Amy Burns, a PreK-Grade 3 general music teacher at Far Hills
Country Day School, holds a Level 1 Orff certification, a Level 1 Kodály certification,
as well as TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) Level 1 and 2 certifications.
She has presented workshops on integrating music technology into the elementary
music classroom for district and state conferences in New Jersey, Connecticut,
Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Michigan, and Texas.
At the national level she has presented workshops at the 2004, 2006, 2008,
and 2009 TI:ME national conferences, and at the 2006 National Association for
Music Education National Conference (MENC) in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well
as the 2007 MENC Eastern Divisional Conference. She has authored articles for
the MENC General Music Today, NJMEA Tempo, Music Education
Technology (MET), SoundTree Resource News, TI:ME Newsletter
and the TI:ME website. In addition, she is the lead author and editor for the
recently published Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom by
Hal Leonard. She also co-authored the recently published SoundTree's Elementary
Keyboard Lab Curriculum and was featured in MENC's Teaching Music. She
was the first recipient of the TI:ME "Teacher of the Year” award in 2005
and was named President-Elect of TI:ME in 2008. Amy is a Cum Laude graduate
of Ithaca College where she received her Bachelors in Music Education and Music
Performance in 1995. In 2006 she received a M.S. in Music Education from Central
Connecticut State University (CCSU).
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Jeremy
Cohen is a Boston-based composer, educator and percussionist.
In addition to holding degrees from the University of California, Berkeley,
and New England Conservatory, he has studied traditional Ewe drumming
and dancing in Ghana, West Africa, where he now leads African drum & dance
cultural field studies for UMass Amherst. He recently left his post as Music
Director at the Umana Middle School in inner city East Boston to found ThisWorldMusic,
an organization with the mission to increase the presence of African drumming
in the music curriculum nationwide. Mr. Cohen is adjunct faculty at UMass Amherst
and Westfield State College and has been a workshop presenter at the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory, and for Providence, Rhode Island,
Worcester, Massachusetts, and Oakland, California, Public Schools. He sits
on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts chapter of Young Audiences and
is a consultant for MusicianCorps, a project of the Music National Service
Initiative. He is a member of the acclaimed Agbekor Drum-and-Dance Society,
an ensemble led by pioneering ethnomusicologist and percussionist David Locke
of Tufts University. For more information, please see http://www.thisworldmusic.com/whoweare.html
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Monica Dale (M.M. Piano Performance, Ithaca College; B.A.,
Connecticut College; Jaques-Dalcroze License) is a proponent of the Dalcroze
method and founder of MusiKinesis, a contemporary American approach to the
traditional European method. Her professional dance background brings a unique
dimension to her work in music. She’s published six books and numerous articles,
and has presented workshops and courses for schools and organizations nationwide.
Monica is on the faculty of the Lucy School in Maryland and the Levine School
of Music in Washington D.C.
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Anthony DeQuattro is currently Principal Percussionist with
the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Assistant Professor of Music at Quinnipiac
University, and on the summer music faculty of Villanova University, VanderCook
College of Music (Chicago), and Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
where he teaches graduate courses in music education. He has worked with such
talents as Dave Brubeck, Joel Grey, Margaret Whiting and LeAnn Rimes and has
appeared at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival several times. He has traveled
to and studied in Ghana, Bali, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico and has studied with
performers from South India, Cuba, and Brazil. In addition to music, he has
studied folkloric dance from Latin America, Ghana, and England. In 2007, Anthony
was named Connecticut’s outstanding secondary school music educator and received
the Excellence in Music Teaching Award from the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.
He is a contributing author to the sixth edition of Cengage Publication’s Listening
to Music for which he penned chapters on the music of Brazil, India, Japan,
and Mexico as well as a chapter on Jazz. Anthony received his education from
The Hartt School, Yale University, and the public library. He is a doctoral
candidate at Boston University and is currently working on his dissertation
on effective rhythm pedagogy.
