NAfME ACADEMY Dates: Anytime – from your own home! Cost: $20 for a NAfME member subscription Description: Webinars available for a variety of topics, including jazz, instrument repair, general teaching improvement strategies, instrument specific topics, inclusion, differentiation and grant writing. More Information: nafme.org/community/elearning BAND DIRECTORS TALK SHOP – SELF STUDY Dates: Anytime – from your own home! Cost: FREE! Description: Hundreds of articles covering a huge spectrum of band related topics. A tracking and reflection sheet is provided to track and reflect on the articles that you read. More Information: banddirectorstalkshop.com/ professional-development-for-band-directors/ CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS The possibilities here are numerous! Many colleges across the country offer conducting workshops in the summer months. You can find more information on any of these by googling the college name, followed by “conducting workshop.” The list below is a good starting point with names and dates for several of the available workshops. In any of these workshops, you can expect to work with college conducting and education faculty
from the host school, with some schools offering sessions with national-level conductors and clinicians. Prices vary depending on the location. • University of Minnesota – July 13-17 • University of Colorado – June 7-12 University of Michigan – June 14-19 • University of Texas, Austin – June 14-18 • Northwestern University – July 5-10 • Sonoma State University – June 22-26 • International Conducting Institute – June 2-6 (Columbia, Missouri) & July 14-24 (Czech Republic) • University of Texas Conducting Workshop, Arlington – June 22-26 • University of Oklahoma – June 10-12 • University of Massachusetts – July 30-August 2 US Army Band Conducting Workshop (Fort Myer, Virginia) – July 12-16 Heather Marsh is in her 14th year of teaching, currently serving as the director of bands in the Arcanum-Butler Local School District. She has served OMEA as a district treasurer, vice president, president, member of the OMEA Band Music Selection Committee, and has been an OMEA adjudicator since 2010.
Summer Music Experience June 1 – 6, 2020
Develop new insights into yourself as a musician in a week of intensive, real-world music study. TIME 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. LOCATION Battelle Fine Arts Center 170 W. Park St., Westerville, OH 43081 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS Rising 9-12 graders (vocalists must be at least 15 years old)
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TUITION Commuter: $475 | Overnight: $600 Scholarships are available. Apply by April 19, 2020.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
MAY 18, 2020 TO APPLY: Send a YouTube link or mp3 recording of two or more contrasting pieces to: summermusic@otterbein.edu
Learn more at: otterbein.edu/events-conferences/summercamps/music-camp