The Sylvia Novak Pedagogy Weekend
The Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association of London Ontario is proud to present a free weekend of music and teaching-related presentations. This weekend is open to all, but registrations must be made by contacting The Aeolian. Twelve workshops with renowned clinicians, one classical piano trio concert and a participatory workshop with a real Indonesian Gamelan make this a superb offering and astounding opportunity for students, teachers and the general public.
Sylvia Novak was a gifted musician and teacher who lived and worked in LondonOntario. She left a legacy to ORMTA London to present annual Pedagogy Weekends. This weekend is a unique offering with its “Free” admission. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door to help ORMTA London to continue to provide educational opportunities for our community.
Schedule:
Saturday November 5th:
Time / Subject / Clinician8:00 a.m. / Coffee Social
9:00 a.m. / Gateways to Learning and Memory / Clark Bryan (The Aeolian)
10:00 a.m. / Marketing and Social Media / Titus Ferguson (Rtraction)
11:00 a.m. / The latest research on Tendon Problems and Low Back Pain / Frank Felice and
Richard Rosedale (Physiotherapists, UniversityHospital, UWO)
12:00 p.m. / Lunch
1:00 p.m. / Glenn Gould: The last recording / Kevin Doyle (Glenn Gould’s recording engineer)
2:00 p.m. / A Modern History of the Piano / Steve Grega (D&S Pianos)
3:00 p.m. / Injury Prevention for Musicians / Dr. Donald Millar (Chiropractor)
4:00 p.m. / Using Yoga to Maintain the Body and Spirit as a Musician / Lotus Why (Anusara Inspired Yoga Teacher)
5:00 p.m. / Dr. Ruth Wright / Music and Social Change (Head of Music Education, UWO)
7:30 p.m. / The Gamelan: Participatory Workshop
(featuring a true Gamelan Suprabaningrum (Perfume Essence of Beauty Stateliness) brought over from Java, Indonesia / Nur Intan Murtadza (PhD Candidate, UWO)
Sunday November 6th
Time / Subject / Clinician11:00 a.m. / Coffee Social
12:00 p.m. / University, Community and Classroom Connections: Re-engaging youth in music education through El Sistema and Musical Futures / Leslie Linton (PhD Candidate, UWO)
1:00 p.m. / Dream Big!-Build your Brand / Suzanne Edmonston (London Marketing Guru)
2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. / Spectral Polystylisms of Contemporary Piano Music / Dr. Elaine Keillor (University of Ottawa, Faculty of Music)
5:00 p.m. / Music Education in studio settings-engaging in reflective practice and educating for independent musicianship / Dr. Betty Anne Younker (Dean of Music UWO)
7:30 p.m. / Concert: The Aeolian Trio
featuring works by Mendelsohn and Piazzolla / Mary-Elizabeth Brown, violin; Adrian Wright, cello, Marion Miller, piano
Presentation: Gateways to Learning and Memory
This presentation is based on a book Mr. Bryan published in 2009 which focuses on the Physical and Psychological foundations for learning. Learning techniques will also be presented and adaptations for practical uses with music will be illustrated.
Presenter: Clark Bryan
Clark Bryan completed his graduate work at the University of Western Ontario. He has studied with many of the world’s most renowned pianists including Howard Shelley, Eugene List, Vladimir Askenazy, Shura Cherkasky, Ruth Slenczynska and Cécile Ousset. Clark’s performance career has taken him to Europe, North America and Mexico. He has done performances for CBC radio and television and has recorded 12 CD’s of piano music to critical acclaim.
Other notable activities have included festival adjudication, competition juries, music editing, workshops, a TEDxUWO talk and teaching. Mr. Bryan received the “Special Teacher” from ORMTA London and was named Musical Personality of the Year by the London Free Press in 2005. In 2004, Mr. Bryan purchased the Aeolian Hall in London, Ontario and is highly involved in presenting and promoting music, music education and the arts through this venue.
