Wisconsin School Music Association

Growing the future of music education

Improvisation and Composition: Keeping it Safe and Simple – August 12, 2019

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This workshop offers accessible, hands-on and user-friendly composition and improvisation classroom techniques for band, orchestra, choir and general music teachers. Learn to compose and improvise in and introduce your students to different styles using contemporary classical, jazz, blues, Arabic taqasim, and non-style specific approaches.

Composition techniques include invented notation, artwork as score, building a compositional toolbox, and motivic development. Improvisation techniques include sound exploration, soundscapes, rhythm pieces, call and response, simple chord/mode/scale associations and conducted improvisation (conduction).

Date & Time: Monday, August 12, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructor: Matt Turner

Matt Turner, cellist, pianist, and composer, teaches in the Jazz & Improvisational Music Department at Lawrence University. Improvising in myriad styles, Turner appears on over 100 recordings and has performed in Canada, Europe, and Asia.

He currently performs with Bill Carrothers, Janet Planet, Randy Sabien,and Hal Rammel. Turner is a Yamaha and D’Addario Performing Artist, and his music is published by Carl Fischer, Alfred, Latham, Berklee Press, and Alliance.

Registration

  • Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
    • Member*            $75
    • Non-Member     $100
    • Collegiate           FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

*Discounted rate available for members of WMEA, NAfME or staff in WSMA member schools.

Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Dalcroze Eurhythmics – August 1, 2019

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Join us for a day of exploration with this introduction to the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach to music education. Eurhythmics can be used in any music classrooms no matter the focus or size.

Whether you are interested in finding fun ways to incorporate discriminatory listening and movement into your instruction, additional ways to connect to your students that can’t sit still for more than five minutes, are looking for more ways to improve your ensembles musicianship, or need more strategies to help your private students, we will explore various eurhythmics exercises that can help all students build a deep kinesthetic connection to the music they make and interact with in your class.

Date & Time: Thursday, August 1, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructor: Blake Schlarmann

Blake Schlarmann has been teaching elementary music in Whitehall, WI, for the past five years. She recieved her bachelors in music education from the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and recently earned her masters from the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN, where she studied both Orff-Schulwerk and Dalcroze Eurhythmics.

Ms. Schlarmann has completed all of her Orff levels and is currently working with the American Eurhythmics Society to finish her certification in eurhythmics. Though she greatly enjoys working with elementary aged students, she also utilizes eurhythmics with senior citizens in the community.

Registration

  • Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
    • Member*            $75
    • Non-Member     $100
    • Collegiate           FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

*Discounted rate available for members of WMEA, NAfME or staff in WSMA member schools.

Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Movin’ and Groovin’ in the Elementary General Music Classroom – July 30, 2019

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Workshop attendees will:

  • Learn assessment strategies
  • Learn new concert programming tools
  • Learn music and movement ideas to use in the elementary music classroom

Movement includes: Small group created dances; creative movement; using children’s literature as a springboard to create movement; Folk Dances

Date & Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructors: Mary Lea Clark & Sam Cruz

MARY LEA CLARK

  • Retired music specialist: Mequon-Thiensville School District
  • BA: UW-Oshkosh
  • MA in Education: Mount Mary College
  • Beatrice M. Haggerty Scholarship
  • Gunild Keetman Assistance Fund Scholarship
  • Past President: Greater Milwaukee Orff Dimensions
  • Local Conference Chair: 2009 AOSA Professional Development Conference
  • Levels I-III Orff Certification Presented Orff workshops in Southeastern Wisconsin and at WMEA Members of AOSA

SAM CRUZ

  • K4-5 music specialist: Whitefish Bay School District
  • B.F.A. in Music Education: UW-Milwaukee
  • M.A. in Education: Mount Mary College
  • Civic Music Association “General Music Teacher of the Year”
  • Kohl Education Fellowship
  • National Board Certification in Music: Early/Middle Childhood
  • Levels I-III Orff Certification Presented Orff workshops in Southeastern Wisconsin and at WMEA Members of AOSA

Registration

  • Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
    • Member*            $75
    • Non-Member     $100
    • Collegiate           FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

*Discounted rate available for members of WMEA, NAfME or staff in WSMA member schools.

Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Early Childhood Music and Movement – July 29, 2019

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Early childhood music development includes all children ages newborn through eight. Movement and singing are two important and fun components of making music during this important time.

During this workshop, participants will explore pedagogical best practices, research-based activities, and fun interventions that will have everyone exploring movement and voices!

Date & Time: Monday, July 29, 2019 – 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructor: Dr. Christina Svec

Dr. Christina Svec is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Iowa State University, specializing in elementary and secondary choral music. In addition to her duties at Iowa State, she is Director of Choirs for the Ames Children’s Choirs, serves as treasurer and bookkeeper for the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association, and serves as Midwestern Chair II for the Organization of American Kodály Educators. Dr. Svec received her Ph.D. in Music Education and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from the University of North Texas and her Master of Music Education from Michigan State University.

Before coming to Iowa State, Dr. Svec taught elementary music, early childhood music (ages newborn-4), and early childhood through adult sacred choirs in Texas. She received three Music Learning Theory levels and three Kodály levels from Michigan State University and Texas Tech University, respectively. She has presented both pedagogical and research sessions internationally, nationally, and locally. Dr. Svec is published in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education and in Psychology of Music. Her research interests include research methodology, research pedagogy, and singing voice development.

Registration

  • Pre-registration is required 10 business days before workshop:
    • Member*            $75
    • Non-Member     $100
    • Collegiate           FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

*Discounted rate available for members of WMEA, NAfME or staff in WSMA member schools.

Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Using the WMEA Standards in Your Classroom! – July 21-23, 2019 (Green Bay)

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Join us in Green Bay this summer as we explore the 2019 WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards!  This workshop will examine the WMEA State Music Standards and provide an opportunity for participants to see how master teachers design curriculum and instruction in band, choir, orchestra, and K-12 general music.  Additional areas of discussion will include the recently added Secondary General, Connecting, Technology, and Use with CMP sections.

But wait….there’s more!  After reviewing the WMEA Wisconsin Music Standards, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and design meaningful instruction for your school and classroom.  You can look at a piece of music, plan for one class or grade level, and or plan a project-based unit.  Ultimately, you will design meaningful instruction that will help maximize your students’ capacities to learn and grow as musicians and individuals.

Dates: Sunday, July 21 (12 p.m. – 4 p.m.); Monday, July 22 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.), and Tuesday, July 23 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

Location: CESA 7 – Green Bay (Sunday & Monday) and Ashwaubenon Community Center (Tuesday)

Instructors: Selected members of the WMEA Standards Committee: Paul Budde, UWRF; Christine Hayes, Whitewater; Kate Mitchell, Pewaukee; Leyla Sanyer, Verona; Richard Tengowski, Kohler; Aimee Swanson, East Troy

Registration

  • Pre-registration is required by 7/5/2019
    • Member*            $150
    • Non-Member     $175

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

*Discounted rate available for members of WMEA, NAfME or staff in WSMA member schools.

Note that rate includes all registration costs and full lunch on first day.

Questions?
Contact Darin Menk
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

New Edition Available Now!

An educational collaboration by WSMA and PBS Wisconsin Education

Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin
In a state-wide survey and listening sessions with music educators, we learned about the need for current, authentic, culturally diverse resources, as well as support in teaching with and about music from different cultures. This multimedia collection for general music programs serving grades 4-8 includes video interviews with Wisconsin musicians, performances, audio files, and educator engagement guides designed to help activate the media with learners.

Contact Us

Wisconsin School Music Association 1005 Quinn Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
608.850.3566
800.589.9762

Business Hours:
M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm


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