2019 PMEA ANNUAL IN-SERVICE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 2019 PMEA/NAfME Eastern Division Conference Clinician: David Frego, Penn State University School of Music Tentative Performing Group & Session Schedule Elementary Classroom Music (as of December 1, 2018) 10:00 a.m. Concerts *All sessions will be one hour in length unless otherwise noted Ambridge Area High School Steel Band Todd Hartman, director IUP Chorale THURSDAY SCHEDULE Ryan Beeken, director North Hills High School Wind Ensemble 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. Academies Leonard Lavelle, director Band Directors Academy Clinician: Peter Boonshaft, Hofstra University Sponsored by Alfred Music 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Sessions Beyond the Grade: Feedback and Follow-Through for Choral Directors Academy Instrumental Music Assessments Clinician: Lynn Brinckmeyer, Texas State University In this session, attendees will explore workable approaches Sponsored by Hal Leonard Corp. to ensure instrumental music assessments are implemented in a practical, productive manner by unpacking challenges String Directors Academy to instrumental music assessments, identifying the “why” Clinician: Stephen Benham, Duquense University & Bob Phil- behind these challenges, and applying specific strategies lips, Alfred Publishing for improving the utility of assessments in the instrumental Sponsored by Alfred Music music classroom. Clinician: Lisa Martin, Bowling Green State University 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Sessions Curriculum Development/Instruction/Assessment Creating Digital Artists: Bridging Online and In-class Learning Spaces through Technology Integration Cultivating Effective Interpersonal Skills in the Music This presentation will provide participants with a brief over- Classroom view of the functions and features of learning management Music educators must model and foster positive interpersonal systems for the music classroom and how these can be used to skills in music classrooms. Attendees will complete the “My connect and welcome creative performance opportunities for Use of Interpersonal Skills Inventory” to assess critical skills music students. necessary for effective teaching and modeling productive Clinician: Jessica Vaughan-Marra, Seton Hill University characteristics for all learners. Research on self-perceptions Music Technology of interpersonal skill implementation will be discussed. Clinician: Sandra Howard, Keene State College Educating Students With Special Needs: Making Health/Wellness/Retirement, Teaching Strategies/Devel- Composition Accessible opment The music educator can engage all students in music class- rooms in meaningful ways, including composition. Students Keep Calm.......and Teach Kindergarten Music! with IEPs can feel comfortable expressing themselves musi- Keep calm! Teaching music to kindergartners is rewarding cally, generating original ideas. This session will offer several and fun! This workshop will provide a lesson plan format, examples from the presenters’ experience and steps on how to repertoire and activities to use in early elementary music make composition accessible for all students. classes. Participants will experience instrument playing, Clinicians: Angela Guerriero, West Chester University & Jodi songs and activities, and leave the session feeling empowered Jianniney, Valley Forge Educational Services and ready to make music with young learners. Educating Students with Special Needs Clinician: Lisa Wichman, North Jersey School Music Assoc. Early Childhood, Elementary Classroom Music Meaningful Movement: Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the General Music Classroom Keyboards in Collaboration: Differentiated Piano This participatory session will combine aural, visual, and Instruction in the Middle School Classroom kinesthetic approaches to internalizing the elements of music. This clinic will give teachers the tools to identify and work Activities include strategies for differentiated learning and with varying levels of keyboard skills within the middle and the inclusion of special needs. Handouts will provide school classroom. The clinic will include drill activities to extension lessons. improve beginning piano technique and note reading skills. 