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table of contents Academies Wind, Marching, Jazz, Elementary, Tech, Choral, String.......12-22 Acknowledgments...........................................................................67 Advertiser’s Index............................................................................69 All-State Bands & Women’s Chorus Information...........................4-5 All-State Bands & Women’s Chorus Programs...........................58-60 2016 NJMEA State Conference Hilton East Brunswick Hotel & Executive Meeting Center FEBRUARY 18–20, 2016 • East Brunswick, NJ

Concert & Lobby Concert Schedules.............................................64 Conference Program for Friday..................................................28-45 Conference Program for Saturday..............................................50-57 Directions to Rutgers and NJ Performing Arts Center......................5 Directory of Exhibitors...................................................................66 Exhibit Floor Plan..........................................................................65 Exhibitor Raffle Tickets..................................................................71 Exhibits Grand Opening/Welcome Reception................................45 Floor Plans Hilton Hotel - Concourse, Ballroom, 5th, Salon D/E...............6-7 Tower I - Floors 8, 15, 19, 20....................................................8-9 Gala Concert & After Hours Gala Reception..................................45 Guide to Visiting the Exhibits.........................................................65 President’s Welcome..........................................................................2 Professional Development Hours......................................................5 Shuttle Bus Schedule........................................................................4 Thursday Evening Activities............................................................33

Registration Hours

Thursday, Feb. 18th

7:00 - 4:00 pm 6:30 - 9:00 pm

Friday, Feb. 19th

7:00 - 4:00 pm

Saturday, Feb. 20th

8:00 - 11:00 am

From The NJMEA President It is a pleasure to welcome you to our 2016 NJMEA February Conference! As always, Marie Malara and her Conference Committee have prepared an outstanding line-up of clinics, workshops, presentations and performances. As you look through this conference program, you will find a variety of valuable opportunities for every music educator. We are proud to host many fine presenters and clinicians from New Jersey as well as those representing other regions of the country. Be sure to visit our fine selection of exhibitors where you can find a wide range of teaching materials, instrument displays, music and various resources for the music teacher. Thank you Marie for continuing to put together a remarkable event year after year. The exhibit hall is once again filled to capacity and we thank our Conference Exhibit Chair Nancy Clasen and Music Industry Liaison, Ron Beaudoin who along with NJMEA Executive Secretary/Treasurer Debbie Sfraga helped secure a tremendous group of vendors and exhibitors. We look forward to you joining us for the Exhibit Grand Opening Celebration and Dessert Reception on Thursday evening. As we continue to advance our capabilities in technology, you will notice some changes to this year’s registration procedure. All registration is now done online through the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and your check-in is completed in “realtime” through the same system. Debbie Sfraga has done a large amount of work setting up the first year implementation of the system. Our sincere thanks go to Tom Mosher for putting together this booklet and keeping everyone informed through our Website (njmea.org) and TEMPO Magazine. We are pleased to once again offer our pre-conference Academies on Thursday, featuring a number of topics for you to focus on before our general sessions begin on Friday morning. We welcome to this year’s conference NAfME President Glenn Nierman. Along with an official welcome delivery at our Membership Luncheon on Friday, he will be presenting several sessions during the conference. Continued thanks go to the NJMEA Board of Directors who work tirelessly to bring you a variety of high-quality statewide activities. This group of volunteers works in the background to provide professional development, keep you informed, provide performance opportunities for your students, and coordinate the events of our organization. As you pass by them, please thank them for their hard work throughout the year. Be sure to stay around for the Friday evening concert featuring Project Trio. We are very excited to have them as part of the 2016 NJMEA Conference. This high-energy ensemble provides a unique perspective on music and leaves every audience member thoroughly entertained. The grand finale of the Conference weekend is the Saturday afternoon concert by the All-State Treble Chorus, Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band at NJPAC in Newark. The downbeat is at 3:00 p.m. Please come and listen to the work of New Jersey’s finest student musicians and their very capable directors. Finally, in case you haven’t heard, our State Conference will be taking a year off in 2017. NJMEA will be hosting the Biennial Eastern Division Conference from April 5-8, 2017 in Atlantic City. If you have never attended a Division Conference, make plans to be there. I think that you will be very impressed with how New Jersey puts its spin on the traditional Eastern Division. Visit the website frequently for updates and registration information: www.nafme-eastern.org

Best wishes for a great conference and continued successes, William McDevitt, President

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2016 New Jersey All-State Bands & Women’s Chorus FEBRUARY 18-20, 2016 New Jersey All-State Women’s Chorus

New Jersey All State Wind Ensemble Guest Conductor:

Allan McMurray Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder College of Music

Managers:

Steven Carey, Pitman HS Deb Knisely, Cinnaminson HS

Rehearsal Conductor:

Bruce Yurko, retired

New Jersey All State Symphonic Band

Guest Conductor:

Michael Semancik Morris Knolls HS

Accompanist:

Lisa Wichman

Managers:

Jennifer Alagna Monroe Township HS

Joseph Cantaffa Howell HS

Procedures Chair:

Kathleen Spadafino East Brunswick, Retired

North Auditions Manager:

Michael Schmidt Voorhees HS

Guest Conductor:

Matthew Roeder Associate Director of Bands, University of Colorado, Boulder College of Music

Managers:

John Scozzaro, Edison Intermediate School, Westfield Joseph Spina, Hanover Park HS

South Auditions Manager:

Cheryl Breitzman Absegami HS

Rehearsal Conductors:

Mark Kraft, Retired Mindy Scheierman, Millburn HS

Rehearsal Site Hosts:

Judy Verrilli John F. Kennedy Memorial HS

Chaperone Coordinator:

Nichole Delnero, Toms River HS So.

Audition Site Hosts:

Andrew DeNicola, JP Stevens HS John Zazzali, JP Stevens HS

Zachary Gates, Jami Di Siena East Brunswick HS

Rehearsal Site Hosts:

Donna Cardaeo, South Brunswick HS Darryl J. Bott, RutgersThe State University

Kenneth Brown Edison HS

Audition Site Hosts:

David Taylor Northern Burlington HS

Rehearsal Schedule:

Thursday, February 18th 12:00 -10:00 PM Friday, February 19th 9:00 - 10:00 PM Saturday, February 20th 10:00 -12:00 PM

Michelle DiGaetano Bloomfield HS

Concert:

Saturday, February 20, 2016, 3:00 PM New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

Concert: Saturday, February 20, 2016 3:00 PM NJPAC Newark, NJ

Shuttle Bus Hilton Hotel To Nicholas Music Center Friday – 12:30-5:30 p.m.

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Directions Directions To The NJ Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ Via Garden State Parkway North • Follow Garden State Parkway North to Exit 142 (Route 78). • Follow Route 78 East. • Follow Routes 1 & 9 South to Route 21 North (McCarter Highway). • You will travel across the viaduct into downtown Newark. After crossing the viaduct, stay in the right hand lane until you see Don Pepe’s Restaurant. Take jughandle to cross Route 21 on to Center Street.

Directions to Nicholas Music Center, Douglass College, Rutgers -The State University from the Brunswick Hilton and Towers: Take Route 18 North; Go past Route 1 and through the next traffic signal (Paulus Ave.), exit right about 1/4 mile after the traffic signal (the sign says Georges Road and Rutgers), the exit veers back over Route 18. Turn right at the light; Nicholas Music Center is on your right.

Via Garden State Parkway South • Follow Garden State Parkway South to Exit 145. • Follow signs to Route 280 East. Follow Route 280 East to Exit 15 (Route 21 South-Downtown). • At Bottom of ramp (traffic light), make a right onto Route 21 South (McCarter Highway). • Follow Route 21 to Center Street, and turn right.

Professional Development Certificates The procedure listed below must be followed to receive a certificate that counts towards your 100 hours of professional development from the NJMEA State Conference: 1. An “NJMEA” Professional Development Certificate will be distributed. 2. Arrive at your chosen session no later than ten minutes into the start of the session. 3. Remain in the session until the end. 4. Certificates will only be issued upon registration. 5. One hour of professional development will be awarded for your time at the exhibits. 6. You can receive credit for attending the All-State Band or Chorus rehearsals. Sign-in with the manager when you arrive at the rehearsal and stay as long as you like. When you are ready to leave, see the manager. 7. Any questions may be directed to Debbie Sfraga, Kathy Mosher, or Tom Mosher at the registration table.

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SUMMERTERM 2016 THE HARTT SCHOOL MUSIC • DANCE • THEATRE

EXCITING NEW WORKSHOPS FOR 2016 Expanding Musicianship: Being Musical Inside and Outside of School Dan Isbell Music Video Production Gabe Herman Transforming Your Choir through Diction Edward Bolkovac Guitar Basics for the Music Teacher Christopher Ladd String Refresher: Basic Techniques and Their Relationship to LongTerm Success Teri Einfeldt and Carlynn Savot Starting Summer 2017, Orff-Schulwerk Certification

SESSION 1: JUNE 27–JULY 1 An Introduction to Orff-Schulwerk Penny Mahoney Hartt Baroque Orchestra Seminar Emlyn Ngai Brass Refresher Matt Aubin Introduction to Music Recording Justin Kurtz Gordon’s Music Learning Theory Ken Trapp Piano Tuning I and II Kenneth Lawhorn Guitar Basics for the Music Teacher Christopher Ladd—NEW! SESSION 2: JULY 5–8 Technologies in the Music Classroom Miriam Schreiber and Leslie Cohen Music Production, Pro Tools I Gabe Herman

Percussion Know-How for Music Educators Ben Toth

Diverse Learners in the Music Classroom Heather Wagner

Blending Pedagogy: Incorporating General Music Methods in Children’s Choir Vanessa Bond

String Refresher: Basic Techniques and Their Relationship to LongTerm Success—NEW! Teri Einfeldt and Carlynn Savot

SESSION 3: JULY 11– 15

SESSION 5: JULY 25– 29

Folk Instrument Performance Jeff Rhone

World Percussion and Drum Set Survey for Music Educators Ben Toth

Transforming Your Choir through Diction Edward Bolkovac—NEW!

Woodwind Refresher Dan Higgins

Rhythmic Workout for Music Educators Rogerio Boccato

Band Instrument Maintenance for Wind Educators Glen Grigel

Hartt Guitar Festival Christopher Ladd, Richard Provost, Scott Tennant

The Music and Literacy Connection Dee Hansen Teaching Children How to Create and Conduct Music Glen Adsit and Michael Colgrass

Music Video Production Gabe Herman—NEW!

SESSIONS 4–5: JULY 18–29

Expanding Musicianship: Being Musical Inside and Outside of School Dan Isbell—NEW!

