 1 Teaching Middle Eastern Music and Dance Edward Hines Hines Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 North End Portfolio Assessment in the Elementary Instrumental Program Jillian Hogan Hogan Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Back Bay Complex Simplifying Jazz Rhythm Sections Jeffery Holmes Holmes Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Waterfront 2, 3 Approaches to Movement/Dance in the Classroom Cici Hunt Hunt Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Cambridge Complex A Moving Listening Experience Cici Hunt Hunt Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 How to Use Vision to Give Direction to Your Choral Program Irene Idicheria Idicheria Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Plaza Ballroom Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to Energizing the Voice Irene Idicheria Idicheria Presider
Saturday 11:45-12:45 Plaza Ballroom Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to Energizing the Voice Irene Idicheria Idicheria Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 South End Using Finale with Secondary Performing Ensembles Tom Johnson Johnson Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 South End The Top Ten Things You Want to Know About Finale Tom Johnson Johnson Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1C Using Finale in Music Education Tom Johnson Johnson Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 1C Finale 101 Tom Johnson Johnson Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Skyline All Politics Are Local, and So is Your Music Program David Jost Jost Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 1A/B Teaching Melodic Jazz Improvisation to Beginners David Jost Jost Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 1A/B Teaching Melodic Jazz Improvisation to Beginners Brian Kane Kane Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1A/B The Junior High Jazz Ensemble; Appropriate Literature John Kearns Kearns Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Skyline Been There, Done That! Marc Keroack Keroack Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 1 Music for Children with Special Needs Heather Kirby Kirby Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 1 Improvisation: A Window Into Your Student's Musical Understanding Heather Kirby Kirby Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Skyline Four Steps to Effective Advocacy: Developing a Plan for Your School Dr. Ronald Kos Kos Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part I Dr. Carol Krueger Krueger Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part II Dr. Carol Krueger Krueger Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Plaza Ballroom Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part III Dr. Carol Krueger Krueger Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 1A/B How to be a Proactive Advocate for your Music Program John Kuhner Kuhner Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 3 Helping Kindergarten Students Make the Transition to Elementary Music Dr. Diane Lange Lange Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Keep a Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Aid in Beat Competency Dr. Diane Lange Lange Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 3 Helping Kindergarten Students Make the Transition to Elementary Music Dr. Diane Lange Lange Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Keep a Steady Beat: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Aid in Beat Competency Dr. Diane Lange Lange Clinician
Saturday 11:45-12:45 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Sing in Tune: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Push Children to Sing in Tune Dr. Diane Lange Lange Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1C Creative Composition Projects using Notation and Music Production Software Stefani Langol Langol Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 South End Music Technology in Service of Creativity: Inspiration Facilitates Excellence Stefani Langol Langol Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Federal Complex The Vic Firth Percussion Resource Center Neil Larrivee Larrivee Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Skyline Instrument Maintenance: Problems and Solutions for the Orchestra Teacher Deanna Leedy Leedy Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 I Love Orchestra Deanna Leedy Leedy Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 3 Make and Take Multicultural Instruments Dr. Lisa Lehmberg Lehmberg Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 3 Make and Take Multicultural Instruments Lance Lehmberg Lehmberg Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Emergency Repairs for Band Directors Michael Leonard Leonard Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 1 Music for Children with Special Needs Dr. Karen Levine Levine Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Beacon Hill 1 Teaching Middle Eastern Music and Dance Jennifer Lilley Lilley Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 1 Music for Children with Special Needs Benjamin Mafera Mafera Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 3 Make and Take Multicultural Instruments Benjamin Mafera Mafera Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 North End What’s Love Got To Do With It? Music Education and Social Justice Dr. Roger Mantie Mantie Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Skyline Planning the Secondary School Music Facility Pascal Marzella Marzella Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 2 Percussion In The New Age: Teaching Percussion Via Common Elements Dr. Cort McClaren McClaren Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Skyline Been There, Done That! Dr. William McManus McManus Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Active Listening: Using Ears, Nose, Fingers, and Toes Dr. Sarah McQuarrie McQuarrie Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Waterfront 2, 3 Take the Repeat Dr. Sarah McQuarrie McQuarrie Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Waterfront 1A, B,C String Orchestra New Music Reading Session Christopher Memoli Memoli Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Waterfront 1A, B,C String Orchestra New Music Reading  & membership mtg Christopher Memoli Memoli Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 So How Do I Teach a Large Heterogeneous String Class? Susan Memoli Memoli Presider
