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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 63 TEMPO