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2020 TMEA CLINIC/CONVENTION PREVIEW

DECEMBER 2019

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Features

Columns

TI:ME Music Technology Preconference . . . . . . . . 19

President’s Notes . . . . . . . . . 5

This separate event offers a full day of music technology clinics.

2020 TMEA Clinic/Convention Schedule . . . . . . . . . 27 Review this schedule to start planning your attendance at the nation’s premier music educators convention! Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

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Friday in Stars at Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Check out this lineup of special guests who will deliver inspiring presentations and performances as part of our centennial celebration.

Updates TMEA Clinic/Convention Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2020–2021 Executive Board Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 TMEA Convention Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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THE BEST FOUR DAYS F EBRUA RY 12–15 SAN ANTONIO

• 310 Clinics • 110 Performances • 580 Exhibitors

TMEA Convention Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dallas Winds Present “Deep in the Heart of Texas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Thank You, TMEA Centennial Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Enjoy all this and more, with 30,000 of your closest music friends!

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Editor-in-Chief: Robert Floyd UĂ R\G@tmea.org 512-452-0710, ext. 101

Managing Editor: Karen Cross

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TMEA Executive Board President: Joe MuĂąoz

2020 TMEA CLINIC/ CONVENTION BASICS • February 12–15, 2020

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• $60 early registration fee for active TMEA members • 300+ clinics, 100+ performances, 1,400+ exhibit booths • Full-day preconference of music technology clinics • Active TMEA members and out-of-state attendees earn CPE credit

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In Memoriam Bobby Compton December 22, 1967–October 28, 2019

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December—Renew your membership and register for the convention. December—Purchase tickets to the President’s Concert. December 31—TMEA email/mail/fax convention preregistration deadline. January 11—Area Band and Vocal auditions. January 23—TMEA convention online early registration deadline. January 24–February 15—Online convention registration remains available, but at a higher rate. February 12–15—TMEA Clinic/ Convention in San Antonio.

s you look through this edition of Southwestern Musician and read about the many clinics and concerts to be presented at our 2020 Clinic/ Convention, I hope you recognize what has always been the focus of our annual gathering. Our event is centered on music education and how we as educators can better ourselves, and in turn, our students. Our 2020 Clinic/Convention will also be a celebration of our association’s 100 years. The TMEA Executive Board considered information from member surveys and suggestions from past Executive Board members and the membership to determine how we would host this centennial celebration. There was a consistent assertion that this event shouldn’t just be a three-day birthday party; we should instead continue what has made the convention the valued experience it has been through the years. We did not want to erode in any way the All-State experience and performances, honor and invited ensembles, and music showcases that give even more opportunities for students to be highlighted. Our focus on high-quality professional development that features many of our own music educators was another area where we wanted to stay true to who we are. Response from stakeholders clearly communicated that a huge extravaganza and party was not the takeaway our members wanted from the 2020 Clinic/ Convention and our centennial celebration. To that end the Executive Board and TMEA staff have been working diligently to plan rich content and an inspiring experience for all.

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While our convention won’t be just a big party, we do expect it to be extra special and to appropriately reflect this extraordinary moment in the life of our association. To that end, the typical depth of content of clinics, concerts, and the overall convention program will be amplified with unique offerings throughout the event. Visually, our centennial will be represented throughout the convention center and convention hotels and along the streets near the convention center in San Antonio. Make sure to document your attendance, and when you share it with the world online, include the #TMEA100 and #itstartswithmusic tags.

dress rehearsal of It Starts with Music on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Second General Session will feature performances by members of the AllState Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Mixed Choir. The Children’s Choir of San Antonio will join them for the world premiere of Sailing the Sky by Frank Ticheli, commissioned by TMEA in celebration of our centennial. Tim Lautzenheiser will moderate a discussion with All-State Conductors Ticheli and Carl St.Clair, both native Texans. More advocacy videos will be shared at this session, and you can also enjoy a special appearance by the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets.

General Sessions Transformed The General Sessions will also be outstanding events for our centennial celebration. At our First General Session on Thursday, experience It Starts with Music, an extraordinary production featuring live performance, personal reflections, and the premiere of professionally filmed music education advocacy videos. Leave this opening session captivated by the joy of music and inspired by the truth that music shapes our lives and creates endless possibilities to connect with others. The videos you will see will be available to you for advocacy, recruiting, and educational uses in the classroom or in your local community. If you aren’t able to be at the Thursday morning session, you can attend an open

Friday in the Stars at Night Ballroom Throughout Friday, special guests will be in the Stars at Night Ballroom for crossdivisional presentations hosted as part of our centennial (pictured on page 62). Here is a sampling of the amazing presenters and performers slated for that venue: Mandy Harvey is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and inspirational speaker who lost her residual hearing at the age of 18 while she was majoring in music education. Harvey tours the world performing her original music and presenting her inspirational story of never giving up. She became well-known during her time as a finalist on the 12th season of America’s Got Talent. Septura is a brass septet consisting

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of virtuoso performers who hold principal positions in the London Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Basel Symphony, and Aurora Orchestras. Susan Graham is a native Texan, former TMEA All-State Mixed Choir member, and graduate of Texas Tech University and Manhattan School of Music. A familiar face at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, she also maintains a strong international presence. She won a Grammy for her collection of Ives songs and has been recognized throughout her career as one of the foremost exponents of French vocal music. Larry Livingston is a distinguished conductor, educator, and administrator and a highly respected motivational speaker. He is currently the USC Thornton School of Music Department of Conducting Chair. Livingston has directed multiple TMEA All-State Bands and Orchestras. U.S. Army Herald Trumpets are the official fanfare ensemble to the president of the United States. Originally founded in 1959, they were formed to add splendor to official military ceremonies and will offer an exciting performance and a multimedia presentation. These special sessions are all in addition to our standard schedule of over 300 clinics throughout just four days! President’s Concert This year’s President’s Concert will feature Dallas Winds, under the direction of Jerry Junkin. This professional wind ensemble is honoring TMEA’s Centennial with their performance entitled “Deep in the Heart of Texas.” When you register for the convention, be sure to purchase your $20 tickets. If you already registered, return to your member record to make this purchase. There will also be areas in the center where you can learn more about the rich history of TMEA, and TMEA Divisions will feature their history within clinic sessions. In addition, TMEA has asked our exhibitors to do their part in celebrating TMEA’s 100 years. The TMEA Clinic/Convention is always a highly anticipated event, and 2020’s is one you definitely don’t want to miss. Expect fun opportunities and surprises along the way—all to help you experience the celebration! We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio.

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2020 TMEA Clinic/Convention FEBRUARY 12–15 • SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS • HENRY B. GONZÁLEZ CONVENTION CENTER

CELEBRATING TMEA’S CENTENNIAL!

EARLY REGISTRATION •

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11,000+ Music Educators Will Be There!

DEADLINES/FEES • December 31: Email/mail/fax registration deadline. • January 23: Final day for early registration fees. • January 24–February 15: Active Member registration increases to $80, out-of-state attendee registration increases to $130 (online or onsite).

Need to Pay by Check? If so, register now to beat the December 31 email/mail/fax registration deadline. After that, checks can be processed only onsite at the higher registration fee noted above.

CONCERT TICKETS When you register, purchase $20 tickets to the President’s Concert on Thursday at 8:00 ƲȘƢ., featuring Dallas Winds under the direction of Jerry Junkin.

SCHEDULES As of January 1, go to www.tmea.org/convention to access the online schedule and save a personal schedule. The convention app (using Guidebook) will be available for download from the convention website by February. Create your online personal schedule and register by January 23 to have your schedule transferred to your convention app account.

EXHIBIT HALL No other convention offers this kind of hands-on comparison of the newest and best products for your students and you! If you need a break from your music focus, there are plenty of non-music exhibitors to help you with your wish list. Come ready to make the most of your budget dollars!

HOUSING Many hotel blocks are sold out, so reserve now as availability changes daily. Go to www.tmea.org/housing for more information.

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December—Renew your membership and register for the convention. December—Purchase tickets to the President’s Concert. December 31—TMEA email/mail/fax convention preregistration deadline. January 11—Area Band and Vocal auditions. January 23—TMEA convention online early registration deadline. January 24–February 15—Online convention registration remains available, but at a higher rate. February 12–15—TMEA Clinic/ Convention in San Antonio.

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in 1938 the convention featured the first organized All-State Bands—the Blue Band and the Red Band—as well as the inaugural All-State Orchestra, and over the next 80+ years this idea has grown into today’s 15 All-State ensembles involving over 1,750 students. It was also in 1938 that choral directors were asked to join the association. Moving forward, at the 1941 convention in Waco, 362 members attended and 1,200 students participated. The 1942 convention in Galveston featured the seventh band clinic, sixth orchestra clinic, and fourth choral clinic. However, with the war on, there was a noticeable shortage of students, and member attendance had dropped to 191. Because of war-related restrictions, there were no conventions in 1943–1945, but by 1946 such constraints were being relaxed or lifted entirely. With very little planning time, TMEA brought back the annual convention that February in Waco. At this 1946 event, band, orchestra, and choral students returned to participate in All-State groups. In 1947, the convention moved to Galveston and the majority of the then 427 members attended. There were five All-State groups: two bands, two choirs, and one orchestra. In 1948, the event returned to Waco and featured the largest student participation thus far with AllState groups and instrumental classes. The event concluded with the Grand Concert, where 250 band members and 300 choristers performed. The 1949 convention was the largest yet. All-State Bands, Orchestras, and Choruses were organized according to school classification, allowing students to be in groups playing music that aligned with their school class. In addition to organization business, there were seven instrumental and two choral clinics. The Grand Finale program drew thousands of music lovers in addition to the majority of the 518 association members. In 1957, TMEA leaders decided to begin selecting and securing convention sites several years in advance to greatly improve the organization’s ability to plan for subsequent conventions. With our current size and complexity, the Executive Board must contract future sites as far out as 12 years. While the Board has considered other locations, Houston in particular, no other city has proven to be a good fit for us.

As a result, the TMEA convention hasn’t left San Antonio since 1984 and is booked there through 2030. During the 1950s TMEA had their annual convention concerts filmed for television and public relations purposes to put public school music education in a positive light. That process continued for several years. As an interesting sidebar, at a general convention meeting in the 1960s, the following resolution was presented: Recommendation and/or motion that there be no smoking in any of the rooms where bands are playing, clinics are being held, meetings are being held. The motion did not carry. Our convention success would not have continued through the years without the loyalty and support of the sustaining members, or companies, that have provided financial support for the daily operations of TMEA. Such support has manifested over time through companies’ presence in the convention exhibit show for which they pay a booth rental fee. In reviewing TMEA archives, we find the first list of exhibitors at the 1947 convention in Galveston, where six companies purchased display space in the lobbies of the hotels. While that is the first list of exhibitors, at least one source mentions the presence of commercial exhibits as a part of educational enlightenment as early as 1939. Fast-forward to the 2019 convention, where 615 companies and universities contracted for 1,473 booths, with even more growth anticipated for the 2020 centennial celebration. Truly, our exhibiting companies are our partners in serving students in music education programs throughout the state, and we greatly appreciate them. The most significant challenges since the early ’70s have been keeping up with needs for meeting and exhibit hall space and hotel rooms for attendees. In the process of meeting those needs in San Antonio, we have survived three convention center expansions, a renovation of Lila Cockrell Theatre, and the construction of the Grand Hyatt. Without the wisdom of the Executive Board to secure all the meeting space in the Grand Hyatt several years before the most recent expansion began, we would be struggling even more to schedule all the clinics, meetings, performances, and rehearsals today. The convention in 1974 was designated

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as the 50th year Golden Anniversary Celebration by the Executive Board. While one would assume that celebration should have been in 1970, because the Texas Band Teachers Association (TBTA) was formed in 1924, the Executive Board chose the 1974 celebration date. A planning committee that met three years earlier proposed a grandiose celebration that would include competitions in every performance medium from every Region in every class vying for the Honor of TMEA Golden Anniversary Honor Organization. In addition, on Saturday evening a Golden Anniversary Pageant was proposed that included All-State organizations and college and high school marching bands announced by a famous master of ceremonies such as Bob Hope. The proposal was grandiose in every way, but at the preceding convention’s general session the membership voted against the plan and approved a greatly scaled down celebration that included commissioning works for each All-State ensemble to be premiered at the convention. The Astrodome blowout was abandoned. The 75th anniversary of TMEA was

celebrated in 1995 but with a much less extravagant plan that featured a commissioned work for the All-State Band, Orchestra and Choir, written by Randol Bass, a Texas composer. The year 1980 saw a significant change in the overall structure of the convention. With a proposed demolition of the Arena in the San Antonio Convention Center and a philosophical shift to allow each AllState ensemble the opportunity to present its own concert in a formal setting, the Grand Concert format was abandoned. In 1982, Music Educators National Conference (now NAfME) was scheduled to hold its national convention in San Antonio three weeks after our convention, but due to lack of exhibitor support by the music industry for the MENC meeting, their leadership reached out to TMEA requesting to combine with our convention. With the support of the Executive Board and the President’s Council, the decision was made for TMEA to host the 75th anniversary of MENC. The combined meeting was a resounding success in every way. The money made for TMEA from that exhibit show paid for our first building.

Perhaps the most significant change over the last 20 years has been the impact of technology on making the convention experience more user friendly for all. From submitting clinics online, to building the master schedule, to registration, to onsite badge printing, to tracking professional development, to hotel reservations (especially All-State), to offering a convention app, technology has played a significant role in bettering an already great experience. The TMEA convention continues to be the envy of music education associations across the nation. Who knows what future conventions may look like in even 5 or 10 years, but we can rest assured the program will focus on students, on professional development for teachers, on musicmaking, and on a vibrant, exciting trade show. The convention truly represents and showcases who we are and what we are all about—providing quality experiences through music performance for Texas students. Hopefully that prevailing philosophy will never change. This year and beyond, it starts with music.

2020–2021 Executive Board Candidates PRESIDENT-ELECT

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Election will follow the First General Session. Go to www.tmea.org/2020candidates for voting details.

Election at the Band Division Business Meeting Thursday, February 13, 5:15 p.m., in Stars at Night Ballroom 1.

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Casey Medlin

Executive Board candidate statements will be published in the January issue of Southwestern Musician.

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Whether you prepaid or will pay onsite, go to Convention Registration to complete registration and get your badge.

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TI:ME Music Technology Wednesday Preconference FEBRUARY 12 • CONVENTION CENTER ROOM 214

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n the Wednesday of the TMEA Clinic/Convention, take advantage of the full-day TI:ME Music Technology Preconference held in the Convention Center on the second floor in room CC 214. For an additional $50 fee, you can choose from a concentration of technology sessions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a reception following. Preconference Registration Register for this event when you register for the TMEA convention or anytime following by returning to your member record to purchase this item. This $50 preconference fee is separate from TMEA convention registration. TI:ME onsite registration opens at 8 a.m. on the second floor

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM / CC PARK VIEW LOBBY (ACROSS FROM CC 214) TI:ME Preconference Registration Register when you register for the TMEA convention (February 5 deadline)— this is a separate $50 registration. When you arrive, go directly to the TI:ME registration booth in the convention center, across from room CC 214.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 A From Turntables to Lesson Plans: DJ Approach to Teaching Clinician: April Hart, KIPP Peace EL CPE 0-10-214A – 1.0 Hr As educators, we can easily get stuck in mundane routines. Stop thinking like a teacher and start thinking like a DJ! Learn five ways that thinking like a DJ can change your perspective in how you teach your students and manage your classroom. After this session, you will feel confident that you are the DJ who can take over the party!

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 B Virtuality in Music Education Clinician: Radio Cremata, Ithaca College CPE 0-10-214B – 1.0 Hr Cremata will explore music in virtual contexts and teaching strategies. These include text-to-speech, video gaming, synchronous and asynchronous online collaboration, multiselfing, virtual ensembles, looping, vocaloiding, autotuning, and private lessons. He will provide audio and video examples, navigate through resources, explore lesson plan strategies, and suggest integration options.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 C My Elementary Students Bring iPads with Them to Music Class! Clinician: Amy Burns, Far Hills Country Day School CPE 0-10-214C – 1.0 Hr If students are often using technology at home, how do we balance using technology in the elementary music classroom with our goal for the students to be making music? Burns will address this question and show numerous ways to integrate iPads into the elementary music classroom while supporting our music-making goal.

on the south side of the Henry B. GonzĂĄlez Convention Center. If paying onsite, you will need a separate check payable to TI:ME. They will not accept purchase orders, and payment may not be combined with your TMEA registration check. Division Codes On the technology sessions listed below, the codes of the specific TMEA Divisions targeted by the content follow the technology code:

– Band – Orchestra – Vocal

– Elementary

– College

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 D Strengthening Ensemble Listening Skills Through Technology Clinician: Charlene Dell, Univ of Oklahoma CPE 0-10-214D – 1.0 Hr Teaching students to listen critically is an important skill in orchestral development. Dell will explain how to flip your classroom so students work on their listening at home via YouTube. She will share strategies to focus students’ listening to intonation and note length and ensemble skills that encourage diagnostic skills. All school levels will be discussed.

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM / CC 214 A Creating a Live Electronic Music Group Clinician: Will Kuhn, Lebanon HS CPE 0-11-214A – 1.0 Hr What would it look like if students made all the decisions behind a performing ensemble? Learn how to use the latest technology and touring techniques to create an authentically student-led pop music group at your school. Kuhn will cover live sound reinforcement, how DJ sets work, equipment and lighting, and big-picture issues like group philosophy, recruiting, and building an audience.

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM / CC 214 B The Four Cs and Making Music with Technology Clinician: Marjorie LoPresti, East Brunswick HS CPE 0-11-214B – 1.0 Hr Music educators are uniquely positioned to foster the four Cs: critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. By using technology, we can teach music in a way that develops the four Cs and bridges the need for a personalized learning environment that teens crave. Course, unit, and project design will be integral to the discussion.

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM / CC 214 C Microphone Tips and Basics for Music Educators Clinician: Mark Lochstampfor, Capital Univ CPE 0-11-214C – 1.0 Hr Attendees will learn about the various types and quality of microphones and what they are best suited to accomplish in live performance, classroom use, preparation of teaching materials, or recording. Lochstampfor will include how to choose microphones, as well as some tips about using mics in various situations—performance, classroom, recording, and in creating course materials. Southwestern Musician | December 2019 19

WEDNESDAY 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM / CC 214 D Integrating Canvas into the Secondary Music Classroom

how free app offerings from Microsoft and Google can assist in elementary or secondary.

Clinicians: Michelle DeVall, Kealing MS; Alan DeVall, Small MS CPE 0-11-214D – 1.0 Hr As many school districts utilize Canvas, a Web-based learning management system, music educators are expected to incorporate this technology in their classroom. Attendees will learn how to design their Canvas course, create rubrics, utilize discussion boards, collect student data, and employ different assessment tools. Attendees will also learn how to use student self-reflections and peer reviews.

1:45 – 2:45 PM / CC 214 A Chromebook/Cloud Inclusion in the Music Classroom

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 A Let’s Code to Makey Makey an Instrument

1:45 – 2:45 PM / CC 214 B Organize Your Digital Resources So You Can Find Everything!

Clinician: Fred Kersten, Boston Univ CPE 0-13-214A – 1.0 Hr Kersten will offer practical strategies for incorporating Chromebook and Cloud connections into the music classroom and curriculum. He will share immediately applicable information through technology examples and illustrations.

Clinician: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Schools CPE 0-12-214A – 1.0 Hr STEM and coding are becoming ever more popular in education. Have you ever wondered how you might authentically connect them to music? Longo will provide ideas for how to use Scratch and Makey Makey to teach music concepts in your class. She will discuss creative projects and performance opportunities for elementary through high school music classes.

Clinician: Katie Wardrobe, Midnight Music CPE 0-13-214B – 1.0 Hr How do you save that inspiring YouTube video you stumbled on or the lesson plan shared on Facebook? Do you struggle for repertoire ideas when you need to plan a concert? Have you lost research ideas for an upcoming unit? Learn effective ways to organize your digital stuff using free software and apps so you can easily locate your resources exactly when you need them.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 B Self-Publishing and Arranging: Legally Sell Your Music!

1:45 – 2:45 PM / CC 214 C Breezin’ Thru Theory Hands-On: It’s Fun & Works on Any Device

Clinician: John Mlynczak, Noteflight Sponsored by: Noteflight, a Hal Leonard Company CPE 0-12-214B – 1.0 Hr Selling your music and arrangements of copyrighted works is now easy with ArrangeMe, a Hal Leonard program that provides millions of songs allowed to be arranged and sold. Mlynczak will cover self-publishing, arranging copyrighted works, and best practices for selling your music.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 C The Beginners Guide to Technology in the Music Classroom Clinicians: Barbara Freedman, Greenwich HS; Amy Burns, Far Hills Country Day School CPE 0-12-214C – 1.0 Hr Through this session, elementary and secondary music teachers will better understand how music and computing technologies work and how to get started using appropriate resources in your classroom. Gain a better understanding of the available free and paid resources appropriate for your students for desktops (PC or Mac), Chromebooks, and iPads.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 D ePortfolio Solutions for the Music Classroom Clinician: Jim Ekrut, Fort Worth ISD CPE 0-12-214D – 1.0 Hr ePortfolios open new creative pathways for students while extending their study and rehearsal time beyond the classroom. Teachers find that their live audition time is reduced and that reviewing student work is more convenient and efficient. Bring your choice of phone, tablet, Chromebook, or laptop to explore

Attend the Technology Preconference WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 WHERE: Convention Center, Room 214 COST: $50 Registration fee (separate from the TMEA Clinic/Convention fee) Hosted by TI:ME, the Technology Institute for Music Educators, this one-day preconference offers a concentration of technology clinics for music educators at every level and for every ensemble type. 20 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

Clinician: Jean McKen, Breezin’ Thru Inc. Sponsored by: Breezin’ Thru Inc. CPE 0-13-214C – 1.0 Hr Bring your own device and experience how Breezin’ Thru Theory gets students building musical mastery with the latest technology. In a simulated classroom, see what a breeze it will be to get going and how fun, fast, and effective it can be. Use it seamlessly online on any device. Curriculum is aligned for grades 4–12, with at-a-glance student tracking. Make learning to read and understand music a snap for everyone.

1:45 – 2:45 PM / CC 214 D Emerging Technologies to Advance String Instruction Clinician: Bruce Carter, New York Univ CPE 0-13-214D – 1.0 Hr 3D printing can provide teachers with new and exciting ways of teaching and engaging beginning string instruction. Carter will address the first few sequences of Rolland’s principles, utilizing a 3D-printed violin and cello trainer. Teachers will leave with instruction on how to print and manipulate their own 3D-printed instruments.

3:00 – 4:00 PM / CC 214 A Designing a Music Technology Curriculum Clinician: Amber Love, Eastman School of Music CPE 0-15-214A – 1.0 Hr Want to start a music technology program? Love will demonstrate the essentials for designing a curriculum, including utilizing free resources, writing lesson plans, creating tutorials, and relating to standards. Educators understand how to teach music, and students certainly understand technology. Together, you can design a collaborative course where students can create their own music.

3:00 – 4:00 PM / CC 214 B Creativity in Any Music Classroom Clinician: Taylor Haun, Soundtrap Sponsored by: Soundtrap For Education CPE 0-15-214B – 1.0 Hr What is music without creativity? Applying music theory with fun projects, enabling composition, and encouraging students and teachers to infuse their current curriculum with creative elements are key to this process. With hands-on learning in this session, attendees will return home prepared to use simple strategies in their classrooms.

3:00 – 4:00 PM / CC 214 C Top Finale Tips for Educators Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 0-15-214C – 1.0 Hr Creating your scores quickly gives you more time for other important projects. Cruz will focus on specific ways music educators can improve productivity on daily score-writing tasks and target specific methods for note entry, quick and efficient editing, and creating SmartMusic files and worksheets—all while unlearning old habits that can make notation a chore.

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WEDNESDAY 3:00 – 4:00 PM / CC 214 D Analog Synthesizers Too Expensive? Software Solutions!

4:15 – 5:15 PM / CC 214 D Make Choir Students Feel Special Through Canvas Auditions!

Clinician: Charles Menoche, CCSU Department Of Music CPE 0-15-214D – 1.0 Hr Teaching modular synthesis is a great STEAM-infused activity. Appreciating and understanding modular synthesis are also cornerstones to learning about historical and contemporary electronic and popular music. Drawing from research and extensive testing, Menoche will share comparisons and evaluations of various modular synthesizer software solutions and sample assignments and projects.

Clinician: Bonnie McSpadden, WoodCreek EL CPE 0-16-214D – 1.0 Hr Transform the singers in your voluntary elementary chorus by providing an opportunity for them to audition as part of an application process to be a part of your choir. Use the audition to provide encouragement and meaningful feedback. Make your singers feel like rock stars before your first rehearsal ever occurs! Use your favorite Learning Management System to pre-assess your singers!

4:15 – 5:15 PM / CC 214 A Make Music Their Way

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Clinician: Kate Hargreaves, MusicEDU CPE 0-16-214A – 1.0 Hr Students are increasingly interested in DJing, mixing their own music, creating their own playlists, and beat-matching. We’ll explore the djay Pro app on iPads and walk through the basics of beat-matching, sampling, and creating a mix. Participants will see the TrackFormers DJ program and a middle school curriculum program designed to cover the basics of DJing in the classroom environment.

Clinician: Mark Lochstampfor, Capital Univ Presider: Mike Lawson, TI:ME Executive Director

4:15 – 5:15 PM / CC 214 B MainStage Basics: Setting Up Patches and Set Lists Clinician: Ian Boynton, Redford Union Schools CPE 0-16-214B – 1.0 Hr MainStage is a powerful performance tool that allows the user to quickly set up combinations of sounds to play on their MIDI keyboard. It can be used in live performance to turn a keyboard into a full orchestra. Boynton will help beginners get started layering sounds together and setting up their first concert.

4:15 – 5:15 PM / CC 214 C Packing Your Assessment Toolbox in the Large Ensemble Clinician: Wendy Matthews, Kent State Univ CPE 0-16-214C – 1.0 Hr Effectively assessing students while balancing instructional time can seem overwhelming. While daunting, assessment can positively impact student learning. Matthews will assist teachers in packing their toolboxes with effective, meaningful, and motivating assessment tools that won’t detract from music-making and can be implemented immediately in their classrooms.

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he following schedule preview includes over 500 events! You’ll read about clinics and performances in a variety of venues. In between learning new strategies and getting inspired by amazing performances, find incredible deals in our expansive exhibit hall. Active TMEA members and out-ofstate registrants can earn continuing professional education credit during the convention.

Expand Your Experience If you look only for events that start with your Division code, you’ll be missing out! Often an event will be submitted under a different division but also applies to you. Always look beyond the first code. The online schedule will be available in January and the convention app will be available in February.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW VALERO TCDA Executive Board Meeting/Luncheon

1:00 – 9:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION TMEA Convention Registration

Presider: Thomas Rinn, Colleyville Heritage HS, TCDA President

Registration is accessible through the north lobby of the convention center. Agenda box located today only in Convention Registration. Deposit requests to the agenda box for review by the Agenda Committee and for their report at the First General Session on Thursday at 8:15 a.m.

