THURSDAY 1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 003 Be A Recorder Star!
Clinician: Lenna Harris, Macie Publishing Company Sponsored by: Macie Publishing Company CPE PS113003 – 1.0 Hr Harris will present the Be A Recorder Star Curriculum that provides everything you need for enjoyable recorder instruction. It incorporates motivational activities, music theory and composition, and Orff orchestrations and arrangements for recorder and percussion instruments as well as new concert duet, trio, and jazz books. She will also demonstrate the Recorder Reward System that uses achievement stars and a series of award certificates.
1:30 – 3:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVER TERRACE Phi Beta Mu Board Meeting 1:30 – 1:55 PM / CC BALLROOM A Concert: Hanna Men’s Choir
2:30 – 3:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATER Concert: University of Texas-El Paso Symphonic Winds
2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 008 Teaching Double Reeds: Think Outside the Box!
Conductor: Eugene Holkup, Hanna HS Presider: Susan Neff, Pflugerville HS CPE 113BRAB – 0.5 Hr
2:00 – 2:45 PM / CC EAST REGISTRATION Venom
Director: Christopher Hanson, San Marcos CISD Venom is an alternative style string ensemble from San Marcos HS designed to explore popular music through performance on string instruments. They perform annually at their high school pep-rallies and perform flash mobs in the community to promote string education.
Director: Kevin Wass, Texas Tech Univ This ensemble includes primarily undergraduate and graduate music majors. Since its formal beginnings in 2002, the ensemble has performed by invitation at five regional and four international tuba-euphonium association inter conferences. The ensemble four annual concerts at Texas Tech. mble also presents pre
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Clinicians: Peter Warshaw, Leander ISD; John May, San Antonio ISD; JD Janda, Georgetown ISD Presider: Thomas Waggoner, UT/Austin CPE 114102 – 1.0 Hr Warshaw, May, and Janda will review the revised Music Fine Arts TEKS that will be implemented during the 2015–2016 school year. The clinicians are fine arts educators who served on the Fine Arts TEKS review/revision committees that created the new standards.
Conductor: Ron Hufstader, UT/El Paso Presider: Ronnie Rios, Harlingen HS, TMEA Band Vice-President CPE 114LCT – 1.0 Hr
Presider: Scott Coulson, Phi Beta Mu Alpha Chapter President
2:00 – 2:45 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Texas Tech Univ Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 102 CEDFA: Debut of the New Grades 6–12 Fine Arts TEKS
Clinicians: Lindabeth Binkley, Central Michigan Univ; MaryBeth Minnis, Central Michigan Univ Presider: Benjamin Keltner, Rio Hondo HS CPE 114008 – 1.0 Hr In this interactive session Binkley and Minnis will offer quick and easy fixes to improve the tone quality and intonation of oboe and bassoon players. Find out how a drinking straw, mirror, and other household items can instantly inspire change and development. Get ready to actively participate in this hands-on workshop!
2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 205 Start Your Beginner Saxophones—the Right Way!
Clinician: Jeffery Hutchins, Univ of North Texas Presider: Adan Molina, King HS CPE 114205 – 1.0 Hr Do your beginner saxophones sound like dying ducks? Are you having difficulty getting them to sound like a real instrument? Learn a few simple exercises to start improving saxophone tone tomorrow! Hutchins will offer tips and tricks on topics including reeds, mouthpieces, embouchure, and technique to help improve your students’ playing!
TWO MUSIC SHOWCASE STAGES!
Enjoy these performances on stages located on the east and west sides of the convention center street level. We’ve got so much talent, it won’t fit on one stage! SHOWCASES ARE LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE WITH THE CODE: 36 Southwestern Musician | December 2013