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2009 Great Plains Music Education Workshop Schedule

 

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June 22-23	I.  Elementary Music Teaching in a Global World: Resources, Activities, and the Orff Approach
June 22	II.  Building Healthy Choral Sound and Developing an Outstanding Program
June 24	III. Team Building and Developing Leadership in Music Classes and Performing Groups
June 24	IV. Beginning and Intermediate Handbell Ringing for Church, Community, and School Groups
June 25-26	V. Transforming Your Choral Rehearsal from Good to Great

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:	Music educators at all levels: elementary, middle/junior high, high school and college.
WHEN:	June 22-26, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Each workshop meets all day.
WHERE:	Beach Music Hall at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS.
FORMAT:	Five workshops—Workshop I (June 22-23) counts as one workshop. Attending two days is equivalent to one credit. Attending four days is equivalent to two credits.
CREDIT OPTION:	One credit hour is equivalent to attending 2 full days + 2 written assignments. Two credit hours is equivalent to attending 4 full days + 4 written assignments.
WORKSHOP FEE:	$70 per day (Applies to all participants) (Tuition for credit is additional*)
PER CREDIT COST:	$161 (undergrad, in-state)     $217 (grad, in-state)   $552 (grad, out-of-state) Music packets may be purchased from Senseney Music on workshop days. Teachers from NE, CO, OK, MO, and TX may qualify for NEARR tuition rates (much lower than out of state). Contact Registration at 620-341-5211 with any questions.
REGISTRATION:	Pre-registration required. Print and mail the form located below with $70 deposit by June 15. Please make checks payable to 'ESU Music Department'. Complete the enrollment process at 8:00-8:30 a.m. before each workshop begins. When enrolling for credit, a separate check for tuition must be made payable to ESU.
NOTE:	Teachers who are working towards certification or recertification must pay a one-time $40 handling fee in addition to the other fees. *Tuition is subject to change by Kansas Board of Regents

 

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Great Plains Music Education Workshops

 

Workshop I (June 22-23)

Elementary Music Teaching in a Global World:

Resources, Activities, and the Orff Approach

This two-day workshop will include opportunities for teachers to develop their musicianship and movement capabilities using techniques which are traditionally practiced through the Orff approach. In addition, teachers will explore materials for younger elementary students with a focus on singing, movement, play, story and exploratory activities. There will be sessions on singing with Orff instrumental accompaniment and ways to introduce soprano recorder with elementary and middle school students. Exploring the world of rhythm with djembes, tubanos and congas and learning music from the traditional Orff “Music for Children Volumes” will also be included. Our final project will be learning, preparing, and performing traditional music and movement from Brazil in combination with the telling of a tale from the Amazon, “Jabuti.”

Instructor:  Mary Helen Solomon is currently the Chair of Fine Arts and Director of Choral and Orff Studies at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Florida.  She has taught elementary and pre-school students for many years prior to her current position.  Each summer she teaches Basic Orff Theory and Pedagogy for Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Courses, Levels II and III at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Mary Helen has given teacher training workshops throughout the United States and has published four books of Orff materials for students. She recently taught Level II Orff classes with Barbara Haselbach and Christoph Maubach, at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. In 1998 she received the Gladys Prior Award for Career Teaching from the University of North Florida.  

 

Workshop II (June 22)

Building Healthy Choral Sound and Developing

an Outstanding Program

There is no magic involved in developing a healthy sound and a solid choral program at the secondary level.  Hard work and a willingness to learn from other educators, as well as from the students themselves, are the keys to success.  Having spent 31 years sharing choral music with adolescents and young adults, Pam will share ideas and methods for a variety of topics related to the choral classroom.  Areas to be explored include the development of tone within the ensemble, dealing with diction, melodic and rhythmic sight-singing, voicing the ensemble for blend and balance, audition techniques for small and large ensembles, recruiting and retaining young men in choral music, classroom management and concert etiquette, convention preparation from audition to performance, and producing a variety show. 

 

Instructor:  Pam Bushouse retired in 2006 from teaching choral music at Lawrence Free State High School. In 31 years of teaching, she taught vocal music in grades K-12 in Jenks, Oklahoma, and in Lawrence, KS. During her nine years of teaching at Lawrence Free State, her choirs received straight superior ratings at state festival.  The Chamber Choir received top honors for its performances at Musicfest Orlando in 2000 and 2003 and at Festival Disney in 2006.  The same ensemble was chosen to perform at the 2002 and 2006 KMEA State Convention.  During her 19 years at Lawrence West Junior High, the choirs performed five times for KMEA, once for a Southwest Division Convention of ACDA, and once for an MENC National Convention.  Pam has conducted district, regional, and state festivals and has presented numerous workshops for vocal music educators. In the spring of 2001, she was named Secondary Teacher of the Year for Lawrence Public Schools and received the Bobs Award for Excellence in Teaching.  In December of 2001, she was named the Outstanding High School Choral Director for the Northeast District of KMEA.  In 2006, she received the Harry Robert Wilson Award for outstanding contribution to the choral art in Kansas from the Kansas Choral Directors Association. She conducts Choristers, the preparatory choir for Lawrence Children’s Choir, maintains a private voice studio, and is a member of the 2009 Leadership Lawrence Class.  Since her retirement, Pam has begun a new career in real estate.

