Stories That Must Be Told Using age appropriate books such as “When We Were Alone” and “I Am Not a Number” along with music from indigenous artists, this session will explore ways you can use these resources in the creative process to help your students develop a meaningful understanding of the history of residential schools....

Building Great Ensemble Tone All bands can play with great tone! How do we do it? Where do we start? An in depth look at developing best practices for building great tone in the instrumental music classroom. Clinician: Greg Colley Focus: I/S Location: Albion A Sponsor: Counterpoint 2018 Colley_BuildingEnsembleTone...

A Strings Potluck Participants are invited to a collaborative Strings reading session. Bring your favourite Strings offering (repertoire of various levels and styles), as we explore and read through these selections together. Discuss features and challenges of your ensembles, share experiences and discover new teaching resources. Bring your own instrument or borrow one! Clinician: Stacey...

Modern Guitar Classroom This modern guitar classroom approach was developed to incorporate a wide variety of musical experiences and pedagogic approaches into a typical secondary school guitar program. The complete class resource involves teaching chords, melodies, notation, tablature, blues, improvisation, composition, ear training, ensemble building, classical (fingerstyle), and popular styles of guitar playing. Clinician: Josh...

Cultural Choral Reading Session Clinician: Gena Norbury Focus: P/J Location: Room 202 Sponsor: St. John’s Music Norbury_ St Johns_CULTURAL CHORAL READING SESSION...

Let’s Sing the Circle The ancient practice of singing musical “circles” is timeless. Canons not only provide awe and delight but also provide the ultimate form to nurture musical independence, sight reading, analysis, knowledge of musical history, composition and improvisation techniques. Canons of all shapes and sizes will be explored through song and through dance....

Indigenous Drum Circle In this workshop you will participate in a drum circle where you will learn about the significance and protocols for the caring of a Anishinaabek hand drum and join us in singing traditional songs. You will also develop an awareness of how our shared history links to the curriculum. Clinician(s): Shelley LeSarge...

Control and Speed on the Snare Drum: Teaching and Evaluating a Relaxed Technique Teach students a logical snare drum grip, a relaxed stroke, and “lifts and levels” – a system that leads to tension-free execution of rudiments, accents and other dynamics. Then create relevant evaluation that will engage and challenge them – and keep them...

Just Play What You’ve Got Don’t have a class set of band/Orff/string/guitar? Check out this workshop to recreate pop/classic songs using whatever you’ve got: some ukuleles, a keyboard, chair drumming, etc. The focus is getting students playing together quickly using free online resources. This can set the stage for personalized, small group inquiry music learning....

Creative Composers This workshop will provide quick and easy, hands-on, composition ideas that you can use in the Primary Music program tomorrow! This will include many different approaches incorporating instruments, popsicle sticks, stickers, pictures and MORE!! Whole class, centres, individual, and small group compositions will be explored in an engaging, fun, hands-on session. Clinician(s): Melissa...

First Steps in Music: Movement Development Movement, use of folk songs, classical music and rhymes Clinician: John Feierabend Focus: PreK-3 Location: Webster B Sponsor: GIA/Harknett https://www.feierabendmusic.org/resources/?fbclid=IwAR3lo6GOrUYYH6qyoQWq4g0QviRYSH4oHxF2UdfC6Q_athuPJPSw3B7ODRU...

Singing in the ECME Brain Move, sing, listen, play and think really hard! Any music educator understands the mental effort that goes into planning or participating in a music class for young children, but it can be hard to communicate this to administration, parents and the general public. Research shows that music class exercises minds...

Introduction to Dalcroze Eurhythmics Dalcroze Eurhythmics enables music students to experience musical ideas (such as rhythm, phrase, and harmony) through movement, before engaging in a cognitive reflection. It is a holistic approach, engaging body, mind, and spirit in a social, improvisational, enjoyable, and interactive setting. If you come, prepare to move to learn! Clinician: Sharon...

Games, Activities and Projects for Intermediate and High School Students Explore games and activities that move away traditional pen and paper tasks and make learning more fun. Delegates will learn time-tested activities that teach curriculum, develop fundamentals, help with review and build community. This hands-on workshop is geared to intermediate/senior grades with a focus on...

Improve (or start) your Jazz Band In this workshop, flexible resources (repertoire), easy start-up ideas, and physical setups that might help alleviate fears for teachers who don’t feel they have enough experience in this area, will be shared. Clinician: Seth McNall Focus: I/S Location: Albion A Sponsor: Counterpoint 2018 OMEA presentation 2018 start improve jazz...