convention - West Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association

Professional
Schedule
All West Convention – 2012
CANNON CENTER, Memphis, Tenn.
2:00 – 2:45 pm Breathing Gym for Your Band Nashville Room, Marriott
Presenter: Dr. Kevin Sanders, University of Memphis
Used by numerous schools, from elementary level to university, around the world, the Breathing Gym is a series of fun exercises that
increase airflow and stamina, improve tone and breath control, reduce body tension, and raise energy level and focus. This session
focuses on how and why the best drum corps, marching and concert bands implement the Breathing Gym to take their rehearsals
and performances to the next level.
2:50 – 3:35 pm Fearless Performance: Top 10 Ways to Become Your Best
Presenter: Dr. Jessie Thoman, University of Tennessee at Martin
Chattanooga Room, Marriott
Fearlessness is the art of being your best at any given moment. Come hear the Top 10 ways you can become your best.
Whatever stage you perform on, whether it be a concert hall or a classroom, Jessie will share her Fearless Philosophies that can
help everyone, through the art of excellent performance, reach their goals and dreams.
3:40 – 4:25 pm Demystifying Double Reeds: Strategies for the Oboe
and Bassoon Sections of Your Bands
Presenter: Dr. Douglas Owens, University of Tennessee at Martin
Nashville Room, Marriott
This session will empower band directors to foster the growth of and maintain a double reed section of excellence in their
bands. Topics covered will include instrument selection and maintenance, the “who’s and “when’s of beginning students on
bassoon and oboe (including ideas about students switching from other instruments), and issues pertaining to the selection
and adjustment of reeds.
6:30 – 7:15 pm Assessment in the Music Performance Classroom Chattanooga Room, Marriott
Presenters: Philip Joyner, Jr., Hickory Ridge Middle, and Dr. Sheryl Lane, Kingsbury High
Conference participants will be presented with viable tools and techniques to better assess students of band, orchestra, and
other musical ensembles. Both formative and summative types of assessments will be addressed.
8:30 – 9:15 pm Session A: All-State Registration
Barry Trobough, Munford High and All-State Chair
Gatlinburg Room, Marriott
Directors with All-State students will be given the opportunity to submit payment and register online with TMEA.
Computers will available to complete the registration process.
Session B: The Middle School Band Ensemble Sound: Balance and Blend Chattanooga Room, Marriott
Dr. Carol Chipman, Shadowlawn Middle
This session is a culmination of 25 years of experience teaching beginning band and will focus on the essential
concepts necessary to create a successful beginning band program. “Real life” examples of teaching / developing young
musicians’ individual tone quality and intonation, thus improving balance and blend will be presented.
This session has been accepted by TMEA to be presented at All-State.
Professional
Schedule
Thursday, February 2 Friday, February 3
All West Convention – 2012
CANNON CENTER, Memphis, Tenn.
8:30 – 9:15 am Session A: Finding That Sweet Sound: Tone Development
for High School Trumpet Players
Presenter: Dr. Kurt Gorman, University of Tennessee at Martin
Nashville Room, Marriott
I will discuss and emphasize the central concept of creating a beautiful sound, and address common problems with tone
production and embouchure development. Related topics will include intonation, breathing, phrasing. A handout of
exercises and examples will be distributed to attendees.
Session B: Healthy Set-Up for Cellists & Efficient Practice Techniques Chattanooga Room, Marriott
for the String Players’ Left Hand
Presenters: Mr. Leonardo Altino, and Dr. Soh-Hyun Park Altino, University of Memphis
This practical session for string teachers will provide ways to build healthy bow hold and left hand for cello students. It will
also explore simple and effective ways to help string students gain understanding of the left hand and the fingerboard in the
area of intonation, shifting, and vibrato.
9:20 – 10:05 am Fuel Tank, Fuel Line, Engine:
Recommendations for a Tuba & Euphonium Tune-Up
Presenter: Dr. Ed Owen, Arkansas State University
Chattanooga Room, Marriott
This informative session will provide music educators with tools to “tune-up” their beginner or advanced euphonium and
tuba sections. Demonstrations of excellent and poor technique will be demonstrated and discussed with the express purpose
of solving the most common problem areas. Topics will include the following fundamentals: Poster and Holding Positions;
Breathing Technique; Embouchure Formation and Tone Production; Articulation; Vibrato; and Intonation.
10:10 – 10:55 am In the Trenches: Who Plays What in Beginning Band Matters!
Presenter: Dr. Nola Jones, University of Tennessee at Martin
Nashville Room, Marriott
This session is a lab setting with middle school students attempting to play musical instruments for the first time. The
clinic focuses on identifying common denominators that indicate potential for success on each instrument and strategies for
assisting beginning band students in choosing to play that instrument.
2:00 – 2:45 pm Tweets, Friends, and Walls: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Nashville Room, Marriott
of Social Media for Your Band Program
Presenter: Dr. Michael Stewart, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Unlike previous generations, today’s students are constantly faced with new and immediate means of communication. The
days of letters and phone calls have since been replaced with texts, chat rooms, and emails. Constant access to information
can be a double-edged sword for band directors that can no longer be ignored. Social Media gives band directors the
opportunity to build public relations, communicate with parents/students, provide information, and recruit. However,
Social Media, if not monitored, can also be a source of many problems in these same areas. This presentation will discuss
ways to utilize the full resources of today’s Social Media while protecting you, your students, and your program from the
pitfalls of 24/7 communication.
3:00 – 3:45 pm Put Your Rehearsal Under the Microscope: A Method of Analysis
to Streamline Your Rehearsal Technique
Presenter: Dr. Albert Nguyen, University of Memphis
Nashville Room, Marriott
This clinic is designed to introduce the Scribe Software as a means of rehearsal analysis to give directors precise feedback to
fine tune their teaching. More importantly, the session will highlight the commonalities in the rehearsal techniques of master
teachers to provide another point of view for today’s music educator.