CMEA Bay Section WINTER CONFERENCE

2018WINTER CONFERENCECMEA Bay Section

Chabot College

Welcomes

CMEA Bay Section

January 12 and 13

2018

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Conference Chair’s WelcomeWelcome to the 2018 CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference. Thank you for choosing to attend the conference. Continuing your professional growth, commitment to students, and providing the highest possible level of music education is commendable. Thank you for what you do on a daily basis.

The Bay Section Winter Conference is a wonderful chance to network with others who do what you do, get inspired for the second half of the year, and, with the new ideas and strategies learned at conference, continue to change the lives of students through music. The goal of our Winter Conference is to provide at least one thing that you can take with you and implement next week in your classroom. We are pleased to provide a varied selection of sessions in all disciplines dealing with pedagogy, repertoire, rehearsal technique, performance demonstrations, and concerts from our three conference ensembles. This year we will be

premiering a new format for the Jazz concert. The board has decided to use this concert to feature a Bay Area jazz ensemble of note. Bay Section’s Jazz Rep, Troy Davis, will be providing the details about how to apply for this in his July Tempo article.

The conference is the result of the efforts of our Bay Section Special Representatives: Craig Bryant and Efrain Hinojosa, Band; Angelina Fitzhugh and Lauren Diez, Choral; Kate Francis and Brant Nishida, Orchestra; Troy Davis, Jazz; Zack Pitt-Smith, General Music and Multicultural; Chad Zullinger, Technology; Kara Ireland D’Ambrosio, Higher Education; Orrin Cross, Adjudication; Lindsey Ferreira, Public Relations; and Matt Ferreira with the assistance of Heidi Cross, Publications/Tempo. They have worked to provide you with sessions that are sure to be inspirational and educational.

Special thanks to conference host Tim Harris of Chabot College and to the students of Chabot. We are most appreciative for their warm hospitality and dedicated service.

On behalf of the Bay Section Board I’d like to invite everyone to join us at the Wine & Cheese reception at the Hayward Historical Society, Friday 5:30-7:00 pm. Directions can be found on page 10 in this program and as handouts at the registration desk. The Wine & Cheese is an annual Bay Section tradition and is generously hosted by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper.

Please be sure to visit the vendors, located in the Art Gallery (room 1002) and breezeway. I’d also like to encourage you to attend the concerts in the Performing Arts Center presented by the the featured Jazz Ensemble (Debut) (Friday 3:30 pm), and Jr. High Band, Choir, and Orchestra (Saturday 1:30 pm).

Have fun, learn something and meet someone new!

Bruce C. Lengacher CMEA Bay Section President-Elect

You are invited to visit the Conference Band, Choir, and Orchestra rehearsals throughout the two-day conference. Rehearsal schedules and rooms are posted in the registration lobby and outside each rehearsal venue.

Conference Band, Choir, and Orchestra Rehearsals



7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.7:30 – 3:00 • ART GALLERY / BUILDING 1000

Registration and Vendor HoursCoffee and pastries will be served in the lobby at Registration. Please take this opportunity to meet with collegues and visit our vendors. All vendors will be open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Art Gallery.

8:30 a.m.8:30 – 9:20 • ROOM 1250

Female Composers: Round Table Discussion Panelists will include: Dana Sadava, Artistic Director of the Women’s Community Orchestra and Pasadena Opera, Kathryn Greisinger, J.W. Pepper Strings Editor Soon Hee Newbold, Composer (via Skype)Why are orchestras not performing more works by women composers? Why is it important for school music directors to program works by female compos-ers? How can directors ensure they are providing their students with ample and equal exposure to works by female composers? What issues are there for female composers in the realm of publishing?

8:30 – 9:20 • ROOM 1908

I Wasn’t Trained for This! Rebecca Mesch, Cupertino Union School District Nicholas Patton, California High SchoolAs music teachers, we often have to be versatile, dipping our toes into any number of the myriad fields all bunched under the umbrella of “music education.” Did you plan to teach band, but end up teaching chorus, too? Are you teaching a different age range than you originally trained for? Handed an AP Music Theory class and haven’t taken a theory cycle in fifteen years? Join Rebecca and Nick to discuss overcoming the pitfalls of teaching in an area you don’t feel most prepared to teach in, based on their own experience in thinking outside their designated boxes.

8:30 a.m. continued8:30 – 9:20 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Teaching Jazz Improvisation in the Big Band RehearsalGreg Brown, Northgate High SchoolGreg Brown will demonstrate techniques for teaching improvisation in the jazz classroom. The session will feature some warm-up lessons, as well as various approaches to helping all jazz students to feel comfortable improvising. The Northgate High School Jazz Combo will be the demonstration group. Bring your instrument!

8:30 – 9:20 • TECH LAB / ROOM 1236G-Suite for Music Educators, Part IIChromebook Apps to Create Music Chad Zullinger, St. John the Baptist School, CMEA Bay Section Technology RepresentativeContinuing from where we finished at last year’s confer-ence, come to this session to learn how not just one, but several G-Suite applications can work together to deliver rich, transformative learning experiences with our students. We will also explore the cloud-based app Soundtrap to create and arrange, as well as collaborate and share music that works across any platform or device. Attendees will receive a free, 30-day Soundtrap trial account.