9:00 – 11:30 AM / CC 217 A TMAA Executive Committee Meeting Presiders: Jeff Turner, Allen ISD, TMAA President; Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary

11:30 AM – 4:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW SALON ABC TMAC Roundtable Presider: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, Exec Dir of Fine Arts

Noon – 2:00 PM / CC 217 A TMAA Marching Band Judges Workshop Clinician: Steve Wessels, Cedar Park HS, TMAA Marching Band Vice-President Presider: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary $25 registration fee (cash/check) required upon arrival to attend this workshop. TMEA badge not required for entry.

1:00 – 3:00 PM / CC 217 C TMAA Orchestra Judges Workshop Clinician: Craig Needham, Berkner HS, TMAA Orchestra Vice-President Presider: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary $25 registration fee (cash/check) required upon arrival to attend this workshop. TMEA badge not required for entry.

1:00 – 4:30 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL TMEA All-State Student Registration Successful registration is contingent upon presentation of all required forms. Convention badge is provided at registration and is required to participate in all auditions, rehearsals, and performances and to enter the exhibit hall. ATSSB All-State registration is in the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

1:30 – 4:30 PM / HYATT REGENCY LOS RIOS FOYER ATSSB All-State Student Registration Presider: Kenneth Griffin, St. John Paul II Catholic School, ATSSB Executive Secretary

1:45 – 3:45 PM / CC 217 B TMAA Vocal Judges Workshop Clinician: Cheryl Wilson, TMAA Vocal Vice-President Presider: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary $25 registration fee (cash/check) required upon arrival to attend this workshop. TMEA badge not required for entry.

2:00 – 6:00 PM / DRURY PLAZA TCCBDA All-State Student Registration, Directors Meeting, and Symphonic Band Seating Auditions Presider: Todd Quinlan, Blinn College, TCCBDA President

2:15 – 4:15 PM / CC 217 A TMAA Concert Band Judges Workshop Clinician: James Drew, Fort Bend ISD, TMAA Concert Band Vice-President Presider: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary $25 registration fee (cash/check) required upon arrival to attend this workshop. TMEA badge not required for entry.

4:00 – 7:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVERVIEW NAfME – Texas Executive Board Meeting Presiders: Lorelei Batislaong, UT/Austin, NAfME–Texas State Director; Jacqueline Henninger, Texas Tech Univ, NAfME–Texas President

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WEDNESDAY

4:30 – 5:00 PM / HYATT REGENCY / REGENCY BALLROOM CENTER ATSSB All-State Student Meeting Presider: Mike Bartley, Canton HS, ATSSB Immediate Past-President

4:30 – 5:00 PM / CC 217 A All-State Orchestra String Monitors Meeting Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President

4:45 – 5:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 TMEA All-State Student Meeting Presider: Joseph Muñoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President

5:00 – 5:45 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 All-State 5A and 6A Judges, Panel Chairs, and Monitors for the 5A Symphonic Band and 6A Track Wind and Percussion Seating Auditions Meeting Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President

5:00 – 7:00 PM / HYATT REGENCY ATSSB All-State Seating Auditions Begin Presider: Mike Bartley, Canton HS, ATSSB Immediate Past-President Detailed schedule will be in the online schedule (by January), the convention app (by February), and printed convention program.

5:00 – 5:30 PM / CC 217 A All-State Orchestra String Judges Meeting

6:00 – 7:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW VALERO Kodály Educators of Texas Executive Board Winter Meeting Presider: Lauren Bain, Schurz EL, KET President

7:00 – 9:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW MILAM Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame Committee Meeting Presider: Barbara Lambrecht, Hall of Fame Committee Chair

7:00 – 7:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Open Dress Rehearsal: It Starts with Music Presider: Joseph Muñoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President CPE 0-19-LCT-T0 – 1.0 Hr Can’t be at the First General Session on Thursday morning but don’t want to miss out? Attend this open dress rehearsal of It Starts with Music, an extraordinary production featuring live performance, personal reflections, and the premiere of professionally filmed music education advocacy videos. Be captivated by the joy of music and inspired by the truth that music shapes our lives and creates endless possibilities to connect with others.

7:45 – 9:30 PM / DRURY PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM 400 TCCBDA Business Meeting Presider: Todd Quinlan, Blinn College, TCCBDA President

8:00 – 8:50 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Concert: Texas A&M University–Kingsville Jazz Band I Conductor: Paul Hageman, Texas A&M Univ/Kingsville Presider: Joseph Muñoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President CPE 0-20-SN34-S01 – 1.0 Hr

Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President

9:00 – 9:50 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Concert: USAF Band – Airmen of Note

5:15 – 7:15 PM / MARRIOTT RW SALON EF TMEA State Board of Directors Meeting

Conductors: CMSgt Kevin Burns, USAF Band–Airmen of Note; MSgt Ben Patterson, USAF Band–Airmen of Note Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 0-21-SN34-S02 – 1.0 Hr

Presider: Joseph Muñoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President

5:45 – 11:30 PM / LOCATIONS VARY 6A All-State Wind and Percussion Auditions Begin Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Detailed schedule will be in the online schedule (by January), the convention app (by February), and printed convention program.

5:45 – 11:30 PM / LOCATIONS VARY 5A All-State Wind and Percussion Auditions Begin Detailed schedule will be in the online schedule (by January), the convention app (by February), and printed convention program.

5:45 – 9:00 PM / LOCATIONS VARY All-State Orchestra String Auditions Begin Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President Detailed schedule will be in the online schedule (by January), the convention app (by February), and printed convention program.

6:00 – 8:00 PM / HYATT REGENCY FRIO ATSSB – SARC Committee Meeting Presider: Matt Knight, Abernathy HS, ATSSB President-Elect

6:00 – 9:00 PM / LOCATIONS VARY Section Rehearsals of All-State Choirs Detailed schedule will be in the online schedule (by January), the convention app (by February), and printed convention program.

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OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL: WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M. • LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Across cultures, generations, languages, and beliefs, music shapes our lives and creates endless possibilities to connect with others.

2020 TMEA CLINIC/CONVENTION Thursday, February 13

6:30 – 8:00 AM / MENGER – MINUET ROOM ATSSB State Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting Presider: Eric Gray, Gilmer HS, ATSSB President

7:00 – 8:00 AM / CC 210 Texas Orff Chapter Officers Meeting Presider: James Winslow, Post Oak Montessori School

7:30 AM – 1:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVER TERRACE Phi Beta Mu Membership Committee Meeting Presider: Evelio Villarreal, Plano East HS, Membership Committee Chair The committee will accept testimony between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Understanding Event Records Location Event Applicability

Event Time

CC = Conv. Center

(Some apply to multiple divisions)

= General Membership = Band = Orchestra = Vocal = Elementary = College = TFME members = Technology = Product Showcase = Music Showcase

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION TMEA Convention Registration Registration is accessible through the north lobby of the convention center. Register online to expedite the process of obtaining your badge. Go to www.tmea.org/registration.

8:15 – 9:45 AM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE TMEA First General Session / It Starts with Music Production Presider: Joseph MuĂąoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President After a quick meeting that will include the closing of TMEA President-Elect nominations, experience It Starts with Music, an extraordinary production featuring live performance, personal reflections, and the premiere of professionally filmed music education advocacy videos. Leave this opening session captivated by the joy of music and inspired by the truth that music shapes our lives and creates endless possibilities to connect with others.

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM / CC EXHIBIT HALL Exhibit Hall Open Go to www.tmea.org/2020exhibitors to view a list of exhibitors.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Church Hill MS Percussion Ensemble and Samba Pantera Directors: Fredy Solis, Church Hill MS; Rene Gonzalez, Church Hill MS CPE MS-1-09-BH-MS1 – 0.5 Hr The percussion ensemble will feature Why Not! by Camillo and Chopsticks by Owen. The highlight of the presentation will be a performance of traditional Brazilian Carnaval music by our Brazilian drumline, Samba Pantera.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE SuperNova Quartet CPE MS-1-09-NL-MS29 – 0.5 Hr This euphonium quartet of University of North Texas students will present an engaging program full of new works and arrangements, including Ragaworks by Daniel Soley, Londonderry Air arranged by Takahiro Iwamitsu, A Little Prayer by Evelyn Glennie/arranged by David Childs, and new works by George Theodoroulis and Takahiro Iwamitsu.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Trio di Risata

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 210 This Is the Event Title People: Clinicians, Conductors, Event Presiders, etc. Demonstration Group: Some events have demo groups Sponsored by: Some events are sponsored by exhibitors CPE 0-10-210 – 1.0 Hr All clinics, product showcases, and music showcases will include a description of what you can expect to experience by attending.

Continuing Professional Education credit eligible through this event.

10:00 – 10:50 AM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Concert: Vela MS Jazz I Conductor: Erika Uribe, Vela MS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-10-SN34-S1 – 1.0 Hr

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 220 #TMEA100: History of the Band Division as Told by Five Legends Clinicians: Richard Crain, Retired; Barbara Lambrecht, Hall of Fame Committee Chair; Alfredo Cortinas, Rio Grande City HS; Neil Grant, Tatum Music Company; Bill Woods, TMEA Past-President Moderator: Ross Grant, Irving HS Presider: Mike Bullock, UIL Region 21 CPE 1-10-220 – 1.0 Hr Crain, Lambrecht, Cortinas, Grant, and Woods will share most memorable early-days stories! All clinic attendees will receive electronic copies of Ross Grant’s dissertation on the history of TMEA.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 221 The Conductor’s Role TMEA Featured Clinician: Travis Cross, Univ of California Los Angeles Presider: Chad Dempsey, Edinburg North HS CPE 1-10-221 – 1.0 Hr Cross will explore what we hope to accomplish (and what we hope to provide our students) as conductors and teachers, the fundamental relationship between conductor, score, and ensemble, and common barriers to progress, growth, and success. Though primarily philosophical in nature, attendees will also participate in technical and expressive gestural exercises.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 225 Creative Solutions: Building a Successful Small School Band Clinicians: Jon Schriver, Valley Mills HS; Christopher Clifton, Carlisle SCH Presider: Marc Nichelson, China Spring HS CPE 1-10-225 – 1.0 Hr The clinicians will present ideas and strategies they have used to create two award-winning small school band programs. Topics will range from instrumentation solutions and developing technique in a small school to process and planning, and how to support students who participate in multiple activities.

CPE MS-1-09-WL-MS43 – 0.5 Hr This professional wind and percussion trio will perform Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Harp by Blake Howard, selections from Eight Chamber Pieces by Andrea Nacci, and a work the trio commissioned by Joseph Moore entitled Newton’s Laws for Flute, Clarinet and Percussion. Southwestern Musician | December 2019 31

THURSDAY 10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 AB What Should I Program? The Pieces You Don’t Know, But Should Clinicians: Laurie Williams, Univ of Indianapolis; Jacob Dakon, Univ of Kansas Presider: Brigido Garza, Lee HS CPE 1-10-214AB – 1.0 Hr Tired of programming the same string orchestra works for your high school year after year? Many works exist within the string repertoire that are rarely programmed. Williams and Dakon will offer pedagogical analyses for 15 of the least-known string orchestra pieces perfect for your intermediate to advanced orchestras. Attendees will leave with a list of more than 200 lightly analyzed pieces.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 CD Intonation Matters: Developing Students’ Listening Skills Clinician: David Pope, Alfred Music Presider: Stephanie Sunder, MacArthur HS Sponsored by: Alfred Music CPE 1-10-214CD – 1.0 Hr Pope will provide various strategies that string teachers can immediately incorporate into their daily rehearsals to improve students’ intonation. Participants will learn practical exercises that will develop students’ abilities to selfidentify and self-correct pitch errors. Covered strategies can be used with musicians in beginning, intermediate, or advanced orchestras.

10:00 – 10:25 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: de Zavala MS Tenor/Bass Choir Conductor: Bryan Hackett, De Zavala MS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-10-HB12-V1 – 0.5 Hr

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10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 217 Teaching Literacy to First-Year High School Choir Students Clinician: Adrian Kirtley, Timber Creek HS Presider: Nicholas Garza, Private Instructor CPE 1-10-217 – 1.0 Hr We all know the feeling we get when we review our junior varsity men’s choir roster before school starts and see names of 20 upperclassmen who have never been in choir. They’re driving to school and voting for president, but have zero literacy skills—and here comes UIL evaluation! Kirtley will offer tried and proven methods for teaching literacy to the first-year high school choir students and for preparing literate singers who are ready for UIL evaluation in one year.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC The Practically Perfect Music Classroom: Managing the Chaos Clinicians: Colleen Riddle, Aldine ISD; Shelley Harrington, Kreinhop EL Presider: Mary Ella Stevens, KodĂĄly Clinician CPE 1-10-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Positive and motivating classroom management techniques will be demonstrated using choreography, instrumental skills, rehearsal techniques, and organizational tools. Riddle and Harrington will share fun, innovative ideas for managing the elementary music classroom.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Ready, Set, Audiate: An Introduction to Music Learning Theory Clinician: Julie Kastner, Univ of Houston Presider: Julissa Chapa, Garfield EL CPE 1-10-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Music Learning Theory (MLT) was developed by Edwin E. Gordon to describe how individuals learn music in processes similar to language acquisition. Kastner will provide an interactive introduction to MLT by describing key terms such as audiation, present a sequence for learning, and model activities in singing, playing instruments, and reading notation that are accessible, beneficial, and fun.

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THURSDAY 10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC The World at Play: Songs, Musical Games & Dances from Playgrounds Around the World (Repeats)

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Free Resources for the Music Educator

TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Jamie Rives, Hawk EL CPE 1-10-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Experience singing games, songs, and dances from playgrounds around the world, building a repertoire of activities that celebrate and honor the rich heritage found in today’s classrooms, childcare centers, and community life. Acquire tools to guide students to a greater awareness of countries and cultures beyond their backyards, stirring the students’ desire to learn more about children around the world. (Repeated Saturday.)

Clinician: Barbara Freedman, Greenwich HS CPE 1-10-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Everything you could need or use as a musician or educator is available to you over the Internet absolutely free. You just need to know where to look. Freedman will explore the wide variety of free technology waiting for you and your students, including games for instruction and assessment, resources for music theory and history, print-ready music, and a variety of tools for teaching.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Orff in the Urban Classroom Clinician: Thomas Pierre, Prince George’s County Public Schools Presider: Christopher Giles, Mireles EL Sponsored by: Peripole Inc. CPE 1-10-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Every learner has creative potential. Through singing, saying, moving, playing, and creating, participants will experience ways of tapping into the creative potential of learners in the urban classroom to provide meaningful musical experiences that are multicultural and arts-integrated and that address varied learning modalities.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 302 AB #TMEA100: The Growth of Music Education Research from 1978 to 2020 Clinician: Janice Killian, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Vicki Baker, Texas Woman’s Univ, TMEA College Division Vice-President CPE 1-10-302AB – 1.0 Hr Based on research posters listed in TMEA convention programs and manuscripts published in Texas Music Education Research, 1978–2020, Killian will examine growth of the research poster session, research leadership across time, individual productivity, and topics presented then and now, with speculation on possible changes in focus over the past 42 years of research activity in Texas.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 303 From Fear to Fierce: Managing Performance Anxiety Clinician: Yvonne Redman, Univ of Illinois Presider: Mindy Bersalona, Donna HS CPE 1-10-303 – 1.0 Hr Anxiety is often inherent in musical performance. Research shows performance anxiety affects performers equally regardless of age or experience. Redman will explore biological and social factors of performance anxiety and offer strategies to alleviate symptoms and behaviors that interfere with creativity and execution in performance.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 304 A Magic Mix? Targets and Responses in Lessons and Rehearsal

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Synthesizers, Signal Flow, and Music Creation Clinician: Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Texas Christian Univ CPE 1-10-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Music technology and electroacoustic classes have signal flow and synthesis as key components of their curriculum. Anderson-Himmelspach will teach these skills in this hands-on clinic by using Korg LittleBits and a curriculum that outlines signal flow and synthesis through creating synthesizers from LittleBits modules and putting the synthesizers to use in performances of inclass compositions.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Improving Listening Skills Through Digital Recording Clinician: Shannon Bolen, Strack IS CPE 1-10-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Learn how to integrate elements of listening and awareness of sound into your curriculum using a variety of resources, creative projects, and meaningful experiences from active listening activities to Foley workshops.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 212 Soundbrenner Pulse: The Ultimate Device for Music Students Clinician: Kimberly McCord, New York Univ Sponsored by: Soundbrenner CPE 1-10-212 – 1.0 Hr The Soundbrenner Pulse is a revolutionary wearable metronome, made by musicians for musicians. McCord will provide a demo of how it works and its amazing potential applications in the classroom.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 213 How to Grow the Band Through WindStars Pre-Band Curriculum Clinician: Brittany Bauman, Nuvo Instrumental Sponsored by: Nuvo Instrumental CPE 1-10-213 – 1.0 Hr Pre-band is an opportunity to engage students in instrumental studies at a younger age with suitable instruments. Bauman will incorporate activities and teaching strategies from the WindStars pre-band curriculum, and attendees will participate in group activities on Nuvo instruments (no previous experience on woodwind or brass instruments required).

TMEA Featured Clinician: Ruth Brittin, Univ of the Pacific Presider: Blair Williams, Texas Tech Univ CPE 1-10-304 – 1.0 Hr What is the best mix of challenging instruction and best feedback? What have we learned from studying expert teachers and conductors across the country? Brittin will explore what strategies work and what processes we can use to inspire new teachers to best practices.

10:15 – 10:55 AM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: MS Full Honor Orchestra – Curtis MS Symphony Orchestra

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Job Interview Skills Practice Session 1

10:30 – 10:55 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Smithfield MS Treble Choir

Presiders: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, TMAC President; Jim Egger, McAllen ISD, TMAC Vice-President Sponsored by: TMEA/TMAC CPE 1-10-WR – 1.0 Hr Improve your interview skills by participating in or observing mock interviews with district fine arts administrators.

Conductor: Amanda Su, Curtis MS Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 1-10-LCT-T1 – 1.0 Hr

Conductor: Jennifer Crawford, Smithfield MS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-10-HB12-V2 – 0.5 Hr

11:00 – 11:25 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Canyon HS Mixed Choir Conductor: Brandon Farren, Canyon HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-11-HB12-V3 – 0.5 Hr

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVERVIEW Elementary Region Chair Meeting/Luncheon Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President 34 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

THURSDAY 11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Mariachi de la Isla

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 220 Fix Your Saxophone Section Before It’s Broken

Director: Rai Morales, Texas A&M Univ/Corpus Christi CPE MS-1-11-BH-MS2 – 0.5 Hr The TAMUCC Mariachi de la Isla brings energy to each stage as they celebrate the pageantry and musical elements of our Mexican heritage.

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE U.S. Marine Corps Trombone Quintet Sponsored by: U.S. Marine Music CPE MS-1-11-NL-MS30 – 0.5 Hr The quintet will perform a special program dedicated to famous Texas trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden. Selections will include some of Teagarden’s classic hits as well as original tributes Big Gate and The Voice from Vernon. Sharing the stage will be the Marine Band San Diego rhythm section.

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Shades of Blue Flute Quartet CPE MS-1-11-WL-MS44 – 0.5 Hr This flute quartet will perform a diverse program with flutes of all sizes. Enjoy pieces such as Eric Ewazen’s Harmony in Blue, Patxi Pascual’s Patillando featuring beatbox flute, and more recognizable arrangements such as Danny Boy and Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer.

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: Sam Houston State University Wind Ensemble Conductor: Matthew McInturf, Sam Houston State Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-11-LCT-T2 – 1.0 Hr

Clinicians: Andrew Reinhart, North Richland MS; James Barger, West Texas A&M Univ; Ben Still, Univ of North Carolina- Charlotte; Herbert Donnell, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Jordan Freeman, Nimitz MS Sponsored by: Conn-Selmer, Inc. CPE 1-11-220 – 1.0 Hr From the perspective of four saxophone educators, early issues pertaining to young saxophonists’ sound and technique will be addressed to prevent bad habits from setting in and to elevate the individual playing ability. Various equipment suggestions and exercises will be covered for all concert saxophones.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 221 Creating Students Who Are Involved, Engaged, and Improving Clinician: Frank Chapple, Keller HS Presider: Robert Green, Cypress Falls HS CPE 1-11-221 – 1.0 Hr The involvement, engagement, and improvement of its students is the foundation of any successful band program. Developing and creating a positive and safe environment that will allow students to take the risks necessary to excel can be achieved anywhere. Once built, this strong foundation will create a program that the students, directors, and community can be proud of for years to come.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 225 Putting Beginners on Correct Wind Instruments Clinician: Chad Collins, Elkins HS Presider: Joe Pruitt, Dulles HS CPE 1-11-225 – 1.0 Hr Choosing the appropriate instrument for the beginner wind student is crucial for future success. Factors such as height, body size, teeth, lip size, and oral cavity shape must be taken into greater account than the ability to buzz on a mouthpiece or make a sound on an instrument. Collins will examine what physical characteristics work best for each wind instrument.

Jazz Director Symposium Texas Jazz Educators Association

Sessions Transcribing / Rehearsal Strategies / Basic Improvisation / Classroom Resources Jazz Curriculum / Jazz Repertoire / Rhythm Section / Vocal Jazz Techniques

Featured Clinician Bob Lark - Mr. Lark is recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally as a contemporary jazz educator and performer of integrity.

Credits Up to 7.5 CPE Credit Hours available through this symposium.

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THURSDAY

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 It Takes a Village: The Importance of a Mentor/Consultant

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Making Tracks: Energize Recorder with Improvisation

Clinicians: Jason Finnels, Ronald Thornton MS; Cynthia Bulloch, Retired; Ethan Gula, Ronald Thornton MS Presider: Anthony Rivera, Richland MS CPE 1-11-SN12 – 1.0 Hr The utilization of a mentor/consultant can make a world of difference in a band program. The panel will discuss the benefits of having a mentor/consultant, especially for less experienced teachers, and will provide ideas to help ensure empowerment and longevity in the teaching profession. Topics will include lesson planning/daily instruction, classroom management, and communication.

Clinician: David Thaxton, Washoe County School District Presider: Tracy Brinkley, Morton EL Sponsored by: Sweet Pipes CPE 1-11-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr To the clang of hammers, blasts of steam, roar of engines, and forlorn cries of whistles, participants will experience an engaging sequence for teaching soprano recorder. With folk-song–based materials in la-pentatonic, student choice and improvisation skills are scaffolded from day one. Captivate even the most difficult-to-reach students and turn them into skilled musicians on the recorder.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Developing a Culture of Excellence

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Hot Marimba! African-Style Marimba Music in Your Classroom

Clinician: Tim Lautzenheiser, Butler Univ, Vice-President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. Presider: Reagan Brumley, Highland Park HS Sponsored by: Conn-Selmer, Inc. CPE 1-11-SN34 – 1.0 Hr Lautzenheiser will focus on the importance of making excellence the byword for everything that happens in your rehearsal halls and classrooms and in every aspect of your professional journey. Quality begets quality; success begets success.

Clinician: Walt Hampton, White Bluffs EL/TCSBA Presider: Sabrina Silva, Exley EL Demonstration Group: ’Bahuru Marimba Band Sponsored by: West Music CPE 1-11-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Learn about playing and teaching African-style marimba music from Hampton, author of the Hot Marimba! series of books for Orff instruments and marimbas. Demonstrating key concepts will be ’Bahuru, Hampton’s premier marimba band.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 214 AB A Hundred Extra Ears: Strategies for Facilitating Chamber Music Sensibilities in Large Ensembles

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet! Games and Body Percussion for Upper Elementary (Repeats)

TMEA Featured Clinician: Frank Diaz, Univ of Indiana Presider: Melissa Livings, Pearce HS CPE 1-11-214AB – 1.0 Hr Diaz will explore the use of chamber music strategies to enhance engagement and musicianship within large orchestral ensembles. Centering on skills such as deep listening, experimentation, and shared decision-making, you will learn how to empower students to become more effective and mature collaborators in the music-making process.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 214 CD Mariachi Repertoire and Score Building for Evaluation Purposes Clinician: Noe Sanchez, Vela HS Presider: Mirelle Acuna, Edinburg HS CPE 1-11-214CD – 1.0 Hr Sanchez will provide valuable information on choosing appropriate repertoire and creating scores for evaluation purposes. He will offer pointers on using Finale software when creating your scores.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 217 Words, Glorious Words! TMEA Featured Clinician: Emily Ellsworth, Freelance Conductor/Clinician Presider: Mary Anne Clark, Schrade MS CPE 1-11-217 – 1.0 Hr As conductors who are passionate about poetry and great literature, we should help our students fall in love with beautiful language. Ellsworth will provide practical and energizing rehearsal techniques for connecting students’ (and perhaps your own) hearts and minds with poetic language. Text is often an equal partner to music, and Ellsworth will offer ideas for nurturing language in our rehearsals and performances.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Sing It in Your Head: From Listening to Inner Hearing Clinician: Susan Brumfield, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Katherine Johns, South EL Sponsored by: Hal Leonard Music CPE 1-11-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Inner hearing is the ability to hear sounds when they’re not actually present. In a KodĂĄly-inspired approach, development of this skill begins early, through listening and singing. Inner hearing provides a solid foundation for music literacy and other musical skill areas. Explore ways to build and strengthen the ear through small, incremental steps and fun activities.

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TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Beverly Zearley, Paramount Terrace EL CPE 1-11-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr In this joyful session, explore the creative possibilities of Orff Schulwerk process teaching without xylophones, using singing games and body percussion pieces as springboards for student creativity. The songs and rhythms in this session will be appropriate for grades 3–5. Each lesson will model imitation, exploration, and creation as we focus on the importance of students as active music learners. (Repeated Saturday.)

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 302 AB The edTPA: Strategies for Survival and Success Clinicians: Martina Miranda, Univ Colorado Boulder; Leila Heil, Univ of Colorado Boulder Presider: John Wayman, UT/Arlington CPE 1-11-302AB – 1.0 Hr The edTPA can present challenges and opportunities for teacher candidates and faculty. Based on seven years of experience, Miranda and Heil will demystify the requirements and process for completion, discuss common challenges, and share strategies for reaching a successful outcome.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 303 Teachers’ Perceptions & Practices of Music Assessment Clinician: Keith Dye, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Blair Williams, Texas Tech Univ CPE 1-11-303 – 1.0 Hr Documentation of student learning growth is becoming increasingly more important to school administrators and decision-makers. If music is going to maintain its status as an academic subject, accurate, authentic, and effective assessment plays a key role. Research results provide a background to inform decisions and practices for all music educators.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 304 Gender and Instrumental Music Education: Breaking Down Barriers to the Podium TMEA Featured Clinician: Deborah Confredo, Temple Univ Presider: Carter Biggers, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 1-11-304 – 1.0 Hr A powerful international conductor made a stunning declaration that female conductors risk distracting musicians and that the demands of families means that they are unable to dedicate themselves to a demanding role. Music is not gendered, yet, over time, diversity has made a sluggish march to the podium and instrumental classroom. While the culture is slowly changing, we need to continue to review this issue so all are empowered to meet the needs of the next generations of young musicians. Confredo will focus on current status, barriers, and methods to foster progress.

