BC Music Educator Spring 2015

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The B.C. Music EducatorJournal of the British Columbia Music Educators’ Association

Volume 56, No. 1Spring 2015

In this issue...Meet Your Executive!

Music Beyond Borders

Repertoire Forum

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4 President’s & Editor’s Messages

6 Feature Conversation What’s in your Folder: BCMEA Repertoire Forum

12 Feature Narrative The King and His Musicians

20 Meet Your Executive

26 Feature Profile Music Beyond Borders Voyage of the Accordian

28 In Memoriam Lorna Griffiths

Pro D Events 19 Kodály Summer Institute 29 BCMEA Conference 30 CMEA Conference

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Conference. When I hear the word conference I think of a community learning and sharing together, of great laughs, and wonderful music

making. I look forward to becoming reacquainted with colleagues that I

haven’t seen for a few weeks or even a few years - and sometimes that can mean those who live in the same town! You’ll find a few mentions of “Conferences” in this edition of the BCMEA Journal in the final pages.

The weekend after our own BCMEA Conference, it was my privilege to travel to two additional provincial music education conferences in order to promote the CMEA National Conference, of which I am Co-Chair.

London, Ontario was the first

stop for the Ontario Music Educators’ Association Conference “Soundscapes” and then onto Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Music Conference (SMC). In each location, I was honoured to meet so many wonderful colleagues and make great new connections as well.

Both conferences are organized in a similar format to that of our own, but the unique details of our sister organizations is what truly made each experience memorable and added to my pride in being music

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am full of hope and excitement for the opportunity to work for you as the new

president of the BCMEA. It is my privilege and honour to do my best to continuing the tradition of a commitment to excellence in music education in our province. Our current Executive Board is full of individuals who work very hard with the essential focus on keeping our students first in all we do.

I was touched to see the amount of participants at our BCMEA Conference this past October. After

a challenging summer, being around fellow music educators had me feeling invigorated and excited about my profession again. It renewed in me the importance of sharing ideas and of the camaraderie with other music educators. We hope that you will be able to join us at our Canadian Music Educators’ Conference being held in Winnipeg, Manitoba this July!My main goal as president is to make big steps towards reinstating the Elementary Music Education Specialty designation. The Program for Quality Teaching study that the BCMEA has done on the state of Elementary music education in our province in 2013 has brought attention to the fact that it needs to be greatly improved. There are a number of reasons that have contributed to the current state of elementary music education, however we are hoping to work with our colleagues at the post secondary institutions to help bring

the designation back and in turn bring in more funding and quality teaching in the area.

On behalf of the BCMEA executive, I would like to thank you for your continued dedication to your music programs and your continued support of your local Music LSA’s and Provincial Association. You are an inspiration to many children and families in our province!

Yours truly,

Cindy Romphf

PresidentBC Music Educators’ Association

@BCMEA

President’s Message

Regan Livingstone, Editor

Messages

Cindy Romphf, President

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educator, and of being Canadian.

The SMC is a united effort of five provincial organizations: Saskatchewan Music Educators’ Association, Saskatchewan Band Association, Saskatchewan Choral Federation, Saskatchewan Music Festivals Association, and the Saskatchewan Orchestral Association.

In total, likely 300 delegates were in attendance. I was invited to attend and speak at the SMEA’s AGM. The 40+ attendees of this meeting fit into a small room of the conference centre. Many members of the SMEA are also SBA and/or SCF members and since all AGMs are held simultaneously, the delegates choose one meeting to attend. I was privy to some lively and passionate discussions rooted in the best interests of their membership and their students.

Like your BCMEA Executive, the SMEA Executive will be holding a full board meeting in Winnipeg in the hours before the Thursday Opening Celebration of the CMEA Conference.

If you think the BCMEA Conference is large, you would be floored by the scope of the OMEA Conference. With just under 800 delegates at ‘Soundscapes 2014’, the OMEA experienced their lowest attendance in 5 years. With an impressive roster of events and performances, there was always something for everyone. Music teacher commonalities make the experience of ‘conferencing’ familiar regardless of location. Having personal roots in both Ontario and Saskatchewan made these events even more meaningful to me. Though only in London for

two days, I managed to randomly catch a glimpse across the expansive marketplace of a cousin of mine whom I hadn’t seen in over 14 years. We chatted briefly before he ran off to his next session but did manage a better chat as he drove me to the airport the next afternoon.

In Saskatoon, the hospitality was exactly what I expected from my university friends turned SMEA Executive members - warm, friendly, and as if I hadn’t been away for over a decade. Being greeted by confused and yet welcoming faces (as if to say you’re in the wrong place but really you’re not) was wonderfully rejuvenating for this weary traveller - the fun fall flu had finally caught up with me right after I had returned from OMEA.

These two adventures solidified my excitement around the CMEA Conference. The national planning committee is in the home stretch leading up to July 2015. I’m thrilled to share the hard work of the national team with you and hope that you can join us for the first national conference in over 20 years. Meet your counterparts from across Canada and experience ProD history! From the Keynote Address by Susan Aglukark to the programming and performance rosters, this is truly an impressive national event.

The CMEA has partnered with the Manitoba Music Educators’ Association and the provincial motto “Friendly Manitoa” rings true! Tourism Winnipeg has some amazing offers for music teachers. See the last pages of the Journal for more information all things CMEA Conference. Remember, as BCMEA members, you are also CMEA Members so you get a $50 discount on registartion!

Our own dedicated BCMEA Conference planning team is ready for your registration too! Read their article on page 29 and join in the effort to make 2015 a terrific conference yet again.

There are endless opportunities for continued professional development at home and away. I strongly encourage you to attend your favourites but also, to try something new. There is wealth of knowledge and resources at our fingertips online but it cannot hold a candle to what we take with us from first hand experience.

Then, following your new adventure, share your story with our community via the Journal!

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Most Sincerely, Regan LivingstoneJournal Editor

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What’s in your folder?

Feature

with Dr. Christopher Unger

Conversation

BCMEA repertoire forum

As a music educator, I am always interested in the repertoire that my colleagues choose to program. However, as a practicing teacher I found it difficult to know what my colleagues were performing if they were located outside of my district. Inspired by the CBDNA Report, I sought to engage our membership in a similar endeavor, where we can share the great repertoire that we are performing throughout the school year. The following list represents a fraction of our membership and it is my hope is to engage more of us in future publications.

This forum is for ALL music teachers, including those who teach elementary music, jazz, choir, band, or bagpipe ensemble! If you are performing music in your schools, we want to hear about it. The next edition of this forum will take place in the fall . Please submit your ‘folder content’ information to [email protected].

Collingwood School (Vancouver) Submitted by Natalie PrichardGrade 5 Concert BandTerm 1: Development of Canada/Underground RailroadA Canadian Ballad (She’s Like the Swallow) – Robert SheldonPeace Like a River – Robert SmithMonroe County Crossing – Stephen Bulla

Term 2 King Arthur/“Thunder Cave” boy goes to Kenya to find father; “The Breadwinner” novel about contemporary AfghanistanConcerto for Crash Cymbals and Band – Mike HannickelQuest of the Knights Templar – Robert SheldonEasy Christmas band booksWinter Sleigh Ride

Term 3 (charter of rights) (narrative writing)(“Among the Hidden”) (“Jaguar” Brazil, Lost mines of Muribeca)Invader – Rob GriceCow Bell Rock – Douglas A BradleyLittle Brazil Suite

Grade 6 Concert BandTerm 1 (Greek Myths and legends)Hammer of the Gods – Ed KieferPandora – Randall StandridgeShe Loves you – Michael StoryMorpheus – Robert Smith

Term 2 (“the giver” futuristic kind of Orwellian)We are young – Michael StoryColliding Visions – Brian Balmages

Term 3 “The Cay” racism and changing personal beliefs/“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”Legend of the Queen Anne’s Revenge – Robert SmithWolseys Wilde – Anne McGinty

Grade 7 Concert BandTerm 1 Early Earth/Early people i.e. caveman/Mysteries – Franklin Expedition, Sherlock HolmesO’Canada – Vince GassiAncient Moon – Elliot Del BorgoTop Secret – Larry NeeckChanson De Noel – Larry NeeckSleigh Ride – Michael Story

Term 2 Mesopotamia, Egypt/Poetry and LyricsEgyptique – William OwensThere will come soft rains – Robert Sheldon

Term 3 Egypt, Greece/BiographyYou’re the one that I want – Douglas E. WagnerOne Night in Athens – David BobrowitzMan of Steel – Michael Story

Jazz BandJingle All the Way – Victor LopezAnts in the Pants – George VincentListen Here – Eddie Harris/ arr. Victor Lopez

Full OrchestraHallelujah Chorus – arr. MeyerOde to Joy – arr. Meyer

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Delta Continuing Education (Delta/Lower Mainland) Submitted by Brenda KhooAdult Beginner (Community) BandBach Prelude - Arr. John KinyonThe Big Rock - Arr. Dale LauderOye Mi Canto - Gloria Estefan, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald/ Arr. Mike Story Safari - James PloyharSnap, Crackle, Bop - Gerald SebeskyTheme and Variations - Arr. John KinyonTheme from First Symphony - Johannes Brahms/ Arr. James Swearingen Brass, Wind And Wire (Intermediate Adult Community Band)Evil Ways - Sonny Henry/ Arr. Ralph Ford Fanfare and Canticle - Paul CurnowFlower Duet from Lakme – Leo Delibes/ Arr. Jerry Brubaker Funkytown - Steve Greenberg/ Arr. Ralph Ford Hogan’s Heroes March - Jerry FieldingJamaican Holiday - Jerry NowakJazz Chaconne - John EdmondsonModal Song and Dance - Elliot Del BorgoMystic Garden - Rob GricePuttin’ on the Ritz - Irving Berlin/ Arr. Jerry Nowak Sweet Georgia Brown - Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey/ Arr. Eric Osterling You Must Love Me/Don’t Cry for Me Argentina - Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Arr. Johnnie Vinson

