2020 Sessions — International Music Education Summit

Music Technology for 21st Century Learning: Exploring the Latest Tech Tools for Your Music Classroom

Our students live in a connected world.

TechnologyGuest UserMay 16, 2020technology, integration, classroom, music

Adaptive Music Instruction: Making Music Accessible to Students With Disabilities

Making Music Accessible to Learners With Disabilities addresses the long overdue conversation about the landscape of adaptive music instruction and the ways it can radically transform the lives of students with disabilities and teachers alike.

General Music, Teaching SkillGuest UserMay 16, 2020adaptive, disability, music, instruction, education

Integrating Junk Percussion Into Your Music Program

In this session, you will learn how to integrate junk percussion into your music program either as a one time workshop, unit, or overall class.

Instrumental MusicGuest UserMay 16, 2020junk, percussion, music, program, composition, improvisation

Noteflight Learn for Composition, Recording, and Assessments

Noteflight Learn provides the ability for all students to compose, record, and access digital content on any device.

TechnologyGuest UserMay 16, 2020noteflight, technology, compose, record, digital, scores, recording

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. Am I Providing Opportunities Reflecting All?

Cultural diversity is defined as the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society.

Advocacy, Teaching SkillGuest UserMay 16, 2020ethnic, culture, diversity, gender, race, acceptance, equality

Becoming Your Best Rock Coach

In this session you will learn how you can start a rock/popular ensemble at your school and ways to integrate aspects of it into your regular band, choir, and general music classrooms.

General Music, Instrumental Music, VocalGuest UserMay 16, 2020rock, band, popular, choir, music, classroom

Savvy Tips for Woodwind Preventative Maintenance

You teach them the right notes but can their instrument play them?

Instrumental MusicGuest UserMay 16, 2020repair, instrument, selmer, pads, woodwinds, band, director

More than Arrangements: How Noteflight Can Improve your Rehearsals

Noteflight is not only the ideal notation software for creating music, you can also use Noteflight Learn to collaborate, share scores, and record music.

TechnologyGuest UserMay 16, 2020noteflight, create, collaboration, scores, record, ensemble

T-shirts not Tuxes: Reaching the Other 80% of Students on Your Campus

Band/Orchestra/Choir programs in secondary schools see an average of 20% of their campus populations.

General Music, Teaching SkillGuest UserMay 16, 2020band, orchestra, choir, culture, strategy, instrumentation

Roadmap For The Driven Musician: Increase opportunities to thrive financially

Adopting a practical and applicable approach, they will examine key components of a musician’s career and discuss how to maximize each.

Percussion Methods 102: Percussion Methods Revisited

For most music educators, teaching percussion methods is overwhelming because there are so many instruments to learn in a semester.

Instrumental MusicGuest UserMay 16, 2020percussion, classroom, instruments, technique

Maximizing Engagement in Middle School Music

Classroom music within the middle school setting is challenging in nature and is often a subject with a wide range of student differentiation

General Music, TechnologyGuest UserMay 16, 2020technology, middle, school, classroom

The Three-C Music Classroom: Creating a Collaborative Composition Classroom

In this session you will learn about how to implement composition in your traditional instrumental classroom in a collaborative fashion.

Instrumental MusicGuest UserMay 16, 2020composition, instrumental, classroom, collaboration

Audio for Music Educators

One of the biggest holes in music education programs is the lack of training in audio technology.

Technology, Teaching SkillGuest UserMay 16, 2020audio, microphone, amplifier, spearker, cables, technology, live, sound, ensemble

Front-Loading Your Choral Rehearsal: Constructing for Success

Why are we often frustrated by trying to ‘fix’ problems right before the concert?

VocalGuest UserMay 16, 2020concert, vocal, choir, performance, singers, rehersal, hal, leonard

Building a Positive Classroom Culture from the First Day

Fostering positive student-teacher relationships is crucial to building a successful music program at any level.

Advocacy, Teaching SkillGuest UserMay 16, 2020culture, relationship, teacher, music, inclusion, classroom, trust

Designing Project-Based Music Learning

Project-based learning (PBL) is more than just big assignments.

General Music, Instrumental MusicGuest UserMay 16, 2020project, based, learning, pbl, process, students, retention, design

Tips and Tricks for Electronics in Marching Band

With the proliferation of electronics in marching band, much of the ensemble's success comes down to the successful implementation of devices and the know-how of people running the equipment.