wisconsin state virtual music conference · 2020. 10. 22. · victoria donahue laurie fellenz jerry...

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Key: ORANGE - Social Emotional Learning; YELLOW - Technology; RED - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; GREEN - Advocacy; GREY - General; BLUE - WSMA; PURPLE - CMP; BLUE-GREEN - WMEA Standards

Wisconsin State Virtual Music Conference

October 25-30, 2020Presented by

Wisconsin Music Educators Association in Collaboration with

Wisconsin School Music Association


Welcome to the 2020 Wisconsin State Virtual Music Conference

by Paul Budde, WMEA President

The 2020 Wisconsin State Virtual Music Conference is distinct from previous years, as the event is held online, rather than in person. As you can imagine, moving to a virtual conference results in many changes. Yet, the big-picture goals of the conference remain intact, as we seek to provide outstanding professional development through diverse, high-quality conference sessions; opportunities to network and socialize with colleagues from across the state; options to connect with exhibitors; and more.

The 2020 conference is spread across the week of October 25–30, 2020, with events taking place in the late afternoons and evenings in order to minimize conflicts with employment obligations during the day. In addition, sessions are shorter than usual (approximately 40 minutes) to maximize the impact of online experiences for attendees. The Opening Ceremony takes place on Sunday, October 25 (7 p.m.) and includes the President’s Welcome, an overview of the virtual conference experience, and a featured keynote address by Kai Kight. The Closing Ceremony takes place on Friday, October 30 (5 p.m.) and includes the President’s Closing Remarks, an Awards Ceremony for the 2020 WMEA Award winners, announcement of the free 2021 conference registration winner, and a featured keynote address by NAfME President Mackie Spradley.

The theme for the 2020 Wisconsin State Virtual Music Conference is “Vision 2020: The Future is Now,” connecting the conference to Vision 2020: The Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education (1999). As such, conference sessions highlight ideas that challenge music educators to broaden the scope of music education in meaningful and holistic ways, including themes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); social-emotional learning; online teaching and learning; and topics connected to WMEA large-group committees (Advocacy, CMP, iListenWI, and Standards). This year, we are excited to welcome NAfME President Mackie Spradley as our special guest. In addition to presenting the Closing Ceremony keynote address, Spradley will present a session during the week. Finally, we look forward to state honors events, including the WSMA State Honors Project Virtual Concert on October 29.

Welcome to the 2020 Wisconsin State Virtual Music Conference! I am excited to share an incredible week of learning and connecting with you. Enjoy!

Eric Anderson Carrie Backman Kathy Bartling Kay Black Mathew Buchman Anthony Cao Elisabeth Deussen Laura Dunbar

Sheila Feay-Shaw Corinne Galligan Shawn Gudmunsen Christine Hayes Tom Heninger Mark Lakmann Corynn Nordstrom Julie Palkowski

WSMA Conference Planning TeamTheresa McKinley Linda Meier Darin Menk Anne Proescholdt

Erica Ruppert Laura Schram Kevin Thays Delaney Trezise

Leila Ramagopal Pertl Christopher Powers Holly Prast Marcy Russell Brad Schneider Tobin Shucha Kristin Tjornehoj Sharri VanAlstine Jackie Vandenberg

Kerrie Brey Victoria Donahue Laurie Fellenz Jerry Hrovat

WMEA Regional Vice Presidents

WMEA State Chairs

Amelia Armstrong Tom Busch Joe Finnegan

Will Janssen James Kinchen Renee Rademaker

WMEA President WMEA President-Elect WMEA Past President Paul Budde Brad Schneider Kati Seiter



CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS!

WSMA/WMEA Award for Excellence in Teaching MusicSteve Sveum, Sun Prairie

Michael G. George Distinguished Service AwardGregg Butler, Fall Creek

Richard G. Gaarder AwardMarissa Altendorfer, UW-River Falls

Distinguished School Board Member AwardPeter Chisholm, School District of North Fond du Lac

Distinguished Legislator AwardRep. Sondy Pope, Madison

Music Industry AwardDavid Arneson, Schmitt Music

Tristann Rieck, Brass Bell Music

Melvin F. Pontious Creative Sparks in Music Education AwardMiddleton High School ‘Nonsemble’ Curriculum

25+ Years of ServiceBarbara Brown - 39 Years Alexa Doebele - 27 Years

Terri Ellis - 29 Years Mardeana Glasel - 30 Years

Debra Molstad - 41 Years Christopher Simonson - 35 Years

Steve Sveum - 35 Years Wendy Traeger - 34 Years

Visit wmeamusic.org/awards for more information on WMEA awards.



