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1 Director s Academies As part of NAfME s All-National Honors Ensembles event that will take place at Walt Disney World in November, NAfME members will have a unique professional development opportunity to engage in indepth study, discussion, and hands-on experiences aimed to develop and enhance the participants skills and understanding as an ensemble director. Each academy will be facilitated by a renowned conductorclinician who will share their own experiences as well as draw upon the expertise from the participants. See the descriptions below for more details about each of the academies. Where: Disney s Coronado Springs Resort Schedule: Monday, November 27 9:00a.m. until 11:30a.m. Session 1 Lunch on your own at the resort 1:00p.m. until 4:30p.m. Session 2 Tuesday, November 28 9:00a.m. until 11:30a.m. Session 3 11:30a.m. - presentation by Matt Conover, Vice President of Disneyland and Disney Parks Live Entertainment Cost: $99 - to register, click HERE Deadline: Register by November 15, Band Director s Academy Richard Saucedo, Clinician Choral Director s Academy Lynn Brinchkmeyer, Clinician Orchestra Director s Academy Soo Han, Clinician The Director s Academies are being sponsored in part by Conn Selmer and Hal Leonard.

2 Band Director s Academy Richard Saucedo, Clinician Topics Include: Teaching to The Goosebumps - Passion in Music Education! The Beginning of Rehearsal Is the Key! Leadership in The Band Program & Developing Trust Relationships On Composing for Band After Almost 40 Years as A Music Educator, Here s What I ve Discovered! The Top 5 Reasons Band Programs Don t Reach Their Potential The Sound in Your Head - Listening with A New Set of Ears! Becoming the Best Rehearsal Technician You Can Be! The Elephant in The Room - Admitting That We Don t Know What We Don t Know! About the Clinician Richard L. Saucedo is currently Director of Bands, Emeritus after retiring from the William H. Duke Center for the Performing Arts at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. During his 31-year tenure, Carmel bands received numerous state and national honors in the areas of concert band, jazz band and marching band. The CHS Wind Symphony performed at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival three times (1992, 1999, and 2004) and was named the Indiana State Champion Concert Band most recently in The group also performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago during December of The Carmel Marching Greyhounds have finished in the top ten at the Bands of America Grand National Championship for the past 15 years and were named BOA National Champions in the fall of 2005 and again in The Indiana Bandmasters Association named Mr. Saucedo Indiana s Bandmaster of the Year for , and the Indiana Music Educators Association named him the Outstanding Music Educator in the state of Indiana for HALFTIME, SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA and BRASSWIND/WOODWIND Magazines have highlighted his accomplishments in recent articles. Mr. Saucedo was inducted into the Music for All Hall of Fame in March of Mr. Saucedo is a freelance arranger and composer, having released over 300 marching band arrangements, concert band and orchestral works as well as many choral compositions. He is currently on the writing staff for the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. His concert band works have been performed all over the world by middle school and high school bands as well as by college and university groups. He is a member of the Conn-Selmer Division of Education and currently serves as assistant chief judge for Bands of America Marching Band Competitions.

3 Orchestra Director s Academy Soo Han, Clinician Topics Include: Faster, cleaner, and with more consistency! Strategies on helping students to master technical passages in an orchestra classroom setting o One of the greatest challenges in orchestra setting is to teach student to master and perform demanding technical passages. This session will present ideas on incorporating different rehearsal and practice strategies to become successful playing technical passage. Some of the concepts that the session will present & demonstrate include; addressing the fundamentals, breaking down passages, practicing in rhythms, and chunking. Scale, Vibrato, and Beyond! Scope and Sequence for teaching advanced techniques in the orchestra class o After having taught the fundamental skills during the early years of string playing, moving the students onto the next level and teaching advance string techniques in the orchestra class setting can be extremely challenging. This session will present strategies on teaching three-octaves scales, shifting into upper positions, advanced vibrato, and bow techniques. Let them own it! Building your Orchestra program through Student Leadership o One of the most effective ways to build and grow your orchestra program musically and non-musically is to give much of the ownership of the program to the students. This session will present several ways in which students and lead musically and nonmusically in an orchestra program. Various ways in which student leadership team can be structured and play a role in the program will be shared. About the Clinician Soo Han is currently an instructor and doctoral conducting assistant at Michigan State University, a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, a contributing editor for Hal Leonard s Essential Elements for Strings, a D Addario Orchestral Strings Artist, and the former Director of Orchestras & Department Chair of the Performing Arts Department at Carmel High in Carmel, IN. Orchestras under his leadership experienced a great deal of success including 9 Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) State Championship and being named Grand Champions at the National Orchestra Cup at Lincoln Center s Alice Tully Hall. He has collaborated with numerous artists, groups, and conductors such as Lynn Harrell, David Kim, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has produced multiple recordings of complete symphonies with the CHS Symphony Orchestra, has commissioned and premiered several works for strings and full orchestras. He is a frequent guest conductor of international, all-state, regional, and festival orchestras, and has presented string teacher clinics and workshops throughout the country. In 2015, he was the featured

