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1 | Nevada Virtual Music Teacher's Conference – June 5, 2021 | ||||||||||||
2 | Live Sessions | Pre-Recorded Sessions (Watch Anytime) | |||||||||||
3 | Track 1 | Session | Clinician | Track 2 | Session | Clinician | Track 3 | Session | Clinician | Track 4 | Session | Clinician | Helpful Gadgets and Goodies for Teaching (8 min each) Michele Poulsen (strings) Dr. Mayu Nomura (piano) Marlene Meagher (all) Cynthia Ferris (all) Studio Spotlights and Tours (7 min each) Cheryl Thornton, David Skouson, Leila Viss Certification Session MTNA Apps for use in Music Instruction (20 min) (Replay from MTNA 2021 conference) Technology session Marie Lee Pipes, Pedals, and Pedagogy: Can a Piano Teacher Really Teach a Six-Year-Old to Play the Organ? (40 min) Laurie Swain Staccato and Legato (16-20 min each) Technique sessions Damaris Morales & Cindy Lee |
4 | 9:00 | President's Greeting | Cheryl Thornton NMTA President | ||||||||||
5 | 9:05 | Teaching and Retaining the Post-Millennial Student: A study of the most recent social science research that focuses on this generation, and the ways we can adjust our teaching to motivate and challenge this unique group. | Dr. Kevin Olson | ||||||||||
6 | 9:45 | Debut Commissioned Piece: Rattlesnake Rag by Kevin Olson | 40 duet performers, multiple student video compilation | ||||||||||
7 | 9:50 | Break | |||||||||||
8 | 10:00 | Singers Who Practice and Other Mythical Creatures Breakout session: Voice | Dr. Joe Svendsen | 10:00 | Intro to What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body *Pre-recorded session to watch at this time or prior to the conference Breakout session: All | Suzanne Stone | 10:00 | The Classical Style: Why Students Find it challenging and how to teach the bow strokes Breakout session: Strings | Dr. Jason Sah | 10:00 | Flute: Most Common Pitfalls & Solutions Breakout session: Woodwinds | Dr. Candice Behrmann | |
9 | 10:35 | Break | |||||||||||
10 | 10:45 | Teaching Tools to Combat “The Creativity Crisis”: An examination of practice and teaching techniques that can encourage improvisation, arranging, and composing with a generation of students who are scoring lower and lower on creativity tests. | Dr. Kevin Olson | ||||||||||
11 | 11:30 | Break | |||||||||||
12 | 11:40-12:10 | Virtual Lunch, Movement for Healthy Musicians: practice movements and interactive Q&A with Suzanne Stone *Come prepared with either 2 dozen stickers or washable markers to aid in exploring the hands and arms | All | 11:40-12:10 | Collegiate Virtual Lunch | Dr. Lindsey O'Connor | |||||||
13 | 12:10-12:40 | NED Notes Our version of TED Talks Teachers share their best "teaching tip" in 3 minutes. Attendees vote on top presentations for prizes. | All | ||||||||||
14 | 12:50 | Coaching Young Composers: Composition masterclass with Nevada youth musicians. We look at the compositional teaching process by examining the feedback I give to young composers as they begin, develop, and complete original compositions. Q and A with Kevin | Dr. Kevin Olson | ||||||||||
15 | 1:40 | Break | |||||||||||
16 | 1:50 | Upbeat Music App: practice and record music in real time Breakout session: Technology | Dr. Ray Brown | 1:50 | Teaching Psychology in Private Lessons Breakout session: All | John Seaton | 1:50 | Roundtable discussion: From the Adjudicator's Table Tips and tricks to write effective comment sheets for festivals and exams | Jee Wong | ||||
17 | 2:25 | Break | |||||||||||
18 | 2:35 | Music Fluency: Pillars of Interpretation that All Students Should Know: taking concepts from the field of linguistics, and applying them to the structural language of music and its interpretation. | Dr. Kevin Olson | ||||||||||
19 | 3:20 | NED Note Winners Awards Presentations Raffle Prizes Closing Remarks | Cheryl Thornton NMTA President | ||||||||||