Oak Bay High School (Victoria) Submitted by Sally MurphyChamber Choir (SATB)Sicut Cervus - PalestrinaEsto Les Digo - Kinley LangeIl Est Bel et Bon – Pierre PassereauTell My Ma - Arr. Jon WashburnLux Aurumque - Eric WhitacreDeep Peace - Brian TateAve Maria - Anton Bruckner

Senior Concert Choir (SATB)Il Est Bel et Bon – Pierre PassereauThe May Night - Arr. FrankenpohlWatching the Apples Grow - Arr. Ron SmailThink of Me - Arr. Mac Huff

Senior Concert Choir WomenThe Witches Chorus - Giuseppe VerdiAh Si Mon Moine - Arr. Donald Patriquin

Men’s ChoirSarah - Arr. Jonathan QuickStreets of Laredo - Arr. Ruth E. SchramBist du Bei Mir - J.S. Bach

Junior Concert Choir (SATB)Je le vous dirai – Pierre CertonKyrie - John LeavittDidn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel - Arr. Emerson

Timetable Choir (SSA)What if I Never Speed – John Dowland/ Arr. Russell Robinson Hotaru Koi - Arr. Ro OguraWhen You Walk Through a Storm - Arr. William Stickles

Oak Bay High School (Victoria) Submitted by Jeff WeaverJr Concert BandHyperdive - Ralph FordBombasto March – Arr. Andrew BallantNew World Symphony – Dvorak/ arr SweeneyTwenty Carols in Two Minutes - Mark WilliamsA Song of Hope - Jack StampPandemonium - Matthew SchoendorffWeatherridge - David ShafferFalcon Fanfare – Brian BalmagesWith Each Sunset Comes the Promise of a New Day - Richard SaucedoDinosaurs – Daniel BukavichFanfare for a New Era - SmithCommando March – Barber/ Arr. by CurnowLetter from Sado - Jodie Blackshaw

Sr Concert BandFirst Suite in E flat – Gustav HolstHebrides Suite - Clare GrundmanArctic Fire - Robert BuckleyWinged Stallion - Rossano GalanteAmazing Grace – Frank TicheliValdres Concert March - Hanssen/Arr. Jim CurnowMorray Firth (Traditional) - Arr. Capt. Roland G WhiteSilvercrest Concert March - James SwearingenHolly Wreath Medley – Arr. Richard FoteA Circus Suite - Staurt Johnson

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Point Grey Secondary (Vancouver) Submitted by Stephen Fleming & Brent TaylorPoint Grey Secondary Symphonic Band Edmonton Cantando 2015 Chorale and Shaker Dance - John ZdechlikRaging Machines - Brian BalmagesThe Liberty Bell – John Philip Sousa/Arr. Brion/Schissel

Point Grey Secondary (Vancouver) Submitted by Brent TaylorWinter ConcertsJazz Combo 1Besame Mucho - Consuelo VelasquezAutumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer

Intermediate Strings Grade 9/10Ukrainian Bell Carol - Arr. Erik MoralesThe Haunted Carousel - Soon Hee NewboldFinal: from Serenade for Strings - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

Concert Band 9Carpathian Sketches - Robert JaegerNewfoundland Folk Song - Arr. Jim DuffCavalcade of Christmas - James Curnow

Jazz Combo 2Killer Joe - Benny GolsonBlues in the Closet - Oscar Pettiford

Jazz Band C - Grade 9Satin Doll - Ellington/Arr. Terry WhiteOne For Daddy-O - Nat Adderley/ Arr. Vince Gassi

Combo 3Bag’s Groove - Milt JacksonTenor Madness - John Coltrane

Jazz Band D - Grade 8’sJammin’ With Charlie - Sorenson & PearsonMy Dinner With Ronald Sorenson & Pearson

Combo 4I Loves You Porgy - Gershwin/ arr. Adam JonesSonnymoon For Two - Sonny Rollins

Junior Concert Strings - Grade 8/9Morning Lights - Brian BalmagesDefender of Time - Rob Grice

Beginner BandMy Dreydl - Traditional Hanukkah SongJingle Bells - J. S. PierpontUp On The Housetop - Benjamin HanbyJolly Old Saint Nicholas - J.S. Pierpont

Intermediate Band - Grade 8March to the Big Top - Mark WilliamsLittle Red in the Hood- Michael Sweeney

Combined Intermediate and Beginner BandSilver Lake Sleigh Ride- Frank J. Halferty

Jazz B - Grade 9/10How Long Has This Been Going On? - Gershwin/ Arr. Mark TaylorOut Of The Dog House - Erik Morales

Jazz Band A - Grade 10-12Boogie Stop Shuffle - Charles Mingus/ Arr. Sy JohnsonFunky Cha-Cha - Arturo SandovalGroove Blues - Don Menza/ Arr. Peter Blair

String OrchestraCockles and Mussels Irish Folk Song/Arr. Carrie Lane GruselleSilent Night Franz Gruber/Arr. Erik MoralesScheherazade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov /Arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

Symphonic BandBlack is the Colour of My True Loves Hair - Traditional/ Arr. James CurnowBrook Green Suite - Gustav Holst/Arr. James CurnowChristmas Variants - Elliot Del Borgo

Seycove Secondary School (North Vancouver)Submitted by Risa McDonellSenior Wind Ensemble 11/12Lyric Essay - Donald CoakleyAmparito Roca - Jaime TexidorConcertino in Eb Major Op. 26 for clarinet & orchestra - Carl Maria von Weber/ Tr. Alfred Reed-soloist Julie BeggHighland Dance - Larry MacTaggartDusk - Steven BryantSelections from Chicago - Fred Erb & John Kander/ Arr. Ted RickettsMother Earth (A Fanfare) - David Maslanka“Mars” from The Planets -Gustav Holst City Rain; Miniature Tone Poem for Band - Judith Lang Zaimont

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Grade 10 Concert Band Joy Revisited - Frank TicheliA Mariah Carey Christmas - Mariah Carey/ Arr. Joe MurphyRhythm Stand - Jennifer HigdonHeartland Legacy - Ed Huckeby,Prestissimo (March or Galop) - Karl L. King/ Arr. James Swearingen Quest of the Undaunted Knight - Greg Hillis

Grade 9 Concert BandAmen! - Frank TicheliThree Czech Folk Songs - Johnnie VinsonPrelude and Pursuit - Michael SweeneyThe Best of Queen, Queen/ Arr. Paul MurthaFanfare and Triumph - James SwearingenWild Horse Canyon - Scott StantonONWARD! - Gary P. Gilroy

Grade 8 Concert BandCeltic Air and Dance No. 2 - Michael SweeneyEl Toro Rojo Grande - Len OrcinoBlues is My Favourite Color - Paul ClarkEcho Lake Overture Sandy Feldstein and John O’ReillyCan Can - Jacques Offenbach/ Arr. Merle J. IsaacI’m a Believer - Neil Diamond/ Arr. Johnnie VinsonChesapeake Serenade - Brian Balmages

Senior Jazz Band Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer/ Arr. Joseph KosmaCritical Mass - Jeff JarvisHarlem Nocturne - Earle Hagan/ Arr. John BerryCarol of the Bells – Traditional/ Arr. Dallas C. BurkeShuswap Shuffle - Andy BallantyneLos Galanes - Jeff Jarvis A Band’s Gotta Do What A Band’s Gotta Do - Paul ClarkSigned, Sealed, Delivered! - (The Music of Stevie Wonder)

Intermediate Jazz BandJingle Bell Rock - Joe Beal and Jim Boothe/ Arr. Paul CookFeliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano/ Arr. Peter BlairDeacon Jack’s Gospel Shack - Paul MurthaFriday Night Special - Christian OvertonRESPECT - Otis Reading/ Arr. John BerryBig Block Blues - Les SabinaSt. Thomas - Sonny Rollins/ Arr. Mark Taylor

Junior Jazz BandJ. B. Rides Again - Rick Stitzel,[Meet] The Flinstones Joseph Barbera, William Hanna and Hoyt Curtin/ Arr. Mike Story Stand By Me - Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller/ Arr. Andy ClarkSanta Baby - Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer/ Arr. Mike Story

