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Online Workshop 2023 Format Requirements
Online-Only String Teacher Workshop 2023 will be presented in GoogleClassroom. Participants will need to have a personal Gmail account.
If you have already used your Gmail address to register for the Workshop, a GoogleClassroom invite will be sent to that email address. If not, please share your personal Gmail address with us BEFORE JULY 6 so that you can access the GoogleClassroom course.
Email your Gmail address to the workshop administrator at ohiostatestw@gmail.com.
2023 Topics and Presenters
Best Practices
- All About High School: Vaues, Curricululm, Music, Evaluating (2023) — Jim Palmer
- All Things Middle School: Best Practices — Sarah Black
- Best Practices for Working WITH Your Administration — Mark Sholl
- Beyond Beginners: Terrific Tips and Rehearsal Stragies for Second-Year Students (2023) — Becky Bush
- High School Best Practices — Soo Han, Charles Laux, Matt Radspinner
- Teaching Beginners: Getting Them Started Right: Best Practices (2023) — Becky Bush
- Teaching Second-Year Students: How and What to Teach: Best Practices (2023) — Anna Radspinner
- Working With Beginners: Best Practices — Sarah Black
Coaching Chamber Music
- Chamber Music Classes: Values, How to Coach, Rep and All the Rest! — Debbie Price
- Coaching Chamber Music: Cueing and Expression — Debbie Price
Conducting
- Making Your Conducting Better (2023) — Miriam Burns
Copyright
- Being Able to Sleep at Night: Copyright Compliance — James Weaver
- Breaking Into Publishing — Tanner Otto and Erica Donahoe
Curriculum
- The Roadmap for Your Program: The Updated 2021 ASTA String Curriculum — Stephen Benham
- Rockin' Orchestra: Expanding Your School Orchestra Through Today's Music (2023) — Shelby Montgomery
Diversity and Special Learners in the String Class
- Creating an Exceptional Place for Special Learners in Your String Class — Stephen Benham
- Culturally Responsive Teaching — Rebecca MacLeod
Fundraising
- Going for the Money: Fundraising — Mark Sholl
Improvisation
- Improvisation: Getting Started and Keeping it Going — Tanner Otto and Bob Gillespie
- Teaching Improvisation: Classical, Practical Approaches — Bob Gillespie
Instrument Repair
- Instrument Repair — Baroque Violin Shop
Life As A String Teacher and Being Your Best
- Building A Culture of Excellence — Tim Lautzenheiser
- How Can I Help Myself Be the Best Teacher I Can Be? Reflection, Self-Evaluation, Check Points, Wisdom and Strategies — Bob Gillespie
- How to Become the Best Leader for Your Program (2023) — Bob Gillespie
- In It to Win It: Avoiding Burnout and Enjoying a Lifetime of Teaching — Bob Phillips
- Is What You Do as a String Educator Important for the World? — Bob Gillespie
- It's All About the Kids: Creating Positive Connections for A Lifetime (2023) — Brian Cole
- Life 101 — Brian Cole
- Remaining Positive in the Midst of Adversity: String Teaching in the Schools — Brian Cole
- Wisdom: Reflections on What I Have Learned As A String Teacher (2023) — Jim Palmer
Motivating Students
- Building A Culture of Excellence (2023) — Tim Lautzenheiser
- Connecting and Reconnecting with Students — Brian Cole
- Divided by Section But United In Harmony: Making Your Class a Community (2023) — Shelby Montgomery
- The First Three Years: Creative Ways to Motivate Students and Buy In (2023) — Anna Radspinner
- It's All Fun and Games! Creative Strategies to Motivate Your Students — Erin Broadhurst, Sara Given, Chris Lape
- Making It All About the Kids: Student-Centered String Teaching — Brian Cole
- Motivating Today's Kids: How They are Wired and How to Re-wire Them! — Sarah Black
- Winning Students Over When You Are the New Teacher (2023) — Charles Laux
Moving An Orchestra Program to the Next Level: Program Building
- Moving a Good Orchestra Program to the Next Level — Matt Radspinner and Anna Radspinner
- Rebuilding your Program After COVID — Brian Cole
Music Rehearsal Strategies
- Best Practices: Rehearsing Winds and Percussion in a Full Orchestra — Sandra Dackow