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THURSDAY 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 210 TMAA Committee on Standards of Adjudication and Performance Practices

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Abilene Christian University Steelband

Clinician: Jeff Turner, Allen ISD, TMAA President-Elect Presider: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, TMAA Executive Secretary

Director: Allen Teel, Abilene Christian Univ CPE MS-1-12-BH-MS3 – 0.5 Hr The steelband will perform a wide range of repertoire that includes both established and newer works in a wide range of musical styles.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION How to Recruit, Retain, and Motivate Title I Students Clinician: Eric Jimenez, Univ of Houston Presider: Dinah Menger, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: TMEA CPE 1-11-WR – 1.0 Hr Serving a Title I school music program offers challenges that can seem daunting for a music educator of any experience level. Jimenez will provide practical strategies to foster a positive environment for learning and music-making while increasing student achievement.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB What’s New in Music Technology Clinician: Julie Romeo, Romeo Music CPE 1-11-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Educational music technology expert Romeo will provide a wide variety of the latest in music technology that will aid, inspire, and motivate your music students’ knowledge and performance success. See smartphone/tablet condenser microphones, podcast kits, the latest in portable and installed sound systems with digital mixers and wireless microphones, and a variety of music tech labs.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Video Creation Activities for the Elementary Classroom Clinician: Ian Boynton, Redford Union Schools CPE 1-11-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Boynton will share video activities that can be used in the music classroom. He will highlight step-by-step processes to enable the attendee to begin creating music videos in their classes Monday morning.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Take Command of Your Ensemble Library Clinician: Joe Pendleton, Singley Academy CPE 1-11-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Most music libraries are a mess, and most directors have no time to fix them. Pendleton will present an overlooked campus relationship to help organize, manage, and prepare your music inventory and assets for rapid deployment. Don’t close the door on a pile of sheet music on the floor for one more day!

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 212 Just Add Kids Clinicians: Andy Beck, Alfred Music; Krista Hart, Alfred Music Sponsored by: Alfred Music CPE 1-11-212 – 1.0 Hr It’s amazing what kids can do when given the right materials! Join clinicians Beck and Hart to experience the newest two-part chorals, songbooks, movement ideas, musicals, and other classroom resources—perfect for your energetic young singers!

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 213 Music You Can Read: Music Literacy for Grades K–5 Clinician: Jess Buice, Music Notes, Inc. Sponsored by: Music Notes, Inc. CPE 1-11-213 – 1.0 Hr Music literacy has become an important part of the TEKS and the National Standards for Elementary Music. Buice will present proven best practices for mastering the foundations of music literacy—vocal and instrumental. Bringing private lesson objectives into a classroom setting, Music You Can Read fosters team-building as well as individual accomplishment in voice, keyboard, and recorder.

12:30 – 2:30 PM / CC EXHIBIT HALL Elementary Division – Visit the Exhibit Hall

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12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Sonora Dolce Saxophone Quartet CPE MS-1-12-NL-MS31 – 0.5 Hr Sonora Dolce has a varying repertoire of classical, movie favorites, jazz, and rock. Time permitting, they will perform Chicago, Fly Me To The Moon, I Feel Pretty, Night in Ole San Antone, Mancini Digs the Mambo, and Bohemian Rhapsody.

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Tyler Junior College Trombone Choir Director: Heather Mensch, Tyler Junior College CPE MS-1-12-EX-MS17 – 0.5 Hr The choir will present a wide variety of jazz, classical, and modern compositions to highlight the tonal timbres and diversity unique to trombone ensembles. They will premiere new works and arrangements, widening the available literature for the trombone ensemble, and will feature special guests.

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE U.S. Navy Band Southeast Woodwind Trio CPE MS-1-12-WL-MS45 – 0.5 Hr The Navy Band Southeast Woodwind Trio performs chamber concerts for the general public, school clinics, and music for military ceremonies.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 210 Texas Jazz Educators Association Meeting Presider: Warren Sneed, Kinder HSPVA, TJEA President

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 221 Creating and Sustaining Success Clinician: Rob Chilton, Killian MS Presider: Michael Dick, Irons JH CPE 1-13-221 – 1.0 Hr Chilton will discuss various topics related to creating and sustaining a successful program. He will explore a wide range of details about organization, routine, and program management that have supported the continued success of the Killian MS Band program, and he will share his reflections on work routines and purpose in this deeply personal and motivational clinic.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 225 Helpful Horn Hacks Clinicians: Karen Houghton, Houghton Horns; Janet Nye, Houghton Horns Presider: Dick Clardy, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: Houghton Horns CPE 1-13-225 – 1.0 Hr Houghton and Nye have over 70 years of combined private lesson teaching experience, as well as being educational consultants with Houghton Horns. They will offer solutions to everyday problems in teaching or repairing the horn that will save band directors time and money.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 Tuning with Technology Clinicians: John Denis, Texas State Univ; Jordan Stern, Texas State Univ Presider: Samuel Escalante, UT/San Antonio Demonstration Group: Brennan HS Wind Ensemble, Thomas Kober, Director CPE 1-13-SN12 – 1.0 Hr Directors often ask students to listen to their intonation, but do students actually understand what it means to play in tune? Without a reference point, identifying out-of-tune notes may pose a significant challenge for young players. Stern and Denis will discuss strategies for using technology, such as Harmony Director and Tonal Energy, to teach students to identify and correct intonation.

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1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 The Interactive Rehearsal: Empowering Students to Think, Listen, and Move TMEA Featured Clinician: Travis Cross, Univ of California Los Angeles Presider: Chad Dempsey, Edinburg North HS Demonstration Group: MacArthur HS Wind Ensemble, Evan Berry, Director CPE 1-13-SN34 – 1.0 Hr How do we get beyond simply telling our students when and how to play and instead engage their ears, minds, and bodies? Using videos, audience participation, and ensemble demonstration, Cross will present several simple strategies for teaching creative and collaborative ensemble skills that help students play with greater understanding, flexibility, and expression.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Minimize Stress, Maximize Success: Macro to Micro Planning Clinician: Reid Atkinson, Vista Ridge HS Presider: Bryan Christian, Vista Ridge HS CPE 1-13-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Through a macro to micro approach to planning and pacing, Atkinson will provide a model that will allow you to minimize stress and maximize success in the many roles and responsibilities of band director. Gain valuable time to focus on what is most important in your rehearsals—the students!

1:00 – 3:00 PM / CC 305 PML Band Music Selection Committee Meeting Presider: Gabriel Musella, UIL Music Assistant

1:00 – 1:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: Clear Lake HS Chamber Orchestra Conductors: Bryan Buffaloe, Clear Lake HS; Kevin Black, Clear Lake HS Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 1-13-LCT-T3 – 1.0 Hr

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 214 AB Set Up for Success: Making Beautiful Sounds from Day One Clinician: Louanne Greer, Young JH Presider: Jennifer Martin, Boles JH CPE 1-13-214AB – 1.0 Hr Greer will explore techniques and strategies to set up great tone production and posture at the beginner level to lead students through their intermediate years. Success begins on Day One! Students can make beautiful sounds the first year and Greer will show you how.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 220 #TMEA100: History of the Elementary Division Clinician: John Gillian, Buice EL Presider: Casey Medlin, Brazos Bend EL CPE 1-13-220 – 1.0 Hr Hear stories, see images, remember the books, materials, methods, and equipment used, and meet some of the Elementary Division leaders from the past 70 years. It’s true—the TMEA Elementary Division members have always been among the most enthusiastic and energetic people attending our conventions!

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Texas Orff Chapters Meeting Presider: James Winslow, Post Oak Montessori School Demonstration Group: Central EL Treble Makers Orff Ensemble, Kaitlin Troutman, Director Featuring a performance by the Central EL Treble Makers Orff Ensemble, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 302 AB Engaging World Music as a Journey—Here’s Where to Start Clinician: Michael Crawford, Univ of North Texas Presider: Phillip Elder, Denton HS CPE 1-13-302AB – 1.0 Hr Are you lacking the personal knowledge and resources to teach world music? Are you overwhelmed with where to start? Crawford will define and discuss strategies to begin the journey of engaging world music. In this interactive hour, he will uncover common pathways of how music is taught in other traditions and shift the teacher’s focus to the learning process itself.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 303 Assessment in Music for Students with Disabilities Clinician: Laura Meehan, Caminiti ESE Presider: Christiane Gilbert, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 1-13-303 – 1.0 Hr Assessment data is becoming more emphasized by administration and districts. Students with disabilities often pose a challenge to educators when it comes to music assessment. Meehan will offer practical ways to assess music students with disabilities and will present teaching strategies for special learners. Leave the session more confident teaching and assessing this population.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 304 Exploring a World of Research in Music Education

Clinician: Catherine Olivier, Hutchinson MS Presider: Emilee Hall-Rocha, Central HS CPE 1-13-214CD – 1.0 Hr Program growth, retention, and success can depend heavily on student ownership in their program. Olivier will discuss activities, performance ideas, rehearsal techniques, and motivational strategies that can immediately be incorporated into programs to begin (or continue) building student ownership and pride!

TMEA Featured Clinician: Ruth Brittin, Univ of the Pacific Presider: Danielle Woolery, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 1-13-304 – 1.0 Hr Brittin will explore issues of reading, conducting, and disseminating research with an international perspective. How do researchers in different countries and cultures focus on music education? Are research priorities and approaches similar to or different from those in the U.S.? What are some of the logistical considerations when collaborating or corresponding with scholars from other places or with divergent perspectives? Brittin will offer examples of productive and inspiring research available through international music education organizations.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 217 More with Less: Successful Teaching in Low-Income Areas

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Job Interview Skills Practice Session 2

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 214 CD Building Student Ownership in the Orchestra Classroom

Clinician: Joe Alvear, Pace HS Presider: Charles Williams, George Ranch HS CPE 1-13-217 – 1.0 Hr Teaching in low-income areas can be very challenging and also extremely rewarding. Alvear will discuss considerations and strategies for teachers with any amount of experience that can be implemented at the personal, classroom, and district levels to increase student and teacher success.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Creating Preparatory Sheets to Maximize Sequential Teaching Clinicians: Carolyn Cruse, Texas Tech Univ; Denise Eaton, Brilee Music Presider: Jeffery Rice, Midway HS CPE 1-13-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Preparatory sheets are an essential tool in teaching musical elements within a choral score. Eaton and Cruse will provide specific guidelines for creating fundamentals sheets that include elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, tonality, dynamics, text, and other organic musical items from the score. Explore ways to mark students’ scores, thereby increasing rehearsal efficiency. 40 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

Presiders: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, TMAC President; Jim Egger, McAllen ISD, TMAC Vice-President Sponsored by: TMEA/TMAC CPE 1-13-WR – 1.0 Hr Improve your interview skills by participating in or observing mock interviews with district fine arts administrators.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Preparing Music Educators for Modern Urban Schools Clinician: Alan Guckian, Ojeda MS Presider: Shane Goforth, North Shore Senior HS CPE 1-13-TXABC – 1.0 Hr What do new (and seasoned) music educators need to know to effectively teach today’s students? Guckian will provide tips on how to survive the first few years of teaching in an urban setting and how to give students at traditionally neglected schools the support necessary to maximize their music experience.

THURSDAY 1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Music Technology for 21st-Century Learning

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC C Film Scoring and Sound Design with Your Students

Clinician: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Schools CPE 1-13-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Our students live in a connected world. Everywhere you look, people are constantly on their phones, using earbuds or headphones—and this includes our students. Longo will showcase numerous technologies available to teachers and how to successfully integrate them into your popular music-centered classroom.

Clinician: Robert W. Smith, Troy Univ CPE 1-13-GHREPC – 1.0 Hr Learn how digital sound design, the Foley technique, film scoring, and your music program come together while addressing music education standards.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD HornFX: Taking Wind Instruments into the Future Clinicians: Aaron Janik, HornFX; Douglas Levin, HornFX CPE 1-13-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr HornFX is the only online database and community for wind instrumentalists, vocalists, string instruments, and more to learn how to use electronics in their live and recorded performance. Join us to explore different pedal effects and how they translate from the guitar world to ours!

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B A Rhythm a Day Teaches Students to Play Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 1-13-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr The right note at the wrong time is still a wrong note, so students need to spend time every day working on rhythm! Cruz will discuss how you can build a comprehensive plan for teaching rhythm every day, including how to track student progress, introduce new rhythmic concepts, and incorporate rhythmic practice in class and at home.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 212 The Resurgence of the Music of Claude T. Smith Clinician: Pamela Smith Kelly, Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc. Sponsored by: Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc. CPE 1-13-212 – 1.0 Hr Claude T. Smith revolutionized concert band music in the 20th century. To support success in rehearsals and performance, Kelly will explore Smith’s life and compositional techniques, including challenging rhythms, ranges, meters, techniques, variation to theme, fugues, and creative scoring. Attendees will analyze three band scores during the session.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 213 Music You Can Read: Moving from Rote to Music Literacy Clinician: Jess Buice, Music Notes, Inc. Sponsored by: Music Notes, Inc. CPE 1-13-213 – 1.0 Hr Music literacy has become an important part of the TEKS and the National Standards for Elementary Music. Buice will present proven best practices for mastering the foundations of music literacy—vocal and instrumental. Bringing private lesson objectives into a classroom setting, Music You Can Read fosters team-building as well as individual accomplishment in voice, keyboard, and recorder.

1:30 – 3:30 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVER TERRACE Phi Beta Mu Board Meeting Presider: Steven Moore, Lindale HS, Phi Beta Mu Alpha Chapter President

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THURSDAY 2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Lopez Early College HS Barbershop Chorus

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 225 Flute Foundations

Director: Jason Whitney, Lopez EC HS CPE MS-1-14-BH-MS4 – 0.5 Hr The chorus will present an exciting program of barbershop music and current pop music performed in the barbershop style. Sit back and enjoy as we bust-achord to some of your favorite tunes.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE U.S. Navy Brass Band

Clinicians: Kimberly Clark, Floot Fire Inc.; Claire Johnson, Floot Fire, Founder Presider: Thomas Harrington, Cypress Woods HS Sponsored by: Floot Fire Inc. CPE 1-14-225 – 1.0 Hr Getting your flutes started properly is ideal, but what if they arrive with bad habits already formed? In this fun and lively session, Johnson and Clark will discuss ways to start your beginners off right, improve tone in more experienced students to create a more balanced sounding flute section, and undo years of bad habits.

CPE MS-1-14-NL-MS32 – 0.5 Hr The U.S. Navy Music Program deploys New Orleans–style brass bands worldwide. This unit is made up of Navy musicians from several of our bands from around the world.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Lamar University Brass Choir Director: Timothy Dueppen, Lamar Univ CPE MS-1-14-EX-MS18 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will perform large brass ensemble music from the Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Jazz eras. They are the university’s premier brass ensemble, with all members selected by audition.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE UTRGV Flautistas Flute Ensemble Director: Krista Jobson, UT/Rio Grande Valley CPE MS-1-14-WL-MS46 – 0.5 Hr This ensemble from UT/Rio Grande Valley will present an exciting program of repertoire including works by flutist/composers Ian Clarke and Jose Valentino.

2:15 – 2:40 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Aldine Orff Ensemble Conductor: Nickole Burr, Thompson EL Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 1-14-HB12-E1 – 0.5 Hr

2:30 – 3:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Concert: Marcus HS Percussion Ensemble Conductor: Kennan Wylie, Marcus HS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-14-SN34-P1 – 1.0 Hr

2:30 – 3:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: West Texas A&M University Symphonic Band Conductor: Donald Lefevre, West Texas A&M Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-14-LCT-T4 – 1.0 Hr

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2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 221 From Stonemason to Sculptor: Blend, Shape, and Direction Clinician: Gerard Miller, Coppell HS Presider: Adrian Caswell, Coppell HS CPE 1-14-221 – 1.0 Hr Our students are asked to perform artistically, with the appropriate musical style, and to be sensitive to musical phrasing, shaping, and direction. How do we accomplish this in our daily rehearsals? Miller will discuss observable and measurable techniques for bringing discussions of note-shape and phrase direction into your everyday rehearsal.

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THURSDAY

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 Band—This Is Us Clinicians: John Benzer, Univ of Houston; Dana Pradervand, Univ of Houston; David Bertman, Univ of Houston Presider: Joel Wren, Klein ISD CPE 1-14-SN12 – 1.0 Hr Benzer leads panelists Pradervand and Bertman in a roundtable discussion with audience participation. Attendees will be invited to ask specific questions related to topics discussed by the panelists, including rehearsal techniques, ensemble concepts, beginner pedagogy, student accountability, band culture, and current trends.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Starting a Jazz Band with No Jazz Teaching Experience Clinician: David Dunham, Retired Presider: Matthew Hedrick, Fowler MS CPE 1-14-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Teachers who don’t play jazz instruments might be hesitant to start a jazz band. Dunham will demystify the process of starting and teaching school jazz band. He will discuss how to structure, recruit, and rehearse as well as how to teach style and articulations and start improvisation, regardless of a director’s jazz experience. The session is geared toward starting a jazz band in middle or high school.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices CPE 1-14-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 ATSSB Symphonic Band (Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas): Hyatt Regency Ballroom East ATSSB Concert Band (David Wilborn, Texas A&M University): Hyatt Regency Ballroom West ATSSB Jazz Ensemble (Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington): Hyatt Regency Rio Grande Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Mixed Choir (Jerry Blackstone, Conductor Emeritus, Univ of Michigan): CC 301 Treble Choir (Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ): CC 206 Tenor-Bass Choir (Cameron F. LaBarr, Missouri State Univ): CC 205 Small School Mixed Choir (Kenneth Fulton, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State Univ): CC 207

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 214 AB Music Beyond the Canon: Inclusive and Creative Programming for Orchestras and String Ensembles TMEA Featured Clinician: Frank Diaz, Univ of Indiana Presider: Kimberly Gonzales, MacKenzie MS CPE 1-14-214AB – 1.0 Hr Our country, like our music, is rich in cultural and creative diversity. Despite this, our programming decisions often focus on a narrow range of composers, styles, and time periods. Explore resources and strategies for expanding beyond the traditional canon, promoting inclusivity as well as increased opportunities for creativity, representation, and musical expression among students.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 214 CD Devising Good Cello Fingerings Clinician: Benjamin Whitcomb, Univ Wisconsin-Whitewater Presider: Jessica Nunez, Aragon MS CPE 1-14-214CD – 1.0 Hr Good fingerings are very important for good cello playing. Whitcomb will present his thorough and principled approach for devising good fingerings quickly for any type of music.

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2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 217 Kicking It Up a Notch: Attaining Greater Artistry in Our Music-Making TMEA Featured Clinician: Emily Ellsworth, Freelance Conductor/Clinician Presider: Mary Anne Clark, Schrade MS Demonstration Group: Georgetown HS A Capella, Joey Lowrance, Director CPE 1-14-217 – 1.0 Hr We’ve all experienced technically perfect performances that didn’t move us and highly moving performances that weren’t technically perfect. Emotional investment from everyone in the room saves time, strengthens bonds, and elevates our work to something larger and more universal. Ellsworth will work to open the pipeline from our minds to our hearts in working with a high school choir on contrasting pieces from their current repertoire.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Vowel Boot Camp: Basic Training for the Tenor-Bass Choir Clinician: Dan Miner, Atascocita HS Presider: Chrissye Jenkins, Bowie MS CPE 1-14-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Pedagogy hasn’t changed, but how we present it can make all the difference. Miner will share his practical, fun, and relatable strategies on improving the tone and musicality of your beginning tenor-bass singers. Featuring a unit to use this year as well as other teaching tips and practices to implement, Miner will inspire you and your young singers to perform more than just notes and words!

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF The Adolescent Female Changing Voice Clinician: Bridget Sweet, Univ of Illinois Presider: Gabriella Guest, McLean MS CPE 1-14-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Greater efforts are needed in choral music education to understand and empower adolescent female singers and validate their voice change experiences at a pivotal point in their lives. We need to reinforce that young women, too, can persevere through this challenging developmental process and we need to better understand the importance of the choral teacher’s role in navigating this experience for female choristers.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 302 AB Flow: The Secret Behind the Optimal Musical Experience Clinician: Daniel Cook, Univ of North Texas Presider: Jennifer Youngs, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 1-14-302AB – 1.0 Hr Have you ever experienced that feeling of being in the zone? Cook will explore the innovative field of positive psychology (flow) within the context of the music classroom. Through the lens of cutting-edge research, Cook will discuss practical strategies to bolster creativity and engagement and consistently empower your ensemble toward a higher-achieving, more expressive mindset.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 303 Approaches to Mental Health Issues in the Music Classroom Clinician: Lane Harder, Southern Methodist Univ Presider: Sarah Allen, Southern Methodist Univ CPE 1-14-303 – 1.0 Hr Mental health issues among music students are reaching epidemic proportions in many schools, particularly in colleges and universities. Harder will identify what these issues are and how they can manifest in a student’s behavior in a university classroom. He will further discuss actionable strategies that college teachers can use to help students curate options for treatment.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 304 Spurring Progress and Honoring Tradition: Peering into the Future of Music Education TMEA Featured Clinician: Deborah Confredo, Temple Univ Presider: Carter Biggers, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 1-14-304 – 1.0 Hr In the 100 years after the establishment of TMEA and in these first 20 years of the 21st century, development in music education has sometimes been evolutionary and sometimes revolutionary. Embracing change for the good stretches us; commitment to what works strengthens us. Making decisions about change and preservation in music teaching is best done by honest and frequent appraisal of our practices. Confredo will discuss 2020 and beyond and applications to all music educators.

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THURSDAY 2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Being Human Together: Diving into the Diversity Melting Pot Clinician: Coty Morris, MSU Community Music School Presider: Dinah Menger, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: TMEA CPE 1-14-WR – 1.0 Hr In an ever-changing world, it is imperative for educators to be equipped with the tools for cultural competence. Morris will untangle the web of vocabulary and concepts we encounter in a woke culture. Get help overcoming obstacles in and out of the classroom involving cultural references, repertoire, and student rapport.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Work-Life Balance: Strategies for Constructing a Healthy Life Clinicians: Blair Williams, Texas Tech Univ; Lindsay Fulcher, Univ of Northern Colorado; Rachel Dirks, Kansas State Univ; Elizabeth Dinwiddie, Ashley Hall Presider: Laura Flanagan, Coronado HS CPE 1-14-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Music careers do not fit the traditional work model. To achieve balance, we need to become creative designers of a lifestyle that includes time for work, family, friends, faith, other interests, and rest. The presenters will share their struggles and creative strategies to navigate a complex career. Participants will leave with practical considerations to help make balanced and healthy decisions!

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB My Students Bring Chromebooks to Elementary Music Class! Clinician: Amy Burns, Far Hills Country Day School CPE 1-14-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Technology is becoming more prominent in music education and teachers are being evaluated on their use of technology in the lessons. How do we balance this when our goal is for students to be making music? Burns will show examples from her elementary music classes with 1:1 Chromebooks.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Retaining the Tech-Savvy Generation Clinician: John Mlynczak, Noteflight CPE 1-14-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Today’s students are highly engaged with technology at home and in school. How do we utilize technology to recruit and retain music students in our programs? Mlynczak will discuss current trends in student technology, demonstrate how to seamlessly integrate music technology lessons into a music class at any level, and provide a range of solutions for increasing retention.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Mobilizing Music Education Clinician: Radio Cremata, Ithaca College CPE 1-14-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Cremata will explore mobile learning in music education. E-mediated music learning, participatory culture, and collective intelligences create rhizomatic learning spaces. He will share a model for mobile, asequential, rhizomatic e-learning in music, framed around the intersections of informal learning, digital spaces/places, and e-collaboration. Curricular integration will be addressed.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 212 Picc Perfect: Effective Teaching Techniques for Piccolo Clinician: Tracy Harris, College of the Sequoias/JW Pepper/Wingert-Jones Sponsored by: JW Pepper/Wingert-Jones Publications CPE 1-14-212 – 1.0 Hr This invaluable session for any music educator/director who teaches the challenging instrument of piccolo will be presented by Harris, a Yamaha international performing artist on flute and piccolo. She will focus primarily on piccolo performance, teaching techniques that are easy to implement by the student, and will offer demonstration of the concepts discussed.

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THURSDAY 2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 213 Back to Bach: New Methods for Approaching Musicianship

4:00 – 4:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: Baylor University Wind Ensemble

Clinician: Peter Folliard, Augustana Univ Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 1-14-213 – 1.0 Hr Folliard will offer over a dozen ways to improve the musicianship of instrumental ensembles through using select four-part chorales of J.S. Bach. Folliard’s approach to these chorales allows instrumentalists the unique and valuable opportunity to see the full score. As a result, players can more intuitively develop greater ensemble awareness and sensitivity.

