NJEA Convention Music Sessions
November 10- 11, 2016 – Atlantic City
Sponsored by
New Jersey Music Educators Association
An affiliate of the New Jersey Educators Association
Thursday 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Convention Center - Room 419
Elementary/Middle School Choral Reading Session
Category: Middle School - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: CHRISTINE C. SEZER
Music---tried and proven---will focus and implement choral methods and techniques of blend, diction, breath control, musical interpretation, phrasing, dynamics, and multicultural grade styles appropriate for grades 3-8.
Thursday 9:30 - 11:00 am
Ambassador Room, Sheraton Hotel
New Jersey All-State Band Procedures Open Meeting
Category: High School
Presenter: AL BAZZEL
This meeting is open to all band directors in New Jersey.
Thursday 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Ambassador Room, Sheraton Hotel
New Jersey All-State Choral Procedures Open Meeting
Category: High School
Presenter: KATHLEEN E. SPADAFINO
This meeting is open to all choral directors in New Jersey. We will discuss current and future procedures for the New Jersey
All-State Chorus.
Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Convention Center - Room 419
Cross Curricular Integration In The General Music Classroom
Category: Elementary Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: ANDREW J. LESSER
This seminar is designed to define cross-curricular integration as a natural part of the music education process and how to
combine music with core curriculum subjects.
Thursday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Convention Center - Room 419
Gospel Music: An Innovative Tool To Learning
Category: Pre-K - Gr. 12 - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenters: BEVERLY VAUGHN
This fast-paced workshop will emphasize elements of this music, which offer innovative tools such as community enrichment,
oral skills, musical improvisation, expressiveness, etc. with special emphasis on historic roots.
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OCTOBER 2016