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A Cappella University – July 8-13, 2019

July 9, 2017 By lfellenz

A Cappella University is a week long camp open to singers in high school or college and music educators. Be ready for a life changing week! A cappella music, new friends, industry gurus and a beautiful campus await you. Daily clinics, masterclasses and final performances add up to an AMAZING experience.

Date: July 8-13, 2019

Location: UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI


Registration

For more information and to register please visit the A Cappella University website.


Graduate Credit Information

Participants who attend this workshop have the opportunity to earn graduate credit for an additional fee. This is a separate registration and fee from the workshop registration. Graduate credit is available through UW-Parkside. 


Questions?
Contact Laurie:  Email
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Filed Under: 2017 Summer, student1718, Summer 2018, Summer 2019 Tagged With: class, classes, music, music business, professional, professional development, registration, student, Workshop, workshops

Brass/Woodwind Instruments: Maintenance, Budgeting, Evaluation and Emergency Repairs – Feb. 16-17 CANCELLED

February 16, 2017 By lfellenz

In this 2 day hands on session attendees will learn how to straighten minor bent keys, properly replace a missing key cork, replace a cork joint, how to install a pad on a flute, sax and clarinet, and what types of emergency repairs they can  make a quick fix but not ruin the instrument. You will also learn a proper maintenance schedule for all woodwind instruments, procedures you can teach your students to help with proper maintenance and some ideas how to budget for future repairs.

Dates: February 16, 2018 – 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
February 17, 2018 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructors:
Joe Braatz,
Brass Specialist at Melk Music

Bernadette P. Gonzalez is a Chicago native and earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Western Illinois University in 2003. Before beginning her career in band instrument repair, Bernadette taught band and general music for the Milwaukee Public Schools. She is a 2008 graduate of the Band Instrument Repair Program in Red Wing, MN and immediately began working at Melk Music in Milwaukee, WI as a woodwind technician. She is an active member as a clarinetist and President of the Lakeshore Symphonic Band. She currently teaches privately in the Cedarburg WI area.


Registration

  • Pre-registration (register by 2/9/18)
    • Member*            $130
    • Non-Member     $145
    • Undergraduate   FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

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


Graduate Credit Information

Participants who attend this workshop have the opportunity to earn one graduate credit for an additional fee of $220. This is a separate registration and fee from the workshop registration. Please download a copy of the Viterbo registration form and mail it with a check for $220 (payable to Viterbo University) to:

Mary Elsner
Wisconsin Center for Music Education
1005 Quinn Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597

  • View the course syllabus (pdf)
  • Viterbo Registration Form (pdf)
  • Visit the Graduate Credit Information page for more details and to sign-up for credit.

Questions?
Contact Mary:  Send a message
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Filed Under: School Year 1718 Tagged With: class, classes, music, professional, professional development, registration, Workshop, workshops

The Ripple Effect: Integrating Empathy Building Skills Through Multicultural Music and Children’s Literature – Feb. 9-10 CANCELLED

February 9, 2017 By lfellenz

This workshop addresses a growing need for building empathy in young students so that they can negotiate the world in a healthy and responsible manner. The workshop also illustrates optimal use of interactive technology like interactive boards, ipads and tablets within an active music making setting. Through movement, singing, playing instruments, body percussion, active listening, and composing activities students work cooperatively, think critically, and refer to collaboration rubrics while developing creative solutions to issues of bullying, gender identity, refugee and immigrant situations, poverty, racial and ethnic similarities and differences, and being labeled and stereotyped.

The empathy building activities are inspired by multicultural music, dance, and diverse children’s books. Children’s literature may be used to build awareness and acceptance of self and others while working toward a common musical objective. Multicultural music and dance are effective conduits into foreign cultures. When handled with respect and integrity, these can be accessed and performed by students outside the native culture with the understanding that the interpretation of the music is framed within parameters of the music teacher’s knowledge of the culture, and its duplication using available materials, instruments, and resources.

Dates: February 9, 2018 – 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
February 10, 2018 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructor: Manju Durairaj was born and raised in India. She studied in Pune, India. She was involved in graduate research projects on comparative pedagogical practices of Indian (Carnatic) and Western Music at Middlesex University, London, UK. She graduated with her second master’s degree and K-12 certification from VanderCook College of Music, Chicago. Manju is also certified in Orff- Schulwerk, completing her levels at George Mason University, with master classes at University of St. Thomas, and at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria.

Manju currently teaches Pre K-5 general music at the Latin School of Chicago. She is past president of the Greater Chicago Orff Chapter. She teaches technology, curriculum, and general music teacher training courses at VanderCook College of Music, Chicago. She was on the Diversity Commission of the American Orff Schulwerk Association and is on the Elementary General Music Council of IL Music Education Association. She has presented at ISME, AOSA, OAKE, NAfMe, MKMEA, IMEA, ILMEA, WMEA, TMEA and other international and national conferences. She has been published in the Orff Echo, Reverberations, Illinois Music Educators Journal, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. Her publications with Hal Leonard include InterAct with Music Assessment Levels 1 and 2, and Technology in Today’s Music Classroom.


Registration

  • Pre-registration (register by 2/2/18)
    • Member*            $130
    • Non-Member     $145
    • Undergraduate   FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

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


Graduate Credit Information

Participants who attend this workshop have the opportunity to earn one graduate credit for an additional fee of $220. This is a separate registration and fee from the workshop registration. Please download a copy of the Viterbo registration form and mail it with a check for $220 (payable to Viterbo University) to:

Mary Elsner
Wisconsin Center for Music Education
1005 Quinn Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597

  • View the course syllabus (pdf)
  • Viterbo Registration Form (pdf)
  • Visit the Graduate Credit Information page for more details and to sign-up for credit.

Questions?
Contact Mary:  Send a message
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Filed Under: School Year 1718 Tagged With: class, classes, professional, professional development, registration, Workshop, workshops

CMP Winter Workshop – Feb. 1-2

February 2, 2017 By lfellenz

This 2-day weekend course will provide participants with the basic tenets of the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Model (CMP) and offer guided instruction for music educators on implementation of the model in their own classrooms. This workshop is geared toward both teachers with experience in CMP and those who have never attended a CMP workshop. Participants will focus on the five points of the CMP model, engage in some dynamic demo rehearsals, and explore new strategies to revitalize their music classrooms.

Dates: February 1, 2019 – 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
February 2, 2019 – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: Wisconsin Center for Music Education

Instructors: Members of the WMEA CMP Committee


Registration

  • Pre-registration (register by 1/26/19)
    • Member*            $130
    • Non-Member     $145
    • Undergraduate   FREE

Register Online
Print Registration Form (pdf)

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


Graduate Credit Information

Participants who attend this workshop have the opportunity to earn one graduate credit for an additional fee of $220. This is a separate registration and fee from the workshop registration. Please download a copy of the Viterbo registration form and mail it with a check for $220 (payable to Viterbo University) to:

Laurie Fellenz
Wisconsin Center for Music Education
1005 Quinn Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597

  • View the course syllabus (pdf)
  • Viterbo Registration Form (pdf)
  • Graduate Credit Information page will be up soon!

Questions?
Contact Laurie Fellenz
800-589-9762, 608-850-3566 (Madison area)

Filed Under: School Year 1819 Tagged With: class, classes, professional, professional development, registration, Workshop, workshops

New Edition Available Now!

January 2019
“Honoring the Love of Learning”

Humans are curious beings that crave knowledge and skills only acquired through learning. Add the feeling of music to the educational mix and it’s no wonder why people aspire to become musicians, educators or anything they want to be in life!  In this edition, we get at the heart of why we love to learn in the first place.

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