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MA MEA 2013 Conference Schedule
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Day Time Room Session Title Clinician Presider Strand
Thu 8:00-9:00 Skyline PLANNING PURPOSEFUL CURRICULUM: Anatomy of a General Music Unit - Pt. 1 Dr. Sandra Nicolucci April Allegrezza ADMIN
Thu 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 1AB Whats new in Music Technology Jason Panucci John Hagon TECH
Thu 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 3 Broadening Your Base: From Zero to Mariachi! Marcia Neel, Jose Hernandez Jeff Taylor GEN MUS
Thu 9:10-10:10 Beacon Hill 1 The Heart Map: Sharing our Stories through Music Dr. Sandra Howard Leeanne Porta GEN MUS
Thu 9:10-10:10 Cambridge Complex From "Ah" to "Ah-Ha": A creative process for voice building Dr. Stephen Paparo Dr. Lisa Lehmberg CHORAL
Thu 9:10-10:10 Back Bay Complex Methods and Techniques for Recorder Instruction in Instrumental and Vocal/General Classrooms Dr. Kathy Liperote Rosemary Sears GEN MUS
Thu 9:10-10:10 Federal Complex Introduction to Improvisational Singing Martin Swinger Sean Wright MMEA
Thu 9:10-10:10 Skyline PLANNING PURPOSEFUL CURRICULUM: Anatomy of a General Music Unit - Pt. 2 Dr. Sandra Nicolucci April Allegrezza ADMIN
Thu 10:10-10:50 Plaza Ballroom MMEA-sponsored Coffee Hour Visit Exhibits    MMEA
Thu 11:00-12:20 Plaza Ballroom Keynote:  Tim Lautzenheiser; Awards: Distinguished Service Award Tim Lautzenheiser Catherine Connor-Moen MMEA
Thu 12:30-1:30 Waterfront 1AB Social Networking and Music Composition: Perfect Together Dr. Jim Frankel Sean Hagon TECH
Thu 12:30-1:30 Waterfront 2 Essential Elements Tim Lautzenheiser Dr. David Neves MMEA
Thu 12:30-1:30 Waterfront 3 Latin American Choral Music: The Spanish Caribbean Dr. Juan Tony Guzman Megan Bergeron CHORAL
Thu 12:30-1:30 Beacon Hill 1 Speech Ensembles in the Music Classroom: Meeting all NAfME Standards in one lesson! Dr. Sandra Howard Kris Lariviere Hill GEN MUS
Thu 12:30-1:30 Beacon Hill 2&3 Federal Education Policy and the Trickle-Down Effect Christopher Woodside Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett ADMIN
Thu 12:30-1:30 Cambridge Complex El Sistema: Every Child Can Graciela Briceno Christy Whittlesey MMEA
Thu 12:30-1:30 Back Bay Complex Musical Games that Teach the Standards Steve Damon, Joyana Damon Leeanne Porta GEN MUS
Thu 12:30-1:30 Federal Complex Music With a Conscience: Revolution, Conflict and Artistic Freedom Libby Allison Ruth Debrot GEN MUS
Thu 12:30-1:30 Skyline A Mindful of Music: Validating Music Education through Brain Research Dr. Dee Hansen David Jost ADMIN
Thu 12:30-1:30 South End Case Studies of Two Contrasting Senior Citizens' Musical Ensembles Dr. Lisa Lehmberg Cami Tedoldi HIGHER ED
Thu 1:45-3:00 Plaza Ballroom Concert Hour; Awards - Advocacy, Promising Young Music Educator    Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett MMEA
Thu 1:45-3:00 Waterfront 1AB Telematic Performance Joshua Emanuel Sean Hagon TECH
Thu 1:45-3:00 Waterfront 3 Music IS Literacy: Making Connections Between K-5 Music Learning and the Massachusetts Frameworks for Literacy Janet Welby Steve Damon GEN MUS
