See the schedule below for all the information you need about the Summer Conference (August 11-15), and print out the pre-registration form.
2001: Technology Odyssey Pre-Conference to NYSSMC Saturday, August 11
10:30-Registration
12:00-1:15
Using PrintMusic/Finale-Level 1 Clinician: Patricia White
Practice basic data (note and text) entry methods used in PrintMusic or Finale.
The initial activities will be done in PrintMusic, then comparison will be shown
with Finale, which is very similar in terms of these basic functions.
BIO: Patricia White started using music technology with students in 1983. She
has served as a clinician for NYSSMA conferences and in various workshop
settings across the state. Pat is currently serving as Music Technology Chair for
NYSSMA.
Basic Lab Design Clinicians: Scott LaVine, William Reynolds, Ted Scalzo
Learn about selecting computers and related components for a basic school music
lab. Included topics : choosing tone modules, keyboards, sound cards, and
interfacing the equipment to the computer. Also covered: computer platforms,
ergonomic choices of furniture, and functional design of the room for access to
power and Internet and maximum effectiveness.
BIO: Scott LaVine is a Professor of Music at the Crane School of Music where he
teaches technology and conducts the Symphonic Band. William Reynolds has 20 years
of service in public music education, most of it in the Dolgeville Central School
District, where he also serves as district Technology Coordinator. Ted Scalzo is
band director at Bay Shore High School, Long Island, and has developed a
multi-media lab for his department.
POWER-ful Lessons Using PowerPoint Clinician: Kathy Coughlin
August 11 and 12, 2001 Crowne Plaza-Albany
This session will focus on how to use and apply Microsoft's PowerPoint software
to enhance your lessons. This software enables the user to organize and present
lessons that make the point of the lesson powerfully.
BIO: Kathy Coughlin teaches elementary classroom music at Klem South Elementary
School in Webster, New York. She also serves as the TechnoCoach in her building
to provide assistance to other teachers in the utilization of technology within
their classrooms. Kathy has served as NYSSMA 3rd Vice-President and Elementary
Classroom Music Co-Chairperson.
1:30-2:45
Using Finale-Level 2 Clinician: Patricia White
This hands-on session will give participants a chance to explore several features
of Finale including controlling quantization, editing notes and text, extracting
parts, creating graphic (EPS) files to export to word processing documents from
Finale files, and some simple page layout tips.
BIO: Patricia White started using music technology with students in 1983. She
has served as a clinician for NYSSMA conferences and workshop settings across
the state. Pat is currently serving as Music Technology Chair for NYSSMA.
Desktop Digital Video Clinician: Ted Scalzo
This session will demonstrate basics on how to do desktop video, and its
application for the music educator.
BIO: Ted Scalzo teaches at Bay Shore High School, Long Island. For twenty-three
years, he has taught Band, Jazz Ensemble, and more recently has developed a
sixteen-station multi-media lab. Ted?s students have won state and national
recognition for the videos and CD-ROM?s they have produced.
Multimedia Made Easy: Creating Multimedia Projects for the Classroom Clinician:
Scott LaVine
This session will focus on the creation of integrated multi-media projects,
quizzes and other educational applications using HyperStudio. This easy-to-use
software allows the user to combine graphics, video, text, and virtually any
sound file format into presentations that are interactive and readable by
Internet browsers. This is a useful tool for student music projects.
BIO: Scott LaVine is a professor of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he conducts the
Crane Symphonic Band and teaches courses in music technology and theory.
2:50-3:20 Visit Exhibits Open Lab Showcases
3:20-3:50 Visit Exhibits Open Lab Showcases
4:00-5:15
Music Technology for the Very, Very Nervous Clinician: Debra A. Lewis
Overwhelmed by the complexity of Music Technology? Come see how synthesizers,
computers and software are now user friendly and can easily be incorporated into
your program. ?Music Technology for the Very, Very Nervous!? is a beginner?s
overview that will take the mystery out of this important subject.
Bio: Debra A. Lewis is Chair of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at
The Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, CT. Mrs. Lewis? music technology
students were featured in radio commercials for The American Cancer Society?s
Great American Smokeout, and were highlighted in the 1998 publication,
Educational Technology: Best Practices from America?s Schools.
Music Lab Design Issues for the 21st Century Clinician: David Mash
Technology advances continue at a rapid pace, and music teachers, administrators,
and support staff constantly face new opportunities and challenges. In this
presentation and discussion session, David Mash will discuss emerging
technologies for application in the music learning environment and strategies for
coping with change.
BIO: David Mash is an internationally recognized authority on music technology.
Please see Keynote Biography for further information.
5:15-7:45-Dinner
8:00 Gala Keynote Speaker-Mr. David Mash ?Music Education and Technology in the
New Millennium?
David Mash is Vice President for Information Technology at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, charged with strategic planning and leadership in the successful integration of technology into all college processes. David was the founding chair of the Music Synthesis Department at Berklee; developed the Center for Technology in Music Instruction-a development center for supporting faculty's use of technology in their teaching; and helped design the Berklee Learning Center-the largest networked music learning facility in the country. The unique facilities for teaching David designed for this department have served as a model for interactive teaching environments at many major colleges and universities.
As a leading authority on music technology and education, David Mash has been
featured on national and international media broadcasts such as 3-2-1-Contact,
Newton's Apple, World Monitor, CBS Evening News, All Things Considered, and Voice
of America. He has been a pioneer in music and multimedia and composed the score
for the digital movie Maria Lionza which won the 1992 International QuickTime
Movie Festival award for best documentary. He was affiliated with the Kodak
Center for Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine, and taught the first music and
multimedia courses offered at the center.
David has collaborated on development and artistic projects with leaders in the
multimedia and music industries such as Kodak, Adobe Systems, Digidesign, Opcode,
and Korg and has consulted on product development for many manufacturers of music
technology products. Rolling Stone magazine has called David "the industry's
leading evangelist for the marriage of music and technology." David was chosen by
Apple Computer to be one of the first technology visionaries to be included in
their AppleMasters program.
David is past International Chair for Electronic Music for the International
Association of Jazz Educators, and maintains an active schedule as speaker and
presenter at national and international clinics and workshops on art, technology,
and education. He has also been the recipient of grants, fellowships, and awards
including the Arts Partnership grant for Composition/Performance, and Jazz
Composition Fellowship from the Mass Council on the Arts and Humanities.