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Back Bay Complex Tubas, tubas, tubas...and some euphonium stuff too! Michael Milnarik Milnarik Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Creating a Music Community Through New Age Technology and Old World Ideas Jennifer Moros Moros Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Federal Complex Carnival Street Drumming Steven Mossberg Mossberg Presider
Saturday 8:00-9:00 Federal Complex The Anatomy of Breathing Vanessa Breault Mulvey Mulvey Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Skyline 21st Century Skills Dr. Lurline Munoz-Bennett Munoz-Bennett Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 2 Bones in the Middle; The Jazz Trombone Section Uncovered! George Murphy Murphy Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 North End Recorder Audiation Jam Donna Nagle Nagle Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Plaza Ballroom With a Banjo On My Knee - America's Instrument in the Classroom Donna Nagle Nagle Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 1A/B How to be a Proactive Advocate for your Music Program Dr. David Neves Neves Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Skyline Troubling Concert Audiences: Taming, Teaching and Transforming Them Dr. Sandra Nicolucci Nicolucci Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Skyline Been There, Done That! Dr. Sandra Nicolucci Nicolucci Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Skyline 21st Century Skills Dr. Sandra Nicolucci Nicolucci Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1A/B Doublers’ Dilemmas; Moving from Electric Bass to Double Bass during a Jazz Ensemble Performance Ray Novack Novack Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 1A/B The Junior High Jazz Ensemble; Appropriate Literature Ray Novack Novack Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Cambridge Complex Rehearsing the New Jazz Chart; Steps to a Successful and Productive Experience James O'Dell O'Dell Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 North End Expressive Conducting Through Muscular Intelligence. Tim Olevsky Olevsky Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 South End Paperless Music Theory (or History) Classroom. Tom O'Toole O'Toole Clinician
Saturday 8:00-9:00 South End Great FREE software for your classroom Tom O'Toole O'Toole Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Emergency Repairs for Band Directors Tom O'Toole O'Toole Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Back Bay Complex High School Choral Reading Session William Pappazisis Pappazisis Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part I William Pappazisis Pappazisis Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Back Bay Complex Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part II William Pappazisis Pappazisis Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 North End Portfolio Assessment in the Elementary Instrumental Program Joseph Pergola Pergola Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Recruitment and Retention Joseph Pergola Pergola Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Waterfront 1A, B,C Improvising in any style Brianna Pesce Pesce Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 2 Beyond the Baton: Rehearsing the Orchestra Brianna Pesce Pesce Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 North End Start Strong and Thrive: Ideas, Resources, and Strategies for Entering a First Year Placement with Long Term Success Brian Peterson Peterson Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 3 Recorder Sharing Session Allyn Phelps III Phelps Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 I Love Orchestra Bob Phillips Phillips Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 I Love Orchestra Pam Phillips Phillips Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 So How Do I Teach a Large Heterogeneous String Class? Bob Phillips Phillips Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 So How Do I Teach a Large Heterogeneous String Class? Pam Phillips Phillips Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 2 Beyond the Baton: Rehearsing the Orchestra Bob Phillips Phillips Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 2 Beyond the Baton: Rehearsing the Orchestra Pam Phillips Phillips Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Plaza Ballroom Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to Energizing the Voice Dr. Kenneth Phillips Phillips Clinician
Saturday 11:45-12:45 Plaza Ballroom Teaching Kids to Sing: 5 Steps to Energizing the Voice Dr. Kenneth Phillips Phillips Clinician
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Back Bay Complex Simplifying Jazz Rhythm Sections Paul Pitts Pitts Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Waterfront 2 Percussion In The New Age: Teaching Percussion Via Common Elements Paul Pitts Pitts Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Cambridge Complex MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading Session Paul Pitts Pitts Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 Cambridge Complex MAJE Jazz Ensemble Reading Session Paul Pitts Pitts Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Waterfront 1A/B Building Better Brass Dr. John Pursell Pursell Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Back Bay Complex Harmonic Ear Training for the Curious Musician Roberta Radley Radley Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Federal Complex Do-Re-Mi to Bb-C-D- Meaningful Singing for the Beginning Instrumentalist Michael Reavey Reavey Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 1 Exploring Early Music and Dance in the Elementary Classroom - The Sequel Martha Rogers Rogers Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 3 Recorder Sharing Session Leigh Rogers Rogers Presider
