Sessions & Schedules
Sessions 2023 Session Descriptions
Thu-Fri, March 2-3, 2023
Index | Date | Time | Location | Strand | Clinician | Session Name |
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1 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Emerson | Band/Jazz | Gabe Southard | Why Can't My Flute Section Play in Tune? |
2 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Hildreth | General Interest | Alexandra Robinelli | Safe Zone: Creating a Safe Classroom for LGBTQIA+ Students |
3 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Regency 1&2 | Accessible Music | Maria Doreste Velazquez | Including Students with ADHD and Autism in General Music |
4 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Regency 3 | General Interest | Lauren Saracino | NAILED IT! How to Ace your Evaluation |
5 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Salem | General Interest | Jenn Dennett | Stepping outside the box: student voice and relationship-building in preschool music |
6 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Thoreau | Innovations | Brian Gellerstein | Culturally Generative Community Building: Music Making with and for Communities |
7 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Westford 1 | Strings | Leigh Schoepflin | Revamping Rehearsal: Strategies to Create a Successful Combined 4th and 5th Grade School String Ensemble |
8 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Westford 2 | Tech | Meaghan O'Connor-Vince | You're the DJ: A Popular Music Pathway using MusicFirst |
9 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Westford 3 | Accessible Music | Miles Wilcox | Accessible ‘Ukulele Exploration |
10 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Westford 4 | Choral | Jonathan Eldridge | High School Choral Reading Session |
11 | Thu 3/2 | 9:00 AM | Whittier | Choral | Rebecca DeWan | Appropriate vs. Aspirational: Finding Literature for the Choir You Have |
12 | Thu 3/2 | 12:30 PM | Salem | General Interest | Leonard's Music | Quick Repair for Instruments |
13 | Thu 3/2 | 12:30 PM | Thoreau | Accessible Music | Francis Hickey | Reaching Students with Disabilities in Private Music Lessons |
14 | Thu 3/2 | 12:30 PM | Westford 4 | Choral | Felicia Barber | SSA & TTB Choral Reading Session |
15 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Emerson | Band/Jazz | William Kinne | Playful Ensemble Rehearsals |
16 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Hildreth | General Interest | Jonathan Rappaport | DESE Foundational Skill Progressions in Music |
17 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Regency 1&2 | General Interest | Darla Hanley | Come on Out to Play: Creativity Development through Music Activities, Movement Games, and Dances for K-5 |
18 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Regency 3 | Innovations | Erin Hussey | Hip-Hop in the General Music Classroom |
19 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Salem | Innovations | Laura Lamore | Student-Driven Notation in the Classroom |
20 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Thoreau | General Interest | Stephen Paparo | Somatic Care for Music Educators |
21 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Westford 1 | Strings | Ken Culver | Shifting for Class or Orchestral Violins and Violas |
22 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Westford 2 | General Music | Susie Petrov | Help! I am a K-8 general music teacher and 65% of my students are English Learners!- A Kodály approach to active music-making. |
23 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Westford 3 | Band/Jazz | Michael Francis Smith | Beginning a Band Instrument by Connecting to the Elementary Music Curriculum |
24 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Westford 4 | General Music | Sandra Nicolucci | Deciding What To Teach in General Music |
25 | Thu 3/2 | 1:30 PM | Whittier | Choral | Tawnya Smith | Fostering Confidence: From Internal Dialogue to the Rehearsal Space |
26 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Emerson | Band/Jazz | Joseph Mulligan | MAJE Middle School Jazz Band Clinic |
27 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Hildreth | General Interest | Rebecca DeWan | Exploring Trauma-Informed Music Education |
28 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Regency 1&2 | General Interest | Reagan Paras | Developing Your Conducting Artistry: Steps Towards Improved Clarity |
29 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Regency 3 | Tech | Brooks Holmes | Utilizing Music Technology to Inspire Gen Z Students |
30 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Salem | General Music | Rachel Gibson | ¡Canta Conmigo! Songs and Singing Games from Guatemala and Nicaragua |
31 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Thoreau | Composition | Melissa Ryan | Songwriting is for EVERYONE! Inclusive Creativity through Songwriting |
32 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Westford 1 | Strings | Ken Culver | Vibrato for Class or Orchestral Violins and Violas |
33 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Westford 2 | General Music | Gerard Stokes | Exploring the Schulwerk with Style...Hairstyle! |
34 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Westford 3 | Composition | Michael Turner | Circlesongs: Building Musical Community Through Spontaneous Vocal Exploration |
35 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Westford 4 | Choral | Matthew Buono | Elementary Choral Reading Session |
36 | Thu 3/2 | 2:30 PM | Whittier | Choral | Sara Carson | Teaching Music Literacy Through Repertoire in Elementary and Middle School Chorus |
37 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Emerson | Band/Jazz | Valerie Thomforde | Sing It, Play It: Diverse Repertoire for Beginning Chorus and Band |
38 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Hildreth | Band/Jazz | Clayton Hamilton | Saxquest: Get the most out of your saxophonists! |
39 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Regency 1&2 | Accessible Music | Rhoda Bernard | “Good Teaching on Steroids”: Reaching Students with Disabilities in Music Classes, Ensembles, and Studios |
40 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Regency 3 | Tech | Stephanie Riley | Google Updates for the Music Educator |
41 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Salem | General Music | Melissa Goetschius | Can I Just Play? (Do you hear me?) |