Conference Session Schedule Sunday, October 25

7:00 pm President’s Welcome, Conference Overview and Keynote Speaker Kai Kight

Visit the Exhibits to Win a Free 2021 Conference Registration!Take your shot at winning a free 2021 conference registration just by visiting the exhibits, something you’ll want to do anyhow! Our exhibitors support music education with amazing products and services, and help make this conference possible. From 6 p.m. Sunday until 5 p.m. Friday, the conference app Accelevents will automatically award and tabulate points for attendees’ active participation with visiting the exhibits (see app for details). Whoever earns the most points wins the free 2021 conference registration, and the winner will be announced Friday during the special closing ceremony!

Kai Kight President’s Welcome

- Keynote Address

7:00 pm Sunday, Oct. 25

Kai Kight is a renowned violinist and keynote

speaker who uses music as a metaphor to inspire self-realization.

Sarah Marty“Teaching

HAMILTON, History, and Hip Hop”

6:30 pm Tuesday, Oct. 27

Sarah Marty is an arts producer and

educator who teaches entrepreneurship and arts leadership for the

Wisconsin School of Business and courses

on “Hamilton: An American Musical”

for the Department of Theatre and Drama at

UW-Madison.

Jim Papoulis“Songwriting, Resonance &

Rhythm”

6:30 pm Thursday, Oct. 29

Jim Papoulis composes in many genres

and is known for work that combines

contemporary, classical and world sounds. His choral work often is sung

from the perspective of the singer, and is constantly inspired

by the work he does through the foundation

for small voices.

Dr. Mackie V. Spradley

“National Perspectives on Our Future” (Conference

Closing Session)

5:00 pm Friday, Oct. 30

Dr. Mackie V. Spradley is current NAfME

president, and as a featured speaker,

will center dialogue on current events

examining ideas held about music education

in the past and how we can reframe and

reimagine music education in the future,

which is now.



Conference Session Schedule Monday, October 26

3:30–4:15 pm Family Engagement Throughout the Music-Making Process (Kimberly Reynolds, Darlayne Coughlin); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Drumset Pedagogy: Guiding Young Drummers Through the Groove (Benjamin Fraley); WMEA Music Standards: perform

Behind the Music: Emotional and Social Student Needs Met in Music (Leslie Henry); WMEA Music Standards: connect

Tech Tools for Sight Reading and Accurate Performance Assessment (Jim Frankel) - Sponsored by MusicFirst; WMEA Music Standards: perform

Culturally Responsive Teaching with Technology During Unprecedented Times (Manju Durairaj); WMEA Music Standards: create, perform, connect, respond

4:30–5:15 pm Student Teaching: Creating a Mutually Beneficial Experience (Rich Tengowski); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Engaging in a Mindful Approach to Culturally Responsive Teaching (Sarah Minette); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect

Early Career Music Teacher Collaboration Project (Laura Dunbar); WMEA Music Standards: connect, respond

Composing as a Way of Knowing (Margaret Jenks, Randy Swiggum); WMEA Music Standards: perform, create, connect, respond

How to Move Into a World of Possibility (Chris Gleason); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect

5:30–6:15 pm WMEA Music Standards Basics: Getting Acquainted (Leyla Sanyer, Christine Hayes); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect, create, perform

Reaching Beyond DisABILITY; Becoming a Change Agent (Ruth Lemay); WMEA Music Standards: connect

WSMA Student Composition Project (Vickie Donahue); WMEA Music Standards: create, perform, respond, connect

Beginning Composition and Improvisation for Classroom Guitar (Michael Christiansen) - Sponsored by Consonus Music Institute; WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Five Ways to Engage Hard to Reach Students (Otto Gross) - Sponsored by Quaver; WMEA Music Standards: create, connect

6:30–7:15 pm National Perspectives on our Future (NAfME President, Mackie Spradley); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect

7:30–9:00 pm Networking Evening - Affinity Groups (breakout opportunity to discuss current topics and needs in areas of Choral; Band; Orchestra; Early Childhood/Elementary Music; Secondary General Music; College, University, Post Secondary; Other (Administrators, Business, etc.))



