Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019
Westminster’s Continuing Education program invites music educators to check out five new Saturday Seminars designed to offer teachers creative ways to engage students. These interactive full and half-day sessions are offered by Westminster Choir College Music Education faculty and guests on the Westminster campus in Princeton.
Popular Music Pedagogy: Modern Band in the Classroom
This interactive workshop serves as an introduction to implementing and maintaining Modern Band programs at all levels.
Presenter - Dr. Bryan Powell, Assistant Professor of Music Education and Music Technology, Montclair State University
Saturday, February 2
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ukulele: Four Strings, Unlimited Possibilities!
Discover new ways to shake up your ukulele classes or to introduce ukulele into your curriculum. This session will explore a variety of teaching strategies that students will find irresistible.
Presenters - Dr. Sangmi Kang, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Westminster Choir College; Dr. Janet Cape, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, Westminster Choir College
Saturday, February 16
8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Express Yourself: Infusing Beatboxing into Your Music Classroom
Beatboxing is a dynamic method of self-expression that is becoming more and more popular. In this highly interactive session, explore beatboxing from a critical perspective and demonstrate the techniques and games they use in the classroom to help students use beatbox sounds to tap into creative wells of expression.
Presenters - Amanda Newell and Chris Celiz
Saturday, February 16
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Choral Multi-tasking: Vocal Technique, Ear Training, Repertoire, and More
Explore the ways that choral singing is truly a multi-task and how we might shape our rehearsals to better help our singers sing, read, and perform.
Presenter - Dr. Jason Vodicka, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Westminster Choir College
Saturday, March 9
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Making Music with Makey Makey
Discover how to help students develop their creative skills as they engage with music in a totally different way using Makey Makey, an easy-to-use invention kit that connects everyday objects to any computer, enabling users to create their own instruments, make interactive posters and artwork, and more!
Facilitator - Dr. Janet Cape, Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education, Westminster Choir College
Saturday, March 30
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m
Sing, Play, and Dance Around the World
This session focuses on world music pedagogy and will enable teachers of elementary and secondary general music to introduce a variety of activities related to singing, accompanying, playing, and songwriting.
Presenter - Dr. Sangmi Kang, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Westminster Choir College
Saturday, April 6
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.