- Designing Effective Warmups — Chris Selby
- Expressiveness in the School Orchestra — Bob Gillespie
- From the Rehearsal to Home Practice: Tips and Strategies — Charles Laux
- Getting It Done: The Art of Teaching a LARGE Heterogenous String Class — Bob Phillips
- Intonation Rehearsal Strategies — Bob Gillespie
- Making a Life for the Violist in the School Orchestra Program — Blair Williams
- Making it a Habit: Transferring Playing Skills from One Piece to Another — Scott Laird
- Open String Tuning — Chris Selby
The Next Generation of String Teaching in America
- A Vision for the Future of Strings in America — Mark Wood
- Music Educators: Shepherding Tomorrow's Leaders to Artistry (2023) — Tim Lautzenheiser
- Preparing the Next Generation of Successful String Teachers: Building College and Career Readiness in String Students as Young as Middle School! — Blair Williams
Sessions Especially for the Non-String Player
- Sessions for the Non-String Player — Matt Radspinner
- String Pedagogy for the Non-String Player — Matt Radspinner
Orchestra Repertoire
- The Best Rep for Full Orchestras in the Schools — Sandra Dackow
- Choosing the Best Repertoire — Bob Gillespie
- Choosing and Rehearsing the Best Concert Music to Achieve Musical Artistry — Chris Selby
- Strategies and Resources for Selecting the Perfect Piece — David Pope
Protecting and Using Your Body Effectively as a String Teacher and Player
- All Things Muscle: Using Your Body Wisely When Playing and Teaching Strings — Kathleen Horvath
- Integrating Best Practice for Healthy Music-making in Your Rehearsal (2023) — Kathleen Horvath
- Introduction to Body Mechanics for Musicians Understanding Physical Tech (2023) — Kathleen Horvath
Recruiting and Retention
- Recruiting, Retention and Rebuilding Post-Pandemic — Bob Phillips
Selecting Instruments and Strings
- Funding and Selecting Instruments for your Orchestra Program — Baroque Violin Shop
- Strings 101 — No Strings Attached! — Loft Violin Shop
String Pedagogy and Teaching String Technique
- Beginning Violin/Viola Pedagogy — Bob Gillespie
- Intermediate Violin and Viola Pedagogy — Bob Gillespie
- Beginning Cello Pedagogy — Julie Ellis
- Intermediate Cello Pedagogy — Julie Ellis
- Beginning and Intermediate Cello Pedagogy — Matt Hawley
- Beginning Bass Pedagogy — Doug Wright and Matt Radspinner
- Intermediate Bass Pedagogy — Doug Wright and Matt Radspinner
- Advanced Orchestras: Finger Patterns for the High-End Player — Scott Laird
- Common String Playing Problems and Quick Fixes — Bob Gillespie
String Program Advocacy and Building Community Support
- Developing Community Support for the Orchestra Program — Brian Cole
- Empowering Your Program: Advocacy and Community Engagement — Brian Cole
- Music Program Advocacy at the Local Level — James Weaver
Student Assessment
- Assessment Practices for 21st Century Students (2023) — Charles Laux
Teaching Rhythm Reading
- How Do I Count It and When Do I Play It? — Stephen Benham
- Right Rhythms at the Right Time in the Right Place — Stephen Benham
- Teaching Children How to Count — Chris Selby
Teaching Strings in Urban and Title I Schools
- Successfully Creating and Teaching School Orchestras in Title 1 Schools — David Pope
- Teaching Strings in Urban Schools — Karen Koger
Technology in the School Orchestra Program
- Bridging the Gap: Bring COVID Technology Back to Class — Charles Laux
- Building an Electric Orchestra at Your School — Cory Zilisch
- Building and Creating the 21st-Century Orchestra: Technology, Music and Step-by-Step — Cory Zilisch
- Empowering the Next Generation of School Orchestra Composers: Motivation, Technology and Student Support — Cory Zilisch
- Plug-In Your Orchestra — Cory Zilisch
- Teachers and Students as Recording Engineers! Incorporating Music Technology Into Your Curriculum — Tanner Otto
- Tracks and Loops: Creating Backing Tracks and Covers — Tanner Otto
- Turn Your Camera On! Teaching Strings Online — Rebecca MacLeod
- User-Friendly: Creating a Play-Along Video — Anna Radspinner
- Where to Clip? Hands-On Video Editing Lab — Mathew Kinnear
