Counterpoint 2018 – Friday – Session 2

by | Oct 27, 2018 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

What If…? The ‘What If…’workshop deals with some approaches for dealing with advocating, in a positive manner, about the position of music in today’s curriculum. What can we as music educators do to provide music for all students. We will discuss various levels of...

SOS French Horn

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

Tips for starting horn students off right, improving sound for established students, pitch problems and all your questions answered. We encourage workshop attendees to bring in their school horns to participate. Clinician: Lauren Scobie & James Tizzard Focus: Band...

Building Great Intonation

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

All bands can play in tune! How do we do it? Where do we start? An in depth look at developing best practices for teaching intonation in the instrumental music classroom. Clinician: Greg Colley Focus: Band Location: Waterhouse 3 Sponsor: Interlude 2017 Building Great...

Collaboration (Beyond the Arts)

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

Collaboration (Beyond the Arts) presents an exploration of how music curriculum can be utilized in all academic areas. Concrete examples of collaborative expectations between music and all other subjects will enable departments to enhance the application of music and...

Rethinking Musicology

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Workshop Notes, Workshops

A traditional Western music history curriculum (the default of so many of us) doesn’t serve many of the diverse courses being taught in the province and is often not engaging to the contemporary student. The curriculum document offers an alternative that is...