VOLUME 52, NO. 2 WINTER 2019 Tempo

CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference Preview Table of Contents

President…………………………………………………………….4 Outreach Project……………………………………………………5 Mentorship Program………………………………………………..6 Adjudication…………………………………………………..….…7 CMEA Bay Section Board 2020 Meeting Schedule………………7 Multicultural/General Music .……………..………………………8 Band…………………………………………………………………9 Choir…………….…………………………..………………….….10 Orchestra……………………………………………………….….11 Higher Education………………………………………………….12 Jazz…………………………………………………………………13 Innovation and Learning………….……..………….……….……14 Board of Directors .……………………………………………….15

Editor’s Note Throughout this issue of Tempo, your CMEA Bay Section Board members highlight this year’s session offerings at the upcoming CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference to be held January 10-11, 2020 at San José State University. Included in this issue of Tempo is a registration form if you haven’t yet registered for the conference. You may also register online at cmeabaysection.org.

Winter Conference has been a source of inspiration and rejuvenation for me since my first years of teaching. It is not only a chance to catch up with colleagues, but to learn new teaching techniques and approaches to reaching our students, hear samplings of new or specific literature, hear several outstanding musical performances, and learn about the newest trends in music education and learning.

On behalf of the CMEA Bay Section Board, I sincerely hope that you find much inspiration and many take aways from this years Bay Section Conference.

~ Jenny Anderson [email protected]

CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference Registration January 10 – 11, 2020 San José State University

Early Registration deadline is Friday, January 3, 2020

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For office use only: Date Received: Check No. School Booster Personal President Bruce Lengacher

Don’t Miss the Winter Conference at SJSU! We will revive the keynote address, which It’s hard to believe that the year is already we’ve had in the past, on Friday afternoon halfway over. This year President Elect, Keith immediately after lunch. It will have two Johnson will serve as Conference Chair. The components. The first will be a State of the conference will be held January 10 and 11, Section delivered by members of the 2020 at San Jose State University. Keith has Executive Board and we are very excited to streamlined the schedule in order to have NAfME President Elect Mackie V. eliminate conflicting sessions. Spradley as our Keynote speaker for the second half of this session. The Special Representatives have worked tirelessly to put together over 40 sessions, Please read the special representatives’ their assistants have staffed, and managed articles to learn about the many and varied our Conference Honor Ensembles, and of sessions that are on tap for this year’s course, the Wine and Cheese Social so conference. We are also pleased and excited graciously supported by Ashli Rulien and to include two sessions from the Casting a J.W. Pepper. Wider Net folks, who will be presenting two different sessions from10:25-11:15 on Friday This conference would not be possible and Saturday. without the CMEA Bay Section Board and Dr. David Vickerman and his amazing We’re excited for these additions to the students at SJSU. We learned a lot from our Winter Conference and hope that they first year back at SJSU and are happy to have provide you with even more opportunities to all of the sessions in the Student Union. grow and learn. Morris Daily Auditorium is undergoing maintenance and repair during January so Moving Forward all of the Conference Honor Ensembles, We have formed a subcommittee to develop Choir, Orchestra and Band will take place in a Solo and Ensemble rubric to be piloted in the Concert Hall in the Music Building. the 2020-2021 festival season. The development and implementation of this What’s on Tap for This Year’s Conference will rubric will complete our festival Our featured Jazz Band showcase was adjudication overhaul that started 6 years selected by blind audition, and I’m happy to ago. It has been a vast undertaking, but the let you know, if you don’t already know that talents and hard work of many of our board the El Cerrito Jazz Ensemble, led by our very members have made it possible to develop own Keith Johnson, will be performing on an authentic assessment tool that give Friday afternoon right before the Wine and specific feedback to you and your students. Cheese Reception. Looking forward to seeing you at SJSU in We have also added two repertoire January! Enjoy your winter break. roundtables one each on Friday and Saturday.

