Summer Workshops

The Development of Black Music in America: Essential Genres, Artists, Repertoire and Mini Master Classes with Special Guest Presenters 

Andrew Jones, Jesse Hameen II and Special Guests

This expanded 4 day in-person workshop gives participants the opportunity to engage in music making and to survey significant styles of music and essential artists of Blues, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Rock, Soul, Funk and Hip Hop, within a historical context.

Hands on musical engagement takes place in the form of Mini-Masterclass sessions each afternoon with special guests presenters.  Afternoon session topics include:

• Rhythmns of the African Diaspora
• Jazz Trio performance and discussion
• Middle and High School Jazz Rhythmn Section Coaching Session
• Exploring Gospel Repertoire
• Funk Connection Workshop

Rooted in the historical and cultural contexts in which Black Music developed in the United States, this course is applicable to music teachers of all disciplines and grade levels K - 12.  Connections will be made to:

• General music classroom curriculum
• Choir and Instrumental Ensembles
  The application of the content to meeting District and National Standards: creating, performing and responding.

In addition to lead clinicians Jesse Hameen II and Andrew Jones, guest presenters include Rodney Jones and Katani Sumner.

More about Andrew Jones, Jesse Hameen II and Special Guests➔

Workshop Program Schedule
July 11–14, 2022
Monday - Thursday,  9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
In person class attendance required on the campus of Gordon College.

Registration
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits
$980: Participation Only

Popular Music Pedagogy & Rock Band Performance 

Jay Dorfman and Kevin Coyne

This course blends history, theory and pedagogy with popular music experience. Teachers will participate in small popular music ensembles and will examine the related pedagogy. Lectures and demonstrations will include topics such as equipment selection, repertoire selection, and performance techniques. An additional emphasis of this course will be techniques for amplifying rock ensembles. 

No rock experience is required!  This course is open to any and all music educators of all disciplines who are open to trying something fun and hands-on that they can bring back to their students, from learning rock-specific pedagogy, to picking the best tunes for classes and lessons.

This course culminates in a performance on Friday for family, friends and colleagues in Phillips Music Center at Gordon College.

More about  Jay Dorfman and  Kevin Coyne ➔

Workshop Program Schedule
July 11–15, 2022
Monday - Friday,  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
In person class attendance required on the campus of Gordon College.

Registration
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits
$980: Participation Only

First Steps in Music 

Dr. John Feierabend

All people are born with the potential to become musical. With inappropriate or limited musical experiences in the early years, children consistently lose their intuitions for thinking tunes, feeling rhythms and responding to expressiveness in music. This course will provide a bridge from research to practice by demonstrating how a “natural” curriculum rich in the repertoire of traditional children’s songs, rhymes, games and dances can develop young children’s musical aptitude. A model of parents and children playing together in the years from birth to age three will be presented, as well as curriculum for three-to-eight-year-old children in classroom settings. Participants can earn certification in First Steps in Music by the Feierabend Association for Music Education.

More about John Feierabend ➔

Workshop Program Schedule*
July 11–14, 2022
In person class attendance required on the campus of Gordon College.

Monday–Thursday, 8:30 am - 3:30 p.m. 
*No class on Friday, July 16

Registration 
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits 
$980: Participation Only

Graduate credit registration requirements include mandatory attendance, final project, written assignment, or assessment. Participants will be provided with a letter grade and academic transcript upon request.

Participation only registration indicates the participant is not required to submit a final project, written assignment or assessment. No academic transcript provided.

PDP completion documentation is not provided by Gordon College. Three graduate credits is the equivalent of earning 67.5 PDPs. Participants are encouraged to coordinate directly with DESE if they wish to convert their graduate credit earnings to PDPs.
 

Teaching Improvisation: Where to Begin 

Dr. Christopher Azzara

According to the National Standards for Music Education, everyone should be teaching improvisation. This class provides a common-sense approach that improves your musicianship and that of your students – making connections for general, vocal and instrumental teachers at all levels of instruction and experience. Using Christopher Azzara’s publication Developing Musicianship Through Improvisation (Books 1, 1-B, 2, and 3), participants will be introduced to practical techniques designed to (1) improve musicianship; (2) develop improvisation skills in a variety of musical styles, including jazz, popular, folk, and classical; (3) include improvisation as an integral part of teaching and learning; (4) define relationships among improvisation, reading and composition; and (5) assess students’ learning. 

More about Christopher Azzara ➔

Workshop Program Schedule
July 11–15, 2022
Monday - Friday,  8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
In person class attendance required on the campus of Gordon College.

Registration
$1,275: Three (3) Graduate Credits
$980: Participation Only