9:30 a.m.9:30 – 10:50 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

Reading Session: Secondary ChoralWilliam Sauerland, Chabot CollegeThis reading session will feature music for advanced middle schools and high schools. We hope you will find music for your festival and performance needs. Compli-mentary packet of music includes 2-part, SAB, SATB, TTB, SSA, and 3-part mixed voicings in a variety of styles. Music is graciously furnished by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper.

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Friday, January 129:30 a.m. continued9:00 – 10:50 • BUFFINGTON THEATER / PAC

Band Reading Session: Pieces That Just Work! Music Grades 1-3 Focus Keith Johnson, El Cerrito High SchoolBring your instrument! Finding quality repertoire for young ensembles can be a difficult task. This year’s Director’s Reading Band focuses on works that are accessible for middle and high school groups at the beginning and intermediate levels. Works at grade levels 1, 2, and 3 will be presented. Music is graciously furnished by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper.

9:30 – 10:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

The World is Your Oyster!: Building Cross-Curricular Connections Through Folk Music and MovementValerie Diaz Leroy (Quavers Music)Music is truly a universal language; one that can take students on a tour of the globe from the comfort of your music classroom. In this session, we’ll explore folk songs from cultures around the world, using movement, instruments, improvisation, and technology to extract solid cross-curricular connections in geography, history, and language – all while meeting your general music objectives. Participants will walk away with activities they can implement right away to create lessons that connect every corner of the school campus, and beyond!

11:00 a.m.11:00 – 11:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Big Band Techniques on the DrumsetCurt Moore, Professional Musician, Soul Sauce

Curt Moore is a master drummer and sought-after performer and clinician around the Bay Area. He regularly performs with Soul Sauce, his Latin-jazz ensemble, as well as with the Mike Galisatus Big Band. Curt will demonstrate general and specialized tech-niques on the drumset, and provide information to jazz directors, so that they may better instruct drum students. A focus will be on the daunting and often rhythmically complex styles of Latin-jazz music.

11:00 a.m. continued11:00 – 11:50 • ROOM 1908

A-Z for Music Teachers Dr. Robert Calonico, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Robert Calonico is Director of Bands at the University of California, Berkeley where his duties include directing and arranging for the 240-piece “Pride of California” Marching Band, conducting the University Wind Ensemble, and teaching applied woodwinds. Based on forty years of teaching experience in high school and college levels, Bob will articulate his thoughts/ideas/words from A-Z that he tries to live by every day. Attendees are encouraged to write their own ideas and phrases that resonate with them based on their own experience to share with everyone.

11:00 – 11:50 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

Every Minute Counts! Kathryn Greisinger, J.W. Pepper Strings Editor Routines, games, and warm-ups that maximize your time teaching and assessing in the beginning orchestra classroom. Keep students interested and engaged by using every minute to establish fundamental skills from day one!

11:00 – 11:50 • ROOM 1250

Mexican Games: Rhythm and Imagination Miguel Martinez, Escuela Bilingue Internacional Through history, games and sounds have played a significant role in learning and develop the imaginations in different ways. Through the body using games and songs, we can help children to express themselves and improve logical thinking, concentration, memory, and use the body to help them to understand simple, and sophisticated rhythm.

11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. BREAK

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Friday, January 121:00 p.m.1:00 – 1:50 • ROOM 1908

Music for All: The Music Immersion Experience ProgramSamantha Theisen, San Gabriel Unified Schools

Inspired by the El Sistema movement, the Music Immersion Experience Program is a comprehensive music program provided tuition free for every student, every day at Roosevelt Elementary School, a public, non-charter school in San Gabriel. Implemented in 2015 as an intervention program, the mission of the MIE program is to enhance the schoolwide goal of creating and maintaining a culture of empathy, respect, and habitual high achievement. In other words the “MIE Program uses music to make people.”In this session, the clinicians will talk about the structure of the program, the class offerings, (which include traditional and emerging ensembles), the collected data that demonstrates the program’s positive impact on academic achievement and social/emotional develop-ment, and a demonstration of how the music program is integrated into general academic life for the benefit of ALL of the students.

1:00 p.m. continued1:00 – 1:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

The Interactive RehearsalDr. Travis Cross, Professor of Music, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

How do we get beyond simply telling our students when and how to play and instead engage their minds, ears, and bodies in every rehearsal? This session will present several simple strategies for teaching creative and collaborative ensemble skills that help students play with more accuracy, flexibility, and expression.


Conducting MasterclassDr. Buddy James, Cal State East Bay

The Conducting Masterclass will offer concise and practical tips and techniques to improve conducting and other non-verbal communication within choral rehearsals and performances. Participants will be invited to work individually and in groups to refine and learn new conducting techniques. This session is appropriate for all grade and skill levels.

2:00 p.m.2:00 – 3:20 • TECH LAB / ROOM 1236

Software Demo: Create, Arrange, and Produce Music Using Ableton Nick Rattray, Recording Engineer, Writer, PerformerIn the session we’ll learn about the very popular software Ableton Live, and how it can be used in the classroom. We’ll describe the basics of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) music production and how Ableton is unique from other DAWs. Attendees will have the opportunity to use Ableton and experience the process of completing a track in the Technology Lab.