 

Workshop III (June 24)

Team Building and Developing Leadership

in Music Classes and Performing Groups

This interactive workshop will focus on group development and empowering student leaders at all levels.  Ron will explore the importance of and methods for developing relationships within a group, informing members of traditions and expectations, establishing effective class/rehearsal policies and procedures, achieving synergy and effective performances, handling conflict, and celebrating success.  He will also examine how to identify and select student leaders in addition to addressing the teaching of leadership skills and helping student leaders succeed.  Participants will receive a wide variety of information, ideas, methods, activities, initiatives, and presentations to use with students in their instrumental and vocal ensembles as well as their student organizations. 

 

Instructor:  Ron Jones retired from Del Oro High School (California) after teaching there for thirty-nine years.  During this time he served twenty-five years as band director, seventeen years as director of student activities, and in other positions including department chair, mentor teacher, cheerleader adviser, yearbook adviser, Broadway musical director, and club adviser. Strong, well-organized programs with excellent student leaders were trademarks of Ron’s groups throughout his career.  Throughout his career he received a number of awards including Northern California Band Director of the Year in 1988, California Band Directors Association Distinguished Service Award in 1989, and California Music Educators Outstanding Service Award in 1990.  The California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA) recognized Ron with the Area “A” award in 1999, induction into the CADA Hall of Fame in 2002, and with CADA’s Outstanding Activity Director of the year award in 2003.   In 2006, CADA presented Ron with the Earl Reum award recognizing his training and mentoring of adults who teach leadership skills to students.  He  developed the mini-lesson approach to teaching leadership curriculum and is the coauthor of FOCUS, 36  10-Minute Lesson Plans and coauthor/editor of 10 MINUTE LESSONS. He regularly presents adviser, teacher, business, and student sessions on leadership curriculum, leadership development, teambuilding, and promoting a positive culture on campus. 

 

Workshop IV (June 24)

Beginning and Intermediate Handbell Ringing

for Church, Community, and School Groups

Whether you are a beginning ringer, advanced ringer, youth ringer, first-time director, seasoned ring leader or you just want to brush up on your handbell/hand chimes skills, come and ring with us!  We will be working on ringing techniques and basic skills, general learning styles of youth and adult ringers, rehearsal techniques, how to choose music for your choirs, and music making.  We will explore how to use handbells and hand chimes effectively in your classroom as well as in church services.  Bells and chimes will be provided by the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers—Kansas Ringing Team.  Bring your own gloves if you have them!  Music will be provided by Jeffers Handbell Services with an option for purchase after the workshop.  This workshop is endorsed by AGEHR.  All youth (7th grade - 12th grade) can attend this dynamic workshop for free.  

 Instructor: Arnold Sherman, a free-lance composer and co-founder of Red River Music, currently resides in Tyler, Texas. His undergraduate work in music education was completed at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, and Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Arnold is the Founder and Director of the East Texas Handbell Ensemble. A highly skilled clinician and guest conductor, he has led choral and handbell workshops, festivals, and reading sessions throughout the United States, Canada, England, Japan and the Bahamas. He has published more than three hundred choral and handbell pieces. An active member of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, he has served as Area IX chairperson of AGEHR.  Arnold has 54 published titles in the Hope/Agape catalog.

 

Workshop V (June 25-26)

Transforming Your Choral Rehearsal from Good to Great

What do we want our students to take away from their choral experience with us as teachers? How do we know what our students know and value?  How can we provide them with more meaningful individual instruction? How can we help our students become better musicians? How can we make our rehearsals as enjoyable and efficient as possible? How can we better empower students as thinkers and leaders?  This dynamic two-day workshop for junior high, middle school, and high school directors will address these questions and help participants develop practical strategies for (1) using solfege to helping students perform, read, and create music with understanding; (2) assessing students in practical ways, and (3) creating enjoyable rehearsals that promote leadership and independent musicianship.  A reading session of music for various types of secondary-level choral ensembles will be included. 

Instructor: Al Holcomb is a frequent presenter and author on the topics of aural skill development, mentoring, professional development, music assessment, and middle level choral music education. He regularly conducts festivals and honor choirs around the country and has taught all levels of general and choral music in Texas and Connecticut.  Dr. Holcomb has helped develop statewide assessment projects in Connecticut and Florida and has co-chaired the Florida Music Assessment project since 2001. He is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Central Florida where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, coordinates music education, advises, supervises interns, and conducts the Women’s Ensemble.

 

Last Updated May 4, 2009