2016 ASTA National Conference Sessions Thursday 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M Yoga for String Players Thursday 7:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M
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2016 ASTA National Conference Sessions Thursday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m Yoga for String Players Thursday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. – Room: TBA This is an all-levels yoga class designed to serve the specific physical demands of a string player. Presenter: Melissa (Tatreau) Holtmeier, Omaha Conservatory of Music Thursday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m Opening Ceremony Keynote Speaker: Scott Lang Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Learn to Swing Like a Gyspy! A Hands on Session on the Art of Jazz Manouche . "Gypsy Jazz" Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room 1/2 Bring your instrument to this fun interactive session where we will explore how gypsy violinists, guitarists, and other european folk musicians in the 1930's applied and adapted traditional folk and classical string techniques to create a fun, unique string based version of American jazz, referred to as Jazz Manouche or Gyspy Jazz. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Presenter: Duane Padilla, Punahou Music School Using the iPad to Organize and Energize Your Orchestra Classroom Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room 3/4 Explore a host of iPad apps that can be easily integrated into all levels of the orchestra classroom to enhance classroom management, organize assessment, assist with note and rhythm reading and boost classroom energy! Presenter: Erin Broadhurst, Hilliard City School District Science Experiments for Violinists: Helping Learners Discover How Our Movements Make Sound Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room 5/6 Come investigate several experiments that can promote player “ahahs” Encounter useful analogies, diagrams, videos, and visuals of motion patterns. Helping learners discover a long-held misconception or mismapping can set the stage for rapid progress. We will address questions such as: How do we control the horsehair when we are not touching it directly? What do tennis strokes, turning light bulbs, and examining 1 expiration dates on soup cans have to do with the violinist’s left arm? Presenter: Sarah Hersh, SUNY Potsdam No Joke! 200 Years of Original Viola Caprices by Composer-Performers Thursday 9:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. – Room: 9 To include viola caprices in recitals, competitions, auditions, and audio and video recordings is an effective way to increase appreciation and awareness of the viola, violists and viola history. There is a growing interest among professional and student violists to perform viola caprices and, in turn, a scholarly interest in the neglected histories of composers for the viola and their works. Come discover the viola as a virtuoso solo instrument! Presenter: Pamela Ryan, Florida State University Breaking the Learning Curve: Decoding and Fostering the Adult String Student Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room: 10 Why don't I sound like Joshua Bell already? The adult string student presents interesting challenges to the traditional studio teacher-student model. Often, the gap between intellectual knowledge and physical ability creates frustration and tension in the learning process. This session will explore ways to uncover a students true motivations and goals, to decipher the psychological issues that arise out of learning to play, and how to reduce adult student turnover in your studio. Presenter: Lisa Caravan, Bucknell University; Erin Ellis, Waldorf School of Atlanta You Can Lead a Horse to Water - But Can You Make Him Think? How to Build a Better Learner! Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room: 12 According to Einstein, creativity is intelligence having fun. Rooted in neuroscience research, we'll give practical applications on how to build a more curious and creative learner by using composers’ voices to make your pieces alive by dissecting music's complex concepts into Composers’ Choices (why does this music exist?), Composers’ Tools (how is it put together?), and Composers’ Conversational Choices (what is the composer saying?). After examining the musical experts, they demonstrate Bloom's Taxonomy in action! Presenter: Lyda Osinga, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra; Gregg Goodhart, Better Learning Through Neuroscience.com Achieving an Artistic Vibrato in the String Class Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room: 13 This session will review pedagogical literature and compare various approaches that have been used to teach vibrato. Video clips of artist level performers in real time and slow motion will be presented to clearly outline the component motions of a beautiful vibrato. Practical applications for intermediate and advanced orchestra classrooms will 2 be discussed, as well as the relationship to professional performance practice. Presenter: Rebecca MacLeod, University of North Carolina at Greensboro String Orchestra for your School Program - The O'Connor Method Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room 