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Abridged Full Orchestra EditionsBrass Ensemble / Woodwind Ensemble

Wind Solos and Duets with Piano

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2:00 p.m.2:00 – 3:20 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

Nutrition for the Choral Singer: Feeding the Voice and SoulTim Seelig, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s ChorusAre your singers suffering hunger pangs because the same vocal fast food rehearsal after rehearsal? Are they starved for something new, exciting and nutritious? Start feeding them a Five Course Meal of Warm-ups every time they sit down at the rehearsal table and see how healthy they grow! You already have all the neces-sary ingredients right in your choral kitchen cabinet. Nutrition for the voice and soul provides new recipes for how to put vocal technique ingredients together in new, delectable, irresistible ways. For many of your singers, you are the only voice teacher they will ever have. As such, you are the chef in charge of creating the perfect meal of vocal training and inspiration to last a lifetime. You certainly won’t be bored – that is a guarantee! The time spent will pay off for the rest of your singing life. The skills studied and learned will help you as an individual singer and the chorus in which you sing.

2:00 p.m. continued2:00 – 2:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Incorporating Written Warm-ups Into the Instrumental Music ClassroomKara Ravina, Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictAre you tired of correcting theory worksheets? Do you just avoid them all together? Come explore a quick way to incorporate theory into your lessons without all that grading. This technique will focus your students the minute they walk into your classroom and will deepen the work you do towards meeting your curriculum standards.

2:00 – 3:30 • ROOM 1250

Orchestra Reading Session: Music Grades 1 – 4 FocusKathryn Greisinger, J.W. Pepper Strings EditorThis year’s orchestra reading session will be hosted by JW Pepper’s String Editor, Kathryn Griesinger. The demonstration orchestra will be made up of our very own string teachers from various school in the Bay Area. Please bring your instrument and participate in this sight reading session of grade 1-4 string orchestra music. Or just come and listen to new music for your orchestra! Music is graciously furnished by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper.

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A special thank you to the several businesses that generously donated to our Outreach Project making it possible for Bay Section to sponsor up to 30 students in the Junior High Conference Ensembles. Their support is much appreciated and makes many dreams possible.

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3:30 p.m. BUFFINGTON THEATER / PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

The Northgate High School Jazz Band I Greg Brown, Director Francisco Torres, Guest ArtistThe Northgate High School Jazz Band I, under the direction of Greg Brown, is from Walnut Creek, California and has earned command performance honors at the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival in each of the last six years. In addition to making their 12th consecutive appearance in 2017 at the famed Yoshi’s nightclub in Oakland, the group earned first place at the 2014 and 2016 California Alliance for Jazz State Championships, and has been a perennial finalist at the Folsom Jazz Festival, where they took winning sweepstakes honors in 2015. The ensemble has also been selected as Next Generation Jazz Festival finalists in the High School Big Band Division for the last 11 years.

The highly-decorated group performed for the fourth year in a row at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2017, after their fourth consecutive first place award at the Next Generation Jazz Festival. Recent graduates from the group have gone on to study music at such elite institutions as Julliard, the Berklee College of Music, USC, UCLA, the University of North Texas, and California State University, Northridge.

Director Greg Brown has been recognized as Jazz Educator of the Year by the California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Bay Section in 2014, as well as CMEA’s Outstanding Music Educator in 2009. Greg Brown is in his 21st year as Director of Instrumental Music and Chairperson of the Performing Arts Department at Northgate High School. Under Mr. Brown’s direction, the Instrumental Music Department has become one of the most recognized, versatile, and comprehensive music programs in the Bay Area. The Northgate Instrumental Music Boosters commissioned “The North Fort” by Francisco Torres, which they performed at the 2017 Next Generation Jazz Festival. Other commissions for the ensemble have included “Gate Sixty Eight”, “Fantasia En Clave”,“Danzon Para Mi Tierra” by Francisco Torres, and “Northern Exposure” by George Stone.

Showcase Performance

Concert ProgramProgram to be selected from:Anthropology ............................................. Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker / Arr. Mark TaylorPavane .............................................................................. Gabriel Faure / Arr. Gary AndersonThe Point of No Return.....................................................................................Eric RichardsBelly Roll .................................................................................. Quincy Jones, Sammy NesticoCamel Walk ...........................................................................................................Bill ChaseBody and Soul ...................................................................... Johnny Green / Arr. Marty PaichSoul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) .........................Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo / Arr. Francisco TorresGate Sixty Eight .............................................................................................Francisco Torres Commissioned Work, World Premiere PerformanceGallop’s Gallop .............................................................. Thelonious Monk / Arr. John BeasleyMargarita ........................................................................................................... Joe GallardoBack to Basics ...............................................................................................Wynton Marsalis

CMEA Bay Section Jazz Representative – Troy Davis


4:30 p.m.4:30 – 5:20 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

Things They Forgot to Teach or Were Afraid You Might Find OutTim Seelig, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s ChorusMany of us received extraordinary educations but not much practical job training. Most of the education dealt with the time spent actually conducting – sometimes we are lucky if that is 10%. This session will cover all of the rest. All too often, we arrived at our first job, ready and eager to go, diploma in hand, only to find out we were not as prepared as we thought! We found out the hard way that much of it was not going to be useful for quite awhile. What was it our professors forgot to tell us – or didn’t want us to know for fear we would turn around mid-stream? All of the secrets are now uncovered! Taught by someone with four college degrees, this humorous and insightful session fills in those blanks from: “But kids scare me!” to “How not to lose your voice every October.” to “What happens when my middle school choir can’t sing Britten’s War Requiem?”

