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Vol.1 no.1 AA NEWNEW ERAERA FORFOR MUSICMUSIC EDUCATIONEDUCATION ININ INDIAINDIA CONFERENCE NEWSLETTER 2017 I could not be more excited! Although WMEA was just an Contents inkling of an idea in 2015, we've moved ahead at such a dizzying pace it is hard to Letter from the Executive Director 02 imagine that this was just a wmea.in pipe dream not too long ago. Conference 2017 04 It seems like yesterday that Welcome from NAfME leadership 05 the Anjli Mata, Ritesh Khokhar, Poonam Burman and I began a discussion Weekend Program 06 about music teachers in India. Coming from a strong Presenters - 2017 08 music education background, I saw so much passion and desire on the part of music teachers wanting to do Board of Directors 10 better, and learn more for their students - and so much Message from the President 12 enthusiasm from students wanting to make music. I saw the powerful presence music had in their lives as Reections on NAfME's National 15 they scoured the internet trying to learn how to play Assembly guitar chords for songs - listening repeatedly to songs trying to imitate their favorite artists. We knew we had Focusing on the Classroom: 17 to do something to fulll the 20-year long goal of Recruiting and Retaining Students starting a music association that Ritesh, Anjli, and Simple Ways to Keep your Music 20 Poonam have had long before I showed up. Classroom Running Efciently Thinking ahead as to where WMEA might get the Article review: Guitar teaching in 22 support it would need to pull this off, I immediately the classroom thought of the National Association for Music Education. As a lifelong member of NAfME, I was well aware of their excellence and vision for the eld, as well as their incredible array of resources. A few months after I returned from India, I was attending NAfME's National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee ABOUT US in November and approached the leadership about the possibility of a collaboration.(Denese Odegaard, doesn't know it, but I was standing right behind her in the crowd as they announced her as the new President, The Western Music Education Association and I knew somehow I would be working with her on (WMEA) is a non-prot organization formed this). Thankfully, NAfME's response was to support music and music education overwhelmingly positive, and through the leadership across India. The mission of the association of Michael Blakeslee, Executive Director, Thomas is to positively affect music learning in India Stefaniak, Director of Membership,Russ Sperling, Western Division President, and Denese, here we are! by providing institutional guidance and quality professional development for music Now, with the help of our friends at NAfME, we are teachers. looking at unprecedented support for music education in India. However, this organization is not owned by NAfME, or WMEA. This is your organization, and can WMEA is the rst overseas Federated only succeed with the help of every single member. Afliate of NAfME, the National Your input, work, support, ideas, and creativity will Organization for Music Education based in propel WMEA forward. Help us to help you. This is the US. NAfME is one of the leading arts your profession and your future. The sky's the limit, organizations in the world, with over and we hope you'll join us for this amazing undertaking. 1,30,000 members. Along with NAfME, WMEA is in a unique position to design Thank you all, and we're grateful to have you with professional development opportunities us on this journey! specically for Indian music educators, and Natalie Sarrazin, PhD provide information on advocacy which will Executive Director, WMEA advance music education in India. 02 fb/wmeaindia 03 CONFERENCE 2017 This is WMEA’s 3rd annual conference, and we have an incredible array of talent joining us this year. In addition we have the rst appearance of NAfME’s President, We Denese wmea.in Odegaard, and Russ Sperling, Western Division President, to whom we extend a very warm welcome!! The theme for this year’s conference is “A New Era for Music Education in India,” and music educators from across India and the US will gather in Delhi on Sunday, July 23rd to hear topics regarding the future of music education in India. This year’s conference will take place at the India International Centre, Lodhi Road, and will feature the NAfME President Denese Odegaard, and the NAfME Western Division President Russ Sperling, who will present keynotes and sessions on music education, including curriculum and standards, and the future of Music Education in India. Our other presenters include Sunit Tandon, President, Delhi Music Society, who will speak about Opera, Subir Malik, member of the rock band Parikrama talking about artist promotion, Indian music performer Saskia de Rao Haas, who will discuss Sangeet4All, and Lindsay Boyd, music teacher and Music Director of the Capital City Minstrels, who will address aspects of choral conducting. Something new this year is the addition of a Choir Festival, which will take place on July 22nd at Bluebells WMEA School International, East of Kailash Western Music Education Association from 9am to 1pm. The top 10 choirs will compete for rst place, and for an JOIN MEMBERSHIP opportunity to perform at Sunday’s Conference. The choirs will be wmea.in evaluated by an international panel of judges, including NAfME President Odegaard, Western Division President Russ Sperling, and soprano Aude Priya Engel. We’d also like to introduce you to our Newsletter, which will be published 3 times a year to keep you informed on going on in music all over India. We thank you for joining us for this wonderful weekend of music! 