David's publications include "Musicians and Computers," Warner Bros; "Musicians
and Multimedia," Warner Bros; "Musicians and the Internet," Warner Bros;
Macintosh Multimedia Machine, Sybex; and Computers and the Music Educator, Warner
Bros.
Concert-Mr. Don Muro
BIO: Although classically trained on violin, piano and organ, Don Muro has
maintained a lifelong interest and enthusiasm for electronic music composition,
performance, and teaching. His compositions have embraced many musical styles -
sacred, classical, rock and fusion. He has been the recipient of several ASCAP
composition awards, and his music has been performed in settings ranging from New
York's St. Patrick's Cathedral to Disneyland. His educational music is widely
used throughout the United States as well as in Europe and in Japan. As a
performer, he is recognized as a master synthesist specializing in live
performance techniques for electronic keyboards. He has presented electronic
music concerts, lectures, and demonstrations throughout the United States and
also in Europe and Asia. As an educator, he has published a variety of materials
including THE ART OF SEQUENCING book and video as well as the SEQUENCING BASICS
book (Warner Bros.). He has taught the basics of music technology and sequencing
to over 4,000 music educators through the Don Muro Summer Workshops, which take
place every summer at colleges and universities throughout the United States. He
also served as the first Chairman of Electronic Music for the International
Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) as well as for the New York State School
Music Association (NYSSMA). Don Muro is also a major spokesman for the electronic
medium. For several years his column on synthesizer performance techniques
appeared in Keyboard Magazine. In addition, he has written over eighty articles
about music and technology for publications such as International Musician,
Keyboard, The Instrumentalist, and the Music Educators Journal. He is currently
a member of the advisory board of TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music
Educators) and the NYSSMA Technology Committee. In September he will begin
teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in music technology and music
merchandising at Hofstra University.
Sunday, August 12, 2000
8:30 am-Registration
9:00-10:15
Music on the Web Clinicians: Scott LaVine, Steve Mayo
Dr. Mayo and Mr. LaVine will present Music on the Internet for novices and
experience users of the Internet. The session will include special topics of
interest to General, Choral, and Instrumental teachers including: Sound on the
Internet, Teaching Over the Internet, and Delivery of Class Material Using the
Internet.
Dr. Mayo and Mr. LaVine are the co-creators of the original NYSSMA Homepage.
Steve is the Chair of Music Education at SUNY Fredonia, where he teaches music
methods courses. He has taught courses and written articles on music and the
Internet. Scott teaches technology and theory at SUNY Potsdam and is a frequent
music technology clinician.
Sequencing for the Music Educator Clinician: Ted Scalzo
This session will give basics of using the average MIDI sequencing software.
What are controllers? How can I get my music to sound more human?
BIO: Ted Scalzo teaches at Bay Shore High School, Long Island. For twenty-three
years, he has taught Band, Jazz Ensemble, and more recently has developed a
sixteen-station multi-media lab.
Using Technology to Meet the NYS Learning Standards Clinician: Denise Abbattista
Now that you have a classroom MIDI studio (or you?re still hoping to convince
your district of its necessary presence in your program), take home several fully
developed lesson plans with assessment guidelines ready to integrate into your
existing programs. Music technology activities will be suggested for each
bulleted item of the Standards.
BIO: Denise Abbattista has been incorporating technology into the middle school
general and Music in Our Lives curricula for 15 years. She is currently a member
of two NYSSMA committees: Technology and Curriculum.
10:30-11:45
But I Only Have One Computer !! Clinician: Marie Sullivan
Having one computer in your room is a start, but how can you effectively use it
with a class of 28? We will discuss strategies that can be adapted for use in
your own classroom. Software suggestions, lesson plans and other instructional
materials will be shared.
Bio: Marie Sullivan served on the NYSSMA Technology and Curriculum committees,
presenting workshops at NYSSMA and MENC conferences. She received two grants for
NYSSMA regional Technology Workshops and the 1995 Outstanding Classroom Music
Teacher Award presented by ECMEA, ECMC and the Buffalo Philharmonic.
Introduction to Sibelius Clinician-Robert Knox
This session is a "Introduction to Sibelius" and will showcase the overall
features of the program. Emphasis will be on a "hands-on" tutorial that assumes
little or no computer experience.
Music Technology Forum with David Mash Clinician: David Mash
David Mash will host an open forum for discussing the many issues music teachers
face in coping with the rapid pace of change brought on by technology
developments. We will explore new trends and developments, strategies for
staying current and learning new techniques and technologies.
BIO: David Mash is an internationally recognized authority on music technology.
Please see Keynote Biography for further information.
12:15-1:30
Intermediate Advanced Sequencing
Clinician: Don Muro
Using Sibelius-Level II Clinician-Robert Knox
Sibelius is one of several music notation programs available to musicians. This
intermediate session will go beyond the basics and touch upon "real-world use",
"plug-ins", and support forums. Session participants are urged to bring in some
printed music.
BIO : Robert Knox received his Bachelor?s from University of Michigan and
Master?s from Western Connecticut State University. He has 20 years in public
education, currently with the Hyde Park School District. He has been using
computer-based music technology for many years and has taught workshops on
Finale, Sibelius, sequencing, and MIDI.
MIDI 101 Clinician: Charles DePaolo
Basics of Electronic Music presented in a fun, no-nonsense, non-commercial
interactive lecture. Features advice, informational handouts, and strategies to
maximize your budget.
BIO: Mr. DePaolo is the owner of Ensemble Publications and the General Manager
of Hickeys Music Center, Ithaca, NY. He has degrees from Ithaca College and Penn
State University. Chuck has been involved with Electronic Music since 1988.
1:30-2:00 Visit Exhibits Open Lab Showcases
2:00-2:30 Visit Exhibits Open Lab Showcases
2:40-3:55
Digital Audio for Music Educators-Level 1 Clinician: Don Muro
Sound for Dummies Clinician: Richard Whitney
Here?s a basic primer for sound systems and common/practical applications. This
session will offer hand-outs, ample time for questions and lots of hands-on
experience. Learn how to deal with the double-edged sword. . . sound
re-enforcement. Roll up your sleeves and become a sound techie in one easy
session!
BIO: Richard J. Whitney has taught music in the Pittsford Central School
district for over thirty years. His experience has included all levels,
primarily in vocal and general music, with other experience as a studio recording
artist, disc jockey, and lighting and sound director/engineer for number venues
including musicals.
