2022 Colorado Music Educators Association Conference
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Rehearsal Lab
Rehearsal strategies for preparing students. Helpful tools for music teachers in working with ensembles in everyday classroom settings.
Rock Canyon High School Band, under the direction of Zachary Fruits will serve as the demonstration group for this session.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
CMEA Opening Session, Keynote, and Honor Awards Ceremony
CMEA President Kevin Beaber and CMEA President-elect Cynthia Eversole welcome all to the 2022 conference and annual meeting of the membership. Enjoy a keynote address presented by Omar Thomas, and celebrate the accomplishments of our CMEA Honor Award Recipients from 2021 and 2022.
Rocky Ford Junior Senior High School - Meloneer Concert Band
Presider - Cindy Cowan, Rocky Ford High School Principal
Concert Host - Marti Bott, IMC District 6 Representative
John Balderson will receive his 25-year Recognition Award during this concert.
He Said, She Said, They Said: Gender Neutrality in the Music Room
Our ultimate goal, as teachers, is to ensure that our students feel safe, respected and valued members of the class community. Therefore, it’s important to look at various aspects of our classrooms, ensuring that ALL students are seen and respected for who they are as an individual. One prime example of this is gender neutrality. In this session we will explore the importance of gender neutrality in various ways. Participants will discuss the “what, who, where, when” of gender neutrality. The session will have a “hands-on,” or demonstration, approach, focusing on the importance of neutral pronouns and non-gender specific roles in singing games, play parties and other musical repertoire. Attendees will have a chance to explore using gender neutrality within various classroom situations and to discuss how this will make music education more inclusive for all students.
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Rocky Mountain High School - Rocky Mountain Winds
Presider - Craig Woodall, Rocky Mountain High School Principal
Concert Host - Peter Toews, IMC Chair
25 Best Practices, Tips and Hacks for the Middle Level Band Teacher
This session will provide you with 25 (or more!) best practices, tips, and hacks that you can use with your beginner and intermediate level bands right away. Topics will include percussion, administration, email, sheet music, planning, classroom culture and more!
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Empowered Listening: Turning Accurate into Artistic
How can you and your students elevate your performances from accurate to artistic? This session seeks to answer this relevant and vital question by providing alternative strategies that will enhance your listening skills and empower your students to engage with the rehearsal process. We will explore new methods to create your personal aural image and heighten your expectation for student performance. By using examples from a variety of scores, we will examine how to quickly process and study the printed score to make informed decisions that will determine your performance expectation. Most importantly, we will explore ways to energize your rehearsals and empower your students’ listening. It will be our goal to turn ensemble rehearsals into exciting and creative spaces where students take risks, explore the unknown, and become collaborators in the artistic pursuit.
New Jazz Music Reading Session
This performance is limited to 75 registered attendees, due to Health & Safety Protocols. Be sure to select "attending" (or click the + symbol) for this session to ensure your spot! Note: Additional seating will be made available on a first-come-first-serve basis after the start time of the session.
This session is sponsored by Music and Arts.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
Boltz Middle School - Symphonic Band
Presider - Josh Richey, Boltz Middle School Principal
Concert Host - Katie Schrichte, IMC District 7 Representative
Keeping It All Together - Organize Your Life Using Google Keep
This session is meant to help ANYONE stay organized throughout the school year both personally and professionally. No matter the grade level, content, school size, or other factors, all of us need to stay focused on our goals. Google Keep is a wonderful tool to help with this, and I would like to share the many ways this technology can work for you. We will focus on understanding why organizing matters, learn about tools to help you stay on track, think of ways to incorporate this in your content, and apply this knowledge to your life right now. Please consider joining this clinic to lighten your load and knock things off of your to-do list.
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Lewis Palmer High School - Wind Symphony
Presider - Bridget O'Connor, Lewis Palmer High School Principal
Concert Host - Karen Bautista, IMC District 8 Representative
Denver School of the Arts - Middle School Concert Band
Presider - Enrique Lasansky, Denver School of the Arts Director of Orchestras
Concert Host - Marti Bott, IMC District 6 Representative
Windsor High School - Jazz Band
This performance is limited to 75 registered attendees, due to Health & Safety Protocols. Be sure to select "attending" (or click the + symbol) for this session to ensure your spot! Note: Additional seating will be made available on a first-come-first-serve basis after the start time of the session.
Presider - Corry Petersen, Poudre High School Director of Bands
Concert Host - Kim Wilson-Paugh, IMC District 2 Representative
Just Tell Me What I Need to Know! - 4 Things to Make Your Band Sound Better, Guaranteed!
John Pasquale
University of Michigan, Donald R. Shepherd Associate Professor of Conducting, Director of the University of Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands, Associate Director of University BandsCentury Middle School - Comet Jazz Ensemble
This performance is limited to 75 registered attendees, due to Health & Safety Protocols. Be sure to select "attending" (or click the + symbol) for this session to ensure your spot! Note: Additional seating will be made available on a first-come-first-serve basis after the start time of the session.
Presider - Dave Wiske, retired teacher from Adams 12 District
Concert Host - Michelle Ewer, Tri-M Chair
University of Colorado at Boulder - Wind Symphony
Presider - John Davis, University of Colorado at Boulder Dean of the College of Music
Concert Host - Tom Chapman, IMC District 5 Representative
Mark Dorn will receive his 25-year Recognition Award during this concert.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School - Symphonic Band
Presider - Greg Watkins, Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School Principal
Concert Host - Katie Schrichte, IMC District 7 Representative
Cheyenne Mountain High School Symphonic Band
Presider - Carrie Brenner, Cheyenne Mountain High School Principal
Concert Host - Tom Chapman, IMC District 5 Representative
Make it Work: Flexible/Adaptable Music Beyond the Pandemic
Many instrumental music programs turned to flexible/adaptable compositions as a tool to maintain programs while facing the many challenged of the past year associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, many composers responded to the needs of music organizations by composing works for flexible or adaptable instrumentation. While this music is well suited to meet the challenges of the past year’s hardships, there are many opportunities in flexible/adaptable music beyond the circumstances of the pandemic. This session will focus on how instrumental programs can use these works in a wide variety of teaching and performing situations. Dr.’s Townsend and Winter will offer an overview of the history and recent development in flexible music, a variety of applications, misconceptions about the genre, practical applications, and the genre as a tool to bridge gaps of access and equity.
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