42 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Thoreau | Innovations | Brian Gellerstein | Focal Points: Decentering Whiteness in Music Classrooms |
43 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Westford 1 | Strings | Christopher Memoli | String Orchestra Reading Session |
44 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Westford 2 | General Music | Susan Calkins | A Storytelling Approach to Teaching General Music |
45 | Thu 3/2 | 3:30 PM | Whittier | Choral | Stephen Paparo | From Unison to Two-Part: Developing Independent Part Singing |
46 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Concord Amp. | Accessible Music | Sarah Fard | Music Literacy: Who Are We Including? |
47 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Hildreth | Innovations | Betsy Pabson | Getting started with UDL for Middle and High School Music Students |
48 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Salem | Band/Jazz | Peter Boonshaft | 24 Ways To Improve Every Rehearsal Through Inspired Teaching! |
49 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Thoreau | Accessible Music | Abby Casey | Include Me! Including and Engaging all Students in the Middle/High School Music Classroom |
50 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Westford 4 | Tech | Meaghan O'Connor-Vince | You're the DJ: A Popular Music Pathway using MusicFirst |
51 | Fri 3/3 | 9:00 AM | Whittier | General Music | Susie Petrov | Help! I am a K-8 general music teacher and 65% of my students are English Learners!- A Kodály approach to active music-making. |
52 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Tawnya Smith | Fostering Confidence: From Internal Dialogue to the Rehearsal Space |
53 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Hildreth | Innovations | Harry Wagg | Guitar Educator Roundtable |
54 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Salem | General Interest | Kelly Bylica | Preservice Music Educator Dialogue Session |
55 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Thoreau | Band/Jazz | Peter Boonshaft | Warm-up and Ensemble Development Exercises That Work! |
56 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Westford 4 | Strings | Meredith Tashkandi | One Size Does Not Fit All: Posture for Every Body Type |
57 | Fri 3/3 | 10:30 AM | Whittier | Innovations | Erin Hussey | Hip-Hop in the General Music Classroom |
58 | Fri 3/3 | 11:30 AM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Minji Kim | Teaching Korean and Chinese Choral Music for HS/Collegiate Singers |
59 | Fri 3/3 | 11:30 AM | Hildreth | Innovations | Rebecca Damiani & Julia Hanna | Beyond the Ensemble: Developing Meaningful Electives for High School Students |
60 | Fri 3/3 | 11:30 AM | Westford 4 | General Interest | Lauren Saracino | NAILED IT! How to Ace your Evaluation |
61 | Fri 3/3 | 11:30 AM | Whittier | Composition | Rebecca DeWan | Consciously Building Community through Programming and Performance |
62 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Jennifer Kane | Standing Tall: Addressing Mental Health Through a Choral Collaboration |
63 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Hildreth | Innovations | Tom Westmoreland | DEIA Rountable |
64 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Salem | Innovations | Nicholas Quigley | Refill your cup: An expressive arts self-care session for new educators |
65 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Thoreau | Band/Jazz | Christopher Gagne | No Open Spaces: Strategies for developing improvisation within large ensemble settings |
66 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Westford 4 | Strings | Meredith Tashkandi | Instrument Maintenance and Repair from the Point of View of the Orchestra Teacher |
67 | Fri 3/3 | 1:00 PM | Whittier | General Music | James Verdone | Learn to Jam: Rethinking HS/MS General Music |
68 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Kevin McDonald | It's Not What You Sing! It's How You Sing It! Evoking the Emotional Response! |
69 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Hildreth | Innovations | Brian Gellerstein | Focal Points: Decentering Whiteness in Music Classrooms |
70 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Salem | General Interest | Stephen Paparo | Somatic Care for Music Educators |
71 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Thoreau | Band/Jazz | Paul Pitts | The Jazz Rhythm Section - How to create a solid groove |
72 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Westford 4 | Tech | Piotr Garbaczonek | The Ultimate Guide to Modular Synthesis |
73 | Fri 3/3 | 2:00 PM | Whittier | General Music | Melissa Goetschius | Can I Just Play? (Do you hear me?) |
74 | Fri 3/3 | 3:00 PM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Rebecca DeWan | Appropriate vs. Aspirational: Finding Literature for the Choir You Have |
75 | Fri 3/3 | 3:00 PM | Hildreth | Composition | Ruth Debrot | Developing Independent Musicianship in the Choral Setting |
76 | Fri 3/3 | 3:00 PM | Thoreau | Band/Jazz | Clayton Hamilton | Saxquest: Get the most out of your saxophonists! |
77 | Fri 3/3 | 3:00 PM | Westford 4 | Tech | Chee-Ping Ho | Electronic Music production |
78 | Fri 3/3 | 3:00 PM | Whittier | General Music | Brian Sheehan | Developing Standards-Based Instructional Units for the K-8 General Music Classroom |
79 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Concord Amp. | Choral | Reagan Paras | Rebuilding Your Choral Programs: Bigger, Better, and More Resilient |
80 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Hildreth | Innovations | Allyson Rottman | Instruments of Change: Using Intersectionality to Transform Music Education Curriculum |
81 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Salem | Tech | Meaghan O'Connor-Vince | Music Technology Sharing Session |
82 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Thoreau | Composition | Nicholas Quigley | Playfully co-teaching composition with Nonviolent Communication and Critical Response Process |
83 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Westford 4 | Strings | Alicia Winslow | Working with What You've Got |
84 | Fri 3/3 | 4:00 PM | Whittier | Accessible Music | Stephanie Riley | Best Buddies and Choir |
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Michael LaCava
Interim Executive Director
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Needham, MA 02492