Conference Session Schedule Tuesday, October 27

3:30–4:15 pm Effective Warm-Up Strategies, The First 10 Minutes (Chris Bernotas) - Sponsored by Alfred Music; WMEA Music Standards: respond, perform, connect

The Successful Guitar Class (Michael Christiansen) - Sponsored by Consonus Music Institute; WMEA Music Standards: create, perform, connect

Recorder Instructions Both in and out of the Classroom (Ran Whitley) - Sponsored by Macie Publishing; WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Easy Assessment On Any Device (Jim Frankel) - Sponsored by MusicFirst; WMEA Music Standards: perform

Composition in the Rehearsal Classroom (John Ginocchio); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform

4:30–5:15 pm Dedicated Exhibit Time - Giveaways, promotional discounts, special product/service showcases, interactive meetings, and more!

5:30–6:15 pm Music and Mental Health: Childlike Innocence (Shawn Gudmunsen, Chris Bergh, Michael Wilson); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, connect

Creating Flexible Meaningful Lessons Through the WMEA Standards (Kate Mitchell, Christine Hayes, Rich Tengowski, Leyla Sanyer, Aimee Swanson); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

WSMA Festivals (Erica Ruppert, Victoria Donahue, Laura Schram, Theresa McKinley); WMEA Music Standards: perform, respond, connect

You, Your Students and Your Community With the WSMA and PBS Wisconsin Re/sound Project (Jessie Nixon, Mia Forslund, Ryan Hendricks, Laurie Fellenz, Darin Menk, Kathy Bartling, Katherine Miller); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Teaching Recorder Ensemble in a Virtual Environment (Richard Lawton) - Sponsored by Peripole, Inc.; WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

6:30–7:15 pm Teaching HAMILTON, History and Hip Hop (Sarah Marty); WMEA Music Standards: perform, respond, connect

7:30–9:30 pm College, University and Business Receptions



Conference Session Schedule Wednesday, October 28

3:30–4:15 pm Ukulele: Four Strings, So Many Possibilities (Michael Christiansen) - Sponsored by Consonus Music Institute; WMEA Music Standards: create, perform, connect

Unlocking Creativity Through Focused Repetition (Richard Saucedo) Sponsored by Hal Leonard; WMEA Music Standards: perform, create

Creativity Allowed in the Ensemble - The Shapiro “E- in E-nsemble” (Glenn Hayes); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Break the Ice! Brain Breaks and Musical Motivators (Otto Gross) - Sponsored by Quaver; WMEA Music Standards: create, perform

Advocacy Success Stories: Wisconsin Teachers Share Ideas That Have Worked (Carolyn Atwell, Erica Breitbarth, Laura Burns, Corynn Nordstrom, Matt Quaglieri, Brad Schneider, Kati Seiter); WMEA Music Standards: perform, respond, connect

‘Non-Sembles’: Engaging the Other 75% (Steve Kurr, Jamie Pitt); WMEA Music Standards: perform, create, respond, connect

4:30–5:15 pm Culturally Responsive Discovery (Margaret Jenks); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

The First Five Years of Teaching Music: What I Wish I’d Known (Louis Menchaca, Dan Joosten, Brittany Sperberg, Maya Woods, Jenny DeRoche, Gavin Garrett); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect

Universal Design for Learning in the Elementary Music Classroom (Rachel Grimsby); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform

Developing the Whole Child: SEL in the General Music Classroom (Allison Schnier); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect


6:30–7:15 pm Embedding Advocacy in the Music Curriculum and Classroom (Rich Tengowski, Leyla Sanyer, Jacki Thering); WMEA Music Standards: perform, respond, connect

