[MASTA] Michigan String Educators Workshop

[Nick Mosley]

Dear fellow string educators,

Each summer the University of Michigan hosts a professional development
workshop for string teachers named the "Michigan String Educators’
Workshop." This year the workshop is June 21-23. We hold the workshop on
the U-M North Campus in the Walgreen Center.

The workshop is a wealth of information. The workshop will contain two
tracks designed to meet the needs of string educators with varied
backgrounds and levels of experience. We will offer sessions for
experienced string educators interested in continued development of
their instrumental pedagogy and conducting skills. Participants will
refine rehearsal and conducting skills, and expand their knowledge of
string repertoire and pedagogy. We will also have a track for band and
choral educators who find themselves assigned to teach strings. These
classes will provide a straightforward, understandable, simple approach
to string teaching.

If you have any colleagues with a band or choral background that have
recently been assigned to teach strings in your district, please
recommend this workshop to them.

Bob Phillips, Molly Baugh, Katri Ervamaa, and Rebecca Hunter will be
joining me on the faculty. It is a great opportunity to continue
brushing up on your secondary instrument skills, learn about newly
published music in a reading orchestra, get some conducting feedback,
and get LOTS of ideas for teaching strings at all levels.

More info here:

https://smtd.umich.edu/special_programs/adult/michiganstringworkshop.htm

Classes are offered in a diverse array of topics, including:

Secondary instrument instruction on violin, viola, cello, double bass
Beginning and intermediate pedagogy classes for all strings
Orchestra rehearsal techniques for all levels
Teaching improvisation and composition in orchestra
Recruitment, retention, and program development
Instrument and bow selection, instrument repair
Conducting lab
String orchestra reading session
Fiddling jam session

I hope you can join us in Ann Arbor this summer!

Sincerely,

Michael


-- 
Dr. Michael Hopkins
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Music Education
University of Michigan
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2230 Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 763-7948
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