Thu 1:45-3:00 Beacon Hill 2&3 How to Successfully Recruit & Retain Instrumental Music Students: A Practical Guide to Recruitment & Retention Marcia Neel Dr. Matthew Finnegan BAND
Thu 1:45-3:00 Cambridge Complex Songs For Your Recorder Concert Ed Sueta Robert Kirby GEN MUS
Thu 1:45-3:00 Back Bay Complex Scat Singing for Kids Sharon Burch Paul Pitts JAZZ
Thu 3:10-4:10 Plaza Ballroom High School Choral Reading Session Josh Nannestad Kayla Werlin CHORAL
Thu 3:10-4:10 Waterfront 1AB SmartMusic in Your Band, Choir and Orchestra Program Leigh Kallestad John Hagon TECH
Thu 3:10-4:10 Waterfront 2 Irish Music and the Wind Band: An examination of authenticity and tradition Dr. Donald Running, Susan Lindsay Dr. Matthew Finnegan BAND
Thu 3:10-4:10 Beacon Hill 1 Discussion Session for General Music Teachers Allyn Phelps, Dr. Sandra Nicolucci Heather Kirby GEN MUS
Thu 3:10-4:10 Cambridge Complex After the Last Concert: Now the music can begin! David Fontes Daniel Albert STRINGS
Thu 3:10-4:10 Back Bay Complex How a Non-String Player Can Become a Successful String and Orchestra Teacher Dorothy Straub, Jeff Albright Christy Whittlesey STRINGS
Thu 3:10-4:10 Federal Complex Sing Your Way Through Theory Kris Adams Jodi Richardson MMEA
Thu 3:10-4:10 Skyline Assessing teacher performance using student progress. David Jost Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett ADMIN
Thu 3:10-4:10 South End The Boston Conservatory Program for Students on the Autism Spectrum: Lessons Learned and Lessons Given Dr. Rhoda Bernard Anthony Beatrice HIGHER ED
Thu 4:20-5:20 Plaza Ballroom Elementary School Choral Reading Session: More Quality Literature That Is Accessible! Charlotte Brumit, Martha Holmes Dr. Catharine Melhorn CHORAL
Thu 4:20-5:20 Waterfront 1AB Teaching and Learning With Technology: What You Need To Know Sean Hagon John Hagon TECH
Thu 4:20-5:20 Waterfront 3 MAJE Jazz Reading Session Jeffrey Leonard, Jim O'Dell Steve Conant JAZZ
Thu 4:20-5:20 Beacon Hill 1 Choral Continuity: Providing a Seamless Transition for your 6-12 Choral Program Christopher Martin, Ashley Nelson Catherine Connor-Moen CHORAL
Thu 4:20-5:20 Beacon Hill 2&3 "Newer" Ensemble Directors Helping Our "Newest" Michael Keough Joshua Wolloff MMEA
Thu 4:20-5:20 Back Bay Complex Common Music Assessments - MA and Beyond! Dr. Sandra Doneski Faith Lueth MMEA
Thu 4:20-5:20 Federal Complex Little Improvisors:Teaching the skills of improvisation to our youngest students Jennifer Doiron Heather Kirby GEN MUS
Thu 4:20-5:20 South End Choosing Music Education After Another Career Dr. Rhoda Bernard Dr. Lisa Lehmberg HIGHER ED
Thu 5:30-6:00 Cambridge Complex MICCA Meeting     Joshua Wolloff, Dr. Matthew Finnegan BAND
Thu 5:30-6:00 South End MAJE Meeting     Steve Conant JAZZ
Thu 5:30-6:00 North End Job Forum 1 David Jost, Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett    ADMIN
Thu 6:00-7:00 Beacon Hill 1 Eastern District Mtg    Mark Hickey BAND
Thu 6:00-7:00 Beacon Hill 2&3 Central District Mtg    Jason Bielik BAND
Thu 6:00-7:00 Skyline Western District Mtg    Lyndsay Boysen BAND