4:30 p.m. continued 4:30 – 5:20 • ROOM 1250

Strings 101: How to Make Simple Repairs on String InstrumentsPatrick Heaney, Heaney Violins, Mountain ViewBroken bridges, sound posts falling down, strings popping, all of these are common problems in a strings class. Join us as we talk about how to reset a bridge, change a strings, add tuners to an instrument and many other string questions.

4:30 – 5:20 • BUFFINGTON THEATER / PAC

Sight-Reading at Instrumental Festivals: Enjoying the Experience Chair: Orrin C. Cross III, Adjudication Director Guest Adjudicator: Dale Wolford, San Jose State University Guest Conductor: Greg Conway, Hopkins Jr. High SchoolYear two of the new and improved sight-reading process for CMEA Bay Section instrumental festivals and many directors still do not know what is expected. Dale Wolford, a highly experienced adjudicator, will take band students from Hopkins Jr. High School through the entire process, from beginning to end. Discussion on determining the correct classification for each group will help directors in this important aspect of this experience. An open question and answer session will conclude the event.

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DIRECTIONS: (1) Exit Chabot College parking lot. (2) Left onto Hesperian Blvd. (3) Right onto Winton Ave. (4) Merge left onto D St. (5) Merge left onto Foothill Blvd. (6) Right onto Russell Way (after A St.) (7) Parking available on street or lot on left.

Adjudication

Friday, January 12, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION

All conference participants are invited and encouraged to attend this complimentary reception presented by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper – Dublin.

OFF-SITE AT THE BEAUTIFUL HAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 22380 Foothill Blvd., Hayward 94541

Additional hors d’oeuvres are provided by CMEA Bay Section and Blue Heron Catering. Street parking and two small lots behind the building are available.

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7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.ART GALLERY / BUILDING 1000 Registration Vendor Hours: 9:00 – 4:00

8:30 a.m.ROOM 1250 (M) Female Composers: Round Table Discussion Dana Sadava, Kathryn Greisinger, Soon Hee Newbold

ROOM 1908 (H) I Wasn’t Trained for This Rebecca Mesch, Nicholas PattonSTAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (J) Teaching Jazz Improv in the Big Band Rehearsal Greg Brown

TECHNOLOGY LAB / ROOM 1236 (T) G-Suite for Music Educators, Part II Chromebook Apps to Create Music Chad Zullinger

9:30 a.m.RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) Reading Session: Secondary Choral William Sauerland

BUFFINGTON THEATER / PAC (B) Reading Session: Pieces That Just Work! Grade 1-3 Focus Keith Johnson

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (G) The World is Your Oyster! Building Cross-Curricular Connections Through Folk Music and Movement Valerie Diaz Leroy

11:00 a.m.STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (J) Big Band Techniques on the Drumset Curt Moore

ROOM 1908 (H) A-Z for Music Teachers Dr. Bob Calonico

RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (O) Every Minute Counts! Kathryn Greisinger

ROOM 1250 (M) Mexican Games: Rhythm and ImaginationMiguel Martinez

11:50 a.m. Lunch BreakFood trucks are available in the Faculty Parking Lot H

1:00 p.m. ROOM 1908 (G) Music for All: The Music Immersion Experience Program Samantha Theisen

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (B) The Interactive RehearsalDr. Travis Cross

RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) Conducting Masterclass Dr. Buddy James

2:00 p.m.TECHNOLOGY LAB / ROOM 1236 (T) Software Demo: Create, Arrange, and Produce Music Using AbeltonNick Rattray

2:00 p.m. continuedRECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) Nutrition for the Choral Singer: Feeding the Voice and SoulTim Seelig

ROOM 1250 (O) Orchestra Reading Session: Grade 1-4 Focus Kathryn Greisinger

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (B) Incorporating Written Warm-ups in to the Instrumental Music Classroom Kara Ravina

3:30 p.m.BUFFINGTON THEATER / PAC Showcase Performance: Northgate High School Jazz Band IGreg Brown, Director Francisco Torres, Guest Artist

4:30 p.m.RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) Things They Forgot to Teach or Were Afraid You Might Find Out Tim Seelig

ROOM 1250 (O) Strings 101: How to Make Simple Repairs on String Instruments Patrick Heany

BUFFINGTON THEATRE / PAC (A) Sight-Reading at Instrumental Festivals: Enjoying the Experience Orrin C. Cross III, Dale Wolford, Greg Conway

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7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.ART GALLERY / BUILDING 1000 Registration Vendor Hours: 8:30 – 12:30

8:00 a.m.RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) The Cambiata Conundrum: Understanding and Accommodating the Changing Voices of Adolescent Male Singers Lauren Diez

