Sessions & Schedules
Concerts | Meetings | Receptions | Rehearsals
Maps of Locations - Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center
- Seaport Hotel and WTC
- Seaport Hotel - Mezzanine Level
- Seaport Hotel and Lighthouse II - Mezzanine Level
- Seaport Hotel - Plaza Level
- Seaport Hotel and Lighthouse I - Plaza Level
- WTC - Harbor Level
- WTC - Mezzanine Level
- WTC - Plaza Level
Sessions Session Descriptions At-a-Glance
| Day | Time | Room | Session Title | Clinician | Strand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 1ABC | Advocacy in MA | John Mlynczak | Gen Int |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 2 | The Kodaly Approach: What is it and How can I use it Tomorrow? | Charlyn Bethell | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 3 | Jazz Improvisation Open Forum | Jerry Bergonzi | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Beacon Hill 1 | From the Ground Up: Building a Choir from Nothing | Kirsten Oberoi | Choral |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Let's Get It Started In Here: Fostering Creativity and Expression in the K-5 Music Classroom | Darla Hanley | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Cambridge Complex | Tried And True Techniques: A Roundtable Discussion for String Teachers | Colleen MacDonald, Whitney Tandon | Strings |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Back Bay Complex | Arrr, mateys!: Sea Chanteys, Songs of the Sea, and Stories for the Early Elementary General Music Classroom | Liam Leahy | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Federal Complex | Interdisciplinary Arts: An Agent for Community Building | Ida Pappas | Gen Int |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | Skyline | Music Education Displacement: The Hidden Voices | André de Quadros, Kinh Vu | Innov |
| Thurs | 8:00-9:00 | South End | Top Ten Tips -- to make your percussion section instantly sound better | Stuart Marrs | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Plaza Ballroom | Teaching Essential Singing Skills in Choir | Stephen Paparo | Choral |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 1ABC | Noteflight and Noteflight Learn | Brian Rabuse, Rebecca Hoffmann | Tech |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 2 | 12 Steps to Music Literacy Using Conversational Solfege Level 1: Rhythm Development | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 3 | Jazz Basics - Pedagogy and Resources | Jeffrey Leonard | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Beacon Hill 1 | Forum on the Revised MA Music Standards | Lisa Leach | MMEA |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Tips and Tricks for teaching infant and toddler music classes | Connie Greenwood | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Cambridge Complex | Tried And True Techniques: A Roundtable Discussion for String Teachers | Colleen MacDonald, Whitney Tandon | Strings |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Back Bay Complex | Empowering Choral Singers as Soloist and Readers | Marc Greene | MMEA |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Federal Complex | Curriculum for Orff Teachers | Gina DePaoli | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | Skyline | Listening from the Inside: Mindfulness Techniques for the Modern Music Classroom | Rebecca Schauer | Innov |
| Thurs | 9:15-10:15 | South End | "But That Doesn't Work in Music!": A Guide to Advocacy and Growth in Teacher Evaluation | Cara Bernard, Joseph Abramo | Gen Int |
| Thurs | 10:30-11:45 | Plaza Ballroom | KEYNOTE: Beautiful | Robert Duke | MMEA |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Waterfront 1ABC | Music Production: Recording and Mixing Techniques | Chee-Ping Ho | Tech |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Waterfront 2 | Folk Dancin' Fun! | Karin Puffer | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Waterfront 3 | Practical Principles – Three R's For Developing a Successful Beginning Band | Joseph McIntyre | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Beacon Hill 1 | Conducting Reboot: Refresh, retool, reimagine | Sommer Forrester | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Standards 101: A Summary Introduction | Marc Greene | MMEA |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Cambridge Complex | Teaching Guitar through Popular Music Education | Scott Burstein | Innov |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Back Bay Complex | Straws and SOVT Exercises! Vocal Pedagogy for the Choral Director | Paige Taylor | Choral |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Federal Complex | Open Reading Session with backing tracks | Julie Lyonn Lieberman | Strings |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | Skyline | Keeping Your Job: Classroom Management Tips for New Teachers | Anthony Beatrice | Gen Int |