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December 2019

Dear Bay Area Music Educator,

We hope that you are off to a great start to the new school year! CMEA Bay Section is working tirelessly to continue its mission of advancing music education through quality musical experiences for students and professional development opportunities for music educators in the Bay Area. Through our Outreach Project we have reached many California Music Educators Association CMEA Bay Section educators and students in our community and we are excited to share new opportunities available to you this coming school year.

The 2020 CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference will take place on Friday, January 10th Executive Board and Saturday, January 11th at San José State University. Through our Outreach Project, Bruce Lengacher, President we would like to extend an invitation to Bay Area music educators in Title I schools that Keith Johnson, President Elect have not attended our Winter Conference to attend our 2020 conference free of charge! Rita Zigas-Brown, Past President The Winter Conference is a two-day professional development seminar for music Lucy Yamakawa-Cox, Treasurer Paul Lorigan, Executive Secretary educators and college students. Attendees have the opportunity to participate in Maritza Spieller, Recording Secretary sessions in Classroom Music, Multicultural Music, Band, Choir, Jazz, Orchestra, and Dr. Robert Calonico, Adjudication Director Music Technology. The conference also hosts three honor ensembles (band, orchestra, choir) made up of students nominated by their teachers from all regions of the Bay Area in in grades 7, 8, and 9. This year we are offering scholarships for up to ten students in each of these groups for students from Title I schools!

In addition to these conference opportunities we are expanding our Outreach Project into the classroom. The Outreach Project’s “CMEA in the Classroom” successfully launched last school year. The program sends CMEA Bay Section clinicians into the classrooms of Title I music programs that have not experienced a CMEA music festival, or, cannot attend a festival due to financial constraints. Clinicians provide a free session to participating ensembles using the CMEA Bay Section Adjudication Rubrics to introduce students and directors to the CMEA festival experience. This school year, CMEA Bay Section is also offering scholarships for Title I music programs to attend our Large Group Festivals. Bay Section will waive the fee for one group of a qualifying school. We are pleased to report that we are already sponsoring over eight schools!

CMEA Bay Section is eager to serve you and your students and we hope that the opportunities outlined in this letter will benefit your community. For more information on how to take advantage of these great opportunities, please contact CMEA Bay Section Past President Rita Zigas-Brown via email at [email protected] or by phone at (415) 497-2913 by Friday, December 20, 2019.

Please feel free to share this information with any colleagues you feel may benefit from these programs. We hope to see you at our Winter Conference in January!

Sincerely,

Bruce Lengacher Rita Zigas-Brown CMEA Bay Section President CMEA Bay Section Past President

An affiliate of the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME) Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 5 CMEA State Mentorship Program

CMEA State unveiled this Mentorship Program at the 2015 CASMEC and since then, we have had several successful pairings of mentees and mentors. The philosophy behind this program is to match mentors with mentees in an effort to discourage burn out while encouraging camaraderie and partnership in a supportive and confidential collaboration. The program is equally beneficial to any veteran teacher that has begun to teach a new class of which the curriculum or pedagogy is unfamiliar. Below are some potential outcomes for our mentees: • Build a lasting career network • Receive relevant feedback and coaching from experts and colleagues • Develop your own professional growth plan • Gain access to a support system • Generate productive relationships • Acquire professional development opportunities • Gain new perspectives and experiences • Develop as an emerging leader in the profession I am currently the Bay Section Representative for the State Mentorship Program and it is my pleasure to have the following mentors representing Bay Section: • Bob Athayde (Stanley MS, Lafayette) • Greg Brown (Northgate HS, Walnut Creek) • Robert Calonico (UC Berkeley, retired) • Troy Davis (West Valley College, Saratoga) • John Felder (retired) • Cyrus Ginwala (San Francisco State University) • Jonathan Grantham (Amador Valley HS, Pleasanton) • John Maltester (Saint Mary’s College, Moraga) • Nancy Moser (retired) • Ella Webb (retired)