The Hartt Choral Conducting Institute Edward Bolkovac and Stuart Younse The Hartt Kodály Certification Program John Feierabend, Jeff Rhone, Edward Bolkovac, Gabor Viragh

SESSION 4: JULY 18 –22 Instrumental Conducting Clinic Glen Adsit and Edward Cumming

THE FEIERABEND ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION (FAME)

Rehearsing the Secondary Jazz Ensemble: Technique and Repertoire Haig Shahverdian

First Steps in Music John Feierabend

Jump-Start Your Choir Edward Bolkovac and Stuart Younse

Conversational Solfege Advanced John Feierabend

Around the World in Song and Dance Lillie Feierabend Body Mapping for Music Educators Kay Hooper

Conversational Solfege Beginning John Feierabend

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

CONCERTS 8:30-9:15 AM Hilton Hotel Salon A/B

Hillsborough High School Wind Ensemble Director: Julie Haran, Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ. Presider: Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann........... Robert Jager 9:30-10:15 AM Hilton Hotel Salon A/B

Roxbury High School Honors Wind Symphony Director: Todd Nichols, Roxbury High School, Succasunna, NJ. Presider: Tom McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. Assisted by: Richard Hartsuiker, Sarah Bednarcik, Jeff Conrad, and Greg Bocutti. Commando March............................................... Samuel Barber La Fiesta Mexicana ............................................. H. Owen Reed I......................................................Prelude and Aztec Dance II....................................................................................Mass III............................................................................ Carnival With Heart and Voice.................................... David Gillingham 10:30-11:00 AM Hilton Hotel Salon C

Montgomery High School Chamber Orchestra Director: Kawika Kahalehoe, Montgomery High School, Skillman, NJ. Presider: Betsy Maliszewski, West Orange Public Schools, West Orange, NJ. Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22............Antonin Dvorak 1............................................................................ Moderato 2....................................................................Tempo di Valse 3................................................................... Scherzo: Vivace

4.............................................................................Larghetto 5.......................................................... Finale: Allegro Vivace Romance (from Pastoral Suite, Op. 19)........... Lars-Erik Larsson Allegro Barbaro...............................Bela Bartok, arr. Bob Lipton 11:15-11:45 AM Hilton Hotel Salon C

String Ensemble TBA 12:00-12:30 PM Hilton Hotel Salon A/B

Highlands Voices Director: Thomas Paster, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ. Presider: Marcus Garvey Daniels, Abraham Clark High School, Roselle, NJ. Young Blood...................................... Bea Miller, arr. Tom Paster Rather Be................................... Clean Bandit, arr. Robert Dietz Miracle............................................. Kimbra, arr. Shams Ahmed Stutter................................Marianas Trench, arr. Tom Anderson Crazy Dreams....................... Carrie Underwood, arr. Tom Paster 1:15-1:45 PM Hilton Hotel Salon A/B

Crossroads South Middle School Vocal Ensemble Director: Lisa Lepore, Director, Crossroads South Middle School, South Brunswick, NJ. Presider: Kathleeen Spadafino, NJMEA Board of Directors.

Badges are required for admission to all conference activities. Please visit the exhibits and deposit your raffle coupon (last page) in the box located at the rear of the exhibit hall for a chance to win.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

ELEMENTARY ACADEMY 8:00-9:00 AM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

Music And Movement Activities From Around The World Clinician: Abby Connors, Early Childhood Music Educator and Author, Piscataway, NJ. Presider: Lisa Greene, Ranney School, Tinton Falls, NJ. New Jersey is a wonderfully diverse state and we teach children from a wide variety of nations and cultures. In this session participants will learn easy and fun music and movement activities from around the globe that young children LOVE. Multicultural music activities make children feel that their own home cultures are included and respected, and also promote understanding of different cultures. This session also includes original music and movement activities from Connors’ newest book, “Shake, Rattle and Roll: Rhythm Instruments and More for Active Learning.” 9:15-10:15 AM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

Differentiated Instruction With Orff Schulwerk In The Elementary Music Classroom Sponsored by Music Is Elementary . Clinician: BethAnn Hepburn, Defer Intermediate School, Streetsboro, Ohio. Presider: Christine Sezer, Retired. Experience how to model lessons utilizing process teaching strategies from Orff Schulwerk to meet the needs of diverse learners. Discover ways to enhance rhythmic and melodic concepts using multiple modalities; kinesthetic, aural, and visual learners can thrive in the orff music classroom. Learn ways to structure improvisation to allow for modifications or for stretch and differentiate instruction for all students. Lessons are appropriate for k-5 music. 10:30-11:30 AM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

Everything Is Awesome (When You Use Legos In Your General Music Class) Clinician: Amanda Clarfield Newell, Manalapan, NJ. Presider: Colleen Fritzen, St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, NJ. Legos are everywhere right now from movies to TV shows to afterschool enrichment clubs but how about music class? Come see how you can utilize Legos to help your students better understand the relationships between note values, (and in conjunction tie into the Common Core Math standards), be used for composition and even make dictation fun!

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11:30-1:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

1:00-2:00 PM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

GAME ON! Singing Games Children Love Clinician: Lisa Wichman, Kiel School, Kinnelon, NJ. Presider: Ken Barry, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. LET’S PLAY! Children will delight in these singing games and teachers will delight in the joy and learning achieved through these games! A variety of lower elementary singing games will be presented, including: circle, partner choosing, arch, winding and chase. Through singing games, children experience, directly and joyously, the elements of rhythm, melody and form. Valuable aspects such as teamwork, cooperation and inclusiveness are shared benefits. GAME ON! 2:15-3:15 PM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

Music, Math, And Popsicle Sticks Sponsored by Hal Leonard Corporation. Clinician: Sharon Burch, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Centerville, IA. Presider: Colleen Fritzen, St. Thomas Apostle School, Old Bridge, NJ. Struggling to incorporate Common Core standards into your music class? Learn how to sequence sm, slm, and mrd singing games, rhythm patterns, and Popsicle stick lessons to incorporate math while teaching music. Demonstration of phrasing questions that guide problem solving. Interactive-whiteboard ready. Common Core State Standards included with shared lessons. 3:30-4:30 PM Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

With A Song: What’s New For 2-Part Choirs Sponsored by Alfred Music. Clinician: Michael Spresser, Choral Editor, Alfred Music, Van Nuys, CA. Presider: Christine Sezer, Retired. Accompanist: Teddy Kernizan, Ocean Township High School, Oakhurst, NJ. Don’t miss this “Sing and Learn” session with Michael Spresser. See what’s new for 2-part treble choirs. Learn about the composers, effective vocal tips, easy movement ideas, and more! A complimentary music packet will be given to each director in attendance.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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CHORAL ACADEMY 8:00-9:00 AM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

Unpacking The Score: Embedding Musicianship In The Choral Rehearsal Clinician: Kyle J. Weary, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, Hagerstown, MD. Presider: Kathy Spadafino, Retired, NJMEA Board of Directors. Embedding music literacy into the choral rehearsal saves time, creating independent musicians. Students are able to learn music much faster and most importantly, without the aid of a piano, part cd, or learning by rote. Using the choral music that we select, we are able to map out our curriculum and teach musical literacy skills to our students without delaying the process of learning repertoire. 9:15-10:15 AM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

How To A Cappella: Adding Contemporary A Cappella To Your Choral Program Sponsored by A Cappella Education Association (AEA). Clinician: Thomas Paster, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ. Presider: Marcus Garvey Daniels, Abraham Clark High School, Roselle, NJ. Assisted by: Highlands Voices, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ. Contemporary a cappella is exploding all over the globe. From the movie series Pitch Perfect, to TV shows like The Sing-Off and Sing It, to annual collegiate, high school, and European a cappella championships, to the recently formed A Cappella Education Association (sponsored by ACDA), this vocal art form is taking its rightful place with “serious” choral music and can be a great recruiting tool for you choirs. This workshop will explore all aspects of a cappella including arrangements, vocal percussion, rehearsal techniques, solo instruction, live sound, recording, choreography, public relations/networking, and much more. The high school national champion a cappella group Highlands Voices will be demonstrating at this workshop. 10:30-11:30 AM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

And This Shall Be For Music: A Choral Reading Session

Sponsored by Alfred Music. Clinician: Michael Spresser, Choral Editor, Alfred Music, Van Nuys, CA. Presider: Hillary Colton, Hunterdon Central Regional HS, Flemington, NJ. Come join fellow choral directors in song as Michael Spresser presents exceptional new literature from Alfred Music and Lawson-Gould. Discover solid concert and contest repertoire designed to bring out the very best in your maturing choral ensembles. A complimentary music packet will be given to each director in attendance. 11:30-1:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:15-3:15 PM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

Forgotten War Horses; Accessible Choral Pieces By Historical Composers For The Secondary Singer Clinician: Cristin Charlton Introcaso Collingswood High School, Collingswood, NJ; Maximillian Esmus, accompanist. Presider: Christopher Thomas, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. This is a reading session of pieces by historical composers that can be found in the public domain and are accessible to the secondary singer. 3:30-4:30 PM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

Vocal Health In The Choral Classroom Clinician: Anna D’Achille, Morris Hills High School, Rockaway, NJ. Presider: Hillary Colton, Hunterdon Central Regional HS, Flemington, NJ. A consistently healthy voice is essential for the choral educator and singer. Unfortunately, between the day-to-day vocal demands of a choral educator, concert seasons, musical season, traveling, performing, and other professional commitments, it can be a challenge to protect and maintain the voice. This session will explore the personal account of the presenter’s own vocal struggles through her first six years of teaching, including causes and warning signs of dysphonia or abnormalities, management of existing issues, therapeutic and surgical treatment, and postoperative recovery – all during the hectic teaching and directing lifestyle that every choral educator and singer is accustomed to!

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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WIND BAND ACADEMY 8:00-9:00 AM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Presider: Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ.

Teaching Music History Through Performance In Band Clinician: Lawrence F. Stoffel, California State University, Northridge, CA. Presider: Ron Dolce, Retired, NJMEA Board of Directors. The wealth of music in the concert band’s repertory allows the school band director to easily incorporate music history instruction into the rehearsal setting. By performing music composed during each of the historical epochs of western music, students learn about compositional styles, performance practices, cultural influences, and the biographies of history’s greatest composers. 10:30-11:30 AM Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

Rehearsal Techniques, “Do You Hear How I Move?” Clinician: Kraig Williams, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Presider: William Berz, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Assisted by: Randolph High School Wind Ensemble, Randolph, NJ. Come see and hear how the convergence of audiation and movement thinking can inspire expresssive ensemble performance. 11:30-1:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

1:00-2:00 PM Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

New Music For High School Band

Assisted by: Randolph High School Wind Ensemble, Randolph, NJ. Come and hear some new music for high school concert band! The RHS Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dawn Doubler Russo, will perform part or all of several new titles for concert band. 2:15-3:15 PM Tower - 20th Floor Haydn Room

Panel Discussion: “What Your Students Need To Know About Auditioning For College” Clinicians: Thomas Connors, Kean University Craig Davis, William Paterson University David Vickerman, The College of New Jersey Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University Joseph Higgins, Rowan University Kraig Williams, Rutgers University Presider: Mindy Scheierman, Millburn High School. An indepth panel discussion of what is required of students auditioning for college. 3:30-7:30 PM Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

Open Rehearsal: NJBA Intercollegiate Wind Ensemble Clinician: Cynthia Johnston-Turner, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Presider: Tom Connors, Kean University, Union, NJ. Please join Professor of Conducting and Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, Cynthia Johnston-Turner, as she rehearses the NJBA Intercollegiate Wind Ensemble.

Sponsored by J.W. Pepper. Clinician: Dawn Doubler Russo, Randolph High School, Randolph, NJ.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

JAZZ ACADEMY 8:00-9:00 AM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

10:30-11:30 AM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Sequencing Jazz And Blues In The Vocal Music Curriculum

Jazz For Young People: The Birth Of Jazz, New Orleans

Sponsored by NJAJE, Eand O Mari , La Bella Strings.

Sponsored by Hal Leonard Corporation.

Clinician: Joel Perry, Redwood Elementary School, West Orange, NJ.

Clinician: Sharon Burch, Music Education Consultant, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Centerville, IA.

Presider: Nicole Payne, Washington Elementary School, West Orange, NJ.

Presider: Mike Anzuini, NJMEA Board of Directors.

