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Developing the Basic Fundamentals and Musical Integrity of Young Oboists
 Ann Adams
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Clinician Name: Ann Adams E-mail Address: aadams@stetson.edu
Clinic Title: Developing the Basic Fundamentals and Musical Integrity of Young Oboists
Clinic Synopsis: This clinic will be directed towards teachers and students alike. I will focus on the development of the fundamentals of woodwind playing specifically for the young oboist and address the issue of raising their level of awareness when playing within the ensemble. My primary objective is to give effective guidance that will enable your students to mature as self-motivated and independent musicians/oboists.
What is the target audience for this clinic? The target audience for this clinic includes middle school and high school teachers as well as oboe students of all levels.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? The focus of this clinic is to guide young oboists towards becoming confident and independent oboists and musicians. In addition, my goal is to give the band director/orchestra director a basic guide and course of study to assist in the development of the oboists within the ensemble.
What is included in the handout? Topics will include: Tone Production, Developing a Concept of Sound, Intonation and Blend, How and What to Practice, Fundamentals, Avoiding Bad Habits, Instruments and Reeds, Methods and Literature.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? I am currently in my 20th year at Stetson University where I have been teaching oboe and music education since 1989. In addition, I maintain a large oboe studio of middle school and high school students. Our week-long Stetson University Double Reed Workshop for middle school and high school students had 95 participants this year. My teaching career began as the Director of Bands at DeLand Middle School from 1989 to 1998. This clinic is the cumulation of years of successful teaching.
Biographical Information: Ann Adams is the Professor of Oboe and Music Education at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. She received the DM, MM, and MME degrees from Florida State University where she studied with Dr. Eric Ohlsson, and the BM degree from Western Michigan University where she studied with Dr. Robert Humistson. Dr. Adams is an active recitalist, clinician, and performer, playing oboe, oboe d’amore, and English horn with various orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout central Florida. Adams is a founding member of the faculty woodwind trios Tres Vientos and Trio Della Canno, and the faculty woodwind quintet Veritate Winds. Each group performs extensively throughout Florida and the US. Dr. Adams is an active member of IDRS, CMS, MENC, FMEA, NBA, and FBA.
Sponsor: Stetson University, National Band Association
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Anyone Can Improvise (PDF Handout)
Jamey Aebersold
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Clinician Name: Jamey Aebersold E-mail Address: jamey@jazzbooks.com
Clinic Title: Anyone Can Improvise
Clinic Synopsis: Improvising music is natural. It's easy to teach when you know the basics of music and human nature. Jamey will guide you by demonstrating examples of beginning improvisation and jazz. He will also show how to make scales and chords come alive.
What is the target audience for this clinic? any music teacher-instrumental or vocal
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Knowledge of the importance of scales, chords and making music from ones own imagination. Playing jazz is nothing to be afraid of. It can be learned just like any other form of music. It taps the source of all, the mind.
What is included in the handout? The handout is the Jazz Handbook - 56 page booklet. It contains a wealth of valuable information. Schools use the Jazz Handbook in their classes as do private instructors around the world.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Come to the workshop and be surprised at how easy it is to play jazz. Don't keep YOUR music hidden any longer.
Biographical Information: Jamey Aebersold has been instrumental in encouraging musicians of all ages to improvise and play jazz. Jazz is a natural way of making music and Jamey has perfected an approach that makes practicing fun and beneficial. Jamey has been awarded several prestigious awards over the years and has spent his adult life promoting jazz to people all over the world. He feels ANYONE CAN IMPROVISE.
Sponsor: jamey aebersold jazz
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Music as Diplomacy in Washington--Examples for Exciting Orchestra Classes
United States Army Strings
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Clinician Name: United States Army Strings E-mail Address: holly.watters@us.army.mil
Clinic Title: Music as Diplomacy in Washington--Examples for Exciting Orchestra Classes
Clinic Synopsis: The United States Army Strolling Strings will perform their unique repertoire of world music as well as American favorites. A string quartet will perform, and then they will coach a student group in basic chamber music rehearsal techniques. There will also be an extensive question and answer session.
What is the target audience for this clinic? High school and middle school string instructors. High school and middle school string students.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Participants will learn about the impact that music has as a means of communication between nations and world leaders. Students will be inspired by the unique repertoire and variety of performance techniques, and they will also learn about how to rehearse as a small chamber ensemble. Instructors can learn how to incorporate strolling music into their curriculum.
What is included in the handout? Included in the handout will be a sample score from a stroll as well as a summary of rehearsal techniques for small string chamber ensembles.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? While this clinic will feature performances by the Strolling Strings, a string quartet, and a violin combo, it will also be very interactive, including an extensive question and answer session.
Biographical Information: The U.S. Army Strolling Strings is one of the most requested musical ensembles by our nation’s military leadership. Since its inception during the Eisenhower administration, the group has provided musical entertainment at the White House for every president. A distinctly unique member of its instrumentation, the ensemble boasts an accordion, which adds rich color and texture to the group’s sound. The Strolling Strings offers a wide array of memorized repertoire including patriotic, classical, international, jazz, Broadway, bluegrass, and exclusive music arrangements for special guests and events. Chamber music is a core element of The U.S. Army Strings’ mission. String quartets provide a backdrop for significant official functions as well as public performances. Duos, trios, quartets, and mixed chamber ensembles perform in venues throughout the year.
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Music Teaching and Learning from a Distance: Viable and Effective Through Technology (PDF Handout)
Paul Bauer, Greg Howe, Christianne Orto
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Clinician Name(s): Paul Bauer, Greg Howe, Christianne Orto
Clinic Title: Music Teaching and Learning from a Distance: Viable and Effective Through Technology
Clinic Synopsis: VideoConference Technology from the corporate world has been actively used for real-time music instruction for more than a decade. The technology is increasingly accessible and improving in quality. Included: a live demonstration, an overview of currently available equipment/software from various manufacturers, technical requirements/challenges, and an introduction to the ultimate videoconference resource - Internet2.
What is the target audience for this clinic? P-20 Music Educators and Administrators
What will the audience take away from this clinic? An awareness of what is currently being used for music instruction from a distance, witnessing first-hand the increasing possibilities and shrinking limitations of video conferencing technology, including the quality of the audio/video, interactive capabilities, and aesthetic experience. It is hoped that the each attendee will envision effective use of these technologies unique to her/his music education/performance environment.
What is included in the handout? Information and sources of information regarding current uses of videoconferencing technology in music education settings, as well as hardware and software options viable for use in educational institutions of various levels.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? There will be live interactive videoconferencing connections with other locations in a real-world demonstration of the technology.