Conductor: Eric Wilson, Baylor Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-16-LCT-T5 – 1.0 Hr

2:45 – 3:10 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Walnut Glen Academy Honor Choir Conductor: Veronica Orozco, Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 1-14-HB12-E2 – 0.5 Hr

3:15 – 3:40 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Mary Orr IS Concert Choir Conductor: Christi Powell, Orr IS Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 1-15-HB12-E3 – 0.5 Hr

3:30 – 5:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT LOBBY College Division Research Poster Session Presider: Amy Simmons, UT/Austin CPE 1-15-SNL – 1.5 Hrs Selected authors present their research at this informal session where attendees can learn about the research and discuss applications to music teaching. Presenters will be listed in the online convention schedule and in the printed convention program.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Frog Synthony Director: Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Texas Christian Univ CPE MS-1-15-BH-MS5 – 0.5 Hr This laptop ensemble will present an exciting performance of In C by Terry Riley with midi controllers, computers, and electronic percussion; Rain by Rob Scallon; and Due Time by Ethan Height and Meghan Scott, along with other new and exciting works composed for our group.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE The Coal Hill Quartet CPE MS-1-15-NL-MS33 – 0.5 Hr This professional quartet will perform “And Now for Something Completely Different,� a program featuring British music from across music history. Beginning with the Renaissance and progressing to the modern era—with a nod to Monty Python and Doctor Who—this program features something for everyone.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Islander Trombone Choir Director: Rai Morales, Texas A&M Univ/Corpus Christi CPE MS-1-15-EX-MS19 – 0.5 Hr The trombone choir will present an eclectic program consisting of music from a range of musical genres.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas Tech Double Reed Ensemble Directors: Richard Meek, Texas Tech Univ; Amy Anderson, Texas Tech Univ CPE MS-1-15-WL-MS47 – 0.5 Hr Often called the “Oboe Band,â€? this ensemble consists of two oboes, English horn, two bassoons, and contrabassoon. They will present a program of music from the 16th through 20th centuries based on repertoire from the New York Kammermusiker.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 221 Help Students Switch to Bassoon or Oboe from Other Instruments Clinician: Jennifer Auerbach, Private Instructor Presider: Bill Harden, Hardin-Simmons Univ CPE 1-16-221 – 1.0 Hr Starting students on the bassoon or oboe is not always the best option for all band programs. Switching instruments can be helpful for programs where the beginner class is still in the elementary school, for heterogenous beginner classes, and in low-socioeconomic areas. Auerbach will discuss pros and cons of switching students from other instruments to the bassoon or the oboe and share tips for switching from each of the band instruments.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 225 Strategies to Develop Effective Student Practicing Clinician: Kristina Weimer, UT/Rio Grande Valley Presider: Elias Elizalde, Johnson HS CPE 1-16-225 – 1.0 Hr Weimer will provide teachers practical ways to offer effective practice instruction, sharing various strategies and resources that can easily be demonstrated in a large-ensemble setting and implemented by students at home. She will discuss the teacher’s role as facilitator and highlight how strategies can be individualized, allowing for the creativity that makes practice meaningful and motivating.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 Planning, Pacing, Persistence: A Non-Varsity Director’s Life Clinicians: Adrienne Schuster, Burnett JH; Lynne Jackson, Southern Methodist Univ Presider: Ross Patterson, Burnett JH CPE 1-16-SN12 – 1.0 Hr Classroom management at the non-varsity level can be challenging, especially for a less experienced teacher. Jackson and Schuster will discuss student behavioral expectations implemented at the start of the year and continued throughout the school year to help create a positive learning environment. They will show video clips of rehearsal segments to illustrate the expectations they discuss.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Urban Schools: Four Keys to Program Success in InnerCity Schools Clinician: George Tullos, Longfellow MS Presider: Charlie Munsell, Retired Demonstration Group: Longfellow MS Band CPE 1-16-SN34 – 1.0 Hr Many directors face difficult challenges in inner-city schools. Tullos will address four keys to program success in any environment. By understanding affective (motivational strategies) and effective rehearsal techniques, directors can overcome any obstacles and help students succeed.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices CPE 1-16-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 ATSSB Symphonic Band (Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas): Hyatt Regency Ballroom East ATSSB Concert Band (David Wilborn, Texas A&M University): Hyatt Regency Ballroom West ATSSB Jazz Ensemble (Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington): Hyatt Regency Rio Grande Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Southwestern Musician | December 2019 47

THURSDAY 4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 214 AB Characteristics of an Efficient Orchestra Rehearsal

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Ready, Set, Go! Managing Music in the Urban Classroom

Clinician: Karel Butz, Beckendorff JH Presider: Danielle Prontka, Memorial HS CPE 1-16-214AB – 1.0 Hr Butz will examine the process of designing motivating rehearsal environments, classroom structure, and skill sets. Several rehearsal strategies will be analyzed and demonstrated via score samples and videos that help students to develop better intonation, rhythmic alignment, tone quality, finger coordination, and consistency.

Clinician: Rene Boyer, Peripole Inc. Presider: Corey Fisher, Haggar EL Sponsored by: Peripole Inc. CPE 1-16-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Teaching in an urban setting can be challenging. Boyer will help teachers develop realistic goals for students in urban settings and will provide teachers strategies needed to help students use instruments and movement to enhance the music experience. She will demonstrate techniques for good vocal development that will help teachers working with students to create and perform music from a variety of cultures.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 214 CD Building Advanced Skills for Low Strings in the Classroom Clinicians: Coramae Neely, Strack IS; Gracie Ibemere, Clear Falls HS Presider: Barbara Nelsen, Beck JH CPE 1-16-214CD – 1.0 Hr Establishing adequate technique and proficiency in the beginning to advanced cello or bass player can be challenging in the typical strings classroom. Neely and Ibemere tackle this by addressing some of the common pitfalls in setup and introducing fun activities, tools, and creative options that allow teachers to scaffold learning in the beginning to advanced low-string student.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 217 #TMEA100: The Way We Were, the Way We Are: Untold Stories of the Vocal Division Presenters: Sally Schott, TMEA Past-President; Janwin Overstreet-Goode, TMEA Past-President; Stan McGill, TMEA Past-President Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-16-217 – 1.0 Hr Enjoy a lively look at key challenges, changes, and controversies with song parodies by Barry Talley and the Texas Drone Tones, featuring Shawn Bell, Tom Jennings, Stan McGill, Milton Pullen, and Robert Stovall. Gain insight with reenactments of past audition procedures including an octet with Nick Boltz, Derrick Brookins, Denise Eaton, Bob Horton, Dinah Menger, Betty Roe, Jo Scurlock-Dillard, and Mike Ware. See and hear a timeline with vintage photos of conductors, clinicians, and convention highlights plus sound bites of All-State Choirs prepared by Steven Nelms, Nelmscape Studios, and narrated by Barbara Perkins.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC SAMR: Integrating Technology in Meaningful Ways Clinician: Joshua Leger, Little Cypress EL Presider: Savannah Cervantez, Science Hall EL CPE 1-16-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Today’s elementary students are more tech-savvy than ever—sometimes more so than their teachers! Leger will explore ways to utilize technology in the elementary music classroom within the framework of Puentedura’s Substitution-Augmentation-Modification-Redefinition (SAMR) model of technology integration, which emphasizes the development of higher-order thinking skills in students.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Everywhere Is Somewhere: Solutions for Rural Music Teachers Clinicians: Ann Marie Stanley, Louisiana State Univ; Daniel C. Johnson, Univ of North Carolina-Wilmington Presider: Vicky Suarez, Prairie Creek EL CPE 1-16-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Rural general music teachers face numerous obstacles yet have unique opportunities to enhance the musical life in their communities. Stanley and Johnson will lead positive discussions about the challenges rural teachers face, offering ways to address budget limitations, access to high-quality resources, music teacher isolation, and transitory and low-socioeconomic student populations.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Active Listening, Active Minds: The Ear and Brain in Harmony! TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Christine Martin-Beutner, Houston EL CPE 1-16-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Actively explore a variety of listening lessons that utilize song, games, manipulatives, movement, and stories to focus the ear of the active listener. Basic KodĂĄly teaching techniques will be demonstrated to show how to lead the listener to see what they hear and hear what they see. Materials will be appropriate for K–8th grade (and beyond!). 48 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 210 Behind the Curtain: What My Administration Wants Me to Know Clinician: Preston Hazzard, Frisco ISD Presider: Jim McDaniel, Frisco ISD CPE 1-16-210 – 1.0 Hr Learning to navigate the vast landscape of administrative land mines can be a challenge for any fine arts educator. Every arts discipline, while systemically unique, can learn to more effectively influence up by simply knowing more about what administrators are looking for. The Frisco ISD administrative leadership will share some of these behind-the-curtain topics and strategies.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 303 Four Clear Steps to Hiring a Perfect Guest Artist/Clinician Clinician: John Wittmann, Yamaha Corporation of America Presider: Ross Boothman, Swicegood Music Co., TMEA Past President Sponsored by: Yamaha Corporation of America CPE 1-16-303 – 1.0 Hr Wittmann is excited to share what he has learned to demystify the process of choosing the perfect clinician. His simple four-step plan will cover finances, negotiations, timeline design of the visit, and the three biggest mistakes made when working with clinicians. You, your students, and the clinician will enjoy an optimal and inspiring experience as a result of this interactive lecture.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 304 Lessons Learned from Our Tragedy: Following Up with Santa Fe Clinician: Matthew Seifert, Santa Fe HS Presider: Daniel Person, Boerne HS CPE 1-16-304 – 1.0 Hr Seifert will share lessons learned after the tragic shooting at Santa Fe HS. He’ll discuss school and community response, security, and different aspects of trauma. The goals are to provide a comparative analysis for your school, to offer advice on what you can do now, and to provide guidance on what to do if something similar happens at your school.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB I Have a Degree in Music, Not Technology Clinician: Amber Love, Eastman School of Music CPE 1-16-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Struggling to keep up with how to use school tech in your music program? Do your tech PD days not apply to music? If so, this session is for you! Come learn the essentials for integrating technology in your music programs.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Making Augmented Reality a Reality in Middle School Clinician: Kate Hargreaves, MusicEDU CPE 1-16-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Come experience augmented reality made easy! See how you can bring it to your middle school classroom in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way. Learn how the technology works and gain ideas for projects and planning for this latest innovation that not only provides deep engagement with students but also equips them with industry and business skills.

THURSDAY 4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Do Your Students Really Know What You Think They Know? Clinician: Keith Dye, Texas Tech Univ Sponsored by: MusicFirst CPE 1-16-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Ensemble rehearsal is the primary means of delivering secondary music instruction in Texas. It’s a challenge to document student learning of the broad range of music knowledge and skills (TEKS) expected. Dye will show a system of formative assessments for the TEKS that he has developed for delivery online as bell ringers, exit tickets, and more to get the data we need to inform and improve instruction.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC C Make Better Mixes by Calibrating Your Speakers Clinicians: Gabe Herman, Univ of Hartford; John Krivit, Emerson College CPE 1-16-GHREPC – 1.0 Hr For anyone mixing sound or music on studio monitors or headphones, it is often difficult to make what you hear sound good when played back on other systems. Frequency response and room interference can color sound in ways you might not want and your mixes will suffer. Herman and Krivit will unveil a simple, effective, and affordable solution to calibrate your headphones and loudspeakers.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 213 Let’s All Play Together: Music for Multilevel String Groups Clinician: Steven Kruse, String Play for All Sponsored by: String Play for All CPE 1-16-213 – 1.0 Hr Looking for arrangements all your students can play together? String Play for All creates arrangements for multilevel string groups with parts for first- and second-year players as well as for more advanced players through fifth position. Bring your instrument and play along. Kruse will discuss the overall goal of multilevel arrangements, along with rehearsal techniques for each arrangement.

5:15 – 6:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 1–2 Band Division Business Meeting Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Be part of TMEA’s future by attending this meeting, which will include recognition of state Honor Band participants and inspirational commentary by Travis Cross, our Featured Clinician.

5:15 – 6:00 PM / CC 214 CD Orchestra Division Business Meeting Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President Attend this meeting to participate in the future of the Orchestra Division.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 212 Getting the Most Out of Your Jazz Band Saxophone Section

5:15 – 6:00 PM / CC 217 Vocal Division Business Meeting

Clinician: Jody Espina, JodyJazz Inc. Sponsored by: JodyJazz Inc. CPE 1-16-212 – 1.0 Hr JodyJazz president Espina will demonstrate how to help your jazz band saxophonists develop a bigger, jazzier sound. He will explain and demonstrate reed strength, embouchure, breathing techniques, mouthpiece selection, tip openings, facings, chambers and types of mouthpieces, and rehearsal techniques, such as call and response, to help get the saxes tighter.

5:15 – 6:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Elementary Division Business Meeting

Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President Attend to stay updated on TMEA business.

Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President Demonstration Group: ’Bahuru Marimba Band, Walt Hampton, Director Attend this meeting, where you’ll get updated on association business, enjoy a performance by the ’Bahuru Marimba Band, and get a chance to win great prizes!

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2020 TMEA PRESIDENT’S CONCERT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 • 8 PM • LILA COCKRELL THEATRE The Dallas Winds is the leading professional civilian wind band in the United States today. The ensemble is under the inspired leadership of Artistic Director and Conductor Jerry Junkin, who is in his 25th season with the ensemble and 30th

year with the University of Texas at Austin. The Winds makes its home in one of the world’s greatest concert halls, Dallas’s Morton H. Meyerson Concert Center. Learn more about them and listen to their recordings at www.dallaswinds.org.

Tickets: $20 | General Admission Purchase tickets when you register for the TMEA Clinic/Convention, or anytime following by returning to your member record. Ticket pickup will be at the convention registration Information Booth.

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5:15 – 6:00 PM / CC 304 College Division Business Meeting

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 217 Middle School Choral Students—How Do You Motivate Them?

Presider: Vicki Baker, Texas Woman’s Univ, TMEA College Division Vice-President Be part of TMEA’s future by attending this meeting and voting for the next College Division Vice-President. There will also be discussion on issues relevant to teacher training and certification.

Clinician: Lynn Brinckmeyer, Texas State Univ Presider: Rebecca Tast, Texas State Univ CPE 1-18-217 – 1.0 Hr When middle school students are motivated, they are unstoppable. How do you channel their energy so you can guide them on a musical journey? Explore tips and ideas borrowed from a variety of successful choral music educators who teach young adolescents. You’ll be able to try these new ideas on Monday morning!

6:00 – 6:30 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE UNT Percussion Ensemble Director: Mark Ford, Univ of North Texas CPE MS-1-18-BH-MS99 – 0.5 Hr

6:30 – 7:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: Texas Christian University Wind Symphony Conductor: Bobby Francis, Texas Christian Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-18-LCT-T6 – 1.0 Hr

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 212 American School Band Directors Association Business Meeting Presider: Travis Smith, ASBDA State Chair

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 213 Women Band Director International Texas Chapter Meeting Presiders: June Bearden, President; Carol Turner, Krum HS, Past-President

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 221 Teach to the Heart Clinician: Rick Brockway, League City IS Presider: Rory Davis, Cinco Ranch HS CPE 1-18-221 – 1.0 Hr Are your students giving their best? Do you see unrealized potential in your ensemble? Are you frustrated knowing they can do better? Brockway will challenge you to rethink how you interact with your students. He will encourage you to grow their intrinsic motivation by teaching to the heart of the child. He will share tips and techniques he uses to promote student self-motivation.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 225 The New UIL Marching Band Adjudication Sheets Clinicians: Bradley Kent, UIL State Director of Music; Gabriel Musella, UIL State Assistant Music Director Presider: Frank Coachman, TMEA Deputy Director Kent, Musella, and members of the TMAA Ad-Hoc Committee that designed the new sheets will explain how these updates will impact the marching band adjudication system for UIL Region, Area, and State Marching Band contests.

6:30 – 7:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM 3–4 Concert: Edcouch-Elsa HS Mariachi Juvenil Azteca Conductor: Marcos Garcia, Edcouch-Elsa HS Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 1-18-SN34-S2 – 1.0 Hr

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 214 AB All Means All: Inclusion in the Orchestra Room Clinicians: Bethany Hardwick, Downing MS; Jennifer Rodgers, Downing MS, Special Education Teacher Presider: Devan Bell, Centennial HS CPE 1-18-214AB – 1.0 Hr Hardwick and Rodgers will discuss their experiences co-teaching a full-time inclusion class in their middle school orchestra program. They will review methodology and student and community impact and discuss various ways to make any music program more inclusive.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 214 CD Teaching Techniques for Improving Tone and Phrasing Clinician: Christina LeBlanc, Bridgeland HS Presider: Ellen Lawrence, Katy HS CPE 1-18-214CD – 1.0 Hr In the string orchestra world, it is often the left hand that gets the most attention, as bow techniques are more difficult to develop in the large orchestra classroom. LeBlanc will share video and interactive demonstrations of practical and targeted techniques to address the nuances of fine bow control, tone quality, and musicality within your classroom.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Want Steps to Create a Beautiful Choral Ensemble Tone? Clinician: Alyssa Plumb, Alexander EL Presider: David Plumb, Fielder EL CPE 1-18-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Plumb will walk you through warmups, part-singing, and vocal tone for grades K–5. Effective warmups and sequencing of part-singing throughout K–5 will set you up for an outstanding vocal tone for your upper elementary choirs and musical performances. You will leave with ideas for tomorrow’s lesson, and there will be no stopping your students’ potential!

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF The Elemental Ukulele: Purposeful Teaching Strategies Clinician: Lorelei Batislaong, UT/Austin Presider: Michael Vasquez, Kuentz EL CPE 1-18-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr In workshops we often experience the ukulele yet have little practice on teaching the ukulele. Come experience the ukulele (as a student) while connecting best practices to instructing the ukulele (as a teacher). Batislaong will discuss transfer, universal design, differentiation, goals, and sequencing.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Drumming, Songs & Stories: A Recipe for Success! Clinician: Melissa Blum, West Music Presider: Deborah Miller, Westwood Terrace EL Sponsored by: West Music CPE 1-18-TXABC – 1.0 Hr For teachers of PK–Grade 2, explore a modified world music drumming ensemble perfect for a mix of small hands, well-loved children’s songs, awesome sound effects, and storybooks. It’s a creative combination you will love bringing back to your students! Ideas for incorporating drums, unpitched percussion, movement props, partner songs, and more will be included. No previous drumming experience needed!

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Purposeful Pathways: Beginning the Literacy Journey TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Sylvia Arguelles, Rayburn EL CPE 1-18-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Hepburn will explore the cyclical process of auditory, visual, oral, and kinesthetic experiences in the early primary general music classroom to develop music literacy. She will also spotlight the importance of listening strategies to develop music literacy by connecting aural, visual, and kinesthetic processes in a joyful music environment. Connections will be made through lessons that utilize strategies from KodĂĄly, Orff Schulwerk, and Eurhythmics.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 302 AB Accessibility for Musicians with Visual or Multiple Impairments Clinician: Michelle Jones, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Presider: Eva Van Houten, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired CPE 1-18-302AB – 1.0 Hr Jones will present teaching methods and low-cost materials that make musical instruction accessible to students with visual impairments or multiple disabilities. Methods will be demonstrated via images and videos. Case-study participants include young adults with low vision, autism with visual impairment, and deafblindness.

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THURSDAY

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 303 The Quiet Conductor: Teaching Strategies for Introverts

7:00 – 8:00 PM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices

Clinicians: Marci Major, West Chester Univ; Hilary Apfelstadt, Univ of Toronto Presider: Troy Robertson, Tarleton State Univ CPE 1-18-303 – 1.0 Hr The dichotomy between introversion and extroversion affects many musicians in all types of ensembles. Furthermore, for conductors, an extroverted approach can lead to a director centric rehearsal, which doesn’t empower or engage musicians. Apfelstadt and Major will present strategies to build bridges between these styles and varied social interaction preferences.

CPE 1-19-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Mixed Choir (Jerry Blackstone, Conductor Emeritus, Univ of Michigan): CC 301 Treble Choir (Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ): CC 206 Tenor-Bass Choir (Cameron F. LaBarr, Missouri State Univ): CC 205 Small School Mixed Choir (Kenneth Fulton, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State Univ): CC 207

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 304 You Are What You Eat—You Play Like You Think: Imagine That Clinician: Robert Duke, UT/Austin Presider: Sarah Allen, Southern Methodist Univ CPE 1-18-304 – 1.0 Hr What most differentiates individuals’ performance skills is not innate ability or motivation, but how musicians think when they practice. Experts have in their minds the sounds of artistic, expressive renditions of what they practice. Novices—not so much. You can’t learn to play what you can’t imagine, and if you’re not immersed in the sounds of beautiful music, you’ll be lost. Let’s fix this.

7:00 – 7:25 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: Angleton HS Treble Choir

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 210 TBME Drop-In Meeting

Conductor: Tony Stewart, Angleton HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-19-HB-V4 – 0.5 Hr

Presider: Darryl Singleton, Texas Southern Univ, TBME President Texas Black Music Educators is dedicated to diversity in music education in Texas. To join TBME, register at www.tbme.org or at the meeting.

7:30 – 7:55 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: San Marcos HS Tenor/Bass Choir

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Production Through Performance: A New Way to Teach Tech

Conductors: Dawn Sheridan-Reinhuber, San Marcos HS; Brigitte Smith, San Marcos HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-19-HB-V5 – 0.5 Hr

Clinicians: Bob Habersat, Oak Lawn Community HS; Paul Levy, Oak Lawn Community HS CPE 1-18-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Production through performance is a new music technology method that teaches how to write and record pop music using the piano keyboard to play drums, bass, chords, and melodies. Habersat and Levy will cover how to build a music tech lab, gain support from administration, and run a music production course utilizing the resources found on shedthemusic.com.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Music Education in a 1:1 Environment Clinician: Marjorie LoPresti, East Brunswick HS CPE 1-18-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Good news—each of your students has a school-issued laptop, tablet, or Chromebook. LoPresti will provide practical solutions for using those devices as more than a makeshift music stand. She will explore free and inexpensive options that will help with music learning, practice, assessment, and creative projects.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Simple Lesson Ideas Using Free Music Websites (All Devices!) Clinician: Katie Wardrobe, Midnight Music CPE 1-18-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Discover a series of engaging and adaptable tech lessons that use popular free music websites that work on any device. Learn how to use these sites meaningfully for songwriting, composing, listening, analysis, performing, studying musical form, learning about instruments, and assessing students. Sites include Incredibox, Beepbox, Groove Pizza, Bandlab, Flipgrid, EdPuzzle, and Chrome Music Lab.

7:45 – 10:00 PM / THE DAVENPORT Texas Orchestra Directors Association Reception The Davenport is located at 203 N. Presa Street.

8:00 – 8:50 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: Texas Woman’s University Concert Choir Conductor: Joni Jensen, Texas Woman’s Univ Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 1-20-HB-V6 – 1.0 Hr

8:00 – 9:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE President’s Concert: Dallas Winds Conductor: Jerry Junkin, UT/Austin Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 1-20-LCT-T7 – 2.0 Hrs Enjoy this performance of “Deep in the Heart of Texas,â€? programmed in honor of TMEA’s Centennial, featuring works by Texas composers. Purchase your tickets ($20) when you register for the convention. If registered, you can return to your member record to purchase. Pick up your tickets at the Information Booth in the convention registration area during registration hours.

10:00 – 11:30 PM / CC 221 Phi Beta Mu Alpha Chapter Business Meeting Presider: Steven Moore, Lindale HS, Phi Beta Mu Alpha Chapter President

10:15 – 11:15 PM / CC 217 Kappa Kappa Psi / Tau Beta Sigma Sing Presider: Amanda Dickson, Kahla MS, TBS Executive Council Member Sponsored by: Tau Beta Sigma Alumni Association

10:15 – 11:15 PM / CC 303 Mu Phi Epsilon Sing Presider: Isabel De La Cerda, Mu Phi Epsilon/CENI, South Central 4 District Director

10:15 – 11:15 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Sigma Alpha Iota Sing Presider: Krystyn Jensen, Texas State Univ

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA--LINCOLN GLENN KORFF SCHOOL OF MUSIC We invite and welcome all aspiring music and dance majors to audition for admission and scholarship consideration to the Glenn Korff School of Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Degree Options

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Graduate January 31 & February 1

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2020 ADMISSION & SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION DATES: FEBRUARY 22 MARCH 14 MARCH 21 (INSTRUMENTAL ONLY)

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Auditions are required of all entering and transferring music majors. Additional dates upon request.

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2020 TMEA CLINIC/CONVENTION Friday, February 14

7:00 – 7:45 AM / CC 303 Fellowship of Christian Musicians Breakfast Meeting Presider: Rory Davis, Cinco Ranch HS This meeting is open to all divisions. Join us for a short time of praise, worship, prayer, and encouraging fellowship, with a free light continental breakfast.

7:30 AM – 6:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION TMEA Convention Registration Registration is accessible through the north lobby of the convention center. Register online to expedite the process of obtaining your badge. Go to www.tmea.org/registration.

8:15 – 9:45 AM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM TMEA Second General Session Presider: Joseph MuĂąoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President Learn the results of the TMEA President-Elect election and enjoy a performance by members of the All-State Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Mixed Choir, including the world premiere of Sailing the Sky by Frank Ticheli, commissioned by TMEA in celebration of our centennial. The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio will join the combined group for this premiere performance. Tim Lautzenheiser will moderate a discussion with All-State Conductors Ticheli and Carl St.Clair, both native Texans, and professional music education advocacy videos will be shown.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE UT/Austin Saxophone and Percussion Quartets Director: Kyle Jones, Univ Texas-Austin CPE MS-2-09-BH-MS6 – 0.5 Hr The combined graduate saxophone and percussion quartets of the university will present the Texas premiere of Steven Mackey’s Blue Notes and Other Clashes.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE UT/Tyler Trumpet Ensemble Director: Jeremy McBain, UT/Tyler CPE MS-2-09-NL-MS34 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will perform an exhilarating program of works spanning the Baroque to present day, including works by Kevin McKee, Richard Byrd, Eric Ewazen, Eric Morales, and Samuel Scheidt. The performance will also include a world-premiere work composed for the TMEA 2020 Clinic/Convention.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas Tech Trombone Choir Director: James Decker, Texas Tech Univ CPE MS-2-09-EX-MS20 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will perform works ranging from Gabrieli and Bach to contemporary greats such as John Cheetham and Steven Verhelst.

9:30 – 10:00 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Stephen F. Austin State University Flute Choir Director: Aubrianne Clark, Stephen F. Austin State Univ CPE MS-2-09-WL-MS48 – 0.5 Hr The flute choir will present a program including various genres, showcasing the diverse capabilities of the flute and the flute ensemble through well-known pieces such as Within by Ian Clarke, Oblivion by Piazzola, and a recent SFASU Flute Choir premiered piece, Reflections by Travis Wattigney.

10:00 – 10:50 AM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets: An Exhibition of the Fanfares Guiding Diplomacy and World Events Conductor: LTC Derrick Shaw, U.S. Army Herald Trumpets Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-10-SN-S3 – 1.0 Hr Through live performance, narration, and multimedia, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets will explore the history of the ensemble, demonstrating fanfares and concert pieces and showcasing the daily activities of the ensemble, including an official White House Arrival ceremony and their appearance at Super Bowl XXIX. Founded in 1959, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets is the official fanfare ensemble to the president of the United States.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 221 Knowing and Believing the Score: Practical Methods for Interpretation and Internalization TMEA Featured Clinician: Travis Cross, Univ of California Los Angeles Presider: Chad Dempsey, Edinburg North HS CPE 2-10-221 – 1.0 Hr Cross will approach score study from informational and inspirational perspectives, outlining a process for charting the form of a piece from the phrase level up and offering techniques to activate the imagination and develop a meaningful interpretation that goes beyond a chronological list of musical events. Through constructing formal maps and introducing specific exercises to promote creative thinking, Cross will provide tools for deeper understanding of the music we teach and conduct.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 225 Fun, Musical, and Productive Band Rehearsal Techniques Clinician: Scott McAdow, Univ of Houston Presider: Richard Crain, Retired CPE 2-10-225 – 1.0 Hr McAdow will demonstrate effective methods for rehearsing bands of virtually every size and ability level. He will present methods to help experienced and inexperienced band directors successfully rehearse various genres of music, while creating an atmosphere for the students that is satisfying, challenging, rewarding, fun, and musically fulfilling.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices CPE 2-10-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 ATSSB Symphonic Band (Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas): Hyatt Regency Ballroom East ATSSB Concert Band (David Wilborn, Texas A&M University): Hyatt Regency Ballroom West ATSSB Jazz Ensemble (Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington): Hyatt Regency Rio Grande Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Mixed Choir (Jerry Blackstone, Conductor Emeritus, Univ of Michigan): CC 301 Treble Choir (Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ): CC 206 Tenor-Bass Choir (Cameron F. LaBarr, Missouri State Univ): CC 205 Small School Mixed Choir (Kenneth Fulton, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State Univ): CC 207

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FRIDAY 10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 AB Fine Tuning Your String Ensemble

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Instrument Music Centers for Upper Elementary

Clinician: Christopher Selby, School of the Arts HS Presider: Sophia Hsieh, Sartartia MS Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 2-10-214AB – 1.0 Hr Selby will examine what causes orchestra intonation problems and will introduce skill-building finger pattern studies, fingerboard-mapping worksheets, velocity etudes, tuning canons, and chord progressions. Incorporate these strategies into daily orchestra rehearsals to teach students how to listen and fine-tune their notes the way professionals do.