ROOM 1250 (G) Mindfulness in the Music Classroom Cindy Pistone

ROOM 1904 (H) Plan for the Good Life After College: Avoiding the “Quarter Life” Crisis by Knowing What CMEA Wants for You and What CMEA Needs from You Scott Hedgecock

TECHNOLOGY LAB / ROOM 1236 (T) Apps Toolkit: Which Apps Can I Use in My Elementary Music Classroom? Chad Zullinger

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (J) Practical Arranging for the Jazz Combo Dr. Aaron Lington

ROOM 1908 (O) A Band Director’s Guide to Successful Orchestra Programs Greg Conway, Paul Perazzo

9:00 a.m.ROOM 1908 (B) Using Specific Criteria for Selecting Quality Literature Dr. David Vickerman

RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (C) Choral Reading Session: Elementary – Middle School Angela Schmidt

9:00 a.m. continuedROOM 1904 (H) Social Emotional Learn-ing in the Music Classroom (CalTPA Prep) Christopher D’Ambrosio

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (J) Fundamentals for the Young Jazz Musician Dr. Simon Rowe

10:30 a.m.STAGE ONE / ROOM 1904 (H) From Survive to STRIVE! First Year Teaching Strategies That Work Jeannine Flores

STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (M/J) Invitational Performance: Oakland Eastside All-Star Ensemble Helena Moss-Jack

RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 (A) Sight-Reading at Choral Festivals: Enjoying the Experience Orrin C. Cross III, Bruce Lengacher, Angelina Fitzhugh

ROOM 1908 (B) How to Take Your Bull Band by the HORNS! Elisha Wilson

TECHNOLOGY LAB / ROOM 1236 (T) Ava Machina: Technology in Traditional Ensembles Brittney Kirby

11:30 a.m.STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257 (J) Jazz Reading Session: Aaron Lington Gems Dr. Aaron Lington

ROOM 1908 (O) Solfége Singing for Sight-Reading Strings Tiffany Ou

ROOM 1904 (M) The Intersection Between Hip Hop Culture and Education Jahi

RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224 Special Session: CMEA Bay Section Festival Site Host Worksop Cheryl Yee Glass

11:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Food trucks are available in the Faculty Parking Lot H

1:30 p.m.BUFFINGTON THEATER / PAC

Performance: Conference Choir ConcertMichael Najar, Conductor

Performance: Conference Orchestra ConcertDoris Fukawa, Conductor

Performance: Conference Band ConcertUlices Chaves, Conductor

Saturday, January 13

Legend to Session Category and CMEA RepresentativeA = ADJUDICATION ......................................... Orrin C. Cross III B = BAND ............................................................. Craig Bryant C = CHORAL .................................................Angelina Fitzhugh G = GENERAL MUSIC ...................................... Zack Pitt-Smith H = HIGHER EDUCATION ..............Dr. Kara Ireland-D’Ambrosio J = JAZZ .................................................................. Troy Davis M = MULTICULTURAL ..................................... Zack Pitt-Smith O = ORCHESTRA ...................................................Kate Francis T = TECHNOLOGY............................................. Chad Zullinger



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Saturday, January 137:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.7:30 – 12:30 • ART GALLERY / BUILDING 1000

Registration and Vendor HoursCoffee and pastries will be served in the lobby at Registration. Please take this opportunity to meet with collegues and visit our vendors. All vendors will be open from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm in the Art Gallery.

8:00 a.m.8:00 – 8:50 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

The Cambiata Conundrum: Understanding and Accommodating the Changing Voices of Adolescent Male SingersLauren Diez, R.J. Fisher Middle School CMEA Bay Section Assistant Choral Rep.The adolescent male changing voice is a mysterious phenomenon that many junior high and high school choral directors encounter on a daily basis. For young male singers this time period of extreme change can bring about great insecurity surrounding their develop-ing voices. We as choral directors have the responsibility of guiding our young men through this time with care and with the goal of maintaining their joy for singing as they navigate their growing instruments. This session will explore the vastly differing theories and method- ologies on the changing voice, as well as practical applications and resources for school choral directors.

8:00 – 8:50 • ROOM 1250

Mindfulness in the Music Classroom Cindy Pistone, Charles Armstrong School, BelmontBeyond the social and emotional stand point, mindful-ness has provided an opportunity in the classroom to help music students become more present and aware during rehearsals and performances. Practices that we work to instill in our young musicians, such as listening to other instrument groups, blending, dealing with the unexpected in a live performance, and so many more are focused around being present, engaged, and aware. Help your students master these skills through a positive, growth-centered experience.


Plan for the Good Life After College: Avoiding the “Quarter Life” Crisis by Knowing What CMEA Wants for You and What CMEA Needs from YouScott Hedgecock, CMEA State President; Director of the Academy of the Arts at Fullerton Union High School, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies. In this session we will address the issues that face many new teachers, ranging from the vital classroom concerns of lesson plans, working within a department, and dealing with parents of students, to the more practical life skills of tax deductions, personal health (both physical and mental), and what to do during those two months without a paycheck! Copies of the presentation will be available online, and we will include an open forum format throughout much of the session. This session is aimed at new teachers and current Collegiate students.