Biographical Information: Paul Bauer serves as Director of the Northern Illinois University School of Music. Currently his academic focus is on the use of technology to facilitate teaching, scholarship, and service activities via the commodity internet and Internet2.
Greg Howe is Director of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Distance Learning Program. CIM's robust K-12 distance education program's informative and highly interactive classes use classical music to illuminate academic content standards in science, math, language arts, history and geography.
Christianne Orto is Assistant Dean of Distance Learning & Director of Recording at the Manhattan School of Music. The DL program reaches over 1700 students annually through videoconference master classes, lessons, clinics, workshops, coachings, colloquia, professional development, and educational outreach programs worldwide.
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It's Gotta Work--Now! Maintenance of Instruments for the Hectic Band Room
Greg Beckwith, John Huth, Lucas Pemberton
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Clinician Name(s): Greg Beckwith, John Huth, Lucas Pemberton E-mail Address: gbeckwith@southeastmn.edu
Clinic Title: It's Gotta Work--Now! Maintenance of Instruments for the Hectic Band Room
Clinic Synopsis: WELCOME: We want to share how to keep your band instruments “alive and playing” - ideas about general care, maintenance, best practices for players and directors of Band Instruments.
We hope after today you will come away with a new understanding of how to care for, maintain, troubleshoot when things don’t work or are broken, possibly prevent such occurrences, and begin prolonging the life of your instruments while you and your students enjoy making music with them.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Band directors, teachers and instrumentalists of band instruments at all levels.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? You will come away with a renewed understanding, the knowledge to begin caring for, maintaining, troubleshooting instruments that are not functioning properly, the best practices for each; and when simply- they must go to the "shop". With this new knowledge about band instruments and the information applied, directors and players alike can begin prolonging the life of these sometimes temperamental "music makers". Then you can enjoy satisfying and trouble free performances together.
What is included in the handout? There will be an outline of all the information presented for the session. We will have any tools, accessories, parts or equipment listed and sources to obtain them.
Any resources that are beneficial for a band director pertaining to band instrument care and repair will be included.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? This will be everything that we believe a band musician and director should know about caring for, maintaining, and what repairs they "can" perform all pertaining to wind and brass musical instruments.
We will share as much as we know and have experienced in our collective years as technicians and instructors of the craft.
Biographical Information: Greg Beckwith has been involved with the Band Instrument Repair Program in Red Wing since 1996, and been full time since 2003. Greg is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, attended Eastman School of Music in New York and The St Louis Conservatory of Music in Missouri, for horn performance.
John Huth has his BS degree from Bowling Green State University and his MA (Trumpet) from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He was apprentice-trained as a repair technician and joined the faculty at Red Wing in 1987. John is a Master Repair Clinician in the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians
Lucas Pemberton graduated from the Red Wing Repair Program in 1998. Lucas was lead repair technician for Ekroth Music Stores in White Bear Lake MN for 5 yrs. He has been involved with the program since 2000 becoming full time in 2003.
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There is Hope! Your Low Brass Does Not Need to Sound Like Electric Yard Trimmers
Roger Behrend
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Clinician Name: Roger Behrend E-mail Address: rbehrend@gmu.edu
Clinic Title: There is Hope! Your Low Brass Does Not Need to Sound Like Electric Yard Trimmers
Clinic Synopsis: Simplified ideas and techniques that focus on "Air, Sound, Music". An uncomplicated approach for playing and teaching a better way to perform. Raise expectations and productivity at all skill levels. Keep it simple!
What is the target audience for this clinic? All educators and performers.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? You will go away with practical information and techniques that you can apply now. I guarantee that these techniques and ideas will result in positive change.
What is included in the handout?
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? If you want to improve your brass teaching, playing and productivity attend this session.
Biographical Information: Roger L. Behrend is an internationally-recognized euphonium soloist, recitalist, teacher, and clinician. He attended Michigan State University, where he studied with Dr. Leonard Falcone and received his Bachelors in Music Education. He earned his Master’s Degree from George Mason University. Mr. Behrend is currently the euphonium soloist and principal euphonium with the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC. He has appeared as a featured soloist throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. He has commissioned and premiered over twenty-five works for the instrument. Mr. Behrend has authored articles in publications such as The ITEA Journal, The Instrumentalist, and BD Guide. Roger Behrend is committed to teaching students and passing on his love of music. He is coordinator of Brass studies and professor of Euphonium and Tuba at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
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The Care and Upkeep of the Music Director's Body
Jeffrey Bishop
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Clinician Name: Jeffrey Bishop E-mail Address: nwbishop@smsd.org
Clinic Title: The Care and Upkeep of the Music Director's Body
Clinic Synopsis: This clinic will explore methods by which all music teachers can have a more healthful, productive career through proper nutrition, exercise programs and non-music activities that will enhance their teaching. In addition to strategies on nutrition and exercise, emphasis will also be placed on reducing stress through various mediums including stretching, positive thinking and meditation.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Music teachers who have taught 40 years or brand new teachers will benefit from the healthful strategies presented in this clinic.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Audience members will take away strategies for establishing a more healthful lifestyle including nutritional advice, exercise suggestions, and stress-reduction techniques.
What is included in the handout? Nutritional advice, exercise suggestions, and stress-reduction techniques will be included in the handout. Detailed pictures of exercises along with directions for proper execution of the exercises will be included in the handout as well.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? The clinic will be presented in a nonjudgmental and affirming environment. Presented by someone who knows how difficult it is to balance a successful music career and a healthy lifestyle, it is honest and straight-forward advice, offered in a fun and humorous environment, to help teachers regain their overall fitness.
Biographical Information: Jeffrey S. Bishop, nationally recognized composer and conductor, is the director of orchestras at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in suburban Kansas City. Ten years ago, SMNW had an enrollment of eighteen string players. Today over 160 students are enrolled in four orchestras. But as he was building the program at SMNW, he was slowly destroying his health. Four years ago, during an orchestra class, he was removed from the classroom with what he thought was a heart attack. Even though it was only a kidney stone, at 240 pounds, Bishop knew he had to do something about his overall fitness.
Now, four years later, Jeffrey is eighty pounds lighter. He is a two-time Kansas Masters Cycling Champion, a competitive age group triathlete, a certified cycling coach, and he has founded a new company, Renaissance Coaching, LLC, dedicated to helping people reclaim their health and fitness goals as a Certified Personal Trainer.