If you are interested in being a mentee, please go to www.calmusiced.com. Once there, click on the “CMEA Info and News” link at the top, then click “CMEA Mentorship Program” on the pull down menu, and then the “Mentee Application” link. Send your completed application directly to me (rather than Mark Nicholson) via email at [email protected] or snail mail (USPS) to: Rita Zigas-Brown Walnut Creek Intermediate School 2425 Walnut Blvd. Walnut Creek, CA 94597 I look forward to hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 6 Adjudication Bob Calonico, DMA

At this year’s Winter Conference, I will be Cheryl Yee Glass, San Ramon Unified moderating an adjudication session entitled: School District (FRI/SAT), Jon Grantham, Amador Valley High School (FRI), Greg The changing educational and cultural Brown, Northgate High School (FRI), landscape and its impact on adjudication Michael Boitz, Saratoga High School (FRI) This will be a seventy-five minute session Dr. Ruth Brittin, University of the Pacific presented on Friday and Saturday featuring (SAT), Mary Stocker, Albany High School panelists who will discuss educational and (SAT), and Todd Summers, Gunn High cultural issues facing music educators today, School (SAT) and their potential impact on adjudication. Our panelists, all of whom are experienced The times and rooms are as follows: educators and adjudicators, will discuss Friday: 9-10:15am SJSU Student Union mainstreaming of special needs students Meeting Room #1 (including IEP, autism, learning disabilities, Saturday: 9-10:15am SJSU Student Union and 504 plans), gender spectrum awareness, Meeting Room #1 our adjudication system and its application for Title 1 schools, cultural sensitivity, and The panelists for this session include: how criticism is articulated among other topics.

CMEA Bay Section Board Meeting Schedule 2020 January 9 San José State Exec. Board: 3:45pm Full Board: 4:30pm + set up CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference at San José State University Friday & Saturday, January 10 & 11, 2020 February 5 San Ramon Valley HS Exec. Board: 3:45pm Festival Committee: 4:30pm March 4 San José State Exec. Board: 3:45pm Festival Committee: 4:30pm April 1 San Ramon Valley HS Exec. Board: 3:45pm Full Board: 4:30pm May 6 San Ramon Valley HS Exec. Board: 3:45pm Festival Committee: 4:30pm June 7 San Ramon Valley HS Exec. Board: TBD Full Board: TBD Full Board: All Board Members Executive Board: President, President-Elect, Past President, Recording Secretary, Executive Secretary, Adjudication Director, Executive Treasurer Conference Committee: All Special Reps. and/or Assistants (band, choral, jazz, orchestra, general music, higher ed., multicultural, innovation & learning), Public Relations, Webmaster, Tempo Editor, Medals Chair, Student NAfME Rep(s), Conference Host, and Executive Board Festival Committee: Large Group and Solo-Ensemble Festival Coordinators, Band, Choral, Jazz, and Orchestra Reps., Medals Chair, Tempo Editor, Public Relations, Webmaster, Area Reps/Assistants, and Executive Board San Ramon Valley High School, 501 Danville Blvd, Danville, CA 94526 San José State University, 1 Washington Sq. San José, CA 95192

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 7 Multicultural and General Music Zach Pitt-Smith

Greetings and Happy Fall, teachers! Our Winter Inside Out! Where we will learn how to use the Conference is almost upon us and I’m very excited body as the instrument for learning and to gain to share with you the wide array of Multicultural deeper understanding of a piece of music. and General Music sessions in store for us! And these are just the Multicultural and General Rachel Bergeron will present on using Orff Music offerings! The 2020 Winter Conference will Shulwerk to explore Winter Themes through undoubtedly be a rich learning experience for all Drama, Dance and Song. Dr. Samuel Thomas, attendees. Looking forward to seeing you in San ethnomusicology professor from City University of Jose! New York will discuss Global Approaches to Improvisation, focusing on the role and practice of improvisation in several distinguished and distinctive non-western (Arab, India, Sub-Saharan Africa) and western (jazz, fusion) musical traditions. In conjunction with our Higher Education representatives, Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio will present an elementary workshop on integrating Social-Emotional Learning with Kodaly. We will finish Friday’s sessions with a rousing General Music session on Mariachi and Traditional Mexican Son with Arwen Lawrence and Jorge Liceaga from local legendary group Cascada de Flores.

