DEVELOPING YOUR ORCHESTRA PEDAGOGY

Get off to a great start this fall and enhance your teaching skills!  Bring a violin, viola, cello, or bass as many of the sessions are hands-on and Hal Leonard Publishing is providing material for a reading session.  We are honored to have Bob Gillespie as our clinician Saturday and several great Kansas teachers and professors Sunday. 

Do you need graduate credit?  1 hour of graduate credit is available through Baker University!  One must attend all sessions to earn graduate credit.

Do your high school students need mentoring for the KMEA audition excerpts?  They are welcome to attend the sessions on Sunday, Sept. 11 or you can share the practicing tips with them.  See attached schedule.

Are you a new teacher and feel overwhelmed or have questions and concerns?  You will receive helpful information help from the presenters and participating teachers.

Are you a college student preparing to be a teacher?  This is the place for you!  No charge for college students and 2011 music education graduates.  See attached registration form.

Are you looking for strategies to improve sound production and intonation as your students advance through your program? 

Are you looking for strategies to assess your students? 

Are you looking for new music for this year?  COME ABSORB AND ENJOY!

Dates: Saturday, September 10  8:30-5:15  and Sunday, September 11  8:30-4:15

Place: Baker University 

BRING YOUR INSTRUMENTS!

Clinicians:  - Saturday, September 10 - Bob Gillespie assisted by Jacob Dakon

Sunday, September 11 - Jacob Dakon, new KU String Education Professor

                            Rachel Dirks, Lawrence  Public Schools 

                            Frances Oare, Wichita Public Schools  

                            Alice Joy Lewis, Ottawa Suzuki Program  

                            Bruce Boyd  KMEA, Hutchinson Public Schools

KMEA Audition Excerpt Mentoring  on Sunday, Sept. 11

                            Viola - Monty Carter of William Jewell  at 11:00 A.M.

                            String Bass - Larry Rice of the University of Kansas at 1:00 P.M.

                            Cello - David Littrell of Kansas State University at 2:00 P.M.

                            Violin - Cora Cooper of Kansas State University at 3:00 P.M.

Invite your high school students to these excerpt sessions!