4 presenter and conductor at the Australian Strings Teachers Association Conference and the Maryborough Music Conference (Queensland, Australia). He is the past-president of the Indiana American String Teachers Association and the chapter was awarded the Most Improved Chapter during his time as president. He is a graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and holds his Master s degree from Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in orchestral conducting from Michigan State University.

5 Choral Director s Academy Lynn Brinckmeyer, Clinician Topic Include: Wander the World with Vocal Warm-Ups o Need ideas to energize your warm-ups? Explore strategies for novice and advanced singers. Help students listen, unify vowels and tune chords. Sing, chant and move to songs from across the globe. This is an interactive session. All of the attendees will receive a handout that includes a variety of vocal warm-ups based on folk songs of cultures across the globe. Teachers can use these on Monday morning to help energize their warm-up experiences and focus singers. Music Changes Lives o Why did we choose this career path and why do we stay? Where are we? Where are we going? How are we going to get there? Sometimes it helps to remind ourselves of why we do what we do. Our music is our gift: to our students, to our selves and to the world. Rhythm Rescue o Do your singers struggle with rhythm accuracy? When students engage their bodies, their brains and vocal abilities they can quickly build a rhythmic vocabulary to transfer to literature they are learning. Both beginning singers and advanced choral can musicians benefit from moving to the music! 3R s: Real Kids, Real Teachers and Really Good Singing! o We are all different, with diverse individuals in our choral ensembles. Teachers constantly search for new ideas to help their students learn. Take an inside look at the day-to-day practices of several master choir directors, and their students, across the country. Choral Reading Session: Songs Kids Sing Walking Out the Door o Explore music that helps middle school and high school students develop personal connections with the text. Kids, Choir and Drums o Searching for new ideas to keep your students engaged and excited about singing? Come try "kid tested" strategies and activities that help establish a healthy choral tone in middle school and high school choral ensembles. Learn multiple strategies for choral rehearsal settings in an experiential session that is based on the new National Music Standards. Use Will Schmid's World Music Drumming Curriculum as a foundation with body percussion and drumming. Explore vocal music spanning a variety of cultures. Energetic participation is a pre-requisite, so come enjoy complete immersion in the music! Choral Reading Session: Openers, Closers & More! o This is the literature middle school and high school students want to learn. These are the songs they ll be singing walking out the door. About the Clinician Dr. Lynn M. Brinckmeyer is Professor of Music, Associate Director of the School of Music and Director of Choral Music Education at Texas State University. During she served as President for the

6 National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC). Other past offices include: President for the Northwest Division of MENC, Music Educators Journal Editorial Board, and Washington Music Educators Association General Music Curriculum Chair. In addition to chairing the Eastern Washington University Music Department for six years and conducting the EWU Concert Choir, Dr. Brinckmeyer received the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame, the MENC Northwest Division Distinguished Service Award and Eastern New Mexico University s Outstanding Alumni Award. Dr. Brinckmeyer recently published Rhythm Rescue! and Wander the World with Warm-ups with Hal Leonard Publishing and Advocate for Music with Oxford University Press. She founded the Eastern Washington University Girls Chorus while teaching at EWU. She also served as Artistic Director for the South Hill Children s Chorus in Spokane, Washington. Dr. Brinckmeyer is a co-founder and Artistic Director for the Hill Country Youth Chorus in San Marcos, Texas. Dr. Brinckmeyer s degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Music Education from Eastern New Mexico University, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Kansas. In New Mexico she taught elementary music and middle school choir, then moved to higher education in the Pacific Northwest. At Texas State University Dr. Brinckmeyer teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in choral music education and she directs the Texas State Women s Choir. Each summer Dr. Brinckmeyer teaches classes for Will Schmid s World Music Drumming workshops. She has conducted all state choirs and honor choirs, lectured, presented master classes and performed in forty-nine states in the United States and twenty different countries, including China, Brazil, South Africa, Cuba and Peru.

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