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Steven Estrella earned a Ph.D. in Music Education from Temple
University, a Master of Arts degree in music composition from Claremont Graduate
School, and a B.A. in Music and Psychology from Eckerd College. For ten years,
Estrella served as Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Computer/Media
Services for Temple University’s Boyer College of Music. He is an active member
of the National Advisory Board for the Technology Institute for Music Educators
(TI:ME) and has served as Vice-President of TI:ME. He owns Shearspire, Inc.,
and StevenEstrella.com (http://StevenEstrella.com),
providing Web and media development services to clients in education and business.
He has completed large interactive media projects for clients such as Comcast,
the Berklee College of Music, the International Music Products Association,
the International Association of Electronic Keyboard Manufacturers, Addison-Wesley
Publishing, and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Estrella is the author of three
textbooks, The Web Wizard’s Guide to Javascript, The Web Wizard’s
Guide to Dynamic HTML, and Study Outline and Workbook in the Fundamentals
of Music.
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Blaise J. Ferrandino is an Associate Professor and Division
Chair of Music Theory, Composition at Texas Christian University (TCU) where
he has been since 1990. From 2000 – 2002 he served as Interim Director of School
of Music. He was elected Chair of the TCU Faculty Senate during the 2004-2005
academic year. Besides his work as a composer, Ferrandino is a Music Theorist
and Double Bassist. Dr. Ferrandino is active in publishing, presentation, and
composition/performance. He is lead editor and author of The AP Vertical
Teams Guide for Music Theory, released in November of 2002. Numerous workshops
and presentations related to this book were given in places such as Houston,
Los Angeles at the AP National Convention, Dallas, St. Joseph, MO, San Antonio
at TMEA and Ft. Worth. Dr. Ferrandino continues to be active in Music Theory
teacher training teaching weeklong courses at TCU, and in Philadelphia, Taos,
and Chicago. He has organized and presented at a two-day workshops at the College
Board regional AP Music Theory conference for the past ten years.
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Patrick Freer is Associate Professor of choral music education
at Georgia State University in Atlanta, offering programs at the baccalaureate,
masters, and Ph.D. levels. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College
and Teachers College-Columbia University. Dr. Freer has made over 70 presentations
at regional, national and international conferences and has guest conducted
or presented in 28 states, Canada, Germany, Greece, and Japan. He conducts
annual concerts at Carnegie Hall, and this year conducts all-state and regional
honor choirs in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, and
Virginia. Dr. Freer’s articles have appeared in many of the profession’s
major national and international journals. He is the author of the books
Getting Started with Middle School Chorus (2nd Edition), TIPS: The First
Weeks of Middle School Chorus, and the critically acclaimed DVD series Success
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Jonathan Gellert holds an MFA in Theater directing from UCLA
and an MA in Theater Education from Emerson College as well as certifications
in Theater Arts from both Massachusetts and New York. He has directed more
than 150 productions with students ranging in age from pre kindergarten through
the graduate level at such venues as the New World School of the Arts, French
Woods Festival, UCLA Brookline High School, Ossining High School and Great
Neck North High School where he is currently director of the drama program.
A member of both AEA and SAG, Jonathan has performed professionally throughout
the country.
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Al Holcomb is an active presenter and author on the topics
of aural skill development, mentoring, professional development, music assessment,
and choral music education. He has taught all levels of general and choral
music in Texas and Connecticut. Dr. Holcomb is an active clinician, guest conductor,
adjudicator, and presenter. He has conducted numerous festivals and honor choirs
around the country. He received degrees from Texas Christian University and
University of Hartford. Dr. Holcomb is Associate Professor of Music at the
University of Central Florida where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses
in music education, coordinates the music education program, supervises interns,
and conducts the Women’s Chorus. He is past president of Florida Collegiate
Music Educators’ Association and received the 2007 Florida College Music Educator
of the Year award.