Q & A: Troubleshooting-Software/MIDI Lab/Internet Clinicians: Scott LaVine,
Walter S. Mayo, William G. Reynolds
Bill, Scott, and Steve will host a Q & A forum on topics related to hardware,
software, and Internet applications. Bring your technology questions and
challenges for discussion.
BIO: These three clinicians are members of the NYSSMA Technology Committee and
offer expertise from both college and high school levels.
4:00-5:15
Band in a Box Clinician: Denise Abbattista
Learn the basic of the latest version of Band in a Box. Hands-on instruction
will be provided for the operations of this useful and versatile software
program, along with practical ideas for classroom use.
BIO: Denise Abbattista has been incorporating technology into the middle school
general and Music in Our Lives curricula for 15 years. She is currently a member
of two NYSSMA committees: Technology and Curriculum.
Basics of Digital Audio and Computers Clinicians: Ted Scalzo, Scott LaVine, Rick
Whitney
This session will present the basics of digital audio, MP3, Quicktime-- all audio
formats will be included. Other information will include how to burn CD?s,
convert files, and set analog audio to be digital.
BIO: These clinicians are all actively involved in the music technology scene,
and serve on the NYSSMA Technology Committee.
Other A Look Back to the Future Clinician: Herbert Deutsch
The now-famous Moog Synthesizer was born at a NYSSMA session in 1963. From 1968
there have been presentations of music technology at NYSSMA, and New York State
has been on the forefront in exploring technology in education. Hear the story!
BIO: Herbert A. Deutsch, composer, author, educator and marketing consultant, is
Chairman of the Music Department at Hofstra University. His interest in
electronic music led him to collaborate, in 1964, with Robert A. Moog on the
development of the first Moog Synthesizer and be involved in the Moog?s first
live public performance in 1965.
New York State Summer Music Conference Sunday August 12 thru Wednesday August 15,
2001 Crowne Plaza, Albany
NYSBDA Sessions
Sunday, August 12, 2001 1:00PM NYSBDA Executive Board Meeting
7:00PM Clinic: Data Management Tools for the Music Educator Richard
DePasquale, Clinician Mr. DePasquale will present a set of ClarisWorks/
Appleworks templates designed to help music educators manage secondary grade
reporting, interim progress reports, student databases, lesson scheduling,
account spreadsheets, solo contest data management, and a host of other music
educator specific tasks. Many of these templates are interactive with one
another and link to standard NYSSMA forms. All files will be available to
participants on floppy disks as well as electronic download. Mr. DePasquale will
be available for one-on-one assistance and training immediately following the
clinic session.
BIO: Richard DePasquale has taught instrumental music in grades 5-12 for the
Fairport Central School District since 1975. An avid computer enthusiast, he has
been involved for over 20 years in creating tecnology solutions for educators in
all disciplines. He has been active as a computer software instructor
specializing in desktop publishing applications as well as database construction
and management in the Fairport inservice teacher training program, and has served
as a visiting technology clinician providing technology solutions for music
educators in other districts.
Monday, August 13, 2001 9:00AM Reading Session, Mark Fonder & Paula Holcomb
10:15am Clinic: What?s the Score? How to Release the Notes! Paula Holcomb,
clinician The clinic will address the aspects of the score which often seem
insurmountable. Please bring your instruments as we will explore ways to
approach performance challenges of what may seem like a work which would be
impossible to perform.
BIO: Paula Holcomb became Director of Bands at the State University of New York
College at Fredonia in1999 after holding the same position for 20 years at
Central College in Pella, Iowa. Under her direction, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble
and the Symphonic Band toured internationally to Canada, Europe, and Mexico and
performed at Alice Tully Hall of New York City in Lincoln Center.
Holcolm holds a doctorate in instrumental conducting from Northwestern
University, where she studied with John P. Oaynter. In addition, she has studied
with Sixten Ehrling, Elizabeth green, and Paul Vermel at the Aspen Music
Festival.
Having served as an adjudicator and guest conductor of bands and orchestras in 37
states, Australia, Mexico, Europe, and Canada, Dr. Holcomb is former assistant
principal horn with the des Moines Symphony and past president of the Iowa Music
Educators Association. She is a contributing editor of the Canadian Band Journal
and chair of the gender/ethnic diversity committee for the College Band Directors
National Association. In addition, she was co-keynote speaker of the Australian
National Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2000 and will return in 2001 to do a
Conducting Symposium. Dr. Holcomb was recently presented with the A. Frank
Miller award from Kappa Kappa Psi.
11:15am Visit The Exhibits 11:30am NYSSMA General Business Meeting/Concert
(Directors Orchestra with Aaron Minsky) 1:00pm Reading Session: Mark Fonder &
Paula Holcomb 2:15pm Visit The Exhibits 2:30pm Reading Session: Mark Fonder
& Paula Holcomb 3:45pm Clinic: Defining and Realizing your Ideal Band Tone,
Mark Fonder, Clinician Striving to achieve the ideal control, blend, clarity and
quality that define the ?perfect sound? begins with developing a way to
communicate the concept to the ensemble and practicing to attain the goal. This
session offers strategies that will help you establish the concept of band tone
and address the elements that will help you achieve it consistently.
BIO: Mark Fonder, associate professor of music, is the conductor of the Ithaca
College Concert Band and has been teaching conducting and instrumental music
education courses at Ithaca College since 1989. In 1994, he assumed the role of
Chairman of the Music Education Department. He is active as a guest conductor,
adjudicator, school music consultant, and clinician and has served in these
capacities throughout the United States. In 1994 and 1996, he served as guest
conductor of the Tokyo (Japan) Area High School Honors band. Dr. Fonder, a
graduate of and twice a fellowship recipient at the University of Illinois, was
director of bands at Park Falls (Wisconsin) High School and was on the faculties
of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Texas-San Antonio
prior to coming to New York. From 1984 to 1987 he was conductor of the
Communiversity Wind Ensemble of Green Bay, an adult wind band. Dr. Fonder?s
research has been presented at international, national, regional and state music
conventions and has published in various jounals including the Music Educators
Journal, Band Directors Guide, Instrumentalist, Journal of Band Research, Council
for Research in Music Education and the Journal of research in Music Education.