Saturday begins with Michelle Jacques and a Journey to 1619 – songs and movement games that examine the many ways the legacy of slavery continues to shape and define life in the U.S. This will also share techniques for creating and honoring diverse equity, and inclusion in our classrooms. Local Bay Area Indonesian Gamelan treasures Sarah Willner and Dewa Berata will give a hands-on session about Gamelan, vocal music and games of Indonesia. Learn how to play a traditional Gamelan as well as how to translate the rich language to our classrooms and Western instruments. Lastly, Dr. Jeremy Dittus from Dalcroze Institue of the Rockies will discuss Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Musicianship from the

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 8 Band Chavonta Edington

Hello Music Educators! Whether or not you are Our elementary band teachers will enjoy listening getting your elementary students ready for their to Jason Borris of Pleasanton USD. Jason will talk very first band concert or putting away the uniforms about all of the tips and tricks he has learned over from your last marching band competition, I wish the course of his 20 years working in elementary you all the best for your Winter Concert Season. As band classrooms. Even if you are not an you make your plans for the holiday season, we elementary teacher, you are sure to find comfort hope that you include time to attend the Winter and delight as you take a glimpse into the life of an Conference on January 10 and 11, 2020 at San Jose elementary school band teacher. State University. We have worked diligently to create sessions that meet the varying needs of our The jazz and band special representatives are CMEA members and look forward to having you working together to bring composer, arranger and join us at the sessions designed specifically for our artist Mike Steinel for an in depth look into the band directors. Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble. Come out to explore Book 1 and Book 2 of this ground-breaking We are very pleased to feature Professor Carol comprehensive method book. Brittin Chambers as the conductor for the Director’s Reading Band Session. An avid composer, arranger We hope that you all will consider playing with and performer, Professor Chambers currently serves Professor Chambers in the Director’s Reading Band. on the Music Education faculty of Texas Lutheran Please look out for a link to a Google Form that will University in Seguin, TX. A wide variety of new allow you to register to play in the reading band. music has been selected that represents a tapestry Whether you are playing on stage or listening in the of sounds from around the world. She will also be audience, we hope to see you at this collaborative working with our Jr. High Conference Honor Band event. as they rehearse her composition, Rainbow in the Clouds! Please join us at the final concerts on Saturday afternoon as Dr. Vu Nguyen of the University of Dr. Kim Mieder, Director of Music Education at Connecticut returns to his Bay Area home to lead Sonoma State University, presents a session that our talented students in the Jr. High School uses a learner centered approach that will enable Conference Honor Band. Take some time to drop in your students to take control of their own music on the rehearsals as the hard work you do in the learning. Through the use of group collaboration, band room everyday is displayed in a whirlwind modeling, goal setting, problem solving, self- weekend of visiting with cherished friends and monitoring and reflection, Dr. Mieder’s session will exploring new possibilities! integrate practice strategies that are key in developing self-regulated learners.

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 9 Choir Angelina Fitzhugh

If you haven’t already done so, make plans to through high school. Our last session will be Dr. attend the Winter Conference. There are so many Corie Brown of San Jose State University. She will great sessions in all of the disciplines. Truly give us ideas about building equity and inclusivity something for everyone. in our classrooms using her research from her work in Columbia. So while your Conference Choir students are learning a ton from Kristina Nakagawa of This Winter Conference is not to be missed! Don’t Resounding Achord, you can learn from some of forget to join us for the Wine and Cheese event, these fine folks! Friday evening! Hope to see you there!

On Friday morning, Monica Covitt of the San Francisco Girls Chorus will lead us in a reading session with pieces appropriate for elementary choirs through beginning middle school choirs. You’ll be sure to find just the right piece for your next concert or festival.

Right after that, Susie Martone of Greene Middle School will give us some ideas to “Make it work!” with middle school choirs. She has some awesome, hands-on ideas to turn the choir you have into the choir of your dreams. Then, you don’t want to miss Dr. Joshua Palkki of CSU Long Beach talking about the changing role of gender in our choral classrooms. His session will give you some ideas about how our policies, literature, and pedagogy can support our students of all genders.