Presentation: Marketing; Social Media
Social and Digital Media are terms that are often thrown about as the holy grail of marketing and promotion. In this highly interactive session I will discuss how the underlying philosophies of digital media are the same as every other form of communication. We’ll discuss how easy it is to leverage new tools and websites to grow your business and connect with potential participants. Of course we’ll spend time reviewing the most common tools, how they can be best used, and how to get the most of our your time spent online.
Presenter: Titus Ferguson
Titus Ferguson works as a Digital Media Strategist for a London based digital agency - rtraction and has over 6 years of experience with social media tools, new media marketing and online public relations. His project involvement has ranged from helping individuals and small businesses use social media to better connect to multi day arts festivals. Titus’ often delivers in-depth and relevant social media training to various stakeholders and enjoying helping people to realize the tremendous value that exists in the online world.
Presentation: The latest Research on Tendon Problems and Low Back Pain
Musicians are athletes and should be treated as such. This presentation will provide the latest research on the nature of tendon/muscle injuries and low back pain. It will also explain the implications, prevention and treatment(s) for these injuries.
Presenters: Frank Filice and Richard Rosedale
Frank Filice (Bsc PT, Cert. MDT, BSc Psych) has worked as a physiotherapist at The London Health Sciences Centre for 19 years.
Richard Rosedale (Bsc PT, Dimploma MDT) is a colleague of Frank Filice at The London Health Sciences Centre and is also faculty at McKenzie Institute International.
Presentation: Glenn Gould: The last recording
Presenter: Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle is one of the world's most influential and in-demand producer/engineers. The list of artists he's worked with reads like a who's who of the music industry, and includes Van Morrison, Andrea Bocelli, Anne Murray, Kiss, Yo Yo Ma, Alannah Myles, Hall and Oates, Glenn Gould, Michelle Wright, With a style of excellence that combines creativity and finesse, Kevin was nominated the #1 Recording Engineer and the winner of 3 Juno Awards as Canada's best Mixer/engineer. And in addition has been nominated for a Grammy Award for the multiple Grammy award winning CD "Goldberg Variations" by the late Glenn Gould.
Growing up in Toronto, Kevin joined his first band at age fourteen. A self-taught guitar player, he played in local bands throughout high school. At 18, he decided to focus on music production and engineering and began to study seriously with a world famous faculty at FanshaweCollege in LondonOntario. During summer breaks he played in local bands and produced/engineered punk rock bands.
After graduating from Fanshawe in 1980, Kevin went on to record "The Demics" ground breaking EP "New York City". The success of The Demics opened the doors to "Sounds Interchange" one of Canada's premiere recording studios in Toronto. It was at this studio that Kevin initiated a unique working relationship with Glenn Gould and Bob Ezrin (Kiss).
Presentation: " A Modern History of the Piano, from the 20th to the 21st centuries"
In this interactive presentation, the modern development of the Piano will be presented. Future predictions for its evolution will also be considered.
Presenter: Steve Grega
Steve Grega has been a piano technician, rebuilder and tuner for almost 40 yrs. Originally from New Jersey where he learned his trade, he moved to London in 1985. Steve worked for 22 years as a staff piano technician at The University of Western Ontario. Has been co-owner (with Darryl Fabiani) of D&S Pianos in LondonOntario for the past 5 yrs.
Presentation: “Injury Prevention for Musicians”
Presenter: Dr. Donald Millar
Dr. Donald Millar was born and raised in LondonOntario. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Chemistry from the University of Guelph in 1976, and worked for four years as a Research Chemist at General Foods Limited in Cobourg, Ontario. He then returned to school and graduated with honours from the CanadianMemorialChiropracticCollege in Toronto in 1984, where he was awarded the Clinic Proficiency Award. He has practised for twenty-seven years in downtown London and is the Past President of the London Chiropractic Society. He is a sports injuries specialist, who has completed a post-graduate degree in Sports Sciences at the CanadianMemorialChiropracticCollege, and is now a Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences of Canada. He has a twenty-six year old son.