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Kathleen A. Horvath is an Associate Professor of String Education
and Pedagogy at Case Western Reserve University and instructor of double bass
at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her duties on campus include teaching
undergraduate and graduate level courses in music education, string pedagogy,
supervising student teachers, and directing the Case/University Circle Symphony
Orchestra. She has been Artist Faculty at the National String Workshop and
the American School of Double Bass since 1999. She has also served as visiting
faculty at the South Carolina String Teacher Conference and the New York State
ASTA with NSOA Summer String Conference. In demand as a clinician, Horvath
has presented for the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), and at conferences
such as the Eastman Symposium and Teaching Teachers: Two Side-by-Side Conferences,
and has presented at the Midwest Clinic. Horvath has also presented at the
MENC State Conference in Ohio, Georgia, and Alaska, the New York State School
Music Association Winter Conference, and the National Biennial Conferences
in Kansas City and Nashville. Horvath has conducted festivals in Illinois,
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio, Alaska, Arkansas,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Montana. As an orchestral performer
and recitalist on the double bass she has appeared with the symphonies of Wheeling,
West Virginia, Plymouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts, the ProMusica Chamber
Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio and served as principal double bassist of the Champaign-Urbana
Symphony, Opera Illinois, and the baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana. She
was a featured soloist at the 1996 Festival of Women Composers International
and toured France with the Robert Shaw Chorale. She holds a Bachelor of Music
from the Eastman School of Music (Double Bass), a Master of Arts in Performance
and String Pedagogy, and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education from The Ohio
State University.
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Carl Knox is an Associate Professor of Music at Central Connecticut
State University (CCSU) where he directs the award winning jazz ensemble and
teaches courses in jazz improvisation, jazz history, jazz composing and arranging,
woodwind methods and applied saxophone. He received his D.M.A. from Michigan
State University where he studied with Andrew Speight and Branford Marsalis.
With more than twenty years of professional repair shop experience, Dr. Knox
is able to fuse the skill of instrument repair with the needs of both the professional
performer and the instrumental director. His professional playing experience
includes performances with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Mel Torme, Jon Faddis,
Marshall Royal, Snooky Young, Doc Severinsen, Rob McConnell, Toshiko Akiyoshi,
Benny Carter, Bobby Shew and Louis Bellson.
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Diane Lange is Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of
Music Education at The University of Texas at Arlington where she oversees
the music education area and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
Early Childhood and Elementary Music Education. She has presented several
pedagogical workshops and consultations in many states, at the regional Early
Childhood Music and Movement Association, and at the Gordon Institute for Music
Learning International Conference. She has published the book Together
in Harmony: Combining Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory,
a chapter on combining Music Learning Theory and Orff Schulwerk that appeared
in Music Learning Theory: Theory in Practice and several articles
in General Music Today. Also, she is a co-author for Jump Right
In: The Elementary Music Curriculum, Grades Kindergarten and 5.
Dr. Lange has taught elementary and college music for over twenty years in
Michigan, Nevada, and Texas. She is a certified faculty member where she teaches
GIML Level I around the country. In addition to teaching at the university
level, Dr. Lange teaches early childhood music (birth through age five) at
the Musical Tree House.
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Stefani Langol is a music educator, clinician,
and author. She is currently Assistant Professor of music education at Berklee
College of Music, and also serves as the technology coordinator for the department.
Stefani spent many years using technology in K–12 music classrooms and has
trained hundreds of in-service music educators across the country on effective
uses of music technology throughout the K–12 Curriculum. Additionally, she
is an educational consultant and music technology applications specialist,
and has worked for SoundTree/KorgUSA, Opcode, Cakewalk, Warner Brothers, Cablevision,
and GIA Publishing. Stefani serves on the Technology Institute for Music Educators
(TI:ME) advisory board and was editor-in-chief of the TI:ME newsletter from
1997 to 2004.
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Kathy Liperote is a professional development clinician who
has presented at local, state, and national venues on the development of comprehensive
music literacy. Before receiving her Ph.D. in Music Education from the Eastman
School of Music, she taught instrumental music for 15 years in the Baldwinsville
and West Genesee Central School District near Syracuse, New York. Currently
Careers Coordinator in the Office of Careers and Professional Development at
Eastman, Liperote also teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in the Arts
Leadership Program. She is a graduate of the Crane School of Music and Syracuse
University. Liperote’s article, “Audiation for Beginning Instrumentalists:
Listen, Speak, Read, Write,” appeared in the September 2006 edition of the Music
Educators Journal.
