October Music Fest

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Radisson Hotel & Conference Center

700 Elm Street

Manchester, NH

Schedule of Events

8:00 – 8:40 – Registration and Morning Refreshments

8:45 – 9:25 – Keynote Address (Marc Greene, NAfME Eastern Division President and Ball in the House)

9:30 – 10:30 – Breakout Session 1

10:45 – 11:45 – Breakout Session 2

11:45 – 1:15 – Lunch and All Member Meeting (Lunch is included in admission)

1:15 – 2:15 – Breakout Session 3

2:30 – 3:30 – Breakout Session 4

3:30 – 4:00 – Afternoon Snack and Networking Time

4:00 – 5:00 – Breakout Session 5

5:00 – 6:00 – Reception (Hors d’oeurves provided by Quaver Music, Cash Bar available)

Registration

Cost: Includes 5 sessions, lunch, morning & afternoon refreshments, hors d'oeuvres, and parking. You must pre-register by Tuesday, October 3rd in OPUS to take advantage of our pre-registration admission. OPUS can be accessed by going to First time users will need to create an OPUS account.

PRE-REGISTERED
(Register in OPUS by 10/3) / ON-SITE
NHMEA/NAfME Member / $99.00 / $150.00
Non-Member / $150.00 / $175.00
Collegiate NHMEA/NAfME Member / $35.00 / $50.00
Collegiate Non- Member / $65.00 / $100.00
Retired / $50.00 / $100.00
First Year Teacher with NHMEA/NAfME membership / $50.00
(first year teachers should not register through OPUS. Please send an email to to register) / $100.00

Schedule of Sessions

Please note: This schedule is still being updated and is subject to change.

Armory / Pemigewasset / Piscataquog / Merrimack / Contocook / Curriers / Dartmouth / Hawthorne / Frost
8:45 - 9:25 / Keynote Address, Marc Greene
9:30 - 10:30 /
Middle School Chamber Music, AJ Coppola / Tri-M Student Workshop: Your Future in Music: Careers in Music Performance, from Hobby to Full-Time, Ball in the House /
Music Teachers Do It All: ELA & Math Are Already in Your Lessons!", Marc Greene / Living Traditions: Children’s Songs and Singing Games from
Central America, Rachel Gibson / Round Table Discussion: Middle School Band, Elise Saunders / Chorus from the Inside Out, Sandra Doneski / Cup Rhythms for Middle School - Michelle Wirth / Managing Your Music Ensembles with Charms, Carl Benevides
10:45 - 11:45 / Starting, Developing, and Growing an A Cappella Group/Program at Your School, Ball in the House / #EducatetoAdvocate- Jared Cassedy / Nuvo Instruments, Brittany Bauman / We will blow your warm-up, UP! Tom Lizotte / Reading Session: Middle Choral Music, Sandra Doneski / Preparing your Classroom Guitar Student for the All State Audition - It's not as Hard as You Think, John Zevos / Music Directing Musical Theater -Butch Marshall / Tri-M Session, Jamie Bolduc
1:15 - 2:15 / Cleanup / Balancing Act: Mind/Body Awareness for All Musicians, Susan Wilkes / How to be Successful in your College Career, geared towards Collegiates by Collegiates / How do you get the Carnegie Hall Link Up Concert? Practice. / Teaching the Blues - Without Teaching the Blues (at first), Tom Lizotte / Buckets + Sticks = A Whole Lotta Fun (Part 1), EmericViani / Managing Your Music Ensembles with Charms, Carl Benevides / Creativity in Beginning Band- Butch Marshall
2:30 - 3:30 / NHBDA Session TBA / All State Vocal, Emily Jaworski / Speed Interviewing, Sandra Howard / Inform, Inspire, Innovate! All “I’s” On the Stage! , Eric Kobb / Jazz Programming: It will Make or Break You, Tom Lizotte / Buckets + Sticks = A Whole Lotta Fun (Part 2), EmericViani / Cello Workshop- Dorothy Baker / Performance Assessment, Butch Marshall
4:00 - 5:00 / NHBDA Session TBA / Sound, Lighting and Video technology in the classroom, John Degange / Choral Rehearsals for Instrumentalists, Sandra Howard / Round Table: Elementary Band, Bunny Sanarita / Projects for Every Process: Encouraging Students to Create, Perform, Respond AND Connect, Quaver Music / Cak! Cak! Cak! Monkey Dance Drama, EmericViani / Bass Presentation TBA / Violin Workshop- ZoiaBologovsky