Sponsor: Renaissance Coaching, LLC
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Improving Your Clarinet Section, Top to Bottom
J. Lawrie Bloom
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Clinician Name: J. Lawrie Bloom
Clinic Title: Improving Your Clarinet Section, Top to Bottom
Clinic Synopsis: Improving your band or orchestra clarinet section. A discussion of Posture, Hand position, Embouchure, Air flow, Articulation, Auxiliary instruments, Equipment, and Rotation, and how small changes in these areas can greatly enhance the performance of your band or orchestra clarinet section. Easy exercises to improve players concepts and efficiency in these critical areas of performance. Presented by an acknowledged premier performer and educator.
What is the target audience for this clinic? middle school and high school band and orchestra directors
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Ideas, particularly for non clarinet playing directors, on ways to see improvement in the sound of your clarinet section quickly, and consistently.
What is included in the handout? Capsulizations of the basic concepts covered in the clinic, to remind attendees of what they are watching for in their clarinet section, and how to help their players be more consistent in many areas of playing the clarinet.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? na
Biographical Information: J. Lawrie Bloom has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1980, when he joined at the invitation of Sir Georg Solti in the position of Clarinet and Solo Bass Clarinet. He has been a Senior Lecturer at the School of Music at Northwestern University for the past 16 years. Before that he taught at DePaul University and the American Conservatory. In addition to his duties with the CSO and Northwestern Lawrie is Artistic Co-Director of the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, which he founded, and the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition. He is also the clarinetist with the Rembrandt Chamber Players in Chicago. Before joining the CSO Lawrie played with the Phoenix, Vancouver, and Cincinnati orchestras, and the orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Each year Lawrie presents masterclasses the world over, as well as performing in recital, concerto, and chamber ensembles.
Sponsor: Buffet Crampon, USA
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Web 2.0: Let's Communicate with Blogs, Wikis, Ning, Twitter, and More
Carol Broos
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Clinician Name: Carol Broos E-mail Address: beatechie@gmail.com
Clinic Title: Web 2.0: Let's Communicate with Blogs, Wikis, Ning, Twitter, and More
Clinic Synopsis: Teachers are connecting and networking using the internet in the social network scene. See these tools that make your classroom hum along and how easy it is to set up a variety of sites and connection with others. Internet safety will also be discussed. A variety of sites offer different purposes. Have it all and collaborate across the world. Plus, everything listed is FREE!
What is the target audience for this clinic? Beginning techies to those who have an internet presence.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? My goal is to have attendees develop an internet presence using tools that were presented at the presentation.
What is included in the handout? All the links will be on a handout. Additionally, my musictechie wiki will have all the links as well. (It might be easier on the website, you don't have to enter the data.) The entire presentation can be downloaded on my website.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Developing an internet presence is easy, start small, and let it grow.
Biographical Information: Mrs. Carol Broos teaches music with technology grades fourth through eighth at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois. Her website, carolbroos.com won "Best in the Web" in 2007 by Digital Education. She was awarded the TechLearning "Leader of the Year 2007" Finalist, "Star Educator" from Discovery Education, the 2008 "Golden Apple" award and the "Mary Hoffman" award from IMEA in January of 2008. She traveled to Japan on a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund teacher scholarship in October 2006, her website is featured on their website. Other websites include: beatechie.com, teachers post their work at musictechie.pbwiki.com for presentations. She started pod29 a "school-tube" for Sunset Ridge District #29. She has published articles for TI:ME and ICE and she presented at MENC, NECC, IMEA, MMEA, TI:ME, IL-TCE, ICE, and IETA.
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Developing a Successful Middle School Percussion Ensemble (PDF Handout)
Scott Brown
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Clinician Name: Scott Brown E-mail Address: scott@percussionworkshop.net
Clinic Title: Developing a Successful Middle School Percussion Ensemble
Clinic Synopsis: This session will provide tips for motivating, educating, and challenging your percussion students through the development of a percussion ensemble. Topics to be covered will include: Ensemble Structure, Rehearsal Tips, Ensemble Set-up, Instrumentation Modifications, Finding and Choosing Literature, and Beginning Percussion. The Dickerson Middle School Percussion Ensemble will serve as the demonstration group performing a variety of percussion ensemble literature.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Middle School and High School Band Directors and Percussion Teachers.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Middle and high school directors will receive ideas and suggestions to assist them in rehearsing their ensemble, finding performance opportunities, choosing literature, finding proper instrument substitutions, involving all students while challenging those who are more advanced, bringing in guest artists and clinicians, teaching beginning percussionists, and in the end having happy and successful percussion students.
What is included in the handout? The handout includes information on how the percussion program at Dickerson is structured along with rehearsal suggestions, ensemble set-up, instrument modifications/substitutions, suggestions for finding literature and a recommended literature list for percussion ensemble, and information on how our beginning percussion class is structured. The handout is fairly detailed to allow attendees to leave with the information discussed in the clinic and to make implementation of the ideas easier.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? The Dickerson Middle School Percussion Ensemble will be performing a wide variety of percussion ensemble literature and demonstrating rehearsal techniques used with our program.
Biographical Information: Scott Brown is the Assistant Band Director at Dickerson Middle School in Marietta, GA and Assistant Percussion Director for the BOA National Champion Lassiter High School Band. The percussion ensemble at Dickerson has earned a reputation for excellence with performances for PASIC, the GMEA Conference ,and the NBA Southern Division Conference, receiving a Special Commendation from the Governor of Georgia in 2006. Scott is co-author of Field Level - The Ultimate Band Director's Guide to Fielding the Ultimate Marching Percussion Section published by Row-Loff and has presented concert and marching percussion clinics for PASIC, GMEA, and the Texas Bandmasters Convention, and clinics in Holland, Belgium, and Germany. He is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team and an educational artist for Evans Drumheads, Ross Mallets, Mapex Drums, and Majestic Percussion.
Sponsor: Mapex/Majestic/Ross Percussion, Evans Drumheads, Vic Firth Inc.
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Strategies for the Beginning Music Teacher: Planning for Success
Colleen Conway
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Clinician Name: Colleen Conway E-mail Address: conwaycm@umich.edu
Clinic Title: Strategies for the Beginning Music Teacher: Planning for Success
Clinic Synopsis: This interactive session will engage participants in discussion of development of music teachers and will include research-based suggestions for successful experiences in music education coursework, early fieldwork, and student teaching.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Beginning music teachers
What will the audience take away from this clinic? This session is geared towards college students and will help them negotiate early fieldwork and student teaching in preparation for a successful first year of teaching.
What is included in the handout? The handout includes a list of strategies for beginning music teachers as well as suggested readings for follow-up.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? The strategies presented in this session are based on research of beginning music teachers, and suggestions from those beginning music teachers are also included.
