2015 South Carolina Music Educators Conference
Here are the sessions presented at SCMEA. I had a great time meeting teachers and catching up with everyone!
Automate and Motivate 21st Century String Players with Technology
- February 6, 2015, 2:30 PM, Carolina A/B
- 21st Century String Players Technology Slides 02-07-15 (PDF)
- Browse the top menu of this to see pages dedicated to various topics discussed in the session.
Improving the Intonation of Your String Students through Sight, Sound, and Touch
- February 6, 2015, 4:00 PM, Carolina A/B
- Improve Intonation Keynote Slides (PDF)
- Improve the intonation of your string students, detailed outline (PDF)
- Tartini in Tune iOS App (link to iTunes store)
- Intonia software for Mac/PC
Music Reading Session sponsored by Hal Leonard
Links below are either to the Hal Leonard Website and the Hal Leonard Orchestra YouTube Channel. The YouTube channel is really cool as you can view the score as you listen!
- Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner/arr. Longfield
- Phantom Castle by James Curnow
- March and Canon by Thomas May
- The Irish Baker (Angelina the Baker) arr. Longfield
- Celtic Roots arr. Kenneth Baird
- Civil War Echoes by Robert Longfield
- Fugue from String Quartet No. 1 by Charles Ives/arr. Longfield
- Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven/arr. Hoffman
- Finale from Firebird (for Festival String Orchestra) by Igor Stravinsky/arr. Hoffman
- Prayer of St. Gregory by Alan Hovhaness/arr. Longfield
- Grover’s Corners from Our Town by Aaron Copland/arr. Lavender
- Happy by Pharrell Williams/arr. Longfield
- Radioactive arr. Moore
- The Hanging Tree from the Hunger Games arr. Longfield
- Poker Face by Germanotta arr. Long field
- Counting Stars by Tedder/arr. O’Loughlin
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Earl Scruggs/arr. Moore
- Music from Frozen arr. Longfield
I had a great time in Columbia and look forward to returning to South Carolina next year for the 2016 Middle School All-State Orchestra! As always, please contact me if you have questions or just want to chat. 🙂