This session will present songs, and methodology developed to teach Jazz in the vocal music classroom. A combination of Kódaly techniques and music learning theory will be used in a modified fashion. Hand outs will be available. 9:15-10:15 AM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Jazz Improvisation In Elementary Band? All In “Good Time”

A general music introduction to the “big four” and “collective improvisation” of New Orleans jazz. Play along with jazz standards of New Orleans via audio/video clips of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) artists using classroom instruments. Sharon Burch, an education consultant for JALC, shares newly developed interactive lessons from Wynton Marsalis’s Jazz for Young People Curriculum. Designed for teachers who may or may not be trained in America’s art form. (Grades 2-8) 11:30-1:00 PM

Lunch Break

Clinician: Tom Kamp, Mt. Park Elementary School, Berkeley Heights, NJ.

1:00-2:00 PM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Presider: Chris Colaneri, Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Improvisation Is Not A Bad Word

Assisted by: Rowan University Ad Hoc Players, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. After only one year of instruction, beginning band students are ready to learn swing rhythm, jazz style, and improvisation. But are you ready to help them? Jazz was originally taught in an aural tradition, by listening and imitating, which kids love to do. You can give students the rhythmic and melodic vocabulary of jazz and show them how to have a good time “playing around” with the music and being truly creative in band. Bring your instrument, or better still, an instrument you need to be able to teach.

Clinician: Tina Krawcyk, Dallas School District, Dallas, PA. Presider: Nick Santoro, NJMEA Board of Directors. How can a music teacher with limited experience with improvisation effectively teach it to beginning instrumentalists? Many teachers do not teach improvisation outside of the Jazz Ensemble. I intend to show that beginning instrumentalists are capable of learning how to improvise, as well as to share my step-by-step method that can be used by teachers with little or no improvisation skills. As an experienced band teacher, I have successfully used this method with many students over the years, and with the implementation of the National Core Arts Standards, I feel the information is relevant to all instrumental music teachers. The method that I will present will help the teacher feel more comfortable with creative musicianship, as well as allow students to explore and become more adept at their individual instruments and their overall music skills.

2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

JAZZ ACADEMY 2:15-3:15 PM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

3:30-4:30 PM Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Ten Lessons In Jazz Improvisation

Swingin’ From The Start: Teaching The Basics Of Jazz And Improvisation In The Concert Band Setting

Sponsored by Hal Leonard. Clinician: Mike Steinel, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Presider: Mike Anzuini, NJMEA Board of Directors. Mike Steinel, the author of Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble, will present a natural approach to teaching improvisation to young musicians, and provide tools and techniques for educators with little or no experience in jazz. Effective strategies and clear “step by step” approaches will be demonstrated, with the main focus being: beginners.

Clinician: Richard Victor, NAfME Council for Jazz Education, Boalsburg, PA. Presider: Jeff Santoro, President-Elect, NJMEA. Jazz music and improvisation can be accessible for all musicians Even young instrumentalists! In this session, participants actively will engage in a consistent, aural approach to teaching swing style and a sequential process for learning to improvise meaningfully using tunes, chord roots, and simple jazz chord progressions. They will leave with the know how and skills to teach themselves and, more importantly, start guiding their own students to swing and improvise using concert band literature.

TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY 8:15 - 9:45 AM Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

MusicFirst Hands-On Session For General Music Teachers Sponsored by MusicFirst. Clinician: Robin Hodson, MusicFirst. Presider: Marjorie LoPresti, NJMEA Board of Directors. Robin Hodson presents a round up of MusicFirst’s suite of software for general music teachers, including Noteflight, Music Delta, Focus on Sound, O-Generator, Inside Music, Soundation, AuraliaFirst and MusitionFirst. Come and try out the tools and see how you would teach with it. 8:15 - 9:45 AM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

iPads In The Middle School Music Classroom Clinicians: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ; Rachel Michel, Freehold Boro School District, Freehold, NJ.

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Do you use a single iPad in your middle school class or have a 1:1 platform? This workshop will not only provide lesson & unit plan ideas, but also explain how to implement them into your curriculum with apps such as Garageband, MadPadHD, JamHub, and various Virtual Instruments. Explanation and implementation of JamHubs with virtual and live instruments will also be discussed. Learn how to successfully implement these apps and devices into your curriculum today! Implementation and examples videos of these lesson strategies will also be displayed. 8:15 - 9:45 AM Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

Need Quantitative Data For SGOs? - Use SmartMusic Sponsored by MakeMusic, Inc. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic. Presider: Rick Dammers, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Some school districts across the country will be implementing the student growth component, as part of their teacher evaluations.100% of SmartMusic teachers will be able to document student growth easily. Come to this session and learn how Iowa educators are using SmartMusic and iPad to guide student practice and fulfill Student Learning Objectives while quickly and easily reporting and sharing quantitative student data.

NJMEA State Music Conference

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY 10:00 - 11:30 AM Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

Finding Great Content To Teach Using MusicFirst Sponsored by MusicFirst. Clinician: James Frankel, MusicFirst. Presider: Marjorie LoPresti, NJMEA Board of Directors. Jim Frankel guides you through finding and selecting content to teach with offered by MusicFirst, as well as how to author and upload your own content. A must watch for anyone interested in using MusicFirst with their students. 10:00 - 11:30 AM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Do Mobile Devices And Music Class Go Together?

10:00 - 11:30 AM Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Free Technology Resources Clinicians: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ; Rachel Michel, Freehold Borough School District, Freehold, NJ. Presider: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ. Who doesn’t love FREE resources? This workshop will present tons of free websites and apps that can be used in general music, band, chorus, orchestra, or whatever other music class you can come up with! Shawna & Rachel will begin with an overview of free technology resources that can work on all levels and then break out into two groups to focus on your choice of either elementary or secondary. Feel free to bring along any free resources that you use as well…and are willing to share!

Sponsored by QuaverMusic.com Clinician: Gregory Roman, QuaverMusic. Presider: Keith Hodgson, Past President, NJMEA. Let Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music give you a peek into what’s coming (and what’s already here!) Save time, integrate across the curriculum, and present a fast-paced, interactive, student-driven lesson everyday - no matter what tablet or device students bring to your room. 10:00 - 11:30 AM Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

Using FINALE To Create SmartMusic Files Sponsored by MakeMusic, Inc.. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic. Explore the richness of the SmartMusic repertoire library: Method books for band, orchestra and voice, thousands of concert titles with audio accompaniments, exercises, solo titles, all played at any tempo. Students practice with unlimited repertoire, use the built in tuner and metronome and much more. Learn how to use SmartMusic in rehearsals, sectionals and lesson groups.

11:30-1:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 - 2:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

Google Classroom- This Is How We Do It! Clinician: Dan Schultz, JP Case Middle School, Flemington, NJ. Presider: Will Magalio, Hunterdon Central High School, Flemington, NJ. Google Classroom is a an effective tool for teachers trying to communicate clearly with students and lessen the paper in their life. This session is about blending the Google Classroom web-based app environment with traditional organic music instruction including general music, concert band, chorus, orchestra and guitar ensembles, as well as connecting to powerful resources including MusicFirst products and several web based free resources.

2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY 1:00 - 2:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Soundtrack Development Within The DAW Environment Clinician Dan Landis, Long Valley Middle School, Long Valley, NJ. Presider: Marjorie LoPresti, NJMEA Board of Directors. This session will present a perspective for developing soundtracks, consisting of sound effects and music, for video files. While the presenter will demonstrate this approach on Sony’s Acid Professional 7 (the software he uses for the course in which he teaches this unit of study), the great majority of the techniques demonstrated are as readily available in other DAWs. 1:00 - 2:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

FINALE 2014: Tips And Tricks To Make Your Life Easier Sponsored by MakeMusic, Inc. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic.. Learn how to use Finale in ways you never have! Learn the quickest techniques to enter articulations, expressions and SmartShapes using time-saving metatools; the Repitch Tool to repitch an existing rhythm; the Selection Tool and contextual menus to reduce editing time; automatic rehearsal marks; entering repeats/endings and coda creation; copying specific items; printing out parts with linked parts; customizing a Finale worksheet and creating your own SmartMusic files! 1:00 - 2:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Cross-Curricular Teaching With Music Technology Clinician: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ.

Are you looking for new ideas to update your music curriculum? Ever thought about including a more cross-curricular approach? Music class doesn’t just have to be about music. Why not tap into other subject areas to further expand your students’ learning? In this session, various music technology projects will be presented that not only help teach the music standards, but also integrate the other seven periods of your students’ day. 2:45 - 4:15 PM Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

Teaching Music With The MusicFirst Teacher Workflow Sponsored by MusicFirst. Clinician: James Frankel, MusicFirst. Jim Frankel shows the latest offering from MusicFirst—an incredible new way to integrate technology into any music curriculum. This Cloud-based, affordable resource offers tools and software programs that provide opportunities for creativity, music learning, and assessment—all in an easy to use, content and standard-driven portal, accessible anywhere, anytime on any internet-connected device. 2:45 - 4:15 PM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Creative Technology In The Classroom: Makey Makey, iPads And More Clinician: Christina Toulios, Westfield Public Schools, Westfield, NJ. Presider: Francois Suhr, Monmouth Junction, South Brunswick, NJ. Looking for ideas to incorporate different technology tools in your classroom? At this session we will go through some really easy and creative ways to use different technologies in the music room. One exciting new piece of technology, Makey Makey, is a small device you can connect to your computer that can actually turn everyday objects (or ever people) into instruments and pitches! Come play with some new technologies and bring ideas to share!

Presider: Rachel Michel, Freehold Boro School District, Freehold, NJ.

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NJMEA State Music Conference

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY 2:45 - 4:15 PM Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

Flipped And Blended: Strategies For Taking Music Class Online

ware and assessment workflow for band, choral and orchestral teachers, with a focus on PracticeFirst (MusicFirst’s new tool that gives a numerical and graphical score when you sing or play a piece) and Sight Reading Factory (unlimited sight reading exercises and assignments).

Clinician: Marjorie LoPresti, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ.

4:30 - 5:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Presider: Rick Dammers, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ.

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“Flipped Classroom” and “Blended Learning” are hot topics. Music educators can take advantage powerful web-based tools that are free or inexpensive. These flipped classroom and blended learning strategies empower students to learn, practice, and create music online, without compromising class or rehearsal time. This session will provide strategies that you can use with your students right away, tips to help stay organized and pitfalls to avoid. 2:45 - 4:15 PM Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Garageband For iPad Users Clinician: Rachel Michel, Freehold Boro School District, Freehold, NJ. Presider: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ. New to Garageband on iPad? This session will provide you with a basic understanding of how to use Garageband on the iPad as well as some lesson/unit plan ideas. Students examples and sample rubrics will be projected. Garageband will also be projected however it is suggested to bring your device to follow along. 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

MusicFirst Hands-On Session For Ensemble Directors Spoonsred by MusicFirst. Clinician: Robin Hodson, MusicFirst. Presider: Marjorie LoPresti, NJMEA Board of Directors. Robin Hodson presents a round up of MusicFirst’s suite of soft-

Presider: Rick Dammers, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

SmartMusic iPad: Practice Anytime, Anywhere! Sponsored by MakeMusic. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic. Explore the richness of the SmartMusic repertoire library: Method books for band, orchestra and voice, thousands of concert titles with audio accompaniments, exercises, solo titles, all played at any tempo. Students practice with unlimited repertoire, use the built in tuner and metronome and much more. Learn how to use SmartMusic in rehearsals, sectionals and lesson groups. 4:30 - 5:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Apps & Web Resources For The Ensemble Director Clinician: Rachel Michel, Freehold Boro School District, Freehold, NJ. Presider: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ. Are you an ensemble director and need some resources that make your life easier? This session will present the A.P.S. Music app as well as others that are popular amongst all ensemble directors. Website resources will also be presented to use with/by your students or as a resource for yourself. All levels and directors are welcome as most resources are interchangeable. Please feel free to bring along any resources and apps that you use as well…and are willing to share!

