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2 | BLOCK 1 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Welcome/Intro • Survey/Pre-Course "Program Profile" - discuss/share Getting Things Started (Recruitment, etc.). OPT: Look at the articles, “Matching Students to Instruments,” and/or “The Benefits of Playing a Musical Instrument." | Discuss the article (Budiansky) read last night as a class. Repertoire and Score Study/Prep. Thoughts on selecting repertoire. OPT: Complete "Repertoire Info" sheet for piece you'll conduct in Reading Session (we'll do this in-class) Ensemble Rehearsal. Podcast: "Importance of Being Warmed Up." | Continue Ensemble Rehearsal (as needed). Intro. assn. for Fri: Annotated Concert Program (Repertoire, Order and Notes). 9:30-10:30, SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Travis Weller (Messiah University), Repertoire Selection & Tips for Young Band | Classroom Management. Discuss the two articles assigned for today. Routines (share yours). Pros/Cons of using rewards (share yours). Assessment. Review the many SLO tools, playing assessments, rubrics, etc. I have. Have students share those they use. | Tech Tools for Band Composer Videoconference Sessions • Nuts & Bolts of a Commission Retention & Advocacy | |
3 | BREAK 15 min | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK (from 10:30-10:45 am) | BREAK | EARLY LUNCH (10:45-11:30) | |
4 | BLOCK 2 10:15 am - 12:00 pm | Getting Things Started continued. Lesson Groups, Sectionals. First lessons, method books. SI ONLINE, SI Sampler Packs | Three "Game Changers" for achieving a better ensemble sound: Discuss tuning, warm-up, seating, phrasing, conventions of musicianship, student agency/decision-making, etc. Application: "Danny Boy" or "All the Pretty Little Horses" | 8 Traits of An Effective Music Teacher | REHEARSAL LAB: Teach us a short passage of a “favorite piece” you brought (or a piece from the reading session). Include an "encounter with excellence" moment as part of your 8-10 min. plan. | 11:30 am-1:00 pm, Present/share "Annotated Programs" to group. | |
5 | LUNCH 1 hour | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | Catch Up - Topics not covered WRAP UP! | |
6 | BLOCK 3 1:00 - 2:30 pm | Lesson Groups, Sectionals. Discuss INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC TIPS, practice logs, which methods everyone's using. Warmups (1st/2nd year), differentiated instruction, "Fun & Games/Challenges in Band" | Discuss "Patterns in Music." Patterns in Music activity using piece you brought. SI ENSEMBLE DEVELOPMENT - Preview, play some | Discussion Topic: REBUILDING & REIMPAGINING YOUR PROGRAM from the Pandemic | (continue Rehearsal Lab) Play through remaining READING SESSION pieces with Score & Sound. Discuss level-specific strengths/challenges of each piece. Two Quick Pieces: "Rock This Band" and "Supercali..." | 1:30 - DISMISSED! | |
7 | BREAK 15 min | BREAK | BREAK | BREAK (from 1:40-1:55 am) | BREAK | ||
8 | BLOCK 4 2:45 pm - 4:30pm Afternoon Assignment and/or group work | Playing along w/Ss/Tracks - on secondary instrument, accompanying Ss (functional piano, ASD, SmartMusic, demo recordings, etc.. Transpose SI bk. 1 song on secondary instrument. ASSIGNMENTS: 1)Read the article:The Kids Play Great. But That Music . . . by Stephen Budiansky. Outline article’s main points/suggestions for discussion. 2) Assign piece for conducting in reading session (and brief critique). 3) BRING A FAV PIECE to share this week! | Philosophy and Mission. Overview of Program profile assignment. Discuss philosophy and formulate a mission statement. OPT: Podcast, "The Things That Truly Satisfy Are Greater Than Ourselves." ASSIGNMENT: PREP the song you will lead in tomorrow's reading session | 2:00-4:00 p.m., MUSIC READING SESSION. Recent stuff and core favs! For each piece played, discuss (even pass around different instr. parts to examine). Reactions about level, strengths/challenges, niche piece fills. IF TIME: Read some of the favorite pieces brought by students (with them conducting). ASSIGNMENTS: 1) Read 1 of the following 3 articles on discipline/classroom management (Outline article’s main points/suggestions for discussion): “Discipline Comes Before Instruction” by Jim Shaw (in course pack) “Why Classroom Management Is So Crucial for Bands” by Mike Pearce (in course pack) Classroom Management Tips for Ensemble Directors, by Scott Watson (Alfred Blog) 2) Prep to teach us a short passage of your “favorite piece” tomorrow (and find the “pearl”!) | The Concert Event (Keynote preso). • Share students' cool concert ideas. THE PEDAGOGICS PROJECT | ||
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