Avenues: Exploring Band and Jazz Methods
Two-day annual professional development workshop for music educators at Brandon University School of Music. Avenues: Exploring Band and Jazz Methods was co-founded at Brandon University with Professor Greg Gatien.
Presentations
- August 19-21, 2019
Establishing and Creating Intent
Conducting Truths as We Know Them (with Dr. James Popejoy)
Intention in Action
- August 20 and 21, 2018
Five Favorite Warm-Up Exercises
Teaching Interpretation in Rehearsal: Foundation for Music Making
Preparing Music Musically: Score Study and Interpretation
Improvisation Activities for Beginning Instrumentalists
Repertoire Rotation and Canadian Content
Powerful Experiences: Sustaining Music Education
- August 21 and 22, 2017
Warm-up to the Idea: Daily Skill and Concept Development
Individualized Conducting and Score Study
The Rehearsal Toy Box: Reinforcing Visual Learners
Conducting: Connecting to Your Ensemble
Ways of Knowing: Beginner and Intermediate Rehearsal Techniques
Focus on Technique: Posture and Presence
Because…: Focusing on the Intent of Instruction
- August 22 and 23, 2016
Teaching PRACTICE: Increasing Student Focus and Critical Thinking in Rehearsals
Individualized Conducting and Score Study
Ten Strategies to Develop Musical Memory
Sources and Resources: Supports for Teaching and Learning
Conducting: Changing Planes
Presence, Potentiality, and Place: Music Making with a Purpose
Selecting, Grouping, and Sequencing Repertoire: A Focus on Preparation
- August 24 and 25, 2015
Critical Self Reflection in Rehearsals
Weight and Resistance in Conducting Gestures
Relating to Repertoire
Directed Listening
Individualized Conducting and Score Study
- August 18 and 19, 2014
Target Fixation
Activities to Develop Inner Hearing
Three Hidden Competencies
S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting in Music
Score Study –Analysis for Educators
Skip the Beats? Phrasal Conducting
Individualized Conducting and Score Study Lessons
- August 19 and 20, 2013
Work (Joint Session with Professor Greg Gatien)
Curriculum: Framework for Success
Conducting and Score Study I: What You Know, Hear, and Do – Effecting Student Performance
Conducting and Score Study II: Stages of Communicating Through Gesture
Aligning Repertoire Selection with Curricular Outcomes
Conveying Energy in Gesture
Effective Elements of Effective Teaching: Questioning and Feedback
- August 20 and 21, 2012
Habits I: Identifying Your Habits (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Habits II: Fostering Good Habits (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Creativity and Creative Thinking
Conducting: Solid Habits
Developing a Mission Statement
Ten Techniques to Disable Your Students
- August 22 and 23, 2011
Curricula and Critical Thinking (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Form as a Score Study Tool
Conducting (with Jennifer McAllister)
Five Engaging Works for Young Band
- August 23 and 24, 2010
Valuing Aural Skills (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Repertoire Planning and Curriculum
Five New Works Worth Knowing
Gesture and Movement – Centering
Dealing with “Funky” Instrumentation
- August 24 and 25, 2009
Conducting: Articulate Gesture
Score Study: A Focus on the Teaching and Learning Process
The Ten Things I Love about Great Musicians
Beginning Band: Addressing Individual and Ensemble Tone
Individual Conducting Lessons
- August 25 and 26, 2008
What Do They See? Conducting with Purpose
Developing Tone and Intonation (Senior Years)
Individual Conducting Lessons
- August 27 and 28, 2007
Content and Context: Knowing Your Students (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Reinforcing the Basics: Beginner/Intermediate Band Rehearsal Techniques
Conducting Practice Techniques
Conducting: Establishing Style Through Gesture
Nurturing Independence and Leadership in Your Ensemble
Advanced Rehearsal Techniques
Emphasizing Skill Development (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
- August 28 and 29, 2006
Establishing Program Goals and Priorities (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
Constructing Lesson Plans in a Rehearsal Format
Conducting: Three Gestures for IMPACT
Ways of Knowing: Beginner/Intermediate Rehearsal Techniques
Planning for Assessment
Selecting Repertoire for Concept Development (Joint Session with Prof. Greg Gatien)
- August 29 and 30, 2005
Beginner Band Pedagogy
Band Handbooks
Conducting: Gesture and Purpose
Beginner/Intermediate Rehearsal Techniques
Advanced Rehearsal Techniques
Developing Technique and Sight Reading Skills
Score Study and Preparation