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Sanna Longden is a world dance teacher and multicultural
movement educator from Evanston, Illinois. She teaches in schools and at educator
conferences locally, nationally, and internationally, world music seminars,
and continuing education courses. She is a well-known clinician at the American
Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA), the Organization of American Kodály Educators
(OAKE), the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and other music organization
events, and she is a workshop presenter for Silver Burdett/Pearson’s music
division. Sanna’s specialty is to focus on the “folk,” emphasizing ethnic movement,
music, styling, and cultural background. Even more, her lessons illustrate
how dance and movement activities can encourage community, civility, and cooperative
teamwork, as well as creativity, concentration, cultures, and curriculum connections.
She is a contributing author to the Silver Burdett/Pearson Making Music elementary
textbook series, and co-author with Wendy Taucher of, Making Music with
Movement and Dance (Pearson Education, 2006). She is also co-author of Cultures
and Styling in Folk Dance, with Phyllis S. Weikart (High/Scope Press,
1998), and has published articles in many folk life publications. Her series
of seven instructional world dance DVDs with accompanying CDs are sold worldwide
through distributors and on her website, www.FolkStyle.com,
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Charles Menoche, Chair of the Department of Music at Central
Connecticut State University (CCSU), is Associate Professor of Music Technology,
Composition, and Music Theory and Director of the department's Music Microcomputer
Lab. Before joining the faculty at CCSU he taught classes and managed music
computer labs at Rutgers University, Texas Christian Texas and the University
of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). He holds degrees in Music Education (B.S.)
from Tennessee Technological University and Composition (M.M. and D.M.A) from
UT Austin. His principal composition instructors included Robert Jager, Dan
Welcher, Russell Pinkston, and Donald Grantham. His trombone quartet, Renegade
Sparrows was recently premiered at CCSU and his electro-acoustic work, Soundpiece
#1: Text-sound Études on Words of Walt Whitman, was recently selected for inclusion
on the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) 2007
conference program. One of his works for band, In the Machine, is published
by Boosey and Hawkes, as part of their Windepence Series.
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Judith Nicosia is Associate Professor at Rutgers University,
where she teaches voice, voice pedagogy and vocal literature classes. She has
been an invited clinician at local, regional, and national levels for NATS
and ACDA, and was honored to be a master teacher in the 2003 NATS Intern Program.
Currently, she serves as New Jersey ACDA Vocal Pedagogy Chair, and Editor for
the ACDA Eastern Division Newsletter, Troubadour. Her articles have
appeared in VocalEase, TEMPO, Canticum Novum, Quodlibet, and the NFHS Music
Association Journal.
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James D. Noga is the principal of Second Hill Lane Elementary
School in Stratford, Connecticut. Previous to this position he was the district
Supervisor and Coordinator for the visual art, music, physical education, and
health education departments for the Stratford Public Schools. Prior to his
position in Stratford Noga was the Director of the Arts for the Torrington
Public Schools. He has taught music in Waterford and Windsor and has worked
with children from pre-K to grade 12. Noga was recognized for administrative
excellence by the Connecticut Alliance for Arts Education in 1996, and by the
Connecticut Art Educators Association in 2001. He has frequently worked on
state committees for music education, including the Connecticut Music Educators
Association (CMEA) as an adjudicator trainer, the BEST music portfolio, and
as the chair for the Connecticut Arts Administrators Association. Jim has presented
workshops at various conferences and for various districts including at C.M.E.A
on topics including “Using UbD for Creating Arts Curriculum”, and “Embrace
the CAPT and CMT and Still Teach Music”. He was recently part of the adjunct
faculty for graduate studies for music at Western Connecticut State University
(WCSU). Jim is a Connecticut native that received a B.S. in Music Education,
a M.S. in Education with a concentration in music and a Sixth Year Certificate
in Educational Leadership, all from Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).
