YAMAHA BOSTONGSPRING OPEN HOUSE: SUNDAY, MAY 18th 12:00PM-4:00PM

Sign up for our upcoming Open House on Sunday, May 18th:
http://www.ymsboston.com/contact-sp-08.asp
Check out the new video on our homepage: http://www.ymsboston.com/
Yamaha Music School
57 Bedford Street
Lexington, MA 02420
Phone: 781-274-7100
Fax: 781-274-7120
E-mail: ymsboston@yamaha.com
CREATING MUSIC FOR TOMORROW

Second Annual Middle School Band Reading Session

Purpose: To view, play and discuss current and new middle school band literature.
Who: Any band directors wishing to learn more band literature.

When: Friday, May 30th 3:30-6:00pm (Optional dinner to follow)

Where: Chenery Middle School Belmont, MA

What: You can bring your primary instrument or a secondary instrument you wish
to brush up on. We also would like to encourage people to bring music of
their own to try.

Please send any music to be played to Sharon Phipps by
May 23rd to be included into the folder.

Info: We will be gathering information on each piece as we play it. This is
useful information will be distributed via email after the session. We will
also have sheets from JWPepper available to make ordering music easier.

CONTACTS
S h a r o n Ph i p p s - sphipps@belmont.k12.ma.us
J o h n McL e l l a n - jmclellan@belmont.k12.ma.us

Music Improv Camps
For Educators and High School Students

A t Teachers College,
Columbia University
Summer 2008
Outstanding jazz and classical artists foster development of improv skills for:
Piano/Keyboard; Vocalists; String, Brass, Woodwind, Guitar; Bass; Percussion students

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For High School
Students
Music Improv Camp
July 21 - 25

- Personalized group and individualized instruction for beginning and advanced improvisers
- Students compose, arrange, conduct and improv original compositions
- Group jam sessions with student and professional musicians and Gala Improv concert
- Perform with SPIRIT, the Teachers College Resident Improv Ensemble
- The Blues Workshop; Korg/USA "Making your own CD"; Columbia University campus tour
- NEW! Arranging, theory and advanced Improv for the more experienced
- The World of Improv featuring Klezmer, Raga and Hip-Hop
- Some Scholarships available
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For Educators
Music Improv
Institute
July 14 - 18
-Heighten students' self-worth and creative awareness with proven improv concepts, skills and materials for the non-improviser and more experienced
-Learn to teach and organize the musical elements and performance styles of World Music,
Classical, Jazz, Rock and Contemporary Improv for classroom and performance settings
-Discover how to use the Improv Curriculum and lesson plans from the Student Improv Camp (below) in your school
-Improv pros/educators o ffer personalized guidance - fostering success as an improv conductor, composer and organizer for classrooms and performance groups
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For information: call 516-946-8296 or email
blk8@columbia.edu
To register, visit
www.tc.edu/continuingeducation or call 800-209-1245.
Teachers College Columbia University
New York, New York

New NESBA Jazz Festival March 7, 2008

A New NESBA Jazz Festival being held on March 7th at Reading High School. We have some really great judges and clinicians coming. I think many groups would enjoy the day.
Please contact Dave Bunten if you are interested.

51st Call for Session Proposals
and Performing Groups st MENC Eastern Division In-Service Conference

MENC members are invited to submit session proposals or apply to bring your performing
group to the 51st MENC Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference managed by
Rhode Island Music Educators to be held in Providence, Rhode Island on March 12-15, 2009.
Application deadlines:
Performing Groups: May 15, 2008 Session Proposals: June 1, 2008
APPLY ONLINE
at
Menc-Eastern.org

Flyer

BOSTON POPS HIGH SCHOOL SING-OFF
A BEST OF BROADWAY CHALLENGE KICKS OFF

BOSTON POPS ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER MUSICAL THEATER COMPETITION FOR MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SINGERS STATEWIDE ARE INVITED TO COMPETE FOR A CHANCE TO PERFORM WITH THE BOSTON POPS AT
THE FOURTH OF JULY CONCERT
VIDEO AUDITIONS TO BE SUBMITTED NOW THROUGH MAY 9
Today, Keith Lockhart announced “Boston Pops High School Sing-Off: A Best of Broadway Challenge,” the first-ever Boston Pops musical theater competition for Massachusetts High school students, slated for the Pops’ spring season in May and June of 2008. Read More...