Saturday morning, you can come and get some quick tricks using movement in your choirs with Victoria Schmidt of Ochoa Middle School. She will give you some great ideas to invigorate your rehearsals and concerts! Ken Rawdon, former director of Mt. Eden High School and current Hayward Unified School Board member will lead us in our Secondary Reading session. He will focus on music appropriate for advanced middle school

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 10 Orchestra Tiffany Ou

Hello, orchestra colleagues! We’re rounding the We are excited to invite Helene Grotans (Borel corner to Winter Break, which means it’s almost Middle School) to present a session titled “Time’s time for Winter Conference at SJSU! I am thrilled to Up: No More All Male-Composer Concert share this program of orchestra sessions with you - Programs.” The field of music education seems to we have an exciting slate of clinicians presenting be in agreement that we can also use our concert on incredibly important topics. programs as a way to show equality in our classroom and society. Ms. Grotans will guide you We are so excited to welcome renowned composer in how to organize your concert program so that Soon Hee Newbold to our conference this year. half of your ensemble members (the women!) are Ms. Newbold will present a session titled not left out. “Addressing the Elephant in the Room; Navigating the Issues of Cultural Diversity and Discrimination” Stephen Moore (Santa Clara Unified School where she will touch on the mystery of the District) will be presenting a session titled "Go publishing world, the changing needs and wants of Home and Practice That!" - we tell our students to the consumer, and discuss the current hot topics of go home and practice knowing this will be today. She will relay some personal experiences essential to their progress. However, students can and would like to hear feedback on the challenges always benefit from learning how to practice, how facing music directors in a politically correct to be effective and efficient time-wise, and how to climate. take things apart so that they can isolate specific challenges. Mr. Moore will discuss and take apart Ms. Newbold will also lead the Orchestra Reading these aspects of practicing. Come join in! Session where she will conduct some of her favorite repertoire on the market. Gunn High Last but certainly not least, the conference honor School String Orchestra will be playing, and orchestra will be directed by Dr. Cyrus Ginwala educators are encouraged to bring your instrument (San Francisco State University), featuring a diverse and read along as well. program of advanced middle-school repertoire. This is an exciting opportunity for our best and brightest Dr. Alexander Kahn (Sonoma State University) will young students to experience new music in this be presenting "The Mindful Musician: Incorporating special way. A special shoutout to Brant Nishida Mindfulness Strategies into the Orchestra (Assistant Orchestra Rep) and Cheryl Yee Glass for Rehearsal” where he will explore how mindfulness their hard work in preparation for the conference can be effectively incorporated into an orchestra orchestra! rehearsal. You will come away with concrete mindfulness strategies to help you and your Looking forward to an exciting Winter Conference ensemble members be fully present at your of sharing and learning. Happy holidays to you and rehearsal from the moment they arrive until they yours, and I’ll see you in January! walk out the door.

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 11 Higher Education Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio

Are you ready for a fantastic Winter Conference? teaching and musical skills. Please bring your band Well, the Higher Education Team is ready with instruments to play through recommended music some innovative, current music education topics! and for the Conductor’s Master Class. To begin, we will once again host the traditional, collegiate-members only lunch “Pizza with the Another noteworthy session includes a recent SJSU Presidents” on Friday, January 10. College graduate, Zack Clark. He will come and share the members can join together for an inspiration round results from his project on mindfulness. table with our amazing CMEA Past and Present “Mindfulness in the Music Classroom” will include Presidents. (1) how mindfulness can help teachers develop an effective classroom disposition, (2) how the In cooperation with the General Music/ psychological processes of mindfulness prepare the Multicultural and Choral Reps, we are bringing the students for learning, and (3) how to use these spectacular Dr. Eunice Marrero from Texas to share psychological processes in the music classroom. her work with choirs, “A Culturally Responsive We will also (4) address potential concerns Choral Classroom: Selecting and Performing surrounding the appropriateness of mindfulness in Authentic Hispanic Repertoire for Middle School the educational setting. and High School Choirs.” Dr. Marrero will explore the qualities of a culturally responsive choral Finally, Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio will present classroom and their educational relevance. Due to “SEL in the Kodaly Classroom.” This elementary unfortunate cultural misappropriation of Hispanic music workshop will focus on integrating SEL music, it is important that the choral teacher is (Social-Emotional Learning) along with Kodaly’s aware and prepared to select legitimate music sequenced music teaching. As Kodaly said, “With representative of this culture. Thus, participants will music, one’s whole future life is brightened. This is also gain knowledge on how to research, select, such a treasure in life that it helps us over many teach and perform authentic Hispanic choral troubles and difficulties. Music is nourishment, a repertoire for middle school and high school comforting elixir. Music multiplies all that is choirs. beautiful and of value in life.” Let’s find ways to develop this musicianship philosophy in our Meanwhile, back by popular demand, we will have elementary students. another conductor workshop for collegiate members with the astounding Dr. Fred Cohen! Dr. We hope you will find these clinics to be exciting, Cohen will provide a master class for college engaging and fill a need for your teaching program. students preparing for their 1st year of teaching. We look forward to seeing you January 10-11, This workshop will focus on several issues that 2020 at SJSU! confront instrumental music educators: artistry, rehearsal strategies, and techniques with middle and high school student instrumentalists. The workshop aims to strengthen and broaden participant’s perspective on the craft of conducting and the art of teaching. Topics regarding score study, rehearsal techniques, and podium presence will be considered to enhance your conducting,

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 12 Jazz Randy Porter

I’m so excited about our jazz offerings at Winter School for the Arts in addition to teaching piano Conference. In addition to the 4 regular sessions there. A career highlight for me was when he we will have a very special reading session and an worked with my middle school jazz ensemble both honor jazz band performance. Working with our facilitating their own original pieces incorporating wonderful colleagues at JW Pepper music in jazz and hip hop, and joining our ensemble and Dublin we found 13 gems for jazz ensemble – all freestyling over John Coltrane's Alabama. excellent charts, and all by women composers and arrangers. My jazz ensembles are roughly 50% Bay Area legend Terrence Brewer will be presenting female, but my jazz library is at about 2%. There is on the role of the guitar in both jazz ensemble and no longer any excuse not to feature women combos. SF Weekly’s Jazz Musician of the Year composers as the music is available and the quality (2007), Terrence is a virtuoso guitarist and a scholar of the compositions is high. In addition to many with deep knowledge. You will leave inspired! must haves for your libraries, this will also be an education. Included in the session will be three Rounding out the jazz sessions will be one of the charts by Mary Lou Williams, from three different Bays finest jazz piano players, Tammy Lynne Hall, creative periods. In delving into her music I have a who will present voicings for your pianist in jazz new found respect, and her musical transformation ensemble. Tammy will demonstrate how your is Ellingtonesque. Also included in the reading pianist can improve the whole ensemble with the session will be charts by Melba Liston, Patty right voicings. Come and get some deep piano Darling, Maria Schneider, Ellen Rowe, and Lisa knowledge at this session in the Frank Sumares DeSpain. JW Pepper is putting together a book of tradition. scores which will serve as a wonderful reference. Be sure to catch the highly acclaimed El Cerrito We are flying out Mike Steinel, long tenured jazz Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Keith Johnson professor at North Texas State, to present his as they have been selected to perform a command excellent method book, Essential Elements for Jazz. performance on Friday afternoon. We are looking This method book is easy to use both for the novice forward to seeing you in January! jazz teacher and the experienced jazz professional and covers everything you need to know to run a successful jazz ensemble. You are welcome to bring your instrument and play along as Mike leads this workshop. He will also present the ‘hot off the press' Essential Elements for Jazz, volume 2, for more experienced jazz ensembles. This session is a co-presentation with our band rep, Chavonta Eddington.