2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

MARCHING BAND ACADEMY 9:15-10:15 AM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Is Rhythm Important? You Can Count On It!

yond the basics of marching percussion! Topics will include basic terminology, stick/head selection, tuning, and percussion exercises. In addition, the session will also cover percussion arranging techniques, examples of percussion writing and working with stock percussion parts.

Clinician: Matthew J. Paterno, Wayne Hills High School, Wayne, NJ.

2:15-3:15 PM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Presider: Ben Fong, Reeds Road Elementary School, Galloway, NJ.

Choices! Will The Next Choice You Make Set Up Your Group For Success?

Sponsored by Ashley Farms & Demoulin Uniforms.

This session will focus on how to train your marching band members to feel the pulse internally or “Kinesthetically”. Key terms, concepts and exercises will be discussed. If our ensemble understanding of rhythm is better, their overall marching performance will be tighter. 10:30-11:30 AM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Clinician: Ben Fong, Reeds Road Elementary School, Galloway, NJ. Presider: Matthew J. Paterno, Wayne Hills High School, Wayne, NJ. Your time, and your student’s time are precious and valuable. The Marching Band activity however demands a lot of time. Bands that can maximize rehearsal time are efficient and productive. In this session, we will help you and your staff layout all the “Rules of Engagement” making every rehearsal more productive, engaging, efficient, and enjoyable.

LUNCH BREAK

1:00-2:00 PM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Beyond Marching Percussion Basics Clinician: Christpher Zwarych, Delaware Valley Regional High School, Frenchtown, NJ. Presider: Matthew J. Paterno, Wayne Hills High School, Wayne, NJ. For some, the world of marching percussion is a mystery. This clinic, designed with the non-percussionist band director in mind, will remove that element of uncertainty and take you be-

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Clinicians: Matt Paterno, Wayne Hills High School, Wayne, NJ; Ralph Venezia, Disney Youth Programs, Lake Buena Vista, FL. Presider: Ben Fong, Reeds Road Elementary School, Galloway, NJ.

Productive Marching Band Rehearsals

11:30-1:00 PM

Sponsored by Highnote Music Festivals and The Music Shop.

What are some of the choices we make? Who makes them? Who will be held accountable? Setting up a criteria Is yours the only point of view that counts? Do I see the big picture? What is the most important choice I will make all year? Know and leave yourself options? Never be afraid to change your mind! If you select a show/concept that does not immediately lead to multiple ideas.... Go back to the top of this page..... There is always another path. 3:30-4:30 PM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Modern Marching Percussion Arranging For Band Directors Sponsored by Mapex/Majestic and Vic Firth. Clinician: Tony Good, Bayonne High School, Bayonne, NJ. Presider: Matthew J. Paterno, Wayne Hills High School, Wayne, NJ. Are you a band director that struggles with arranging for your percussion section? Want to push your percussion program to the next level? Don’t want to pay for stock publisher or custom arrangements that won’t work for your students? Looking to learn how to utilize modern tools and do it on your own? Sit back, relax, and get ready to write some tasty beats for your own band! This workshop will cover tips, tricks, and other considerations on how to orchestrate from the back to the front and get your show sounding its best on the marching band field.

NJMEA State Music Conference

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

CONFERENCE ACADEMIES

STRING ACADEMY 8:00-9:00 AM Tower 20th Floor Haydn Room

Clinician: David Zerull, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA.

Open Mic Hands-On Conducting Clinician: Sandra Dackow, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. Presider: Elizabeth Maliszewski, Woodbrook Elementary School, Edison, NJ. Step up to the podium for a quick diagnostic experience, with live musicians. Volunteer participants will select familiar pieces from string reading folders and receive conducting feedback from the clinician, audience and musicians. Participants may video record their session using cell phones, for further analysis at home.

Clinician: Betsy Maliszewski, West Orange Public Schools, West Orange, NJ.

Full Orchestra: Connecting Middle School To High School Clinician: Sandra Dackow, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. Assisted by: William Annin Middle School Orchestra, Basking Ridge, NJ, Brian McGowan, Director; Ridge High School Orchestra, Basking Ridge, NJ, Jennifer Curran, Director. Observe Full Orchestra rehearsal techniques with both Middle School and High School ensembles, as they explore different versions of the same repertoire. Involving Middle School students with Full Orchestra leads to an artistic High School Orchestra experience, performing great standard literature.

Lunch Break

1:00-2:00 PM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

Getting The Best Outcome: Creating Proper “Objectives” For Teaching The Art Of Music In Band And Orchestra

2:15-3:15 PM Hilton Hotel Salon C

A Year In The Life Of A String Program

9:15-10:15 AM Tower 20th Floor Haydn Room

11:45-1:00 PM

Teaching the art of music in ensemble class requires teachers to be attentive in their lessons to include music content and skill development. The requirement of individual assessment for use in teacher evaluation places a special burden on the music educator. Your role in determining the lesson objectives and assessment strategies to enhance student achievement in music is critical. Tips for developing lessons that address student musicianship including curricular units of study, sample lesson plans, and assessments will be provided. Effective strategies that employ “teaching the art” in the ensemble setting will be presented.

This session will focus on the planning, organization and teaching of group string classes, with special emphasis on the calendar timeline needed for a successful year. Instrumental basics for the non-string player (cheat sheets!) will be included. Participants will be given the hands-on experience of playing string instruments, while investigating different teaching techniques applicable to both elementary and secondary levels. The session will conclude with a review of print and web resources. 3:30-4:30 PM Hilton Hotel Salon C

Achieving Successful Teacher Evaluations While Maintaining The Integrity Of Your String Program Clinician: Betsy Maliszewski, West Orange Public Schools, West Orange, NJ. This session will discuss commonly used teacher evaluation models and correlate them with instructional strategies and teaching techniques that can be successfully employed in the elementary/ secondary string classroom. Topics explored will include a comparison of current teacher evaluation models, best practice string strategies, and “educating” a non-music administrator. Emphasis will be on identifying practices already in place in the string classroom that fulfill both the National Standards and current teacher evaluation models.

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Thursday Evening Activities 3:00-8:30 PM Hilton Hotel Salons D & E EXHIBITS OPEN FOR ALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

7:00-8:30 PM Hilton Hotel Salons D & E Exhibit Grand Opening & Welcome Reception

4:30-5:30 PM Hilton Hotel Carlyle’s NJMEA Board of Directors Reception Marie Malara, Host

8:45-9:45 PM Hilton Hotel Salon ABC NJ Intercollegiate Jazz Ensemble

5:30-7:00 PM Hilton Hotel Carlyle’s NJMEA Board of Directors Dinner Marie Malara, Host

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• The Master of Music Education (MME) Program enables scholars to learn new ideas and technologies that can be immediately applied in their classrooms. • Visiting Faculty in Music: S. Alex Ruthmann, associate professor of music education and music technology at NYU Steinhardt, will visit campus to teach a class the week of June 20–24, 2016. • The LVC MME Program is organized to enable learning from fellow music educators who share personal classroom adventures and resolutions, which often leads to networking that lasts a lifetime. • The MME program can be completed in two years. Online courses are offered during the fall and spring semesters, and one- to two-week courses are offered during the summer. Students can earn college credits and ACT 48 credits. • Undergraduate and graduate degree programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

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Pre-College Summer Marimba Seminar August 8 - 13, 2016 If you are a pre-college percussion student (including students graduating in June 2016), don’t miss this opportunity to learn from world-renowned marimbist and creator of the “Stevens Technique,” Leigh Howard Stevens this summer right here in New Jersey. Leigh will be joined by several of New Jersey’s best percussion educators for an intensive week of keyboard percussion and general music training and fun. Commute daily or take the housing and meal plan. Leigh Howard Stevens

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Host of the week is Juilliard Pre-College faculty member/ New Jersey City University faculty member and concert marimbist, Greg Giannascoli. Other camp faculty includes well-known percussionists/educators: Yale Snyder, Mantra Percussion Group, Joe Bergen, Chris Colaneri, Al Cerulo, Chris Graham & Jude Traxler

Swimming, hiking, camp fires at a beautiful New Jersey resort. Daily masterclasses with LHS, plus small chamber group rehearsals, massed mallet ensemble, classes in sight reading, theory, jazz improvisation, acoustics, careers in music, music as an avocation, evening recitals and much much more. Beginning mallet players as well as advanced 4-mallet soloists are welcome – there is much to learn by all levels. • Tuition only: $420 • 3 meals per day meal plan: $230 • Chaperoned dorm housing & meals at the retreat (2 or 3 per room): $390 • Package of full week of tuition, meals and housing: $800 • Returning students receive a $30 discount from the package price • Marimba rental = $225 (It is recommended that you bring your own marimba) $200 deposit deadline: May 31. Paid in full deadline: June 30 (non-refundable). There is a limit of 25 students so reserve your spot now.

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8:30-9:45 AM Lobby Concert 9:00-9:30 AM Atrium Lobby Shull School Hot Marimba Group/World Music Drummers Director: John Gronert, The Shull School, Perth Amboy, NJ. Presider: John Luckenbill, Anastasia Elementary School, Long Branch, NJ. Music By Walt Hampton from his book Hot Marimba Ballafon,Two Three Jam, Mbira, Crunchy Crunchy Crunchy. And many more.

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Got Permission? Copyright Questions Answered Sponsored by Alfred Music. Clinician: Michael Spresser, Choral Editor, Alfred Music, Van Nuys, CA. Presider: Dorian Parreott, Past President, NJMEA. Alfred editor Michael Spresser discusses basic copyright law, offering insight and advice for educators and students. Informative and easy to understand, this session includes an interactive question and answer forum, so come prepared with questions. Not intended as legal advice. Tower 15th Floor Hopatcong Room

Communicate Like The Kids Do Clinician: Sue Mark, Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ. Presider: Jim Mark, Cherry Hill High School West, Cherry Hill, NJ.

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Beyond The Barlines: How Thoughtful Score Study Can Improve Your Ensemble Sound Clinician: David Vickerman, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Presider: Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. With the everyday requirements of music teaching increasing exponentially, it is sometimes hard for teachers to find the time to devote to score study. This presentation elucidates how time spent in thoughtful score study can lead to substantive and efficient musical progress for your ensemble. Tower 19th Floor Vivaldi Room Music Activities For Special Learners Clinician: Maureen Butler, Lake Drive School, Mountain Lakes, NJ. We’ll be moving a lot in this workshop as we learn a variety of movement activities that help teach musical concepts to students in the primary grades. We’ll discuss how to develop strategies to adapt and modify them for our special learners, as we explore the benefits of kinesthetic movement for all students.

PROG RAM

This workshop will present day-to-day strategies to organize your program, communicate with students/parents, and keep kids engaged, both in and out of school, in this ever-changing age of technology. Bring a laptop/tablet and be ready to change your way of thinking, begin to develop websites and start sending text reminders in a matter of minutes. Kids do this instinctively - it’s time to use this to your advantage. Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

No Sleep ‘Til Thanksgiving: Strategies For The First Seven Weeks Of Beginning Band Clinicians: Colleen E. McDonald, Cranford Public Schools, Cranford, NJ; Pamela L. Turowski, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ. In this session, we will share successful teaching strategies that have been tested in our classrooms. Participants will learn techniques that will help students build a strong beginning instrumental foundation. Areas include: Teaching a student’s first sound on their instrument; designing meaningful practice assignments; developing executive skills and technique; fostering intrinsic motivation; and building a solid foundation of musicianship.

