Institute for Music Teaching & Learning
The Institute for Music Teaching and Learning offers high-quality professional development for music educators in a format coordinated with Ohio Standards. All courses are offered for credit through Baldwin Wallace University, to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Summer 2021 Professional Development
Are you looking for a way to spice up your choral warm-up routine while also improving retention and connection with repertoire? Join us for 2 days of play and productivity as we explore ways to maximize the first minutes of rehearsal. Together, we’ll create vocal exercises that flow seamlessly into repertoire by exploring scales, models, rhythms, vowel production, diction, expression, and more! Participants will develop a new arsenal of vocal warm-ups that directly relate to performance practice and state standards while increasing student engagement and critical thinking.
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Dr. Jami Lercher, BW Conservatory Faculty
June 28 - 29, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 1 | Price: $195*
* Register for both Turning Choral Warm-Ups Upside Down and Lift Every Voice and receive a $25 discount. Courses must be purchased in the same transaction to receive discount.
Book club meets choir in this exploration of Stephen Sieck’s text, Teaching with Respect. As we seek brave, inclusive spaces, we’ll examine ways to teach and reach all students by seeing individuals rather than the collective “choir”. Conscientious choices in our repertoire, attire, voicing, and language make a huge difference. This workshop will both celebrate and critique standard choral pedagogy as participants create an affirming curriculum that honors the unique identity of each singer.
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Dr. Jami Lercher, BW Conservatory Faculty
June 30 - July 1, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 1 | Price: $220*
* Price includes textbook. Register for both Turning Choral Warm-Ups Upside Down and Lift Every Voice and receive a $25 discount. Courses must be purchased in the same transaction to receive discount.
Do you have oboes and bassoons at your school that are currently not being used? Do you have wind players who are ready for a new challenge? Are you tired of transposing double-reed parts for other instruments? Then join us for Double Reed Boot Camp and unlock your ensembles' highest potential! This two-day session is designed for middle and high school band directors, who would like to gain more confidence in recruiting and retaining young oboe and bassoon players in any instrumental ensemble. Double-reed-specific topics will include recruitment techniques, instrument/reed care, basic playing mechanics, and implementation of double reed friendly pedagogy. Participants are welcome to bring school oboes and bassoons for assessment. Instruments will also be provided for a hands-on learning experience as we form our own double reed ensemble. All ability levels are welcome.
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Dr. Andrew Machamer, BW Conservatory Faculty
July 6 - 7, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 1 | Price: $195
This course will draw on Prof. Ryan’s experience as a student and performer of Afro-centric music and will involve participants actively drumming, singing, and dancing. The focus will be on building participants’ familiarity and confidence in a few different West African and Afro-Cuban genres while learning strong drumming fundamentals and pedagogical techniques.
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Professor Josh Ryan, BW Conservatory Faculty
July 12 - 15, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 2 | Price: $390
This two-day workshop is designed for string or non-string specialists who teach elementary, middle, or high school orchestra. The Conservatory String Teacher Institute is a wonderful opportunity for orchestra directors to develop their teaching skills under the guidance of Conservatory faculty. Through hands-on experiences, participants will attend a variety of workshops that focus on string pedagogy, conducting, score preparation/interpretation, rehearsal techniques, and relevant topics for today’s orchestra teacher. Time will be provided for networking with other participants and the workshop faculty.
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Dr. Soo Han, BW Conservatory Faculty
Dr. David Pope, BW Conservatory Faculty
July 15 - 16, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 1 | Price: $195
This seminar will explore the building blocks of effective education through the seminal book, “Intelligent Music Teaching” by Robert Duke. We will examine foundational pedagogy through concepts like transfer, sequence of instruction, de-contextualization, and precision in language and thought. Seminar participants will connect through a collaborative, “round-table approach” in which we will all learn from each other, and deepen our awareness and understanding of the key components to music and student learning.
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Dr. Brendan Caldwell, BW Conservatory Faculty
July 19 - 22, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 2 | Price: $415*
* Price includes textbook.
As school budgets decrease, we recognize the need to find revenue for our classroom from other places. This course is designed to provide educators with simple strategies and resources for generating funding for their classroom. We will examine criteria for establishing a need, the types of funding sources available and different resources for finding funding, packaging and ‘telling’ the story of impact, the sustainability for ongoing funding and the follow up needed to acknowledge those involved in making the funding possible so they continue a relationship with you, your program and your students.
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Professor Adam Sheldon, BW Faculty
July 19 - 20, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Credit: 1 | Price: $195
Summer 2021 LoVetri Institute (Online)
Somatic Voicework™ is a body-based method of vocal pedagogy that incorporates physical awareness, aural acuity, kinesthetic development and vocal freedom. It is supported by voice science, vocal hygiene and medical information. It promotes technical security, stylistic accuracy and personal satisfaction.
Level I is called “Basic Application” and includes the following: introduction to functional principles of voice science and medicine. It guides singing teachers to enhance their own qualities as the “building blocks” of The LoVetri Method. It looks at terminology and at objectively describing vocal behavior. It also addresses attitude, intention and appropriateness of the interaction between student and teacher.
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Credit: 1
Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 17 - 19, 2021
Level II is called “Advanced Application” and is largely devoted to exploring how singing exercises work, what they do and why. It examines the age, background and desires of the students and how those things relate to the teaching process. It enhances the teacher’s ability to evaluate the students in terms of vocal behavior and aptitude.
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Credit: 1
Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 20 - 21, 2021
Level III addresses “Repertoire, Problem Solving and Voice Medicine”. It features a noted music theater expert from New York City, Carmel Dean, Music Director of multiple Broadway shows, who will conduct a master class in audition skills with chosen participants. Level III also touches upon acting for Music Theater and provides an excellent and quick approach to teach pitch matching for anyone with that problem.
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Credit: 1
Jeanette LoVetri, Creator
Michelle Rosen, Senior LoVetri Faculty
Betsy Fiedler, Senior LoVetri Faculty
July 23 - 25, 2021