Biographical Information: Colleen Conway is Associate Professor of Music Education at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has presented at national and international conferences and is author of more than 50 research papers in all of the major music education journals. Her edited book, Great Beginning for Music Teachers: A Guide to Mentoring and Induction, was released by MENC in October 2003. Also, Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher by Colleen Conway and Thomas Hodgman was released by GIA Publications in January 2006. And Teaching Music in Higher Education was just released by Oxford University Press in 2008.
Sponsor: GIA Publications Inc.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Choosing Music for Your Band
Lynn Cooper
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Clinician Name: Lynn Cooper E-mail Address: lynn.cooper@asbury.edu
Clinic Title: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Choosing Music for Your Band
Clinic Synopsis: Selection of appropriate materials to use in middle school and high school bands is one of the primary responsibilities of band directors. How do you find the best of new publications and older standard literature that will "fit" your band? This session will look at a method to guide you through the process.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Band directors
What will the audience take away from this clinic? The selection of appropriate materials to use in middle school and high school bands is one of the primary responsibilities of band directors. Those attending this clinic will learn strategies for identifying the best of new and previously published music. They will also learn how to determine if that music is appropriate for their bands as performance literature or as teaching literature.
What is included in the handout? The clinic handout includes an outline of the presentation, a recommended three-year core curriculum, and a list of reference materials to aid band directors in the search for quality music appropriate for their ensemble. Also included in the handout is a form to help band directors evaluate their band so they choose music that features strengths and develops weaknesses.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Choosing, rehearsing, and performing a wide variety of quality music will provide a broad educational experience for our students, and fulfilling and enjoyable performances for our audiences.
Biographical Information: Dr. Lynn G. Cooper retired in 2007 as Chair of the Music Department at Asbury College in Wilmore, KY. In his 22 years at Asbury College he conducted the Concert Band and taught courses in conducting and instrumental music education. Prior to his 1985 appointment at Asbury he taught in the Michigan public schools for 19 years. The last 14 of those years were spent developing an outstanding program at Ypsilanti High School.Cooper is an active adjudicator, clinician, conductor, and author. His textbook for the college instrumental methods course—Teaching Band and Orchestra—was published by GIA Publications in 2004 and has become the standard text for that course.He is the past-president of the Kentucky Music Educators Association. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The University of Michigan, and his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Kentucky.
Sponsor: GIA Publications Inc.
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A New Approach to Developing Musicianship: Drawing the Common Thread Throughout Your Rehearsal Using the Right Materials and Teaching Strategies (PDF Handout)
James Curnow, Joseph Manfredo
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Clinician Name(s): James Curnow, Joseph Manfredo
Clinic Title: A New Approach to Developing Musicianship: Drawing the Common Thread Throughout Your Rehearsal Using the Right Materials and Teaching Strategies
Clinic Synopsis: From the first warm-up exercise to the last musical selection, the successful rehearsal is focused on singular targets that impact the development of key musicianship skills. In this clinic, effective rehearsal techniques and teaching materials applicable to the development of these musicianship skills, including tonal and technical considerations, will be explored. In addition, teaching strategies that enhance student learning will also be presented.
What is the target audience for this clinic? High school and middle school band directors, along with undergraduate and graduate students.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Audience members will experience specific teaching strategies and rehearsal techniques applicable to their own band program. In addition, they will hear band arrangements, that they may be unfamiliar with, that can help develop student musicianship skills of toel and technique. Finally, the audience will be exposed to an effective method of organizing and planning ones rehearsal that will enhance student learning.
What is included in the handout? The presentation handout will include score samples of band arrangements used in the session. Also, excerpts addressing rehearsal techniques from a conductor's manual will be included in the presentation hand-out.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic?
Biographical Information: James Curnow lives in Nicholasville, Kentucky where he is president, composer, and educational consultant for Curnow Music Press, Inc. He also serves as Composer-in-residence Emeritus on the faculty of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. His formal training was received at Wayne State University (MI) and at Michigan State University, where he was a euphonium student of Leonard Falcone, and a conducting student of Dr. Harry Begian.
Joseph Manfredo is an Assistant Professor of Music for the School of Music at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois, Manfredo teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting and instrumental music education. Manfredo received a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Eastern Illinois University. His graduate studies include a Master Degree in Conducting from EIU and a Doctorate in Music Education from Illinois.
Sponsor: Curnow Music Press
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Digital Recording in Rehearsal: Cheap and Simple (PDF Handout)
Rick Dammers
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Clinician Name: Rick Dammers E-mail Address: dammers@rowan.edu
Clinic Title: Digital Recording in Rehearsal: Cheap and Simple
Clinic Synopsis: Rehearsal recordings can be a powerful means to support and develop student musicianship. This session will demonstrate how ensemble directors can use their computers as recording tools in rehearsal. Recommendations for low-cost equipment and software will be presented and examples of practical rehearsal application will be shared.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Band and Orchestra Directors- All levels
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Attendees will gain an understanding of how to digitally record their rehearsals and how to utilize these recordings to improve their ensemble and individual student musicianship. This session will include 'how-to' information, an overview of affordable hardware and software, and examples of sample recordings.
What is included in the handout? The handout includes an overview of the presentation, information about hardware and software options, and sample student rehearsal evaluation forms.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? This clinic will focus on rehearsal, not concert recordings. However, this session may provide information of value for directors desiring to make low-cost concert recordings.
Biographical Information: Rick Dammers is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Rowan University. Prior to teaching at Rowan, he was a band director and the Fine Arts Facilitator in the Ladue School District in suburban St. Louis. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from Northwestern University and earned his masters degree and Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Illinois.
Rick has presented at numerous conferences including the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Bergen (Norway) Interactive Music Conference, Delaware, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Music Educators Associations, TI:ME, and New Directions in Music Education. He serves as the President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME).
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Beyond Their Years: Tone, Intonation and the Young Band (PDF Handout)
Chip De Stefano
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Clinician Name: Chip De Stefano E-mail Address: cdestefano@skokie735.k12.il.us
Clinic Title: Beyond Their Years: Tone, Intonation and the Young Band
Clinic Synopsis: The purpose of this session is to share various teaching techniques, strategies and materials to develop tone and intonation skills in young students.
Using the McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band as a demonstration group, we'll explore these two issues both in terms of how they apply to individual students and how they apply to the whole ensemble.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Middle School Band Directors, but this session is very applicable to high school and elementary band directors.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? We hope the audience will leave with raised expectations of what the young band is capable of, with a solid, reasonable plan of how to get them to this higher level of performance.
What is included in the handout? Recommended resources, tuning procedures, and equipment. Several chorales attendees will be able to use with their students.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? The clinic outline and handout used when we presented this session at the 2008 Illinois Music Educators Association All State Conference is available on our website.