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Recorder 101

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Sponsored by Macie Publishing Company. Clinician: Ed Sueta, Macie Publishing Co., Mendham, NJ. Whether you’re a new teacher or have taught for many years and are looking for new ideas for your recorder program, you will enjoy this practical hands-on session. Ed will present classroom tested techniques and fun assessment games. Recorder basics including tone production, rhythmic understanding and tactile coordination will be explored. The difference between Baroque and German fingering will be discussed. Complimentary recorders will be supplied. Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Raritan Room

Bringing Together Both Sides Of The Hall Clinicians: Jeff Genthe and Beth Moore, Central Regional High School, Bayville, NJ. Presider: Joe Brausan, Millpond School, Lacey, NJ. We will explore some of the challenges and opportunities that choral music educators and instrumental music educators share. This session will deal with scheduling, shared students, feelings of isolation, and talking your colleague off the ledge. When working together on the same page (or a similar page) we can be an effective, united front! This session is a valuable resource for those about to enter the field. Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Somerville Room

NJMAA Breakfast Meeting Facilitators: Robert Pispecky & Tom Weber, NJMAA Board of Directors. Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

Revitalizing Preschool Music: Creative Ideas For Active Learners Clinician: Rachel Whitcomb, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Presider: Christine Sezer, Retired. Come explore ways to make preschool music unique, educational, and enjoyable. Songs and activities will be shared with an emphasis on how to spice them up and incorporate your own personal creativity into instruction. Honoring the ideas of young learners will also be a focus in this interactive session.

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Clinician: Brendan Hughes, Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, NJ. Presider: Michelle Digaetano, Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, NJ. Makey Makeys are a new and liberating tool in terms of combining music and technology in the classroom. This session will present ways of capitalizing on the easy to use nature of Makey Makeys to implement open-ended student driven creativity projects. Aimed at junior to senior high students. Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

Teaching Beginning Band In The Digital Age Sponsored by Hal Leonard. Clinician: Charles Menghini, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL. Presider: Christina Restine, Memorial Middle School, Spotswood, NJ. The note names haven’t changed and neither have the fingerings. But we are in the digital age right now. Teaching Beginning Band in the Digital Age looks at taking a traditional teaching subject like beginning band and incorporating technological resources that are available to us for free such as Essential Elements Interactive as well as other resources that may be available for free or at a very reasonable cost. Hilton Hotel Princeton Room

Turning Drummers Into Percussionists: You Can’t Beat It! Sponsored by Oxford University Press, Malletech, Remo, Adventure Percussion. Clinician: Chris Colaneri, Berkeley Heights, NJ. Presider: Yale Snyder, Monroe Twp. Schools, Monroe Twp., NJ. This hands on workshop is not only a refresher course of your percussion methods class from college but an in-depth look at the six components of the “Total Percussion” approach to turning drummers into percussionists. Instruments covered: Snare Drum, Mallets, Timpani, Traps, World Percussion, and Drum Set. Concepts covered: Structuring the group lesson and school year to incorporate a total percussion curriculum, keeping your percussion section busy during band rehearsals, percussion part assignments for band, auditions for lesson placement, starting a percussion ensemble and much more.

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8:30-9:45 AM Tower - 15th Floor Millstone Room

American School Band Directors Meeting Facilitator: Carl Wilhjelm, Retired. Tower - 15th Floor Navesink Room

Survey Of Guitar Method Publications Clinician: Thomas Amoriello, Flemington Raritan School District, Flemington, NJ. Presider: Keith Calmes, Wall High School, Wall, NJ. This session is an open forum to discuss the current Guitar Methods used for instructional class as well as private lessons from Bach to Rock! Participants are encouraged to bring publications that work best in their classrooms and studios. There will also be a variety of publications available to survey. Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

“Discovery: Music!” Creating Interactive Concerts That Engage, Entertain, And Educate Clinician: Lawrence F. Stoffel, California State University, Northridge, CA. Presider: Patrick O’Keefe, President, SJBODA. Since 2003 Lawrence Stoffel has produced a concert series entitled, “Discovery: Music!” These annual, interactive concerts for band introduce students of all ages, parents, and even seasoned concert goers to the joys of music. Examples from actual “Discovery: Music!” concerts will be shared, including suggestions as how to select themes and concepts, develop appropriate repertory, design a captivating printed program, write a script, and other production details. Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Practice Smarter, Not Harder Sponsored by Yamaha Music Corporation. Clinician: John Pursell, Yamaha Trumpet Artist & Clinician, Chambersburg, PA. Presider: Adam Warshafsky, President, CJMEA.

PROG RAM Obtain significantly higher practice results by learning how to use the body in a more physiologically correct manner, and the brain in a more neurologically friendly way. This clinic presents 3 ideas about practicing and how to combine them into a Comprehensive Training Routine. Learn how to apply weight-training principals to embouchure development; how to program the brain for higher levels of technical facility, and how to apply the ideas of random practice. Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

Choral Gesture 101: A Refresher Clinician: Christopher B. Thomas, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Presider: Rick Dammers, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. This session is designed to review basic choral conducting gestures including posture, preparation, pattern, fermatas, syncopation, cues, releases, and left-hand independence. Session participants will be guided through this review within a comfortable and supportive environment. Tower - 20th Floor Boccherini Room

Beyond Performance Clinician: Dan Halpern, Verona Public Schools, Verona, NJ. Presider: Gregory Mulford, Millburn Public Schools, Millburn, NJ. Many of us direct performing groups, but few of our students will have careers in music. For those who don’t, it is essential that their music education involve more than just gaining performance skills. Many directors are hesitant to include critique, analysis, composition, and music history in their rehearsals due to time constraints. However, doing so will not only benefit your students, it will also improve your ensemble’s performance. This session will show you how! Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

An Introduction To Scat Singing For Kids Sponsored by Hal Leonard Corporation. Clinician: Sharon Burch, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Centerville, IA. Presider: Donna Marie Berchtold, NJMEA Board of Directors. Introduce kids to jazz through scat singing. Scat singing is the easiest way for kids to begin developing their jazz chops, but singing non-sense syllables as a soloist can be unnerving. Inhibitions

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10:15-11:30 AM Hilton Hotel Salon A/B

Lobby Concert 10:00-10:30 AM Atrium Lobby

CONCERT: Montclair State University Singers Director: Heather J. Buchanan, John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ.

J. P. Case Chorale And Tigerettes Directors: Heather Faherty and Rosemary Nagy, JP Case Middle School, Flemington, NJ. Presider: Hillary Colton, Hunterdon Regional High School, Flemington, NJ.

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Seize the Day (From Newsies)........................ Roger Emerson Stars I Find.................................................Victor C. Johnson Like A Mighty Stream.......................................Moses Hogan Seasons....................................................................Ola Gjelo Festival Sanctus................................................... John Leavitt Shiru...................................................................Alan Naplan O Music..........................................................David Brunner It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)......Irving Mills & Duke Ellington, arr. Mac Huff

Presider: Hillary Colton, Hunterdon Central Regional HS, Flemington, NJ. Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine................ Eric Whitacre Movement from Chichester Psalms.................. Leonard Bernstein Winning composition in Cali Choral Composition Competition Selected Messiah Choruses....................................... G.F. Handel A selection of contemporary choral octavos including part-songs/ Gospel/Spirituals................................................................. TBA Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

A Multi-Sensory Approach To Teaching Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Theory To Practice Clinician: Angela Guerriero, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.

Lobby Concert 11:00-11:30 AM Atrium Lobby The ManalaPANS Director: David W. Geltch, Manalapan Middle School, Manalapan, NJ. Presider: Amanda Newell, Taylor Mills School, Manalapan, NJ Rant & Rave...............Christopher Herbert/ arr. Shelly Irvine God Only Knows....... Wilson & Asher/ arr. David W. Geltch Edelwies...................................................... arr. James Leyden other selections TBA

Presider: Nancy Dickinson, President, SJCDA. Participants in this session will come away with a greater understanding of how to structure music education lesson plans and how the sensory systems may impact a student’s ability to learn. With simple accommodations, experiences in music classes may be more accessible for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and sensory processing disorders (SPD). Participants will learn some suggested strategies for successful inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorders and sensory processing disorders. Video examples, teaching techniques, music, and movement props will be presented and a discussion of each will be facilitated. Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Bridgewater Room

NJ Retired Music Educators Meeting Facilitator: Kathleen Spadafino, NJRMEA President.

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This session will incorporate the song John the Rabbit with Orff instrumentation, a sound story called, “The Vanishing Pumpkin,” by Tony Johnston, with Orff instrumentation, and a sound story called “Fortunately” by Remy Charlip with Orff instrumentation.

10:15-11:30 AM Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

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Introducing Harmony To Young Voices Clinician: Marcello Velame, Shark Elementary School, Neptune, NJ.

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Building A Chamber Music Program: A Teacher’s Guide And Resources

Presider: Robert Palmer, Midtown Elementary School, Neptune, NJ. Assisted by: Shark River Hills Elementary School Chorus This session will provide options to dealing with the obstacles of teaching a piece in parts, which bring to the table too many components. The workshop will isolate the element of harmony, giving a young student, the chance to focus on that component and experience growth in it for the duration of the exercises. There will be a group of students to demonstrate the exercises and to sing and these strategies can be used 1 – 5 grades with appropriate increase in difficulty being added for each grade along. This will make the partner songs, pieces with part singing a much easier task to tackle. Hilton Hotel Princeton Room

Taming The Beast With Out Breaking The Bank: How To Get The Best Sound From Your Saxophonists In All Various Playing Situations Sponsored by Vandoren. Clinician: Michael Iapicca, Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany, NJ. Presider: Michelle Christianson, Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany, NJ. Sax Mouthpieces Made Easy: How to simplify mouthpiece selection for young sax players and get a characteristic tone in every ensemble. Using the wide variety of options available from Vandoren, this session will demonstrate how different combinations of reeds can help band students get a characteristic saxophone sound for jazz band, marching band, and concert band without changing mouthpieces. Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Sound Stories For The Elementary Music Class Clinician: Joyce Richardson-Melech, Retired.

Sponsored by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Clinician: Derek Balcom, Director of Education, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Assisted by: Tenafly High School Chamber Ensemble. Join CMS and a panel of teachers with successful chamber music progams for discussion on how to build a chamber music program, and learn about CMS’s free online concert recording archives and repertoire resources for music teachers. Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Raritan Room

Improvisation As A Beginning Instrumentalist Clinicians: Lisa DeLorenzo, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ; Robbin Gordon Cartier, Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts, East Orange, NJ. Presider: Larisa Skinner, Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy, Passaic, NJ. Assisted by: East Orange Middle School Harp Ensemble. Don’t wait until students join the band/orchestra to start improvisation skills. This session features beginning middle school harp students from the East Orange School District engaged in improvisation strategies that strengthen technical skills and musicality. Strategies are adaptable to most band and orchestral instruments. Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

Get Your Littles Moving! Movement Activities Based On Laban Principles Clinician: Missy Strong, Fleetwood Elementary School, Mt. Laurel, NJ. Presider: Rebecca Neindorff, Captain James Lawrence School, Burlington City Schools, Burlington, NJ. Did you know that movement can and should be a part of every lesson you teach, especially with your youngest students? Learn a rationale behind using movement based on Laban principals in order to bolster musicality. You will leave with practical ideas to get your students to moving right away!