He is chair of the Music Educators Journal Editorial Committee. Dr. Fonder has
played principal trombone with the green Bay (Wisconsin) Symphony, with the San
Antonio Brass, and for such entertainers as Robert Goulet, Rich Little, and Rita
Moreno. In 1987, Dr. Fonder was awarded the National Band Association-Wisconsin
Chapter Citation of Excellence, in 1998, the Ithaca College President?s
Recognition Award and has been the recipient of a University of Wisconsin
teaching fellowship. He has been elected to Phi Delta Kappa, an honorary
education fraternity and Pi Kappa Lambda, an honorary music fraternity.
8:00pm Concert: Cayuga Voices, Dr. Larry Doebler, Director 2001 NYACDA Choral
Director Award Presentation Director?s Chorus, Dr. Peter Bagley, Conductor
10:00pm All Conference Reception
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:00am Clinic: Teaching Musicianship from Day One,
Dr. Sandy Feldstein, clinician 10:15am Visit the Exhibits 10:30am Reading
Sessions: Dr. Sandy Feldstein & Mark Fonder 11:45am NYSBDA General Business
Meeting 1:00pm Jazz Reading Session 2:45pm Visit the Exhibits
3:00pm IAJE Clinic: The Understanding and Appreciation of Jazz, A Turnkey
Approach Dr. Sandy Feldstein, Clinician This clinic will be a presentation of the
Louis Armstrong Jazz Curriculum developed by Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton
Marsalis, in conjunction with PlayinTime Productions. 4:00pm Jazz Reading
Session 8:00pm Keynote Address: Dr. Sandy Feldstein Educators and
Industry: a Crucial Partnership for the 21st Century, Concert: The Bulldog Brass
Society
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 8:00am General Session: Dr. Timothy Lautzenhieser
9:00am Reading Session: Dr. Sandy Feldstein & Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
10:30am Clinic: Music: An Essential Element of Life Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser,
Clinician Via the newest member of the Essential Elements family, Essential
Elements 2000, this clinic focuses on creating success for beginners as they
launch on their lifelong journey of music-making. BIO: Tim Lautzenheiser?s career
includes 10 years of college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the
University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. After three years in
the music industry, Tim created Attitude Concepts for Today to manage the many
requests for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking engagements. In
addition to being Director of Education for The Selmer Company, Inc., he also
serves on the music faculty at Duquesne University. Co-author of Hal Leonard?s
much-acclaimed Essential Elements band method and Director?s Communication Kits,
he has also written the highly succesful books, The Art of Successful Teaching
and The Joy of Inspired Teaching, both from GIA Publications. A graduate of Ball
State University and the University of Alabama, Tim has been awarded an Honorary
Doctorate Degree from VanderCook College of Music, and has received the Sudler
Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa foundation, The Music Industry Award
from the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors, and the Mr. Holland?s Opus Award.
11:30am Visit The Exhibits 11:45am Reading Session: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser &
Dr. Sandy Feldstein 1:15pm Lunch/Visit the Exhibits/Sessions Concluded
ASTA with NSOA Sessions
Sunday, August 12, 2001 4:30pm ASTA with NSOA Executive Board Meeting
7:30pm String Orchestra Reading Session, Kirk Smith 9:00pm Minsky Rehearsal
for NYSSMA General Meeting, Aaron Minsky ? Director
Monday, August 13, 2001 8:45am ?Silent ? Electric Cello ? Pure Classical to
Hard Rock, Aaron Minsky, Clinician This two part clinic will begin with a
demonstration of the Yamaha ?Silent? Electric Cello. Aaron will demonstrate a
wide range of sounds from pure classical to the Hendrix inspired hard rock sounds
that he uses with his band. Bring your instrument along for an enjoyable reading
session through Minsky?s ensembles. These pieces, published by Oxford University
Press, go from beginnig to advances levels. They use original popular music to
teach basic musical concepts. Widely recognized by teachers, they are currently
in use in public schools and universities internationally.
BIO: Aaron Minsky has been included in the latest edition of Who?s Who In
America! His achievements include twelve books of original string music published
by Oxford University Press, some of which is now in the NYSSMA manual and the
curriculum of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, United Kingdom.
His ?Ten American Cello Etudes? has been included in ?A Guide to the Standard
Cello Repertoire? by concert cellist Jeffrey Solow. His CD, Breaking The Sound
Barriers, was released this year and entered in the Grammys. He was awarded a
grant from ASCAP this year due to the world wide performances of his music.
Minsky?s list of endorsements has recently grow to include: Yamaha, D?Addario and
others. He performed representing Yamaha at this past year?s World Cello
Congress III and New Directions Cello festival. Aaron also performs with his
innovative rock band Von Cello. More information may be found on his website:
http://www.voncello.com/. 10:00am String Orchestra Reading Session, Peter
Miller 11:30am NYSSMA General Business Meeting/Concert (Directors Orchestra
with Aaron Minsky) 1:15pm The Complete Guide To Running A Private Music
Studio, Mimi Butler, Clinician BIO: Mimi Butler is the author of ?The Complete
Guide To Running A Private Music Studio.? She has been conducting workshops on
the book throughout the country. Mimni teaches violin and viola privately to 35
students weekly, conducts five monthly chamber music classes in her Haddonfield,
New Jersey studio and teaches a weekly string class at Sterling High School in
Somerdale, New Jersey. As a string specialist, she conducts and coordinates
numerous workshops throughout the year. She has also adjudicated many festivals
and competitions for various schools, teen arts festivals and The New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra. Mimi is Past President of the American String Teacher?s
Association with National School Orchestra Association / New Jersey Chapter and
is currently a National committee member fro ASTA with NSOA. She is String
Coordinator of Region III, All South Jersey Junior High and Senior High
Orchestras and a board member of the New Jersey All-State Orchestra. Each summer
Mimi teaches at the Summer String Conference at Rowan University, Glassboro, New
Jersey. Mimi is a viola performer who continues her studies with Davyd Booth,
violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She is a freelance violist throughout
New Jersey and Philadelphia area, and a recording session performer for NFL
Films. A 1978 graduate of West Chester University with a degree in Music
Education, Mimi taught string instrumental music at Southern Regional Middle
School in Manahawkin, New Jersey from 1978 to 1984. She lives in Haddonfield, NJ
with her husband Steve and daughter, Samantha. 3:00pm String Orchestra Reading
Session, Lisa Leonardi 4:45pm ASTA with NSOA Business Meeting
8:00pm Concert: Cayuga Voices, Dr. Larry Doebler, Director 2001 NYACDA Choral
Director Award Presentation Director?s Chorus, Dr. Peter Bagley, Conductor
10:00pm All Conference Reception
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 8:45am String Orchestra Reading Session, Ruth Fischer
10:00am The Teaching of Action in String Playing ? Paul Rolland Method Session
1 Dr. Marla Mutschler, Clinician BIO: Marla Mutschler received degrees from the
Eastman School of Music and the University of Illinois and studied in Salzburg,
Austria as a Fullbright Scholar. A former member of the Rochester Philharmonic,
Dallas Symphony, and Aspen Festival Orchestra, Dr. Mutschler was Professor of
Violn at the University of North Carolina at Greenboro at the University of Miami
before joining the New Art String Quartet and the Arizona State University School
of Music faculty, from which she retire in 1999. As a former Research Associate
in the University of Illinois String Research Project, she collaborated with the
late Paul Rolland in all facets of the research and is co-author of the widely
acclaimed book The Teaching of Action in String Playing. Active internationally
as a string clinician, she has lectured and performed for string teachers?