Biographical Information: Chip De Stefano is currently in his 13th year as Director of Bands at McCracken Middle School in Skokie, Illinois. Under his direction, the McCracken Symphonic Band has received first division ratings at all district and state contests of the Illinois Grade School Music Association, has received several invitations to the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival, and has regularly presented concerts and clinic sessions at the IMEA All State Conference. In 2006, the Symphonic Band performed at the Midwest Clinic and was also the recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Silver Cup.
Mr. De Stefano is a recipient of ten National Band Association Citations of Excellence. He was awarded the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award in 2001 and the IGSMA Barbara Buehlmann Young Conductor Award in 2004.
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Midwest Clinic Performance Application Workshop
Rodney Dorsey
, Kelly Jocius
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TEACHING STRINGS: Moving Toward Mastery: R, F, and P (PDF Handout)
Joanne Erwin, Brenda Mitchell
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Clinician Name(s): Joanne Erwin, Brenda Mitchell
Clinic Title: TEACHING STRINGS: Moving Toward Mastery: R, F, and P
Clinic Synopsis: Using the elements of Review, Focus, and Preparation, you can create lessons that inspire your students through the reinforcement of mastered materials, focus on new musical and technical concepts, and lay the foundation for expanding skills. Examples will be presented to cover a variety of string teaching environments.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Beginning String Educators
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Audience members will take with them a format for structuring effective lessons in a number of string class settings. Lesson examples presented in the clinic will illustrate the three major components: R, F, and P (Review, Focus, and Prepare).
What is included in the handout? The handout will include lesson plan examples that illustrate the importance of addressing Review, Focus, and Prepare within each string class experience. Examples in the handout will include examples of what to do, as well as what not to do.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? String players must plan ahead; this is vital for string teachers in the classroom as well.
Biographical Information: Joanne Erwin is Professor of Music Education at Oberlin Conservatory. At Oberlin, in addition to teaching string pedagogy and string techniques, she is founder and director of the String Preparatory Program and Artistic Director and Conductor for the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras. She has presented at national ASTA and MENC conventions, and is published in American String Teacher Journal, Suzuki Journal, and Teaching Music. Brenda Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Music, and has been a faculty member at Miami University since 1990. She teaches music education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and serves as the area chair of Music Education and as Associate Chair of the Department of Music. Published articles have appeared in Journal of Music Teacher Education, American String Teacher, and Triad. Both are co-authors of the string method New Directions® for Strings.
Sponsor: The FJH Music Company Inc.
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Getting Started with Fiddling, A First Tune and Creating a String Band
Janet Farrar-Royce
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Clinician Name: Janet Farrar-Royce E-mail Address: jfroyce@cshore.com
Clinic Title: Getting Started with Fiddling, A First Tune and Creating a String Band
Clinic Synopsis: Watch or join in with Middle school string students learning their first fiddle tune and techniques; and how to create their own arrangement and "Informance" dialogue for a string band performance. Learn how fiddling will help you meet all nine National Standards of Music Education and many mainstream string curriculum issues while teaching your students to make intelligent musical decisions for improvising and arranging music with less time and effort than you may think.
What is the target audience for this clinic? This workshop is for string teachers of students of all ages, performing levels and grades, whether in a private studio or group instruction program.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Teachers will take away specifics of how to include American fiddling in their program and why it will enhance their present curriculum and help them meet all nine of the National Standards of Music Education, including improvisation and composing and arranging. Learn how fiddling will support ~ not supplant ~ your current teaching goals, help you connect to more students (including Special Education) and help you connect with your community and garnish more support for your program.
What is included in the handout? The hand outs will include justifications for including American fiddling in your mainstream program and ways American fiddling will enhance your curriculum; a list of resources for further investigation of this topic; and all teaching materials for copying.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Band, and even Choral teachers would benefit from this workshop, as the principals, values and even the methods are transferable to their ensembles. This course is a must for all new string teachers and college students who will be teaching in the 21st century and college music education instructors, especially those of string music education courses, would be able to apply the lessons in this workshop.
Biographical Information: For more than 30 years Janet Farrar-Royce has been a professional violist, fiddler and string teacher. She founded a Youth Orchestra, two camps and a music school. Jan was one of the first MENC On-line MENTORS and ASTA’s Alternative Styles committee members. She was highlighted in ASTA’s Teaching Alternative Strings in the Classroom DVD and is one of Yamaha’s first Certified String Educators. Jan’s articles and reviews can be seen regularly in several professional magazines and journals and she keeps a busy schedule of conducting and giving workshops and school residencies throughout the country. She teaches summer graduate music education courses at several universities and is the Music Education instructor for Yale University. Jan also teaches elementary and middle school strings in Cheshire, Connecticut.
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Preparing the Score (PDF Handout)
Col Arnald Gabriel
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Clinician Name: Col Arnald Gabriel E-mail Address: colgabriel@yahoo.com
Clinic Title: Preparing the Score
Clinic Synopsis: An approach to preparing and internalizing the conductor's score. Emphasis is placed on structure and form in shaping a composition. The relationship of tonal centers and of layered textures are stressed to conform to composer's intent.
What is the target audience for this clinic? All Conductors
What will the audience take away from this clinic? It is the purpose of this clinic to provide conductors with an overview of the score to better internalize and conceive of the work in totality.
What is included in the handout? The handout will include a total analysis of the "blueprint" of the composer's intent. This analysis does not include detailed rehearsal techniques which are employed only after the broad scope of the work is realized.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? .Before mounting the podium, conductors should be aware of the construction of the form beyond Sonata Allegro, Theme and Variation, Rhapsody, etc. After the totality of the work is internalized, attention then can be addressed to tone, intonation, balance, blend, articulation, musicality, and nuance.
Biographical Information: Col Arnald D. Gabriel retired from the USAF in 1985 following a distinguished 36 year military career. In 1990, he was named Conductor Emeritus of the USAF Band. He served on the faculty of George Mason University from 1985 to 1995 and was later named Professor Emeritus of Music. Gabriel earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Music Ed. from Ithaca College. In 1989, his alma mater conferred upon him an Honorary D.M. and in 1997, he was further honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who in Music. Professional honors include the very first Citation of Excellence awarded by the NBA as well as being inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, the Midwest Clinic's Medal of Honor as well as numerous other awards. Col Gabriel has performed in all 50 states and in 50 countries around the world. He is currently Resident Conductor of the Fairfax Wind Symphony.