Smithers Secondary School (Smithers) Submitted by Mike Doogan-SmithGrade 8 Concert BandInfinity March - James CurnowKilauea - Brian BalmagesLatin Fire - John HigginsThe Water Is Wide - SwearingenBanana Split - David Martin Grade 9 Concert BandHarrowgate Festival - John EdmonsonSymbol Of Honor - Arr. HilliardScarborough Fair - Anne McGintySnakebite! - Matt ConowayTu Ungane - Scott WatsonThe Planets - Arr. Wagner Grade 10-12 Concert BandMars - Arr. Michael StoryAmmerland - De HaanLight Cavalry Overture - Arr. Mark williamsPropulsion - Robert BuckleyMambo (From West Side Story) - Arr. SweeneyConsolation - Noah D. TaylorViva Italia! - Arr. Jack Bullock NB- Some Jazz Band Charts reflect dance repertoire for our annual Big Band DanceJr. Jazz Band: From the First Year Chart for Jazz EnsembleChattanooga Choo ChooJames Bond ThemeLil’Darlin From the Best of Belwin Jazz, First Year ChartsJazzmin TeaSplanky Random ChartsLeap FrogSwayBaby it’s Cold OutsideJ.B.Rides Again Sr. Jazz BandFrom Young Jazz Ensemble Collection (green series)Jumpin’ at the WoodsideTake Five

From The Best of Belwin Jazz (Young Jazz Collection)Sing, Sing, SingMy Funny ValentineMoondance

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From The Best of Easy Jazz:(Hal Leonard):Kansas CityBoogie Woogie Bugle BoyRespect From Easy Jazz Favorites (Hal Leonard):Fly Me to The MoonThe Girl From IpanemaIn The MoodMilestones From the Best of Discovery Jazz:Georgia On My MindI Heard it Though the GrapevineIt Don’t Mean a Thing.... A Night in Tunisia - Arr. SweeneyOleo - Arr. Mark TaylorAbsolutely, Positively - YasinitskyEverything- Jazz vocal Series - Arr. RagsdaleBrazil Nuts - SabinaWatermelon Man - Arr. Mike KamufSoulin’ - Larry NeeckBlue Train - Arr. SweeneySquib Cakes - Tower of Power. Lead Sheets:Red’s Good GrooveMr. P.C.Cookin’ At The ContinentalComing Home BabyBillie’s Bounce

Choir: some samplingsYesu Weya - Nama/Damara SongThe Water is Wide with Bring Me A Little Water – Sylvie/ Arr. DilworthSoon Ah will Be Done - Arr. Brian TateBella Ciao - Jerry EstesDies Irae - Arr. LeiberghenSyahamba - Arr. Henry LeckShut De Do - Randy Stonehill

St. Thomas More Collegiate (Burnaby) Submitted by Ethan ShoemakerSenior Concert BandAwakening Hills - Richard L. SaucedoDusk - Steven Bryant Don Pedro - Johan NijsFlorentiner March - Julius Fucik Drums of the Saamis - Samuel R. HazoFolk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Gr. 9 Concert Band Red Balloon - Anne McGintyAbove the World - Ron GriceGrand Galop - Johnnie VinsonPevensey Castle - Robert SheldonWhere the Mountains Touch the Sky - Robert Buckley

Gr. 8 Concert Band Train Heading West- Timothy BroegeWhirlwind - Jodie BlackshawAt Twilight - Tyler S. GrantCapital March - Arr. Todd StalterCeltic Air and Dance No. 2 - Michael Sweeney

STMC Elementary BandReign - Robert W. Smith Enchantment- Brian Balmages Uskudar - Robert W. Smith and Michael StoryThe Fires of Bandai - Robert Sheldon

Jazz Band AGrease Wheezer - Vince NormanBetter Get Hit in Your Soul- Charles Mingus/Arr. Andrew HomzyWillow Weep for Me - Arr. Kris BergSing, Sing, Sing - Arr. Mike LewisIt’s About Swing- Larry NeeckWatermelon Man - Arr. Mike KamufCry Me a River - Arr. Victor LopezMask of the Chili Pepper - Doug Beach and George ShutackBlackbird - Arr. Mike Tomaro

Jazz Band B In the Midnight Hour - Arr. Victor Lopez Big Swing Face - Arr. Rich Sigler Blues Mode - Rich SiglerSoul Cry - Tim FisherFever - Arr. Paul Murtha Four - Arr. John Berry

University Hill Secondary School (Vancouver)Submitted by Chris K. Dewreede

U Hill Senior Wind OrchestraSecond Suite - Gustav Holst/ ed. Colin MatthewsLaputa Castle In The Sky - Joe Hisaishi/ Arr. Kazuhiro MoritaMulan - Wilder / Arr. Vinson

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U Hill Intermediate Wind OrchestraAge of Empires - Rob GriceThree Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. StuartDesert Voices - Roland BarrettA Day in the Life - Patrick RoszellColors of the Wind - Menken/ Arr. LavenderDancing Queen – Anderson/ Arr. Brubaker

U Hill Concert ChoirPrecious Lord, Take my Hand – Dorsey/ Arr. HelveyJordan’s Angels - Rollo DilworthMojuba – Traditional/ Arr. Brian TateTwo South African Freedom Songs - Nyberg/ LeckHow Can I keep from Singing? - Z. Randall StroopeSave the World - Axel / Brymer

Vancouver Technical School Submitted by Mark ReidSenior BandMiss Trombone - Henry FillmoreContinuum - Bob BuckleySandpaper Ballet - Leroy AndersonClassical Gas - Arr. Ralph Ford

Intermediate BandOn a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss – David HolsingerThe Vanished Army – Kenneth AlfordTight Squeeze - Alex Shapiro

Beginning BandHomecoming March - Joseph CampelloEarthshine - Jodie BlackshawIron Heart - Randall Standridge

Van Tech Symphony OrchetraEl Choclo - Villloldo, arr. Mark ReidPines of Rome (“Pines of the Appian Way”) - Resphigi, Arr. BullaTo a Wild Rose - Stephen Foster, Arr. Mark Reid

Concert ChoirIl est bel est bon - Pierre PassereauRide the Chariot - Arr. William H. SmithIdumea - Arr. Richard Bjella

Chamber ChoirNorthern Lights - Ola GjeiloPakkanen - Soila SariolaSon de la Loma - Jonathan QuickMagnificat - Arvo Part

Vocal JazzCome Together - Real GroupMy Romance - Arr. PuerlingYou Can’t Stop Me! - Mia Makaroff

Walnut Park Elementary (Smithers) Submitted by Jennifer Higgins

Grade 6 BandRenaissance Fair by Robert SheldonFighting Falcon March by Todd StalterPirates of the Caribbean (Essential Elements Movie Favourites) arranged by Michael Sweeney

Grade 7 BandAffirmation Overture- Robert W.SmithG-Force - Ralph FordDune Buggy - Ralph Ford

My gr.4-7 Choir also plans to perform “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, arranged by Mark Brymer for 2-part harmony.

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Once upon a time, long ago and far away, a wonderful kingdom full of happy people lived and thrived in harmony. They had plenty to eat and were not harassed by fire-breathing dragons. However, as in all fairy tales, there was one problem: there was a shortage of musicians in the kingdom. The current musicians were old and not many were singing or playing any longer. No one was teaching children musical skills anymore. (Everyone seemed to think the kingdom would be better off with more bankers and lawyers, and teaching music just didn’t seem interesting or important.)

“This cannot continue,” lamented the people. “If some of the children do not learn how to play and create music, we will soon be without music to listen to, dance to, or have a musical culture to pass on.”

They went to the King for help. He was a wise old fellow, and he knew exactly what to do. He charged off to the schools and said to the administrators and teachers, “You

must start teaching the children to sing and play and make music!”

“But,” said the teachers, “we have been teaching English, math, and science. We know little about music making ourselves. How are we to teach the children to do it?”

The King pondered the problem. “There are still some old singers and other musicians,” he said, “and still others in our land who know how to compose music. We will hire them to teach the children.”

“Oh, no,” argued the teachers, “those musicians may know how to make music, but they do not know how to teach.”

“They are not Kingdom Certified Teachers,” said one venerable school administrator. “They must be certified to teach.”

“Well,” said the King, “then you educators can teach them how to teach. We will have special workshops called ITM (I’ll Teach Music).”

The Program Gets Under Way

After the musicians had completed their special training, they were certified as specialist teachers, and off they went to the schools to teach children how to make music. Many of the children were very happy to learn how to sing and compose since their previous classes in math and civics had only taught them to count and argue. It seemed great fun to get a chance to make something they could hear and judge on their own terms.

Each morning the vocal and instrumental teachers would gather the children about them to discuss their plans for musicing that day. The children would organize the musical ensembles and discuss how to get the music to do what they wanted. They seemed to learn the most, however, from actually performing together. At time things did not go well, and the teachers and students would sit together and discuss what they thought had gone wrong. Then they would set about making revisions

The King and His Musicians by Dr. Michael Keddy

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and practice schedules in order to produce the kinds of music of which they could all be proud.

Everyone in the kingdom seemed very happy. The children who were learning about music had lots of work to do. Music was abundant and various types of compositions were being performed and were the envy of the surrounding kingdoms. The King was pleased. Once again he had solved a great problem for his people.

The King himself was so proud of his music education program that he commissioned a new work to be performed on “Everyone’s a King” Day, and he had the new music education graduates compose and perform many beautiful new pieces for him, his Queen, and his subjects. Near bliss settled over the land.

The King Encounters Skepticism

One day the King announced to his wife that he had heard about a great education conference that was to be held in a nearby kingdom. “They will have meetings,” he told his wife, “so we Kings can learn all about education. I think I will go to the Great Education Conference to see if I can learn more to help our teachers.”

