October, 2005
Welcome to Powertalk!
Click here to read a note from Dr. Jim Wells
Featured in this issue:
So many music teachers are working with a very limited school calendar, and even more limited budget. Music In The Parks is offering 2 new locations for 2006 to provide you with an economical event that can be done in one or two days.
For more information about our new locations, click here.
As former music educators, it is our mission to give your students the unparalleled opportunity to grow as musicians and student leaders. With our purpose clearly defined, our next step was to offer the ultimate performance experience.
Festivals of Music is proud to announce the addition of a Manhattan performance location for 2006. For more detail about this new and exciting event, click here.
We will continue to offer the exclusive Student Leadership Workshop with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser at select locations in 2006. For workshop dates and locations, go here.
EPN Travel Services and performance New York Offstage have partnered to provide student dance groups extended options including competitions, clinics and one-on-one meetings with professional dancers. Find more information here.
Also new for 2006, EPN Travel Services offers a Team Presentation to large student groups.
Featured Articles
by John Phillips
Over my many years in teaching music and adjudicating music festivals, I have noticed that successful performances are based on the development of highly effective habits. Like all successful ventures, making music with large ensemble is dependent upon the individuals within the group working cooperatively toward the goal.
by Buddy James
A moving experience for ALL involved is the main goal of the artistic presentation. So, what follows is a brief look at some of the elements (Repertoire, Sound and Performance Etiquette) involved in preparing a choir for adjudication (or any moving performance) that can shed some light on bringing any level of choir to a new level of success.
by Carl Nygard
The music we program for our choirs is, in effect, our curriculum for the year, and it varies from year to year, without the benefit of a preplanned course that is outlined in a textbook. Our country produces approximately 5,000 new choral titles each year. Somewhere in that great block of literature lurks the fuel for your musical endeavors. Certainly, no one has the time to sort through that much stuff, so how can we be sure that we are picking the cream of the crop? We can't, but there are several steps that we can take to ease the burden and assure quality literature for our choirs.
by Ben Fritz
As I adjudicate ensembles for Music In The Parks and Festivals of Music, I have the pleasure of meeting some master educators and hearing their ensembles perform. These programs are truly the "best of the best" when it comes to music education. Here are some of the consistencies among superb programs.
by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Student leaders are no longer a luxury in our educational world, but rather a necessity, particularly in the field of performance. Any successful ensemble/team is made of of a strong director and a group of responsible and committed student leaders. We count on these extraordinary young people to offer their time and energy in the ongoing growth and development of our programs; without them, much of the work will simply not get done.
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