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N. Carlotta Parr is Professor of Music Education at Central
Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Assistant Director of the Summer Music
Institute. She teaches undergraduate music methods courses, Masters’ core courses,
supervises student teachers, and advises research projects. In the fall of
2005 she was appointed as the Coordinator of the Master in Music Education
program. For ten years (1990-1998) she was the state Fine Arts Consultant for
the Indiana Department of Education, where her responsibilities included curriculum
development, and performance-based assessment in the arts. She was the Scholar-in-Resident
for the BEST program in music for the CT Department of Education for three
years. She co-designed an arts infused/integrated for elementary education
majors at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI), and
co-authored a book on integration entitled Arts Together: Steps Toward
Transformative Teacher Education (2005). B.M.E., James Madison University;
M.M., Catholic University of America; D.M.Ed., Indiana University. |
Pamela J. Perry is Professor of Music, and Director of the
Summer Music Institute (SMI) at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).
She is currently the director of the CCSU University Singers, and the former
Director of Choral Activities at the Hartt School, University of Hartford.
Guest conductor and clinician at the Music Educators National Conference (MENC),
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conventions, and All-state, regional
and honors festivals. She was a public school music specialist (IL and VT)
for eleven years. Concert tours include Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Hungary, France and China. Consultant for Arts Education programs, public school
systems and grant evaluations. Awards include ACDA CT/RI Choral Director of
the Year and CCSU’s Excellence in Teaching Honor Roll, and 2006 CCSU Distinguished
Service Award. B.M.E., Wheaton College; M.M., University of Illinois; D.M.A.,
Hartt School of Music.
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Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. (Bill) is Director of Bands and Professor
of Music, Emeritus, at the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) Amherst. He
is a strong proponent of new music, having commissioned and premiered numerous
wind compositions with the University Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band, of which
he served as principal conductor from 1980-2002. In recognition of his professional
work, Professor Rowell has received the National Band Association’s Citation
of Excellence” and the Kappa Kappa Psi “A. Frank Martin Award” for his contributions
to college bands. Rowell was invited to conduct at the 1994 National Concert
Band Festival at the Royal Northern Conservatory in Manchester, England. Rowell’s
outreach activities include the founding of the University of Massachusetts
Youth Wind Ensemble in 1980, and in 1985 he created the UMASS All-Senior Honor
Band Festival, attracting outstanding high school musicians from throughout
the East. He has served as Artistic Director/Conductor of the South Shore Conservatory
Summer Music Festival in Hingham, Massachusetts from 1984 to present. From
1994-97, Rowell served as Visiting Conductor of the Boston University Wind
Ensemble, presenting twelve concerts in the Tsai Performance Center in Boston.
In the fall of 1991, Professor Rowell founded the Massachusetts Wind Orchestra
(MWO), a professional wind ensemble that has been broadcast on NPR’s “Performance
Today.” Rowell is Past-President of the College Band Directors National Association
Eastern Division and Past-President of the New England College Band Directors
Association. He frequently serves as guest conductor, clinician, lecturer and
adjudicator at state and regional festivals throughout the United States, Canada
and England.
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Thomas Rudolph, Ed. D., is currently the Director of Music
and middle school classroom and instrumental music instructor for the School
District of Haverford Township, in Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is also an adjunct
Assistant Professor at The University of the Arts, and teaches technology courses
for the Berklee Online School. Dr. Rudolph, one of the seminal people in music
education and technology, began his work as a clinician and workshop leader
in the field in 1982. He has authored twelve books including: YouTube in
Music Education, Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Sibelius Music
Notation Software; Teaching Music With Technology, currently
in its third printing; Recording in the Digital World; Finding
Funds for Music Technology, and he was one of 4 co-authors of the TI:ME
publication: Technology Strategies for Music Education. Rudolph is
the co-author of the Alfred Music Tech Series, which includes Playing Keyboard,
Music Production and MIDI Sequencing, and Composing with Notation
Software. He has published more than 40 articles on music technology for
the Music Educators Journal, Music Education Technology Magazine, The
Instrumentalist, Jazz Educator Journal, and Downbeat magazine.