When the King returned from the conference, he told his wife about the special bragging meeting that was held during the Great Education Conference. “All the Kings from all the lands were there,” he told her excitedly. “They all told about how much the children in the Kingdoms were learning. I told them about all the wonderful music our children learned to compose and play,” he said.

“But, they laughed at me,” he moaned. “They said that just telling about music was not admissible in the bragging meeting. They said that I needed test scores to really show what the children are learning. They said that test scores were the only reliable and valid way to show what students are learning. Accountability is what is important, they said. They said that I should be reading Colwell, Labuta, Lehman, and Boyle and Rodocy in order to learn about testing and measurement. There were even two corner booths, at opposite ends of the conference dedicated to something called aesthetics. What is that? I think the names were Reimer, Elliott, and Cszik…Cszik…

Well, he sent me high over to the other side of the conference.”

“Just telling doesn’t count,” he lamented to this wife. “I even told them that I would bring recordings of the great music, and they said that recordings didn’t tell what the children were learning. They said that only test scores would count,” he said sadly. “They even told me that if we do not have test scores, people from other lands will not know how good our schools are and they will not bring their new businesses to our kingdom. I must go to the schools to ask the teachers about the children’s test scores.”

The next week the King met with all of the teachers and asked if the children were really learning anything. “Of course,” said the music teachers. “Just listen to the wonderful variety of music in our land. Indeed, you have many of the best young musicians in your court.”

“I know, I know,” replied the King, “but I went to the Great Education Conference of the great kingdoms, and the other kings showed their test scores. They had splendid graphs and charts in many colours and with lots of numbers by people like Madsen, and Lychner, and Fredrickson, showing how much their children have learned.” (Some may think that the moral of this tale is that you should not send your Kings to conferences, but there is more to this story.)

“Can we have test scores?” asked the King. “Can I have graphs and charts to take to the next Great Education Conference? There is a bragging meeting where all of the kings show their test scores. If we show our test scores, people in other lands will see how much our children have learned and how good our schools are. They will want to move to our kingdom and bring their businesses here. We will prosper even more. I must have test scores!”

The music teachers shyly responded that they did not know how to make tests. They said that they knew only how to make music, discuss how music makes them feel, and to teach children to compose and perform beautiful music.

“Then I will bring a test builder to our kingdom,” the King shouted. “I met many test builders at the bragging meeting. They helped the other Kings with their graphs and charts. I will find one to help us.

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Maybe Farrell, or Goolsby, or Asmus is available. I heard these names at the conference. I must have test scores so my country can flourish.” The teachers did not know what to make of all of this. However, they agreed that if the wise old King thought it was important, they certainly should try to help.

The Arrival of the Test Builder

Several months later, the test builder arrived in the country and came to the schools to talk with the teachers. The test builder always seemed to carry a clipboard with him. (Later the music teachers developed a motto that read, Beware of people carrying clipboards).

“If I am to build a test,” said the test builder, “I must know what you are teaching the children. Tell me, what is it the children are learning?”

The teachers looked at each other quizzically and wondered at such a strange question. Didn’t the test builder hear the music? “Why,” they responded, “we are teaching the children to compose and play music. Surely you can hear that.”

‘Of course, of course,” said the test builder with a pained expression on his face. “I know they are making music, but there is more to teaching than that. What is it they learn each step of the way? We must understand each skill and subskill and assess it carefully. Rigorous evaluation procedures serve to validate the importance of your teaching.”The teachers didn’t know what to say. “They play nice music; classical, jazz, and even popular music,” blurted one of the teachers, hoping that was what the test builder wanted to hear.

“No, no, no!” he responded. “What do they do first? What would someone do as the very first thing in starting to compose or play music?

One of the teachers thought the test builder’s questions were all a big joke of some sort, so he yelled out, “Why, the first thing is to pick up an instrument, and play some notes to start making a melody.”

“Good.” responded the test builder, “now we are getting someplace.”

“They have to play in time,” called out another teacher.

“And the different kinds of chords,” another joined in.

“Excellent! You really do know what you are teaching,” said the test builder.

The teachers were happy that they were able to please him.

The test builder announced that all of the teachers must attend an after-school meeting the next Friday, so they could work together to make long lists of these things the students must learn. He called it “Teacher-Guided Item Formation” or TGIF, for short.

The teachers were tired after a long week at school, but they agreed to attend since they knew the King was so excited about securing some scores. They worked very hard and produced long lists of the things the test builder seemed to want on the lists. Indeed, the longer the lists became, the happier the test builder seemed to be.

After the meeting, the test builder announced that he would take all of the wonderful lists the teachers had produced and would build a test to measure all of those things. The music teachers were relieved to see the test builder leave, but some of the worried about what the test builder was going to do with all of those lists.

They had lost most of the weekend, but they were, nonetheless, eager to get back to teaching children about making music. Besides, they realized that they didn’t know anything about test building. “Some people make music,” they said, “and some make tests. And after all, our wise King knows what he is doing. If he believes theses tests are important for our country, then surely there can be nothing wrong with them.”

One teacher thought, “The last thing we want to do is formalise and therefore institutionalise children’s discoveries that being musical involves making sense of feelings, motivations, and the means of bringing unity and sensibility to their lives,” (Finney, 2002, p. 121), but she kept that thought private.

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The Score Gathering Begins

A year later, the test builder returned and announced that is was now time to test the children. The teachers were not shown the tests beforehand although they were very curious about what was on the tests. “Security is very important with tests,” said the test builder. “We do not want anyone to know what we are testing before we test it.”

That seemed strange to the teachers, since knowing what one was doing always seemed important to them when they made music and they believed that the students “themselves need to be inducted into making decisions about the value of their work and the work of others” (Finney, 2002, p. 122). Nevertheless, the teachers were taught how to administer the tests, an activity which did not seem to them anything at all like making music. However, they did what the test builder asked. They told their students not to ask questions, not to work together, and not to look at each other’s work. All of this also seemed strange to the teachers, since these were the very things they had always encouraged the children to do when they were learning how to compose and make music.

Unknown to the teachers, to the test maker, and even to the King, a storyteller was observing silently in one of the music classes when the tests were given. The first question on the test was nothing at all like the teachers had told the test builder when he had asked them exactly what they taught their children. The test item read:

What composer lived during in the ‘Classical’ period? a. Mozart b. Bach c. Beethoven d. none of the above e. all of the above

Many of the students were confused by the test, and the test results were not good at all. Indeed, when the test builder returned with a huge pile of test score reports, he told the King that the students had scored very poorly. He advised that the King should not tell anyone about the test scores. “Be especially careful,” he said, “to see that the scores are not published in the newspaper. And,” said the test builder, “you surely

cannot go to the bragging meeting with those low test scores because everyone will know what a poor education the students in your kingdom are receiving.”

The King was devastated. “What am I to do?” he wailed. “I thought our children were learning, but these test scores show they know nothing. I will never be able to go to the Great Education Conference again, and I will never get to brag at the bragging meeting! People will not want to move to our kingdom. We will not be able to attract new businesses to our land. Our test scores are too low.”

The test builder said that he knew of other countries that faced the same problem, and they had been able to solve the problem. “What did they do? You must tell me!” pleaded the King.

“They hired an educational consultant,” said the test builder. “The educational consultant was able to help the teachers teach better. When the teachers taught better,” said the test builder, “the test scores went up.”

The King hurried off to tell the teachers the bad news about how poorly the children were learning. But he also told them the good news. He had a solution once again. An educational consultant would be hired to help them teach better, the children would learn more, and the test scores would go up. Maybe Bates, or Hanley?

Will the educational consultant carry a clipboard? the teachers wondered.

The Great Consultation Begins

Several weeks later the great educational consultant came to the land. She had no clipboard, but she had a book she had written with a picture of herself on the cover. She was very pleasant and always seemed to smile. She also carried a great bag full of all kinds of coloured paper, paints, and other such things. One of the teachers said to his friend that he thought the educational consultant looked like a traveling art store.

The educational consultant met with some of the teachers to begin planning how they would improve education in the land. “What is it you teach?” she asked.

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“Oh, dear,” thought the teachers, “this is the same way the test builder started out. This time we must attempt to tell more exactly what we teach.”

“Well,” said one of the teachers, “I used to teach the children how to make music, but the King seems to think the children are not learning anything because they have done so poorly on the test. So I guess I should teach what is on the test.”

“Good,” said the consultant. “You know where you are going. You have your objectives clearly in mind. Now let’s look at those tests to see what it is the children must learn. Then we can conduct workshops on how to teach those things.”

The educational consultant and the planning teachers scoured the tests and made lists of all the things that were asked. One of the teachers said that it seemed that they were now doing what they had done with the test builder, only now it was happening in reverse. “This education business seems very complicated,” many thought, not sure that they could ever fully understand it. Some of the most thoughtful teachers looked bewildered. Everyone looked forward to getting straightened out at the workshops.

“Don’t worry,” said the educational consultant, we are going to see just what we have to teach and then we will teach it well. The children will learn more. And,” she said beaming, “the test scores will go up. Everyone will be happy once again. You’ll see.”

The educational consultant planned number of after-school workshops to help the teachers learn how to teach the lists of stuff included on the tests. Some of the workshops were called “Make-and-Take Workshops.” At these sessions, all of the teachers would make things to help the children learn. At one of the Make-and-Take Workshops, some of the teachers drew wonderful pictures of the different composers on big pieces of cardboard. On the backs of the cardboard pictures of composers, they would write the names of the composers. These big cards were then used in classes to flash the pictures to the children so they would learn immediately to recognize the names of the composers. These came to be known as composer flashcards.