associations in Canada, England, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany,
Australia, and New Zealand, in addition to presenting numerous workshops and
clinics in the United States. Dr. Mutschler has served the American String
Teachers Association as national Secretary, Regional Chairperson, and State
President. She wa a 1984 recipient of ASTA?s Citation for Distinguished
Leadership and Service and, in 1979, was elected asn honorary member of the
European String Teachers Association. 1:15pm Full Orchestra Reading Session,
Steve Thomas 3:00pm The Teaching of Action in String Playing ? Paul Rolland
Method Session 2 Dr. Marla Mutschler, clinician 6:15pm String Orchestra
Reading Session, Kevin Giordano, Muriel Bodley 8:00pm Keynote Address: Dr.
Sandy Feldstein Educators and Industry: a Crucial Partnership for the 21st
Century, Concert: The Bulldog Brass Society
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:00am String Orchestra ?NYSSMA Manual? Favorites,
Brenda Vredenburg 10:15am ASTA with NSOA Rap Session, Muriel Bodley, Chair
NYSSMA Summer Conference 2001 Elementary Classroom Music Schedule of Sessions
Monday August 13 8:00 A.M. Registration, Coffee, Exhibits 9:00 A.M. Clinic:
Teaching Musicianship Through Technology in the Elementary Classroom - Don Muro
Clinician: Don Muro Don Muro will give a multi-media presentation demonstrating
how electronic keyboards and recorders can be used to teach students about sound
and music. The session will include easy-to-use teaching techniques for teachers
with a minimal background in technology. This workshop is designed for entry
level participants and will address the following questions: 1) How can
technology improve my teaching and performing? 2) How can I use one electronic
keyboard and computer in my classroom? 3) How can I create my own accompaniments
and rehearsal tapes? 4) How can I print my music? 5) What equipment do I need?
In the time allotted for the session, Mr. Muro will create a multi-track
arrangement of a melody created by participants, add acoustic recorder parts and
create a finished CD. Each step in the creative process will be explained.
Bring your recorders and your questions! BIO: Don Muro (www.donmuro.com) is a
composer, performer, author, educator and clinician in the field of electronic
music. His educational music is widely used throughout the United States as well
as in Europe and in Japan. As a performer, he is recognized as a master
synthesist specializing in live performance techniques for electronic keyboards.
As an educator, he has published a variety of materials including SEQUENCING
BASICS as well as THE ART OF SEQUENCING book and video (Warner Bros.). In
addition, he has written over eighty articles about music and technology for
publications such as Keyboard Magazine, International Musician, The
Instrumentalist, and the Music Educators Journal. He has served as a member of
the MENC Music Technology Task Force and is currently a member of the advisory
board of TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators), a member of the NYSSMA
Technology Committee, and music director for the Electronic Arts Foundation.
11:30 A.M. NYSSMA General Business Meeting 12:00 P.M. Lunch/Exhibits 1:00
P.M. Clinic (Co-sponsored with NY-GIML): - Let?s Sing and Crawl! Music
Learning Theory in Early Childhood - Terrence E. Bacon This session will focus on
activities to promote musical development in very young children. Participants
will be given a brief overview of Dr. Edwin Gordon?s Music Learning Theory
followed by an interactive demonstration of appropriate singing, chanting, and
movement activities for use with infants and toddlers. Activities are
appropriate for use in primary grades. Applications to future instruction will
be discussed. Join the circle and revert to younger days in this high-energy
session! BIO: Terrence E. Bacon is an instrumental music teacher in the Jamestown
City School District. Currently he is teaching beginning, sixth grade, and
middle school band, as well as assisting with the high school marching band.
Terry is the founding president of the New York Chapter of the Gordon Institute
for Music Learing and was the treasurer of the Michigan chapter. Previously, he
was the Early Childhood and Instrumental Outreach Coordinator for the Battle
Creek (MI) Symphony Orchestra. He is teaching early childhood music classes at
the Chautauqua Institute for the second season. Terry holds a Master of Music
Education from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental
Music Education and Saxophone Performance from the Eastman School of Music.Terry
continues to be active as a free-lance saxophonist, performing as needed with the
Chautauqua Symphony.
2:30 P.M. Clinic: A Moving Listening Experience - Cici Hunt Session
Description: This session will encorporate dance, signing and creative movement
to ensure a greater understanding of musical concepts in a listening experience
in the K-8 General Music class. BIO: With over 30 years teaching music and
working as a music consultant for Silver Burdett Ginn/Scott Foresman, Cici is now
working as an independent clinician, songwriter, performer, and speaker. She
holds a Bachelor?s Degree in Educational Communications from the State University
of New York in Albany. She has presented to educators throughout the United
States, Germany, England, and Mexico. In addition, Ms. Hunt wrote the 40th
anniversary theme song for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF in 1986. Belwin Mills
(Warner Brothers) published her first book, The I Don?t Wanna Go To School Today
Songbook, in 1991. As a performer, Cici has recorded for Sesame Street,
television and commercials. She is often referred to as ?The Musical Erma
Bombeck.? BIO: With over 30 years teaching music and working as a music
consultant for Silver Burdett Ginn/Scott Foresman, Cici is now working as an
independent clinician, songwriter, performer, and speaker. She holds a
Bachelor?s Degree in Educational Communications from the State University of New
York in Albany. She has presented to educators throughout the United States,
Germany, England, and Mexico. In addition, Ms. Hunt wrote the 40th anniversary
theme song for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF in 1986. Belwin Mills (Warner
Brothers) published her first book, The I Don?t Wanna Go To School Today
Songbook, in 1991. As a performer, Cici has recorded for Sesame Street,
television and commercials. She is often referred to as ?The Musical Erma
Bombeck.?
