Summer Workshops
At Gordon, we believe in innovative music education. Our interactive workshops taught by nationally recognized clinicians, provide music educators with a unique opportunity to explore topics that prove to be inspiring and enriching in music classrooms across the country. Workshop participation is open to all music educators, no matter what your educational or professional background.
ON CAMPUS HOUSING is available for summer workshop participants. Please use the navigation menu links on the left for housing and meal reservations.
2019 TOPICS, CLINICIANS, AND SCHEDULE
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Let The Body Sing! Creating Moving Musicians for Choral Performance
Dr. Therees Hibbard
This workshop will focus on the manner in which engagement of the whole body when singing can have a profound effect on tone, phrasing, rhythmic integrity and musicality, creating a more holistic approach to choral performance. Participants will explore how "Body Singing" can be applied to teaching and conducting through the context of specific choral works; as well as generating a comprehensive approach to rehearsal and performance at all levels of instruction.
All participants will be provided with a reading packet of approximately 25 pieces of choral music ranging from appropriate for secondary and collegiate students to early elementary singers.
Registration*
$635: 1.5 Graduate Credits or 33.75 PDPs
$550: Participation Only
Schedule*
July 15–17, 2019
Monday–Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Conversational Solfege Level I and II
Dr. John Feierabend
Conversational Solfege is a pedagogical method that develops musical literacy. Based on modules used to each conversational foreign languages, Conversational Solfege develops an understanding of music through the use of rhythm syllables and solfege syllables at a conversational level, then gradually evolves into traditional notation. Through carefully sequenced activities, Conversational Solfege allows the acquisition of musical reading and writing, diction, improvisation and composition in an intuitive manner. This course is applicable to general music, choral and instrumental teachers. Participants can receive certification in Conversational Solfege by the Feierabend Association for Music Education.
Registration
$1,275: 3 Graduate Credits or 67.5 PDPs (Professional Development Points)
$950: Participation Only
Schedule*
July 15–19, 2019
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Instrumental Methods and Techniques: Creativity and Literacy in Music Teaching and Learning
Dr. Christopher Azzara
For instrumental, vocal and general music teachers at all levels who wish to improve their musicianship skills for teaching. This course is particularly relevant for teachers who are addressing the NCCAS and NAfME National Standards for singing, composing and improvising. The emphasis is on beginning instrumental study for recorder, winds, percussion and strings from Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series Books/Cds 1 and 2. Dr. Azzara will provide practical and accessible procedures for improving musicianship in band and orchestra, and frameworks for assessing student learning.
Registration
$1,275: 3 Graduate Credits or 67.5 PDPs
$950: Participation Only
Schedule
July 15–19, 2019
Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The Left, The Right and Everything In-Between: Strings Techniques and Pedagogy that Foster Long Term Success
Dr. Robert Hasty
This is a fundamental string techniques and pedagogy workshop designed to develop basic performance and teaching skills. Emphasis is on playing techniques as well as group and individual teaching procedures. Objectives include the acquiring of fundamental playing skills on string instruments, and diagnostic skills for teaching basic posture, position and performance in string playing. Participants will be encouraged and supported to play instruments with less familiarity to create a heterogeneous learning environment that mimics teachers' own music classrooms and ensembles. Gordon College will provide instruments for loan. Additional topics will be explored as surveyed by participants, from fiddling technique to selecting quality repertoire for any age and experience level
Registration
$1,275: 3 Graduate Credits or 67.5 PDPs
$950: Participation Only
Schedule
July 15–19, 2019
Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
A General Music Ukulele Curriculum
Kenneth Trapp
Participants in this workshop will explore ideas and activities for improvisation and ukulele performance, with a goal of understanding how general music activities can be naturally sequenced to instrumental performance. The workshop will also demonstrate how collaboration and differentiated instruction are natural and powerful models for learning. The ukulele is a user-friendly instrument that can be played successfully from early elementary age through adulthood. Collaborative group work will offer innovative ways to promote aural skill development, singing and playing harmony in a linear manner, and engaging in improvisation skills that will inform instrumental performance and promote composition.
Instruments can be available for loan from the Gordon College Department of Music.
Registration
$635: 1.5 Graduate credits or 33.75 PDPs
$550: Participation Only
Schedule
July 15–17, 2019
Monday–Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
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Bridges to the Community and Beyond
Lillie Feierabend
The school year provides many opportunities for our students to become involved with music. When we provide experiences outside the classroom, we also make them available to our faculty, school and community. When the community is invited to participate in our Music Programs, they become invested in the child's development and the growth of the music program. Participants will be introduced to a dozen ways to enrich the musical growth and development of their students, schools, and communities by creating opportunities for musical engagement.
Registration
$635: 1.5 Graduate Credits or 33.75 PDPs
$550: Participation Only
Schedule
July 15–17, 2019
Monday–Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Conversational Solfege I and II: A Refresher
Andy Himelick
This class is for those who have previously taken a FAME certified Conversational Solfege Levels 1 and 2 course and want to "refresh" their CS knowledge. Participants will actively review the 12 steps, the 13 units, experience first-hand, the majority of the Techniques (games), and learn other special considerations such as "CS in the Choral Setting". Participants will also have an opportunity to create, share and learn with other teachers in how CS is and can be effective in their classrooms.
Registration
$635: 1.5 Graduate Credits or 33.75 PDPs
$550: Participation Only
Schedule
July 17–19, 2019
Wednesday, 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Thursday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Cultivating Artistry On the Podium: Promoting Collaborative Music Making When Conducting Instrumentalists
Dr. Benjamin Klemme
Designed for instrumental ensemble directors, this hands-on workshop gives participants the opportunity to learn and practice conducting techniques and rehearsal strategies for leading student ensembles of all levels. Participants are asked to bring their primary instrument in order to form a workshop ensemble that each participant will conduct. Explore models of leading and communicating that promote students' ability to play expressively, responsively, and cooperatively, and gain insights from perspectives shared by elementary, middle, and high school conductor-educators from across the country. Conducting sessions will be enriched by workshop discussions covering related topics such as repertoire selection and score study.
Registration
$635: 1.5 Graduate Credits or 33.75 PDPs
$550: Participation Only
Schedule
July 17–19, 2019
Wednesday, 1–5 p.m.
Thursday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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