| Thurs | 12:00-1:00 | South End | Guitar Class for Students with Disabilities: Using Universal Design | Sarah Fard | Innov |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | Plaza Ballroom | CONCERT HOUR | MMEA | |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | Waterfront 3 | The Performance-Ready K-5 Music Classroom | Allison Kipp | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | Back Bay Complex | Nurturing the Young Musical Mind: A Multifaceted Approach to Early Childhood Music | Anastasia Mousouli | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | Federal Complex | Creative Band and Orchestra | Julie Lyonn Lieberman | Strings |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | Skyline | Attention on Retention | Jeff Scott | Coml |
| Thurs | 1:15-2:30 | South End | Help with your Color Guard. How to build a Guard you and your students will love. | Christine Sirard | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Plaza Ballroom | If we learn like that, why do we teach like this? | Robert Duke | MMEA |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Waterfront 1ABC | Creating on Any Device: Online music tech made easy | John Mlynczak | Tech |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Waterfront 2 | 12 Steps to Music Literacy Using Conversational Solfege Level 2: Melodic Development | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Waterfront 3 | Teaching Ukulele through Popular Music Education | Scott Burstein | Innov |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Beacon Hill 1 | Meaningful Middle School Band Rehearsals | Jeff Scott | Coml |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Showing your work: What your evaluator really wants to see in your classroom | Heather Cote, Arto Asadoorian | Gen Int |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Cambridge Complex | String Orchestra New Music Reading Session | Christopher Memoli | Strings |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Back Bay Complex | Music Moves Us Together: A Dalcroze Approach to Building Ensemble Skills | Martha Rogers | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Federal Complex | Recruiting & Retaining Boys to Sing in Your Choir | Reagan Paras | Choral |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | Skyline | Nurturing a Moving and Learning Child in the Music Classroom. | Connie Greenwood | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 2:45-3:45 | South End | Big Band Repertoire Selection,Something old ,something new,something borrowed ,something blue | Paul Pitts | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Plaza Ballroom | Eleven years of piano and I can't get a date. | Robert Duke | MMEA |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Waterfront 1ABC | 21st Century Learning in the Music Classroom: Engaging and Empowering Students Through Formative Assessment and Technology | Kate Mercadante | Tech |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Waterfront 2 | Intentional Movement in the Music Classroom | Lillie Feierabend | Coml |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Waterfront 3 | Creating Artistry with Young Singers | Marianna Simpson | MMEA |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Beacon Hill 1 | Engaging Ensemble Students Through Project-based Partnerships | Bonnie Cochran | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Integrating Multi-Cultural Songs in K-12 Music Curricula | Donna Menhart | Gen Mus |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Cambridge Complex | String Orchestra New Music Reading Session | Christopher Memoli | Strings |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Back Bay Complex | Troubleshooting Choral Repertoire | Ashley Nelson-Oneschuk | Choral |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Federal Complex | Why We Dance: Celebrating Cultures through Movement in the General Music Classroom | Valerie Diaz Leroy | Coml |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | Skyline | A Philosophy of Hip-Hop Music Education | Jarritt Sheel | Innov |
| Thurs | 4:00-5:00 | South End | Introducing the Newly Released Intermediate Band Unit Plans from the NAfME/Library of Congress Project | Jenny Neff | Band/Jazz |
| Thurs | 5:00-6:00 | Plaza Ballroom | Exhibitor Reception | MMEA | |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Plaza Ballroom | Concert Band New Music Reading Session | Catherine Haywood, Gerry Dolan | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 1ABC | Digital Content & Solutions for the Chromebook Classroom | Jim Frankel | Coml |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 2 | First Steps in Music: Movement Development in the Early Years | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 3 | Bowing Styles for the Ages: How to Choose and Play Bow Strokes for Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Era Music | Bob Gillespie | Strings |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Beacon Hill 1 | Who could pay attention to a lesson this dumb? | Robert Duke | MMEA |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Show Me the Money: Uncovering the World of Grants and Fundraising | Rachel Rivard | Gen Int |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Cambridge Complex | What's New for Middle School Choirs?: A Reading Session | Brendan Ferrari | Choral |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Back Bay Complex | The National Standards: How To Unpack Them & Use Them In TheChoral Classroom | Marc Greene | MMEA |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Federal Complex | Poetry, Process, and Performance | Griff Gall | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | Skyline | Learning Theories Made Real: A Down-To-Earth Approach to Teaching Music Using Pedagogical Science | Josef Hanson | Innov |