8:00 – 8:50 • TECH LAB / ROOM 1236

Apps Toolkit: Which Apps Can I Use in My Elementary Music Classroom? Chad Zullinger, St. John the Baptist School, CMEA Bay Section Technology RepresentativeLet’s have some fun exploring apps you can use right away in class on Monday! Whether you’re able to project onto a screen or share a cart of devices, you’ll leave this session with appropriate, elementary grade technology that your students will love, and use to learn during the process.

8:00 – 8:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Practical Arranging for the Jazz ComboDr. Aaron Lington, San José State UniversityJoin Dr. Aaron Lington, Coordinator of Jazz Studies at SJSU, in a clinic exploring simple, straightforward, and practical ways of quickly and successfully writing arrangements for your small student groups. Accom-panied by a live jazz combo, Dr. Lington will leave you with the knowledge to assist your student combos in writing arrangements that not only sound great but are also fun to play!

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Saturday, January 138:00 a.m. continued8:00 – 8:50 • ROOM 1908

A Band Director’s Guide to Successful Orchestra ProgramsGreg Conway, Hopkins Jr. High School CMEA Bay Section Large Group Festivals Coordinator Paul Perazzo, Harvest Park Middle SchoolPaul Perazzo and Greg Conway present how to build and sustain a quality string program while previously having primarily band experience. Paul Perazzo has been teaching at Harvest Park Middle School in Pleasanton since 1997, and started a string program there in 2001. Greg Conway began his tenure at Hopkins Junior High School in 2005 and established a new string program there that year. Both consistently receive “Unanimous Superior” ratings at Bay Section and other regional and state orchestra festivals. Bring your questions.

9:00 a.m.9:00 – 10:20 • ROOM 1908

Using Specific Criteria for Selecting Quality LiteratureDr. David Vickerman, Director of Bands, San José State UniversityIn large ensemble classes, the literature we choose to program is our curriculum. This presentation will focus on using specific criteria to determine the artistic merit of a composition. These criteria can then be used to evaluate literature being considered for use in class and in concert.


Choral Reading Session: Elementary – Middle SchoolAngela Schmidt, Lafayette School DistrictThis reading session will feature music for elementary and middle schools. We hope you will find music for your festival and performance needs. Complimentary packet of music includes 2-part, SAB, SSA, and 3-part mixed voicings in a variety of styles. Music is graciously furnished by Ashli Rulien of J.W. Pepper.


Social Emotional Learning in the Music Classroom (CalTPA Prep)Christopher D’Ambrosio, 6Seconds SEL Teacher, Hillsborough City School DistrictClearly current and past research has indicated that SEL needs to be a strong part of current teaching practices. SEL strategies need to be integrating SEL into the subject matter we teach to be authentically learned by our students. CalTPA Cycle 2 has a new requirement that you address your SEL strategies (intend, process, analysis) in order to earn your Preliminary California Credential. Chris will explore the process of integrat-ing the research-based 6Seconds Curriculum into the music classroom. If you are preparing for Cycle 2 of the CalTPA or wanting a refresher on SEL and Music, this is the workshop for you!.

9:00 – 9:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Fundamentals for the Young Jazz MusicianDr. Simon Rowe, San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSimon Rowe is the recently appointed Executive Director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s new degree program “Roots, Jazz, and American Music” (RJAM), which offers an undergraduate degree in jazz performance. RJAM faculty are members of the SF Jazz Collective. Dr. Rowe will present an interactive work-shop on how the new or experienced jazz musician can take a melodic approach to jazz improvisation. Bring your instrument!

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Saturday, January 1310:30 a.m.10:30 – 11:20 • ROOM 1904

From Survive to STRIVE! First Year Teaching Strategies That Work Jeannine Flores, Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator – STEAM Santa Clara County Office of EducationStrive is defined as making great efforts to achieve or obtain something. Jeannine will share best practices for first year teachers so you can flourish through their first year rather than surviving it! Ensemble classes, mixed level classes, and beginning classes will all benefit from this session. We will explore how to change student behavior the jedi way; craft engaging classroom set-ups, thoughtfully integrate technology, developing your sup-port system, and utilizing resources available from the County Office of Education. “Strive you must.” - Yoda

10:30 – 11:20 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Invitational Performance: Oakland Eastside All-Star Ensemble Helena Moss-Jack, OEASE Artistic DirectorThe Oakland Eastside All-Star Ensemble (OEASE) is a big band co-founded in East Oakland during the summer of 2012 by Ms. Helena Moss-Jack. Hailing from OUSD and charter middle schools and high schools, OEASE is comprised of Oakland’s new wave of community leaders and young musician-scholars. The Ensemble is a ten-month, pre-college and pre- professional instrumental music and leadership fellowship program, an advanced training that offers a high performing group of responsible students the time and individual attention necessary to gain an unparalleled standard of scholarship, musical ability, discipline and respect for their craft. The OEASE Fellowship program offerings aim to advance comprehensive learning employed to steer Oakland and East Bay students ages 12-19 toward community leadership, gainful employment, entrepreneurship, college matriculation, and graduation. They especially hope to raise new educators, artists, and media change-makers.

