BUILD BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE
MONDAY, June 21st
12:00 PM - Welcome
12:30PM - Theme for workshop. Begin with the end in mind. MAKE MUSIC! Everything comes back to that. Sensitize students IMMEDIATELY! Why are you a music teacher?
1:00 PM - Break into separate WW and Brass Classes. (Everyone go to opposite of what they play)
Each class goes through the primary instruments of that family.
“Tendency Notes handout and 5 ways to address those notes”
3:00 PM - Break
3:15 PM - Rehearse beginning band page 6 #1. All participants on secondary instruments. Immediately see this in action. Method Books! (Habits Method/Accent on Achievement)
4:30 PM- Meet them where they are and then Progress monitoring from there
Must have a plan to help student progress. In the chorus Room
6:00 PM - Bernies BBQ! And social time - Pinning
TUESDAY, June 22nd
7:00 AM - Physical Activity
7:30 AM - Mental Readiness/Devotions
8:00 AM - Breakfast
8:45 AM - Improving Ensemble Intonation
10:00 AM - Break
10:15 AM - Classroom Management
Efficiency
11:15 AM - Break
11:30 AM - Building Culture Middle and High School
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Recruitment and Retention
Mentoring with-in the program. JIM - getting kids into band. IAN - Transitions between schools. MIKE - Keeping the kids you have
3:00 PM - Break
3:10 PM - Percussion w/ Bobby Blum
5:00 PM - Dinner
6:30 PM - Effective Questioning (Full band) “Rigor vs difficulty”/“List of questions in hand”
WEDNESDAY, June 23rd
7:00 AM - Physical Activity
7:30 AM - Mental Readiness/Devotions
8:00 AM - Breakfast
8:45 AM - Achieving Ensemble Clarity
10:00 AM - Break
10:15 AM - Touchless instrument fittings for beginners - Jim - substitutes for actual instruments. Mike - No physical fittings period
11:15 AM - Open Questions as we return to school - email everyone a link for them to write them on
12:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 PM - Reading session/Rehearsal on Primary: Focus on limited instrumentation and keeping the musical expression first
3:00 PM - Break
3:15 PM - Beginning Band (together)
System - accountability (individual assessment)
Testing and fitting - procuring instruments
Tone production
4:15 PM - (Split) High School Beginning Band
Pass off System? Motivation?
Method Books! - Essential Elements
Integrating into Marching Band
Middle School Basic Literature
4:45 PM - Break
5:00 PM - Dinner
6:30 PM - Jazz Band Session for all - Rhythm Section
Jazz fundamentals for the non-jazz player
8:30 PM Finished for the evening.
THURSDAY, June 24th
7:00 AM - Physical Activity
7:30 AM - Mental Readiness/Devotions
8:00 AM - Breakfast
8:45 AM -Village Exercise
10:45 Break
11:00 AM Final Survey, Thank you Letters and Pictures
11:30 AM Q&A with Alex, Ian, Jim, and Mike
12:00 PM final wrap up