Clinician: Juliana Roy, Roberts EL Presider: Will Moncrief, Post EL CPE 2-10-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Roy will discuss ways to enhance and support the teaching of music concepts and skills in small-group settings by using classroom instruments and technology as tools of learning. The ideas and suggestions shared have been tried and proven to be successful in elementary music classrooms.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 214 CD Bass Is Not That Different! Let’s Teach It Differently!

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Croaking or Singing? Assessment in Action

Clinician: Nicholas Scales, West Texas A&M Univ Presider: Ryan Ross, Plano West SH CPE 2-10-214CD – 1.0 Hr Double bass has long been treated as a completely different instrument in string pedagogy. Too often, the focus is on these differences rather than ways to teach similarly to other strings. This has made bass teaching in classes more intimidating than it should be. From basic technique to the very words we use in teaching, there are ways to make bass much less intimidating for string teachers.

TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Traci Finch, North Euless EL CPE 2-10-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Enjoy learning about new elementary vocal material while exploring rubrics for the elementary classroom. Through the new songs, Hepburn will explore common vocal issues encountered with developing singers and discuss how to report student progress through performance-based assessments. Rubrics in performance-based classrooms are essential for informing your teaching and the progress of individual students. Put rubrics into action in this joyful session of singing and croaking!

10:00 – 10:25 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Patterson MS Tenor/Bass Choir

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 302 AB Polished by College: How to Be a Multifaceted Musician

Conductor: Gerald Nicholas, Patterson MS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-10-HB12-V7 – 0.5 Hr

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 217 Fixer-Upper for the Choral Classroom Clinicians: Amy Allibon, Baylor Univ; Mary Jane Phillips, Private Instructor Presider: Christie Bean, Liberty HS CPE 2-10-217 – 1.0 Hr Learn from the combined 60 years of experience of Allibon (high school) and Phillips (middle school), as they share trials, tribulations, triumphs, and tricks to save any secondary choir director from the pitfalls of the profession. Recruiting, music selection, trip planning, and pearls of wisdom will be shared with lots of laughter.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 220 Choral Rehearsal: Developing Community Within the Ensemble Clinician: Gregory LeFils, Stetson Univ Presider: Kara Cowart, Bay City HS CPE 2-10-220 – 1.0 Hr Conductors are responsible for creating an environment of belonging and acceptance. LeFils will examine strategies for fostering a communal environment involving vulnerability, nurturing trust, collaboration, playing, building traditions, and fostering group commitment.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC I Love to Teach Fifth Grade! Clinician: Ashley Yarbrough, Powell EL Presider: Karen Tanner, Ehrhardt EL CPE 2-10-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Many elementary music educators struggle with teaching fifth grade. At this age, students can be surly, and they often feel too cool for music class. Yarbrough will present new lesson plan strategies and activities that will have your students eager for the next class. Sing songs, play games, and learn some new activities guaranteed to please even the toughest class.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF What’s in a Song? Everything You Need! Clinicians: Vicky Suarez, Shephard EL; Brittany Nixon May, Brigham Young Univ Presider: Julie Scott, Southern Methodist Univ CPE 2-10-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Songs and the song-game experience bring delight to our students. From this place of joyful singing, Suarez and Nixon May will demonstrate highly engaging ways to teach musical concepts to elementary music students.

Clinician: Bonnie Lanicek, Dallas Baptist Univ Presider: Caia McCullar, Dallas Baptist Univ CPE 2-10-302AB – 1.0 Hr The future is bright for candidates pursing careers in music education. A college education is one of the best tools available for candidates who want to expand their already deep-rooted love for music and people. By exploring local resources, performance opportunities, and tips for first-year teaching, candidates will see how they are polished by college for a multifaceted career in music.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 303 Are You Okay? Coping with Adolescent Anxiety and Depression Clinician: Rachel Dirks, Kansas State Univ Presider: Jesse Woolery, Denton HS CPE 2-10-303 – 1.0 Hr Have you noticed more students in your program suffering from anxiety or depression lately? If so, you’re not alone. Dirks will discuss current trends in adolescent mental health and how these trends have affected the high school music classroom. Explore strategies for helping students (and teachers) navigate these challenges.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 304 Collaborating Across Subjects TMEA Featured Clinician: Ruth Brittin, Univ of the Pacific Presider: Christiane Gilbert, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-10-304 – 1.0 Hr Brittin will show how different cross-curricular topics can bind a school together, with music as the glue. See how two research-based projects have integrated music into other subjects. The opera BrundibĂĄr inspires empathy and combats bullying, tying in with ELA and social studies. Regarding math, recorder study can facilitate fine-motor-skill development with correlational improvement of math skills. See how these projects can bond teachers together, across disciplines.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 210 Texas Percussive Arts Society Business Meeting Presider: Brian Zator, Texas A&M Univ/Commerce, PAS President

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Job Interview Skills Practice Session 3 Presiders: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, TMAC President; Jim Egger, McAllen ISD, TMAC Vice-President Sponsored by: TMEA/TMAC CPE 2-10-WR – 1.0 Hr Improve your interview skills by participating in or observing mock interviews with district fine arts administrators.

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM / CC EXHIBIT HALL Exhibit Hall Open Go to www.tmea.org/2020exhibitors to view a list of exhibitors.

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School of Music COME CREATE YOUR WORLD.

UCO SCHOOL OF MUSIC AUDITION DAYS Dec. 6, 2019 • Feb. 28-29, 2020 • March 7, 2020

To schedule an audition visit:

music.uco.edu/auditions or call 405-974-3754

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS: B.A. Music B.M. Jazz Performance B.M. Education – Instrumental B.M. Education – Vocal B.M. Musical Theatre

B.M. Percussion Performance B.M. Piano Performance B.M. String Performance B.M. Vocal Performance B.M. Wind Performance

MASTER OF MUSIC DEGREES: Collaborative Piano Composition Conducting Instrumental Performance Jazz Studies – Music Production Jazz Studies – Performance

Music Education Musical Theatre Piano Pedagogy Piano Performance Vocal Pedagogy Vocal Performance

FRIDAY 10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Meaningful Assessment with Technology

10:15 – 10:55 AM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: MS String Honor Orchestra – Canyon Vista MS Honors Orchestra

Clinician: Amber Love, Eastman School of Music CPE 2-10-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Assessment in education is valuable when part of a constant cycle of positive feedback and growth. Technology can support instant peer collaboration, which is essential for growth. Love will demonstrate several models for assessing musical growth in a positive and meaningful way and explain how to communicate with students on any device, anywhere.

Conductor: Ragan Whatley, Canyon Vista MS Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 2-10-LCT-T8 – 1.0 Hr

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B One Method Book, Many Students: Differentiating Instruction Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 2-10-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr How do you keep students of varied levels engaged while they work through their method books? Cruz will discuss using technology to track student progress while also ensuring that beginners pace themselves, get opportunities for error-free learning, and have access to the supplemental content they need to thrive. Learn how you can keep beginners engaged and practicing.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Essential Skills for the Future Music Educator Clinician: Taylor Haun, Soundtrap CPE 2-10-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Participants will be exposed to many useful tools and resources that will be paramount in their development into an employable, modern music teacher. Haun will explore trends in music education and how to keep up with them, as well as how to improve skills related to technology, creativity, and program development. If you want a job, you’ll need these skills.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 212 Leveraging “Everyone in Harmony� in Your Community Clinician: Marty Monson, The Barbershop Harmony Society Sponsored by: The Barbershop Harmony Society CPE 2-10-212 – 1.0 Hr Everyone in Harmony uses what society has learned about having men singing together and getting everyone singing and harmonizing together—people of every age, race, gender, and background. How we work and sing together is what makes us build a stronger community, one chord at a time. Harmony will help collaborate deeper within your local community as a whole.

10:00 – 11:00 AM / CC 213 Music Theory for Performance Programs—Bring Any Device & See Clinician: Jean McKen, Breezin’ Thru Inc. Sponsored by: Breezin’ Thru Inc. CPE 2-10-213 – 1.0 Hr Bring your device and experience why Breezin’ Thru Theory can be a game-changer for your music program. In a simulated classroom, see what a breeze it will be to get going and how fun, fast, and effective it can be. Use it seamlessly online on any device. Free up rehearsal and marking time, and track student success. Curriculum is aligned for grades 4–12. It builds confidence and helps students read and sound better faster.

10:30 – 10:55 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Cedar Park MS Treble Choir Conductor: Kara Kasberg, Cedar Park MS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-10-HB12-V8 – 0.5 Hr

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM / CHART HOUSE RESTAURANT TODA – Executive Board Meeting Presider: Danielle Prontka, Memorial HS, TODA President

AUDITIONS NOVEMBER 16, 2019 VOICE & ALL INSTRUMENTS

(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GUITAR, PERCUSSION, & PIANO)

FEBRUARY 1, 2020 VOICE & ALL INSTRUMENTS

(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GUITAR & PERCUSSION)

FEBRUARY 8, 2020 VOICE & ALL INSTRUMENTS

(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GUITAR & PIANO)

MARCH 21, 2020 VOICE & ALL INSTRUMENTS APRIL 13, 2020 VOICE ONLY

(NOT FOR SCHOLARSHIP CONSIDERATION)

2020 SCHOOL OF MUSIC

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY

1751 Avenue I, Suite 225 Huntsville, TX 77340 936-294-1360

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FRIDAY 11:00 – 11:25 AM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Pace ECHS Treble Choir

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 221 Developing a Conducting Philosophy: A Panel with the Pros

Conductor: William Armour, Pace HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-11-HB12-V9 – 0.5 Hr

Clinicians: Alyssa Grey, Univ of North Texas; Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas; Jerry Junkin, UT/Austin; Eric Wilson, Baylor Univ Presider: Brett Penshorn, Gerdes JH Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 2-11-221 – 1.0 Hr Quality repertoire selection, score study, and conducting technique are essential to the success of a wind band program. In this panel discussion, conductors Grey, Corporon, Junkin, and Wilson will share their expertise to help attendees refine a personal philosophy of conducting. Audience participation is encouraged!

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE UT/Austin Trombone Choir Director: Nathaniel Brickens, UT/Austin CPE MS-2-11-BH-MS7 – 0.5 Hr A performance by this internationally acclaimed trombone choir will showcase works by Texas composers and arrangers and will feature the complete trombone family—soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass.

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE sAge Low Brass Quartet CPE MS-2-11-NL-MS35 – 0.5 Hr This professional quartet will perform a diverse program, ranging from SaintSaÍns’s Adagio from Symphony No. 3 to Chick Corea’s Spain. Also featured will be John Clay Thomas’s Toccata, a new work commissioned by the ensemble.

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Southwestern Adventist University Saxophone Ensemble Director: Wei-Lun Chien, Southwestern Adventist Univ Sponsored by: Southwestern Adventist University CPE MS-2-11-EX-MS21 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will present an exciting program including original saxophone repertoire such as Songs for Tony by Michael Nyman and classical transcriptions such as Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance. They will also perform a commissioned composition written for the ensemble.

11:00 – 11:30 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Honor Clarinet Choir Director: Mark Edenfield, Cypress Falls HS CPE MS-2-11-WL-MS49 – 0.5 Hr This choir will present a variety of repertoire, ranging from Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik to Freddy Mercury’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVERVIEW Orchestra Region Chairs Luncheon Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVER TERRACE Vocal Region and Area Chairs Luncheon Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: 2C Honor Band – Roma MS Symphonic Winds Conductor: Corey Graves, Roma MS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-11-LCT-T9 – 1.0 Hr

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 214 AB Clarinet Fundamentals Toolkit—The Articulation Edition Clinician: David Shea, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Joshua Kurzweil, McKinney North HS Demonstration Group: TTU Clarinet Choir, David Shea, Director CPE 2-11-214AB – 1.0 Hr Shea will present fresh approaches to recalibrate, reconsider, and rethink clarinet articulation. Learn new and easy practical tools to improve articulation quality and speed by better understanding the balance of fundamentals involved with proper articulation. These concepts will be demonstrated through the use of group lesson pedagogical techniques.

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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 225 Upbeat Magic: Note Groupings Help Create Compelling Phrases Clinician: Brian Gibbs, Sam Houston State Univ Presider: Rhonda Morgan, Cavazos MS CPE 2-11-225 – 1.0 Hr Gibbs will discuss Jim Thurmond and Weston Noble’s concept of note groupings in the context of representations of physical movement. Gibbs will explore principles of arsis and thesis, accelerando and ritardando, as well as emotive or expressive performance gestures and how they can influence communication with the listener. Attendees will analyze musical phrases, putting these principles into practice.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 220 #TMEA100: History of the Orchestra Division Clinician: David McCutchan, Moderator, Orchestra Division Past Vice-President Presider: Brian Coatney, Plano SH, TMEA President-Elect CPE 2-11-220 – 1.0 Hr Former TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-Presidents Ron Wells, David Sloan, Royce Coatney, Michael Alexander, and James Kidwell will share unique aspects of their time on the Board, remembrances of the Orchestra Division history, and their views on how TMEA has evolved and developed.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Expressive Conducting with Student Ensembles Clinician: Larry Livingston, Univ of Southern California Presider: Diane Harper, Fort Worth ISD Demonstration Group: I.M. Terrell Academy Orchestra, Hunter Lewis, Director CPE 2-11-SN – 1.0 Hr Livingston’s goal is to help school orchestra teachers improve their conducting skills in a direct, hands-on setting. He will focus on a simple mantra: you don’t have to be a good conductor to be a good educator, but if you conduct better, your orchestra will play better!

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 214 CD Sightreading for Choral Beginners Clinician: Emily Crocker, Hal Leonard Corporation Presider: Emma Bassett, Pomona EL CPE 2-11-214CD – 1.0 Hr Reinvent your teaching style and inspire your students to the fun and feeling of accomplishment gained through successful sightreading. Start from square one and take them through the basics of music literacy in a choral rehearsal process.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 217 Building Tone and Artistry in a Middle School Choir TMEA Featured Clinician: Emily Ellsworth, Freelance Conductor/Clinician Presider: Mary Anne Clark, Schrade MS Demonstration Group: Barbara Bush MS Chamber Choir, Audrey De La Cruz, Director CPE 2-11-217 – 1.0 Hr Ellsworth will begin with an active warmup, making use of movement, sensation awareness through chanting and dramatic play, tone, and ensemble-building. She will then work with the demonstration choir on contrasting repertoire choices. She will highlight making the most of dynamic changes, tone and balance issues, care of text, singer placement, maximizing emotional investment, and artistry in rehearsal and performance.

FRIDAY 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC The Back-Seat Music Teacher: Student-Led Learning

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 303 edTPA Explained

Clinician: Chelsea Short, Bulverde Creek EL Presider: Angela Leonhardt, Hidden Forest EL CPE 2-11-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Student ownership and creativity is a key component of the elementary music classroom. When students guide their own learning, they create meaningful and memorable experiences that better solidify musical concepts. Short will guide participants through different levels of student-led learning, composition, and play in the framework of the Orff Schulwerk process.

Clinician: Ryan Franklin, Texas Education Agency, Associate Commissioner for Educator Leadership and Quality Presider: Robert Floyd, TMEA Executive Director CPE 2-11-303 – 1.0 Hr Franklin will provide background and answer your questions about recent changes to educator preparation and certification requirements, including edTPA, the performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system the state is piloting for certification purposes.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Teaching Singing Games with a T-TESS Twist Clinicians: Emily Lucas, Wolman EL; Lisa Trewin, Yeager EL; Elaine Waier, Pope EL Presider: Brenda Richison, Tower EL CPE 2-11-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Overwhelmed by T-TESS? Learn how to empower and engage your students while implementing the essential T-TESS dimensions through core singing games. Clinicians will present activities, templates, and strategies that easily connect to songs and games you already know and love, but with a T-TESS twist. You’ll leave saying, “I can do this!â€?

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Tiptoe to Do-Si-Do: A Movement Sequence for Greater Success in Your Classroom TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Jamie Rives, Hawk EL CPE 2-11-TXABC – 1.0 Hr In this energy-packed, hands-on workshop, Kirk will focus on the development of students’ movement and coordination and musical skills and abilities. Exploring a variety of developmentally appropriate movement activities, songs, finger plays, and singing games, participants will examine a movement sequence (simple to complex) and acquire knowledge and skills to implement these strategies in their KodĂĄly-based curriculum. Materials will be appropriate for all learners, children through adults.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Does Kindergarten Music Matter? Clinician: Missy Strong, GIA Publications Presider: Juliana Roy, Roberts EL Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 2-11-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Does your district value early-childhood music education, or is there a predominant focus on performance in the later years? With a better understanding, you will be able to articulate the necessity of music instruction starting in PreK and kindergarten, based on neuroscientific research and childhood development. Learn what you should be doing to help develop musicality in the early years.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 302 AB What’s Really on the Test: Getting Students into Theory I Clinician: Paul Thomas, Texas Woman’s Univ Presider: Danielle Woolery, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-11-302AB – 1.0 Hr High school students planning on majoring in music often face disappointment when placed into remedial Theory or Aural Skills courses. With minimal effort, you can equip your students to succeed on these exams with or without a dedicated theory course. Thomas will focus on the minimal skill level required in most programs for admittance into Theory I and Aural Skills I.

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Stars at Night FRIDAY IN

TMEA is excited to offer performances and presentations by these celebrated special guests on Friday in the Stars at Night Ballroom. SUSAN GRAHAMȰĨīďåÐĮĮðďĊ­ă ĉКšďȭĮďĨī­Ċď 4:00 PM

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Learn more about these exciting events in the schedule preview pages.

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LARRY LIVINGSTON—ÆďĊÌķÆĴďīș ÐÌķÆ­Ĵďīș ĮĨЭāÐī 11:30 AM

U.S. ARMY HERALD TRUMPETS—U.S. ĨīÐĮðÌÐĊĴȸĮ ďŨÆð­ă å­Ċå­īÐ ÐĊĮÐĉÅăÐ 10:00 AM

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FRIDAY

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 304 El Mismo Sol: Building PK12–Higher Education Alliances to Strengthen Music Education TMEA Featured Clinician: Deborah Confredo, Temple Univ Presider: Carter Biggers, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-11-304 – 1.0 Hr In a time when technology opens doors faster than ever, no music educator should feel isolated or unimportant, unsupported, or unheard. The celebration of music-making and the better understanding of how to best teach and learn music can be amplified with greater connections between teachers at all levels. Overcoming an us-versus-them culture to bring voices together in solidarity, Confredo will focus on the coalition of all music educators toward the development of strong collaborations.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Diversity in Action: A Deeper Dive Clinician: Coty Morris, MSU Community Music School Presider: Dinah Menger, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: TMEA CPE 2-11-WR – 1.0 Hr In this continuation of the clinic “Being Human Together,� participants will work together to unravel controversies and problem-solve everyday scenarios that occur in our classrooms. Join Morris for an engaging, interactive roundtable session that will move us toward more culturally relevant teaching. Your unique perspective is welcome—and necessary!

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Technology Integration with Feierabend, Kodåly, and Orff Clinician: Amy Burns, Far Hills Country Day School CPE 2-11-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Regardless of the approach you use to teach elementary music in the classroom, technology can greatly enhance it. If you have a 1:1 classroom (each student has a device) or you use your own device to teach the class, Burns will demonstrate how technology can be used to assist students with creating, performing, and making music.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Let’s Jam! Engaging More Students Through Active Music-Making

a wealth of two-part chorals for concert/festival, spirituals, folk songs, and holidays, along with reproducible choral books, warmup books, and teaching resources—all designed to inspire your programming mind and lift up the choral art through young singers.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 213 Music You Can Read: Instrument Centers for Grades K–5 Clinician: Jess Buice, Music Notes, Inc. Sponsored by: Music Notes, Inc. CPE 2-11-213 – 1.0 Hr Setting up instrument centers allows students to progress at their own pace and ensures your classroom is focused on differentiated learning though music literacy. Buice will share information for securing funds and setting up centers (keyboard, recorder, Orff, ukulele, guitar, and rhythm instruments). He will focus on song selection, classroom management, and, most importantly, tracking student success.

12:30 – 2:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW TRAVIS TMEA/TJEA Region Jazz Coordinators Luncheon Presider: Aric Schneller, Sam Houston State Univ, TJEA President

12:30 – 2:15 PM / MARRIOTT RW SALON EF Band Region and Area Chairs Luncheon Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE UT/Arlington Saxophone Choir Director: Mike Nguyen, UT/Arlington CPE MS-2-12-BH-MS8 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will present an exciting performance of new and standard repertoire for the saxophone choir.

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE UTRGV Trombone Quartet Director: William Haugeberg, UT/Rio Grande Valley CPE MS-2-12-NL-MS36 – 0.5 Hr This quartet was formed in 2018 by its current members and has performed at the Big 12 Trombone Conference, the 2019 International Trombone Festival, and many high schools throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Clinicians: Shawna Longo, Hopatcong Schools; Marjorie LoPresti, East Brunswick HS CPE 2-11-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Think about the students in your school who listen to music on their devices all day but are not in choir, band, or orchestra. Longo and LoPresti will offer strategies and tools to integrate free and affordable technology as a bridge to engage these students. Course design, creative projects, and alternative performing ensembles will be discussed.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Sound Design Projects Beyond Subtractive Synthesis and Samplers Clinician: Charles Menoche, CCSU Department Of Music CPE 2-11-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Synthesis design projects are fun opportunities for students to refine close listening skills, learn about different timbres, and reinforce numerous STEAMrelated topics. Attendees will leave with a list of new and different software synthesis instruments beyond subtractive and sampling, plus ideas of some ways to integrate these into music technology, compositions, and performance projects.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / CC 212 Creative Programming for the Elementary Choir and Classroom Clinician: Greg Gilpin, Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard Sponsored by: Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard CPE 2-11-212 – 1.0 Hr The search continues for solid, educational, and engaging music for elementary grades. Gilpin will explore Southwestern Musician | December 2019 63

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FRIDAY 12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Stephen F. Austin State University Horn Ensemble Director: Charles Gavin, Stephen F. Austin State Univ CPE MS-2-12-EX-MS22 – 0.5 Hr This horn ensemble will present a varied program of original compositions and arrangements for large horn ensemble. In addition to a premiere composition, works from the famous London Horn Sound album will be featured.

12:30 – 1:00 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Baylor University Flute Fleet Director: Charlotte Daniel, Baylor Univ CPE MS-2-12-WL-MS50 – 0.5 Hr As winners of Baylor’s Semper Pro Musica Chamber Music Competition, this quartet of senior undergraduate flutists performed in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in May 2019.

12:45 – 2:15 PM / MARRIOTT RW BOWIE College Region Chairs Luncheon Presider: Vicki Baker, Texas Woman’s Univ, TMEA College Division Vice-President

1:00 – 1:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: 3C Honor Band – Cockrill MS Honors Band Conductor: Gary Williams, Cockrill MS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-13-LCT-T10 – 1.0 Hr

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 221 Building Community Through Districtwide Collaborations Clinicians: Mark Edenfield, Cypress Falls HS; Larry Brown, Cypress Springs HS; Mary Running, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Presider: John Morrison, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Demonstration Group: CFISD Honor Clarinet Choir & Honor Trombone Choir, Mark Edenfield, Director CPE 2-13-221 – 1.0 Hr Chamber music for instrumental choirs is ideal for uniting groups of students from several schools. They learn a variety of musical styles, regularly rehearse with the most talented individuals in the area, and forge valuable relationships that ultimately assist their skill sets and confidence as individual performers.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 225 Ten Things Percussion Methods Teachers Want You to Remember Clinician: Benjamin Tomlinson, Stephen F. Austin State Univ Presider: David Campo, Stephen F. Austin State Univ CPE 2-13-225 – 1.0 Hr Most instrumental music education programs include a course dedicated to teaching percussion instruction at the secondary level. Tomlinson will offer this percussion methods refresher for non-percussionist teachers currently in the field. It will be particularly useful for programs without a percussion specialist in their district.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 304 ATSSB General Membership Meeting Presider: Eric Gray, Gilmer HS, ATSSB President

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 214 AB Zen and the Art of Expressive Bowing TMEA Featured Clinician: Frank Diaz, Univ of Indiana Presider: Brett Berridge, Monterey HS CPE 2-13-214AB – 1.0 Hr Rather than prescribing a fixed set of best practices, Diaz will focus on how to use your musical imagination, paired with a basic understanding of bow mechanics, to enact bowing decisions that are effective, expressive, and adaptable based on various musical and technical demands.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 214 CD I Hate to Practice: How to Make the Most of Your Time Clinicians: Penny Kruse, Bowling Green State Univ; Steven Kruse, String Play for All Presider: Lynn Ledbetter, Texas State Univ CPE 2-13-214CD – 1.0 Hr Most students hate to practice and when they do, they dedicate the minimum amount of time. The key to successful practice is efficiency. The clinicians will provide a cheat sheet to develop or refine basic elements of good violin technique. This session is geared toward teachers and their students who play on the intermediate to advanced level. Bring your instrument to try new and proven exercises.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Hidden Challenges: Exploring Music Without Hearing Clinician: Mandy Harvey, American Jazz and Pop Singer and Songwriter Presider: Michelle Hank, Willow Wood JH CPE 2-13-SN – 1.0 Hr Harvey is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and inspirational speaker who lost her residual hearing at the age of 18 while she was majoring in vocal music education. Harvey, who became well-known as a finalist on the 12th season of America’s Got Talent, will share her story and offer educators inspiration for teaching students with disabilities and helping them overcome their fears.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 217 KodĂĄly Educators of Texas General Membership Meeting Presider: Lauren Bain, Schurz EL, KET President Featuring a performance by the Leon Heights Elementary Honor Choir (Belton ISD).