Sponsor: Association of Concert Bands
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Jammin’ Strings: Teaching Alternative Styles in the Orchestra
Robert Gardner
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Clinician Name: Robert Gardner
Clinic Title: Jammin’ Strings: Teaching Alternative Styles in the Orchestra
Clinic Synopsis: Historically, bowed stringed instruments have been used to perform many styles of music. This session will focus on performance practices in a variety of styles (such as jazz, folk, rock, or blues), as well as how these styles can be utilized in string or orchestra classes, including how to work with guest artists. Suggestions for teaching improvisation and composition within the context of these styles will also be discussed.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Any string teachers or orchestra conductors who wish to incorporate different styles of music into their curricula.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Session participants will see and hear examples of teaching alternative styles in various string and orchestra settings. They will be presented with suggestions for how they can implement different styles into their own programs, and will be able to ask specific questions. Participants will also learn about techniques to teach improvisation and composition within the context of these styles.
What is included in the handout? The handout will include an outline of the topics discussed in the session. It will also include descriptions of programs that have incorporated alternative styles in string and orchestra classes. Lastly, a list of resources of repertoire ideas and teaching materials for teaching different genres and performance skills will be provided.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Many string or orchestra teachers express interest in teaching alternative styles, but are hesitant because they lack experience or are concerned about presenting the information in a superficial or inauthentic manner. This session will provide practical ideas for how to gain experience with unfamiliar genres, and for teaching students in ways that respect the cultural traditions.
Biographical Information: Robert Gardner is an assistant professor of music education at the Penn State School of Music. He is a double bassist, conductor and composer with experience in many musical genres. Robert has written articles for the American String Teacher and GIA Publications, and his research has focused on the nature of improvisation and composition, as well as the supply and demand of American public school music teachers. He received his undergraduate degree in music education from Ohio State University, and his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Gardner previously served as orchestra instructor for public schools in Ohio and New York. He is an active guest conductor, and was music director for youth orchestras at the Hochstein School. Robert is currently chairperson of the ASTA Alternative Styles Task Force, as well as past-president of the PA/DE chapter of ASTA.
Sponsor: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
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Horn Pedagogy 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching the Horn (PDF Handout)
Charles Gavin
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Clinician Name: Charles Gavin
Clinic Title: Horn Pedagogy 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching the Horn
Clinic Synopsis: Nuts and bolts are the basic components of even the most sophisticated machinery. Performance at any level on the horn must be grounded in fundamental principles and techniques. Topics include starting beginners and a methodical, systematic approach to teaching the four primary areas of horn pedagogy: Tone, flexibility, range and pattern/technique.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Beginning, middle school, high school band directors and private horn instructors.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? The clinic will focus on the fundamentals of horn teaching and pedagogy. It will begin with guidelines for starting beginner horn students; discussion will include how to establish a proper playing posture/position, basic embouchure formation, mouthpiece placement. Other information discussed will be methods and materials fundamental to tone development, range extension, flexibility and pattern.
What is included in the handout? The handout will include guidelines for beginning pedagogy such as establishing basic playing posture, embouchure formation, mouthpiece placement and basic pitch accuracy. In addition, the handout will have discussion, materials and resources for systematic development of tone quality, flexibility, range extension and technique.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic?
Biographical Information: Charles Gavin, Professor of Music, joined the faculty of the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University in 1984. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. His students are enjoying careers in music education teaching beginning bands, award-winning high school bands, in the college studio and as conductors of professional orchestras. Four students now band directors in Texas have had their bands named State Honor Bands. As performers his students have distinguished themselves as winners in the MTNA Brass competition, the recording studios of Hollywood and other venues in the United State and Europe. He served two terms as Editor of the HIS Manuscript Press and is a Conn educational consultant exclusively performing on the Conn 11-D.
Sponsor: Stephen F. Austin School of Music, Conn
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Communicating With Your Administrators...or...How To Talk So Your Principal Will Listen
Rick Ghinelli, Jeff Laird
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Clinician Name(s): Rick Ghinelli, Jeff Laird
Clinic Title: Communicating With Your Administrators...or...How To Talk So Your Principal Will Listen
Clinic Synopsis: Hear from two teachers-turned-administrators on communicating with administrators. Both are currently fine arts directors with experience ranging from classroom to principal and beyond. The clinic will focus on how to present yourself to your administrators to be the most successful in obtaining what you need for your program. Interpersonal skills including speaking, writing, e-mailing and even timing will be addressed from the viewpoint of fine arts directors who have had great success secur
What is the target audience for this clinic? The target audience is all band and orchestra directors, as well as college students.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Hopefully, attendees will take from this clinic a better knowledge, from an administrator's point of view, of how to professionally broach important and/or sensitive issues and gain the support needed.
What is included in the handout? The handout will include a PowerPoint notes page and a list of resources for those desiring more effective communication.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? The success of your program rides heavily on your ability to establish positive relationships with your superiors...even when they don't appear interested in doing so! Both clinicians have learned, from both sides of the fence what can work and, moreover, what doesn't work. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions pertaining to their individual situations.
Biographical Information: Rick Ghinelli is in his 27th year with the Spring Independent School District and has been an assistant band director, head band director, assistant principal and principal. Rick is a past district Teacher of the Year and was also a finalist in a Houston area Middle School Principal of the Year competition. He is currently in his ninth year as Director of Performing and Visual Arts for the Spring Independent School District.
Dr. Jeff Laird is in his fifth year as Director of Performing Arts for the Aldine Independent School District in Houston, having spent the previous eighteen years as Director of Bands at Aldine High School. He has served the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) as President, Vice-President and State Band Chair, and All-State Band Audition Chairman.
Sponsor: Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc.
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What You Should Know Before You Go...Tips Guaranteed to Make the Student Teaching Experience a Success (PDF Handout)
David Gregory, Mary Land
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Clinician Name(s): David Gregory, Mary Land E-mail Address: mdg@mindspring.com
Clinic Title: What You Should Know Before You Go...Tips Guaranteed to Make the Student Teaching Experience a Success
Clinic Synopsis: This session will focus on preparing future music educators for the student teaching experience. Participants will receive information from the perspective of both the collaborating teacher and the college supervising teacher. Specifics of how to prepare for and deal with the final chapter in the music education undergraduate process will be shared and discussed with participants.
What is the target audience for this clinic? College students, beginning teachers and student teacher supervisors
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Specific strategies for preparing for the student teaching experience as well as suggestions/recommendations for dealing with the public school requirements faced daily in those classrooms. Content-specific as well as administrative-specific information will be discussed with participants, both from the perspective of the collaborating teacher and the college supervising teacher.
What is included in the handout? Topical outline of items discussed in the clinic session. Subjects will include content preparation, administrative "hot buttons," professional expectations of the student teacher, academic requirements for candidates, rehearsal techniques, and general requirements/expectations of student teachers in public school classrooms.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Attendees should bring questions/suggestions to the clinic session. Those who are currently engaged in the student teaching experience, as well as those who soon will be, can provide invaluable discussion input to the workshop.
