1 25 FRIDAY
10:00AM11:00AM
SESSION
INFORMATION
OLYMPIA
ELEMENTARY
TEACHING MUSIC BASICS WHEN TIME IS AGAINST YOU!!
CLINICIAN: KRISTIN M. PUGLIESE (SHALLOWFORD PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL) PRESIDER: LAUREN DANIELL (HAYES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) HOST: RACHEL MULDROW (KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)
Pugliese will offer ways to squeeze as much time out of the school year as possible. She will not only examine a system to make classes more efficient, but will also cover how to utilize moments throughout the day! Take home ideas and activities that are simple and fun!
PARTHENON
UKE JAM: EXPLORATIONS IN USING THE UKULELE IN THE GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM CLINICIAN: DR. ROBERT AMCHIN (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND PERIPOLE, INC.) PRESIDER: CHRISTI LENZ (BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) HOST: GARY LENZ (BUFORD ACADEMY)
Ukulele Jam. For beginners and novices alike. Songs, arrangements and activities for including Ukulele in the general music classroom. SPONSOR: PERIPOLE, INC.
ATHENA G
GENERAL
WHY CAN’T I SLEEP AT NIGHT? UNDERSTANDING AND LIMITING STRESS AND ANXIETY TO IMPROVE TEACHING! CLINICIAN: ANDY ESSERWEIN (SPRAYBERRY HIGH SCHOOL) PRESIDER: PATRICK ERWIN (HILLGROVE HIGH SCHOOL)
In a job with so many demands, it is all too easy to find yourself dealing with stress or anxiety that limits your performance and hurts your health. In this session, we will explore how your brain works and give practical, easy methods to help reduce stress and improve teaching!
ATHENA H
TEACHING MUSIC APPRECIATION TO STUDENTS WHO DON’T APPRECIATE MUSIC! CLINICIAN: RUDY BARRACA (BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL) PRESIDER: TODD LOPEZ (EAGLE’S LANDING MIDDLE)
ORCHESTRA
GUITAR
I will share some of the ideas and materials that I have used over the last 17 years of teaching music appreciation at the college level. I believe that some of my ideas will help make the study of music appreciation more relevant to students.
WILLOW
GUITARS AND ORCHESTRA PERFORMING TOGETHER? ABSOLUTELY! CLINICIAN: JOHN E. SWEAT (HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL) PRESIDER: BRION KENNEDY (GUITAR CHAIR) HOST: CAROLYN ALFORD (LANIER MIDDLE SCHOOL)
In this session, we will discuss strategies for combining your guitar ensemble and orchestra for performance repertoire. We will demonstrate ideas that have worked in our program as well as welcome ideas and input from the attendees as well. Teachers will be encouraged to participate by playing along with us.
EMPIRE ROOM
FLOW: THE SECRET BEHIND THE OPTIMAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCE CLINICIAN: DANIEL COOK (NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY) PRESIDER: KRISSI DAVIS (GRADY HIGH SCHOOL) HOST: ROSIE RIQUELME (COLLINS HILL HIGH SCHOOL)
Have you ever experienced that feeling of being “in the zone”? This clinic will explore the innovative field of positive psychology (“flow”) within the context of the music classroom. We will discuss practical strategies to increase student focus, engagement, and artistic creativity to empower your ensemble consistently toward this mindset.
“To me, the smell of fresh made coffee is one of the greatest inventions” HUGH JACKMAN WE AGREE
FREE COFFEE | EXHIBIT HALL 26
2019 I N - S E R V I C E CO N F E R E N C E
FRIDAY & SATURDAY