10:30 a.m. continued10:30 – 11:20 • RECITAL HALL / ROOM 1224

Sight-Reading at Choral Festivals: Enjoying the ExperienceChair: Orrin C. Cross III, Adjudication Director Guest Adjudicator: Bruce Lengacher, Acalanes High School and CMEA Bay Section President-Elect Guest Conductor: Angelina Fitzhugh, J.L. Stanford Middle School and CMEA Bay Section Choral RepresentativeIf you didn’t attend a CMEA Bay Section choral festival last year – are you in for a surprise! The sight-reading process has changed dramatically. After trial use of this method, directors involved gave unanimous approval to using it in our festivals. It is important for directors and adjudicators, alike, to become familiar with it. Choral students from the J.L. Stanford Middle School have volunteered to be our sample group, as Mr. Lengacher takes them through a typical sight-reading session at a CMEA Bay Section festival. An open question and answer session will conclude the event.

10:30 – 11:20 • ROOM 1908

How to Take Your Bull Band by the HORNS! Elisha Wilson, Horn Music Faculty / Horn Instructor at Sacramento State, Stanislaus State and Delta College, Interim Band Director at Fresno City CollegeLearn what makes the Horn a unique and powerful middle voice that can highlight the maturity in sound of your ensembles just by giving yours a little TLC! This engaging and interactive session will leave you inspired, informed, and ready to educate your horn students in order to give them the best chance at succeeding on this fascinating instrument. Attending to the specific needs of horn players can help transform the sound of your ensemble, and this session will leave you feeling confident and ready to work with your horns. We will explore a brief overview of the horn, tips for best place-ment in ensembles, a helpful guide in starting young horn players, and even tips on converting students to horns from other instruments! Plan on being there and get ready to take your BAND by the horns!

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Saturday, January 1310:30 a.m. continued10:30 – 11:20 • TECH LAB / ROOM 1236

Ave Machina: Technology in Traditional Ensembles Brittney Kirby, Palo Alto High SchoolLet’s Talk technology in traditional ensembles. Instantly engage students to help expand their musicianship and allow consistent opportunities for assessment and reflection. 1. Let’s discuss the fear and anxiety around letting apps, platforms and web based applications guide your students while improving their musicianship 2. Are your students making videos of their practice? They should! Practice, Reflection, Performance, Repeat. 3. I’ll share some of my favorite apps and programs that every ensemble teacher should have.

11:00 – 1:15 p.m.

11:30 a.m. 11:30 – 12:50 • STAGE ONE / ROOM 1257

Jazz Reading Session: Aaron Lington Gems Dr. Aaron Lington, San José State University The San José State University Jazz EnsembleAaron Lington will lead the San José State University Jazz Ensemble, as they perform a number of Dr. Ling-ton’s own compositions for jazz ensemble. Our friends at J.W. Pepper have recommended additional charts by other composers, as well. The session will highlight excerpts from novice through advanced levels of jazz literature. Particular features for each piece will be discussed, including instrument ranges and any specific difficulties that may be encountered. There are many quality selections that will fit the needs of your ensem-bles, so come and hear these fine charts. Music is graciously furnished by Carolyn Kimmel of J.W. Pepper.


Solfége Singing for Sight-Reading with Strings Tiffany Ou, Palo Alto Unified School Disctrict Singing in instrumental classes can often be monotone and solely rhythm-focused. This session will explore the opportunities opened by teaching solfége to second-ary string students, in regards to interval recognition, intonation, and sight reading. The solfége system is not just for choir – it can become an effective tool for your orchestra in just five minutes per rehearsal! Come to this session to learn how to get your instrumental students audiating and singing their music accurately, and how to then transfer those skills to their instruments.

11:30 – 12:50 • ROOM 1904

The Intersection Between Hip Hop Culture and EducationJahi, Public Enemy 2.0 and African American Male Achievement Oakland Unified School DistrictThis Hip Hop clinic held by Jahi who is the newest member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group Public Enemy as PE 2.0 will introduce Hip Hop as an interna-tional culture with life affirming principles and global social impact. This 80 minute interactive session will explore the philosophies, elements and style in a partici-patory fashion, and give participants various pedagogy and practices that can be used in the classroom.


CMEA Bay Section Festival Site Host WorksopCheryl Yee Glass, San Ramon Valley High SchoolThis session is designed to help new and veteran Site Hosts to meet the needs (and challenges) of running a smooth festival. We will offer ideas to help keep all par-ticipants (Directors/Adjudicators/Staff/Student workers) informed and organized. There is no need to “recreate the wheel” as the panel will be sharing ideas and materi-als with you electronically. Bay Section wants to encour-age more teachers/schools to host festivals. This session will help you to better understand the process and provide you with enough tools to make it successful.

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Conference Choir1:30 p.m. BUFFINGTON THEATER / PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Michael NajarMichael Najar joined the faculty at Palo Alto High School as teacher of Choral and Vocal music in 2003. At Palo Alto he conducts four ensembles and teaches AP Music Theory and is Instructional Leader for the Visual and Performing Arts Department. Choirs under his direction have toured internationally to Spain, France, Brazil, Mexico, Hungary, Italy, Austria, and Slovakia. The choral program has doubled in size under his guidance and has received numerous awards and accolades. He has served on the faculty of Notre Dame da Namur University where he directed the Choral Chanteurs and taught Music Applications in Technology.

