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posted: Dec 21, 2011

The Sixth Annual Da Capo Conference for Student Music Educators

Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Brandon University

The Brandon University Student Music Educators Association (BUSMEA) is pleased to announce its sixth annual Da Capo Conference. The Da Capo Conference is a one-day professional development event that includes workshops and seminars designed to enrich the learning of music educators.

The Da Capo Conference will be held on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at the Brandon University Queen Elizabeth II Music Building in Brandon, Manitoba. Joining us are guest speakers Cynthia Peyson Wahl from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, Joan Linklater from the University of Manitoba, Greg McLean from the University of Regina, Bill Kristjanson from Vincent Massey Collegiate in Winnipeg, Kathie Gordon from Waverly Park School, Kevin Doell – Music Coordinator for Sunrise School Division, Robert Richardson Jr. - Suzuki Talent Education Program (STEP), and choral educator Korey Peters. Da Capo will also include sessions with BU faculty Wendy McCallum and Greg Gatien. BUSMEA alumni Meagan Lawson and Danielle Dyer will be participating in the New Teacher Roundtable with recent University of Saskatchewan graduate Adam Streisel.

Sessions include working with vocal jazz ensembles, incorporating children’s literature in the elementary general music classroom, negotiating irregular time signatures in elementary general music, exploring the rondo form, interpreting the use of dynamics in a conducting score, rehearsing junior high and senior high jazz bands, examining a strings outreach program, organizing high school musicals, preparing to teach in a choral classroom, developing and maintaining a positive rapport with school administration, reinforcing conducting fundamentals, and much more!

Registration is open to all who are interested, including music educators, music education students, and education students. For more information on accommodation or registration please contact Jennifer Shead via e-mail or by phone at (204)226-7723.

Positive feedback from attendees at last year’s conference indicates the success of the event:

• [Da Capo] gets me motivated and excited about teaching!
• Thanks for pushing us out of our comfort zone!
• The variety between choral, elementary, and band sessions was great.
• Good job BUSMEA! Great presenters!

BUSMEA (Brandon University Student Music Educators Association) is an organization made up of music education students serving music education students. Our goal is to offer professional development opportunities to our members through workshops and other related events.

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