Technology Ecology with the Standards: Music Tech Brings Revelancy (Aimee Swanson, Kate Mitchell, Leyla Sanyer, Christine Hayes, Paul Budde, Brian Vanderbloemen); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Teaching Ukulele Online (Richard Lawton) - Sponsored by Peripole, Inc.; WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

WSMA High School State Honors Music Project (Vickie Donahue); WMEA Music Standards: perform, connect, create, respond

7:30–10:30 pm Piano Bar from the Ivory Room



Conference Session Schedule Thursday, October 29


4:30–5:15 pm Making Music Memorable: Creating Culture That Cultivates Big Thinking (Mike Fedyszyn, Julia Laituri, Samantha Hart); WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Tips for Your Jazz Band Guitarist (Michael Christiansen) - Sponsored by Consonus Institute; WMEA Music Standards: create, respond, perform, connect

Teaching College Music Courses at Your High School (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Cooperative Academic Partnership Program - Ed Martin, Leigh-Ann Lethco, Ashley McHugh, Matt Nevers, Chris Barnes, Sarah Adelson); WMEA Music Standards: connect

WSMA Aca U (WSMA’s Premiere A Cappella University) (Laura Schram, Dennis Gephart, Ryan Stuempges); WMEA Music Standards: perform, create, respond, connect

Music Education in Wisconsin, 2020: At the Crossroads of Change? (Jess Mullen, Christian Bonner, Constance McKoy, Janet Barrett, Teryl Dobbs); WMEA Music Standards: respond, connect, perform, create

5:30–6:15 pm The Band Double Bind: Navigating Our Profession’s Multiple Values (Justin Mertz) - Sponsored by University of Northern Iowa; WMEA Music Standards: create, perform, connect

Student Connections Through Technology (Eric Anderson, Anthony Cao, Molly Petroff); WMEA Music Standards: connect, perform, create

From Squeaks to Sonorous: Strategies for Taming Your Saxophones (Drew Whiting) - Sponsored by Vandoren; WMEA Music Standards: respond, perform, connect

The Solo CMP Experience: Enriching Mind, Body and Soul (Cornelia Watkins); WMEA Music Standards: perform, respond, create, connect

6:30–7:15 pm Songwriting, Resonance and Rhythm (Jim Papoulis) - Sponsored by Hal Leonard; WMEA Music Standards: perform, create, respond, connect

7:30–9:30 pm WSMA State Honors Music Project (7:30 pm) & Afterglow (8:30 pm)


Conference Session Schedule Friday, October 30


5:00 pm Conference Closing Session, WMEA Awards and Keynote Speaker Dr. Mackie V. Spradley


Thank You to All Who Supported the 2020 Wisconsin State

Virtual Music Conference!


Special Thanks to Our Sponsors!

LoVeeG Publishing, LoVeeG Enterprises, LLC

Accurate as of October 20. Please see conference app for most up-to-date listing of sponsors.


Exhibitors

Visit exhibitors in the “Exhibits” section of the conference app.

Alfred Music

*Alverno College

* Birch Creek Music PerformanceCenter, Inc.

Bob Rogers Travel

BluHaus Mallet Shop

Brass Bell Music Store

* Chicago College of PerformingArts at Roosevelt University

DeMoulin Brothers & Company

*Edgewood College

Educational Tours, Inc.

* Forward Performing Arts

*Hal Leonard

J.W. Pepper

*Lakeland University

*Lawrence University

* The Mattress Fundraiser!

Milwaukee Public SchoolsMusic Department

Moosiko

*Peripole, Inc.

QuaverMusic.com

Ripon College Music Department

SmartMusic

* Shell Lake Arts Center

*Snap! Raise

* St. Norbert College

* Sunshine Travel Company, Inc.

* University of St. Thomas

*UW-Eau Claire

*UW-La Crosse

UW-Oshkosh

*UW-River Falls

* Ward-Brodt Music Company

*Wenger Corporation

*West Music

White House of Music

Yamaha Corporation of America

* Premium booth exhibitors

Accurate as of October 20. Please see conference app for most up-to-date listing of sponsors.

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