Thu 8:00 PM + Waterfront 3 Berklee Reception    Bobbi Harman, Darla Hanley GEN MUS
Thu 8:00 PM + Beacon Hill 1 UMASS Amherst Reception    Jeff Cox GEN MUS
Thu 8:00 PM + Beacon Hill 2&3 UMASS Lowell Reception    Gena Greher GEN MUS
Thu 8:00 PM + Cambridge Complex Boston Univ. Reception    Sue Dickins GEN MUS
Thu 8:00 PM + Back Bay Complex Boston Conservatory Reception    Tracy Smith GEN MUS
Fri 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1AB SmartMusic for Vocal Educators Leigh Kallestad Tom Johnson TECH
Fri 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 1 Creating School-Wide Multidisciplinary Projects Anthony Beatrice, John Honer Eric Linsner MMEA
Fri 8:00-9:00 Beacon Hill 2&3 Got the degree...Got the Job...Am I ready? Karen Forrest Mike Keough MMEA
Fri 8:00-9:00 Back Bay Complex ACDA Bagels and Coffee  Dr. Catharine Melhorn    CHORAL
Fri 8:00-9:00 Skyline Accessing Music Education Through Technology Harry Wagg John Hagon GEN MUS
Fri 8:00-9:00 South End Policy 101 Lauren Kapalka Richerme Dawn Sykes ADMIN
Fri 9:15-10:30 Plaza Ballroom MMEA General Meeting and Address by Christopher Woodside - Awards-AIME, Lowell Mason Christopher Woodside Faith Lueth   MMEA
Fri 10:45-11:45 Plaza Ballroom Understanding Coalition Building and Messaging for Advocates Christopher Woodside Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett ADMIN
Fri 10:45-11:45 Waterfront 1AB Using SmartMusic Effectively in your Band/Orchestra Ben Holste John Hagon TECH
Fri 10:45-11:45 Waterfront 2 Traditional Singing Games and Folk Dances for Children Michelle Roderick Leigh Spignese GEN MUS
Fri 10:45-11:45 Waterfront 3 Afro-Caribbean Percussion Instruments in Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles Dr. Juan Tony Guzman Dr. Dominick Ferrara STRINGS
Fri 10:45-11:45 Beacon Hill 1 Developing Musicianship in Beginning and Developing Bands: Success That Lasts a Lifetime! Dr. Deborah Sheldon Donald MacTaggart BAND
Fri 10:45-11:45 Beacon Hill 2&3 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE COMMON CORE? Making Authentic Connections in General Music - Pt. 1 Dr. Sandra Nicolucci David Adams ADMIN
Fri 10:45-11:45 Cambridge Complex Get Your Students Composing Music! Dr. Kenneth Schaphorst Jim O'Dell JAZZ
Fri 10:45-11:45 Back Bay Complex Music of the Muslim World is Our Music - Repertoire and Teaching Strategy Andre de Quadros Kayla Werlin CHORAL
Fri 10:45-11:45 Federal Complex Big Sing! An Exploration of the Aural Tradition and its Application to Choirs and Communities Christopher G. Keene Ruth Debrot CHORAL
Fri 10:45-11:45 Skyline A Wide World of WebVisits Jeanette Morgan Sarah Houghton GEN MUS
Fri 10:45-11:45 South End The Urban Educator's Point of View Cynthia Grammer, Dr. Sandra Doneski Faith Lueth MMEA
Fri 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 1AB Music Education Online: Tools for your Music Classroom Dr. Jim Frankel Sean Hagon TECH
Fri 12:00-1:00 Waterfront 3 High School Guitar: Building a Four Year Program Virginia Boyle Megan Bergeron MMEA
Fri 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 1 Creating Meaningful Musical Experiences Through Programming Dr. Benjamin Lorenzo Thomas Rizzo BAND
