Breathing Gym Course at ABC/CWU MUS 617.001 Seminar: Mus Ed (ABC Major Project)Project Deadline: July 9 (upload to CWU Canvas)

Instructor: Patrick Sheridan email: paddyosheridan@gmail.com Meeting time: All day June 28-29 Meeting place: Hilton Hotel (Emerald Ballroom - main clinic hall, various ballrooms) Required Texts: ABC Notebook 2021, Breathing Gym® Book, Breathing Gym® Daily Workouts DVDOther Materials: Handouts from the instructors as needed

Participation

All students should bring their primary instrument to all Breathing Gym sessions. Plan on playing!

Method of Instruction:

The Breathing Gym course will be offered over two days at ABC; June 28 and 29. See the ABC schedule for detailed session times. Students will utilize group project lab time to create their final projects for this course.

Schedule

June 28 Session 1 - 8:00 am - 9:50 am (Instruction by Pat Sheridan) Session 2 - 1:40 pm - 3:30 pm (Instruction by Pat Sheridan) Session 3 - 7 pm - 7:45 pm (Review and project description)

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm (Group project lab time)

June 29 Session 4 - 8:00 am - 9:50 am (Instruction by Pat Sheridan) Session 5 - 1:40 pm - 3:30 pm (Instruction by Pat Sheridan) Session 6 - 4 pm - 6 pm (Group project planning, project creation) Session 7 - 7 pm - 9 pm (Group project lab time & upload help)

Grading

Attendance for all online sessions and information delivery periods is required and represents 40% of the grade for this class.

Final project based on synthesis of the materials and concepts presented in the Breathing Gym® in Classroom represents 60% of the grade.

All work related to this course must be completed and delivered to ABC via uploads through CWU’s online Canvas system. Deadline for completion is midnight July 9.

MUS 617.001 Breathing Gym Course • ABC 2021

Materials & Preparation

The intent of this major project is for the candidate to develop professional-level teaching capability through creation of the project. The finished project is intended for use in the candidate's own band program as a means of helping students develop in Breathing Gym® techniques.

Small Group Project Details Final Project (Groups of 8-10)

Participants should create one (1) Breathing Gym® sequence of exercises to address a specific challenge they face in their own teaching situation. (i.e. time constraints, age appropriateness, performance topics like warm-up, phrasing, articulation, tone, etc.). Make an appropriate video and upload to CWU. Video examples and techniques will be discussed during the Breathing Gym sessions in addition to the Breathing Gym® Daily Workouts DVD.

Sequences should be appropriate for the situation in terms of length, content and presentation. For example, a warm up sequence for elementary band students should be 2-4 minutes maximum with different content and presentation style than a marching band sequence which would be more involved in length, content as well as a different presentation style.

MUS 617.001 Breathing Gym Course • ABC 2021