Kev Choice will be presenting on incorporating hip hop and R & B into your jazz ensembles. Kev is the former music director for Lauren Hill, and is a busy touring artist leading his own bands. A rapper, pianist, and producer, he is also an important music educator and leads ensembles at Oakland

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 13 Innovation and Learning Greg Miller

The upcoming Winter Conference is going to offer is the best way to combat those issues. This session a wonderful opportunity for all music educators in will cover a basic overview of audio systems and the Bay Area to share and expand their knowledge give you the knowledge to make more informed and experiences of music education. The members microphone choices. Topics will include: audio of the CMEA Bay Section Board have put together a signal flow, microphone choices/ styles/ uses, audio wide range of clinic offerings to help you grow as a mixer components, and effects. Bring any questions music educator. In the field of Innovation and you might have about your specific groups. Learning, we will share four sessions to help Christopher Graham has 15 years experience expand your understanding of existing running and producing live audio events including technologies, and how best to use them in your theatre, lectures, as well as the traditional music classrooms. ensembles like choirs, bands, and orchestras from all over the world. Major changes in traditional collegiate music education and the music industry are making high Get up early on Saturday morning and join school and middle school educators reevaluate traveling elementary music educator Keith Hunter long standing curriculum. Pushed by an explosion for demonstrations and explanations of technology of media and music in digital platforms he employs while biking between 12 elementary opportunities are arising for musicians to create, schools. Keith will cover a number of topics compose and perform music to wider audiences. including his bike rig, recommendations for basic Michale Najar’s presentation will explore ways in tech tools, software and websites used to engage which Music Educators can include opportunities and enhance student learning, using videos to for your students to take advantage of this growing reinforce teaching at home, and share practical market and education trends. We will be solutions for setting up a tech friendly music discussing and exploring curriculum ideas (like classroom in under 2 minutes! Keith, a San Jose Audio Music Production), classroom music tech State alumnus and Bay Area native, is a member of tools and more simple ways your students can the Palo Alto Unified School District Elementary prepare for the future. This will be a session that Music traveling team which teaches instrumental encourages healthy discussion and dissenting ideas music to every 5th grader in our district. Everyone so we can learn from each other. Michael Najar can take a tool or new idea from this session from has been teaching at Palo Alto High School since this digital native. 2003. He conducts 4 award winning choirs, teaches AP Music Theory and Audio Music Everyone loves a good #lifehack. Using an Production. Mr. Najar has a passion for everyday tool in a new or creative way can make composition and digital music. He has composed our hectic daily lives easier. Join this session to see two musicals, is a part of an electronic pop duet a few of the best music teacher related #lifehacks named StrangeBird, and has taught Music that Greg Miller has come across in recent years. Technology at the collegiate level. As former This session will include a presentation of practical department chair of the Visual and Performing Arts apps, computer programs, wireless solutions to he helped write curriculum for 7 new classes. help you effectively reach today's student, and some basic techniques to empower our students to On a scale of 20hz to 20,000hz, there are so many be more responsible. You are guaranteed to find at things that can go wrong with your audio system. least one new tool or strategy to help you next Understanding the base components of any system week!

Tempo - Vol. 52, No. 2 14 Board of Directors EXECUTIVE President Past-President Executive Secretary Adjudication Bruce Lengacher Rita Zigas-Brown Paul Lorigan Bob Calonico Acalanes High School Walnut Creek Intermediate School Horner Jr. High School UC Berkeley, retired Lafayette, CA 94549 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Fremont, CA 95136 Berkeley, CA 94720 510-333-2065 925-944-6840 x8622 510-656-4000 x48050 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] President-Elect Executive Treasurer Recording Secretary Keith Johnson Lucy Yamakawa Cox Maritza Spieller El Cerrito High School San Jose State University Evergreen Valley High School El Cerrito, CA 94530 San Jose, CA 95112 San Jose, CA 95148 510-231-1437 408-924-4672 408-347-7000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Band Conference Host Large Group Festivals Innovation & Learning Chavonta Edington David Vickerman Greg Conway Greg Miller Diablo Vista Middle School San Jose State University Hopkins Jr. High School Palo Alto High School Danville, CA 94505 San Jose, CA 95112 Fremont, CA 94539 Palo Alto, CA 94301