Another group of teachers wrote the names of the composers in a column down on side of a sheet of paper. In a second column, they wrote the names of the

eras the composers had lived. However, they did not put the correct name of each composer beside its era. “We will have the children draw lines from the names of the composers to the correct era. This will be good practice in learning the names of the composers and when they lived.”

“And when they finish, they can draw and colour pictures of the composers,” shouted one of the teachers. “That will make it fun and interesting for the children. The educational consultant has reminded us that learning is supposed to be fun.”

The educational consultant was delighted and would visit the schools to see how the teachers were putting all of the new ideas to work with the children. As the educational consultant walked up and down the hallways of the schools, shouts of ‘Mozart! Mozart! Mozart!” could be heard coming out of the rooms. The children were obviously learning from the flashcards. Later the shouts would become, “Mozart! Bach! Beethoven!” as the teachers taught more and more complex distinctions. Some of the teachers were sure they were now teaching higher order thinking skills. They all felt good because the children were learning so many things.

“I am naming the composers, so I can tell them apart,” on self-conscious student bragged, blushing nonetheless. His teacher’s chest swelled with pride. The students were practicing meta-cognition.

However, some of the teachers worried about the class time all this was taking. Would the children be able to use the new knowledge to once again make music? “Of course,” the educational consultant explained, “but first they must know all of the skills. Once they know the skills, the rest will be easy. We will create rubrics and if most of the students get all the questions correct—rejoice!!! This is what you are striving for. It shows that you are a good teacher.”

The Plan Begins to Pay Off

The King was so pleased that he issued a proclamation that all school administrators should select the new curriculum. For several years the new education program was implemented in the schools throughout the Kingdom. It was called the School-Licensed Improvement Program (SLIP) and was dedicated to

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developing Effective Schools.

“This is a grass-roots movement,” said the educational consultant. “The teachers defined what they taught and they helped plan the workshops.” Some teachers had taught other teachers. Some talked of how they had “adopted management practices to restructure their schools.” Some even read Charlotte Danielson’s book Enhancing Student Achievement. It was heady and heavy stuff.

Some teachers did notice that there wasn’t much music-making going on. However, no one seemed very concerned, since the children were telling their parents all that they were learning and carrying home many practice sheets with pumpkin faces and other honourific stamps on them. Some parents even bought their own sets of the composer flashcards so they could help their children at home.

Each year the test scores showed more improvement. The King was happy and knew that before long he would be able to once again go to the Great Education Conference and for the first time show of his test scores at the bragging meeting. However, he wanted to wait until the test scores throughout his country were sure to be the highest of all the kingdoms.

The Scores Get Higher Despite One Drop

As he waited, the King and his wife decided to have a new anthem composed for the kingdom’s Centennial celebrations. The previous anthem was written and recorded years before there was a shortage of musicians, before the testing program, and before the new education system. “A new anthem composed and performed by children with such high test scores will surely be wonderful,” the King told his wife.

As the anthem began to take shape, the Queen listened to the students’ work with growing concern. “It doesn’t sound very good,” she said, “especially the middle section. I think it is in the wrong key.”

“Don’t worry,” said the King, “that anthem is being composed by children who have the highest test scores in the history of our kingdom. Those are the best-educated musicians we have ever had in our land.”

Before the new anthem was completed, the latest test scores were released and they had once again gone up. “These new test scores are marvelous!” the King cried, puffing up. “I can now go to the Great Education Conference and attend the bragging meeting. I will show my test scores and be the envy of all the kings. People will want to come to our kingdom because of our great education system. We will have new businesses. Our kingdom will be the envy of all”

Off the King went to the Great Education Conference. He took his educational consultant, his test builder, and even several teachers to tell all about education in their land. However, when it came time for the bragging meeting, the King didn’t want anyone to speak for him. “I alone,” he announced, “will tell the other kings about our tests scores.”

The King had charts and tables with bar graphs. They covered an entire wall and were many colours. They included percentiles, stanines, squizziles, and staybecks with many lines, bars, and connected dots. (Squizzles and staybecks were new ways of presenting scores developed by the King’s test builder just for this meeting.)

Everyone at the bragging meeting was astounded! Such high test scores! Such sophisticated charts! Such wondrous analyses! This is the best bragging they had ever heard. This is a King who is truly a great education leader.

The King returned to his country and a special parade was given in his honour. “Long live the Education King,” the people shouted. The King had never been more popular or more certain that he knew how to help his people. “You just have to set targets,” he thought to himself, “and then find out where you are and where you have to go. The test builder and the educational consultant really knew what to do.”

The King and his wife returned to the Centennial Celebrations to find that the anthem was now finished and ready to be performed. It sounded kind of strange in the rehearsal, but the King was sure that was just a benchmark of modern composition. His wife said it not only sounded strange, but also that she was not able to listen to the musicians and singers perform it! She announced that she wasn’t going to listen to the anthem until it was practiced and polished.

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To King scoffed at her concern and reminded her that the anthem had been composed and will be performed by students who had achieved the highest test scores in the history of their kingdom. “These are the highest test scores of all the kingdoms,” he proclaimed. He seemed always to be giving speeches now.

The King took his test score reports and marched up to the front of the dais. The students began and there was a terrible noise, like thousands of nails being ripped from their places—and not because of Richard Marsella (2004)! The crowd covered its ears…and then began to run away, creating mass hysteria and a stampede…and then the platform crashed to the ground!

Somewhere in some kingdom, there is joy in the land. Somewhere in some kingdom, laughter can be heard; but not in this kingdom, where the newer musicians had trouble performing with one another.

The moral of this story became obvious even to the most faithful subjects of the king. It was written and read as a kind of qualification or caveat at his memorial service. Can you put it in words yourself? You are encouraged to try if you like. There will be no test on it, however. (Your answer is sure to be as valid as mine).

with apologies and appreciation to Roger Farr and his 1993 story, Once upon a Time, When There Were No Tests, Children Built Houses That Stood Tall and Straight.

****************************************************The moral of the story? It is not appropriate to simply talk about something and test on it. It is more important to talk about AND do it because doing creates deeper understanding. John Dewey and Benjamin Bloom would be proud!

Reference

Marsella, R. (2004). On Behalf of the Ugly in Music. In L. Bartel (Ed.), Questioning the Music Education Paradigm (pp. 136-145). Canadian Music Educators’ Association.

Dr. Michael Keddy is a Sessional Instructor in Music Education at the University of Victoria where he completed PhD in Educational Studies (Music Education/Conducting) with his dissertation research focusing on assessment in the secondary school band programs of British Columbia. He is Music Director for both the University of Victoria Don Wright Symphonic Winds and the Greater

Victoria Concert Band (Senior). Recently appointed Chair of Student Chapters for the Canadian Music Educators’ Association, he previously served as Head of Performing Arts at Parry Sound High School in Parry Sound, Ontario. As a percussionist, he has performed in a variety of venues, from solo performer at Buckingham Palace to Symphony Orchestras to the World Champion Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps. He has also adjudicated and provided numerous music education and percussion clinics at many festivals and venues throughout Canada.

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2015 Kodály Summer InstituteJuly 6–17, 2015School of Music, University of Victoria

Mark these dates on your calendar for this exciting institute next summer! Kodály certification is designed to recognize successful completion of a rigorous Kodály Society of Canada (KSC)-endorsed program of study. People so certified are sought-after as teachers within the K-12 spectrum, as well as being leaders in independent music education and teacher-training (workshops, courses, research and publication).

LEVEL 1:MUS 432A: Kodály Level 1 Pedagogy and Music LiteratureUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 433A Kodály Level 1 Musicianship, Conducting and Ensemble

MUS 433A: Kodály Level 1 Musicianship, Conducting and EnsembleUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 432A Kodály Level 1 Pedagogy and Music Literature

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MUS 433B: Kodály Level 2 Musicianship, Conducting and EnsembleUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 432B Kodály Level 2 Pedagogy and Music Literature

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Offered by the School of Music

in partnership with the Division

of Continuing Studies, University

of Victoria.

Endorsed by the Kodály Society of

Canada.

The Kodály Method can improve many skills, not just musical ones.

Enrich your music program!

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2015 Kodály Summer InstituteJuly 6–17, 2015School of Music, University of Victoria

Mark these dates on your calendar for this exciting institute next summer! Kodály certification is designed to recognize successful completion of a rigorous Kodály Society of Canada (KSC)-endorsed program of study. People so certified are sought-after as teachers within the K-12 spectrum, as well as being leaders in independent music education and teacher-training (workshops, courses, research and publication).

LEVEL 1:MUS 432A: Kodály Level 1 Pedagogy and Music LiteratureUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 433A Kodály Level 1 Musicianship, Conducting and Ensemble

MUS 433A: Kodály Level 1 Musicianship, Conducting and EnsembleUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 432A Kodály Level 1 Pedagogy and Music Literature

LEVEL 2MUS 432B: Kodály Level 2 Pedagogy and Music LiteratureUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 433B Kodály Level 2 Musicianship, Conducting and Ensemble;

MUS 433B: Kodály Level 2 Musicianship, Conducting and EnsembleUnits: 1.5; Co-requisite: MUS 432B Kodály Level 2 Pedagogy and Music Literature

For more information go to http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/prod/kodaly/index.aspxTo be added to our interest list or to receive more information when it becomes available, please contact Preston Randall, Continuing Studies, UVic: [email protected] or 250-721-7797

Offered by the School of Music

in partnership with the Division

of Continuing Studies, University

of Victoria.