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Submit Artwork Guidelines in Mass. Music News Magazine
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Massachusetts Music News Survey

ThIn an effort to provide the highest-quality publication possible for our members, the editorial staff and editorial board of the Massachusetts Music News would like to have your feedback. Please participate in the following survey to let us know your thoughts.

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Summer Job Opportunities
Dear Massachusetts Music Educators Association,

BIMA and Genesis at Brandeis University
Summer Employment Opportunities
BIMA and Genesis at Brandeis University are seeking experienced, creative educators and artists for the summer of 2008 for a variety of positions.
BIMA and Genesis take place at Brandeis University for four weeks during the month of July and attract highly motivated and talented high school students from all over North America, Israel and around the world. More information about BIMA can be found on our websites: http://www.brandeis.edu/bima and http://www.brandeis.edu/genesis.
We are seeking professionals with significant experience in the arts and/or Jewish educational settings with high school students. If you would like to apply for one of these positions, please send a cover letter and resume to:
Genesis and BIMA at Brandeis University
415 South Street MS 065
Waltham, MA 02454
bima@brandeis.edu
genesis@brandeis.edu

BIMA

BIMA Community Arts Educators
The team of Community Educators lives with the BIMA participants and is responsible for designing and implementing a curriculum of experiential learning. The curriculum focuses on community building, diversity, Shabbat, and the relationship between Jewish identity and artistic expression. Community Educators work collaboratively and invest significantly in thinking about their own professional development and the craft of experiential Jewish arts education. Community Educators are graduate students or professionals who have worked with high school students in the arts and/or in Jewish experiential settings.

BIMA Internship in Jewish Arts Education
Interns will work with arts faculty in one of our arts majors (music, theater, visual art, or writing). Interns will also live with the BIMA participants and share responsibility with the Community Artists for all aspects of residential life. This internship is designed for emerging artists interested in learning and practicing arts education in a creative, diverse Jewish community. Current university juniors and seniors and those who have graduated from college are eligible to apply. This is a paid internship, entailing significant learning opportunities, responsibilities and experience teaching and working in a collaborative, supportive environment.

GENESIS
Genesis Community Educators
The team of Community Educators lives with the Genesis participants and is responsible for designing and implementing a curriculum of experiential Jewish education. The curriculum focuses on community building, Shabbat, social action, diversity, and fostering a community of learners. Community Educators work collaboratively and invest significantly in thinking about their own professional development and the craft of experiential Jewish education. Community Educators are graduate students or professionals who have worked with high school students in Jewish experiential settings.

Genesis Internship in Experiential Jewish Education
Interns live with the Genesis participants and share responsibility with the Community Educators for all aspects of residential life. This internship is designed for people seriously interested in pursuing a career in experiential Jewish education. Current university juniors and seniors and those who have graduated from college are eligible to apply. This is a paid internship, entailing significant learning opportunities, responsibilities and experience teaching and working with a collaborative, supportive staff.

Applications for National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute
The Massachusetts Arts Education Committee is proud to accept applications for the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute. Please read about the competition and event below. An application form is below.

Every summer, approximately 70 students (ages 15-20) from all over the nation meet in Washington, D.C., to attend the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute (SMI). The Institute offers four weeks of private lessons, rehearsals, coaching by National Symphony Orchestra members, classes, and lectures to prepare aspiring musicians for their futures in music
.
Several of the students are graduates or current participants of the NSO Youth Fellowship Program, an orchestral training program for talented young musicians. Also included are students participating in the Young Artists of Color National Training Initiative of the Kennedy Center. In addition to their many lessons and training sessions, the students also perform a series of free Kennedy Center Millennium Stage concerts that are open to the public.

The Summer Music Institute is coordinated by the National Symphony Orchestra Education Program, which is a component of the Kennedy Center Education Department. Young people, teachers, and families take part in innovative and effective education programs initiated by the Center, including performances, lectures, demonstrations, open rehearsals, dance and music residencies, master classes, competitions for young actors and musicians, backstage tours, and workshops. These programs have become models for communities across the country, as educators and government leaders recognize what the Center has known for years: that the arts can unlock the door to learning for young people, fostering creativity, teaching discipline, improving self-esteem, and challenging students to think in new ways, as well as offering them experiences in the joy of the performing arts.
Application deadline February 8, 2008. (program dates: June 30 - July 28, 2008)
Application Form

Catherine McCulloch
National Arts and Learning Collaborative
Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education
12 Highland Street
Natick, MA 01760
phone: 508-650-5044
fax: 508-653-9593
www.artslearning.org
www.massartsalliance.org

