2022 Colorado Music Educators Association Conference
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
CMEA Conference Registration
Pre-registration packets may be picked up during this time. If you have not registered for the conference by January 21st you will need to complete the on-line registration form and either make payment by credit card or by check and come to the on-site registration area. You will be asked to present your invoice and check payment if paying by check.
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.
Bow Guides, Wrist Guards, Chapstick? A Guide to Teaching Aids and Their Many Uses
Parents are busy and tired of fighting with their kids, students can't remember everything to practice and as a teacher, you know you can't move on until technique is correct. Sometimes technique feels like an uphill battle and can be very discouraging to students and parents. There are so many teaching aids, common and uncommon, to use to help with this exact scenario and this session will focus on what can be used to help the many different technique pitfalls our students succumb to. These teaching aids help the student focus on what's really fun about learning music: The Music!
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Lesher Middle School - Advanced Chamber Orchestra
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 - Thomas Dodd, Lesher Middle School Principal
Concert Host - Lindsay Fulcher, CO ASTA President-Elect
Growing Your Viola Garden-From Seeds to Full Bloom!
It takes careful nurturing of your viola "seeds" but the rewards of a thriving viola section in all of your ensembles is worth the watering, pruning and reseeding. This session will give directors and teachers strategies for growing a great viola garden, from beginners through high school.
Denver School of the Arts Middle School - Orchestra
Presider - Dave Hammond, Denver School of the Arts Director of Bands
Concert Host - Rachel Lavadie, CO ASTA Western Slope Representative
Metropolitan State University of Denver - Orchestra
Concert Host - Leanne Griffey, CO ASTA Secretary
Exhibits Reception
Complete your exhibitor signature card and turn it in for a free drink ticket!
Friday, January 28, 2022
Columbine High School - Chamber Orchestra
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 - Scott Christy, Columbine High School Principal
Concert Host - Michelle Ewer, Tri-M Chair
Orchestra New Music Reading Session
This session 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.
Come join us for the Orchestra New Music Reading Session and preview great new music for string orchestra, grades one-five, with diverse genres and styles represented. Attendees are invited to bring and instrument and join along with the orchestra, or sit and listen.
How Vocal and String Pedagogies Can Enhance One Another
Michael Linert
Westminster High School, Performing Arts Department Chair & Director of Orchestras, Mariachi, and GuitarString teachers tell their students to play like a singer, while voice teachers tell their students to sing like a string player. What does it all mean? Join this session to learn and experience some specific techniques and concepts to improve the string and vocal techniques, musicality, and creativity of your students!
Fort Collins High School - Symphony Orchestra
Presider - Jennifer Roth, Fort Collins High School Assistant Principal
Concert Host - Loni Obluda, CO ASTA President
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Mountain Vista High School - Chamber Orchestra
This reception 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 - Michael Weaver, Mountain Vista High School Principal
Concert Host - Robert Stahley, CO ASTA Denver Metro Representative
5 S.M.A.R.T. Steps to RETAINING Our Beginners
Would you be surprised to learn that within one short year, 60% of beginning students are no longer playing? You've worked hard to recruit—and even re-recruit—beginners into your instrumental music program so this year, more than ever before, it’s all about RETAINING them! Actionable steps that can be taken by parents, administrators, and the students themselves will make all the difference whether in an urban, suburban or rural setting. In this on-target session, directors of all experience and expertise levels will learn about the role they can play in these 5 S.M.A.R.T. Steps to RETAINING Our Beginners.
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