Thursday 8:00 - 10:00 am PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE
Claridge Hotel
NJMEA Executive Board Meeting
Category: Higher Ed
Presenter: WILLIAM MCDEVITT
NJMEA Executive Board will meet to discuss on going business within the orgainization.
Friday 9:30 - 11:00 am
Convention Center - Room 419
Creating Memorable Jazz Solos For Competitions
Category: High School - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: BRIAN P. HEIGHT
Develop methods that can help your students create meaningful improvisation. Through these techniques, students will develop chord
awareness and vocabulary.
Friday 9:30 - 11:30 am
Crown Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel
NJMEA Collegiate Meeting
Category: Higher Ed
Presenter: RICHARD DAMMERS
Collegiates will meet and discuss the future. Meeting to be held in Sheraton Hotel
Friday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Convention Center - Room 419
Ukulele In The Music Classroom: Four Strings Of Joy!
Category: Pre-K - Gr. 12 - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: THOMAS J. AMORIELLO, JR.
Aloha! If images of palm trees come to mind when you hear the strumming of the ukulele, you are not alone. So why not include the “uke” in
your teaching?
Friday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Convention Center - Room 419
Expressive Conducting: An Interactive Refresher For Educators
Category: High School - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: JOSEPH HIGGINS
We will explore strategies for conducting with more passion and expression, examining gestures that help us to communicate clearly. Bring your
baton (or just your hands!) for this interactive session.
Friday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Convention Center - Room 420
Danielson Framework In The Music Classroom
Category: Pre-K - Gr. 12 - Visual & Performing Arts
Presenter: JEFFREY SANTORO
This session will provide music teachers with information and resources for understanding the Danielson Framework and how it can be
successfully applied to the music classroom.
OCTOBER 2016
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