It has been a busy week, but the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic is over, and I’m finished with all the wrap-up posts on the conference here at MusicEdMajor.net! I wanted to take this time to do a quick recap of the week of Midwest, highlighting some of the good times and blog posts along the way! For a full live recap of Midwest, visit the Midwest Clinic 2010 Landing Page, which will let you replay the live-blog I did throughout the week. Here are some of the great experiences I had this week:
Sessions
I went to four very informative sessions while at the Midwest Clinic. All the presenters were very knowledgeable and personable, and the sessions were a joy to attend. Here are links to my session notes from each clinic:
- Percussion Throwdown by Andy Bliss
- Adding Value to the Student Teaching Experience by Dr. David Campo
- This Rehearsal is Available to You in High Definition by Dr. Thomas McCauley
- Great Two-Track Recordings by Dr. Joseph Pisano
A special thank you to these presenters, who were all very supportive of my live-blogging efforts throughout their sessions.
Alfred and Sound Innovations
Halfway through the first day, I received a tweet from one of Alfred’s accounts (@AlfredSI) inviting me to stop by the booth and introduce myself. I had the pleasure of meeting Marina, a Marketing Specialist with Alfred, who was very enthusiastic about helping provide me with resources to share more information with the readers here at MusicEdMajor.net. She helped set me up with some time to talk to Peter Boonshaft, and the following articles are a result of those conversations:
- Video Interview with Peter Boonshaft: Advice for Music Education Majors
- Video Interview with Peter Boonshaft: Alfred’s Sound Innovations
- Review: Sound Innovations
Networking
It was also a pleasure getting to meet for the first time so many folks with whom I have been chatting and collaborating over the past few months! Special shout-outs go to Nick Jaworski (@jaworskimusic), Marcia Neel (@musicedconsult), Ryan Dore (@britishbuegler), and Scott Watson (@scott_watson). These four, plus some old friends including Dr. Pisano (@pisanojm), Andy Ritenour (@andrewritenour), and Travis Weller (@travisjweller) joined me one evening for the first ever Midwest Clinic Tweetup! The event was a blast, and it was great getting to finally put faces to all these Twitter handles! Special thanks as well to @HyattMcCormick for helping me put together the event.
I hope the resources I have posted here over the past week have been helpful to you! If you have any thoughts regarding my coverage of Midwest, or requests for future conferences, please feel free to leave a comment!
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