Endorsed by the Kodály Society of

Canada.

The Kodály Method can improve many skills, not just musical ones.

Enrich your music program!

Kodalysocietyofcanada.ca

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Meet Your Executive

Executive Profiles

Hometown/Current Hometown: Victoria, B.C.

School & School District: Cedar Hill Middle School (SD61)

Position on BCMEA Executive: President

Years on Executive: 4.5 years

Musical specialty: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir

Favourite musical genre: I like a little bit of almost every genre.

Current musical activities: I sing soprano and am the President of the Vancouver Island Chamber Choir. I also sing, play keyboard, tenor sax and trombone with a local Funk/Dance Band.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): There have been many fantastic memories from playing in a concert with Bobby Shew, Doc Severinsen, and Allen Vizzutti, singing with Bobby McFerrin, and having a vocal feature with the American Band College Jazz Band.

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): Seeing and catching up with old friends and colleagues that I haven’t seen in a long time.

Highlight of 2014: My school ensembles doing very well at all Festivals they participated in, particularly Nationals.

Most looking forward to in 2015: Giving birth to my baby.*

One fun fact!: I am a Whovian.

*editor’s note: Elayna was born January 12, 2015

Cindy RomphfPresident

Mandart Chan1st Vice-President

Hometown/Current Hometown: Home town - Richmond BC, Current - Victoria BC

School & School District: Belmont Secondary School, (SD62, Sooke)

Position on BCMEA Executive: 1st vice-president

Years on Executive: 4

Musical specialty: Secondary Music (Concert Band), and All Show Tunes!

Favourite musical genre: All but country, but mainly Romantic Era and 20th Century.

Current musical activities: Co-directing the Belmont Concert Band and Marching Band, and playing in pit bands.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): As a performer, my most memorable moment was playing a concert with Dr. Eugene Rousseau at the American Band College (2012). As a director, it was watching a few former students performing on stage with my current student in the UVic Don Wright Symphonic Winds!

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): All BCMEA conferences and honour ensemble concerts!

Highlight of 2014: Completing my MMus Program at the American Band College!

Most looking forward to in 2015: Opening two new secondary schools in my district.

One fun fact!: Teacher by day, Officer by night, Barista on the side!

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Jeff Weaver Past President

Jamie Davis2nd Vice-President

Hometown/Current Hometown: Victoria

School & School District: Oak Bay High School 61

Position on BCMEA Executive: Past President


Musical specialty: Middle and High School Band

Favourite musical genre: 90’s rock and Vaughn Williams or Holsts’ music

Current musical activities: Conducting at Oak Bay High concert band, jazz and Rythmn and Blues Band, also play drums with The Groovediggers a top 40 band.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): While at Uvic I was enrolled in engineering and got a request to go see Gerry King in the Music building. He asked me if I would play percussion in the UVic wind symphony. I was hooked from the first chord played by the ensemble

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): June 2012 retreat meeting to Jenny Hansens’ family cabin on the shushwap. So much fun!

Highlight of 2014: Phoenix vacation with my family, watching my son learn to play baseball, fun times with the Oak Bay Band on tour and at festivals, completing the BCMEA presidency, a summer of fun in Parksville

Most looking forward to in 2015: Graduating from my masters program

One fun fact!: My first career was a carpenter which I quit to go to school thinking I wanted to be an engineer.

Hometown/Current Hometown: Kamloops/ Victoria, BC

School & School District: Spectrum Community School, SD61

Position on BCMEA Executive: Second Vice-President


Musical specialty: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Nepalese War-Horn Ensemble

Favourite musical genre: Jazz, Funk

Current musical activities: Playing trombone, and occasionally doing some musical theatre.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): I will never forget the first group of “real” kids that I worked with. I was thinking about transferring out of music education at the end of my 3rd year. A friend roped me into teaching at a summer band camp. After my first rehearsal, I was hooked! I’ll get do this all day!? Sweet!

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): I’ll never forget the first conference I ever attended in the year 2000. I was a student in the Honour Concert Band during the ‘Regenesis’ conference at Robert McMath Secondary School. Dr. Dennis Prime had given us some free time in between rehearsals and we were encouraged to explore the conference and the market place. I snuck into one of the jazz band workshops and was blown away by how many music teachers were there and how everyone in the room was so excited about being a teacher. It definitely helped solidify my choice to become a music educator. Fourteen years later I had the opportunity to present at BCMEA!

Highlight of 2014: Watching the pride in my students’ faces when they were told that our concert bands earned Gold at MusicFestMost looking forward to in 2015: A 10 day performance tour to Germany, mentoring my first student teacher, and continuing to work with amazing kids day in and day out at Spectrum. I’m also looking forward to road-tripping across Canada this summer with my best friend!

One fun fact!: I love snow and I love winter! My favourite thing to do in winter is snowmobiling in the backwoods or downhill skiing. The more powder, the better!

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Risa McDonellSecretary

Mike Doogan-SmithTreasurer

Hometown/Current Hometown: Smithers, BC

School & School District: Smithers Secondary, Bulkley Vally SD54

Position on BCMEA Executive: Treasurer


Musical specialty: piano and guitar

Favourite musical genre: Classical and Jazz

Current musical activities: member of the North of Dixe Jazz Band for 24 years

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): As a kid, going to see the great Oscar Peterson perform

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): Listening to Tommy Banks speak and perform as our keynote for the BCMEA conference in the early 2003. He spoke about the importance of Arts and Culture as an economic force. His piano playing wasn’t too bad either!

Highlight of 2014: Having our kids come home for Christmas

Most looking forward to in 2015: Trips to Cuba and to New York City

One fun fact!: I’m like a kid when in snows. It means all is clean and fresh. I get to go for long cross-country skis on our club’s groomed and track set trails and skate on the local lakes that have been cleared. I don’t even mind shovelling all that fluffy stuff!

Hometown/Current Hometown: I live in North Vancouver, born in Victoria

School & School District: Seycove Secondary Community School, North Vancouver

Position on BCMEA Executive: Secretary

Years on Executive: this is my first!

Musical specialty: I’m a secondary band teacher with a passion for instrumental conducting

Favourite musical genre: “There is good and bad music in all genres”- Stevie Wonder

Current musical activities: I direct 7 bands at Seycove Secondary and teach a course in Music Composition there as well. We are blessed to work with Turning Point Ensemble, who performs the students’ original works each spring. I have played flute for West Coast Symphony for the last 10 years and occasionally I guest conduct short pieces there as well.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): What a massive question! Probably watching my teacher, János Sándor, conduct his final concert at UVic. He was so deeply loved and admired by everyone.

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): Seeing old friends, classmates and colleagues at the annual conference is always one of the highlights of my whole year. They inspire me!

Highlight of 2014: I’m currently playing The Planets by Gustav Holst with West Coast Symphony. It is awesome.

Most looking forward to in 2015: Being involved in the BCMEA and a part of our exciting future.

One fun fact!: Did you know that Edward Elgar once directed a band in an insane asylum?

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Regan Livingstone Journal Editor

Ethan ShoemakerIndependent Schools Rep.

Hometown/Current Hometown: Currently Victoria, BC via Comox, BC, Saskatoon,SK, and Thunder Bay, ON

School & School District: University of Victoria/SD61

Position on BCMEA Executive: Journal Editor


Musical specialty: Saxophone, Percussion, Piano

Favourite musical genre: So many! Canadian Folk, Classic Rock, Jazz...

Current musical activities: CMEA Conference Planning (that’s a musical activity, right?) and playing alto saxophone in the Greater Victoria Concert Band and Don Wright Symphonic Winds at University of Victoria

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): learning from and listening to my Gram play piano and sing her favourite pop tunes of 1920’s/30’s

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): the networking magic of conference time

Highlight of 2014: getting married... twice! Well no, just two receptions - one on Vancouver Island, one on Cape Breton Island.

Most looking forward to in 2015: CMEA Conference in July!

One fun fact!: I have a mini Mr. PotatoHead and a pair of emergency chopsticks in my car at all times.

Hometown/Current Hometown: Port Coquitlam

School & School District: St. Thomas More Collegiate, IND

Position on BCMEA Executive: Member at large

Years on Executive: This year will be my 5th

Musical specialty: Instrumental studies, percussion

Favourite musical genre: Pop/Rock, Jazz, Concert Band

Current musical activities: Band director for the STMC music program. Guitarist for FAT Jazz group.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): Performing as a soloist in David R. Gillingham’s Concertino for four Percussionists and Wind Ensemble / When the STMC Band program eaned it’s first gold ranking at the Whislter Con Brio Festival in 2012.

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): BCMEA 2013 Conference

Highlight of 2014: Traveling to Montreal for the International Rhythms music festival and having my students convince the entire festival staff that it was my 40th birthday at the grand gala reception in the evening of the festival and having everyone sing happy birthday to me (I’m only 34 and it was not my birthday!)

