2018 WVMEA In-Service Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

Thursday, March 8

Little Theater / Grand Hall South
Exhibits/ X-Stage / Parlor A / Parlor B / Parlor C / Board Room
8:00 / Collegiate Gathering – Breakfast and Intro. Session
9:00 -10:00 / Damon Harvey –Nervous to Teach? / Mike Christensen - Guitar
10:05-11:05 / Angela Monroe– Developing Relationships / Robin Hodson – Music First Software / Rite Wilder – Middle School Band / Kathleen Fox Leadership Symposium
(Invite Only)
11:10-12:10 / 11:30
Buckhannon-Upshur High School Choir / George Willis – Timpani Basics / Valerie Diaz Leroy- Process Projects / Lucas Rego Borges – Low Brass
12:15-1:15 / All-State Orchestra Visit Exhibits
Jefferson High School Steel Band / Angela Ammerman - ELL / Grant Poole – Learning from Mr. Rogers / Tracey Filben – Adjudication Assist / Dr. Ray Lowther – DOE update
1:20-2:20 / 1:00 – Suncrest Middle School Orchestra / Craig Lee – What’s Going on Back There? / Valerie Diaz Leroy – Elem. Choir toolkit / Joe Jedju – Inst. Facilities / Band Master’s Exec. Meeting
2:25-3:40 / General Meeting
Denese Odegaard, NAfME president
Amidon Group Sing
3:45 – 4:45 / John Feierabend – First Steps in Movement / Shelby Wahl-Fouts – Women’s Choir / David Hedgecoth - LGBTQAA / James Weaver – NFHA 101 / Solo and Ens. Board Meeting
4:50-5:50 / Kym Scott – Choral Musicianship / Angela Munroe – Let’s Compose / Denese Odegaard And Tooshar Swain - Advocacy / Vocal Assoc. Exec. Meeting
6:00 / Solo and Ensemble Recital I
7:00 / Orchestra Directors/ASTA Meeting / WVASCC/SGM Meeting
8:00 / Middle School Jazz Honor Group TBA
High School Jazz Honor Group TBA

Friday, March 9 - Tickets to high school all-state concerts will be available at registration office. $5.00 admission.

Little Theater / Grand Hall South
Exhibits/ X-Stage / Parlor A / Parlor B / Parlor C / Municipal Auditorium
8:00 / 8:30-12:30
Amidons / 8:30 Band @ exhibits
9:00 Frankfort Middle School Steel Band / Phi Mu Breakfast (TBA)
9:00 – 10:00 / Robert Sheldon – Fix it Now / Leslie Riedel -Choir Reading Session / Arlene Bennett – Best Practices
10:05-11:05 / Robert Sheldon – Sound Driven Program / Dr. Sandra Schwartz –Movement Part Deux / Strings Reading Session
11:10-12:10 / Robert Sheldon – Composition / Tim Drummond – Don’t Skip Sight Singing / Strings Reading Session #2
12:15-1:15 / 12:40
Honor Show Choir
(load in will start at 12:40) / 12:00 – WVU Brazilian Ensemble / Jennifer Brooks-Muller –Inst. Programs in Low Income Schools / Vernon Huff – Folk Songs and Spirituals / Denese Odegaard – ASTA Standards
1:40-2:40 / John Feierabend – First Steps in Vocal Development / 1:00 – Barbershop Quartet
1:45 John Marshall Steel Band HS Choir @ Exhibits / Joe Carver – Small School, Big Numbers / Dr. Ilse-Renee Long – Self-Efficacy and The Voice / Jeannine Sturm – Technology Assessment for Large Ensembles / 1:00 - Children’s Chorus Dress Rehearsal
Kate O’Connell – I teach in the cafeteria.
(Lobby of Municipal)
2:45-3:45 / John Feierabend – 12 Steps – Conversational Solfege / 3:30 – Glenville State Brass Ensemble / Neil King – Improv. Intro / Melissa Life – Choral Assessment / Bruce Harkins, Thinking Like an Admin.
3:50-4:50 / John Feierabend – 12 Steps – Solfege part 2 / Band Master's Association Meeting / Show Choir Directors/ Vocal Music Association General Meeting / Turner and Turner – Don’t Lose Your Voice / Middle School Orch. Dress Rehearsal
5:00 / All-State
Middle School
Orchestra Concert
6:00 / Solo and Ensemble II
7:00 / Elementary Children’s Chorus Concert
8:00 / Robert L. Bland Middle School Band
9:00 / George Washington High School Band

8pm - WVU Alumni Reception – Black Sheep Burrito

Saturday, March 10 - WVMEA registration will not open today. Tickets to high school all-state concerts will be available at Municipal Auditorium.

$5.00 Admission. Conference attendees admitted free with badge.

Parlor A / Municipal Auditorium
9:00 / Greg Gilpin – Reading Session / 8:30-9:30 All-State Choir Dress Rehearsal
10:00 / Sara Hann – Bucket Drumming and John Cage / 9:45-10:45 All-State Band Dress Rehearsal
11:00 / Danielle Taylor – Uke Can Do It / 11:00-12:00 All-State Orchestra Dress Rehearsal
1:00 / All-State Orchestra Concert
2:00 / All-State Band Concert
3:00 / All-State Choir Concert