| Fri | 8:00-9:00 | South End | Interactive Recorder Instruction - It's Fun And It Works! | Lenna Harris | Tech |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Plaza Ballroom | Concert Band New Music Reading Session | Catherine Haywood, Gerry Dolan | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 1ABC | Noteflight Marketplace: Buy and sell music notation online | John Mlynczak | Coml |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 2 | First Steps in Music: Vocal Development in the Early Years | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 3 | The Hardest But Most Important Task in Our Profession: Teaching Beginners in a Large, Heterogeneous Class to Play Correctly | Bob Gillespie | Strings |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Beacon Hill 1 | Practice makes better. Practice makes worse. Practice does nothing at all | Robert Duke | MMEA |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Podcast, Collaboration and Music Education Methods | Libby Allison, Carla Restivo | Tech |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Cambridge Complex | When Your Choir is Too Tired to Phonate and You Need to Rehearse…! | Judith Nicosia | Choral |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Back Bay Complex | Popular Music Education and Modern Band | Scott Burstein | Innov |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Federal Complex | Not Ready To Jump Right In? Then, Dip Your Toe! | Heather Kirby | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | Skyline | Instilling a Growth Mindset in Your Students for the Practice Room, Rehearsal Room and Beyond | Andrew Hitz | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 9:15-10:15 | South End | Delving Into the Vietnam Era Through Song | Mary Ellen Junda | MMEA |
| Fri | 10:15-11:00 | Plaza Ballroom | Exhibitor Breakfast | MMEA | |
| Fri | 11:15-12:15 | Plaza Ballroom | General Meeting and Awards - Plaza Ballroom | MMEA | |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Waterfront 1ABC | Digital Music for Social Justice | Lincoln Smith | Tech |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Waterfront 2 | Bridges to the Community: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime of Musical Growth | Lillie Feierabend | Coml |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Waterfront 3 | Elementary Choral Reading Session | Marianna Simpson | MMEA |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Beacon Hill 1 | Tips and Tricks to Keep 'em Coming Back - Retention Through the Grades | Kat O'Toole, Kristy Foye | Strings |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director | Jeff Scott | Coml |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Cambridge Complex | Motivating the Adolescent: Okay, What Happened to Them? They used to like me and want to do what I asked? Now what do I do? Strategies for getting the adolescent to stay the course and give their best in school orchestra. | Bob Gillespie | Strings |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Back Bay Complex | Building A Rhythmic Vocabulary For Your Winds | Eric Posner, Thom Hannum | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Federal Complex | Songwriting with Ukuleles | Sarah McQuarrie | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | Skyline | Incorporating Beginners into High Schoool Band and Choral Programs | Laura Lamore | Innov |
| Fri | 12:30-1:30 | South End | Research for Practice: A Working Partnership | Tawnya Smith | Gen Int |
| Fri | 1:45-3:00 | Plaza Ballroom | CONCERT HOUR | MMEA | |
| Fri | 1:45-3:00 | Waterfront 2 | Keep it Moving: Traditional World Dances | Rachel Gibson | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 1:45-3:00 | Waterfront 3 | 5 Ways to Engage Hard to Reach Students | Valerie Diaz Leroy | Coml |
| Fri | 1:45-3:00 | Cambridge Complex | Afghan Children's Songs: Preserving Culture | Louise Pascale, Colleen Casey-Nelson | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 1:45-3:00 | Federal Complex | Rock Your Repertoire: Engaging Your Students Through Collaboration and Modernization | Kevin Oates | Strings |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Plaza Ballroom | Rehearsal Clinic with Frank Battisti | Frank Battisti | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Waterfront 1ABC | Help Students Prepare for Auditions with SmartMusic | Ryan Sargent | Tech |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Waterfront 2 | Classroom Management: The Key to Successful Teaching | Lillie Feierabend | Coml |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Waterfront 3 | High School Choral Reading Session | Sean Landers, Ashley Nelson-Oneschuk | Choral |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Beacon Hill 1 | "Beat Buddies": When Everyone has a Friend in Music | Sarah Leahy, Kristine Chylinski | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Gadgets and Gizmos for Beginning Orchestra | Cassandra Sulbaran | Strings |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Cambridge Complex | General Music: A Case for Ukulele | Andrea Cook, Meredith Lord | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Back Bay Complex | The Jazz Rhythm Section 101 | Paul Pitts, George Murphy | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Federal Complex | Bucket Drumming 4-12: Starting your own program | Eytan Wurman | Innov |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | Skyline | No-Tech, Low-Tech, and High-Tech Adaptations for Students with Special Needs | Will Houchin | Gen Int |