Mr. Najar received his Bachelors of Music from University of California at Irvine where he studied voice with Mahlon Schanzenbach, composition with Dr. Bernard Gilmore and Christopher Dobrian and conducting with Joseph Huszti. Michael has post-graduate study in conducting at CSU Los Angeles with Donald Brinegar. In 2012, he received his Masters

of Music in vocal performance from Notre Dame da Namur University.

As a singer he is comfortable in classical, Broadway, and pop music. He is composing his second musical Venture, which opens this March at the Palo Alto High Performing Arts Center.

He is an adoring husband to Wendy and a proud father of Holden and Scarlet. He loves coaching youth sports and in his little free time will occasionally play “Battlefront” on Playstation where he is light-sabered by teenagers from around the world.

Concert ProgramCome, Ye Sons of Art ......................................................... Henry Purcell / arr. Emily Crocker Zephyr ............................................................................................................Amy F. Bernon Bist du Bei Mir .......................................................................J.S. Bach / arr. Russell Robinson Viva................................................................................ W.A. Mozart / arr. Patrick Llebergen Kuimba ........................................................................................................... Victor Johnson Run Children Run ....................................................................................... Stephen Hatfield

CMEA Bay Section Assistant Choral Representative and Choir Manager – Lauren Diez Accompanist – Betsy Wagner


Conference Orchestra1:30 p.m. BUFFINGTON THEATER / PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Doris FukawaViolinist Doris Fukawa is equally adept as a performer and educator. Ms. Fukawa has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1983. Tours with the San Francisco Symphony include performances in London, Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg, Madrid, Budapest, New York and Boston. A busy freelancer, she has performed for many years with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Opera San José, Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Skywalker Orchestra (record-ing industry), Midsummer Mozart and has served as concertmaster for many of the Shorenstein’s Broadway theater productions in San Francisco. Ms. Fukawa has served as concertmaster for such recording artists as Smokey Robinson, Linda Rondstadt, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Johnny Mathis, Chuck Mangione, Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, John Denver, and performed with Stevie Wonder, Journey, and the Four Tops.

Ms. Fukawa is a dedicated music educator. She is on the violin and chamber music faculty and has been, the Director of Ensembles at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Precollege Division. She is on faculty at the Crowden Music Center in Berkeley, where she is also the Executive and Artistic Director. Ms. Fukawa has been a guest conductor for numerous youth orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area and conferences nationally. She is a frequent guest conductor at Cazadero Music Camp. In addition to her teaching, Ms. Fukawa has served as a musical advisor to the San Francisco Symphony’s Community of Music Makers programs.

A native of Berkeley, California, Ms. Fukawa received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and earned her Master in Education degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her major teachers include Raphael Bronstein, Ariana Bronne and Anne Crowden. In her spare time, she enjoys family fun with her son and husband, scoring Giants baseball games and solving NY Times crossword puzzles.

Concert ProgramDanza ........................................................................................................... Vaclav NelhlybelRondeau ......................................................................... Jean-Joseph Mouret / arr. Merle Isaac Rhosymedre .......................................................................................Ralph Vaughn Williams

CMEA Bay Section Assistant Orchestra Representative and Orchestra Manager – Brant Nishida Assistant Orchestra Managers – Cheryl Yee Glass, Greg Conway


Conference Band1:30 p.m. BUFFINGTON THEATER / PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Ulices ChavezUlices Chavez has been in music education for 27 years and is currently the Director of Bands and Orchestra at La Loma Jr. High School in Modesto, California. His current teaching assignment includes Advanced Band, String Orchestra, Beginning Band and a History of Rock ’n’ Roll course. Mr. Chavez earned his Bachelors in Music Education from CSU Stanislaus where he was a student of Dr. Edward C. Harris.

Mr. Chavez is the past-president of the Stanislaus County Music Educa-tors Association and the current Recording Secretary of the California Music Educators Association Bay Section. He is an active adjudicator/clinician at CMEA Band and Orchestra Festivals, keeps an active private saxophone studio and freelances as a professional classical and jazz musi-cian. He has previously conducted the Merced/Mariposa and Tuolumne County Honor Bands and thoroughly enjoys making the most out of the short amount of time he has with these young honor band musicians.

Along with playing softball and watching his San Francisco Giants, he enjoys hiking, mountain biking, winetasting and losing one-on-one to his stepson in basketball. He lives in Stockton, California with his wife Kerry and two wonderful stepchildren, Jillian and Scott.

His favorite quote is by Bohemian composer, Gustav Mahler, “What is best in music, is not to be found in the notes.”

Concert ProgramAccolade .............................................................................................................. Mark LortzPsalm 42 ...........................................................................................................Samuel HazoWest Highlands Sojourn ................................................................................. Robert Sheldon I. Stow-On-The-Wold II. Bradeford Ballade III. On DerwentwaterThe Liberty Bell March .................................................................J.P. Sousa / arr. Carl Fisher

CMEA Bay Section Assistant Band Representative and Band Manager – Efrain Hinojosa Percussion Manager – Ashley Briar

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