6:15 P.M. Clinic: Teaching for Understanding: Singing Apprentices in the
Elementary Music Class - James D. Merrill Session Description: Through singing,
listening to singing, thinking about singing, and creating with their singing
voices, children become intelligent music makers. Thinking of students as
apprentices focuses both the teacher and child on singing as a way of developing
musicianship from within. Effective ways to have students listen, sing alone,
sing in groups, create with their voices, develop singing skills, and a musical
vocabulary for discussing the quality of their singing will be covered. BIO:
James Merrill is a primary music teacher at Milton Terrace Primary School in the
Ballston Spa School District. Mr. Merrill has completed Level III Certification
in Orff Schulwerk and Level I in Choral Music Education with Doreen Rao and done
advanced training with Dr. Edwin Gordon, the American Boy Choir, and Mary Goetze.
In his sixteen years of teaching elementary music, he has directed the SWMEA
Elementary All-County Chorus and presented numerous workshops for student
teachers on the topic of teaching children how to sing. Mr. Merrill?s article,
?Teaching for Understanding: Singing Apprentices in the Second Grade Music
Class,? has been accepted for publication in the Music Educators Journal, and a
second article, ?Recording Projects: Music Standards and Assessment,? has been
accepted for publication in Teaching Music. Mr. Merrill has earned degrees from
the Crane School Of Music at SUNY Potsdam and the College of Saint Rose in
Albany, NY.
Tuesday August 14 8:00 A.M. Registration, Coffee, Exhibits 9:00
A.M. Clinic: Assessing the Developing Child Musician, Part 1 - Dr. Timothy S.
Brophy Session Description: This hands-on workshop will provide elementary music
teachers with a multitude of practical ways of assessing students in three
assessment response modes, performing, creating, and responding. Special
attention will be devoted to organizing and managing data with large numbers of
students , and building music portfolios. The ideas presented are from Dr.
Brophy?s book, Assessing the Developing Child Musician: A Guide for General Music
Teachers. Timothy S. Brophy is an assistant professor of music education at the
University of Florida in Gainesville, and holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from
the University of Kentucky. He has taught elementary music in both public and
private schools in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. As an elementary
music teacher, Dr. Brophy was awarded an Ashland Teacher Achievement Award
(1996), a Memphis Rotary Club Rotary Award for Teacher Excellence, and was the
first elementary music teacher to be honored at the Disney American Teacher
Awards in Los Angeles in 1998. An active music education writer and clinician,
Dr. Brophy?s articles have appeared in the Music Educator?s Journal, Teaching
Music, the Orff Echo, the Tennessee Musician, and Tennessee Teacher. He is author
of the book Assessing the Developing Child Musician: A Guide for General Music
Teachers (2000, GIA Publications), and is currently serving as editor for Volume
8 of the nine-volume MENC Series Benchmark Performances in Music. He is a member
of the editorial boards of The Music Educators Journal, the Orff Echo, Research
Perspectives in Music Education and Research and Issues in Music Education (RIME)
. He is also Chair of the Research Advisory Review Panel of the American
Orff-Schulwerk Association. Dr. Brophy is very active as a clinician at music
education conferences, local music education organization chapters, and in school
districts around the country.
12:00 P.M. Lunch/Exhibits 1:00 P.M. Clinic: Assessing the Developing Child
Musician, Part 2 - Dr. Timothy S. Brophy Session Description: A continuation of
the morning workshop, this session will provide music teachers with more
practical suggestions and classroom-tested techniques for assessing the
developing child musician.
3:30 P.M. Clinic (Co-sponsored with Early Childhood): Catch Me If You Can:
Music and Stories for When You Want Them to Listen and They Want to Move - Debi
Craig Session Description: This workshop uses music, rhythms, and rhymes to
enrich children?s stories from well-known fairy tales and legends to current
children?s literature. Some of the stories to be included are: The Napping House
by Eric A. Kimmel and a new treatment of Little Red Riding Hood. The second half
of the workshop will focus on enriching academic subjects with music, rhythm, and
rhyme through games and activities to make learning fun. This is truly a
hands-on workshop. BIO: Deborah Craig is an elementary vocal music teacher in
Saratoga Springs, NY. She is trained in the Orff Schulwerk and currently serves
on the Executive Board of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. Debi has
taught recorders for Levels I and II at the College of St. Rose. She is
past-president of the Berkshire-Hudson Valley Chapter, AOSA. This year Debi?s
Chime Choir and Puppet Clubs from the Dorothy Nolan School were selected to
perform at the American Orff Schulwerk Conference recently held in Rochester, NY.
She is a consultant in arts integration and frequently presents at major
educational conferences.
6:15 P.M. Clinic: The Highlight of the Year: A Cross-Curriculum Production -
Annette W. Heilman Session Description: This session will provide an example of
how an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum planning involving the New York
State Standards in Music, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies,
Visual Art, and Theater can can result in a learning experience that is the
?highlight of the year? for students and teachers alike. Annette Heilmann is the
recipient of two arts-in-education grants for writing interdisciplinary projects
for the elementary school, the first combining music and poetry and the second
focusing on the Erie Canal and social studies. She will share the materials used
in creating these very successful productions with her school?s art and fourth
grade teachers and provide tips and advice for becoming a successful grant
writer. BIO: Annette Heilman teaches elementary music, grades K-5, in Cohoes, NY.
She is an adjunct instructor at Schenectady County Community College where she
teaches an elementary methods music education course. She is the Past-President
of the Berkshire-Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association
and is very involved with the student teaching program at the College of St.
Rose, having mentored over twenty student teachers. Ms. Heilmann was recently
named ?Teacher of the Week? by a local television station. Ms. Heilman received a
BS in Music from the College of St. Rose and an MS in Education from SUNY Albany.
She has Certification in Orff Schulwerk Levels I, II, and III from The
University of Massachusetts and the College of St. Rose as well as a Kodaly
certificate under Eva Vendrai of the Kodaly Institute.