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Band Assistant Multicultural Music and Membership Patrick Dandrea Assistant to Large Cheryl Yee Glass Amador Valley High School General/Classroom Music Group Festivals San Ramon Valley High School Pleasanton, CA 94566 Zack Pitt-Smith Shelley Durbin Danville, CA 94526 [email protected] Edna Brewer Middle School Kennedy Middle School [email protected] Oakland, CA 94610 Cupertino, CA 95014 [email protected] [email protected] Student NAfME Member Choral Arnie Sainz Co Angelina Fitzhugh Orchestra San Jose State University J. L. Stanford Middle School & Tiffany Ou Medals Gunn High School Joseph Murphy San Jose, CA 95112 Gunn High School & [email protected] Palo Alto, CA 94306 Fletcher Middle School Tierra Linda Middle School afi[email protected] Palo Alto, CA 94306 San Carlos, CA 94070 [email protected] Student NAfME Member Choral Assistant [email protected] Renee Canto-Adams Lauren Diez Orchestra Assistant Public Relations San Jose State University Los Altos High School Brant Nishida Samantha Flanzbaum San Jose, CA 95112 Los Altos, CA 94022 San Ramon Valley High School Pleasant Hill Middle School [email protected] [email protected] Danville, CA 94526 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 [email protected] sfl[email protected] Conference Co Host Solo & Ensemble Festivals Higher Education [email protected] Corie Brown Katie Starnes San Jose State University Laurelwood Elementary School Dr. Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio San Jose State University Webmaster San Jose, CA 95112 Santa Clara, CA 95051 [email protected] [email protected] San Jose, CA 95112 Lindsey Ferreira [email protected] Los Cerros Middle School Tempo Editor Solo & Ensemble Festivals Jazz Danville, CA 94526 [email protected] Jenny Anderson Ken Nakamoto Randy Porter RJ Fisher Middle School William C. Overfelt High School Roosevelt Middle School Los Gatos, CA 95032 San Jose, CA 95122 Oakland, CA 94606 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Area I Area III Area V Area VII Matt Verplaetse Justin Enright Tim Bacon Glenn Walp Marin School of the Arts Livermore High School Buchser Middle School 707-373-7765 Novato, CA 94947 Livermore, CA 94550 Santa Clara, CA 95050 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Area I Assistant Area III Assistant Area V Assistant Area VII Assistant Casey Jones Lieven Smart Johnathan Hsu Candice Crismond Analy High School Junction Avenue K-8 School Kennedy Middle School Benicia Middle School Sebastopol, CA 95472 Livermore, CA 94550 Cupertino, CA 95014 Benicia, CA 94510 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ctcrismond@beneciaunified.org Area II Area IV Area VI Area VIII Sara Stafford Katye Maki Helene Grotans Emelynn Montoya Alhambra High School Hughson High School & Borel Middle School Sierramont Middle School Martinez, CA 94553 Emilie J Ross Middle School San Mateo, CA 94402 San Jose, CA 95132 [email protected] Hughson, CA 95326 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Area II Assistant Area VI Assistant Area VIII Assistant Lydia Lim Ester Hollander Michael Gomez Green Valley Elementary Area IV Assistant Lowell High School Abraham Lincoln High School Danville, CA 95672 Joey Aguilar San Francisco, CA 94132 San Jose, CA 95126 [email protected] Riverbank High School [email protected] [email protected] Riverbank, CA 95367 [email protected] Mendocino CMEA I Bay Section

Sonoma Napa I VII

Alpine Solano IV VII Marin I Calaveras IV Contra Costa San Joaquin II IV San Francisco VI Alameda IV Tuolumne San III Mateo Stanislaus VI IV Santa Clara (W) V Santa Clara (E) VIII

Mission Statement Our mission is to promote the advancement of music education; to cultivate social and educational interaction among its members; and to assist members in seeking individual and collective growth as musicians, educators, and administrators. CMEA Bay Section is a nonprofit organization.