Fri 12:00-1:00 Beacon Hill 2&3 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE COMMON CORE? Making Authentic Connections in General Music - Pt. 2 Dr. Sandra Nicolucci David Adams ADMIN
Fri 12:00-1:00 Cambridge Complex Jazz Choral Arrangements for All Levels Sean Landers, Kevin McDonald David Jost JAZZ
Fri 12:00-1:00 Back Bay Complex Building Tonal Literacy in the Classroom and Ensemble Rehearsal Michael Driscoll Ashley Nelson BAND
Fri 12:00-1:00 Federal Complex Teaching in Prisons is a Win-Win: Curriculum, Strategies, and Benefits Jamie Hillman, Andre de Quadros Dr. Rhoda Bernard HIGHER ED
Fri 12:00-1:00 Skyline Music, Language and the Brain: Can we teach all children? Dr. Elena Zaretsky Jonathan Rappaport ADMIN
Fri 1:10-2:30 Plaza Ballroom Concert 2 - Awards - SGMM, MAJE     Lyndsay Boysen   MMEA
Fri 2:40-3:40 Plaza Ballroom Latin American Styles and the String Orchestra Dr. Juan Tony Guzman Christy Whittlesey STRINGS
Fri 2:40-3:40 Waterfront 1AB Technology that improves teaching and learning Daniel Massoth Dan Schmunk TECH
Fri 2:40-3:40 Waterfront 2 Straight A's for the Developing Musician: Assessment, Accountability, and Achievement Dr. Deborah Sheldon Dr. Matthew Finnegan BAND
Fri 2:40-3:40 Waterfront 3 Classical Guitar Ensemble at the High School Level Virginia Boyle Megan Bergeron MMEA
Fri 2:40-3:40 Beacon Hill 1 Groundswell Live: Advocates Fishbowl Discussion Christopher Woodside Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett ADMIN
Fri 2:40-3:40 Beacon Hill 2&3 Musicians Are Athletes Too!-- The Orthopedic Hand Problems of the Musician Dr. Jennifer Green Barbara Green-Glaz MMEA
Fri 2:40-3:40 Cambridge Complex I'll Bring the Steel Drum and Umbrellas! Jefferey Clayton Sara Carson MMEA
Fri 2:40-3:40 Back Bay Complex Develop musicianship skills with improvisation in your choral rehearsal Dr. Stephen Paparo Ashley Nelson CHORAL
Fri 2:40-3:40 Federal Complex Having Fun With the Major Modes In The Classroom: Things you might have not thought about. Dr. Felipe Salles Jim O'Dell JAZZ
Fri 2:40-3:40 Skyline Teaching Music in a Globalized World Lauren Kapalka Richerme Gary Good ADMIN
Fri 2:40-3:40 South End Exploring the MA/CT Collaboration on Common Music Assessments, 1 Dr. Scott Shuler Joseph Valadez MMEA
Fri 3:50-4:50 Plaza Ballroom Latin American Choral Music: Reading Session Dr. Juan Tony Guzman Rachel Carroll CHORAL
Fri 3:50-4:50 Waterfront 1AB E-Portfolios: Doing More With Weebly Sean Hagon Dan Schmunk TECH
Fri 3:50-4:50 Waterfront 3 Inside the Jazz Rhythm Section Alan Vaudreuil, Rick Cain Paul Pitts JAZZ
Fri 3:50-4:50 Beacon Hill 1 Formative Assessment in the Arts: Evaluating Student Growth Heather Cote Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett ADMIN
Fri 3:50-4:50 Cambridge Complex Young Composer Master Class Dr. Marti Epstein Dr. Cecil Adderley MMEA
Fri 3:50-4:50 Federal Complex Innovations: Best Practices and Creative Solutions Libby Allison, Tom Westmoreland Jeff Taylor GEN MUS
Fri 3:50-4:50 Skyline Tune Up Your Advocacy Agenda for 2013 Jonathan Rappaport, Matthew Wilson David Jost ADMIN
