Announcing the first annual Brass for Beginners® Teacher Training Workshop, in partnership with Northeastern Illinois University's Office of Community & Professional Education (CAPE)
Friday August 16th, 9:45am-3:30pm
Registration Fee: $35
On-Campus Accommodations Available: $70 per person (per night)
(email Christie Miller at cape@neiu.edu to secure lodging)
ATTENDEES WILL:
- Receive a hands-on experience with a new classroom instrument designed for whole-class brass instruction
- Take an in-depth look at a revolutionary curriculum that connects learning the basics of brass playing to the history of lip-blown instruments
- Receive 4 CPD Units* and a “Certificate of Completion” from Northeastern Illinois University
- Enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries in the morning, and a boxed lunch
- Participate in a raffle to win a free BfB Teacher’s Kit
- Receive a complimentary copy of “Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets” (student edition) and full access to online teacher resources
- Leave with ideas on how to enhance your teaching by incorporating elements of interdisciplinary education.
*Teachers must provide their Illinois Educator identification Number (IEIN) to receive accreditation
PRESENTERS (pictured above - left to right)
Shemeka Nash: Head of Fine Arts and Director of Bands at Morgan Park Academy (CPS)
Dr. Kirsty Montgomery: BfB Author, Director of Lifelong Learning at Northwestern University (Evanston/Chicago)
Chris Hasselbring: BfB Author, Faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago
Stephanie Abudayeh: General Music Teacher at Kingsley and Dawes Elementary Schools, Head of Choral Music for District 65/Evanston
Arturo Fuerte: General Music Teacher at Lincolnwood Elementary, District 65/Evanston
Colleen Scampini: General Music and band director at Carl von Linne Elementary, CPS
Anna Mayne (pictured below): Brass Methods and French horn Instructor, NEIU
SCHEDULE:
9:15am COFFEE & PASTRIES
9:45am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
10:00am BRASS PEDAGOGY FOR WHOLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION
Presenters: Chris Hasselbring and Arturo Fuerte
11:15am CURRICULUM
“Around the World in Twenty-One Trumpets,” A Guided Tour
Presenters: Stephanie Abudayeh and Kirsty Montgomery
12:15pm Lunch & coffee
1:00pm IMPLEMENTATION FOR GENERAL MUSIC
Presenters: Colleen Scampini, Stephanie Abudayeh, and Chris Hasselbring
2:15pm OTHER APPLICATIONS
Presenters: Shemeka Nash, Anna Mayne, Arturo Fuerte, Stephanie Abudayeh, and Chris Hasselbring
- Beginning band
- Brass methods courses
- In other general music contexts (Kids Rock, Mariachi, Samba Reggae, General Music Orchestra)
3:15pm WRAP-UP/Q&A
3:30pm CLOSE