Sessions for Midwinter Convention 2024
Maria Ellis
“The Creative Traveler”- Pathways through multiple musical communities
Sarah Hruska Olson
2024 MMEA Research Poster Session
Akosua Addo
24 Ways To Improve Every Rehearsal Through Inspired Teaching!
Peter Boonshaft
A “SOUND” Approach To Teaching Jazz Ensemble
Robert Baca
A Posy of Projects for Digital Music Production
Dave Sanderson
A Tesla Upgrade for Your Choir: Creating a “Self-Driving” Ensemble
Gary Seighman
A Voice Uncharted: Re-Mapping Our Understanding of the Female Voice
Victoria Sigafoes
Advocacy in Action: Turn Up the Heat
Scott Sheenan
America’s Choral Response to Police Brutality
Michael Johnson
Christina Cotruvo
Andy DeLuca
BEATBoX BAND – Creating New Sounds with Derek Brown
Melanie Brooks Dinh,
Beginning with the Body: Playing with Body Percussion
Andrew Ellingsen, Meg Tietz
Better Together: Using Peers to Build Inclusive Instrumental Ensembles
Julie Duty, Ryan Palmer
BEYOND LOUIS, MUSIC IN NEW ORLEANS
Michael Mello
Body Armor Band Programs: Strategies for Successful Retention
Jerald Ferdig, Britta Bauer
Franklin Willis
Building Bigger Tables: NAFfME Initiatives
Scott Sheenan
Building Student Voice and Agency Through Collaborative Assessment
Leigh Ann Garner
Building Teamwork in the Large Ensemble Classroom
Heidi Stodola, Laura Goucher
Celebrating student culture in instrumental music through folk songs
Sarah Minette
John Kleinwolterink
Computer as Instrument: New Students, New Literacies
Aaron Lohmeyer
Conductor as Coach: Empowering Students to Lead
Nicole Thietje
Connecting Educators to New Chamber Music Written by Black Composers
Alexis Lamb
Creating Creative Musicians through Engaging and Empowering Rehearsals
Peter Haberman
Creating Habits of Success in the Young Band
Scott Rush
Creating Your Why?: A Conversation with MMEA’s DEIA Task Force
Dr.Roque Diaz
Cultural Bowings: Breaking the Rules to Achieve Validity in Strings
Felipe Morales-Torres
Culturally Responsive Song Selection
Brandi Waller-Pace
Curious, Collaborative, and Creative: Addressing Diversity through Democracy in
Performing Ensembles
Danni Gilbert
Dancing with Sound: Rethinking your Conducting
Bert Pinsonneault
Directing A Jazz Orchestra: A Professional’s Process
Scotty Barnhart
Jacqueline Dawson
Amy Giddings
Eleven years of ‘cello and I can’t get a date: The social value of what we learn
Bob Duke
Embodying Equity: Transforming classrooms through equitable feedback
Mallory Alekna
Equity, Agency, and Expression in Beginning Strings
Felipe Morales-Torres, Debbie Lyle
Examine Your Narrative: Considering the Story of Your Program
Whitney Mayo
Exploring New Pathways in Programming
Elisabeth Cherland
Folk Dance and Creative Movement
Miller LaMotte
Missy Strong
Folk Dancing: A Cultural Bridge
Andrew Ellingsen
Folk Dancing with Upper-Elementary Students— The Joys and Challenges
Sue Hulsether
Fostering Self-Regulation through Music Performance and Movement
Abigail Van Klompenberg
Fostering Student Engagement in the Choral Rehearsal
Dr. Jessica Nápoles
Freedom Dreaming and Music Making
Amy Lewis
Fun in Fundamentals for Strings
Kirk Moss
Getting Creative: Integrating Storytelling and Musicality in EGM
Whitney Mayo
Gospel Music in the Choral Classroom
Maria Ellis
Habits of a SIGNIFICANT Band Director
Scott Rush
Highlighting Historical Black Composers
Reid Wixson
How Broadening Pedagogical Strategies Can Impact Student Participation
Amy Lewis, Carrie Backman
Inclusion and Exclusion – the Double Discourse of Music Education
Nora Schull, Rae Fox-Charles
Incorporating the Perspectives of Indigenous People in Music Instruction
Ben Paro
Informal Music Learning in the Formal Ensemble Classroom
Timothy Arnold
Integrating Music Production Into Your High School Music Program
Kevin Huseth, Isaac Rohr, Rachel Hickman
Introducing Ekwe: A unique music creation app for all ages!