Fri 3:50-4:50 South End Exploring the MA/CT Collaboration on Common Music Assessments, 2 Dr. Scott Shuler Catherine Iatesta MMEA
Fri 5:00-6:00 Plaza Ballroom Expanding the Repertoire: A Fresh Look at Male Chorus Literature and Programming Dr. Cameron LaBarr Kevin McDonald CHORAL
Fri 5:00-6:00 Waterfront 1AB Composing with Noteflight in the Classroom Kevin Coyne John Hagon TECH
Fri 5:00-6:00 Waterfront 2 Do You Hear What We Hear? Steve Conant Jim O'Dell JAZZ
Fri 5:00-6:00 Waterfront 3 Madinda Nation! Building and Playing East African Xylophones for the General Music Classroom Dr. Thomas Malone Scott Tarantino GEN MUS
Fri 5:00-6:00 Cambridge Complex Community Sing Nick Page Kathryn Hayashi CHORAL
Fri 5:00-6:00 Back Bay Complex Improvisation with Young Choral Singers Sarah Houghton Carol Toth-Forward GEN MUS
Fri 5:00-6:00 Skyline DRESS REHEARSAL--for an Interview!! Marie Nelson Dr. Rhoda Bernard HIGHER ED
Fri 5:00-6:00 South End Job Forum 2 David Jost, Dr. Noreen Diamond Burdett    ADMIN
Sat 8:00-9:00 Waterfront 1AB Scanning Sheet Music Tom Johnson Leigh Kallestad TECH
Sat 8:00-9:00 Cambridge Complex Addressing All 9 National Standards in Early Childhood and Elementary General Music Dr. Valerie Baker Rosemary Sears GEN MUS
Sat 8:00-9:00 Back Bay Complex Aural Literacy in the Choral Ensemble: Using Solfege to Teach Music as a Language Christopher G. Keene Christopher Martin CHORAL
Sat 9:10-10:10 Plaza Ballroom Middle School Choral Reading Session Megan Fitzharris Harlow Ruth Debrot CHORAL
Sat 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 1AB What Do Notation Programs Offer Music Educators? Tom Johnson Leigh Kallestad TECH
Sat 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 2 Active Assessments for Your Active Classroom Jeanette Morgan David Chace GEN MUS
Sat 9:10-10:10 Waterfront 3 Band Director's Resource Manual Ed Sueta Allyn Phelps MMEA
Sat 10:20-11:20 Plaza Ballroom Trumpet in the Big Band Jeff Holmes Brian Cervone JAZZ
Sat 10:20-11:20 Waterfront 1AB Free Technology Resources for the Music Educator Kevin Coyne John Hagon TECH
Sat 10:20-11:20 Waterfront 2 Hands, Hearts, Minds: Engaging All of it in Band! Dr. Deborah Sheldon Paul Pitts BAND
Sat 10:20-11:20 Waterfront 3 Working Together: Creating Integrated Preschool Musical Experiences Dr. Sarah McQuarrie Joseph Valadez GEN MUS
Sat 10:20-11:20 Cambridge Complex High Sticking - Zimbabwean Music in your classroom? Scott Tarantino, David Ruggiero Ruth Debrot GEN MUS
Sat 10:20-11:20 Back Bay Complex Mnemonic's The Tonic (Simple as Singing Your A, B, C's!) Martin Swinger Eric Linsner MMEA
Sat 11:30-12:30 Federal Complex Crank Up Your Classroom With QuaverMusic.com! Graham Hepburn, Chris Murphy Eric Linsner MMEA
Sat 11:30-12:30 Waterfront 2 Elementary and Middle School Band...Where Creation and Re-Creation Exist in Harmony Dr. Deborah Sheldon Dr. Matthew Finnegan BAND
Sat 11:30-12:30 Waterfront 3 Modes, Meters, and Movement Heather Kirby Allyn Phelps GEN MUS
Sat 11:30-12:30 Back Bay Complex Math, Music, and Popsicle Sticks Sharon Burch Kris Lariviere Hill MMEA