THE NEW JERSEY MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
a federated state association of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for MUSIC EDUCATION
News From Our Division Chairs
Special Learners
Maureen Butler
973-299-0166
mbutler@mlschools.org
The NJMEA Summer Session brought together teachers throughout the state who were looking for ways to better understand and teach
their special learners. Many thanks to Lucia Marone and Brian Wagner who shared wonderful activities and lesson modifications. It was exciting to see so many colleagues willing to share their experiences!
As the new school year gets into full swing, it’s important to reflect on how well the special learners in our classes are managing, and to
develop ways to make music more accessible to them. If you have question or concerns about the students you teach, please feel free to contact
me at the email address above. Similarly, if you have any topics you’d like to see addressed in TEMPO, send those ideas to me as well.
Summer Workshop
Joe Akinskas
JoeA_NJMEA@comcast.net
Summer Workshop Coordinator
NJMEA Summer Workshop IX
August 2, 2016
The Ninth annual summer workshop was held on the delightful campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, in the Arts and Instructional Media building.
As in past years, the workshop addressed six Music Education content areas, based around an unprecedented round of new online session
submissions and presenters, that included:
Choral Music, Instrumental Music, Technology Applications, Classroom Music Techniques and Strategies, Special Education implications in Music Instruction, and well attended choral and (first time) instrumental reading sessions.
Additionally, a roster of Special Topic presentations included hands-on instrument repair techniques by our resident repair specialist
Dave Kaplan; Tech for Choral Teachers by Marj LoPresti and Jen Sengin; Bucket Drumming with Carlos Vazquez; enjoying Orff Around
the World with Ardith Collins; and the day with our grand wrapup coffee and dessert reception, sponsored by Ron Beaudoin for NEMC,
with the always phenomenal Rachel’s Raffle ended the day.
The workshop participants included 90+ music educators from across the State, along with a roster of 20+ clinicians namely: Chris
Colaneri, Natasha Bloomquist, Beth Moore, Nick and Barb Santoro, Betsy Maliszewski, Rachel Klott, Marj LoPresti, Rick Dammers,
Robin Hodson, Maureen Butler, Lucia Marone, Shawna Longo, Kurt Zimmerman, Otto Gross from Quaver Music, Tom Amoriello,
Eric McLaughlin, Beverly Vaughn, Dawn Stegner, Brian Hunter, Brian Wagner, Barb Adams, Sue Mark, Tom Maliszewski, Rachel
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TEMPO 18
OCTOBER 2016