Friday, February 22, 2013
Century II - Room 101 Pear
KMTA is honored to bring you three clinicians from our home state.
Jennifer Fink9:00-9:50 AM session
The Music Teacher's Toybox: Teaching Elementary Music through Movement & Games
Elementary students come to lessons full of creative energy, ready to "play" with music. This session will explore ways to channel that energy through movement and hands-on learning. We'll discover quick and simple ways to use tactile/kinesthetic experiences to introduce and reinforce musical concepts. The session will be packed with games, activities, and inexpensive manipulatives that will excite and engage your students in an active, playful learning environment. Come prepared to have fun!!
Jennifer Fink, NCTM, maintains a private music studio in Olathe, Kansas. Jennifer believes in a comprehensive and multi-sensory approach to music education, and enjoys developing materials and curriculum that allow her students to experience the various components of music through movement and hands-on activities. She shares a wide variety of materials through the popular Pianimation website (www.pianimation.com), a blog and resource site for music educators.
Jennifer holds a B.A. in Piano Performance and Applied Pedagogy from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS, and has pursued specialized training in the methods of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Brain Gym Educational Kinesiology. In 2011, she was named the Kansas Music Teachers Association Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Jennifer is a nationally certified teacher of music.
Wendy Stevens10:00 - 10:50 AM session
Making Rhythm Fun and Accurate: Rhythm Menagerie and Rhythm Resonance in Action
We all want our students to be more accurate in the rhythms they perform alone or together, but finding a curriculum they want to practice is difficult. In this session, Wendy Stevens will show how a Jerboa Jumping Mouse, Tarsier, Javan Flying Frog, and exquisite animals can assist students in developing amazing rhythm skills. She will introduce participants to an exciting resource called Rhythm Menagerie for beginning students and will demonstrate how peer interactive exercises in the advanced Rhythm Resonance will appeal to teenagers and motivate them to practice and perfect their rhythms.
Wendy Stevens is a composer, pianist, and teacher. She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy and her Masters of Music in Theory and Composition from Wichita State University where she studied with Pulitzer Prize Nominee Walter Mays. Wendy graduated summa cum laude and was a recipient of the MTNA STAR award (Student Achievement Recognition Award) and a finalist for the MTNA Studio Fellowship Award. She has also taught theory at Wichita State University and adjudicates for music events in the area. In addition to her studio teaching, she has served as a church musician playing the piano and organ for more than nineteen years.
Wendy is a member of MTNA, KMTA, and her local association WMMTA. She has served as president and many other positions in WMMTA, and has also served on the board for KMTA. She is a nationally certified teacher of music and is a member of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
Wendy enjoys composing and giving presentations on creativity, composition, and technology. Her students have won various prizes for their compositions at a local and national level. Wendy's own compositions are published with Concordia Publishing House, Augsburg Fortress, and Hal Leonard. She maintains a website to assist music teachers and encourage creativity in students at: www.ComposeCreate.com.
Daniel Racer2:45 - 3:35 PM session
Using Finale in the Instruction of Music
This session will focus on several ways in which the notation software Finale can be used for classroom music teachers as well as private studio teachers. Learn how to create materials for students by using short cuts to speed up productivity when using the software. Participants who own Finale and have the software on a laptop are encouraged to bring their computers to the session.
Daniel Racer is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Friends University. He teaches courses in Theory, Composition, and Technology, as well as applied Double Bass. He also conducts the university chamber orchestra. Daniel is an active performer and composer. His numerous compositions have premiered nationally and in the Wichita area, performed by ensembles such as the Wichita Wind Ensemble, Heart of America Men's Chorus, Friends Community Orchestra, and by many local professional performers. Daniel is an active bassist in Wichita and performs with several local jazz artists as well as being principal bassist of the Wichita Grand Opera.
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