Secondary Classroom Music Sessions Barbara Ann Powell, Middle School Classroom
Music Chairperson Ken Fick, High School Classroom Music Chairperson
MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001
8:00 AM Registration and Visit the Exhibits
9:00-10:30 AM Performance Strategies for the Middle School General Music
Teacher Clinician: George Ober This workshop will demonstrate how middle school
and high school general music teachers can develop performance based activities
which foster a greater understanding of the basic elements of music and enhance
listening skills. Specifically designed for today?s student, teachers will learn
strategies for including performance content in the Music In Our Lives classroom.
11:30 AM NYSSMA General Business Meeting/Concert
1:00-2:15 PM So Many Students, So Few Computers: Getting EVERYONE Involved in
Composition, Improvisation and Musical Analysis Clinician: Thomas J. Pedane This
workshop will demonstrate the use of student workstations and computer technology
in the middle school music lab setting, where students spend a majority of class
time engaged in hands-on activities composing, improvising, and analyzing music.
The focus is on students interacting and creating with other students as
musicians; the teacher?s role is one of facilitator. Student work and software
will be demonstrated as well as their connections with the state standards.
2:15 PM Visit The Exhibits
3:00-4:15 PM Keyboards In The Classroom Clinician: Patti Lee Walz A hands-on
workshop on how keyboards may be used in general music and voice lesson classes.
Teachers will participate as ?students? demonstrating activities including
Improvisation, Composition, Accompaniment, and Play That Tune. Video excerpts
will be included on actual classroom participation. Discussion topics include
?Cheap ways to get keyboards for your school? and ?Do?s and don?ts of teaching
keyboards in the classroom.? Recommended for classroom music teachers of grades
5-9.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2001
8:00 AM Registration and Visit the Exhibits
9:00-10:15 AM Developing Reading Skills Through Guitar Ensemble Playing
Clinicians: Dr. Donald Miller and Michael Bashaw Don?t fret your life away ?
there is hope beyond tablature playing! Ensemble playing/performances as a
motivational tool encourages reading skills, harmony, theory and rhythmic
awareness. Meets all New York State Learning Standards Suitable for Middle
School, High School, College/University.
10:30-11:45 AM Keeping The Harmony: Techniques for Discipline and Student
Management in the Music Class Clinician: Donald I. Snyder Changes in state
curriculum standards and demographics in many schools have presented music
educators with new challenges in class management and student discipline. This
session will help music teachers use existing resources and their own creativity
to maintain an effective framework for teaching and learning.
1:00-2:15 PM So Many Students, So Few Computers: Getting EVERYONE Involved in
Composition, Improvisation and Musical Analysis Clinician: Thomas J. Pedane This
workshop will demonstrate the use of student workstations and computer technology
in the middle school music lab setting, where students spend a majority of class
time engaged in hands-on activities composing, improvising, and analyzing music.
The focus is on students interacting and creating with other students as
musicians; the teacher?s role is one of facilitator. Student work and software
will be demonstrated as well as their connections with the state standards.
2:00 PM Music As A Way Of Knowing (Co-Sponsored with ACDA) Clinician: Nick
Page We need to get the message out to classroom teachers and administrators that
music strengthens attention span, memory skills, group skills, and discipline ?
to mention a few.
ACDA Sessions
Sunday, August 12, 2001 6:00pm Director?s Chorus Rehearsal
Monday, August 13, 2001 9:00am Middle School Reading Session, Nancy Pierce &
Doug Avery 10:00am Clinic: Expecting the Most from your Musicians Dr. Peter
Bagley, Clinician BIO: Peter Bagley, Professor of Music at The University of
Connecticut, received his B.S. in Music Education at the Crane School of Music,
State University of New York at Potsdam, and his D.M. in Choral Conducting under
Julius Herford at Indiana University. Dr. Bagley has been invited as guest
conductor and choral clinician for numerous festivals and all-state choirs
throughout the country. Amoung many engagements, he recently conducted the
M.E.N.C. All-Eastern Division Chorus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and launched his
international career as choral clinician for various choirs in a ten-city tour of
New Zealand sponsored by the New Zealand Choral Federation. Other engagements
include an appointment to the faculty of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, an
appointment for the Artist-in-Residency Program in Portland, Maine, and an
invitation to conduct at the International Honor Band and Choir festival hosted
by the International School at The Hague and an appointment to the faculty of
master conductors for the Dennis Keene Choral Festival in Kent, Ct. Together
with the University of Connecticut Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Dr. Bagley made
his Carnegie Hall debut June, 1997 conducting Maurice Durufle?s Requiem. Dr.
Bagley is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, and was
honored in October, 1990 by the Connecticut chapter as ??the Connecticut Choral
Educator of the Year?. He also serves on the Boards of the Chorus America and
the Hall Johnson Institute. His professional achievements are recognized in
Who?s Who in the East, and Who?s Who Amoung Black Americans. 11:30am NYSSMA
General Business Meeting/Concert (Directors Orchestra with Aaron Minsky)
1:00pm High School/College Reading Sessions, Dr. Rebecca Reames
2:00pm Vocal Jazz Reading Session, Linda Contino 3:00pm Treble Choir
Reading Session, Dr. Susan Conkling 4:00pm Director?s Chorus Rehearsal, Dr.
Peter Bagley, Conductor 8:00pm Concert: Cayuga Voices, Dr. Larry Doebler,
Director 2001 NYACDA Choral Director Award Presentation Director?s Chorus, Dr.
Peter Bagley, Conductor 10:00pm All Conference Reception
Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:30am NYACDA Executive Board Meeting
9:00am Reading Session-?Master Composers of the Past?, standards in all
voicings, Dr. Janet Galvan 10:00am Clinic: How to Make Singing Powerful Nick
Page, Clinician Master Song Leader Nick Page will provide four simple guidelines
for making people of all ages LOVE to sing, and love to sing WELL! As part of
this, he will provide extensive resource information and some powerful songs.
BIO: Nick Page is a song leader, composer, and writer who is dedicated to
teaching people of all ages that they are capable of great miracles through the
simple, yet powerful, act of singing. He holds a degree in Music Education frm
Ithaca College and a Masters in Education in Lesley College. He leads sings and
workshops throughout North America. His book Sing and Shine On! The Teacher?s
Guide to Multicultural Song Leading is published by Heinemann.Stenhouse publishes
his other book, Music As A Way Of Knowing, which is part of a series of books on
how to use the arts to teach all subjects in the elementary school classroom.Nick
Page?s choral music is published by Boosey & Hawkes and by World Music Press. At
home in Boston, he is the artistic director of the two-hundred voice MYSTIC
CHORALE, a group that specializes in singing the music of many cultures. They
also believe in involving the audience in the powerful experience of both singing
the music and living the music ? truly embracing the culture and meaning of the
music. 11:30am TTB/TTBB Reading Session, Scott Tucker 1:00pm Reading
Session, Nick Page ,New Boosey & Hawkes Pieces by Nick Page for all voice levels
Nick Page will help us explore several new Boosey & Hawkes pieces by Nick Page
for Children?s voices, Junior High, High School, College and Community.
