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Participants will rotate through centres that teach musical concepts while supporting music literacy through inquiry. In this workshop, participants will explore basic Orff activities, participate in music games that teach specific musical concepts, learn basic steps to composition with instant success, and explore various assessment and evaluation strategies. This is a great session for new...

Talk less–play, sing, move, listen and create more! This workshop is filled with active ideas to discover, explore and reflect upon the fundamental concepts and elements of music. Experience/explore how your students can be delightfully engaged when experiencing music in auditory, visual and kinesthetic ways. Enhance your students’ excitement and musicality with manipulatives, movement, instruments,...

Borrowing from Literacy and Numeracy pedagogy, using small groups to teach theory allows for differentiation and teaching specifically to each student’s level. The workshop will show how to set up the small groups as well as solving the problem of what to do with the rest of the class, while increasing the opportunity for student...

This workshop will discuss how inquiry-based learning can be used to help students develop a thorough understanding of the concept of vocal and instrumental timbre in a fun engaging way. Lesson plans, graphic organizers and rubrics will be provided for participants to adapt for their own use. Clinician: Nancy Mitchell Focus: Primary Location: Waterhouse 3...

In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to explore best practices and strategies for creating success from the start in the beginning strings program. The workshop will focus on: setting a solid foundation, ensuring wise instrument choices, guiding first experiences playing instruments and techniques that work, overcoming common challenges, building a culture and identity...

Are you teaching music “a la cart”? This workshop will provide tips and tricks for teaching music on the fly. We will try activities and lessons that maximize programming using limited resources, provide some assessment pointers, and discuss ways to organize tools, instruments, technology and supplies for efficient cart set-up. Clinician: Kristie Stanzel & Andrea...

Does winter and spring concert planning stress you out? Are you stumped for new ideas and themes? Do you have trouble figuring out how to possibly incorporate all age levels? Are you interested in finding out how to put on a musical theatre production at your school? In this workshop we will address simple answers...

This workshop will focus on strategies for supporting our students with exceptionalities, both in the general classroom setting and in Life Skills or other self contained classes. Participants will be presented with case studies to examine and will be given the opportunity to explore solutions to their own challenges in supporting their students through collaborative...

For decades, gospel music has influenced several musical genres and popular music performances. This workshop will explore strategies for engaging students in rote learning and ear training while teaching the cultural contexts and historical impacts of gospel music on society. Repertoire selection resources will be provided. Come prepared to sing! Clinician: Darren Hamilton Focus: Choral...

Let’s explore ways to integrate Dance, Drama and Music in a journey through the Arts! Participants will actively engage in lessons that are designed around a theme, where the Creative Process and Elements have been used as a guide for planning rich learning tasks. Effective assessment strategies will be discussed. Clinician: Jenn Mavity and Brooke...

This presentation will discuss the process of going beyond notes and rhythms with your student jazz ensemble.Ways to approach teaching students about the roles of the instruments in the jazz ensemble, interpreting jazz rhythms, phrasing, section playing, dynamics, and tuning as they apply to the jazz ensemble will be discussed. Teachers will be provided with...

Beginning Stages is a method for jazz improvisation in the band class. Strategies will be discussed on how to develop skills, comfort level, and performance improvisation with an understanding of how to create, write out, and perform original solos. A live demonstration by the presenter with detailed visuals will serve to outline the multi-step process....

Dynamic Dreamers WorkshopMusic can be such a powerful way to connect with the diverse needs of our special education students. This workshop will provide you with techniques and activities to help you connect with your students, ease their anxiety (and yours!) and reach their therapeutic goals while learning the fundamentals of music. Using a variety...