Started the day by going to a session by Paula Cider. It was very inspirational and spoke to a lot of issues that we have to deal with as educators.
After that I visited the exhibits for one last time and picked up a new baton and got a free case with it since it was from an old friend, Guy Lake.
I then attended an interesting clinic hosted by Mark Wood. It dealt with electric orchestra and rock and roll orchestra. I wonder if this will gain more popularity and if we will be seeing more of this in then schools.
The next session was hosted by David Vandewalker and dealt with ensemble clarity. Good stuff. Lots of practical ideas that can be applied to both band and orchestra. The big idea was to quantify abstract ideas to help clarify and make the rehearsals go more efficiently.
For the fourth session I went to a clinic on vibrato. Good refresher and had some interesting data to be shared.
To wrap up the day I finished with a clinic by Yo Goto. It was really neat to see how the Japanese club bands operate. There's a lot there to be learned. In essence the student engagement is through the roof as they give feedback and also run rehearsals/sectionals. The discipline and engagement is phenomenal. I am brainstorming how to incorporate some of these ideas into my teaching.
Gotta post a group pic of us later that we took at the end.
Goals/task:
- incorporate Japan ideas into my teaching
- quantify abstract ideas
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