He has consulted with dozens of companies including Apple Computer, Korg, SoundTree,
Roland, Bose Corporation and many others. In 1995, he was one of the founders
of the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) and is now serving
as the President of this organization. Since 1983, Rudolph has taught workshops
in music technology at 17 institutions of higher learning and has trained over
4,000 music educators in his acclaimed workshops. He presented the music technology
keynote address for the MENC Eastern Music Technology pre-conference in 1996,
the Massachusetts State Conference in 1999, the MENC/TI:ME National Conference
in 2002, the Missouri State Conference in 2003 and the Alabama State Conference
in 2005.
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Tom Seddon is an Assistant Professor of Music, and Director
of Band and Instrumental Music Education at Central Connecticut State University
(CCSU). He directs the Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic and Marching Bands, and
teaches methods classes for music education majors, supervises student teachers
and teaches graduate and undergraduate instrumental conducting. Seddon was
the recipient of the CCSU 2009–2010 Excellence in Teaching Award. His public
school teaching includes work at all levels from elementary to high school,
and he has served on faculties of middle and high schools
in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut. He has studied conducting with Glen
Adsit, H. Robert Reynolds, James F. Keene, Jerry Junkin, Michael Heithcock,
and Harold Farberman. He is an active performer in the greater Hartford area
and founding member of the Talcott Brass. Additionally, he has appeared as
a clinician and presenter for regional and national conferences, does work
as an adjudicator and is published in the Journal of Band Research. Seddon
has a D.M.A. in Music Education with an emphasis in wind conducting from The
Hartt School, University of Hartford, a Master of Music in Music Education
from The Hartt School, and a B. S. in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College
of Pennsylvania.
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Scott
Watson is
a veteran K-12 music teacher, and highly regarded music education technology
specialist. The elementary instrumental program he coordinates, with more
than 750 band and strings students, is featured in a DVD being produced
by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association to highlight excellent
programs in the state. He has presented music technology workshops for
hundreds of K-12 music educators in school districts and state and national
conferences in more than a dozen U.S. states and Canada. He serves on the
Board of Directors for TI:ME (Technology for Music Education) and is a
Finale Clinician. In addition to his more than 20 years teaching instrumental
and classroom music in the Parkland School District in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
Watson has taught music theory courses for Temple University and music
education and technology courses for Villanova, Philadelphia Biblical,
and Central Connecticut State Universities. A favorite theme in all his
teaching, and the topic of his forthcoming book (Oxford University Press),
is using technology to draw out authentic creative expression via project-based
learning. An award winning, frequently commissioned composer,
his music includes several dozen published works for band and orchestra,
and is described by The Instrumentalist magazine as “beautiful
and interesting” and “written with supreme craft” by Percussive Notes. This
year Watson was named an exclusive composer for Alfred Publications’ Challenger
Series. Recent commissions include those for the Lehigh County (PA)
Band, the Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association,
and the Twin Falls (Idaho) Municipal Band in collaboration with the American
Composers Forum.
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Michelle Weir is a jazz arranger, educator, singer and pianist.
She is a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles and a
former member of the Grammy-nominated vocal group, Phil Mattson and the
PM Singers. Michele’s arrangements have been performed by groups including
the New York Voices, the Manhattan Transfer, M-Pact,
the Boston Pops, Pacific Symphony and many others. She served
as Vocal Producer for the Manhattan Transfer’s 2009 CD release, Chick Corea
Songbook, and her educational arrangements are available thru a variety
publishers, including her own online company, MichMusic (www.michmusic.com)
Past activities include touring as pianist with singer Bobby Vinton, composing
songs for the Shari Lewis TV show, and music supervision for the foreign language
versions of the Dreamworks film, Prince of Egypt. Weir’s educational
book/CDs, Vocal Improvisation, Jazz Singer’s Handbook, and Jazz
Piano Handbook are available worldwide, and her CD release with guitarist,
Bruce Forman is titled, The Sound of Music.
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