Most looking forward to in 2015: Going to the Con Brio Whistler Festival/ working with my students on their challenging festival rep

One fun fact!: My students had a custom bobble head figure made of me last year, complete with bald spot!

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Matthew Martin Conference Co-Chair

Mark Reid Conference Co-Chair

Hometown/Current Hometown: Oshawa, ON - currently Vancouver, BC

School & School District: Vancouver Technical School, SD39

Position on BCMEA Executive: Member-at-Large


Musical specialty: Band, Choir, Symphony Orchestra

Favourite musical genre: anything Grainger

Current musical activities: also teaching at Saint James Music Academy

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): receiving a JUNO award from Shania Twain

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): Presto 2010 BCMEA Conference, the first at our new conference home!

Highlight of 2014: Being named a Global Teacher Prize Top 50 Finalist

Most looking forward to in 2015: CMEA Conference

One fun fact!: I live for electroacoustic music written for band.

Hometown/Current Hometown: Victoria, BC

School & School District: Ecole Quadra School, SD61

Position on BCMEA Executive: Conference Co-Chairperson


Musical specialty: Band and Ukulele Ensembles

Favourite musical genre: Rhythm and Blues

Current musical activities: Music Director at Ecole Quadra School, Assistant Director to Island Ukuleles, Freelance trumpet player

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): After a particularly tough trip to San Francisco, the students on the bus ride home came together to work on a song in honour of their fellow student who had suffered a catastrophic medical emergency and had to be left at Stanford Medical Center. It was one of the most touching things I have ever experienced and been a part of.

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): One of my favourite BCMEA activities are the executive meetings. I like getting together to discuss the topics that affect music education in BC and what we as a group can do to effect change.

Highlight of 2014: working with an amazing group of dedicated individuals to help put on the BCMEA Conference. It was an awesome experience this year despite the tough situation of the BCTF and the BC Government. I look forward to working with many of those same individuals and some new ones to put on the 2015 Conference!

Most looking forward to in 2015: Conference!!

One fun fact!: I have been lucky to play trumpet for legendary Motown groups Martha Reeves and The Temptations!

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Dr. Christopher Unger Post Secondary Liaison

Jen Higgins Member at Large

Hometown/Current Hometown: Smithers BC currently, but I grew up all over BC

School & School District: Walnut Park Elementary, SD 54

Position on BCMEA Executive: Member at Large

Years on Executive: It’s my first year!

Musical specialty: I play trumpet and piano. I teach Elementary Music K-7 and direct the SD 54 grade 6 and 7 bands.

Favourite musical genre: Jazz and Folk

Current musical activities: Jammin with friends and of course playing O Canada once a month at our school.

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): Playing a Mozart Piano Concerto in Nelson BC. I was in grade 12.

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): Fun with Composers!!!! And running into my grade 4 choir teacher who still called my “Jenny”.

Highlight of 2014: I loved out Christmas Concert this year. It was called “A Holiday Moosical”. Kids in Smithers could easily relate as Moose frequently walk the streets in town.

Most looking forward to in 2015: Taking both Elementary Bands to the Terrace Music Festival.

One fun fact! : I climb mountains on skis and I just got a new doggy.

Hometown/Current Hometown:Trail/Langley

School & School District: University of British Columbia

Position on BCMEA Executive: Post-Secondary Liaison

Years on Executive: Newbie

Musical specialty: Wind Ensemble/Conducting

Favourite musical genre: Classical (esp. chamber music)

Current musical activities: Conducting Wind Ensembles

Your most memorable musical moment (from any point in your life): Conducting the Hindemith Symphony with the Eastman Wind Ensemble

Your favourite BCMEA activity (program, event, memory): As a music education student, watching Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser deliver the keynote address!!! I left that conference feeling inspired and ready to take on the world!

Highlight of 2014: Conducting Apparitions by Anthony Iannaccone with the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Most looking forward to in 2015: Giving a presentation on Leo Brouwer’s Cancion de Gesta at the 2015 WASBE conference

One fun fact!: I played the Highland Bagpipe when I was a child.

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The power of music is universal and has the ability to change lives! Sometimes you have the opportunity to see a teacher work magic with students. When I see Ms. Farley leading a group of students on a grade 8 band tour to San Diego, practicing for a school musical, or teaching 50 grade 6’s the basics of musical notes, I witness “magic.”

Pam Farley is a music teacher extraordinaire. She is able to bring out the best in students, and calls forth melodies that

students are not even aware that they are carrying in their souls. W.A. Fraser Middle is located in Abbotsford, B.C. and we have a student population of 700 students, in grades 6 - 8. She has been a part of the Fraser school community for 10 years, since the Middle School opened. Her influence affects not only the students at in Abbotsford, but also stretches as far as Zimbabwe in Africa, India in Asia and Nicaragua in Central America. Every summer she shares those same musical gifts with children in Zimbabwe, as she leads music camps for 6 weeks.

For Pam, although she cannot have a full conversation with some of the people she meets due to language barrier, they can speak to one another through the language of music.

“The hope and joy I see and feel from music is the same hope and joy that I see in people who have very few material things. They may live in an orphanage or mud hut but the sounds the produce bring such happiness to themselves and to others.”

Some of the students in Ms. Farley’s music class, and band class raised enough money for her to take and leave guitars in a small village in Zimbabwe as well as at a girl’s school in India.

“The looks on the children’s faces when given the guitars were unforgettable. I feel so grateful to have these experiences and my heart will be always be pulled back to those villages of people. To sing and dance in Africa is to sing and dance like no where else!”

Ms. Farley’s picture is hanging in a rural home on the banks of the Patastule River in a small community, 70km northeast of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. When the principal of Fraser Middle, Charlotte Siemens, asked Pam to help her find an accordion to take to Nicaragua, she mentioned that she had her childhood accordion in the closet. Ms. Farley gifted the accordion to Charlotte, who lived in rural Nicaragua in the 1990’s, so she could give it to a friend in Nicaragua.

Gustavo and Petrona live in Patastule, across the river from Teustepe, with no indoor plumbing or electricity. Guests are always welcome in the Barbaron household. On a weekend afternoon, visitors or local villagers could often be found eating eggs and beans, or listening to Gustavo play songs on the accordion.

Being subsistence farmers, there is little money to buy toys or meat to supplement the beans they grow on their land. But the house is joyous. Melodies used to bounce off the walls. Children came to hear Gustavo play, and with rapt interest tapped their toes to the music. In the local church, Gustavo led hymns and played at weddings.

For the past few years, there had been little music coming from the Barbaron household. The bellows of Gustavo’s accordion were broken, and his beloved instrument had to be thrown away. As a surprise, Charlotte was able to deliver the accordion and Pam’s generosity brought music back into the household.

Pictures did not do justice to the grin on Gustavo’s face, or the look of delight in his eyes when he was presented with the gift. Petrona’s eyes swelled with tears as the bellows pumped out song after song. Pam Farley, music teacher extraordinaire, transcends physical and emotional borders. Not only does she allow adolescents to discover their harmonies but she also brings music into communities around the globe.

Feature Profile

Music Beyond Bordersby Charlotte Siemens

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Leaving early in the morning of March 7th, the accordion (henceforth referred to as A) was transported to Seattle to take an international flight to Managua, Nicaragua. The friendly United Airlines ticket attendant welcomed A to Seattle, and confirmed that it could travel in the main cockpit.

As there were four people travelling together, Marlene, Al, Jon and Charlotte, each took turns carrying A throughout the airport. A few other passengers had a chance to try out the bellows to confirm that yes, A was healthy and ready to travel.

After a long flight, with a connection in Houston, A checked into the Best Western in Managua, Nicaragua. While her travelling mates were swimming in the pool, and enjoying beverages, A had to be content to sit on a chair enjoying the warm Nicaragua breezes. After a good night’s sleep, it was time for the trek to rural Nicaragua.

The chicken bus finally arrived, and A was hoisted onto the vehicle, and a nearby seat. After a bumpy

ride, they arrived at their destination and let off by the village school. Two school children stopped and inquired what we were doing with the big suitcase, not knowing that A was inside.

After the destination was given, the ninos walked the path to the home of Gustavo and Petrona. A had to make a brief appearance at the church, knowing that it would be visiting there on a regular basis. Along the “ruta rural,” pictures were taken with the local cattle, and the pet pig.

Finally, A was carried through the gate in the fence, and up to the Barbero household. After hugs and kisses, the suitcase was opened and A came to life, in the hands of the master accordionist Gustavo.

Voyage of the Accordian

Charlotte Siemens is in her fourth year as principal at W.A. Fraser Middle. Although she took her last formal music lesson at age 12, she is a huge believer in, and proponent of the importance of music in student’s lives. She along with her husband Jon Nofziger, and friends Al and Marlene Friesen enjoyed transporting Pam’s accordion to rural Nicaragua. Photographs: Jeannine Wassen

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Lorna Griffiths(1927-2014)

The Victoria music community was saddened to learn that Lorna Griffiths died on December 17, 2014 at the age of 87. A gifted choir teacher, Lorna inspired many children to discover their musical potential, making it possible for them to explore the world through music. As a mother, she was a dynamo who saturated her family with love and playfulness, a wonderful sense of humour mixed with rigorous standards of decency and empathy for others.

Lorna graduated from Victoria Normal School in 1947. Even then she rehearsed and conducted the Normal School Choir. She attended St. Anne’s Academy for most of her high school years and was inspired by the sisters of St. Anne’s.

