State Music Conference Schedule Preview
deserves the choral world’s attention. Properly training treble choruses to sing with maturity and refinement requires vocal and rehearsal techniques that address the unique characteristics of the female voice and the treble ensemble. Dr. Glann will share methods for successfully developing women’s choruses based on his experience conducting them at the high school and collegiate levels. Demonstration of ideas will occur through video clips and/or active participation from session attendees.
learn vibrato. You’ll hear them make up their own techniques, if you don’t teach it to them first! We will briefly review basic vibrato, and move into exercises that will help you teach vibrato to groups of violin and viola students. In this session, we will address typical vibrato pitfalls and give you some skills to feel confident that your students will soon have a vibrato victory!
2:30 – 3:30 PM Streamlining Beginning Strings Lauren Folkner Green Room
STRING Sessions MONDAY January 20, 2020
8:15 – 9:15 AM Modern Instruments Dallas String Quartet Green Room This session will teach you ways to maximize and utilize your modern instrument to expand your relationship to modern music. You’ll discover that sound effects and pedals used in conjunction with your instrument create a bigger sound world. You’ll also learn how to hone in on your repertoire, finding what works best for you.
9:30 – 10:30 AM Keynote Address The NAfME Value Proposition: a Wise Investment Chris Woodside Auditorium
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10:45 – 11:45 AM Playing Contemporary Music and Then Some
Dallas String Quartet Green Room In this session, we will discuss the benefits of playing contemporary music and improvisation with your strings class.
1:15 – 2:15 PM Vibrato Victory! Lauren Folkner Green Room
As string students mature, they yearn to
It can be overwhelming to teach one beginning string player, let alone 20, 30, or even 70! In this session we will work out time-lines for how to get your beginning strings class playing sooner by streamlining beginning bow and instrument hold instruction. We will address non-verbal cues and brainstorm ideas on how to get all instruments engaged when working on instrument-specific set-up.
3:45 – 4:45 PM String Reading Session Audrey Ortberg Green Room String Reading session for middle through high school level orchestras, giving string instructors the opportunity to play and hear pieces that may be of interest to their orchestra program.
Sponsor: WY-ASTA
TUESDAY January 21, 2020
8:15 – 9:15 AM Engaging Young Orchestras with Classical Music (but that’s not all...) Lauren Folkner Green Room
In a world of instant content, young students are exposed to more styles of music than ever before. The breadth and quality of new string arrangements are incredible! We will discuss how to keep students engaged with the classics, but also delve into some ideas to introduce newer musical styles into music classrooms. Let’s work together to create new learning experiences for our students while keeping them enthusiastic about the process of learning.
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9:30 – 10:30 AM Visit the Exhibits!
10:45 – 11:45 AM String Teacher Round Table Lauren Folkner Green Room
Are you taking over for a legendary teacher? Have you had issues retaining your students? How about budget and classroom size issues? How do you seat your middle school orchestra? Bring your string teacher woes to our round table discussion where we can brainstorm and give our experiences to each other. A list of potential topics will be provided, and as the discussion begins, we will go where the need is. Come share your knowledge as we learn from one another.
1:15 – 2:15 PM ASTA Interest Session Audrey Ortberg Green Room
This session is designed for current/ future members of ASTA to outline the work ASTA is doing around the state for orchestra programs and private teachers. We will be going over what ASTA is about, membership benefits, the current state of the Wyoming ASTA Chapter and discuss the future of our chapter.
Sponsor: WY-ASTA
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www.wyomea.org
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