Biographical Information: Dr. David Gregory is Conductor of Tara Winds and Associate Professor of Music at Reinhardt College. Dr. Gregory is a Past President of the National Band Association and now is Advisor to the NBA Executive Committee. At Reinhardt College Dr. Gregory teaches Music Education courses, conducts the Wind Ensemble and the College Orchestra, supervises student teachers and coordinates the Music Education program.
Mary Land is Director of Bands at Pickens County Middle School in Jasper, Georgia, which opened in the fall of 1988. Mrs. Land, a native of North Augusta, South Carolina, received her Bachelors of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia and her Masters of Music Education degree from Vandercook College of Music. Mrs. Land is a Middle School representative on the NBA executive board of directors and is on the faculty of the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp.
Sponsor: National Band Association
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Retention Through a Success-Full Career: When Strengths Become Weaknesses (PDF Handout)
Alan Gumm
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Clinician Name: Alan Gumm E-mail Address: gumm1aj@cmich.edu
Clinic Title: Retention Through a Success-Full Career: When Strengths Become Weaknesses
Clinic Synopsis: Learn the advantages, problems, symptoms, and solutions to each stage of a conductor's career. Anticipate and avoid common pitfalls linked to burnout. Spark a new sense of direction for continued growth and development. A self-assessment tool is provided.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Conductors and music teachers at any career stage--preservice college students, beginning directors/teachers, and including the more experienced.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? A personal profile of the key factors of your music teaching style, an understanding that we grow and develop in logical progressions as our experience grows, and a plan for how to become and remain successful in teaching and leading groups of musicians.
What is included in the handout? A self-assessment survey to establish a personal profile and present possible new music teaching options, and an outline of career stages to guide discussion of problems and solutions common to each stage.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? This is a practical and interactive session based on 20 years of research of how students learn and teachers teach. The information is based on the input of thousands of professionals who helped in revealing and confirming these common patterns of teacher development.
Biographical Information: Alan Gumm is professor of music education at Central Michigan University. He is author of Music Teaching Style: Moving Beyond Tradition, contributor to The Music Director’s Cookbook, and editor/contributor to The Choral Director’s Cookbook, all published by Meredith Music. His research and writing are found in the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, Choral Journal, Visions of Research in Music Education, and the Southeastern Journal of Music Education. Gumm taught in public schools in Kansas and in higher education at the University of Utah, Ithaca College, and McPherson College where he led many U.S. and European tours and was founding conductor of the McPherson Chamber Orchestra. He holds a PhD from the University of Utah, a MM from Fort Hays State University, and a BA from McPherson College.
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Jazz Drumming 101: Swingin' Easy - Fundamental Concepts for the Young Jazz Drummer (PDF Handout)
Dana Hall
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Clinician Name: Dana Hall E-mail Address: danahall@illinois.edu
Clinic Title: Jazz Drumming 101: Swingin' Easy - Fundamental Concepts for the Young Jazz Drummer
Clinic Synopsis: This clinic will provide interested musicians and educators with the tools and information necessary to assist young drummers with the intricacies associated with jazz ensemble performance. In addition, this clinic will answer many of the questions that arise from both drummers and educators when faced with the many challenges of the drumset and its role in a jazz ensemble, including, but not limited to, technique, equipment, style analysis, and educational/pedagogical resources.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Jazz educators, percussionists, ensemble directors, and those interested in rhythm, jazz, and swing.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Audience members will leave this clinic with practical tools to get their young drummers swinging. These tools include pedagogical resources, suggested recordings, practical techniques, and a deeper understanding of the role of the drumset in a jazz ensemble. Audience members will also have an opportunity to ask questions about issues in their ensembles so that others may benefit from those experiences. There will also be demonstrations of the performance techniques discussed in the handouts.
What is included in the handout? The handouts will outline various technical issues associated with jazz drumming including feathering, brushwork, coordinated independence exercises, and other drumset specific issues. Additionally, there will be handouts for suggested methods and recordings to both inspire and aurally exemplify for you and your students the topics discussed in the clinic.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? I encourage all music educators and those interested in jazz to spend some time behind the drumset exploring the ideas and concepts presented in this clinic. The heartbeat of jazz is located on the drum throne. To understand what's happening "back there", you need to experience these techniques for yourself. I'll show you how.
Biographical Information: Dana Hall, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, has degrees in music performance and composition from William Paterson College and DePaul University. He is completing his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago. A leader of his own groups, Mr. Hall has also performed on six continents with the groups of others, including Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Joshua Redman, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Joe Lovano, Horace Silver, Ray Charles, Benny Golson, Michael Brecker, Betty Carter, Jimmy Heath, Maria Schneider, and Joe Henderson, among others.
Mr. Hall is a member of the Terell Stafford Quintet and the Music Director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. He uses and endorses Yamaha Drums, Bosphorus Cymbals, and Pro-Mark Drumsticks.
Sponsor: Yamaha Corporation, Bosphorus Cymbals, Pro-Mark Drumsticks
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Women and Minorities in the Band Conducting Profession: Past, Present, and Future
Linda Hartley, Deborah Sheldon
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Clinician Name(s): Linda Hartley, Deborah Sheldon
Clinic Title: Women and Minorities in the Band Conducting Profession: Past, Present, and Future
Clinic Synopsis: Historically, the presence of women and minorities in the band conducting profession has been in short supply. Is the 'brass ceiling' one which cannot be broken? Or is this discrepancy narrowing? Clinicians will reveal past and recent trends, and discuss related issues as they pertain to perceptions and experiences.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Conductors, teachers, students
What will the audience take away from this clinic? This clinic will raise awareness on the topic of women and minorities in the field of band conducting. Through awareness, we can be conscious of potential discrimination, as well as encouraging to those who may be hesitant to enter a field that has been traditionally dominated by white males. In this 21st century, we hope that all talented and capable students and veteran teachers will be welcomed and encouraged to participate and grow in a career that can be extremely rewarding.
What is included in the handout? Handouts will include past and recent statistics on women and minorities in the band conducting profession.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? This session is open to all Midwest attendees.
Biographical Information: Linda A. Hartley is Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate and Graduate Music Education at the University of Dayton (Ohio). A recipient of two Outstanding Teaching Awards at UD, Dr. Hartley teaches courses in instrumental music methods and pedagogy, and supervises student teachers.
She is the founder and director of the University of Dayton New Horizons Band.
