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Topics and Presenters
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Chamber Music
- Chamber Music Classes: Values, How to Coach, Rep, and All the Rest! — Debbie Price (58)
- Coaching Chamber Music: Cueing and Expression — Debbie Price (150)
- Using Chamber Approaches to Teach Expressiveness — Frank Diaz (46)
Classroom Management
- Classroom Management — Julie Ellis and Renee Wang (50)
- Hey, QUIT PLUCKING! Classroom Management Tips and Strategies for the String Teacher — Renee Wang (58)
Conducting
- All In: What They Didn't Teach Me in Conducting Class — Mark Laycock (52)
- Best Practices for Score Study — Mark Laycock (60)
- Conducting Masterclass — Mark Laycock (15)
- Conducting Tune-Up: Review, Reinforce, and Refine Basic Technique — Mark Laycock (40)
- Making Your Conducting Better: Clarity, Control, and Musicianship in the Conductor's Gesture — Miriam Burns (47)
Copyright
- Being Able to Sleep at Night: Copyright Compliance — James Weaver (35)
Creativity and Improvisation
- A Vision for the Future of Strings in America — Mark Wood (50)
- Improvisation Made Easy — Mark Wood (50)
- Improvisation: Getting Started and Keeping it Going — Bob Gillespie and Tanner Otto (86)
- Teaching Improvisation: Classical, Practical Approaches — Bob Gillespie (TBD)
Diversity and Inclusion
- Creating an Exceptional Place for Special Learners in your String Class — Stephen Benham (50)
- Culturally Responsive Teaching — Rebecca MacLeod (62)
- English Language Learners in the School Orchestras — Renee Wang (50)
- Successfully Creating and Teaching School Orchestras in Title 1 Schools — David Pope (52)
- Teaching Strings in Urban Schools — Karen Koger (50)
- Values and Best Practices for Encouraging and Fostering Diversity in the School Orchestra — Frank Diaz (56)
Fundraising
- Going for the Money: Fundraising — Mark Sholl (46)
Future Teachers
- How You Become the Best Leader of your Program — Bob Gillespie (50)
- Music Educators: Shepherding Tomorrow's Leaders to Artistry — Tim Lotzenheiser (75)
- Preparing the Next Generation of Successful String Teachers: Building College and Career Readiness and String Students as Young as Middle School! — Blair Williams (48)
Health and Wellness
- In It to Win It: Avoiding Burnout and Enjoying a Lifetime of Teaching — Bob Phillips (50)
- Integrating Best Practice for Healthy Music-Making in your Rehearsal — Kathleen Horvath (46)
- Introduction to Body Mechanics for Musicians: Understanding Physical Technique: Parts 1 and 2 — Kathleen Horvath (50)
- Life 101 — Brian Cole (50)
- Sustainability and Happiness: How to Teach your Heart Out Without Burning Out — Margaret Selby (TBD)
- Values and Best Practices for Maintaining Personal Wellness in the Life of a String Teacher" — Frank Diaz (52)
- We Need You! Keeping Joy in your Life and in your Teaching — Bob Gillespie (TBD)
- Wellness in the Life of a String Teacher — Frank Diaz (52)
High School Orchestra
- All About High School: Values, Curriculum, Music, Evaluating: Parts 1 and 2 — Jim Palmer (104)
- High School Best Practices — Soo Han, Charles Loux, Matt Radspinner (150)
- Making Your High School a Complete Program — Julie Ellis and Charles Laux (53)
- The Advanced High School Orchestra Panel — Charles Laux, Chris Selby, Matt Radspinner (56)
- The Values of the High-End School Orchestra — Matt Radspinner and Chris Selby (55)
Motivating Students
- All In: Fostering Student Engagement — Mark Laycock (40)
- Connecting and Reconnecting with Students — Brian Cole (60)
- It's All About the Kids: Creating Positive Connections for a Lifetime — Brian Cole (50)
- It's All Fun and Games! Creative Strategies to Motivate your Students — Erin Broadhurst, Sarah Given, Chris Lape (50)