04 D e a r W M E A fb/wmeaindia Welcome from NAfME C o n f e r e n c e Attendees, D e a r W M E A Members, On behalf of the Welcome to the Western Division of 3rd Annual 2017 t h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n f o r We s t e r n M u s i c Music Education E d u c a t i o n (NAfME), I extend A s s o c i a t i o n m y w a r m e s t Conference and to w e l c o m e t o t h e another school conference! Dr. Sam Tsugawa, Western year! I bring you Division President-elect and professor at greetings and best Brigham Young University, and Dr. David wishes from our NAfME Executive Board and Fullmer, Western Division Past President and staff. professor at Snow College, join me in welcoming WMEA into our division! We are How exciting to have the premiere of a new thrilled to include a new association that holds music association in India – one in which we so much promise for the growth of our can partner to share ideas and collaborate to profession in India. bring the rich diversity of music education to members in both countries. The other Western Division music education afliates of NAfME include Arizona (AMEA), Any time you participate in professional California, (CMEA), Hawaii (HMEA), Nevada development, such as this conference, you (NMEA) and Utah (UMEA). The presidents of energize your teaching and build relationships those associations and their members also with other inspiring music educators. This week, welcome you to the Western Division, and all of Russ Sperling, NAfME Western Division us look forward to new relationships and President, and I will be able to learn about opportunities to learn from one another. music education here in India and listen to what My “day job” is as Director of Visual and your needs are as music educators and as an Performing Arts for the San Diego Unied association. We are devoted to providing the School District, a district of about 110,000 resources you need and, with technology, this students Kindergarten through 12th grade. My can happen easily. role is to coordinate all arts programs and instruction for dance, music, theatre and visual Thank you to Anjali Mata, Ritesh Khokhar, and arts. I also teach the concert band class as an Natalie Sarrazin for having the vision to initiate adjunct professor at Grossmont Community the formation of this association with the College so I can remain a teacher at least once National Association for Music Education in the per week in the evening. I look forward to United States. We are thrilled to share ideas sharing my experience with you as a music and music education strategies with WMEA. educator, school district administrator, and long-serving MEA leader. Thank you for the joy of music you bring to your students and we hope your time together is I am very excited to be in New Delhi for this benecial and inspiring! conference, and I look forward to meeting and collaborating from you. Best wishes for a great Sincerely, day of professional learning! Denese Odegaard Sincerely, NAfME President Russ Sperling 05 WEEKEND PROGRAM wmea.in Saturday, July 22nd Festival of Choirs Bluebells International School East of Kailash, New Delhi WMEA Board of Directors Meeting India International Centre, New Delhi Sunday, July 23rd 9:00 - Registration (Chai/Coffee), Vendors 9:30 - Welcome - Natalie Sarrazin, Executive Director, WMEA 9:45 - Choir Festival Winner Performs 10:00 - Keynote 1: Denese Odegaard, President of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and Russ Sperling, Western Division President 10:30 - Keynote 2: Anjli Mata, President “NAfME and India: A New Era in Music Education” Western Music Education Association (WMEA) “Western Music Education - The Indian context” 10:45 - Sunit Tandon, “Appreciating Opera” 11:30 - Subir Malik, “Artist Management And Promotions” 12:15 - WMEA Association Meeting: Ritesh Khokhar, Natalie Sarrazin 1:00 - Lunch (provided) 1:45 - Saskia Rao de Haas, “Sangeet4All: strategies for implementing music education in the Indian Classroom” 2:30 - Russ Sperling, “Classroom Music in United States Schools” 3:15 - Chai/Coffee Break 3:30 - Denese Odegaard, “Assessment and Standards” 4:15 - Lindsay Boyd, “Leading from the Podium - Conducting to Inspire” 5:00 - Wrap-up 06 fb/wmeaindia manoke 07 Odegaard authored Curriculum Writing 101: PRESENTERS - 2017 Assistance with Standards-based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing for Band, Choir, Orchestra and General Music (GIA), co- Natalie Sarrazin, authored the ASTA Curriculum (Alfred), and has wmea.in PhD is the Executive contributed to several GIA, NAfME and Corwin Director and co- publications.