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Brain-Based Rhythmic Strategies for Classroom Management Clinicians: Mary Knysh, Rhythm Band; Patrick Lollis, Adams MS Presider: Amy Peterson, Horne EL Sponsored by: Rhythm Band Instruments CPE 2-13-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Classroom management is one of the biggest challenges educators face. Knysh and Lollis will share a brain-based classroom management model that invites students to become a vital and integral part of the solution. Rhythmic activities provide fun and interactive strategies for managing relevant topics, such as student accountability and buy-in, daily transitions, engagement, focus, and leadership.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Prepare, Practice, Present: Sound Before Sight on Recorder Clinician: Rachel Grimsby, Michigan State Univ, PhD Candidate/Grad Assistant Presider: Rebecca Puckett, Sunset Valley EL Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 2-13-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Using this sound-before-sight approach can offer participants renewed passion in teaching recorder. Learn rhymes, songs, and instructional strategies to give students joyful and successful experiences. A flexible instructional sequence, founded on Conversational Solfège and useful with any curriculum, will be presented as participants experience the sound-before-sight process.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Developing an Advanced Marimba Band Clinician: Walt Hampton, White Bluffs EL/TCSBA Presider: Sabrina Silva, Exley EL Demonstration Group: ’Bahuru Marimba Band Sponsored by: West Music CPE 2-13-TXABC – 1.0 Hr If you have a marimba band, and you want to get to the next level, start here! Hampton will discuss and demonstrate musical concepts and practical considerations involved in creating a truly advanced marimba band. ’Bahuru, Hampton’s most advanced marimba band that consists entirely of students from his younger groups, will assist and demonstrate.

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FRIDAY 1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Content, Process, and Product: Differentiated Instruction in the Elementary Music Classroom TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Kaundria Gay, Hearne EL CPE 2-13-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Experience how to model lessons utilizing process teaching strategies from Orff Schulwerk, KodĂĄly, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics with the core ideas of differentiated instruction (Content, Process, and Product) to meet the needs of diverse learners. Discover how to enhance rhythmic and melodic concepts using multiple modalities—kinesthetic, aural, and visual learners can thrive in an Orff music classroom. Learn how to structure composition to allow for modifications or to stretch and differentiate instruction for every learner.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 302 AB Preparing Successful Online Auditions and Portfolios Clinician: Christopher Pool, Texas A&M Univ/Corpus Christi Presider: Joni Jensen, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-13-302AB – 1.0 Hr As more schools and festivals move to online auditions, applicants should know strategies that can help them achieve success. Having viewed hundreds of applications as the Academy Director of the Talis Music Festival & Academy, Pool will highlight the elements of what can make or break your e-portfolio.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 303 Coloring Outside the Lines: Busting Boundaries with Creativity in Classrooms 6–12 TMEA Featured Clinician: Ruth Brittin, Univ of the Pacific Presider: Christiane Gilbert, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-13-303 – 1.0 Hr A hands-on, creative approach can seed your best new idea. Brittin will show how a grades 6–12 string teacher within a traditional school structure explores new rehearsal structures with fiddling and improvisation and how college students learn to arrange educational repertoire appropriate for school settings within a traditional conservatory setting. Let’s bend the borders!

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 210 Practical Tools for Building Success in Urban Music Students

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Recording Band, Choir, Orchestra, and Other Musical Ensembles Clinician: Floyd Richmond, Tarleton State Univ CPE 2-13-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Creating quality recordings requires gear that is easy to set up and that produces quality results. Richmond will cover multiple portable (handheld) and permanent (auditorium) solutions. Topics will include microphone selection, placement, and setup, and he will discuss adjustments required for various ensembles and spaces.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Maximizing Engagement in the Middle School Years Clinician: Kate Hargreaves, MusicEDU CPE 2-13-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Classroom music in the middle school setting is challenging and is often a subject with a wide range of student differentiation. With a focus on hands-on music-making and technology integration, participants will discover how current industry trends (such as DJing and Game Composition) can cater to all learning types and bring the middle school classroom back to life!

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Air on a G Suite: Google Tools for Music Education Clinician: John Mlynczak, Noteflight CPE 2-13-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr G Suite for Education includes a range of Google tools that can be used by music educators to develop more creative and productive classrooms. Using these resources allows students to efficiently and effectively learn in a collaborative environment while gaining valuable career skills. Get an overview and learn practical applications of essential Google tools for music.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC C Prepare Your Students for a 21st-Century Career in Audio

Clinician: Nicole Melki, Ubuntu Music Project Presider: Randal Lyle, B Sharp Youth Music CPE 2-13-210 – 1.0 Hr While the urban classroom can be challenging, music educators are driven by their passion to generate long-term positive educational, emotional, and social outcomes for students through high-level playing. Attendees will be equipped with practical tools for classroom management and models that foster a culture of motivation, empowerment, and success for urban students.

Clinicians: John Krivit, Emerson College; Gabe Herman, Univ of Hartford CPE 2-13-GHREPC – 1.0 Hr College students majoring in audio are graduating with a host of career opportunities that might not have existed several years ago. What skills are required? What are the salaries? Who are the employers? Krivit and Herman will discuss the changing definition of an audio career.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 220 Legislative Update

Clinician: Tracy Harris, College of the Sequoias/JW Pepper/Wingert-Jones Sponsored by: Wingert-Jones/JW Pepper/Yamaha CPE 2-13-212 – 1.0 Hr In this interactive flute session, Harris will provide concise, easy-to-apply instructional techniques that will empower music educators to teach the flute more efficiently and effectively. The techniques offered have been vetted over decades of clinics given in every classroom setting and will quickly provide measurable results. Bring a flute to try out the techniques.

Clinicians: Robert Floyd, TMEA Executive Director; Matt Matthews, Governmental Relations Consultant; Julia Grizzard, Governmental Relations Consultant Presider: Joseph MuĂąoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President CPE 2-13-220 – 1.0 Hr Floyd and TMEA lobbyists Matthews and Grizzard will share a strategy for impacting legislative election outcomes during the primary and general elections and will discuss a legislative agenda for fine arts during the 87th legislative session.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION Job Interview Skills Practice Session 4 Presiders: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, TMAC President; Jim Egger, McAllen ISD, TMAC Vice-President Sponsored by: TMEA/TMAC CPE 2-13-WR – 1.0 Hr Improve your interview skills by participating in or observing mock interviews with district fine arts administrators.

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 212 Easy Tips to Improve Your Flute Section’s Tone & Technique

1:00 – 2:00 PM / CC 213 Choral Expressions for the High School Choir Clinician: Greg Gilpin, Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard Sponsored by: Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard CPE 2-13-213 – 1.0 Hr Educators who teach younger to more experienced singers in high school, who work in rural and urban situations, or who work with limited budgets will want to join Gilpin as he presents outstanding choral literature for mixed as well as women’s and men’s choirs in the high school range.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas Southern University Faculty Chamber Jazz CPE MS-2-14-BH-MS9 – 0.5 Hr Chamber members will present a uniquely eclectic program of principally original repertoire. Listeners will recognize influences from wide-ranging musical genres and ethnic origins, all expressed with an authentic jazz aesthetic.

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FRIDAY 2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Tomball Trombone Trio CPE MS-2-14-NL-MS37 – 0.5 Hr This faculty trio of trombonists will present literature suitable for students, covering pieces on the PML for all ability levels, as well as classic trombone trio repertoire. Works will include trios by Speer, Premru, and Uber and arrangements by Marcellus.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Cypress Springs HS Saxophone Ensemble Directors: Kaylee Christensen, Cypress Springs HS; Reese Burgan, Lone Star College - Montgomery CPE MS-2-14-EX-MS23 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will perform a varied selection of music including classical, jazz, and contemporary compositions for saxophone choir. The group performs primarily as a large ensemble (13–16 members) and also with smaller instrumentation such as octets and quintets.

2:00 – 2:30 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE UT/Arlington MFC Grace Notes Director: Terri Sånchez, UT/Arlington CPE MS-2-14-WL-MS51 – 0.5 Hr The UTA Maverick Flute Choir, known as the MFC Grace Notes, will present an exciting program of modern works, including Jonathan Cohen’s Flutes and Vegetables, Ian Clarke’s Within, and Terri Sånchez’s new arrangements for flute choir and narrators, The Walrus and the Carpenter and The Red Queen, both based on text from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass.

ATSSB Concert Band (David Wilborn, Texas A&M University): Hyatt Regency Ballroom West ATSSB Jazz Ensemble (Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington): Hyatt Regency Rio Grande Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Mixed Choir (Jerry Blackstone, Conductor Emeritus, Univ of Michigan): CC 301 Treble Choir (Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ): CC 206 Tenor-Bass Choir (Cameron F. LaBarr, Missouri State Univ): CC 205 Small School Mixed Choir (Kenneth Fulton, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State Univ): CC 207

2:30 – 3:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: HS Full Honor Orchestra – Seven Lakes HS Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Desiree Overree, Seven Lakes HS Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 2-14-LCT-T11 – 1.0 Hr

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 214 AB The Bass-ics: Dos and Don’ts of Teaching String Bass

2:15 – 2:40 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Sonido

Clinicians: George Fahlund, Private Instructor; Anna Macias, Lake Travis HS; Ricky Pringle, McCallum HS; Jessica Gilliam-Valls, Southwestern Univ, Huston-Tillotson Univ, ACC Presider: David Sloan, Retired CPE 2-14-214AB – 1.0 Hr The bass—tuned in fourths, two types of bows—it’s just different. Let the Texas Hill Country Bass Collective help demystify the string bass. Whether you want to expand or update your knowledge, clinicians will help you meet your goals. Let’s break some bad habits, answer some questions, and spend an hour having fun. Go home excited about teaching string bass!

Conductor: Matthew Trevino, Roan Forest EL Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 2-14-HB12-E4 – 0.5 Hr

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 214 CD Teach Your Students How to Practice

2:30 – 3:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: Septura Brass Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-14-SN-X1 – 1.0 Hr

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 220 Practical Advice and Demystification of Intermediate and Advanced Trombone Techniques Clinician: Joe Dixon, Private Instructor Presider: Tate Fincher, Clear Creek HS CPE 2-14-220 – 1.0 Hr Nationally renowned trombone pedagogue Dixon will present an informative discussion focused on understanding trombone techniques beyond the beginner class. Topics will include changeover to symphony tenor, F-attachment, and bass trombone, instrument and mouthpiece selection, teaching intonation, and building range and fast technique.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 221 Understanding Reeds and Oboe Ensemble Skills Clinician: Sally Bohls, Private Instructor Presider: Robert Henry, TMEA Past-President CPE 2-14-221 – 1.0 Hr Students and directors need to know how the oboe should blend within the full ensemble and woodwind sound. How much does the reed affect sound and intonation? Bohls will offer advice on how to balance the need for confidence while getting them inside the ensemble sound.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices CPE 2-14-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 ATSSB Symphonic Band (Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas): Hyatt Regency Ballroom East

Clinician: Jason Heath, Eastman Strings Presider: Jordan Loveland, MacArthur HS Sponsored by: Eastman Strings CPE 2-14-214CD – 1.0 Hr Developing effective practice skills is a major challenge for every string teacher. Heath will synthesize the latest findings in cognitive development and examine how to unlock the secrets of good practicing.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 217 Getting Off the Risers: Using the Stage for Visual, Dramatic Impact TMEA Featured Clinician: Emily Ellsworth, Freelance Conductor/Clinician Presider: Mary Anne Clark, Schrade MS Demonstration Group: James Madison HS Chorale, Edie Cooksey, Director CPE 2-14-217 – 1.0 Hr Ellsworth will discuss how to enhance a song’s message in today’s more visual world. This is not about choreography, but about using stage formations to lend greater dramatic impact and enhance a song’s message. She will work with a demonstration choir to show possibilities for various kinds of repertoire and intentions.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 225 Working the Rubik’s Cube: Success Strategies for Male Choirs Clinician: Sandy Hinkley, Sam Houston State Univ Presider: Tommy Corley, Carthage HS CPE 2-14-225 – 1.0 Hr Teaching adolescent male singers in any choral program presents unique challenges, as each voice takes a different path in its development. Hinkley will help educators better understand the male changing voice and will demonstrate pedagogical strategies found successful with middle and high school male singers. Pitch-matching, vocal tone, and repertoire will be the main topics of discussion.

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FRIDAY 2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Voice Acoustics: Vowel Modification—Sing That Top! Clinician: Jessica Posada, Univ of North Texas Presider: Eric Posada, Tyler Junior College CPE 2-14-LSABC – 1.0 Hr There are many advantages to effective vowel modification when the human voice approaches the top of the staff. Posada will explain the acoustic differences that male and female voices undergo when they approach the higher register. She will provide practical methods to achieve successful vowel shaping in the choral rehearsal through the use of voice-building exercises.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Unicorn Singing and Underwater Painting: Tricks of the Trade Clinician: Janwin Overstreet-Goode, TMEA Past-President Presider: Omar Samaniego, McAllen Memorial HS CPE 2-14-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Through the use of imagery, Overstreet-Goode will share tricks of the trade to help with vocal and choral techniques, especially for younger singers. Attendees will participate in Unicorn Singing, Underwater Painting, North/ South vs. East/West singing, and Biting the Apple, among other techniques.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Is It General Music or Is It Choir? Clinician: Roger Sams, Music Is Elementary Presider: Natasha Thurmon, Boldt EL Sponsored by: Music Is Elementary CPE 2-14-TXABC – 1.0 Hr In this active session Sams will present models for performance pieces that teach and utilize part-singing and are accompanied by Orff instruments. He will bridge the gap between the general music classroom and the choral rehearsal, resulting in stage-worthy pieces that are rooted in skill-building and conceptual learning.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Cultural Competency in the KodĂĄly Classroom Clinician: Jennifer Barnes, QuaverMusic.com Presider: Elizabeth Moose, Brockett EL CPE 2-14-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr How do we build connections between our students and the music we explore in our classrooms? Teachers will begin to understand how to develop culturally responsive models of teaching folk and art music while learning to support music literacy, develop independent learners, and nurture a culture of respect in the 21st-century music classroom.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 302 AB How to Prepare for College Auditions Clinician: Lynn Ledbetter, Texas State Univ Presider: Abel Rodriguez, Richland College Demonstration Group: Texas State String Students CPE 2-14-302AB – 1.0 Hr Ledbetter will discuss and demonstrate how to prepare for college auditions, including choosing rĂŠsumĂŠ formats, requesting letters of recommendation, contacting prospective universities, setting up college visits, building sample lessons, selecting and preparing appropriate repertoire, developing good interview techniques, and practicing sightreading.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 303 Introducing World Music Through Small Ensembles Clinician: Michelle Flowers, Texas Woman’s Univ Presider: Elizabeth Mora, Southwestern Assemblies of God Univ CPE 2-14-303 – 1.0 Hr Coal Hill Quartet members will discuss their experience preparing a program featuring composers from one country. They will explore the difficulties and benefits of such a project, how it informed their worldview and playing, and most importantly how these lessons can be transferred to your band and small ensemble program. Ethnomusicological and pedagogical approaches will be covered.

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2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 304 Lifelong Commitment Toward Lifelong Music Learning TMEA Featured Clinician: Deborah Confredo, Temple Univ Presider: Carter Biggers, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 2-14-304 – 1.0 Hr The sphere of influence for music educators should extend beyond the welldefined, precise slices to which we are often relegated in professional life. Borrowing from West Side Story, we must expand our reach from “birth to earth.â€? The benefits of music in early childhood, as well as into adulthood, are continually being highlighted through research and practice. Confredo will examine the advantages and challenges of adults in community music and music educators’ contributions to lifelong learning.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 210 Helping Young Musicians with Mental Health & Wellness Issues Clinician: Bradley Meyer, Stephen F. Austin State Univ Presider: David Campo, Stephen F. Austin State Univ Sponsored by: Yamaha Corporation of America CPE 2-14-210 – 1.0 Hr Meyer will help music instructors detect, understand, and assist young musicians with mental health and wellness issues. Given students’ high-pressure lives that include social media, competitions, peer pressure, parental pressure, and other sources of anxiety and stress, this is a vital topic for today’s music educator.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC WEST REGISTRATION The Score: An Urban Music Education Live Podcast Clinicians: Eric Jimenez, Univ of Houston; Justin McLean, Hightower HS Presider: Dinah Menger, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: TMEA CPE 2-14-WR – 1.0 Hr Jimenez and McLean, hosts of “The Score,â€? an Urban Music Education Podcast, will guide a panel of music educators through a series of questions regarding their identity and experiences as music students and educators. The discussion will provide strategies on how music educators can create a more inclusive environment to celebrate their students’ identity and culture.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Microphone Techniques for Ensembles: Live Sound & Recording Clinician: Barbara Freedman, Greenwich HS CPE 2-14-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Every music teacher needs to know something about microphones and how to use them for live sound reinforcement and ensemble recording. Freedman will explore microphone types and examples of models from various companies at different price points. Freedman will also discuss techniques for using them in the classroom, the concert hall, and the pit for bands, orchestras, and choruses of all sizes.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Teaching Digital Natives Clinician: Leigh McClain, Griffin MS CPE 2-14-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Students in our classrooms have never known a time without the Internet, and thus they process and retain information differently than preceding generations. Digital natives thrive on social interaction, visual aids, fast pace, and collaboration. With most teachers not being digital natives, we need to work to find strategies to merge styles.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Your Guide to Migrating from Classic to New SmartMusic Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 2-14-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr The time has come to make the switch from Classic to the new Web-based SmartMusic, and we’ve got your back. Learn the basics of account creation, student enrollment, assignments, and accessibility. You’ll also see the Compose and Sight Reading builder, two features exclusive to the Web-based version. If you are about to make the change, don’t miss this clinic.

FRIDAY 2:30 – 3:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC C So You Want to Study Audio in College Clinicians: John Krivit, Emerson College; Gabe Herman, Univ of Hartford CPE 2-14-GHREPC – 1.0 Hr If you teach students who want to pursue a degree in audio, you need to understand the criteria that distinguish one academic program from another. What questions should prospective students and parents be asking? Krivit and Herman will offer a survey of various higher-education audio programs so your students can make informed choices.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 212 Experience New Choral Music with Jamey Ray Clinician: Jamey Ray, Excelcia Music Publishing Sponsored by: Excelcia Music Publishing CPE 2-14-212 – 1.0 Hr Excelcia Music Publishing will present its first-ever choral catalog in this exciting new music reading session. Choral Editor Ray, leader and arranger for the popular vocal group Voctave, will present this inspiring clinic, giving insightful tips on incorporating these new pieces into your classroom repertoire for middle through high school choirs.

2:30 – 3:30 PM / CC 213 Alan Parsons / ASSR Music Production Curriculum Clinicians: Terry Shields, Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording; Jamie Knight, Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording; Julian Colbeck, Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording Sponsored by: Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording CPE 2-14-213 – 1.0 Hr Legendary producer and engineer Parsons and his team bring a lifetime’s experience in the studio and on the concert stage in this multimedia curriculum comprising video, music stems, a printed textbook, and detailed lesson plans. The course is multilevel and suitable for recording arts programs and associated disciplines such as video, theater, game design, and broadcast seeking to add dedicated audio and recording components.

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2:45 – 3:10 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Crestview Eagle-aires Conductor: Amanda Pullen, Crestview EL Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 2-14-HB12-E5 – 0.5 Hr

3:15 – 3:40 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Forest Vista Choir Conductor: Emily Brackney, Forest Vista EL Presider: Abigail Hawes, Moore EL, TMEA Elementary Division Vice-President CPE 2-15-HB12-E6 – 0.5 Hr

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Revolution Strings Director: Darcy Radcliffe, Abilene HS CPE MS-2-15-BH-MS10 – 0.5 Hr Revolution Strings mixes warm country fiddle with the energy of Celtic reels for a lively and inspiring musical performance experience. Upheld by a strong classical music background, this vibrant approach to music-making has appealed to audiences of all ages.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Session Brass Quintet CPE MS-2-15-NL-MS38 – 0.5 Hr Quintet members include a rotation of brass players, teachers, and friends who get together throughout the year to play concerts and give master classes.

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FRIDAY 3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Honor Trombone Choir Directors: Larry Brown, Cypress Springs HS; Brenton Marquart, Bridgeland HS; Kyle Siegrist, Cypress Ranch HS; Aaron Kennell, Cypress Creek HS CPE MS-2-15-EX-MS24 – 0.5 Hr The trombone choir will perform musical selections ranging from Gabrielli to Gillespie to Gaga. Classical, jazz, and pop music will showcase the unique musical colors and characteristics of this large trombone ensemble and the talents of its members, who represent the district’s 12 high schools.

3:30 – 4:00 PM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Keller ISD Clarinet Choir Director: Amanda Cox, Baylor Univ CPE MS-2-15-WL-MS52 – 0.5 Hr The clarinet choir will present a program of wonderfully arranged and well known pieces including Elgar’s Nimrod, Grainger’s Shepherd’s Hey, and Holst’s Suite in E-flat, and they will showcase some smaller chamber groups.

4:00 – 4:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: 3A Honor Band – Mineola HS Band Conductor: Chris Brannan, Mineola HS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-16-LCT-T12 – 1.0 Hr

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 221 The Virtuous Cycle: Enhancing the Feedback Loop Between Gesture and Sound TMEA Featured Clinician: Travis Cross, Univ of California Los Angeles Presider: Chad Dempsey, Edinburg North HS Demonstration Group: Churchill HS Wind Ensemble, Amanda Stevenson, Director CPE 2-16-221 – 1.0 Hr How can we best facilitate accomplished and artistic performances by responding in real time to influence the sounds our students produce? Through ensemble demonstration, Cross will expose how effective conducting and teaching are one and the same, presenting an approach to gesture and movement based on instigating changes in how players move air, articulate, listen, and shape the music.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 225 Creating a Successful Middle School Non-Varsity Band Clinicians: Keith Marshall, Blalack MS; Alicia DeSoto, Shadow Ridge MS Presider: Amanda Blackstone, Farley MS CPE 2-16-225 – 1.0 Hr With experience in middle school non-varsity bands of varying size and socioeconomic status, DeSoto and Marshall will show how employing a clear sequence for the year and focusing on individual performance will enhance your non-varsity band. Learn how to prepare students for advancement into the middle school varsity and high school bands.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Brass Fundamentals for Beginners: A Revolutionary Approach Clinicians: Chris Hasselbring, Music Inst. of Chicago; Kirsty Montgomery, Northwestern Univ Presider: Kenneth Capshaw, UT/El Paso CPE 2-16-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Teaching beginning brass poses unique challenges for teachers and students alike. Hasselbring and Montgomery will present a revolutionary approach to whole-class beginning-brass instruction. Jump-start the development of crucial fundamental and aural skills, while inspiring creativity in sound production, thoroughly preparing students for success on all of the modern brass instruments.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Recruitment & Retention: Large Results in Small Rural Schools

required to recruit a high percentage of their students to their band program and to maintain their interest and involvement through the process. These tools have been tested and proven to work—especially at small rural schools!

4:00 – 5:00 PM / LOCATIONS BELOW All-State Rehearsal: Techniques and Best Practices CPE 2-16-LOC-ASR – 1.0 Hr Observe an All-State clinician/conductor in rehearsal. Symphonic Band (Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California): CC 007 Concert Band (Robert J. Ambrose, Georgia State Univ): Marriott RW Salon ABC 5A Symphonic Band (Kevin M. Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina/Greensboro): La Quinta Fiesta Ballroom TMEA Jazz Ensemble I (Bob Lark, DePaul Univ): CC 209 TMEA Jazz Ensemble II (Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology): CC 211 ATSSB Symphonic Band (Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas): Hyatt Regency Ballroom East ATSSB Concert Band (David Wilborn, Texas A&M University): Hyatt Regency Ballroom West ATSSB Jazz Ensemble (Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington): Hyatt Regency Rio Grande Symphony Orchestra (Carl St.Clair, Univ of Southern California): CC 006 Philharmonic Orchestra (Helen Cha-Pyo, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts): Hilton Salon Del Rey Sinfonietta Orchestra (James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee): CC 008 Mixed Choir (Jerry Blackstone, Conductor Emeritus, Univ of Michigan): CC 301 Treble Choir (Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ): CC 206 Tenor-Bass Choir (Cameron F. LaBarr, Missouri State Univ): CC 205 Small School Mixed Choir (Kenneth Fulton, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State Univ): CC 207

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 214 AB How to Use Mindfulness to Improve Focus, Self-Regulation, and Performance Skills in Orchestras TMEA Featured Clinician: Frank Diaz, Univ of Indiana Presider: Joshua Thompson, Westwood HS CPE 2-16-214AB – 1.0 Hr Mindfulness is a state of enhanced focus and awareness associated with skilled performance and well-being. Diaz will examine how to use mindfulnessbased strategies during orchestra rehearsals that promote both social-emotional and cognitive skills that are important to successful music learning and performance.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM A Conversation with Susan Graham Clinician: Susan Graham, Professional Mezzo-Soprano Presider: Heather Orr, Montgomery HS CPE 2-16-SN – 1.0 Hr Enjoy this conversation with renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. A native Texan, Graham is a former TMEA All-State Mixed Choir member and graduate of Texas Tech University and Manhattan School of Music. A familiar face at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, she also maintains a strong international presence. She won a Grammy for her collection of Ives songs and has been recognized throughout her career as one of the foremost exponents of French vocal music.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Lullabies to Circle Games: Music in Early Childhood (Birth–9 Years) TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Becky Compton, North Riverside EL CPE 2-16-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Kirk will focus on the creation of a KodĂĄly-based early-childhood music and movement environment that stimulates the child’s innate musical abilities as well as fosters cognitive, social, language, creative, and motor development. Actively explore songs, rhymes, singing games, finger plays, bounces, tickles, and a multitude of other musical activities that provide a variety of developmentally appropriate musical experiences for the young child. Kirk will also discuss current research on learning theory, brain development, early vocal production, and song acquisition.