15/16 The O'Connor Method for string teachers and students is a 10-Book series designed to guide students gradually through the development of pedagogical and musical techniques necessary to become a proficient, well-rounded musician through a carefully planned succession of pieces. The O'Connor Method is unique in that the solo repertoire corresponds with the string orchestra repertoire so students experience the music they are learning through a different prism. By using the O'Connor Method orchestra books, students can further explore harmony, melody, rhythm, counterpoint, cultural diversity and American music from many eras on the pieces student's learn in their solo lessons. This approach using common repertoire is the perfect tool for school programs interested in producing fine string players and creative musicians and playing great American music. The versatility of the music and orchestral arrangements in the O'Connor Method series allows for classes from 3 students to 300! Find out more at www.oconnormethod.com Presenters: Mark O'Connor and Maggie O'Connor Sponsored by O’Connor Method No More Limitations! Composing and Choosing Orchestra Music Regardless of Level Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – Room: 18/19 Music for younger ensembles is often held to a different standard than music written for advanced groups. This clinic will provide a tangible list of elements that can, and should be included in any piece regardless of grade level. Gain insight into repertoire selection while also seeing how it impacts the way a composer writes for these various types and levels of ensembles! Presenter: Brian Balmages, FJH Music Company Inc. Multi-Level Harp Master Class Thursday 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.- Room:20/21 Clinician: Gretchen Van Hoesen, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 3 Thursday 9:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Student Chapter Networking Thursday 9:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Room: 7 Come meet other students from universities and colleges from around the country! This is an opportunity for student chapter members, and those interested in starting a chapter, to share ideas, successes, and challenges. Presenter: Adriana Ransom, Illinois State University Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Hip Hop, Jazz, Fiddle, and More for First Year String Students! Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Room: 1/2 This session will address cultural relevancy in the string classroom. Attending teachers will gain ideas for using hip hop, jazz, fiddle, and more with their first year string students. Participants will see how utilizing these genres in a first year classroom can help students with technique, musicianship, and peer learning. These ideas can be carried beyond the first year to help with retention and participation. Presenter: Liz Dinwiddie, Indiana University Using a Modified Suzuki Approach in the Public School Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Room: 3/4 The presenter will discuss and demonstrate a successful curriculum for the public or private school using the principles of the Suzuki method. Presenter: Julie Carr, Ithaca College Building a Quartet Interpretation: The Tools You'll Need Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Room: 5/6 Interpreting a piece of chamber music is like cooking up a recipe. The composer gives us pitches, rhythms, and tempos. To transform these into something scrumptious requires sound shaping, time management, and volume control. These need to be the basic ingredients in our musical kitchen. Our spices are articulation, intonation, inflection, pulse, balance, pacing, bow, and vibrato color. Help the Stamps String Quartet, students from the Frost School of Music, cook like the pros. Presenter: Ross Harbaugh, University of Miami An Overview of ASTA's Certificate Advancement Program (ASTA CAP) and Ten Ways it will Improve, Motivate, and Invigorate your Private Studio! Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Room: 9 Welcome to an informative, fast-paced presentation on utilizing ASTA's Certification Advancement Program in your private studio. This session will include an overview of the program, explanation of requirements for online and live exams, discussion of repertoire guidelines, and tips on how to facilitate an exam site. You will acquire a 4 better sense of how to implement well balanced choices in your studio from the ASTA CAP curriculum and learn ten useful benefits of the program. Presenter: Stephanie Meyers, University of Texas at El Paso El Sistema – My Personal Journey Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Room: 10 As a Venezuelan, Margaret Gonzalez is a product of El Sistema. “El Sistema – My Personal Journey” will include personal experiences, training techniques, similarities and differences between El Sistema and the American music education system, and a performance of some Venezuelan folk songs. In addition, the audience will learn some Latin rhythm patterns that can be useful educational tools. Presenter: Margaret Gonzalez, El Sistema Educator and Advisor Secrets from the CelloLab: Reimagining the Instrumental Studio Thursday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.