He is the London chiropractor for the National Rowing Team, which trains in London in the summers, and in Victoria B.C. in the winters. He is also the team chiropractor for the London Majors and London City Soccer. He has worked at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He was the Director of Chiropractic Services for the 2001 Canada Summer Games in London, the Medical Director for the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian womens’ curling championships, The 2011 Brier Canadian Mens’ curling championships, and the 2006 Canadian Womens Open Golf Championships. He does volunteer work on weekends at figure skating competitions, womens’ hockey tournaments, triathlons, and marathons.
Presentation: “Using Yoga to maintain the body and spirit as a musician”
Presenter: Lotus Why
Lotus Why has been teaching yoga for ten years and most recently received her Anusara InspiredTM Yoga teacher designation. She continues to teach adults, children and seniors. She assisted and instructed in the Lotus Centre’s Teacher Training program.
Although a teacher of yoga, to Lotus yoga is the true teacher. The journey of yoga deepens our awareness on a physical, emotional and spiritual level, and through intention, alignment and action we connect with freedom, our essential nature. This is yoga.
Presentation: Music and Social Change
Increasing levels of youth unrest, mental illness, addiction, suicide and crime tell us all is not well for many young people in our societies. Music education programmes such as El Sistema and Musical Futures suggest that effective, inclusive music education can have dramatic impacts on young people's attitudes, behaviour and life chances. What would be necessary for music education to effect widespread social change? In this presentation Dr Ruth Wright considers this question.
Presenter: Dr. Ruth Wright
Educated at the Royal Academy of Music London and the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Dr Ruth Wright has spent the last 30 years building a career as a musician, studio and classroom teacher, university professor and author. In 2009 she moved to London, Ontario to take up the position as Chair of Music Education at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests are in the areas of music and social justice, the sociology of music education and inclusion in and through music. Her book Sociology and Music Education was published by Ashgate Press in 2010.
Presentation: The Gamelan
With its array of tuned bronze instruments, suspended gongs, drums and voices, Javanese gamelan presents a feast for the ears and the eyes. Come and experience a hands-on workshop and hear the music that has been described as “mysterious like moonlight and always changing like flowing water”.
Participants will be playing on Gamelan Suprabaningrum (Perfume Essence of Beauty Stateliness) brought over from Java, Indonesia by Nur Intan Murtadza. The instruments are hand-made and sit on ornately carved teak resonators. A gamelan (orchestra) traditionally accompanies wayang kulit shows (shadow puppets), dances. feasts and ceremonies in Java.
Gamelan music is performed in musical unity, rather than as a group of individual musicians playing separate instruments. The musical roles of the gamelan players are equally important and interdependent. Through playing and listening to gamelan, one may hope to reach a feeling of harmony and community.
Presenter: Nur Intan Murtadza
is an accomplished musician in the gamelan tradition of Central Java, Indonesia. She received her training from some of the great masters in gamelan such as Pak Sumarsam (Wesleyan University, Connecticut) Pak Harjito (Wesleyan University, Connecticut), Pak Midiyanto (Surakarta, Indonesia), Pak Sutikno (Surakarta, Indonesia), Pak Sutrisno (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). In 1995, she was the recipient of the Darmasiswa scholarship given by the Indonesian government which enabled her to study the gamelan music traditions intensively in Indonesia. Subsequent visits on a regular basis have established lifelong relationships with her mentors and regional gamelan groups.
She is currently in the PhD program in Music Education at The University of Western Ontario. She received her Masters in Music Education from the University of Toronto. She has also been a gamelan consultant for the Toronto District School Board and was part of the collaborative team that developed the gamelan curriculum for the TDSB’s World Learning Resource. In addition to schools and universities in Ontario, Nur Intan has facilitated gamelan workshops for festivals and museums
Presentation: University, Community and Classroom Connections: Re-engaging youth in music education through El Sistema and Musical Futures.