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Music Education For The Modern Ear

SmartMusic For The Middle And High School Director: Panel Discussion

Sponsored by NJPAC. Clinician: Marcus G. Miller, NJPAC, Newark, NJ. Many of us believe that there is a long term decline in the quality of popular music and nothing is more heartbreaking to a well listened musician or educator than to see such vapidity win the hearts, minds, and ears of our students. But what does popular music have to teach us about music and culture? How can we understand what students are listening to as a way to unlock their potential? How can we shape the next generation of ears to have a broader listening palette? Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Roundtable Discussion: Focus On Special Learners Facilitator: Maureen Butler, Mountain Lakes Schools, Mountain Lakes, NJ. This will be a helpful information-sharing discussion focusing on issues concerning your special learners. You may need advice about working with paraprofessionals and parents; you may have questions and concerns that you want addressed; you may wonder how you can adapt the needs of special learners in your classes. Come and share your frustrations and your successes, we’ll discuss them all! Tower - 15th Floor Passaic Room

Orff Instruments + Chromebooks = Awesome! Clinician: Michael Callahan, Hillsborough Township Public Schools, Hillsborough, NJ. Using Orff Instruments, or a variety of other instruments and any chrome book, computer, or tablet, you can train your elementary or middle school students to create high quality music arrangements of any style of music. This can work for your most advanced students or for your least advanced students, and it will be great fun! If possible, bring a chrome book or laptop computer. A limited number will be available for your use.

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Sponsored by MakeMusic, Inc. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic. A panel of New Jersey music educators will share their ideas and answer questions about how they integrate SmartMusic into their programs. Topics include: using SmartMusic for rehearsal, home practice, utilizing SmartMusic repertoire titles, student assignments and accountability, Finale-created assignments and best practices for getting started. Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Assessment: A Key To Growth In Music Clinician: Glenn Nierman, NAfME President. Presider: William McDevitt, President, NJMEA. This examines why we should assess in music classes and explores how we go about the business of actually doing the assessment. Tower - 15th Floor Navesink Room

The Guitar Works Of Ernst Bacon Clinician: Bradley Colten, Freelance Performer And Lecturer, New York, NY. Presider: Thomas Amoriello, NJMEA Board of Directors. This lecture will introduce the newly unearthed guitar works of American composer, Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) through performance and discussion. It would also include the fascinating back-story of how the repertoire came to be “lost” for so many years. Today, common knowledge holds that in addition numerous songs, chamber music and staged works, Bacon composed a single four-minute piece for the guitar, Parting. However, unbeknownst to almost everyone, Bacon was composing guitar music from the 1960s through the 1980s. Bacon composed a total of twenty solo guitar works quietly, without fanfare – each given as a gift to his son. Unsurpassed in quality, the repertoire is accessible, tuneful, dramatic, well composed and stunningly beautiful.

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10:15-11:30 AM Tower - 15th Floor Millstone Room

Getting Organized And Reducing Paper In Your Classroom Clinician: Katy Sarlo, Keansburg High School, Keansburg, NJ. Presider: Erika Zeiters, Lakeside Middle School, Millville, NJ. Incorporate more free technology in your classroom? Session participants will be introduced to many creative and efficient resources that could prove useful in various educational settings. Please bring your ideas and experiences to discuss, and leave with some tips and tricks to implement immediately!

PROG RAM inquisitiveness and excitement that students naturally have, Judy will focus on refining and developing keyboard skills needed for playing musically as a soloist or ensemble player in grades K-3rd. She will discuss how to incorporate creativity within songs, demonstrate games that help reading skills, and suggest activities that help children maintain a steady beat. Judy will be joined by guest teachers, Michael Zorner, Arleth Elementary, Sayreville, and Lisa Rispoli, West Freehold Elementary, Freehold, who will share their knowledge and experience in the classroom. Teachers will be invited to participate in activities away from the keyboard, and play original Keyboard Beginnings music appropriate for young children. Handout booklets will be given to all guests. Tower - 20th Floor Haydn Room

New Music For Elementary Band Clinician: Ashlen Udell, Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Bridgewater, NJ.

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Presider: Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ.

Hot Marimba Music For Mallet Percussion And Orff Instruments

Assisted by: The Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School Wind Ensemble.

Sponsored by Ed Sueta Music Publications. Clinician: John Gronert, Perth Amboy Schools, Perth Amboy, NJ. Presider: John Morrison, Retired. Assisted by: S.E. Shull School Hot Marimba Group/ World Music Drummers This HANDS ON session will show you how to start your own African Marimba ensemble. Using materials from Walt Hampton’s Hot Marimba and Will Schmid’s World Music Drumming John Gronert will take you through the process of starting a Marimba group. Rehearsal techniques, instrument selection and music selection will be discussed. Students from the S.E. Shull School will perform music from Walt Hampton’s Hot Marimba Book. Session participants will learn to perform a short marimba song at the finale of this workshop. Tower - 19th Floor Scarlatti Room

Teaching Young Fingers To Create Music Through The Keyboard Clinician: Judy Kagel, Monmouth Academy of Musical Arts, Morganville, NJ.

Skygazer Fanfare........................................Randall Standridge Adventure in India.............................................Kevin Mixon Southwind....................................................Michael Sweeney Armory......................................................Randall Standridge Ancient Stone Circles .................................... Robert Buckley Fanfare on a Theme of Imagination................ Brian Balmages Autumn Reflections........................................... Steve Hodges Expectations......................................................... Larry Clark Whirling Novas......................................................Jack Wilds Creepers in the Castle............................................Ralph Ford Tower - 20th Floor Gluck Room

Instant Bassoon Player – Just Add Water! Clinician: Jason Worzbyt, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. This session will demonstrate how to begin a bassoon student from the very first lesson. Session attendees will have the opportunity to play on an actual reed, bocal and bassoon to experience first hand the techniques needed to begin a bassoon students. Topics to be addressed at this session will include: embouchure, posture, proper instrument assembly, breathing and finger technique specific to the bassoon.

Children naturally gravitate towards musical sounds and are often observed moving to rhythms, imitating sounds with their voices, and playing notes at random, especially on freestanding keyboards in stores — oh my! Without taking away the initial

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PROG RAM 12:30-2:00 PM

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Diminish Microagressions In Your Music Program Clinician: Adrianna Marshall, University, Macomb, IL.

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How do you deal with racial microaggressions in your music program? While racial relations among students in public schools vary, it is important to recognize how microagrressions affect the communication and socialization. This session will address how microaggressions are defined and classified in various situations and scenarios. In addition, this session offers strategies on how to overcome hidden prejudices and successfully manage reactions to racial microaggressions in a public school setting.

11:45 - 12:30 PM Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

CJMEA Meeting

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON Presiding:

Joseph Jacobs, President New Jersey Music Music Educators Association

Program: Luncheon Guest Speaker: Glenn Nierman, NAfME President Presentation of NJMEA Awards Exhibitor Raffle

Lobby Concert 12:15-12:45 PM Atrium Lobby Bridgewater-Raritan MS Flute Ensemble Director: Ashlen Udell, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, Bridgewater, NJ.

Facilitator: Adam Warshofsky, CJMEA President. Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

SJCDA Meeting Facilitator: Nancy Dickensen, SJCDA President. Tower - 20th Floor Haydn Room

NJSMA Meeting

Lobby Concert 1:15-1:45 PM Atrium Lobby Gables Elementary School Percussion Ensemble Director: Robert R. Palmer, Gables Elementary School, Neptune, NJ. Presider: Robert J. Hamm, Neptune Township Schools, Neptune, NJ.

Facilitator: Russ Batsch, NJSMA President. Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

SJBODA Meeting Facilitator: Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe, SJBODA President.

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Performances At Rutgers University

Tower - 15th Floor Hopatcong Room

NJ Association Of Jazz Educators Meeting Facilitator: David May, NJAJE President. Tower - 15th Floor

2:00-3:00 PM Nicholas Music Center

Rutgers University Wind Ensemble Concert

Millstone Room

Director: Kraig Williams, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

All-State Orchestra Procedures Meeting Facilitator: Susan Meuse, NJMEA Board of Directors. Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

3:00-4:00 PM Nicholas Music Center

All-State Symphonic Band Working Rehearsal

All-State Choral Procedures Meeting Facilitator: Kathleen Spadafino, NJMEA Board of Directors.

Shuttle Bus - Hilton Hotel To Nicholas Music Center 12:30-5:30 p.m. Lobby Concert 3:30-4:00 PM Atrium Lobby

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Higher Education Meeting Facilitator: Lynann Schraer-Joiner Kean University, Union, NJ.

Kean University Concert Choir Director: Mark Terenzi, Kean University, Union, NJ.

2:30-3:30 PM Rutgers University

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All Shore Band Directors’ Association Meeting Facilitator: Edward Gattsek, President Freehold Twp. High School, Freehold, NJ.

ASBDA,

Many All Shore Band directors attend the annual NJMEA conference. If you teach HS Jazz or Symphonic Band in Monmouth or Ocean Counties, you’re invited to our meeting. The usual organizational business will be conducted.

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“Crowd Sourcing” Rehearsals Clinician: Cynthia Johnston-Turner, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Presider: Thomas McCauley, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. Please join Professor of Conducting and Director of Bands at the University of Georgia, Dr. Cynthia Johnston-Turner, as she guides you through concepts and techniques to help improve your rehearsals.

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Songs For Your Recorder Concert

Building Your Instrumental Music Program: A Practical Guide To Recruitment And Retention

Sponsored by Macie Publishing Company. Clinicians: Ed Sueta & Lenna Harris, Macie Publishing Co., Mendham, NJ. This interactive session presents playable songs guaranteed to delight your students and parents. These pieces are ideal for concert performance or classroom use. A variety of repertoire from many cultures and genres will be explored. Themes for concerts including possible selections will be discussed. Get ready to play! Hilton Hotel Trenton/Monroe Room

Making Connections: Using Music To Make Artistic, Interdisciplinary And Life-Long Connections For Special Learners Clinician: Brian Wagner, New York Public Schools, New York, NY. Presider: Maureen Butler, NJMEA Board of Directors. Come hear how a young music teacher uses music to build important life-long connections for special learners. Participants will see how music can connect to life skills, social skills, in addition to Core Arts Standards, and Common Core Learning Standards. Participants will receive a handout and resources than can be implemented into their own classroom. Tower - 15th Floor Hopatcong Room

Integrating Common Core Into Music Classes Clinicians: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Middle School, Hopatcong, NJ; Kurt Zimmermann, Hopatcong Borough Schools, Hopatcong, NJ. Presider: Eric Mazurkiewicz, Montgomery Upper Middle School, Skillman, NJ. We teach in a time where the only thing we can count on in the profession is change. Instead of fearing change because they take us out of our comfort zone, let us think about how these changes could be that “missing” ingredient in your classroom or are we already addressing these changes? In this workshop, we hope to give you a few examples of how we align to the Common Core and hopefully share ideas that will allow you to not fear The Core.

