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Entries for 2025 MMEA Clinic Session Information Form
| Clinic/Session Category | Clinic Presentation for (MMEA Area): | Title of Clinic/Session | Clinic/Session Description |
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| Round Table/Panel Discussion | Band | test - Rob 3 |
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| Reading Session (TBD) | Choral | test - rob 2 |
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| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Form Test - Rob |
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| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Technology | Winds, Percussion, Guard, SOUND!; A new section of the band |
How to create, integrate, and train a team of students to serve as a new section of the band that deals entirely with the technology component of the activity. Questions related to program wide benefits, how to recruit members, training options, scope of responsibility, etc. will be addressed within the clinic. Examples and student success stories will also be discussed within the session. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Technology | More Hands-On Technology-Based Performance: Teaching with free and/or inexpensive software |
We will explore what it means to perform music with technology and examine options for teaching it in the classroom. It will include examples from recent courses. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Technology | Social Media 101 - It's Not That Scary! |
Are you using social media in your music programs? If you are not - you definitely should be! Not only is social media a great way to get ideas from other music creatives, but it is also an amazing tool for music advocacy, fundraising, sight reading and MORE! This session will teach the basics for social media apps including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and YouTube and show you how to use this apps to your advantage. What can a GOOD viral video do for your program??? |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Next Level Band - 25 Tips from 25 Years in Education |
As we plan toward our next performance, we practice, analyze our |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Filling Your Toolbox for Effective Rehearsals |
No matter how knowledgeable you are about your craft, students need to have the right mindset to learn. Cumberledge will offer tips and techniques that will result in fun and effective rehearsals. You will leave the clinic with new tools to use in your classroom. Topics include culture/climate, the beginning year, and ensemble strategies. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Small School Tips and Tricks |
This session will present and discuss building and sustaining a small school music program. The focus will be on small 1A-2A school programs with information for those that teach both band and choir, as well as those who teach everything K-12. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Teaching Like a Coach, and Coaching Like a Teacher |
This clinic highlights the intersection of coaching and pedagogy. We will investigate the benefits and pitfalls of coaching practices in the classroom, and highlight how borrowing techniques from coaching can be transformative in creating an energetic, high-achieving classroom environment rooted in trust and built on strong relationships. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Band | Teaching Intonation in the Instrumental Ensemble: Using Technology to Improve Tuning |
Directors often ask students to listen to their intonation, but do students actually understand what it means to play in tune? Without various reference points, identifying out of tune notes may pose a significant challenge for young players. In this clinic, Dr. Denis will discuss tips and tricks for using technology, such as the Harmony Director and Tonal Energy, to teach students to identify/correct intonation aurally and perform ‘in tune’. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Orchestra | "Redefining Our Gesture: Refreshers and Quick-Fixes for More Effective Conducting"" |
We all get into bad habits with our conducting; inevitably, the busy nature of our job can cause us to lose track of our purpose from the podium: to help our students make the best music possible. Our conducting plays an important role in the success or struggle in that process. This session will explore the small adjustments we can make to our conducting, which can generate big results from our ensembles. Bring your baton! |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Orchestra | "Sound and Structure: Exploring Violin Bow Technique" |
A variety of exercises, schools, texts, and more will be discussed in order to provide practical tools that can help produce good right hand setups, leading to better sound and usage of the bow. Specific topics will include promoting comfort in the lower half of the bow, flexibility in changes of direction, and producing curved fourth fingers, plus much more. Bringing instruments and bows is strongly encouraged. |
| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | Orchestra | "Progressive Repertoire for the Double Bass: Clarifying a Neglected Resource" |
Progressive Repertoire for the Double Bass by George Vance has gained substantial popularity in the bass community since its publication in 2000 and is now a primary resource utilized by many private instructors. Heterogeneous classroom teachers tend to avoid Progressive Rep due to its controversial fingerings and new positions. Learn to use this resource to your advantage to develop thumb position, access solo repertoire, and condense complicated positions for your double bass players! |
| Keynote Address | MMEA | President Approved | Llama Music Therapy |
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| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | MMEA | President Approved | test |
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| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | MMEA | President Approved | Test |
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| Primary Clinic/Session (60 minutes) | MMEA | President Approved | TEste |
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| Clinic/Session Category | Clinic Presentation for (MMEA Area): | Title of Clinic/Session | Clinic/Session Description |