clinicians and conductors

Jayne m. standley, Ph.d. - clinician

Session 1: Music and Teaching Techniques for Children with Special Needs

Session 2: Music Experiences for Infants and Toddlers: Matching Neurological Capabilities to Maximize Learning session 1 will provide an overview of educational problems of children with special needs and discuss teaching techniques that foster music, cognitive, and social learning. Videotaped examples will be shown. session 2 will describe neurological growth and development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and discuss appropriate music activities that fit each developmental level. Videotaped examples will be shown.

Jayne m standley, Ph.d., m T-Bc, is a Robert o. Lawton distinguished Professor at Florida state university and the Ella scoble opperman Professor of music. she is an internationally acclaimed researcher and has published extensively in music in learning, music in special education, and music in medical settings with refereed publications appearing in nursing, early childhood, music education, and music therapy journals. m ost recently, she has specialized in research studies investigating music therapy for early intervention with premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive care unit. she directs the music Therapy program at Fsu, the medical m T and arts in medicine Programs in partnership with Tallahassee memorial Healthcare and the National Institute for Infant and child medical music Therapy. dr. standley is a recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Publication, merit, and Lifetime achievement awards from the a merican music Therapy association and The Florida state university honors of distinguished Researcher, Named Professor, President’s award for Teaching Excellence, Teaching Incentive awards, and award for Professorial Excellence. she is currently Editor of the premiere journal in her field, the Journal of music Therapy, and author of music Therapy with Premature Infants, medical music Therapy, and music Techniques in Therapy, counseling, and special Education.

Barbara Heilmair Tanret - clinician

Session: Working with Clarinet Ensembles clarinetist Barbara Heilmair Tanret is assistant Professor of clarinet & music History and Woodwind area coordinator at the Portland state university music department. she maintains an international career as performer, educator and scholar, and has previously taught at the university of california in Los angeles (ucL a) and at the california state university in Long Beach (csuLB). after her debut in salzburg in 1995, Barbara Heilmair has played with symphonic orchestras such as The Bavarian state Theater inmunich, The salzburg m ozarteum orchestra, The Tyrol International music Festival (IoE), The santa Barbara symphony, The santa Barbara choral society, The opera Pasadena, The m ozart classical orchestra, The New Valley symphony, and The Brentwood-Westwood symphony. Being part of Portland’s vibrant musical scene, she has recently been heard with the oregon Ballet Theater, the oregon symphony “Young artists debut”, Peter schickele’s “Pd Q plays PdX” orchestra, the choral arts Ensemble of Portland, as well as at the Portland summerFest, the astoriamusic Festival, and the 2009 oregon sesquicentennial Film Festival, while serving as Principal Bass clarinetist for the Vancouver symphony since the 2008/09 season. as a scholar, dr.Heilmair specializes in working with original manuscripts, creating new editions, and researching Romantic composer Robert Fuchs, whose clarinet Quintet she rediscovered and premiered in the us. The " clarinet & saxophone" magazine has covered some of her publications in fall 2004. Barbara Heilmair holds diplomas in clarinet Performance and in Instrumental Pedagogy from the university of music and Performing arts " m ozarteum" in salzburg, along with m m. and d m a . degrees from ucL a . The artists who influenced her most through their teaching were gary gray (L a chamber orchestra), RolfWeber (Bavarian state Theater), michele Zukovsky (L a Philharmonic), and Karl-Heinz steffens (Berlin Philharmonic). she also studied in master classes withmitchell Lurie, Eddie daniels, Ricardo m orales, m onica Kaenzig, alois Brandhofer, Eduard Brunner, François Benda, and milan Turkovich. a native of germany, dr.Heilmair is familiar with both the French and the german clarinet systems. she is fluent in English, german and French. several prizes and scholarships, such as the ucL a Fund for Excellence stipend, the ucL a Regent's stipend, and awards from publisher c.F.Peters/ Frankfurt and composer Harald genzmer, have supported her studies and work. Barbara Heilmair enjoys working with clarinet ensembles of all sizes.

Barbara Heilmair’s numerous performances at venues abroad include her 2009 appearances at the “ university of melbourne” and at the “ m onash university” inmelbourne, australia. as a dedicated chamber musician, she has played with local ensembles and with various ensembles in Western Europe, china, and Japan. dr. Heilmair has performed and presented at several conference meetings, including the 2009 Portland clarinet symposium, the 2009 college music society’s National conference, and the 2008 oregon music Educator’s association conference.