Thursday, March 8th – Professional Development Sessions

Registration opens at 9am

*Sessions are subject to change

**Honor Ensemble/Honor Ensemble X performance times will be added after the selection process is complete.

Little Theater / Parlor A / Parlor B / Parlor C / West Hall 2 / Board Room
8:30 / Collegiate Gathering – Breakfast and Intro. Session
9:15 -10:00 / Damon Harvey –Nervous to Teach?
10:05-11:05 / Collegiate Leadership -Developing Relationships / Robin Hodson – Music First Software / Rite Wilder – Middle School Band / Mike Christensen- Guitar / Kathleen Fox Leadership Symposium
(Invite Only)
11:10-12:10 / George Willis – Timpani Basics / Valerie Diaz Leroy- Process Projects / Lucas Rego Borges – Low Brass
12:15-1:15 / Angela Ammerman - ELL / Grant Poole – Learning from Mr. Rogers / Tracey Filben – Adjudication Assist / Vernon Huff – Folk Songs and Spirituals / Dr. Ray Lowther – DOE update
1:20-2:20 / Craig Lee – What’s Going on Back There? / Valerie Diaz Leroy – Elem. Choir toolkit / Joe Jedju – Inst. Facilities / Kym Scott – Choral Musicianship / Band Master’s Exec. Meeting
2:25-3:40 / General Meeting
Denese Odegaard, NAfME president
Amidon Group Sing
3:45 – 4:45 / John Fierabend – First Steps in Movement / David Hedgecoth - LGBTQAA / James Weaver – NFHA 101 / Shelby Wahl-Fouts – Women’s Choir / Solo and Ens. Board Meeting
4:50-5:50 / Angela Munroe – Let’s Compose / Denese Odegard And Tooshar Swain - Advocacy / Melissa Life - Assessment / Vocal Assoc. Exec. Meeting
6:00 / Solo and Ensemble 1
7:00 / WVASCC/SGM Meeting / Orchestra Directors/ASTA Directors meeting
8:00 / Honor Jazz Ensembles

Friday, March 9th Professional Development Sessions

Registration opens at 8:30am

Little Theater / Parlor A / Parlor B / Parlor C / West Hall 2 / BR 201 / Municipal Auditorium
9:00 – 10:00 / Robert Sheldon – Fix it Now / Leslie Riedel -Choir Reading Session / Arlene Bennett – Best Practices / 8:30-12:30
Amidons
10:05-11:05 / Robert Sheldon – Sound Driven Program / Dr. Sandra Schwartz – Part Deux / Strings Reading Session
11:10-12:10 / Robert Sheldon – Composition / Tim Drummond – Don’t Skip Sight Singing / Strings Reading Session #2
12:15-1:15 / Jennifer Brooks-Muller –Inst. Programs in Low Income Schools / Denese Odegaard – ASTA Standards
1:20-2:20 / John Feierabend – First Steps in Vocal Development / Joe Carver – Small School, Big Numbers / Dr. Ilse-Renee Long – Self-Efficacy and The Voice / Jeannine Sturm – Technology Assessment for Large Ensembles / College/ University Assoc. Meeting / 1:00 - Children’s Chorus Dress Rehearsal
2:25-3:25 / John Feierabend – 12 Steps – Converstational Solfedge / Neil King – Improv. Intro / Show Choir Directors/ Vocal Music Association General Meeting / Kate O’Connell – I teach in the cafeteria. / Eric Young
Card Games
3:30-4:30 / John Feierabend – 12 Steps – Solfedge part 2 / Turner and Turner – Don’t Lose Your Voice / Bruce Harkins, Thinking Like an Admin. / 3:45 - Band Master’s Assoc. General Meeting / Middle School Orch. Dress Rehearsal
5:00 / All-State
Middle School
Orchestra Concert
6:00 / Solo and Ensemble 2
7:00 / Elementary Children’s Chorus Concert
8:00
9:00

Saturday, March 10 Professional Development Sessions

Parlor A / Municipal Auditorium
9:00 / Sara Hauhn – Bucket Drumming and John Cage / 8:30-9:30 All-State Choir Dress Rehearsal
10:00 / Greg Gilpin – Reading Session / 9:45-10:45 All-State Band Dress Rehearsal
11:00 / Danielle Taylor – Uke Can Do It / 11:00-12:00 All-State Orchestra Dress Rehearsal
1:00 / All-State Orchestra Concert
2:00 / All-State Band Concert
3:00 / All-State Choir Concert