Sponsored by Music Achievement Council. Clinician: Marcia Neel, Music Achievement Council, Las Vegas, NV. Based on “best practices” from highly successful directors from all levels of instruction from throughout the country, the Music Achievement Council has compiled a variety of tools that cover every aspect of recruiting and retaining instrumental music students. Because it covers program-building in great detail, this Recruitment and Retention Guide is perfect for new teachers, young teachers and experienced teachers alike. It not only provides sample forms and letters that are ready-to-use, but also shares retention ideas that can be implemented at any stage of the school year. Each attendee will receive a complimentary jump drive containing a copy of the Guide as well as the newly published Tips for Success. These are must-have resources for every instrumental music educator! Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

Purposeful Pathways Sponsored by Music Is Elementary. Clinician: BethAnn Hepburn, Henry Defer Intermediate School, Streetsboro, Ohio. Presider: Colleen Fritzen, St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, NJ. Sing, move, or play your way to your curricular goals with Orff Schulwerk process lessons. This session will focus on the possible starting points to reach melodic, rhythmic, and improvisation curriculum goals in the elementary general music classroom. Create a clear pathway to student success through lessons that model how scaffold skills within a lesson, and also over time. This session will also model how to scaffold your curriculum and skill development from one grade level to the next through rhythmic rhymes and folk songs. Tower - 15th Floor Passaic AB

Meet Me In The Middle: Choral Music For Middle School Voices Sponsored by Alfred Music.

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2:30-3:45 PM Clinician: Michael Spresser, Choral Editor, Alfred Music, Van Nuys, CA. Presider: Christine Sezer, Retired. Accompanist: James Lubrano, TCNJ, Ewing, NJ. Join clinician Michael Spresser as we sing through the best and most appropriate repertoire designed specifically for middle school singers. Music in this session will address your big concerns, like finding music for changing voices, balancing fun selections with educational repertoire, motivating teen singers, easy movement ideas, and more. A complimentary music packet will be given to each director in attendance. Tower - 15th Floor Millstone Room

Getting Things For Your Music Room With Donors Choose.org Sponsored by Donors Choose.org. Clinician: Robert R. Palmer, Midtown Community Elementary School, Neptune, NJ. Presider: Robert J. Hamm, Neptune Township Schools, Neptune, NJ. Do you have enough of a budget to get what you need for your music room? Donors Choose.org can help! Come learn how to use Donors Choose.org and hear from a music teacher who has received over $40,000 worth of donations of the years. Bring your tablet or lap top to the session. We will help you get started with your first proposal. Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Teaching Can Be Fun Again With Quaver! Sponsored by QuaverMusic.com. Clinician: Gregory Roman, QuaverMusic. Discover how Seriously Fun Teaching and Learning can be! This fast-paced tour of the Quaver K-5 and the new Quaver 6-8 General Music programs will provide a quick overview, new updates, sample lessons, and technology tips for auto-assessments, mobile devices and more!

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MusicFirst Hands-On Session For Elementary Teachers Sponsored by MusicFirst. Clinician: Robin Hodson, MusicFirst. Robin Hodson presents a round up of MusicFirstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suite of software for elementary teachers, including The Singing Classroom, Groovy Music and Morton Subotnickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Academy. Come and try out the tools and see how you would teach with it. Tower - 15th Floor Navesink Room

Building, Creating, And Sustaining Community For Urban Music Education Clinicians: Dennis Argul, Elizabeth Public Schools, Elizabeth, NJ; Marissa Silverman, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ. Why is it important to build, create, and sustain a sense of community for urban music education in New Jersey? Music educators in urban districts engage with unique challenges not necessarily faced by their colleagues in suburban and/or rural districts. This session is designed to discuss and share resources to address and overcome those unique challenges. This session invites public school urban music educators from New Jersey public schools to engage in this interactive session that will help to build community amongst urban music educators. Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

The Dictator Is Dead: Promoting Personal MUSICIANSHIP In Secondary Rehearsals Clinician: Glenn Nierman, NAfME President. Presider: Jeff Santoro, President Elect, NJMEA. The purpose of this session is to examine what is the state of group music making in the schools and to explore how we go about developing personal musicianship in interesting and exciting, Standards-based ways in the secondary rehearsal.

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Bells, Mutes, Rips, And Stops: Horn Techniques For The Non-Horn Player Clinician: Joseph Brausam, Mill Pond Elementary School, Lacey Township, NJ. Presider: Carlye Waniak, Dawes Avenue School, Somers Point, NJ. Explore the horn! Participants will learn the answers to many common questions about the horn. Topics covered will include choosing the right horn for your students, demonstration of horn specific performance techniques and how to teach them, and even learn how to restring your rotors! Participants will also be provided with resources covering all the topics discussed, as well as information about important repertoire and artists for students to explore.

PR OG RA M will focus on refining and developing keyboard skills needed for playing musically as a soloist or ensemble player in grades K-3rd. She will discuss how to incorporate creativity within songs, demonstrate games that help reading skills, and suggest activities that help children maintain a steady beat. Judy will be joined by guest teachers, Michael Zorner, Arleth Elementary, Sayreville, and Lisa Rispoli, West Freehold Elementary, Freehold, who will share their knowledge and experience in the classroom. Teachers will be invited to participate in activities away from the keyboard, and play original Keyboard Beginnings music appropriate for young children. Handout booklets will be given to all guests. Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

A Cappella Groups – Resources And Recruitment Sponsored by Sweet Adelines International. Clinician: Patricia Danner, West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham, NJ.

Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Somerville Room

Presider: Gabe Stephens, West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham, NJ.

Documenting The Paths To Success Of Midwest Clinic Band Directors.

Assisted by: Men In Black, West Morris Mendham High School.

Clinician: David Goss, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL. Leading an ensemble in performance at the annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic is a statement to the success of a director and his or her students. A study into what has made these directors successful was performed. Data revealed four components that helped these directors achieve such a high level: development of the students’ characteristic sound, listening ability, fundamental skills, and classroom community. Recommendation for application of these concepts for pre-service and in-service music teachers will be provided. Tower - 19th Floor Scarlatti Room

Teaching Young Fingers To Create Music Through The Keyboard Clinician: Judy Kagel, Monmouth Academy of Musical Arts, Morganville, NJ. Children naturally gravitate towards musical sounds and are often observed moving to rhythms, imitating sounds with their voices, and playing notes at random, especially on freestanding keyboards in stores — oh my! Without taking away the initial inquisitiveness and excitement that students naturally have, Judy

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With the newly developed popularity of a cappella music on TV and in the movies, this is a great way to get kids in the door for your choral programs. In this session, you will learn about where to find music and arrangements, rehearsal techniques, and ideas for recruitment and promotion within your school and community. Tower - 20th Floor Clementi Room

The Percussionist Mentality Clinician: Dan Halpern, Verona Schools, Verona, NJ. Presider: Gregory Mulford, Millburn Public Schools, Millburn, NJ. Percussionists approach their instrument differently from other musicians. Even students with great technique sometimes struggle to integrate within ensembles, and to understand broader musical concepts. This session is not just about technical skills; it is about the way percussionists conceptualize music. This interactive workshop will present ways to approach teaching young percussionists, and will provide practical solutions to common issues relating to performance and classroom management. The session is designed for primary and secondary instrumental music teachers.

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Band In The Second Year: Who We Are, How We Play, How We Got Here And Where We Are Going Clinician: Jennifer Wise, Ringwood Schools, Ringwood, NJ.

4:15-5:30 PM Hilton Hotel Brunswick ABC

Especially For Beginning And Middle Level Band Directors Sponsored by Hal Leonard.

Presider: Donald Van Teyens, Ryerson Middle School, Ringwood, NJ.

Clinician: Charles Menghini, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL.

Assisted by: M.J. Ryerson 6th Grade Band, Ryerson Middle School, Ringwood, NJ.

Presider: Aimee Coleman, Samsel Upper Elementary School, Sayreville, NJ.

The 6th Grade Band from Ryerson Middle School in Ringwood New Jersey wants to share their second year band experience with New Jersey’s music educators. The band will speak about their rehearsals, their practice techniques and perform excerpts from their music.

The key to having a successful school band or orchestra program is found in those developmental years. Beginning and Middle School Directors have a different set of problems to address and a different set of decisions to make. This session will offer strategies to address some of the problems and decisions these teachers face.

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Job Search Success For First Year Music Teachers Clinician: Rachel Whitcomb, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. This session will include all aspects of the music education job search, including creating a resume and cover letter, preparing for interviews, finding and applying for available positions, demonstrating professional dispositions expected within the profession, obtaining letters of recommendation, choosing professional references, and transitioning to the first year of teaching. A comprehensive list of interview questions will be provided, and common challenges within the job search process will be addressed. Tower - 20th Floor Boccherini Room

Tips For Quick & Easy Instrument Repair Sponsored by Music and Arts. Clinician: Pete Riccardo, Music & Arts, East Hartford, CT. • Learn to make minor repairs and adjustments to brass and woodwind instruments in the classroom • Diagnose and solve many common problems on your own –and know when to leave the repair to a professional • Receive guidance on stocking your own repair kits with the best tools and supplies.

Aging Out Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (Idea): Music As A Catalyst For Preparing Special Learners For Life After The Public Schools Clinicians: Marguerite Modero, Lyn Schraer-Joiner, Linda Green, Robert Rocco, James Musto, Nicole Olearchik, Rebecca Foster, Ryan Jaccoi, Meghan Carroll. Presider: Nicole Olearchik, Collegiate Kean University, Union, NJ. Every year between 150,000-200,000 students with disabilities “age out” of special education (in most states at the age of 22). These graduates who have sensory, physical, or developmental disabilities and who hail from public school settings or specialized schools “often have a much different road ahead when planning for their future.” The purpose of this presentation is to share the results of a project highlighting the important role that musical involvement (activities, concert performance) can play in aiding those adults with sensory, physical or developmental disabilities with the transition or aging out process. Highlighted will be an intergenerational concert that took place in January 2016 and that combined the musical efforts of Union County’s Community Access Unlimited Continuing Education Program, Roselle Park Elementary Schools, and Kean University.

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Please Fret, But Don’t Worry: Tips For Beginning A Plucked Strings Program

Discovering The Magic Of Music Memory

Clinician: Loren Fortna, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, NJ. Plucked strings seem to attract a large number of students. Capitalize on that enthusiasm and bring more children to music through guitar and ukulele. This session is designed for the ‘nonplucker’ to gain some insight into performance techniques and general guitar and ukulele resources for the general music classroom and performance ensembles. Guitars and ukuleles will be available for a hands-on laboratory or bring your own. ‘Pluckers’ are encouraged to join us to add greater wealth to the information in this session. Hilton Hotel - 5th Floor Raritan Room

Round Up A Partner In Elementary Music Clinician: Robert J. Hamm, Neptune School District, Neptune, NJ. Presider: Robert Palmer, Midtown Community & Gables Elementary Schools, Neptune, NJ. Lay the foundation for singing and performing in harmony with Partner Songs and Rounds. This session will focus on the importance of using these types of songs in an Elementary Music Classroom. We will explore techniques, sequence of instruction, and examine their importance to a student’s overall musicality. Bring your singing voices! Tower - 8th Floor Brahms Room

Creative Music Making In Kodály-Inspired Classrooms Clinician: Donna Gallo, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. Presider: Al Holcomb, Westiminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. This interactive session will highlight multiple strategies to facilitate creative thinking in Kodály-inspired teaching for both upper and lower elementary grades. Through singing, harmonizing, playing body percussion and instruments, and moving, participants will experience tasks that allow students creative flexibility while enhancing their skills and conceptual understandings of music.