Deborah Sheldon is Professor and Chair of Music Education and Therapy in the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Her specialties include instrumental conducting, wind band literature, rehearsal techniques and teaching methods, assessment, research, music psychology, behavioral techniques, and systematic observation. She has co-authored the texts The Complete Woodwind Instructor: A Guidebook for the Music Educator (Barnhouse) and Lessons in Performance (FJH).
Sponsor: n/a
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Beginning Band 101 "You Have No Free Will"
George Hayden, RoAnn Romines
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Clinician Name(s): George Hayden, RoAnn Romines E-mail Address: gwhayden@ci.maryville.tn.us
Clinic Title: Beginning Band 101 "You Have No Free Will"
Clinic Synopsis: We intend to change the perception and raise the standards for beginning band. We will share ideas and teaching strategies for achieving highly developmental sounds, skills and concepts for beginning/young bands. The contents will include recruiting, instrument selection, individual instrumental skills, section skills, full-band ensemble skills, rehearsal disciplines, director skills, equipment, literature selection and philosophy. We intend to share "what has worked well for us."
What is the target audience for this clinic? It is our hope that directors of all educational levels will benefit from this philosophy, method and approach of instruction.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? The attendee will hear what has "worked well for us." We will share ideas on recruiting, instrument selection (1st & 2nd year), individual skills (for each individual & instrument), section skills (including leadership), full-band ensemble skills (performance & seating), rehearsal disciplines (podium skills with curricular emphasis), director skills, equipment preferences, literature selection & philosophy.
What is included in the handout? This clinic's handouts will include a detailed outline of concepts on recruiting, instrumental skills (complete with "checklists" for the student & instructor), section skills, ensemble skills, rehearsal disciplines, director skills, equipment, literature & philosophy. Directors will become acquainted with a jargon for instruction aimed at constant skills' instruction, motivation, rehearsal momentum, and student & ensemble esteem building. We hope to equip a band director with "what to say."
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? We believe that we should share all the "secrets" of playing the instrument well with the beginning student just like a professional. Young bands can sound great almost immediately! If the student has good equipment, and is taught to play the instrument correctly in terms of breathing, tonguing, embouchure, finger facility, and holding & hand position, then they can achieve a great sound and have great ensemble experiences very early in their development.
Biographical Information: George Hayden & RoAnn Romines are band directors at Maryville Intermediate School in Maryville, Tennessee. They teach beginning band to 250 5th & 6th grade students. Mr. Hayden obtained his BS from the Univ. of Tennessee and his Master’s from Lincoln Memorial University. Mr. Hayden also teaches conducting, is the music director at Central UMC & conducts numerous band clinics and judges numerous concert and marching festivals.
Ms. Romines received a BM from MTSU, Masters of Music from IU and post-gradutae work from IU and Amsterdam. In addition to band director, she teaches clarinet at the University of Tenn. , Maryville College. She is an adjudicator and clinician for Clarinet and Concert Band.
Their 6th grade bands have compiled 44 superior ratings with grades 2, 3 and 4 music over the past 7 years. Most recently, the MIS Wind Ensemble performed at the ‘07 Midwest Clinic
Sponsor: Rush's Musical Services, Inc.
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What’s the Difference Between a Saxophone and a Lawnmower? The Role of Vibrato, Breath Support, Embouchure, Reeds and Mouthpieces in the Development of a Great Sounding Saxophone Section
Jonathan Helton
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Clinician Name: Jonathan Helton
Clinic Title: What’s the Difference Between a Saxophone and a Lawnmower? The Role of Vibrato, Breath Support, Embouchure, Reeds and Mouthpieces in the Development of a Great Sounding Saxophone Section
Clinic Synopsis: This clinic will provide clear, easy-to-follow steps to dramatically improving the sound of saxophone players of any age. Key concepts addressed will include: Choosing the proper reed strength; The relationship between the embouchure and breath support and its importance to tone and pitch; Teaching the saxophone vibrato; The saxophone embouchure; and Mouthpiece selection. A "Teaching Tools" handout will provide techniques for teacher and student use.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Band directors at every level. Private saxophone instructors.
What will the audience take away from this clinic? Practical methods for improving the saxophone sound.
What is included in the handout? Exercises for tone development. Exercises/tests for ideal embouchure formation. Exercises for independence of the breath, fingers and tongue. Exercises for developing an expressive vibrato. List of saxophone mouthpieces that will be demonstrated in the clinic. More...
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? Many of us can easily recognize the sound of a young saxophone player--from the back of the concert hall! With techniques learned in this clinic, teachers can assist the student to achieve a more mainstream classical saxophone sound. Techniques and exercises presented here draw on the teachings of many of the most prominent saxophone pedagogues in the US and France. These techniques are based on sound acoustical principles and over 20 years of practical teaching experience.
Biographical Information: Jonathan Helton is an active solo recitalist and chamber musician appearing in concerts worldwide, including Chicago, Montreal, Vancouver, Beijing, Singapore, London, Paris, Taipei, Washington, DC, and New York. He has been featured on programs of the North American Saxophone Alliance, the World Saxophone Congress, the College Music Society, Wisconsin Composers’ Alliance, Chicago Consortium of Composers, and the New Music Chicago Festival. His performances have been heard on North Carolina Public Radio, on WFMT in Chicago, and in national radio syndication. He is featured on compact discs from Elf, Innova, Mark Records, and Music from Northwestern. From 1992 to 1999 Dr. Helton served on the faculty at Northwestern University. He is currently on the faculty of the School of Music of the University of Florida where he teaches saxophone, chamber music and conducts the New Music Ensemble.
Sponsor: Conn-Selmer, Inc.
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Fixing the Front Row: Troubleshooting Your Flute Section
Julie Hobbs
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Clinician Name: Julie Hobbs E-mail Address: Julie-Hobbs@utc.edu
Clinic Title: Fixing the Front Row: Troubleshooting Your Flute Section
Clinic Synopsis: This presentation will provide dozens of quick fixes and drills to benefit flute sections and flute ensembles at any level. Problems addressed will include how to play softly in the upper register, embouchure formations, basic intonation corrections, vibrato production, developing a resonant tone, tips for breath support, and overall posture. The presentation features live demonstrations as well as photographs to illustrate the various methods to get your flute section sounding great.
What is the target audience for this clinic? Middle School and High School band directors as well as flute ensemble coaches
What will the audience take away from this clinic? The audience will leave having the tools necessary to troubleshoot the most common problems in any flute section.
What is included in the handout? The handout consists of an outline of common problems for flutists and quick solutions for each, with illustrations and pictures to better demonstrate the techniques introduced in the clinic.
Is there anything else you would like attendees to know about this clinic? This will be an entertaining and informative clinic that will leave you with the knowledge you need to have an outstanding flute section.
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