| Fri | 3:15-4:15 | South End | Earthtones: Exploring Cultures Through Song | Mary Ellen Junda | Choral |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Plaza Ballroom | Young Band Reading Session | Nicole O'Toole, Lindsey Sherman | Band/Jazz |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Waterfront 1ABC | Music Production on Ipad as a Culturally Responsive Teaching Tool: Using Soundtrap in a Collaborative Setting in Middle School. | Stefano Marchese, Andrea Pejrolo | Tech |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Waterfront 2 | Singing Games and Activities for the Elementary Music Classroom | Rachel Gibson | Gen Mus |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Waterfront 3 | Think, Sing, and Swing!!! Vocal Jazz Repertoire Selection and Reading Session | Kevin McDonald | Choral |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Beacon Hill 1 | Autism in the Music Classroom | Will Houchin | Gen Int |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | I'm All Alone! Practical ways to work successfully with your Administration as a Specialist. | Michael LaCava | MMEA |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Cambridge Complex | String Project - An Inclusive Community Centered Approach to String Teaching | Christian Hernandez | Strings |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Back Bay Complex | Unlocking the Treasures of Russian Choral Music for Children and Youth | Marianna Simpson | MMEA |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Federal Complex | Total Participation Techniques in the Music Classroom | Shannon Ward-Leighton | Innov |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | Skyline | Young Composer's Forum | Joe Pondaco | MMEA |
| Fri | 4:30-5:30 | South End | Sparking Creativity: Improvisation in the Choral Classroom | Chris Clark | Choral |
| Sat | 8:00-12:00 | Plaza Ballroom | Treble Chorus | Marianna Simpson | |
| Sat | 8:00-9:00 | Waterfront 1ABC | The Art of Using SmartMusic to Foster Musical Growth | Ryan Sargent | Tech |
| Sat | 8:00-12:45 | Waterfront 2 & 3 | Body Music | Keith Terry | Gen Mus |
| Sat | 8:00-9:00 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | Everyday Inclusion | Julie Duty, Rhoda Bernard | Gen Int |
| Sat | 8:00-9:00 | Back Bay Complex | 12 Steps to Music Literacy Using Conversational Solfege Level 1: Rhythm Development | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Sat | 9:00-11:30 | Amphitheater | Innovations Festival | Tom Westmoreland | Innov |
| Sat | 9:15-10:15 | Waterfront 1ABC | Easily Create Your Music Assignments with the New SmartMusic Notation Program | Ryan Sargent | Tech |
| Sat | 9:15-10:15 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | How Pre-Band Can Unite General and Instrumental Beginning Instruction | Brittany Bauman | Coml |
| Sat | 9:15-10:15 | Cambridge Complex | Let's Make Some Noise! Encouraging the Reluctant Singer | Allison Flores | Choral |
| Sat | 9:15-10:15 | Back Bay Complex | 12 Steps to Music Literacy Using Conversational Solfege Level 2: Melodic Development | John Feierabend | Coml |
| Sat | 10:30-11:30 | Waterfront 1ABC | Creating on Any Device: Online music tech made easy | John Mlynczak | Tech |
| Sat | 10:30-11:30 | Beacon Hill 2&3 | A Clarinet that Evolves with Your Students | Katie Morrell, Korinne Smith | Coml |
| Sat | 10:30-11:30 | Cambridge Complex | Earthtones: Exploring Cultures Through Song | Mary Ellen Junda | Choral |
| Sat | 10:30-11:30 | Back Bay Complex | Classroom Management: The Key to Successful Teaching | Lillie Feierabend | Coml |
| Sat | 11:45-12:45 | Waterfront 1ABC | Music Production: Recording and Mixing Techniques | Chee-Ping Ho | Tech |
| Sat | 11:45-12:45 | Cambridge Complex | General Music: A Case for Ukulele | Andrea Cook, Meredith Lord | Gen Mus |
| Sat | 11:45-12:45 | Back Bay Complex | Intentional Movement in the Music Classroom | Lillie Feierabend | Coml |
Concerts
Concert Hour Details
Concert Hour 1 – Plaza Ballroom, Thursday (1:15pm-2:30pm) - February 28, 2019
Concert Hour 2 – Plaza Ballroom, Friday (1:45pm-3:00pm) - March 1, 2019
Casual Concerts
Treble Chorus Concert
Saturday, March 2, 2019 – Plaza Ballroom, Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA
First Concert – 1:00 PM
Second Concert – 2:30 PM
Meetings
Thursday, 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM
Receptions
Thursday, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Rehearsals
Massachusetts Music Educators Association
Michael LaCava
Interim Executive Director
PO Box 3886
South Attleboro, MA 02703-3886