(12/4/07)

NALC and the Mass Alliance for Arts Education
ENALC needs your input to help define future programming and advocacy
activities to promote arts in education across the Commonwealth.
As a result of the merger between NALC and MAAE, made possible through the
support of The Boston Foundation, NALC has formed the Massachusetts Arts
Education Committee to continue the advocacy work of MAAE. Now strategic
planning is underway to position our newly formed MAEC for action in early
2008. The committee, which includes arts in education practitioners and
experts in the field, will hold its first meeting in January.
NALC will become the Massachusetts affiliate of the Kennedy Center's
Alliance for Arts Education Network, and is committed to continuing MAAE's
key programs such as the Champions of Arts Education Awards and National
Symphony Orchestra's National Trustee Fellowship, and expanding arts
education advocacy activities.
The information you provide will help us improve our services and programs.
Based on the feedback we received last year, we developed a conference
attended by over 200 people, newsletters sent to nearly 5000 people, and
programs affecting over 600 children that focused on the topics and services
rated most valuable by those who completed the survey.

Thank you in advance for your support!
Meredith Eppel Jylkka
Executive Director
National Arts & Learning Collaborative

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Lowell Philharmonic "Concerto Competition"
Each year, the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra sponsors the Jeanne Selander Memorial Concerto Competition, a competition for young musicians, for which the prize is to play a solo with the orchestra at one of its regular concerts, which will be held this year on May 9, 2008.

http://www.lowellphilharmonic.org/compete.htm

Young Audiences of Massachusetts
In This Issue:
• Featured Artist: North Winds
• Featured Artist: New England String Ensemble
• Featured Artist: Cantabrigia
• Featured Artist: Infinities

Boston Bluegrass Union Presents
Joe Val Bluegrass Festival - Presidents Day weekend
Teachers' Workshop Included
We are a non-profit organization that promotes bluegrass music
in the Boston area. Part of our mission is education and we have a very
active education program for both children and adults. We hold an
annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival every Presidents Day weekend.

For the past several years we have included a teachers' workshop to help
teachers learn about the music and how to incorporate it into their
classroom teaching. For more information on the BBU, please see our
website at http://www.bbu.org.

 

Wind Ensemble at Central College will be on tour in
Boston this coming May

The Wind Ensemble at Central College will be on tour in Boston this coming May. I'm interested to know if any area high schools would be interested in having us present a free concert for their students on Wednesday, May 14; Thursday, May 15 or Friday, May 16. We would be happy to perform during the school day or in the evening (in the latter case, perhaps a joint concert with the high school ensemble would be possible). We would also be interested and appreciative of a home-stay in the evening with the band members' families.
To learn more about our music program and college in general, I've attached a program from our international tour last May (the jazz ensemble will not be on our Boston tour).
I'd appreciate you sharing this request with the MMEA membership.
Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Lutch
Director of Bands
Central College
812 University St.
Pella, IA 50219
(641) 628-5238

Free music books from NEC

New England Conservatory's Spaulding Library is disposing of music textbooks.
New England Conservatory has single copies of the following songbooks available, at no charge, to any music teachers who would find them useful.
To request any titles,
please contact Jean Morrow, Director of Libraries: jmorrow@newenglandconservatory.edu
Author/ Publisher Title / Series

Boardman / Landis Exploring music v. 1-6
Brocklehurst Second Pentatonic Song Book
Choate, Robert New dimensions in music (multiple vols.)
Boardman / Andress The music book (4 v.) (plus teacher's ed.)
Beattie, John W. The American singer (multiple vols.)
Eisen / Robertson My first grade music book
Eisen / Robertson My second grade music book
Eisen / Robertson My third grade music book
Concord series v. 3, 4, 7, 14-16
Cooper, Irvin Music in our life
Hellden, D Hi! Said the blackbird
Youngberg, H. Making music your own (multiple vols.)
Kersey, R.E. Just five
Kersey, R.E. Just five plus two
Ginn & company The world of music
Ginn & company Discovering music together (multiple vols)
Ginn & company The spectrum of music (multiple vols.)
Osterreichische Schulmusik Lieder furs Leben
Silver Burdett music k-8
Silver Burdett music World music horizons
McConathy/Morgan/Lindsay Music- The universal language
McConathy/Beatie/Morgan Music of Many lands and peoples
McConathy/Beatie/Morgan Music highways and biways
Silver Burdett music New music horizons IV-VI

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