2:00pm Clinic: Music As A Way of Knowing Nick Page, Clinician We need to get
the message out to classroom teachers and administrators that music strengthens
attention spans, memory skills, listening skills, group skills, and
discipline---to mention a few. Again, Mr. Page will provide extensive resource
information and some powerful songs in his session. 3:00pm Technology Session:
Making A Winning Recording Mark J. Morette of Mark Costom Recording Service,
Clinician How do you record your ensemble or soloist for auditions or assessment
purposes at a reasonable cost? This session, presented by Mark J. Morette of
MARK COSTOM RECORDING SERVICE, will give lists of equipment needs, approximate
prices, and ways for the teachers to record the best sound for the most
reasonable cost. Much information will be given in handouts. 8:00pm Keynote
Address: Mr. Sandy Feldstein Educators and Industry: a Crucial Partnership
for the 21st Century, Concert: The Bulldog Brass Society
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:00am Reading Session-Treble Voice, Francisco
Nunez 10:00am Clinic: Singing in Action: A Choral Demonstration Deborah Mello,
Clinician Eastern Division ACDA Children?s Choir R7S Chair Deborah mello will
show how to make the most of your limited rehearsal time. Observe rehearsal
techniques utilizing Heather Baird?s students from the Shenendahowa Middle
Schools music program that will enhance each child?s vocal development and
understanding of the music presented. The children will demonstrate the ability
to learn music through interactive involvement, rather than by rote and repeated
drills. BIO: Deborah Mello is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Children?s
Chorus of Sussex County in New Jersey. She also teaches music at the Marian
MeKeown School and is Director of the Youth Choirs at Christ Episcopal Church.
Deborah is the recipient of several awards in music education including the
Master Teacher Awards from the New Jersey Music Education Association, the
Governor?s Award for Arts in Education, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
master Teacher Award, sponsored by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Her most
recent award is the 1999 Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council?s Arts Educator
of the Year Award. For several years, Deborah has written a regular column on
children?s choirs for the New Jersey Music Educators Journal TEMPO and serves as
a reader/editor for the Music Educators National Conference. As an Associate of
the Choral Music Experience Institute founded by Doreen Rao, Debbie has taught
the CME level I certification course at Villanova University and at the CME
Institute, both in the United States, England, Sweden and Scotland. Debbie was
the national Chair of Repertoire & Standards for Children?s Choirs for the
American Choral Directors Association for four years and presently serves as the
Eastern Division Chair on that committee. Deborah has conducted several regional
and festival choruses, the most recent being the New Orleans Elementary and
Junior High Honors Choruses. She has presented numerous workshops and clinics on
elementary music education and the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for
Music. Deborah is also known for her vocal solo work throughout Northern New
Jersey. During the last year the Children?s Chorus of Sussex County under
Deborah?s direction participated in an International Children?s Choir Festival in
Florence and Rome, Italy. The summer of 200 included a performance at Carnegie
Hall and at the Washington National Cathedral. A graduate of Rowan University
(formerly known as Glassboro State College), Deborah lives in Fredon Township
with her husband, Joseph (also a choral director) and their three children,
Scott, Jennifer, and Allison. 11:00am Elementary Reading Session, John
Fleischman 11:30am Clinic: Establishing, Developing, and Maintaining
Excellence: A Choral Profile Deborah Mello, Clinician The elementary school
chorus should be the outgrowth of a comprehensive music program for ALL students
in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Issues specific to the development and
continued growth os singing ability and musical understanding in the music
classroom, the choral rehearsal, and the school community at large will be
addressed.
Regular Summer Conference Technology Sessions-2001
Monday, August 13, 9 a.m.
Finale vs. Sibelius Clinician: Charles DePaolo
This session provides a basic comparison of the Finale and Sibelius notation
packages, showing note entry, editing, and printout.
BIO: Mr. DePaolo is the owner of Ensemble Publications and the General Manager of
Hickeys Music Center, Ithaca, NY. He has degrees from Ithaca College and Penn
State University. Chuck has been involved with Electronic Music since 1988.
Monday, August 13, 1:00 p.m. It?s Your Choice: An Overview of Music Theory
Software Clinician: Patricia White
This session will survey various music theory titles including Music Ace 2, MiBac
Music Lessons II, Practica Musica, Auralia, and Alfred?s Essentials of Music
Theory. Segments of each title will be shown on-screen.
BIO: Patricia White started using music technology with students in 1983. She
has served as a clinician for NYSSMA conferences and in various workshop
settings across the state. Pat is currently serving as Music Technology Chair for
NYSSMA.
Tuesday, August 14, 9:00 a.m.
Toys 4 U Clinician: Richard Whitney
What?s new in the work of sound? "Toys" which can greatly enhance your ability
to teach include: mini disc player/recorder, MP3 player/recorder, Neodymium
microphone and Infrared Wave wireless systems. All these as well as CD R and W
recorder and the Digital Powered Mixing Console will be demonstrated-with time
for questions!
BIO: Richard J. Whitney has taught music in the Pittsford Central School
district for over thirty years. His experience has included all levels,
primarily in vocal and general music, with other experience as a studio recording
artist, disc jockey, and lighting and sound director/engineer for number venues
including musicals.
Tuesday, August 14, 1:00 p.m. Classroom Applications of Band in a Box Clinician:
Jillian Caci
This demo session will offer suggestions for use of Band in a Box in general
music classes at the Middle/Junior High level. Examples for several grade levels
will be provided, and will be geared toward meeting the New York State Standards.
BIO: Jillian Caci is a graduate of the Crane School of Music and holds a Master
of Educational Psychology degree from Marist College. She teaches general music,
music technology, and piano at South Junior High School in Newburg, NY, where she
also directs an electronic keyboard ensemble.
COMTEP
Sunday, August 12, 2001 7:00pm Executive Board Meeting
Monday, August 13, 2001 1:30pm Open Business Meeting