Lorna had a long and illustrious career as a music teacher in School District #61, Greater Victoria. Lorna taught at Uplands, Monterey and View Royal elementary schools and later worked as a district elementary itinerant music teacher. Wherever Lorna taught, she developed wonderful children’s choirs. Late in her career she

was asked to go to Oak Bay Secondary School to get the students singing, and sing they did! A choir that Lorna worked with at Oak Bay toured with “Up with People”. Many of these singers are still singing in choirs throughout the city.

Lorna was a hard worker, a dedicated music educator and a passionate choir director. She was a good singer herself and was able to share her passion and skill with her students. Lorna was a generous mentor to beginning teachers. She retired officially in 1985. After that she still continued to work with children’s choirs and was kept busy with her sewing, stitching, doll collection, painting and adjudicating. In 1991, six years after she retired, Lorna conducted the children’s choir for Chorfest in Victoria. Lorna will be remembered for her humor, her fine work with children’s choirs and her utter dedication to music in schools. She will be missed.

The song is over, but the melody lingers on.

Tolmie School Gr 4 - 1958 Monterey Elementary - 1967

In Memoriam

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Pro D Events

Planning for the BCMEA Conference 2015 is underway and another great professional development event is taking shape. We are very pleased to announce that the Honour Ensembles Program is up and running again at full speed! The team has been diligently listening to auditions and selecting BC students to be part of this showcase event. We can’t wait to see what the team puts together this year!

We are very proud to be back at the River Rock Resort and have secured two great room rates of $139 on the Hotel side and $159 on the Resort side. Simply mention that you are a delegate of the BCMEA Conference 2015 when you reserve your room to reserve. Rooms are booked directly by visiting www.riverrock.com.

Despite a challenging start to the 2014 school year, we were excited to welcome over 500 delegates and clinicians to BCMEA Conference 2014. We are hoping to see yet another strong delegation in 2015 and would love to have you join us!

When you register for the 2 Day Package, you receive:• access to 7 incredible professional development

sessions and the Keynote Address• invitation to the Thursday Evening Delegate

Reception• incredible lunches at the River Rock Buffet,• access to our exclusive Marketplace where you

can chat with our partners and purchase items for yourself and your music program,

• tickets to the Honour Ensemble concerts that showcase some of BC’s finest young musicians,

• one-year membership to the BCMEA and the CMEA,

• and, of course, the ever coveted handbook and delegate bag!

Register for the BCMEA Conference here: http://goo.gl/ccC5lo

Our Marketplace already has strong registrations and is nearly half full. We offer 56 spaces to industry partners, post-secondary institutions, and non-profit music organizations. If you would like to be a part of the 2-day BCMEA Conference Marketplace, please register your business, school, or organization here: http://goo.gl/DiSnwJ

Want to sponsor a clinic or other conference item? Get a hold of Conference Co-Chair, Matthew Martin and connect about sponsorship options.

Our Clinicians Chair, Cara Lau is looking for clinic ideas all the time. Please email Cara if you would like to present at the BCMEA Conference this year: [email protected]

To stay up to date on all of the Conference happenings, please bookmark http://bcmeaconference.com and visit often! There you will be able to see clinics, schedules, check out our vendors and sponsors, and get the latest news bulletins!

BCMEA 2015 by Matthew Martin & Mark Reid

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July 9-11, 2015 • Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg Canada

The Event for Music Educators

This National Conference is the first event of its kind in Canada in over 20 years. Presented in partnership with the Manitoba Music Educators’ Association (MMEA), the event connects music educators across disciplines, provinces and territories for career inspiration, industry research and new insights.

Join Music Education specialists, icons and professionals from Coast to Coast for TWO EXCITING DAYS of professional development, networking, music education advocacy and celebration.

This memorable occasion will bring together a broad community of music educators that represent the worlds of band, choir, early years, jazz, strings, research, administration and other specialties to celebrate and learn together and from each other.

Music education trends, perspectives and opportunities are ever changing. Is your skill set and knowledge on par with music education leaders? What are the top experts doing right? What are they doing differently? Find out at the CMEA 2015 National Conference and connect with researchers, thought leaders and colleagues to enhance your knowledge, skillset and professional relationships.

CMEA 2015 National ConferenceCongrès national ACME 2015

“Connecting The Community”

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Connect and build new relationships with music education icons, mentors, colleagues, thought leaders and experts from across Canada and Internationally

• Conductors • Directors • Music Educators • Administrators

• Researchers • Undergrad & Graduate Students • Industry Vendors

Why Attend:

Who Should Attend:

Get up to speed on key trends, perspectives and research findings in music education

Develop and enhance your professional skill set across multiple topic areas

Experience interactive and engaging sessions, performances and presenters

Connect with reputable Industry suppliers to discover new technologies, products and services

Learn from sought after, expert speakers and presenters for professional insights, results and key takeaways

Vendors - meet potential clients and partners across Canada

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Featuring:

2015 Keynote Speaker:

Susan Aglukark, O.C., LL.BAward-winning Inuk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark is one of Canada’s most unique artists, who blends the Inuktitut and English languages with contemporary pop music arrangements to tell the stories of her people, the Inuit of Arctic Canada. Aglukark’s talks emphasize the same themes that her music does – those of hope, spirit, and encouragement that have captivated and inspired listeners around the world.

BandFrank Ticheli, Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California

Gerald King, Head of Music Education and Graduate Wind Conducting programs at University of Victoria School of Music, Yamaha Canada Artist Educator

StringsKatharine Rapoport, Royal Conservatory of Music/University of Toronto

Mike Christiansen, Consonsus Music/Professor Emeritus Utah State University, Director of Guitar Studies

JazzShirantha Beddage, JUNO-nominated and Galaxie Rising Star award-winning musician, Head of Theory and Harmony Humber College, Yamaha saxophone artist

Ron McCurdy, USC Thornton School of Music, Past President of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)

ChoralJulia Davids, Artistic Director of the Canadian Chamber Choir; Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities at North Park University, Chicago; Music Director of the North Shore Choral Society

Zimfira Poloz, Artistic Director of both Young Voices Toronto and the Hamilton Children’s Choir

Early Bird RateUntil March 31, 2015

Regular Rate Regular RateUndergraduate &

Graduate Student Rateincludes 4 hours of volunteer time*

Full Registration Full Registration One-Day Registration Full Registration

$375 $425 $300 $150

The sooner you register, the more you SAVE!

Early Years/ElementarySusan Brumfield, Texas Tech University School of Music; program author of Silver Burdett Ginn Making Music

Anita Perlau, Coordinator & Instructor of Early Childhood Kodály Musicianship at Mount Royal Conservatory in Calgary,

Rose Suter, Orff-Schulwerk instructor, Holy Family School in Paradise, Newfoundland.

*Student registrants will receive communication from Barbara Warrack, Volunteer Chair.

And many more!

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Full Registration Package includes the following: Hotel Reservations:

•DelegateBag(tothe first 500 registrants)

•Aminimumofnine(9)Professional Development Clinic Sessions

•KeynoteAddress

•Complimentarylunches (both Friday and Saturday)

•AccesstotheMarketplaceandIndustry Prize Draws

•AninvitationtoOpeningCeremony & Delegate’s Welcome Reception

•1yearmembershiptotheCanadian Music Educators’ Association *applicable only to those who are not currently CMEA Members

•Twodaysofinteractionandnetworking with your colleagues from across Canada

CMEA is the official voice for music educators in Canada and active participants in the work of international partners. We are a connected, communicative group of professionals. Connect with thousands of music educators, industry partners, professional associations and institutions across Canada.

*Discounted Conference Registration fees are available to CMEA Members. Please consider joining your regional affiliate organization before registering in order to receive a discounted rate. Please contact [email protected] for CMEA member conference discount codes.

(*available once membership is confirmed with regional organization)

Conference Registration:Visit www.cmeaconference.ca to register online.*Visa / Master Card / Cheque / Purchase Orders accepted.

The Delta Winnipeg Hotel is the hotel of choice for the CMEA 2015 National Conference/Congrès national ACME 2015 this coming July! Please book inside the CMEA Conference Hotel Block

We are able to keep conference registration costs low in exchange for attendees making their reservations at our designated CMEA 2015 Host Hotel, the Delta Winnipeg. When you choose the CMEA Host Hotel, added benefits for you include:

• lower room rates than publicly available• complimentary Internet• easy networking with other CMEA 2015 attendees in one location• close proximity to CMEA 2015 conference venue (Delta Winnipeg

Hotel and RBC Convention Centre)• reduced travel costs and carbon emissions associated with hotels

further away from CMEA 2015 programs and sessions

Conference Block Name:

0212CANA_005 or simply request the “Canadian Music Educators Association” room block / discounted room rate of $149.00 when booking.

This rate is in effect until May 15, 2015.Rates are based upon a regular room of one queen bed or two double beds and double occupancy. An additional charge of $15 will be added for each additional adult. No additional occupancy charges for children (up to and including age 18) who share with their parents/guardians.

Delta Winnipeg Hotel

350 St Mary AvenueWinnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3J2

Phone: 204-942-0551Fax: 204-943-8702Toll Free Reservation Line: 1-888-890-3222Website: https://www.deltahotels.com/Hotels/Delta-Winnipeg-Hotel

Become a CMEA Member today!

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