Music is an integral component through which educators are able to engage children and youth in local and broader contexts. University, community and school board partnerships may provide an essential link between opportunities and possibilities for participation in musical activities.
This presentation will review two projects which are currently being piloted in London, Ontario and explore the implicationsfor the private music teacher. The first is an orchestral program called “El Sistema” which is aimed towards at-risk youth who may not have other opportunities for after-school music activities. This program will provide music lessons, orchestral instruments and ensemble performance opportunities to children and youth in the London area. Clark Bryan of Aeolian Hall is launching this program in October 2011. A second "El Sistema" program is scheduled to begin later this year at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The second project is called “Musical Futures” and seeks to re-engage intermediate and senior students with classroom music education through instruction on traditional rock band instruments. Using non-formal and informal teaching techniques, students are encouraged to build on their existing passion for music and actively participate in the music making process. This pilot project, which has already been successfully implemented in the UK, is currently in progress under the direction of Dr. Ruth Wright of the Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Presenter: Leslie Linton
Leslie Linton is currently a PhD student at the University of Western Ontario with a focus in music education. Ms. Linton is actively involved with the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association, and is currently serving as past-president of the London Branch. Ms. Linton is interested in topics such as sociology and music education, preservice teacher education, elementary music education and critical pedagogy. Her education includes a B.Mus(Ed), B.Ed, M.Mus(Ed) and has taught music in the elementary classroom, private studio setting and university. She currently teaches Curriculum and Pedagogy in Elementary Music at the Faculty of Education, the University of Western Ontario and is a Teaching Assistant at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, UWO.
Presentation: Dream Big!” –
Creative marketer and classical musician, Suzanne Edmondson, puts pedal to the metal as she shares ideas and inspiration for building your brand and developing a niche in your community and your world. Strategic overview, examples, practical takeaways, and interactive discussion will be included
Presenter: Suzanne Edmonston
Suzanne was a very lucky kid. She grew up in the early 1960s in a Brantford, Ontario neighbourhood where practically every five-year-old kid on the block started piano lessons. A kindly piano teacher – Mr. Culbert - went door to door, almost like the milkman! At age six, Suzanne entered the studio of a legendary Brantford musical couple - the Perrys – vivacious Nan with her legion of piano students, and patient Mark, a church organist who taught theory and history. Piano punctuated Suzanne’s life through her childhood and teens, with lessons, recitals, Royal Conservatory exams and the annual Kiwanis Festival. It seemed a natural choice to continue with undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano performance (UWO, University of Victoria), and she was greatly influenced by teachers including John Paul Bracey, Dr. Damjana Bratuz, Gwen Beamish, and Robin Wood. Upon graduation, she turned her ear and her art to creating resonant marketing and communications campaigns for non-profit and for-profit organizations, including orchestras, universities, churches, hospitals, and most recently, the hotel and restaurant industry. She still plays piano for her own pleasure, but mainly she enjoys sitting back and listening to her husband, Orchestra London oboist, Ian Franklin.
Presentation: "Spectral Polystylisms of Contemporary Piano Music"
Repertoire discussion will focus on works from the Conservatory Canada and Royal Conservatory lists.
Presenter: Dr. Elaine KeillorBottom of Form
Born in London, Ontario, Elaine Keillor holds the record as the youngest recipient of the Associate (ARCT) degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) with all of the theory exams completed at the age of ten. Becoming the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Toronto, Dr. Elaine Keillor has performed in recitals and as soloist with orchestra on piano and harpsichord throughout North America and in Europe. After teaching at the University of Toronto, York, Queen’s, and McMaster Universities, she has been since 1977 a professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, lecturing on Baroque, Classical periods, Canadian musics, ethnomusicology, keyboard performance and literature.