Clinicians: Barry Hurt, Retired; Dusty Balderas, Brownfield HS; Anthony Gonzales, Plainview HS Presider: Matt Knight, Abernathy HS CPE 2-16-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Band directors from all backgrounds, especially those from rural low socioeconomic schools, will gain the knowledge, methods, techniques, and resources

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FRIDAY 4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF SĂ­ganme Mis Amigos/Follow Me My Friends Clinician: Rene Boyer, Peripole Inc. Presider: Stacy Redding, McLeod Bethune EL Sponsored by: Peripole Inc. CPE 2-16-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr This session is designed to bridge the gap between Spanish and English speakers in the music classroom. Participants will play instruments, sing, and move to interesting rhythms and harmonies from our Latino culture.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 220 #TMEA100: Sharing Wisdom, Earning Trust: A Candid History of the College Division Clinician: William May, TMEA Past-President Presider: Vicki Baker, Texas Woman’s Univ, TMEA College Division Vice-President CPE 2-16-220 – 1.0 Hr May will discuss the origins, key moments, and influences of the College Division since its formation in 1950. May’s insights are based, in part, on his 50-year association with TMEA.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 302 AB The Secrets of Writing Successful Grant Proposals Clinician: Dan Keast, UT/Permian Basin Presider: Olivia Villalpando, Texas State Univ CPE 2-16-302AB – 1.0 Hr Funding for special projects is especially challenging in an era of tight budgets. Many resources exist to help musicians achieve their dreams, if they just knew where to look! Keast will explore a few places that will reveal foundations and funders looking for meaningful ways to help society. Crafting a winning proposal takes time and thought, so learn to do it well.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 303 TExES Prep Tips: Test Overview, Resources, and Study Tips Clinician: Carol McNabb Goodwin, UT/Rio Grande Valley Presider: Troy Robertson, Tarleton State Univ CPE 2-16-303 – 1.0 Hr Preparing to take the Texas music teacher certification test? McNabb Goodwin will provide a test overview, selected study resources, and tips for successful preparation. The session will highlight the types of listening questions to expect and will conclude with a practice listening test.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 304 The Emergence of Flute Choir on the Texas Landscape Clinician: Pamela Youngblood, Texas Woman’s Univ Presider: Carter Biggers, Texas Woman’s Univ Demonstration Group: Texas Woman’s University Flute Choir CPE 2-16-304 – 1.0 Hr TMEA, Texas university faculty, and composers have been at the forefront of American flute choir development since the 1970s. Youngblood will trace the roles of universities and community groups and explore advancements in instrumentation, literature, and printing. She will also examine the pedagogical benefits of flute choir experience for band. Demonstrations will feature music by Texas composers.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 210 TMAA Sightreading Revision Committee Meeting Clinician: Mark McGahey, Keller HS Closed meeting for members of the TMAA Sightreading Revision Committee.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 217 TFME Meeting & Keynote Presider: Kay Vanlandingham, TMEA Administrative Director Keynote Speaker: Mandy Harvey, Singer, Songwriter, and Speaker CPE 2-16-217 – 1.0 Hr Join TFME students from around the state for this informative and inspiring meeting, featuring a keynote address, “Facing Your Fears: One Small Step at a Time,� by Mandy Harvey, an award-winning singer, songwriter, and inspirational speaker who lost her residual hearing at the age of 18 while she was majoring in vocal music education. Harvey tours the world performing her original music and presenting her inspirational story of never giving up. She became well-known during her time as a finalist on the 12th season of America’s Got Talent.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Create Awesome Teaching Resources with PowerPoint or Keynote Clinician: Katie Wardrobe, Midnight Music CPE 2-16-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Have you ever wanted to create your own teaching materials such as lyric videos, posters, ukulele charts, worksheets, or play-along slides? Discover how to use software you already know (PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides) to create teaching resources that include images, notation, chord diagrams, text, links, and audio. Learn six essential skills to create almost anything!

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Assessing the Digital Native Clinician: Catherine Dwinal, QuaverMusic.com CPE 2-16-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr With the shifting educational environment, there is more opportunity for arts educators in performance-based areas to utilize technology to better track student success and overall growth in the classroom. Learn more about how technology can be employed to create opportunities to better assess students through projects, rubrics, recording assignments, and more.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Creating on Any Device: Online Music Tech Made Easy Clinician: John Mlynczak, Noteflight CPE 2-16-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Wondering how to teach music using Chromebooks or iPads with online tools? By combining music notation with a digital audio workstation, there are endless possibilities to incorporate music creation in all levels of music instruction. Mlynczak will demonstrate proven lessons that can be used immediately, starting with free online software.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 212 Expanding the Range and Sound of Your Guitar Ensembles Clinician: Francisco Rodriguez, franknstrings Sponsored by: franknstrings CPE 2-16-212 – 1.0 Hr Rodriguez will demonstrate that the Villela V8VA soprano and the VSCT contra are essentially standard guitars. Learn how any standard guitar method or curriculum can be used to play the Villela soprano and contra. Rodriguez will explain how the design and size are practical for students of any level to expand the range and the sound of the guitar ensemble or solo performance.

4:00 – 5:00 PM / CC 213 Prodigies Program Philosophy & Curriculum: Early Performance & Pitch Development Clinician: Rob Young, Young Music LLC Sponsored by: ProdigiesMusic.com - Young Music LLC CPE 2-16-213 – 1.0 Hr Discover what the Odyssey and the color blue can teach us about human perception, why children who speak Mandarin have a better sense of pitch than English-speaking children, what’s missing from most early music programs and curriculum, how to build a beginner Orff ensemble on a budget, and how to inject music into your school and your community.

5:00 – 6:00 PM / MARRIOTT RW RIVER TERRACE Retired Teachers Reception Presider: Brian Coatney, Plano SH, TMEA President-Elect

5:00 – 8:00 PM / CC EXHIBIT HALL College Night (All Participants) Presider: Vicki Baker, Texas Woman’s Univ, TMEA College Division Vice-President Sponsored by: TMEA and TAMS All participating institutions will be available during this Friday 5:00–8:00 p.m. segment of the College Exhibits for one-on-one discussions about undergraduate and graduate studies. Participants will be listed online in January and in the convention program. Many institutions will also be present throughout the Thursday–Saturday exhibit hall hours in the College Exhibits area.

5:15 – 6:00 PM / LOCATIONS VARY TMEA Region Meetings Meeting locations will be in the convention program and convention app.

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FRIDAY 6:00 – 8:30 PM / CC LDR (RIVER LEVEL–GROTTO) TMEA Past-Presidents Dinner

6:30 – 7:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: Baylor University Symphony Orchestra

Presider: Robert Horton, Conroe ISD, TMEA Immediate Past-President

6:30 – 7:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: Westlake HS Jazz Ensemble

Conductor: Stephen Heyde, Baylor Univ Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President CPE 2-18-LCT-T13 – 1.0 Hr

Conductor: Jana Robertson, Westlake HS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-18-SN-S4 – 1.0 Hr

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 214 CD Developing Musicianship in the Orchestra Rehearsal

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 214 AB Smear Campaign: Seven Easy Steps for Beautiful Trombone Legato Clinician: David Begnoche, Texas Christian Univ Presider: Jerriald Dillard, Oak Ridge HS CPE 2-18-214AB – 1.0 Hr Do you or your trombone section struggle with playing smooth legato without fears of sounding smeary or sloppy? Begnoche will offer seven easy steps for effective practice and rehearsal tools to resolve the common challenges many trombonists and trombone sections confront. He will address slide technique, tone production, intonation, articulation options, and beautifully fearless legato.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 225 Practical and Motivational Strategies for Beginning Band Clinician: Christina Benitez, Wertheimer MS Presider: Shane Goforth, North Shore Senior HS CPE 2-18-225 – 1.0 Hr Benitez will discuss teaching strategies that go deep into fundamental music reading skills and instrumental techniques that are practical and fun for teachers and students. She will also demonstrate an easy and motivational classroom management system that keeps students motivated and focused.

Clinicians: Michael Isadore, Dulles HS; Angela Peugnet, Fort Settlement MS Presider: Jose Garcia, Sugar Land MS CPE 2-18-214CD – 1.0 Hr Musicianship is a concept that can be taught to any level of orchestra. Isadore and Peugnet will present ideas and exercises they have used in their middle and high school rehearsals to expand their students’ musical skills. Return home with tangible techniques you can immediately apply in your rehearsals.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 221 Ignite a String Playing Revolution! Clinicians: Darcy Radcliffe, Abilene HS; Fred Grigg, Cooper HS Presider: Jay Lester, Abilene ISD, Exec Dir of Fine Arts Demonstration Group: Revolution Strings, Darcy Radcliffe, Director CPE 2-18-221 – 1.0 Hr Use a progressive string ensemble to bring notoriety to the entire orchestra program, raise performance standards, bolster recruitment and retention, and redefine success for urban and rural settings.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 217 Stranger Things: Middle School Boys in the Choir Classroom Clinicians: Michal Risser, Canyon Ridge MS; Courtney Kelly, Canyon Ridge MS Presider: Natalie Parrish, Cypress Woods HS CPE 2-18-217 – 1.0 Hr From changing voices to hormones, boys can be some of the most challenging students in your choir program. Kelly and Risser will share how they successfully teach middle school boys and instill a sense of pride in their singing. With a little Febreze and a good sense of humor, boys can be the most rewarding singers to teach!

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Douglas R. Boyer Director, School of Music and Director of Choral Activities dboyer@tlu.edu 830-372-6869 or 800-771-8521

Wei Chen Bruce Lin Asst. Professor, Piano

Beth Bronk Director of Bands bbronk@tlu.edu

Scott McDonald Instructor, Saxophone & Jazz Band

Shaaron Conoly Director of Vocal Studies sconoly@tlu.edu

Carla McElhaney Asst. Professor, General Music

Eric Daub Director of Piano Studies edaub@tlu.edu

Kurt Moede Instructor, Horn Sung-Eun Park Asst. Professor, Collaborative Pianist

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Mark Ackerman Instructor, Oboe Adam Bedell Instructor, Percussion

Paula Corley Instructor, Clarinet

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David Milburn Instructor, Double Bass

Eliza Jeffords Director of Strings ejeffords@tlu.edu

Carol Chambers Instructor, Music Education

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Deborah Mayes Choral Accompanist

Chad Ibison Asst. Professor, Guitar Hilary Janysek Asst. Professor, Flute & Music History Monica Kang-Sasaki Asst. Professor, Piano

Keith Robinson Instructor, Tuba & Music Education

Robert Mark Rogers Asst. Professor, Bassoon Shaunna Shandro Asst. Professor, Voice Eric Siu Asst. Professor, Violin Sophie Verhaeghe Instructor, Violin Steven Vogel Instructor, Trombone & Euphonium Lance Witty Asst. Professor, Trumpet Simeng Wu Asst. Professor, Collaborative Pianist

FRIDAY 6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC RU Ready for This? Exploring the Rhythmische Ăœbung Clinician: Michelle Brinkman, Nora EL Presider: Tracy Brinkley, Morton EL CPE 2-18-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Brinkman will address both experienced Orff Schulwerk teachers and those unfamiliar with the methodology. Teachers who are new to Orff Schulwerk will gain some experiences with basic Orff process while also being exposed to one of the Schulwerk’s primary sources, the Rhythmische Ăœbung. Experienced Orff teachers will gain some new ideas for a familiar resource!

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Body Warmups for the KodĂĄly-Inspired Classroom Clinician: Kristopher Brown, Blanco Vista EL Presider: Sarah Martinez, Pflugerville ISD CPE 2-18-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Brown will offer examples of physical warmups that use quality music and movement to demonstrate form, phrasing, beat, and rhythmic and melodic concepts that connect with grade-level concepts featured in KodĂĄly Today. Learn how to make warmups that connect with curriculum!

8:00 – 8:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: 5A Honor Band – Lopez ECHS Symphonic Band Conductor: George Trevino, Lopez EC HS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 2-20-LCT-T14 – 1.0 Hr

8:00 – 10:00 PM / TEXAS DE BRAZIL Mu Omicron Dinner and Induction Presider: Sixto Elizondo, Reagan HS, Mu Omicron President Texas De Brazil is located at 313 E. Houston Street.

8:00 – 8:25 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: Clements HS Mixed Choir Conductor: Janet Menzie, Clements HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-20-HB-V12 – 0.5 Hr

8:30 – 9:20 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: University of North Texas A Cappella Choir Conductor: Allen Hightower, Univ of North Texas Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-20-HB-V13 – 1.0 Hr

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Sing a Book, Play a Song

9:30 – 11:30 PM / LOCATIONS VARY College Reunions

Clinician: Marilee Woodfield, St. Catherine’s Preschool Presider: Nikki Febinger, Plum Creek EL CPE 2-18-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Come float down the river or search the skies for aliens as we explore musical connections to children’s literature and classical music pieces! Gain ideas for engaging PreK learners in musical explorations that connect classical music, literature, and music concepts with movement in fun, active classroom adventures that can be easily expanded to meet the needs of older students.

Reconnect with alumni and faculty at your college reunion. Locations will be in the convention app and printed convention program.

11:00 – 11:59 PM / CC 221 Annual Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Sing Presider: David Irving, Del Mar College, Professor Emeritus Guest Conductor: Greg Graf, Director of Choral Activities, Del Mar College Accompanist: Dr. John C. Schmidt, Texas State University

6:30 – 7:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Mindful Movement: Folk Dance and Social Emotional Learning Clinicians: Lisa Beyer, Gulledge EL; Ashley Bouras, Harben EL Presider: Basil Bouras, North Mesquite HS CPE 2-18-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness are vital in our current teaching environment. Students need to be able to identify and navigate their emotions, and as music educators, we are poised to create a safe venue for this. Join us as we demonstrate mindfulness activities that develop folk dance and movement vocabulary.

6:30 – 7:30 PM / CC 210 Texas Association of Mariachi Educators General Membership Meeting Presider: Mirelle Acuna, Edinburg HS

7:00 – 7:25 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: The Woodlands HS Chamber Choir Conductor: Patrick Newcomb, The Woodlands HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-19-HB-V10 – 0.5 Hr

7:30 – 7:55 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM Concert: North Mesquite HS Tenor/ Bass Choir Conductor: Ryan Forkner, North Mesquite HS Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President CPE 2-19-HB-V11 – 0.5 Hr

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2020 TMEA CLINIC/CONVENTION Saturday, February 15

7:00 – 8:30 AM / CC LDR (RIVER LEVEL–GROTTO) Phi Beta Mu New Members Installation Breakfast

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 214 CD Setting Up Your String Students for Success!

Presider: Steven Moore, Lindale HS, Phi Beta Mu Alpha Chapter President

Clinician: Charles Laux, Alpharetta HS, Fulton County Schools Presider: Peter Jagdeo, Tomball Memorial HS Sponsored by: Hal Leonard Music CPE 3-08-214CD – 1.0 Hr Laux will discuss a string player’s technical setup and how it supports successful string playing. Common technical problems including posture and right- and left-hand position, and their actions will be diagnosed and corrected using best practices and multiple teaching strategies. Utilizing images and video, he will showcase real-world scenarios and solutions.

7:30 AM – 1:00 PM / CC REGISTRATION TMEA Convention Registration Registration is accessible through the north lobby of the convention center. Register online to expedite the process of obtaining your badge. Go to www.tmea.org/registration.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 221 Developing and Maintaining Excellence in a Music Program Clinician: Greg Countryman, Texas Music Adjudicators Association Presider: David Lambert, Retired CPE 3-08-221 – 1.0 Hr Developing a climate and culture of excellence in a music program for the long term requires much more than just teaching music. Countryman will discuss the musical aspects and non-musical aspects, which he believes are even more important, that played a major role in developing and maintaining a quality program during his 23 years as head band director at Quail Valley MS and Fort Settlement MS.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 225 Techniques and Perspectives of the Honor Band Directors Clinicians: George Trevino, Lopez EC HS; Chris Brannan, Mineola HS; Gary Williams, Cockrill MS; Corey Graves, Roma MS Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President CPE 3-08-225 – 1.0 Hr Directors of the 2019–2020 TMEA Honor Bands will discuss the structure, administration, and focus of their very successful programs and will answer your questions.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 210 General Meeting of the National String Project Consortium – Texas String Projects Clinician: Elizabeth Reed, National String Project Consortium

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 213 Every Music Educator Can Be a Great Guitar Teacher Clinician: Brian Rivers, Rivers Music Presider: Leonel Garza, Coronado HS CPE 3-08-213 – 1.0 Hr Attendees will build on their experiences teaching traditional ensemble classes in the development of a successful classroom guitar program. Rivers will fill in key guitar pedagogy gaps that often exist following typical college music education programs. He will demonstrate teaching techniques, and attendees will have the opportunity to practice using the presented techniques.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 214 AB Designing Warmups: Building Technique from the Body Out Clinicians: Jacob Sustaita, Sam Houston State Univ; Benjamin Grube, Texas Southern Univ Presider: Lacey Thwing, Klein Oak HS CPE 3-08-214AB – 1.0 Hr String educators undoubtedly juggle countless demands in rehearsals. Sustaita and Grube will focus on developing and streamlining effective and musical daily warmups that can be tailored to students at any level. They will provide strategies, practices, and techniques for designing and implementing technique-oriented warmups, essential for achieving musical objectives.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 217 AB Game of Tones: Conquering the Sight-Singing Dragon Clinician: Amy Moore, Salyards MS Presider: Lisa Holt, Cedar Park HS CPE 3-08-217AB – 1.0 Hr Are your students heirs to the sight-singing throne or are they battling to conquer the foe? Moore will provide strategies to incorporate sight-singing skills into all aspects of the choral rehearsal. From the basics of warming up and tone production to the complexities of repertoire preparation, she will provide an arsenal of tools to utilize in the quest to rule the sight-singing throne.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 217 CD Making Your Rehearsals Twice as Effective! Clinician: Richard Sparks, Univ of North Texas Presider: Mindy Bersalona, Donna HS Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 3-08-217CD – 1.0 Hr The worlds of training for sports and teaching/learning research have much to offer the conductor on a practical level and can radically improve the effectiveness of your rehearsal. High school director Alan Davis explained that after integrating the 80/20 concept into rehearsals and musicianship training, results were immediate, surprising, and insightful. After two weeks of little gain, they switched methods and accomplished more in just two days.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 220 TCDA Region Representatives Meeting Clinician: Thomas Rinn, Colleyville Heritage HS, TCDA President

8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Orff and KodĂĄly Together in the Early Years Clinician: Roger Sams, Music Is Elementary Presider: Michael Vasquez, Kuentz EL Sponsored by: Music Is Elementary CPE 3-08-LSABC – 1.0 Hr In this active session explore ways to integrate KodĂĄly literacy processes and Orff structures for composition and improvisation, creating a perfect combination of learning activities in first- and second-grade general music.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Activating the Ears from the Start Clinician: Rebecca Morgan, The Montessori School of San Antonio Presider: Rebecca Juarez, Huebner EL CPE 3-08-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Learn how to use iconic representations to create games that develop inner hearing and improve class singing. Hands-on activities with materials will be used, and videos will show real-world application with students.

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SATURDAY 8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC Active Music-Making! A Creative Link Between Music & Early Literacy Skills TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Jamie Rives, Hawk EL CPE 3-08-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Experience the joy that active music-making brings to the development of essential early literary skills. Actively explore a wide variety of singing games, rhymes, finger plays, and musical activities that enhance the child’s experience with high-quality children’s literature. Attendees will build skills and examine ways to develop a creative link between music, story time, and early literacy skills.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 303 Culture Building: Creating an Atmosphere of Excellence Clinician: David Montgomery, Baylor Univ Presider: Michael Alexander, Baylor Univ CPE 3-08-303 – 1.0 Hr While music education courses do a good job of preparing teachers in the pedagogy of teaching music, most don’t successfully address aspects of program and culture building. This area is essential for developing a strong program of excellence and tradition. Explore the fundamentals of culture building, review examples of great cultures, and learn ways to build your own culture of excellence.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Orff Meets Your Favorite Lessons

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 304 Conducting Tune-up: 10 Ways to Be a More Effective Conductor

Clinician: Chelsea Short, Bulverde Creek EL Presider: Amanda Morris, Bulverde Creek EL CPE 3-08-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Successfully navigating and incorporating the key tenants of the Orff Schulwerk philosophy is made easy by expanding on tried and proven folk songs and lessons. Short will guide participants through model lessons where students create, compose, and improvise using known material. She will also discuss how to adapt the process to any lesson already in the teacher’s toolbox.

Clinician: Frank Eychaner, UT/Permian Basin Presider: Trenton Davis, Lee HS Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 3-08-304 – 1.0 Hr In this hands-on session, Eychaner will explore practical and easily applied strategies to make conducting clearer, more artistic, and easier to follow. Moving beyond the basics, he will tackle specific conducting challenges and apply principled solutions that will make our work on the podium more productive.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 302 AB Harmonic Dictation: A Sequence and Strategies for Success

8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Phones & Earbuds Out and On Your Stands!

Clinician: Cynthia Gonzales, Texas State Univ Presider: Christian De la Cruz, Reagan HS CPE 3-08-302AB – 1.0 Hr Harmonic dictation—a required learning outcome for AP Music Theory and college-level ear training—is the most challenging of aural skills to teach and learn. Gonzales will model a detailed sequence of in-class activities and assessments, enhanced by out-of-class practice assignments, to develop students’ ability to hear and identify the Roman numerals and outer voices in a harmonic progression.

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Clinician: Albert Vela, Oak Ridge HS CPE 3-08-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr TonalEnergy is an Apple, Android, and Chrome app used by musicians around the world! Now that you and your students have the TonalEnergy app, what’s next? Vela, a veteran band director, DCI brass instructor, and original member of the TonalEnergy team, will share techniques that benefit all musicians—from beginner students to experienced teachers.

SATURDAY 8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Getting to Know SmartMusic: An Introduction

9:00 – 9:30 AM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE Texas A&M University–Commerce Saxophone Ensemble

Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 3-08-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Whether you want to teach notes and rhythms more easily, have students learn new repertoire, improve practice, or provide individualized feedback, the new SmartMusic can help. Learn how to personalize learning and engage students on their Chromebook, iPad, or computer—perfect for 1:1 programs. You’ll also learn about using SmartMusic to teach sightreading and provide custom content for students.

Director: Chris Beaty, Texas A&M Univ/Commerce CPE MS-3-09-EX-MS26 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will present a program of traditional and modern compositions including quartets and larger ensemble works by Alfred Desenclos, Carter Pann, Richard Ingham, and others. Several studio alumni will be featured as guest soloists.

8:00 – 9:00 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Using Google to Streamline Your Teaching Life

9:00 – 9:30 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Vientos Del Sur CPE MS-3-09-WL-MS53 – 0.5 Hr This flute ensemble of Rio Grande Valley teachers will perform an exciting program of new works and modern staples in the flute repertoire.

Clinician: Marianne White, Harris MS CPE 3-08-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Did you know that the Google suite of free tools can give you teaching superpowers? Learn how to increase your efficiency, organization, collaboration, and instruction by combining and using these tools. White will discuss and demonstrate many creative Google suite uses and ideas she uses every day in her teaching life as a band director and Google Certified Educator.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 221 Bridging the Gap: Preparing Young Musicians for Ensembles

8:00 – 9:00 AM / CC 212 LungTrainers: The Science of Breathing Clinician: Bill Rose, Lung Trainers LLC Sponsored by: Lung Trainers LLC CPE 3-08-212 – 1.0 Hr Do you know your breathing technique IQ? Discover your PSI number, what it is, and how it relates to you! Learn how LungTrainers are redefining breathing performance for band and choir students across the world.

Clinician: Melissa Hargrave, Roberts MS Presider: Priscilla Bell, Pearland East JH CPE 3-09-221 – 1.0 Hr More 5th–6th-grade campuses are being built, deviating from the traditional 6th–8th-grade campuses. Hargrave will discuss what this means for band students. What skills should they know before they move on to a 7th–8th-grade campus? How should you structure your classes and curriculum to ensure each student is motivated to continue and thrive in future years?

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 225 Once More with Feeling—The Music Really Matters

Conductor: David Wilborn, Texas A&M Univ Presider: Eric Gray, Gilmer HS, ATSSB President Organizer: Luis Zepeda, London ISD CPE 3-09-LCT – 1.0 Hr Immediately followed by the Symphonic Band concert. No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

Clinicians: Richard Floyd, UIL State Director of Music Emeritus; Cheryl Floyd, Conductor and Music Consultant Presider: Katherine Lewis, Maus MS Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 3-09-225 – 1.0 Hr While the pursuit of pedagogy is essential, the artistry, feeling, and emotional essence of music-making should be equally important core values that drive music selection. The Floyds will explore the reality that artistry is intangible, give that reality context as it relates to students, and submit rationale for the selection of feelingful music with emotionally infused content at all grade levels.

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM / CC EXHIBIT HALL Exhibit Hall Open

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 210 TexASTA General Business Meeting

Go to www.tmea.org/2020exhibitors to view a list of exhibitors.

Presider: Martha Walvoord, UT/Arlington, TexASTA President

9:00 – 9:50 AM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: ATSSB All-State Concert Band

9:00 – 9:30 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE ’Bahuru Marimba Band Director: Walt Hampton, White Bluffs EL/TCSBA CPE MS-3-09-BH-MS11 – 0.5 Hr This high school marimba band from the Pacific Northwest will perform a variety of grooveoriented, energetic, and challenging music on African-style marimbas. See what happens when an elementary marimba band keeps playing through high school!

9:00 – 9:30 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Timberland Brass CPE MS-3-09-NL-MS39 – 0.5 Hr The quintet will perform selections both new and old to brass quintet literature, including movements of Ewald’s Quintet No. 3, McKee’s Escape, a recently composed Westward Fanfare by Brennan Johns, and other recent arrangements.

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SATURDAY 9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 213 Texas Guitar Directors Association Summit Clinicians: Michael Quantz, UT/Rio Grande Valley; Susan Rozanc, Travis HS; Edward Grigassy, Bellaire HS Presider: Michael Quantz, UT/Rio Grande Valley CPE 3-09-213 – 1.0 Hr The Texas Guitar Directors Association Summit is a collaborative meeting for guitar teachers. TGDA exists to help build a community of guitar teachers and promote communication and growth of high-quality guitar education statewide. Exciting topics for this year’s summit include concert and sightreading events, All-Region ensemble development, repertoire, and rehearsal techniques.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 214 AB The Dos (and Don’ts) of Tuning a Large String Orchestra Clinicians: Lindsay Fulcher, Univ of Northern Colorado; Blair Williams, Texas Tech Univ; Rachel Dirks, Kansas State Univ; Elizabeth Dinwiddie, Ashley Hall Presider: Anna Clement, Beckendorff JH CPE 3-09-214AB – 1.0 Hr Does teaching your students instrument tuning make you want to pull your hair out? What procedures are you currently using? The clinicians will explore a wide range of current tuning methods, examining the value of each method in strengthening instrument tuning. They will also showcase fun games to help teachers and students enjoy the journey to efficient and independent tuning.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 214 CD Beyond the Bow Hold: Balance and Agility in Bow Technique Clinician: Lisa Burrell, Lone Star College - Montgomery Presider: Dawn Herron, Kleb IS CPE 3-09-214CD – 1.0 Hr Do you teach students who struggle with bow arm tension, weak tone, poor articulation, or speed? Are you looking for creative activities for developing the balance and flexibility involved in bow technique? Burrell will introduce experiments for merging the physics of the bow/instrument with new concepts in body mechanics and awareness. Learn strategies to alleviate tension and build tone and bow brilliance!