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Sponsored by Mighty Music Publishing. Clinician: Mollie Gregory Tower, Austin. TX. Presider: Laurie Lausi, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, NJ. Gorgeous, timeless music masterworks, proven teaching strategies and 21st Century technology come together to provide an active, exciting and dynamic listening program for your students. MUSIC MEMORY Participants will engage in new, interactive classical music learning experiences that can be taken directly into their classrooms and expanded into full-school involvement activities. Your students will learn to fully concentrate on the music elements of each selection, as well as the meaning behind the music. Our active listening lessons are based on powerful current brain research linking music listening and brain development. Developmentally appropriate music selections have been carefully chosen from the Baroque through Contemporary historical periods, and prominent composers of orchestral, vocal, choral, band and keyboard pieces are featured. Hilton Hotel Woodbridge/Piscataway Room

Getting Started With Conversational Solfege Clinician: Missy Strong, Fleetwood Elementary School, Mt. Laurel, NJ. Presider: Rebecca Neindorff, Captain James Lawrence School, Burlington City Schools, Burlington, NJ. Conversational Solfege is an engaging, research-based, literaturedriven method that develops notational literacy by helping children understand music through the use of rhythm and solfege syllables at a conversational level that gradually evolves into traditional notation. One great benefit of CS is that it only takes up one part of every general music lesson, leaving room for any Kodaly, Orff, or other activities that you choose to incorporate into your lesson. Learn why CS has become the gold standard in so many districts around the country and even internationally and how you can get started using it in your own classroom right away.

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4:15-5:30 PM Tower - 15th Floor Oswego Room

Integrating With Integrity In The General Music Classroom Clinicians: Amy M. Burns and Maedean Kramer, Far Hills Country Day School, Far Hills, NJ. Integration across the curriculum enables children to acquire and utilize basic skills in all content areas. It allows them to achieve a deeper understanding of the subject area. However, when we integrate in the general music classroom, how do we keep the subject of music intact? Burns and Kramer will show you crosscurricular projects that utilize a variety of learning styles and technology tools to achieve integration while keeping the music curriculum intact. They will show STEM to STEAM projects from their general music classrooms, along with social studies and science classes, that incorporate the students using GarageBand and Noteflight. They will also show Project-based Learning (PbL) activities from their general music classes and social studies classes. Finally, they will share integration across their elementary and middle school curriculum using a variety of technological tools from iPads, to Makey Makey, to websites. Elementary and middle school general music educators will leave this session with new and innovative ideas of integration that they can immediately use or adapt in their classrooms. Tower - 15th Floor Rockaway Room

SmartMusic For Vocalists: No Instrumentalists Allowed! Sponsored by MakeMusic, Inc. Clinician: Ted Scalzo, MakeMusic. SmartMusicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feedback and practice features help students learn more efficiently in developing their skills. The SmartMusic Library for vocalists contains BRAND NEW choral titles, thousands of solo accompaniments, sight singing methods, warm-ups and exercises. You can import MP3 recordings or create your own content using Finale to help learn concert repertoire more quickly. Guide your studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; practice, personalize instruction and communicate easily with students and parents by using the powerful SmartMusic Gradebook. The SmartMusic Gradebook allows the teacher to automatically document student progress with student recordings and on-screen assessment. This data can help you satisfy state or district requirements to show student growth.

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GarageBand For Mac Clinician: Marjorie LoPresti, East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ. Presider: Rick Dammers, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Do you have access to GarageBand on MacBooks or Mac Desktops? This session will provide you with a basic understanding of how to use the full version of GarageBand. The session will include detailed as well as some lesson and unit planning ideas, samples of student work and assessment rubrics. As time allows, more advanced editing and recording techniques will be covered. If you have a MacBook, bring your device to follow along. Tower - 15th Floor Cooper Room

Rehearsing In Style: Crafting Your Musical Message Through Conducting Clinician: Stella Tartsinis, New York City Department of Education, Whitestoe, NY. Presentation of how to conduct the score in style. Participates will be able to put more excitement and engaging interpretation in their band performances. How to conduct it and not say it, limiting the talk. The idea behind Rehearsing in Style is to be able to visually show all the elements of style through conducting patterns, and gestures for musical communication results without any verbal instructions. Rehearsal Productivity will be discussed in detail of how do you get the most out of your ensemble, and increasing ensemble enjoyment through stylistic development within the score. Hilton Hotel Princeton Room

Demystifying Double Reeds Clinician: Kaitlyn Walker, Maplewood Public Schools, Maplewood, NJ. Presider: Peter Bauer, Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ. From teaching techniques and repertoire, to reed maintenance and retailers, this lecture will address the fallacies associated with the teaching and skills necessary for double reed performance in your classroom. We will explore simplified procedures and accessible resources that will both enhance and reassure your ability to articulate this often misunderstood section of your ensemble.

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Music Literacy In Rehearsal Classrooms Clinician: Paul Andrew Balog, Retired. Presider: John Luckenbill, Anastasia Elementary School, Long Branch, NJ. As music educators, our responsibilities include teaching melodic reading and literacy, harmonic reading and understanding, rhythmic proficiency and mathematical understanding, in addition to putting on concerts, half-time shows, and musicals. Responsibility ultimately rests on us to give our students the tools to read and perform once they leave our classrooms and rehearsal halls. This session will show how the first five minutes of every rehearsal and lesson can be utilized to develop those skills in our students. Just as students must understand how to read before studying literature, our classrooms should rest on the concept that students read and understand written notes, rhythms, articulation, dynamics, expression marks, and phrasing. This session will be about the Languages of Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Phrasing, and Expression. Tower - 15th Floor Millstone Room

SmartMusic In The Orchestra Classroom: More Than Accompaniments Clinician: Elizabeth Maliszewski, Edison Public Schools, Edison, NJ. This session will focus on the many uses of SmartMusic in the String Classroom. Topics to be explored will include an exploration of the site, lesson book correlation, scales and technique builders, assessment and use in concert planning and preparation. Teachers are encouraged to bring questions and computers. Tower - 19th Floor Vivaldi Room

Multi-School District Collaborations: You Are An Island No More Clinicians: Beth Moore, Central Regional School District, Bayville, NJ; Kristopher Zook, Red Bank Regional High School, Red Bank, NJ; and AndrĂŠ Baldessarini, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School, Matawan, NJ.

PR OG RA M Assisted by: Central Regional High School Chorus, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School Chorus, Red Bank Regional High School Concert Choir, Festival Chorus. Large scale collaborations and performances between school districts are possible, and not only do they give students valuable educational experiences that will last in their memories for a lifetime, they help to strengthen the arts community on a myriad of levels. Administrators and audiences love the outcomes, and teachers can keep from feeling isolated in the setting of their own building. This session will include student performers from three high school districts and more as they perform excerpts from a new oratorio composed by one of the presenters as examples of the districtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; recent collaboration. Tower - 20th Floor Boccherini Room

Promoting Heavy Metal Music: How To Recruit And Retain Low Brass Students Clinician: John J. Palatucci, Livingston Public Schools, Livingston, NJ. This session will focus on effective strategies and techniques in recruiting and retaining low brass students. These strategies and techniques include attracting students, getting started, appropriate band/wind ensemble literature and use of the Internet. Tower - 20th Floor Haydn Room

Making Percussion A Valuable Part Of The Middle School Culture! Sponsored by Hambros House of Music. Clinicians: Mark Kadetsky & James Battersby, Egg Harbor Township, NJ. Assisted by: Fernwood Percussion Ensemble, Egg Harbor Township, NJ. The Fernwood Ave. Percussion Ensemble has been in existence since 2010. It maintains a high profile both in and out of the school-building through concerts, university master classes and competitions. In addition to a performance by the group, this session will give insight as to how to form this or similar functioning groups from both the principal and band director perspective.

Presider: Joe Cantaffa, Howell High School, Howell, NJ.

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Musical Generosity: Being An Artistic Citizen Of Your School Clinician: Zachary May, White Plains High School, White Plains, NY. “Play and sing music for the people in your school whenever an opportunity presents itself ”. The message of this session is simple, and yet it can have a significant impact on the success of your advocacy, retention, and community outreach efforts. The presentation will blend case studies of artistic citizenship’s incredible results with philosophical bases for the practice. You will leave reaffirmed of your immense value to your school district and with tools to help you engage colleagues, students, administrators, and school board members more deeply.

5:30-6:30 PM Tower - 20th Floor Beethoven Room

All-State Band Procedures Meeting Presider: Al Bazzel, NJMEA Board of Directors.

Project Trio 7:00-9:00 PM Hilton Hotel Salon ABC

ombining the virtuosity of world-class artists with the energy of rock stars, PROJECT Trio is breaking down traditional ideas of chamber music. The genre-defying

PROG RAM Trio is acclaimed by the press as “packed with musicianship, joy and surprise” and “exciting a new generation of listeners about the joys of classical and jazz music.” Gramophone Magazine singled out the group as “an ensemble willing and able to touch on the gamut of musical bases ranging from Baroque to nu-Metal and taking in pretty much every stylism in between,” while The Wall Street Journal hailed the Trio for their “wide appeal, subversive humor and first-rate playing.” The New York Times has called beatboxing flutist Greg Pattillo “the best in the world at what he does.” The Trio was forged out of a collective desire to draw new and diverse audiences by performing high energy, top quality music. Using social media to broaden their reach beyond the concert stage and classroom, the Trio has its own YouTube channel, which has over 80 million views and 100,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the internet. Highlights of the Trio’s 2015-16 season include the world premiere of a new concerto composed by Adam Schoenberg and commissioned by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Iris Orchestra, Amarillo Symphony, and the Charleston Symphony and international tours to Israel and Europe. The Trio will also perform and lead workshops in schools, universities, festivals and other venues throughout the United States. Performing over 70 concerts a year, they made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2010. Recent performance highlights include appearances and collaborations with the Charlotte, Detroit, Milwaukee, Saint Louis and New Jersey Symphonies, the Britt Festival, the Mainly Mozart Festival and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Their international tours have included concerts in France, Germany, Austria, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong. In May 2013, the Trio completed a landmark tour of the former Soviet Union sponsored by the US Department of State. PROJECT Trio was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and NPR Music’s series, Heavy Rotation, where hosts around the country share a favorite new song. They selected Sweet Pea, from PROJECT’s 2012 Random Roads Collection album, as “one of the best new tunes out there.” In addition to TV and live radio appearances on such programs as Soundcheck on New York’s WNYC, and Sirius XM among others, their music can be heard in Nike and Smart Car commercials. Greg Pattillo recently demonstrated his beatbox style for Jay Leno and performed with the Tonight Show orchestra. The members compose and arrange most of their own music, which they publish on their Harmonyville label. Their repertoire includes pieces for trio as well as several works with orchestra. With a goal to further expand the repertoire for their unique combination of flute, cello and bass, the Trio is collaborating with composer Adam Schoenberg on a concerto commissioning project for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons and launched the PROJECT Trio Composition Competition. The Trio is dedicated to arts education, teaching the art and joy of jamming on classical instruments and opening minds to what instruments can do. Engaging younger audiences, PROJECT Trio has performed and led workshops for over 350,000 students on four continents and is instantly recognizable to students of all ages as a result of their YouTube following and appearances on popular TV

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F R I D A Y , F E B RUAR Y 19, 2016 shows on Nickelodeon and MTV. With specialized curricula for age groups from elementary students through college, their educational programs are adapted to meet the National Standards for Music Education. In the summer, the group runs a camp focusing on improvisation and chamber music. The camp has been held in New York City and Michigan. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Pattillo, Stephenson, and Seymour met at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where they were honored with the 2013 CIM Alumni Achievement Award. Founded in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2005, the Trio got its big break in 2006 when Greg Pattillo’s Beatbox Flute video went viral on YouTube, receiving millions of views in its first week. PROJECT Trio has since become one of the world’s most exciting instrumental ensembles.

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year. Additionally, I will share step by step instructions for how to make quality unpitched percussion instruments out of every day items (egg shakers, rhythm sticks, and jingle sticks). Each participants will receive a packet of information containing the lesson plans presented and information about free resources for poetry, stories, and music.

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