2018 Biennial NAfME-Collegiate
Moving Forward in Music Education: Diverse and Inclusive Communities
February 16-17, 2018
Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College
Flushing, NY
Dr. Kristin Mozeiko
The Freedom To Conduct: Techniques and Tips for Healthy Conducting and Teaching
In this workshop, participants will be guided through key concepts and Alexander technique-influenced principles to better understand and experience how they relate to healthy conducting and executive skill function. The participants will be guided on some basic anatomy and activities to teach and heighten awareness and somatic education. Musicians are encouraged to bring their cell phones, batons and/or instruments to work with Dr. Mozeiko.
Mr. Frank Battista
Ukulele in the Classroom
Ukulele is quickly becoming an amazing resource in the general music classroom. This presentation will cover the basic techniques/pedagogy of the ukulele. We will discuss curriculum ideas for all levels as well as the resources you will need to get uke started! (Please bring a ukulele if you have one, but some will be provided.)
Streamlining the School Musical Audition Process
As a private voice teacher/coach for students that attend numerous schools across Queens and Long Island over the past 18 years, Kimberly Larkin has been able to take note of the various ways that schools conduct their auditions for their yearly musical production. In this presentation she will share a more organized approach to auditioning students for the school musical that would benefit both the director and students, making the stressful process of casting the musical more enjoyable for all.
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Mrs. Kimberly Larkin
Band Karate Belt System
How to both motivate students to learn musical concepts beyond the concert tunes using the karate belt system. To pass each level students must play with the proper fundamentals, define musical terminology, improvise, sight-read, play excerpts with proper dynamics and articulations, identify theory and notation, and be responsible for completing their practice charts. The levels create a checklist enabling the teacher to make sure that all students have mastered each skill set. This system is aligned with Band Brilliance Complete Beginner Band Method, but can be customized to use with any method.
Mr. Michel Nadeau
Student-Centered Rehearsal Practices
How can we as music educators lead effective rehearsals, avoiding solely teacher directed, rote instruction (Ormrod, 2004) yet, offer our students opportunities to construct deeper meanings through engaging rehearsal practices (Block, 2001)? In this session, Dr. Maas will present a hands-on, music-making session for pre-service teachers of all concentrations where participants will explore student-driven rehearsal practices that result in high levels of literacy, engagement, motivation, expression and independent musicianship. We will also discuss how this approach is a simple and authentic way to ensure you are effectively addressing the standards. This session will use choral music as a vehicle for demonstration and collaboration but the approaches can be applied to all rehearsal settings
Dr. Andrea Maas
The Mini-Musical: A Story in Just Five Songs
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Musical theatre productions take audiences on an emotional roller coaster, manipulating their feelings and desires as they meet characters and watch a story unfold. This project will draw on what students know about how music enriches movies, television and live actions plays as students create a mini-musical based on a familiar story. The activities of the project will include an overview and the creation of five different types of theatre songs: character songs, ballads, charm songs, comedic songs and closing/big finish songs.
Dr. Janice Smith
Mr. Michael Salzman
NYSSMA - YOUR Professional Association and the Key to Your Continued Professional Development
So much more than adjudications and All-State, NYSSMA President Michael Salzman will give you a complete view of your professional association, what the organization does for music education in New York and why membership and participation should be the cornerstone of your professional development throughout your career
Mr. Anthony Pinelli
Putting Your Bass Player First
Do you pay attention to the basses in your Orchestra? In this session, orchestra teacher and bass specialist Tony Pinelli will discuss instrument set up, traditional and modern teaching methods, literature choices and overall care of your students in the bass section of your Orchestra.
Mrs. Tara Adams
Mr. Anthony Pinelli
Mrs. Jennifer Schmelter
Efficient Ensemble Techniques
This will be an overview of warm-up rehearsal and performance techniques from fourth grade through 12th grade. It will involve common practices, specialty experiences and a portion devoted to Q&A. It will also contain lesson/classroom management techniques as well as strategies for the large ensemble.
Charles Rufino
Long Island Violin Shop
Instrument Repair Workshop
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The workshop consists of basic instrument maintenance and repairs for strings, such as warped bridges, identifying a bow that requires a repair, information about the string instruments' construct, etc.
Dr. Robert Corbino
Mr. Robert L. Johnston
Beyond the edTPA: A “baker’s dozen” worth of tips for the new teacher.
This presentation will introduce real life issues facing today’s Music Educator as they transition from their collegiate training and certification assessments to their own classrooms and communities.
The Marching Arts Survival Kit for the Rookie Music Educator
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Congratulations, you earned your degree and landed your dream job as a High School Band Director... Now what??? The first 90 days of your job are almost entirely marching arts. Can you survive? How do you create a marching experience that is fun and educational for your students while pleasing everyone in the entire school? This workshop will show you some of the tips and tricks to get you through your first year and many more to follow. We hope you come join us!
Mr. Alex Prince
Mr. Andre Rizzuto
Mr. David Hobart
Ms. Joanna Rocco
Mr. Josh Decker
Mr. Tom Beebe
Dr. Susan Davis
ACSM NAfME Advisor
Justin Fields
Jonathan Bloomfield
Navigating the edTPA: A Panel Discussion
This session is designed to help teacher candidates prepare for the edTPA portfolio certification exam. Dr. Davis, along with a panel of music teachers who have successfully passed the exam, will provide strategies and advice for teacher candidates regarding the following critical topics: (1) Challenges the edTPA presents within the music classroom (2) Vocabulary, language function, syntax and discourse as they apply to teaching music (3) Decoding the rubrics and prompts of the edTPA (4) Authentic assessment techniques for instrumental and general music. There will be ample time for direct questions to the panel.
Cara Brown
The Play That Doesn’t Go Wrong: Directing a Successful Musical Theater Production
Musical theatre productions are an expected responsibility of music teachers, but they are rarely discussed in our college classes. This workshop will offer you resources and tested strategies for directing a musical theater production with a variety of age groups. Areas covered will include how to select the correct show for your group, the audition process, how to rehearse, and all of the technical aspects you never realized you needed to think about.
Leonore Nelson
Gina Costanza
Building Bridges:
Creating Learning Communities for Music Educators
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Learn how two teachers created a community that re-envisions professional development, offering new opportunities for students and teachers by building bridges between music educators. This session will explore the importance of community based music festivals and how to build them in your community.
Alan Orloff
Government Relations Coordinator
Politics, Music Education and YOU!
You’ve majored successfully in music education and hope to secure a position in a school district teaching the subject you love. Did you know that attaining your goal makes you a government employee? Learn about your rights, responsibilities and how politics decidedly affects your career.
Martin Urbach
Jules Hollander
MADLib (Musicians Actively Designing Liberation)
This workshop is for music educators willing to dig deep into how manifestations of white supremacy culture appear in our classrooms, our practices, our pedagogies, and our institutions. We will begin in a percussive community-building activity to unite our minds with our bodies, and establish a space of collaborative participation in which we can deep dive together. We will then look at definitions of race and racism, and have a dialogue around how manifestations of racism have played out in our past musical experiences, the pedagogies we have learned, and the institutions we have learned them in. We will then sing a song to return us to our bodies and invigorate us in our spirit.