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 217 AB The Urban Tenor-Bass Choir: Music That Makes a Difference! Clinician: John Wayman, UT/Arlington Presider: Diane Lange, UT/Arlington CPE 3-09-217AB – 1.0 Hr What music do urban tenor-basses respond to successfully? What literature has been executed successfully in adjudicated contests? Moreover, what music elements (key, voicing, range, tessitura, melodic contour, meter, tempo, rhythm patterns, genre, style, language, length, and subject matter) are contained in these selections to help guide our curriculum? Wayman will explore how it is less of a mystery than we think.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 217 CD Nontraditional Tools to Teach Technique and Musicality Clinician: Mica Bull, Cy-Fair HS Presider: Henrietta Kolb, Wilkerson IS CPE 3-09-217CD – 1.0 Hr Utilizing physical movement and other tools can help singers understand foundations of vocal technique and musicality faster and more easily. Through this interactive workshop, Bull will explore nontraditional tools such as exercise bands, straws, rubber bands, yoga, and exercise balls.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Teaching Ukulele with the Brain in Mind Clinician: Mary Knysh, Rhythm Band Presider: Susan Hackett, Puckett EL Sponsored by: Rhythm Band Instruments CPE 3-09-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Brain research tells us that making music, movement, creative play, and numinous experiences are key to neuroplasticity and brain-based learning. Knysh shares an innovative approach to teaching classroom ukulele that features these key learning components and incorporates an accessible and sequential teaching model designed to engage and include all levels of learners in your classroom.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Solfa, So Good: Fun Strategies for Sight-Singing Clinician: Mary Ella Stevens, KodĂĄly Clinician Presider: Eric Murillo, Terrace EL CPE 3-09-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Imagine teaching children musicianship skills by moving, singing, and playing with the 333 Reading Exercises by KodĂĄly. Activities include part-work by adding simple rhythmic and melodic ostinati; self, partner, and multi-part canons; improvisation and composition; movements of leveled patterning; and brain-busting challenges—all linked to American folk songs and singing games.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC How to Host a Family Folk Dance Event Clinician: Missy Strong, GIA Publications Presider: Debra Johnson, Leon Heights EL Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 3-09-TXABC – 1.0 Hr A family folk dance event is a fantastic way to move learning from the classroom into the broader community. Folk dance can powerfully engage administration, faculty, parents, and neighbors in a way that brings joy. It can also make the music program look good! Learn how to host a folk dance event with just a couple of months of planning and preparation.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Hands-on Creativity! Manipulatives for the Elementary Orff Classroom TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Katherine Johns, South EL CPE 3-09-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr Hepburn will explore lessons for grades K–5 that use a variety of hands-on manipulatives to enhance student understanding. Teachers are the facilitators as students make meaning through creative group tasks in the elementary setting. Model lessons will include Orff Schulwerk and KodĂĄly pedagogical strategies. Hepburn will also highlight the research that informs our practice to offer attendees valuable talking points for personal understanding and sharing with administrators.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 302 AB Student Teaching: Thrive, Don’t Just Survive! Clinicians: Jo Scurlock-Dillard, TMEA Past-President; Carolyn Cruse, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Gabriel Trevino, Texas Tech Univ CPE 3-09-302AB – 1.0 Hr Student teaching is possibly the most important semester of an undergraduate music education degree. Scurlock-Dillard and Cruse will outline characteristics of a successful student teacher, compiled from input by master teachers and from the clinicians’ experience as university supervisors. Topics will include developing rapport, investing in the process, receiving constructive criticism, and reflection.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 303 Teaching Students to Overcome Practice Anxiety Clinician: Terri Sånchez, UT/Arlington Presider: Douglas Stotter, UT/Arlington CPE 3-09-303 – 1.0 Hr Sånchez will define and discuss practice anxiety and present teaching techniques and models to help your students melt their own emotional resistance to practicing. Learn methods for teaching students to overcome instant gratification syndrome, busy brain, and insecurity as they tap into their unlimited musical potential with consistent practice routines.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 304 Music in the Mind’s Ear: Audiation Assessment Strategies Clinician: Patrick Antinone, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Janice Killian, Texas Tech Univ CPE 3-09-304 – 1.0 Hr Audiation is commonly utilized in classroom settings, yet its effectiveness as an instructional strategy has rarely been assessed. This research and data-driven presentation will inform an efficient and reliable methodology to assess the role of audiation as an instructional strategy in classrooms and rehearsals.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 220 TMEA State Board of Directors Meeting Presider: Joseph MuĂąoz, Pearland HS, TMEA President 84 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

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SATURDAY 9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Think Outside the Box to Take Learning Beyond the Classroom

10:30 – 11:00 AM / CC REGISTRATION MUSIC SHOWCASE UTEP Trombone Choir

Clinician: Catherine Dwinal, QuaverMusic.com CPE 3-09-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr How do you create memorable experiences that will live on with your students even after class? Dwinal will explore how to redefine a lesson into a true experience that takes students out of their seats and beyond the classroom walls. Get a glimpse into the world of technology that allows students to discover and learn more about the world around them.

Directors: Joyce Hsu, UT/El Paso; Steve Wilson, UT/El Paso CPE MS-3-10-EX-MS27 – 0.5 Hr The trombone choir will present an exciting program of new and classic repertoire, including Frank Gulino’s Celestial Fanfare, Anton Bruckner’s Etßde fßr Das Tiefe Blech, Steven Verhelst’s One for the Road, and Alex Hahn’s Psychedelic Sun.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Noteflight Learn for Composition, Recording, and Assessments Clinician: John Mlynczak, Noteflight Sponsored by: Noteflight, a Hal Leonard Company CPE 3-09-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr The Noteflight Learn website provides the opportunity for all students to compose, record, and access digital content on any device. With full integration with Google Classroom and other popular learning management systems, thousands of musical scores, and composition and audio recording, Noteflight Learn is an ideal platform for teaching and learning music.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Hatch a Program Full of Monster Sightreaders! Clinicians: Noelle Fabian Dragon, Private Instructor/ The Monster Musician; Donald Fabian, Southern Methodist Univ Sponsored by: The Monster Musician CPE 3-09-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Fabian Dragon, a professional studio musician, educator, tech developer, and entrepreneur, will demystify the art of sightreading by introducing an engaging and groundbreaking app-based teaching solution—The Monster Musician Reader.

9:30 – 10:30 AM / CC 212 Rhythm—The Foundation of Everything Clinician: Sammy Foster, BucketDrumming.net Sponsored by: BucketDrumming.net CPE 3-09-212 – 1.0 Hr Learn how rhythm affects every part of your music experience. Some say the word rhythm also means flow. Do you always experience flow in music? Where is your flow losing the beat: improvisation, playing a rhythmic instrument, teaching students with challenges? Let’s explore rhythm together.

10:00 – 10:50 AM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: ATSSB All-State Symphonic Band Conductor: Eugene Corporon, Univ of North Texas Presider: Eric Gray, Gilmer HS, ATSSB President Organizer: Brian Sours, Tenaha HS CPE 3-10-LCT – 1.0 Hr Immediately following the 9:00 a.m. Concert Band performance. No lineup location. Go directly to the venue. Entry allowed only after completion of the Concert Band performance.

10:30 – 11:00 AM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE Lake Travis Fiddlers Director: Anna Macias, Lake Travis HS CPE MS-3-10-BH-MS12 – 0.5 Hr Celebrating its 20th year, the fiddlers are a group of middle and high school students who meet outside the school day to learn Western Swing music. They perform at private events around the Texas Hill Country.

10:30 – 11:00 AM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Virago Wind Quintet Director: Amy Anderson, Texas Tech Univ CPE MS-3-10-NL-MS40 – 0.5 Hr This quintet of Texas Tech winds students will perform a program of varying styles, including works by Ibart and Ewazen.

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10:30 – 11:00 AM / CC WEST LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Baylor School of Music Bassoon Ensemble Director: Ann Shoemaker, Baylor Univ CPE MS-3-10-WL-MS54 – 0.5 Hr The ensemble will present an entertaining program covering a wide variety of styles including transcriptions from orchestral repertoire and musicals and will premiere new works.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 221 Instant Beauty: Pedagogy for Trumpet, Brass, All Winds Clinician: Dan Duncan, Conn Selmer / Bach Performing Artist Presider: Alan Harkey, Austin College CPE 3-11-221 – 1.0 Hr In this interactive clinic/master class for brass and all winds, learn the essential foundation from which all positive aspects of music performance emerge and how to maximize it, gaining tone, facility, flexibility, and range.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 225 Improving Music Literacy for Mallet Percussionists Clinician: Larry Lawless, Retired Presider: Stephen Crawford, Univ of Mary Hardin-Baylor CPE 3-11-225 – 1.0 Hr Many mallet percussionists are taught to read music by the name-it, play-it method. Instead, teach them to recognize the patterns that music is constructed from and read organically. Start with step-wise motion and progress through interval and chord recognition, including training to transpose at sight.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 213 Developing the Successful Guitar Class Clinician: Michael Christiansen, Utah State Univ Presider: Mary McNeel, Oakwood IS CPE 3-11-213 – 1.0 Hr Christiansen will provide valuable material for instructors with little background in guitar pedagogy to those more seasoned teachers. Topics will include what every guitar student should be taught, sequential curriculum, repertoire (accompaniment, solo, and ensemble), and how to incorporate flipped and blended learning.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 214 AB Living on the Dark Side: The Viola Is More Than a Large Violin Clinician: Catherine Forbes, UT/Arlington Presider: Carlos Quiroz, Klein Forest HS CPE 3-11-214AB – 1.0 Hr Forbes will address aspects of the viola and viola playing that are unique to the instrument, including choosing the correct instrument size, basic setup issues, bow management, and developing sound in the viola section.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 214 CD String Technique Workouts for Flexibility, Speed, and Control Clinician: Daniel Gee Cordova, Austin Suzuki Music School Presider: Maranda Shanz, Houston HS CPE 3-11-214CD – 1.0 Hr Athletes understand that in addition to practicing their sport, their performance is enhanced by exercise routines. In the same manner, we can enhance students’ performance on string instruments through strength and conditioning exercises that develop our technique. Gee Cordova will share left- and right-hand exercises applicable to all levels of players and useful for classroom and private settings.

SATURDAY 11:00 AM – Noon / CC 217 AB Essentials of Conducting Artistry

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 302 AB Class Piano 101: A Step-by-Step Guide

Clinician: James Jordan, Westminster Choir College of Rider Univ Presider: Dinah Menger, Fort Worth ISD Sponsored by: GIA Publications, Inc. CPE 3-11-217AB – 1.0 Hr Jordan will focus on specific conducting gestures that can transform the vocalism and musicianship of any choir, including essentials of cultivating artistry through specific conducting techniques. This exciting new gestural knowledge will help transform the music-making of all attendees and their choirs.

Clinician: Joshua Harris, Talkington SYWL Presider: Kennith Freeman, Wayland Baptist Univ CPE 3-11-302AB – 1.0 Hr Harris directs a dynamic 145+ student class piano program in Lubbock. He will discuss instructional strategies, pacing, technology, assessment, competition preparation, repertoire selection, and digital student portfolios. He will guide you through all aspects of his highly successful program and advise you on what you need to know to ensure every student achieves their personal best every day.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 217 CD Do These Vowels Make Me Sound Flat? Clinicians: Sean Pullen, West Texas A&M Univ; Kyle Pullen, Oklahoma Christian Univ Presider: Enrique Collazo, North Shore Senior HS CPE 3-11-217CD – 1.0 Hr Learn rehearsal techniques for appropriate vocal production of open and closed vowel sounds, considering the contexts of mood, style, and range of various choral works and differing voice types.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Aren’t We All Special Learners? Clinician: Analisa Byrd, Steubing Ranch EL Presider: Sarah Reyes, Shady Grove EL Sponsored by: Rhythm Band Instruments CPE 3-11-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Byrd will tackle difficult topics such as IEP/504 compliance, behavior concerns, and modifications versus accommodations. She will use research, knowledge of school law, and her teaching experiences to guide attendees through scenarios about teaching our most special learners. Attendees can ask questions live via the Padlet app, enhancing the clinic with their experiences and expertise.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Too Cool for School: Resolving Student Disengagement Clinician: Kelsey Jerger, Academy at West Birdville Presider: Danny Detrick, Birdville ISD CPE 3-11-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Everyone encounters the too-cool-for-school attitude, whether it’s prevalent across the entire campus or specific to one student. Jerger will provide strategies and kinesthetic activities to reach those students who often disengage, roll their eyes, or say this is boring.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC The World at Play: Songs, Musical Games & Dances from Playgrounds Around the World (Repeat Session) TMEA Featured Clinician: Jo Kirk, WeJoySing, Inc. Presider: Brianna Bonnette, Sparks EL CPE 3-11-TXABC – 1.0 Hr Experience singing games, songs, and dances from playgrounds around the world, building a repertoire of activities that celebrate and honor the rich heritage found in today’s classrooms, childcare centers, and community life. Acquire tools to guide students to a greater awareness of countries and cultures beyond their backyards, stirring the students’ desire to learn more about children around the world. (Also on Thursday.)

Changing Lives. Not Checking Boxes. Your students possess both skill and passion. They thrive in an environment of high expectations and even higher commitment to artistic and personal growth. The SaroďŹ m School of Fine Arts offers these students a tailored, hands-on approach, with award-winning faculty and a student-teacher ratio of 6:1. S C H O L A R S H I P AU D I T I O N DAT E S

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11:00 AM – Noon / CC 303 Strong Speech: How to Keep Your Speaking Voice Healthy

as well as with electronic accompaniment, and influences from both literature and visual art.

Clinicians: Debra Greschner, Lamar Univ; Abigail Dueppen, Lamar Univ; Nandhu Radhakrishnan, Lamar Univ Presider: Renee Kloes, Nederland HS CPE 3-11-303 – 1.0 Hr A healthy speaking voice is an essential tool for teachers, yet more than half of all educators develop voice disorders. Vocal wellness is achieved by eliminating misuse, adopting healthy habits, and strengthening the voice to meet demands placed on it. Vocology faculty Dueppen, Greschner, and Radhakrishnan will offer advice on keeping your speaking voice healthy.

12:30 – 1:20 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: ATSSB All-State Jazz Ensemble

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 304 Private Teaching 101: What You Didn’t Learn in College

12:30 – 1:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State 5A Symphonic Band

Clinician: Danielle Woolery, Texas Woman’s Univ Presider: Jesse Woolery, Denton HS CPE 3-11-304 – 1.0 Hr You can make yourself marketable as a private lesson teacher! Woolery will provide practical tips and information you can utilize to make yourself an attractive candidate when applying for private teaching positions.

Conductor: Kevin Geraldi, Univ of North Carolina Greensboro Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Organizer: Kevin Knight, Crosby HS Percussion Organizer: Caleb Lenard, Central HS CPE 3-12-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

11:00 AM – Noon / CC 210 NAfME – Texas Annual Meeting and Reception

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 213 Developing Consulting Connections for Mariachi Programs

Presiders: Lorelei Batislaong, UT/Austin, NAfME–Texas State Director; Jacqueline Henninger, Texas Tech Univ, NAfME–Texas President

Clinicians: Lauryn Salazar, Texas Tech Univ; Jesus Guzman, Mariachi Los Camperos Presider: Jacqueline Henninger, Texas Tech Univ Demonstration Group: Mariachi Los Matadores, Lauryn Salazar, Director CPE 3-12-213 – 1.0 Hr Explore the benefits of working with a qualified mariachi consultant. Salazar, whose research has focused on mariachi, and Jesus Guzman, a Grammy award-winning mariachi musician, will discuss and demonstrate the benefits of continuity when working with a consultant. Focusing on consultant selection, expectations, and goals, the clinic will culminate with a demonstration by Guzman and the TTU mariachi.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Build Musicianship Skills Without Using Rehearsal Time Clinician: Cynthia Gonzales, Texas State Univ CPE 3-11-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Gonzales will model how students can cultivate musicianship skills outside rehearsal to increase their performance in rehearsal and on stage. With aural skills exercises recently added to Chrome-based New SmartMusic, students can work on matching pitch, audiation, and echo-singing short melodic motives, as well as singing common musical structures like scales and arpeggios.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Tech Tools for Using Popular Music in Your Classroom Clinician: Bryan Powell, Montclair State Univ CPE 3-11-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Powell will point educators to practical online tools for utilizing popular music in the classroom. He will explore online resources including the Jam Zone, free from Little Kids Rock, and will feature videos for learning songs, taking lessons, and practicing a variety of musical skills.

Conductor: Paul Harshman, Univ of Washington Presider: Eric Gray, Gilmer HS, ATSSB President Organizer: Benjamin Keltner, Port Isabel HS CPE 3-12-HB12 – 1.0 Hr No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 AB The Violin Technique Checklist Manifesto Clinician: Kirsten Yon, Univ of Houston Presider: Karissa Chervnsik Williams, Baines MS CPE 3-12-214AB – 1.0 Hr This manifesto delivers sequential information about essential violin technique and its practical applications at all levels. Yon will explain innovative and creative ways to develop a relaxed bow hold, loose and facile left-hand frame and action, deep tone using natural body weight and release, and focused muscle coordination, along with deeper physical connection to the body.

11:00 AM – Noon / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – REPUBLIC B Teaching Music Theory Using Google Classroom Clinician: Floyd Richmond, Tarleton State Univ CPE 3-11-GHREPB – 1.0 Hr Explore and develop a Google Classroom implementation of a Web-based, music theory review for middle school, high school, and college students. Selecting and customizing content for specific classrooms will be covered in this session that is especially applicable for teachers whose students are preparing for college entrance exams or for those teaching theory.

Noon – 12:30 PM / CC BRIDGE HALL MUSIC SHOWCASE McAllen HS Mariachi Oro Director: Alex Trevino, McAllen HS CPE MS-3-12-BH-MS13 – 0.5 Hr

Noon – 12:30 PM / CC NORTH LOBBY MUSIC SHOWCASE Allumer Quartet CPE MS-3-12-NL-MS41 – 0.5 Hr This professional ensemble will present a unique program of original works for horn quartet, including multiple works they have commissioned that are neo-Romantic, Cajun jazz, post-minimalist styles, Southwestern Musician | December 2019 89

SATURDAY 12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 214 CD Teaching Guitar for the Non-Guitarist: You Can Do This! Clinician: Susan Rozanc, Travis HS Presider: Michael Quantz, UT/Rio Grande Valley CPE 3-12-214CD – 1.0 Hr Learn how a non-guitarist music educator can establish, maintain, and grow a classical guitar ensemble program by teaching comprehensive musicianship through ensemble technique. Rozanc will cover the who, why, and how of teaching classical guitar ensemble.

12:30 – 1:45 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: TMEA All-State Mixed Choir Conductor: Jerry Blackstone, Univ of Michigan Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President Organizer: Cathy Koziatek, Lovejoy HS Accompanist: Barbara Jones, Katy, TX Orchestra: Texas State University Orchestra CPE 3-12-SN – 1.25 Hrs Members of the TMEA All-State Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra and the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio will join the All-State Mixed Choir for a special performance of Sailing the Sky by Frank Ticheli, commissioned by TMEA in celebration of our centennial. Line up in Hemisfair Ballroom 3 (3rd floor south).

12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR ABC Exciting Choices for Elementary Voices Clinician: Victor C. Johnson, Choristers Guild Presider: Jackson Hill, Fort Worth HS Academy of Fine Arts Sponsored by: Sing! Educational Choral Line from Choristers Guild CPE 3-12-LSABC – 1.0 Hr Elementary singers have so much to offer, and with many years of elementary choral conducting experience, Johnson is an expert at helping them excel. Join him as he shares warmups, rehearsal tips, programming ideas, and new choral literature written especially with elementary singers in mind.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 2ND FL – LONE STAR DEF Purposeful Assessments for the Elementary Music Educator Clinician: Laura Wiedenfeld, Kent State Univ Presider: Kristin Carpenter, Dover EL Sponsored by: Music Is Elementary Publishing CPE 3-12-LSDEF – 1.0 Hr Elementary music teachers are continually assessing and evaluating their students, but they often don’t have the tools or time to create meaningful, formal assessments. Attendees will learn the assessment process by going through a lesson sequence where they are assessed with rubrics, SMART Board lessons, and engaging worksheets aligned with the TEKS and sequential music teaching.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS ABC First, We Sing! Songs and Rhymes for Little Kids Clinician: Susan Brumfield, Texas Tech Univ Presider: Kimberly Carter, Forest Hill EL Sponsored by: Hal Leonard Music CPE 3-12-TXABC – 1.0 Hr This collection contains songs and rhymes that are just right for singing, playing, reading, and writing in grades K–2, selected and annotated by Brumfield. Explore games, activities, and new ideas for your K–2 classes. 100 Little Songs and Rhymes includes game directions, activities, and digital access to demonstration recordings.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – TEXAS DEF Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet! Games and Body Percussion for Upper Elementary (Repeat Session) TMEA Featured Clinician: Beth Ann Hepburn, Kent State Univ Presider: Sylvia Arguelles, Rayburn EL CPE 3-12-TXDEF – 1.0 Hr In this joyful session, explore the creative possibilities of Orff Schulwerk process teaching without xylophones, using singing games and body percussion pieces as springboards for student creativity. The songs and rhythms in this session will be appropriate for grades 3–5. Each lesson will model imitation, exploration, and creation as we focus on the importance of students as active music learners. (Also on Thursday.)

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 302 AB Presence: The Power of Body Language in Music Teaching Clinician: Kristina Weimer, UT/Rio Grande Valley Presider: Jennifer Youngs, Texas Woman’s Univ CPE 3-12-302AB – 1.0 Hr Presence is defined as the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing. It is achieved moment by moment, when we adjust our body language, behavior, and mindset. Weimer will describe presence strategies as they apply to music teaching. Learn how to apply small changes that will make an immediate, significant, and lasting impact on your classroom teaching.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 303 Healthy Music Practices for Music Educators Clinician: Bridget Sweet, Univ of Illinois Presider: Randi Bolding, New Mexico State Univ CPE 3-12-303 – 1.0 Hr If music educators do not care for themselves, longevity in the profession is unlikely. Sweet will focus on general self-care and will also touch on the four target areas identified as crucial for musicians by the Health Promotion in Schools of Music Conference: voice care, hearing conservation, musculoskeletal issues, and psychological issues.

12:30 – 1:30 PM / CC 304 Teaching Deliberate Practice: The Missing Fundamental Clinician: Chris Grifa, Clay MS Presider: Jarrett Lipman, Johnson HS Sponsored by: Conn-Selmer Division of Education CPE 3-12-304 – 1.0 Hr Teaching students to practice deliberately requires the deliberate teaching of effective strategies. Grifa will present ways to develop effective practice strategies, which research suggests can improve motivation and self-efficacy. Strategies will be presented within a systematic tiered framework for individual practice and ensemble rehearsal.

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SATURDAY 12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT AB Seesaw: A Game-Changer in the Elementary Music Classroom Clinician: Amy Burns, Far Hills Country Day School CPE 3-12-GHCRAB – 1.0 Hr Your elementary music classroom is a place that emphasizes making music, creating and performing music, and so much more. Yet, how do you communicate this to your students’ parents? In addition, how can the students recognize their musical progress throughout the year? Learn how Seesaw, a student digital learning portfolio, has become a game-changer in the elementary music classroom!

12:30 – 1:30 PM / GRAND HYATT 4TH FL – CROCKETT CD Three Steps to Better Sightreading with SmartMusic Clinician: Giovanna Cruz, MakeMusic Sponsored by: MakeMusic CPE 3-12-GHCRCD – 1.0 Hr Students who are better sightreaders are also better players. Take a deep dive into SmartMusic’s new Sight Reading Builder and learn how to create an unlimited library of exercises customized for your students’ needs. With in-class activities, at-home practice, and formative assessments, you can track students’ progress as they become expert sightreaders.

2:00 – 2:50 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: TMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble II Conductor: Chip Crotts, Georgia Institute of Technology Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Organizer: Jonathan Adamo, Long MS CPE 3-14-HB12 – 1.0 Hr No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

2:00 – 2:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State Sinfonietta Orchestra Conductor: James Fellenbaum, Univ of Tennessee Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President Organizers: Sandra Mour, Nimitz HS; Kris Chapman, Univ of Houston CPE 3-14-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

2:30 – 3:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: TMEA All-State Small School Mixed Choir Conductor: Kenneth Fulton, Louisiana State Univ Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President Organizer: Rebecca Hildreth, North Lamar HS Accompanist: Jennifer Franz-Melady, Magnolia HS Orchestra: Texas State University Orchestra CPE 3-14-SN – 1.0 Hr Line up in Hemisfair Ballroom 3 (3rd floor south).

3:30 – 4:20 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Texas Community College Band Directors Association All-State Jazz Ensemble Presider: Todd Quinlan, Blinn College, TCCBDA President CPE 3-15-HB12 – 1.0 Hr No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

3:30 – 4:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State Concert Band Conductor: Robert Ambrose, Georgia State Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Organizer: Mason Daffinee, Reagan HS Percussion Organizer: Buck Palmer, Steele HS CPE 3-15-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

4:00 – 4:50 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: TMEA All-State Treble Choir Conductor: Julie Yu, Kansas State Univ Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President Organizer: Cynthia Douglas, Cypress Ranch HS Accompanist: Jennifer Franz-Melady, Magnolia HS Orchestra: Texas Director’s Orchestra CPE 3-16-SN – 1.0 Hr Line up in Hemisfair Ballroom 3 (3rd floor south). 92 Southwestern Musician | December 2019

5:00 – 5:50 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: TMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble I Conductor: Bob Lark, DePaul Univ Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Organizer: Mark Nichols, Brazoswood HS CPE 3-17-HB12 – 1.0 Hr No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

5:00 – 5:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Helen Cha-Pyo, Montclair State Univ Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President Organizers: Sonya Martinez, Lamar MS; Patrick Sunga, Lamar MS CPE 3-17-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

5:30 – 6:20 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: TMEA All-State Tenor-Bass Choir Conductor: Cameron LaBarr, Missouri State Univ Presider: Jed Ragsdale, Memorial HS, TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President Organizer: Christopher Fiorini, Bridgeland HS Accompanist: Jim Wilson, Pianist CPE 3-17-SN – 1.0 Hr Line up in Hemisfair Ballroom 3 (3rd floor south).

6:30 – 7:20 PM / CC HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 1–2 Concert: Texas Community College Band Directors Association All-State Symphonic Band Presider: Todd Quinlan, Blinn College, TCCBDA President CPE 3-18-HB12 – 1.0 Hr No lineup location. Go directly to the venue.

6:30 – 7:20 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State Symphonic Band Conductor: Frank Ticheli, Univ of Southern California Presider: John Carroll, Permian HS, TMEA Band Division Vice-President Organizer: Jason Rogers, Edinburg HS Percussion Organizer: Jorge Martinez, Edinburg HS CPE 3-18-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

7:30 – 8:30 PM / CC STARS AT NIGHT BALLROOM Concert: Texas Two-Year College All-State Choir Presider: Melinda Imthurn, Eastfield College CPE 3-19-SN – 1.0 Hr Line up in Hemisfair Ballroom 3 (3rd floor south).

8:00 – 8:50 PM / LILA COCKRELL THEATRE Concert: TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Carl St. Clair, Univ of Southern California Presider: Michael Stringer, Arlington ISD, TMEA Orchestra Division Vice-President Organizers: Sammy Branch, Martin HS; Jeremy Pillow, Arlington HS Percussion Organizer: Anthony Robinson, Retired CPE 3-20-LCT – 1.0 Hr Entry line begins in the hallway from the North Lobby.

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! Throughout this schedule, hundreds of TMEA members are listed in volunteer roles (presiders, organizers, and more). Thanks go to these members for their part in making this convention amazing! www.tmea.org/volunteer

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