Full Program - Missouri Music Educators Association

Dr. Hartenberger’s most recent research work has been published in the Symposium
Proceedings of the 2007 Symposium on Assessment in Music Education – “Connecting
Standards to Assessment through Core Conceptual Competencies,” March, 2007,
and she is cited in The Music and Literacy Connection in 2003. Most recently she
presented at the “Learning and Brain” Conference in Washington, D.C. – 2009. She
has also been published in many educational journals throughout the United States
and has presented clinics and workshops on Neuroscience Research and Learning in
ten states. Dr. Hartenberger presently serves as MMEA Advancing Music Education
Chair.
“Implications of Brain Research for Teaching and Learning Music” (p. 41)
Question: If the brain is the organ for learning, then why aren’t all educators brain experts? This session
addresses the latest science about learning and orchestrating the learning environment with practical strategies
and “take aways” for immediate implementation in the music classroom. Memory processing, skill
development, and behavior management will be addressed. Teachers of performance classes and general
music classes will benefit from this session!
Matt Henry has a deep-rooted love all things percussive with a particular interest
in the drumming of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Since his arrival to
St. Louis in 1996, Mr. Henry has conducted a number of clinics on African and
Latin percussion concepts at area schools and universities as well as presenting at the
International Association of Jazz Educators Convention in New Orleans. He has
been principal timpanist and principal percussion for the Gateway Festival Orchestra
and the African music coordinator and artist in residence for the Center of Human
Origin and Cultural Diversity at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In 2007, he
presented a clinic entitled Clave: The “2 & 4” of Latin Music at the Missouri Music
Educators Conference. The most recent addition to Mr. Henry’s performing groups
has been the formation of the Latin Jazz group Musica SLESA. Matt Henry holds
a Bachelor Degree in Music Performance from the University of Missouri-St. Louis
and a Master’s Degree in Orchestral performance from Webster University. Currently
he is the Director of Percussion Studies, Director of the Triton Sound and
an Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
“It’s About Time” (p.39)
Creative and non-traditional ways to use rhythm as an improvisational tool. Improving improvisation by
using accessible concepts for all levels of instruction. Techniques for awareness and communication will
be provided and explored.
Adrianne Honnold is Lecturer in Saxophone at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
and Washington University in St. Louis. She received her Bachelor of Music Education
degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998, and a Master
of Music degree in Saxophone Performance from the same institution in 2005, where
she studied with Debra Richtmeyer and Chip McNeill. She has performed in master
classes with Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau, and Griffin Campbell, and has
performed with award winning artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Ben Folds, Kristen
Chenoweth, Eddie Daniels, Jon Faddis, and Bob Mintzer. She is a former member of the
United States Air Force Heritage of America Band and Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble
located at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Ms. Honnold has appeared regularly with
the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2004, and she has also performed with the
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the USAF Band of
Mid-America, Sessions Big Band, and the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra. She is one of
the Artistic Directors of Chamber Project St. Louis, and is also an artist-endorser for
the Conn-Selmer Corporation, performing on Conn-Selmer saxophones exclusively.
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