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Cambridge Complex Teaching Improvisation: How to Get Started Dr. David Rox Rox Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Back Bay Complex Improvisation: How Was My Solo? Learning to Improvise Meaningful Solos Dr. David Rox Rox Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Beacon Hill 1 Elementary General Music Sharing Session David Ruggiero Ruggiero Clinician
Friday 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Musical Games to Leave for the Substitute David Ruggiero Ruggiero Presider
Friday 4:00-5:00 North End Expressive Conducting Through Muscular Intelligence. Dr. Donald Running Running Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 North End Performance Anxiety and the Developing Musician Dr. Charlene Ryan Ryan Clinician
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Beacon Hill 1 What Works: Research that Speaks to the Profession Dr. Charlene Ryan Ryan Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Beacon Hill 1 Diagnose, Document and Deliver: Improve Music Teaching and Learning with Innovative Assessment Methods Dr. Charlene Ryan Ryan Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 North End Performance Anxiety and the Developing Musician Scott Sandvik Sandvik Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Beacon Hill 1 What Works: Research that Speaks to the Profession Dr. Clark Saunders Saunders Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Beacon Hill 1 Diagnose, Document and Deliver: Improve Music Teaching and Learning with Innovative Assessment Methods Dr. Clark Saunders Saunders Clinician
Friday 12:00-1:00 Skyline Music Achievements: Identifying What Students Learn when Learning Music Dr. Clark Saunders Saunders Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Music Grades: Communicating Student Progress and Achievements Dr. Clark Saunders Saunders Clinician
Saturday 10:30-11:30 Cambridge Complex Music Literacy that Goes Beyond the Page Dr. Clark Saunders Saunders Presider
Friday 12:00-1:00 Cambridge Complex Rehearsing the New Jazz Chart; Steps to a Successful and Productive Experience Dr. Kenneth Schaphorst Schaphorst Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 Plaza Ballroom "Music Memory" Curriculum:Strategies for Listening, Remembering and Understanding Music George Scharr Scharr Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Waterfront 2, 3 Approaches to Movement/Dance in the Classroom Lindsey Sherman Sherman Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Back Bay Complex Be A Recorder Star! Lindsey Sherman Sherman Presider
Saturday 11:45-12:45 Waterfront 3 Why Can’t Some Children Sing in Tune: Using Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory to Push Children to Sing in Tune Lindsey Sherman Sherman Presider
Thursday 8:00-9:00 South End Recording Your Ensemble Gino Sigismondi Sigismondi Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 South End Audio System Set-Up Basics Gino Sigismondi Sigismondi Clinician
Friday 9:15-10:15 South End Recording A Solo Instrument Gino Sigismondi Sigismondi Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 2, 3 Demonstration Lesson: Literate Little Ones Wendy Silverberg Silverberg Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 North End Action Research for Best Practices Dr. Benedict Smar Smar Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Skyline 21st Century Skills Dr. Benedict Smar Smar Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 North End Recorder Audiation Jam Rebecca Smart Smart Presider
Friday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Active Listening: Using Ears, Nose, Fingers, and Toes Brian Spignese Spignese Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Cambridge Complex A Moving Listening Experience Brian Spignese Spignese Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 1 Exploring Early Music and Dance in the Elementary Classroom - The Sequel Brian Spignese Spignese Presider
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Back Bay Complex Elementary Choral Reading Joseph Stillitano Stillitano Presider
Friday 2:45-3:45 Plaza Ballroom Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal, Part III Joseph Stillitano Stillitano Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Plaza Ballroom "Music Memory" Curriculum:Strategies for Listening, Remembering and Understanding Music LaVada Studley Studley Presider
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Back Bay Complex Be A Recorder Star! Ed Sueta Sueta Clinician
Friday 2:45-3:45 Beacon Hill 1 Elementary General Music Sharing Session Scott Tarantino Tarantino Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Glad Rags: Costuming those Broadway junior Shows on a Shoestring Scott Tarantino Tarantino Presider
Thursday 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 Choral Techniques for the Instrumental Teacher Scott Tarantino Tarantino Presider
Thursday 12:40-1:40 Waterfront 2, 3 Superior Musicianship Through Quality Warm-Up Peter Tileston Tileston Clinician
Thursday 4:25-5:25 Beacon Hill 1 Preparing Your Ensemble for Festival Peter Tileston Tileston Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Waterfront 2 The Ukulele Circle in General Music Kenneth Trapp Trapp Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Beacon Hill 2 & 3 How to Use Vision to Give Direction to Your Choral Program Anthony Trecek-King Trecek-King Clinician
Saturday 8:00-9:00 Plaza Ballroom Three Views on Score Prep: Youth choir conductors discuss the power of preparation. Anthony Trecek-King Trecek-King Clinician
Thursday 3:15-4:15 Back Bay Complex Elementary Choral Reading Heather Tryon Tryon Clinician
Thursday 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Leading The Learner To Listening Using Pop Music Kristin Voccio Voccio Presider
Friday 9:15-10:15 Plaza Ballroom "Music Memory" Curriculum:Strategies for Listening, Remembering and Understanding Music Linda Whitehead Whitehead Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Beacon Hill 1 Exploring Early Music and Dance in the Elementary Classroom - The Sequel Pam Yanco Yanco Clinician
Friday 4:00-5:00 Beacon Hill 1 Ensemble Director 101: The Ins & Outs for NEW Band, Orchestra, and Choral Directors Steven Yavarow Yavarow Clinician
Saturday 9:15-10:15 Federal Complex Do-Re-Mi to Bb-C-D- Meaningful Singing for the Beginning Instrumentalist Steven Yavarow Yavarow Presider