Events and ResourcesJanuary 2024
AIMS Luncheon at ILMEA Conference, Peoria, IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, October 27, 2023 9:30-4:30pm Fall AIMS Meeting: University of IL Urbana-Champaign 9:30-10:00 Meet-and-greet reception 10:00-12:00 The "Collective Wisdom" at Work For this first part of our meeting, we will use our combined experience to help our members think through issues they are facing, problems they need to solve, opportunities they need advice on how to leverage, etc. 12:00-1:15 Lunch 1:20-2:45 Tour of UIUC School of Music, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music 3:00-4:30 The Challenges and Opportunities of AI in the Music Classroom Composer and Assoc. Professor of Creative Technologies Roy Magnuson (Illinois State University) and Musicologist and Director of Undergraduate Studies Megan Eagen-Jones (UIUC) will present and lead a discussion on what is most certainly one of the main challenges facing us today. This part of the meeting will be Zoom-cast so that faculty from your institutions may take part in this important professional-development opportunity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 2023 AIMS Luncheon at ILMEA Conference, Peoria, IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, October 7, 2022 12:00-1:30pm Fall AIMS Meeting Agenda: 12-12:10pm Welcome and Introductions 12:10-12:30pm Business Meeting 12:30-1:30pm Presentation by Glen Schneider - ZOOMERS: Meeting the needs, interests, and mindset of Generation Z Glen Schneider is Director of Operations at Kendall Partners in Yorkville, IL, serves on the MECA Faculty at VanderCook College of Music, and the Artistic Staff of the Naperville Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has held positions at Wheaton College Conservatory of Music (2019-2022), Metea Valley & Neuqua Valley High School (2009-2022, Oswego High School (2002-2009), and Fox Chapel (PA) Elementary Schools (2001-2002). Awards during his career include the Grammy Signature Gold Award, TeachHUB Making a Difference Award, The American Prize, Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award, National Band Association Citation of Excellence Award, Phi Beta Mu, and notable performances at The Midwest Clinic, Illinois Music Educators Association, Tournament of Roses Parade, and the SuperState Band Festival. He received his education from Duquesne University (Bachelor of Science in Music Education), VanderCook College of Music (Master of Music Education), and Concordia University Chicago (Master of Arts in Educational Technology). As an author he has published articles in the Music Educators Journal and Teaching Music, writes for the “MAC Corner Column” in the School, Band and Orchestra Magazine, and Yamaha Music Education USA. In addition, he has written eleven graduate level courses that he teaches to music educators across the world through the VanderCook College of Music MECA program. He has served in positions for the Fox Valley Music Festival, IMEA District IX, VanderCook College Alumni Association Board, ARTSpeaks 204, the Alyssa Alvin Foundation For Hope, and is an educational consultant for the NAMM Foundation’s Music Achievement Council. Glen lives in Oswego with his wife Ashlee (also a musician), and their five children. He enjoys running, all things outdoors, woodworking, construction, coffee, BBQ, Foxy's Ice Cream, and hits the drums regularly on the worship team at Harvest New Beginnings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January 2022 AIMS Luncheon at ILMEA Conference, Peoria, IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, October 1, 2021 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (CST) Fall AIMS Meeting Join us as presenters, Ryan Aguirre and Braeden Ayres, explore topics for music educators surrounding gender and the LGBTQ+ community. If you miss this presentation, you may access the recording here. Ryan Aguirre: New Mexico native, Ryan Aguirre, recently completed his Ph.D. in music education at Florida State University, working with Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow. Dr. Aguirre has a Bachelor of Music Education from New Mexico State University and a Masters of Music Education from University of Northern Colorado. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Aguirre focused on LGBTQ+ issues, race issues, and movement in the K-12 music classroom. He completed all three Orff-Schulwerk certification levels at Metropolitan State University, studying with Dr. Paul Cribari, Matt McCoy, and Karen Petty. As a lover of working with elementary-age students, Dr. Aguirre taught elementary music in New Mexico, Colorado, and Florida. Currently, Dr. Aguirre is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Western Illinois University, teaching courses in classroom instruments, elementary music methods, and teaching music to learners with exceptionalities. Braeden Ayres: Braeden Ayres is a conductor and educator of choral music. As a composer, Braeden Ayres's works have been premiered at national and state-level ACDA honor choirs, all-states, and local choir concerts across the world. His works are published with Carl Fischer, Hal Leonard, Augsburg Fortress, and MusicSpoke. As a conductor, Ayres has led community choirs, K-12 public schools, church choirs, and university ensembles. His doctoral research was focused on composing and selecting repertoire for developing male voices. He is currently the choral director at Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois as well as the director of music at First Christian Church in Macomb, Illinois. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 17, 2021 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST) Round Table Discussion - Part II Fall is rapidly approaching and as schools send out protocols concerning vaccination and continued (or discontinued) risk mitigation strategies, where does this leave music? If you have questions like I do, please join us for our second round table discussion where we can talk about best practices as we enter the upcoming school year. We are also gathering materials for a shared resource list, so if you have items that would be helpful to others, please add them to this Google doc, here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monday, July 26, 2021 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST) Round Table Discussion - Part I Fall is rapidly approaching and as schools send out protocols concerning vaccination and continued (or discontinued) risk mitigation strategies, where does this leave music? If you have questions like I do, please join us for a round table discussion where we can talk about best practices as we enter the upcoming school year. We are also gathering materials for a shared resource list, so if you have items that would be helpful to others, please add them to this Google doc, here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, January 8, 2021 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (CST) "Successful Strategies for Moving Online" with John Mlynczak Did you miss out? Don't worry, you're in luck! Mr. Mlynczak has given us permission to post the recording, presentation slides and resource document! Enjoy! Recording Presentation slides Resource document For our annual meeting, we will focus on successful strategies for teaching music online. We're excited to invite John Mlynczak (M.M., M.Ed) as our guest speaker. Mr. Mlynczak offers an extensive range of experiences in music education and the music industry and is a frequent national clinician. Mr. Mlynczak is Managing Director of Noteflight, a Hal Leonard company, and Past-president of the Technology Institute of Music Educators. John also teaches online Graduate courses at VanderCook College and Boston University Online, and is a Google Level-2 Certified Educator. Mr. Mlynczak is a passionate advocate for music education and technology, serving on the NAMM State Advocacy Coalition, the NAfME Advocacy Leadership Force, and is Advocacy Chairman for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. Mr. Mlynczak holds degrees in music education, music performance, and educational leadership. Learn more at www.johnmlynczak.com. "Successful Strategies for Moving Online" Abstract: The internet allows us to connect in ways never before possible. Online teaching certainly has its drawbacks when it comes to playing in an ensemble; however, there are also ways we can exchange information and collaborate that have advantages over classroom instruction. This presentation will provide practical examples and proven strategies to engage music students online. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 2, 2020 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (CST) "How We Got Here, Where to Now?” with Philip Ewell For our fall meeting this year, we will focus on matters of equity in music curriculum. We’ll hear from an esteemed colleague, Philip Ewell – Associate Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College of the City University of New York who was mentioned in a recent article in The New Yorker titled, “Black Scholars Confront White Supremacy in Classical Music.” “How We Got Here, Where to Now?” Abstract: The societal tipping point that is so often cited in the United States these days is intimately linked with our past as understood through the prism of race, a troubled and, at times, violent past that has infused virtually everything that we Americans do. This past is now under great scrutiny in music studies, in how we teach music to our students, how we examine music in analysis, and how we choose the music we professional musicians consider worthy of attention. In this talk I consider our past so that we might chart a path for the future. Only through an exhaustive study of the past can we truly understand why the academic study of music is what it is today, a study that remains exclusionist with respect to musics that are not centered around both whiteness and maleness. In coming to terms with this difficult past we together—white, black, and everyone in between—can create a new academic study of music, rich and inclusive, which will be rewarding and emancipating for all. Biography: Philip Ewell is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College of the City University of New York, where he serves as Director of Graduate Studies in the music department. His specialties include Russian music and music theory, Russian opera, modal theory, and critical-race studies. He received the 2019–2020 “Presidential Award for Excellence in Creative Work” at Hunter College, and he is the “Susan McClary and Robert Walser Fellow” of the American Council of Learned Societies for 2020–2021. He is also a “Virtual Scholar in Residence” at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music for 2020–2021. As a result of his ACLS award, he is currently working on a monograph combining race and feminist studies with music and music theory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Friday, August 7, 2020 12:30-2:00 p.m. “Solutions for Reopening in Fall 2020” SCHEDULE Webinar Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, June 4, 2020 2:30-4:00 p.m. "Moving Music Programs Forward in a COVID-19 World" SCHEDULE RESOURCE LIST Webinar Summary |
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