Workshop Location
The Ohio State University School of Music
College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Join us for a week of fun-filled events, opportunities to meet teachers from all over the world, and a full week of educational sessions by master teachers.
Instruments will be available to check out for daily use.
Download and save or print the Detailed Daily Schedule (revised 6/3/24); this document is updated periodically.
Events include:
- Opening reception — The Loft Violin Shop
- New teacher luncheon
- Pizza party lunch — Baroque Violin Shop
- Shopping time at Stanton’s Sheet Music
- Workshop orchestra performance on campus of The Ohio State University
- Workshop dinner party at Schmidt’s Sausage Haus in German Village
Sessions include:
Alternative Styles
- Teaching the 21st Century Orchestra — Cory Zilisch
- Old-Time Fiddle Lab — Christen Blanton
Beginning Strings
- Two Sessions of Teaching Beginning Strings — Christen Blanton
- Jaws and Jazz: Tips for Successful Recruitment — Emily Way
- Perfecting the Art of the Beginning Orchestra Class — Margaret Selby
Chamber Music with Debbie Price
- Two Chamber Music Lab Orchestras
- Dance to the Music: Exploring effective techniques to energize your orchestra and chamber groups
Classroom Engagement
- Thriving Through Dynamic Shifts: How to Maintain Excellence in Your Program — JulieAnn Bernard
- Delegate, Facilitate -> Cooperate: Establishing Positive Procedures in Your Orchestra Classroom — Erin Broadhurst
- Leadership in Your Orchestra Program — Brian Cole
- Retention and Community Building — Brian Cole
- Creativity in the Orchestra Classroom — Heather Lofdahl
- Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Orchestra Classroom — Heather Lofdahl
- Energizing and Creating Growth in an Existing Program: Tanner Otto and Angela Santangelo
Conducting with Miriam Burns
- Four Conducting Labs
- Efficiency in Rehearsals
Instrument Repair and Inventory
- Instrument Fleet Maintenance — Ella Pittsford and Jennifer Short, The Loft Violin Shop
- Daily Repair Workshops — Jeremy Bartel and Baroque Violin Shop
Publishing
- Pathways to Publishing: Andy Dabczynski and Sarah Siegler
Reading Sessions with Composers
- Carl Fischer Music — Alan Lee Silva
- Excelcia Publishing — Alan Lee Silva
- Grand Mesa Strings — Andy Dabczynski and Sarah Siegler
- Grade 1 Reading Session — Matt Radspinner
- 2 My Favorite Orchestra Reading Session — led by workshop participants (all attendees welcome to contribute!)
Rehearsal and Classroom Techniques
- Adjudication Preparation — Charles Laux
- Approach, Arrive, Depart: Strategies for Developing Expressive Ensembles — Scott Laird
- Computational Thinking and the Orchestra Classroom: The Model, Lesson Planning, Strategies, and Advocacy — Scott Laird
- The Habit Loop and Applications to Rehearsal Strategy — Scott Laird
- Playing In Tune Is Not Magic: Exercises and Rehearsal Strategies that Dramatically Improve String Ensemble Intonation — Chris Selby
- Rhythms and Rushing: Effective Strategies for Teaching Students to Read Rhythms and Listen Across the Ensemble
- Teach the Movement and the Music Will Follow — Kathleen Horvath and Juliet White-Smith
- The Secret is the Right Hand: Developing Amazing Tone and Articulation in Every Level of String Ensemble — Chris Selby
- Vibrato Lab — Bob Gillespie
Secondary Instrument Classes
- 10 Daily Violin/Viola Classes — Bob Gillespie
- 10 Daily Cello Classes — Julie Ellis
- 10 Daily Double Bass Classes — Matt Radspinner and Doug Wright
- 10 Daily Secondary String Classes for the Non-String Player — Matt Radspinner
- Viola Lab — Heather Lofdahl
Technology
- The Art and Craft of Recording School Orchestras in Sight and Sound — Mathew Kinnear
- Essential Elements Interactive — Charles Laux
Wellness
- ATTN Teachers: PUT YOUR OXYGEN MASKS ON FIRST! — Kathleen Horvath and Juliet White-Smith
- Sustainability and Happiness: How to Teach Your Heart Out Without Burning Out — Margaret Selby
- Wisdom through the Ages: What I Have Learned that Works and What Does Not — JulieAnn Bernard