Michael Cain
Key Warning Signs of Mental Illness and Suicide Prevention – Best Practices in Children and Youth
Deborah Cavitt
Kids’ Brains Now: Developing Empathy & Executive Functioning in Music
Lisa Schoen
Make Awesome Happen: Connecting with Students with Special Needs
Scott Iseminger
MBDA Board Meeting: Closed
Claire Larson
MMEA Annual Membership Meeting
Jerri Neddermeyer
MN Orff Chapter/Kodaly Chapter of MN Sharing
Members of MN Orff/MN Kodály
More Than Gold Stars and Stickers: Music Classroom Management
Scott Iseminger
Mark Gitch
Music as a Language for Instrumental Ensembles
Aaron Lohmeyer
Music Technology to Create, Perform, and Respond for ALL Students
Danni Gilbert
Neuroscience & Learning: Practical Implications for Music Education
Missy Strong
No Lessons Needed: Individual Advancement in MS/HS Orchestra
Felipe Morales-Torres, Debbie Lyle
Orchestra Curriculum: Developing a Map for YOUR Program
Felipe Morales-Torres, Debbie Lyle
Craig Peterson
Orff Schulwerk & Kodály: Stronger Together
Andrew Ellingsen
Podcasting + Music: Perfect Together
Mike Olander
Preparing the Mind and Body of a Conductor
Thomas Gamboa
Progressing Forward: A Conversation about DEI in Music Education
Dr. Roque Diaz
Bob Duke
Reading Session – Choral Music of the Global Majority
Karen Howard
Reading, Writing, Creating: Music Composition
Darrell Boyer
Respectfully Speaking: Engaging Vernacular English Diction
Dr. Marcus Simmons
Erin Berg
Rhythm and Percussion with Hand Signs
Daniel Jimenez
Aaron Lohmeyer
Self-Care is Not the Cure for Burnout.
Amber Sazama
Joan Litman
Social Media 101- It’s Not That Scary?
Maria Ellis
STAGE: MN Music and Secondary General Music Curriculum
Caylee Haus Reger, Natalia Romero Arbeláez
Stepping Aside: Student-led Rehearsal and Performance
Dr. Scott A Jones
Strategies to Empower English Language Learners in the Music Classroom
Erika Bierman
String Orchestra Reading Session
Valerie Johnson, Craig Peterson
Students First, Music Second: Teaching through “The Lens of Who”
Sarah Minette
Teaching Instrumental Music: Do I Think I Can?
Danni Gilbert
The clinician’s toolbox for building community and rehearsal excellence.
Jennifer Drake
The Contemporary and Culturally Relevant….Melodica?!
Aaron Lohmeyer
The Pillars of Music: Fostering Connection & Belonging
Missy Strong
The Rhythm of Somalia: A Collection of Songs, Stories, and Traditions
Becca Buck, Qorsho Hassan
To Proficiency and Beyond: Renewing Piano Skills for Teachers
Jenna Braaksma
Turning Choral Warm-Ups Upside Down
Jami Lercher
Brandi Waller-Pace
Unlocking the Choral Warm-Up: Building Voices & Focus in Rehearsal
Hannah Ryan
Using Modern Music in the Elementary Classroom
Missy Strong
Stephanie Thorpe
Karen Howard
Who Built the Banjo? Blackness in American Roots Music
Brandi Waller-Pace