- Motivating Today's Kids: How they are Wired and How to Re—Wire Them — Sarah Ball (46)
- Student Centered Teaching: Making It All About the Kids — Brian Cole (51)
- Students Owning the Orchestra: Getting Them to Buy In — Julie Ellis (34)
- The First Three Years: Creative Ways to Motivate Students and Buy In — Anna Radspinner (51)
Music
- Breaking into Publishing — Erica Donahoe and Tanner Otto (50)
- Choosing and Rehearsing the Best Concert Music to Achieve Musical Artistry — Chris Selby (45)
- Choosing the Best Repertoire for your Orchestra — Bob Gillespie (50)
- Pathways to Publishing — Andy Dabczynski and Sarah Siegler (TBD)
- Rockin' Orchestra: Expanding Your School Orchestra through Today's Music — Shelby Montgomery (54)
- Strategies and Resources for Selecting the Perfect Piece — David Pope (20)
- The Best Rep for Full Orchestras in the Schools — Sandra Dackow (50)
- The Next Best Music Resource: Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, Volume 4 — David Pope (60)
Music Rehearsal Strategies
- Advanced Orchestras: Finger Patterns for the High-End Player — Scott Laird (50)
- Approach, Arrive, Depart: Strategies for Developing Ensembles — Scott Laird (TBD)
- Best Practices: Rehearsing Winds and Percussion in a Full Orchestra — Sandra Dackow (70)
- Choosing and Rehearsing the Best Concert Music to Achieve Musical Artistry — Chris Selby (45)
- Computational Thinking and the Orchestra Classroom: The Model, Lesson Planning, Strategies, and Advocacy — Scott Laird (TBD)
- Creativity in the Orchestra Classroom — Heather Lofdahl (TBD)
- Dance to the Music: Exploring Effective Techniques to Energize your Orchestra and Chamber Groups — Debbie Price (TBD)
- Designing Effective Warmups — Chris Selby (50)
- Efficiency in Rehearsal — Miriam Burns (TBD)
- Expressiveness in the School Orchestra — Bob Gillespie (50)
- From Rehearsal to Home Practice: Tips and Strategies — Charles Laux (55)
- Full Orchestra in the Schools — Sandra Dackow (70)
- How Do I Count It and When Do I Play It? — Stephen Benham (40)
- Integrating Best Practice for Healthy Music—Making in your Rehearsal — Kathleen Horvath (46)
- Intonation — Bob Gillespie (150)
- Making it a Habit: Transferring Playing Skills from One Piece to Another — Scott Laird (60)
- Open String Tuning — Chris Selby (50)
- Playing in Tune is Not Magic: Exercises and Rehearsal Strategies that Dramatically Improve String Ensemble Intonation — Chris Selby (TBD)
- Preparing Your Orchestra for Adjudication — Charles Laux (TBD)
- Rhythms and Rushing: Effective Strategies for Teaching Students to Read Rhythms and Listen Across the Ensemble — Chris Selby (TBD)
- Right Rhythms at the Right Time in the Right Place — Stephen Benham (33)
- Sharp? Flat? In-tune? Teaching Students to Tune Independently — John-Rine Zabanal and Chris Lape (42)
- Teaching Children How to Count — Chris Selby (50)
- Teaching Students to Tune Independently — Presenter to be determined
- The Habit Loop and Applications to Rehearsal Strategy — Scott Laird (TBD)
- Warm-ups that Develop Outstanding Orchestras and Materials — Bob Phillips (41)
My Importance
- Is What You Do as a String Educator important for the World? YES! — Bob Gillespie (45)
Pedagogy
- Beginning Bass Pedagogy — Doug Wright and Matt Radspinner (290)
- Beginning Bass Technique — Matt Radspinner (290)
- Beginning Cello Pedagogy — Julie Ellis (180)
- Beginning Cello Technique — Matt Hawley (120)
- Beginning Violin and Viola Technique — Bob Gillespie (165)
- Beginning Violin/Viola Pedagogy — Bob Gillespie (180)
- Beginning/Intermediate Cello Pedagogy — Matt Hawley (235)
- Beginning/Intermediate Violin/Viola Pedagogy — Bob Gillespie (325)
- Intermediate Bass Pedagogy — Doug Wright and Matt Radspinner (280)
- Intermediate Bass Technique — Matt Radspinner (280)
- Intermediate Cello Technique — Matt Hawley (105)
