James Uzzi, President
Dr. John J. Gallagher, Professional Development Director
631-345-2960 (O)
631-345-2912 (F)
NYSCAME / SUFFOLK
2016-17
Professional Development Program
♪Registration:Faxor scan/email to Dr. John J. Gallagher at the phone number above
♪Click on the School Name for directions via Google Maps
♪Teachers/administrators must be members of a participating district in NYSCAME/BOCES Arts-In-Education Staff Development program in order to attend the sessions. Certificates of Completion will be distributed at the conclusion of each.
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PD1 Elementary Jazz Techniques for Classical MusiciansWednesday, September, 28 2016
4:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.W. G. O’Connell Copaigue High School
Peggy Rakas, North Merrick Schools, Clinician
Description:Ideas on how to start a beginning jazz band, teach swing style and improvisation andinspire youngjazz musicians. We willreview methods, music and teaching techniques that make teaching jazz band great fun and easy for teachers who do not play jazz.Participants are encouraged to bring instruments.
Bio: Peggy Rakas has been teaching elementary band for more than 30 years in North Merrick and Copiague, NY and Norton, Ohio, and has presented workshops in Positive Teaching Techniques for Nassau NYSCAME and for the Balanced Mind Conference. She has been a guest conductor for the Rockland County Music Educators Association, the East Meadow District Band, and was the guest conductor for the 2014 Balanced Mind Elementary Band Reading Session. She has served as a Vice President and chairperson for the Nassau Music Educators Association.
PD2String Instrument Repair Workshop
Thursday, October 20, 2016
4:30 PM – 6:30 PMNorthport HS Orchestra Room
Charles Rufino, Long Island Violin Shop, Clinician
Description:This lab-style session will provide practical, hands-on repairs for stringed instruments. Everyday shop procedures and preventive maintenance techniques will be demonstrated and performed by the participants. The workshop will stress maintenance tips and shop methods for dealing the problems common with each instrument.
Bio:Charles Ruffinohas been immersed in the art of the violin since 1974. His apprenticeship at the Newark School of Violin Making in England included periods of study at the great London workshops of J&A Beare, and W.E. Hill & Sons.
PD3Navigating the NYSSMA Manual for Percussionists
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
4:30 – 6:30 P.M. Babylon HS
Dr. Dylan Benson, Sachem School District, Clinician
Description:Navigating the Percussion Section of the NYSSMA Manual – Rudiment, Scale, & Tuning Interpretation and Solo Selection
This workshop will help educators to interpret and teach the various technical requirements for snare drum, mallets, timpani, and multiple percussion as they appear in the NYSSMA manual.
Bio:Dr. Dylan Benson is a music teacher in the Sachem School District. A recording artist and active percussionist NYSSMA All State Adjudicator, he earned the DMA in Percussion Performance from the University at Stony Brook in 2008.
PD4Band Instrument Repair Workshop
Thursday, January 12, 2017
4:30 P.M. -6:30Longwood High School
Rick Stahl, RCS Music, Clinician
This lab-style session will provide practical, hands-on repairs for brass and woodwind instruments. Preventive maintenance techniques will be demonstrated and performed by the participants.
Bio: Rick Stahl is the owner and operator of RCS Music Repair & Restoration Service. He has forty-two years of experience in instrument repair. He is located in Calverton, NY.
PD5 – Integrating the Arts into Other Academic Areas
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
4:30 – 6:30 P.M.Miller Place HS
Steve Guarino, Brentwood Schools, Clinician
Description:Participants will gain insight on ways to make cross-curricular connections while maintaining the focus and integrity of musical content. Whether you conduct an instrumental or vocal ensemble, or teach classroom music, this session will provide ideas on ways to make connections with other content as well as working with different content area teachers in your building.
For our time together to be productive, bring a single lesson plan with them that does not integrate other content areas.
Bio: Stephen Guarino is the Coordinator for Performing and Fine Arts for the Brentwood School District.He a graduate of the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, N.Y., and holds a Master’s Degree from the University at Stony Brook and an Advanced Certificate in Educational Administration from Dowling College.
PD6 Offerings in Musical Theater
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
4:30 P.M. -6:30 P.M.Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
Julienne Penza-Boone, Director of Arts Education, Clinician
Description: The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center stands ready to assist teachers involved in school musical productions.
Bio: Julienne Penza-Boone is the Director of Arts Education for the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.
PD7Preparing Your Choral Students for NYSSMA Adjudication
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
4:30 – 6:30 P.M. West Islip HS Chorus Room
Carl Ferrara, Amityville Schools, Clinician
Description: A start-to-finish guide to preparing students for a NYSSMA solo audition. Help students know what to expect from an audition in order to ease nervousness and stress. Learn strategies that help students’ sight reading, and basic vocal technique for beginner or inexperienced voice teachers.
Bio: Carl J Ferrara has been an Music Educator for more than 23 years. He currently teaches at Edmund W. Miles Middle School in Amityville, NY. He is a NYSSMA vocal adjudicator and has served as a Chairperson for the SCMEA All-County Chorus for the past six years.
PD8An Easy Approach to Counting for Students and Teachers
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
4:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.NewfieldHS (Middle Country School District)
Reynard Burns, Clinician
Description:Utilizing theconcept thatmusic and rhythms is a combination of durations of sounds and silences. Using the standard musical vocabulary for note identification, understanding how to count in any time signature is easy to teach and learn at any grade level.
Bio: Reynard Burns is an educator, composer, conductor and clinician. During his thirty-four years as orchestra director in the Bay Shore Schools, his groups won awards at the county, state and national level. Since retiring from Bay Shore in 2002, he has devoted much of his time to composing and presenting workshops and clinics at various national, state, and local conferences as well as in schools.
PD9 An Update on the National Core Arts Standards
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
4:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.Riverhead HS
Marc Greene, Clinician
Description: This session provides an update on the National Core Arts Standards and their adaptation in New York State. Basic processes, anchor standards, and other elements will be reviewed. Participants will receive the latest update concerning New York's process for adapting these new standards.
Bio:Marc Greene is an adjunct faculty member at Ithaca College with considerable past experience as a public school music teacher and administrator.
He is currently the president-elect of the Eastern Division of the National Association for Music Education, President of the New York State Council of Education Associations, and Past-President of the New York State School MusicAssociation.
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