18 | PMEA NEWS | WINTER 2018 Harmonization of melodies and ensemble repertoire will also 11:30 a.m. Concerts be covered, as well as strategies to manage a large keyboard Hershey Symphony Festival Strings class. Activities can be adapted for a variety of keyboard lab Sandra Dackow, director or group piano setups. Clinician: Henry Wong Doe, Indiana University of PA Lower Moreland High School Jazz Ensemble Secondary Classroom Music (MS/HS) Erin Stroup, director Music and Emotion: Strategies for Teaching Aesthetics Messiah College Wind Ensemble This session presents strategies for teaching aesthetics to James Colonna, director music students including how aesthetic education can be used to increase well-being and reduce aggression through emo- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sessions tional awareness. The Band Teacher’s Bag of Tricks: Tips for Teaching Clinician: Stacy Gray, Berklee College of Music Elementary & Middle School Band Curriculum Development/Instruction/Assessment Useful tips on every aspect of teaching band; organization, teaching rhythm, articulation, switching instruments, percus- Research Poster Session sion challenges, crossing the break, and much more! Geared Hosted by Linda Thornton, NAfME Research Chair, Society toward elementary and middle school band teachers, this is for Research in Music Education 100% practical. You’re guaranteed to use at least one tip! Be Higher Ed/Research prepared to share your tips too. Clinician: Dan Halpern, Dan Halpern Music Rote Gone Rogue Instrumental (Band) In this session choral directors will experience a music literacy approach bridging the gap between complete music Collaboration in the Large Ensemble: Extending the literacy and pure rote-style teaching. Achieving more success Rehearsal Online toward music literacy without having to sacrifice rehearsal This session will explore ways in which students and en- time, teachers can eliminate succumbing to the dreaded, “can semble directors may foster a more collaborative rehearsal I just hear my part again?” environment by extending the rehearsal through internet Clinicians: Amelia Garbisch, Bloomsburg University & Marci platforms like Google Classroom. Online, students discuss Major, West Chester University and respond to issues raised in rehearsal unhindered by con- Sponsored In-Part by West Chester University Choral straints of time and size of the ensemble. Clinician: Daniel Brown, Teachers College, Columbia University Shining a Light on Assessment Strategies for the Instrumental, Music Technology Elementary Instrumental Music Classroom What’s in your toolbox? Current assessment trends em- Exploring Gender Choirs phasize student reflection, tracking progress over time, Gender choirs are sometimes viewed as poor relations to and formative as well as summative measures. This session mixed ensembles in choral programs. The session will ad- will examine how skills and knowledge are being assessed, dress the many musical, vocal and social benefits of gender common barriers for the assessment of student learning, and ensembles and suggest ways to avoid gender stereotypes in teacher perceptions of assessment in the elementary instru- repertoire and appearance, and provide healthy vocal and mental classroom. social environments for transgender singers. Clinician: Melissa McCabe, Towson University Clinician: Christopher Kiver, Penn State University School of Music Instrumental, Curriculum Development/Instruction/ Choral Assessment Express Yourself - Infusing Beatboxing into Your Sign Me Up! Strategies for Getting and Keeping Volunteers Music Classroom From box office to ushers, chaperones to fund raisers, back Beatboxing is a dynamic method of self-expression that can stage crew to booster groups, we all need volunteers to help be a powerful conduit for your students! Come hear from our programs. Using insights from business management some of the best in the world, members of the Beatbox House guru Marcus Buckingham and practical examples of commu- and a music teacher who brought them to school with her and nication and coordination, learn easy to apply strategies to how it transformed her students. create or strengthen your support teams! Clinician: Amanda Newell, Retired from Taylor Mills School Clinician: Marjie Brake, Christian Heritage School Elementary Classroom Music, Innovations, Secondary Leadership/Mentoring Classroom Music (MS/HS) 11:00 a.m. Mini Concert Radnor String Quartet Tatyana Oksyuk, director Pennsylvania Music Educators Assocation | 19 Ideas to Share: How to Author Articles for the Music Edu- A Treasure Trove of Templates for the NCAS Standards cators Journal A broad range of templates will be sampled, demonstrating Do you have an idea that other teachers should know about? how they can be invaluable to music teachers. Templates Come learn how to shape your idea into an article for MEJ. cover K-12 vocal/instrumental music. Participants may down- We will address: key topics; sharing insights; making an arti- load these templates. cle accessible; crafting the article; review processes; and how Clinician: Rebecca Squire, CMEA & NYSSMA to work with peer reviews. Curriculum Development/Instruction/Assessment Other Clinician: Michele Kashub, University of Southern Maine School of Music Teaching Strategies/Development 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Session PMEA Composition Program Session Ready for Hire: Interviewing Strategies to Land the Job Hosted