- Intermediate Violin and Viola Technique — Bob Gillespie (160)
- Intermediate Violin/Viola Pedagogy — Bob Gillespie (180)
- Quick Fixes: Strategies and Solutions for Solving Students' Common Playing Problems — Bob Gillespie (72)
Program Development
- Best Practices for Working WITH your Administration — Mark Sholl (40)
- Building a Culture of Excellence — Tim Lotzenheiser (68)
- Building and Creating the 21st-Century Orchestra: Technology, Music, and Step-by-Step — Cory Zilisch (56)
- Developing Community Support – Brian Cole (54)
- Divided by Section but United in Harmony: Making your Class a Community — Shelby Montgomery (48)
- Empowering your Program: Advocacy and Community Engagement — Brian Cole (40)
- Energizing and Creating Growth in an Existing Program — Tanner Otto and Angela Santangelo (TBD)
- Making a Life for the Violist in the School Orchestra Program — Blair Williams (42)
- Moving a Good Orchestra Program to the Next Level — Anna Radspinner and Matt Radspinner (68)
- Rebuilding Your Program After COVID — Brian Cole (35)
- The Road Map for your Program: The Updated 2021 ASTA String Curriculum — Stephen Benham (50)
- Winning Students Over When You are the New Teacher — Charles Laux (52)
- Wisdom Through the Ages: What I have Learned that Works and Does Not — JulieAnn Bernard (TBD)
- Wisdom: Reflections on What I have Learned as a String Teacher — Jim Palmer (47)
String Instrument Repair
- Funding and Selecting Instruments for Use in your Orchestra Program — Baroque Violin Shop (TBD)
- Instrument Fleet Maintenance — The Loft Violin Shop (TBD)
- Instrument Repair Labs — Baroque Violin Shop (280)
- Strings 101: No Strings Attached! — The Loft Violin Shop (38)
Student Assessment
- Assessment Practices for 21st-Century Students — Charles Laux (57)
Student Recruitment and Retention
- Connecting and Reconnecting with Students — Brian Cole (60)
- Experts in Recruiting and Retention: How to Get it Done — Bob Phillips, Brian Cole, Anna Radspinner, James Weaver (65)
- Getting Them and Keeping Them: It’s What it's All About! — Brian Cole (TBD)
- Rebuilding your Program After COVID — Brian Cole (36)
- Recruiting and Rebuilding Post-Pandemic — Bob Phillips (44)
- Student Engagement — Brian Cole (38)
Teaching Strings in Classes
- All Things Middle School: Best Practices (Survival Techniques for Students and Teachers) — Sarah Ball (47)
- Beyond Beginners: Terrific Tips and Rehearsal Strategies for Second Year Students — Becky Bush (51)
- Getting it Done: The Art of Teaching a LARGE Heterogeneous String Class — Bob Phillips (65)
- Perfecting the Art of the Beginning Orchestra Class — Margaret Selby (TBD)
- Teaching Beginners: Getting Them Started Right Best Practices — Becky Bush (54)
- Teaching Second Year Students: How and What to Teach Best Practices — Anna Radspinner (45)
- The First Three Years: Creative Ways to Motivate Students and Buy In — Anna Radspinner (51)
Technology
- Bringing COVID Technology into the Love Orchestra Class — Charles Laux (56)
- Building an Electric Orchestra at your School — Cory Zilisch (55)
- Empowering the Next Generation of School Orchestra Composers: Motivation, Technology, and Student Support — Cory Zilisch (76)
- Plug-in Your Orchestra — Cory Zilisch (150)
- Teachers and Students as Recording Engineers! Incorporating Music Technology into your Curriculum — Tanner Otto (45)
- Technology and App Showcases — Erin Broadhurst (105)
- Technology Lab for Teaching Strings — Erin Broadhurst (150)
- Tracks and Loops: Creating Backing Tracks and Covers — Tanner Otto (45)
- Turn your Camera On! Teaching Strings Online — Rebecca MacLeod (52)
- User-Friendly: Creating a Play-Along Video — Anna Radspinner (52)
- Where to Clip? Hands-on Video Editing Lab — Matt Kinnear (68)
TOTAL: 137 video sessions with 193 hours of content