PAST WORKSHOPS OF THE 2015-2016 SEASON
September 26, 2015 Harmony in Sequence: Developing the Ear, Eye and Hand with Ruth Dwyer
Ruth E. Dwyer is internationally recognized as a treble youth and children’s choir specialist and Kodály educator. Mrs. Dwyer has been the guest conductor for the OAKE National Children’s Choir, numerous All-State and Honor Choirs, and the National Children’s Choir at Lincoln Center and for MidAmerica Productions Carnegie Hall Children and Youth Choral Festival. Mrs. Dwyer is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Hoosier Hills Choral Festival in Southern Indiana and of Philthrusong, Inc. (Philanthropy Through Song) a non-profit organization supporting anti-drunk driving education and traumatic brain injury research through choral performance.
Mrs. Dwyer has been the Associate Director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir (ICC) since 1988 and ICC Director of Education in 1996. She is also the Artistic Director and Administrator of the Columbus Indiana Children’s Choir, a co-operative effort of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. Her work with ICC/CICC has allowed her to tour throughout the United States and abroad. Her choirs have performed for the Indiana Music Educators Association, the AOSA National Conference, in New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, Spain, across the USA and throughout Central Europe. She has prepared choirs for performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Opera, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Butler University production of Nutcracker. Mrs. Dwyer’s work with ICC/CICC includes mentoring the teaching staff, conducting 4 choirs, teaching in the First Steps program and providing music library assistance.
Prior to her fulltime position with ICC, Mrs. Dwyer served the State of Indiana for 19 years as a public school music educator. She has received the IMEA Elementary Music Teacher of the Year, the Hoosier Musician award and the IPS Rising Star award. Mrs. Dwyer is an accomplished choral composer and arranger. She has taught master classes for the IU Jacobs School of Music, Butler, St. Thomas, Drake Universities and Silver Lake College. Mrs. Dwyer also works as a studio conductor for Heritage/Lorenz Publishers.
Ruth Dwyer earned both her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University where she majored in music education and voice. While attending Indiana University she also received her Kodály certification under the guidance of Mary Goetze and Jean Sinor. She enjoys a good up of coffee, visiting with family, reading, sailing and hiking in the mountains.
Mrs. Dwyer has been the Associate Director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir (ICC) since 1988 and ICC Director of Education in 1996. She is also the Artistic Director and Administrator of the Columbus Indiana Children’s Choir, a co-operative effort of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. Her work with ICC/CICC has allowed her to tour throughout the United States and abroad. Her choirs have performed for the Indiana Music Educators Association, the AOSA National Conference, in New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, Spain, across the USA and throughout Central Europe. She has prepared choirs for performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Opera, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Butler University production of Nutcracker. Mrs. Dwyer’s work with ICC/CICC includes mentoring the teaching staff, conducting 4 choirs, teaching in the First Steps program and providing music library assistance.
Prior to her fulltime position with ICC, Mrs. Dwyer served the State of Indiana for 19 years as a public school music educator. She has received the IMEA Elementary Music Teacher of the Year, the Hoosier Musician award and the IPS Rising Star award. Mrs. Dwyer is an accomplished choral composer and arranger. She has taught master classes for the IU Jacobs School of Music, Butler, St. Thomas, Drake Universities and Silver Lake College. Mrs. Dwyer also works as a studio conductor for Heritage/Lorenz Publishers.
Ruth Dwyer earned both her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University where she majored in music education and voice. While attending Indiana University she also received her Kodály certification under the guidance of Mary Goetze and Jean Sinor. She enjoys a good up of coffee, visiting with family, reading, sailing and hiking in the mountains.
November 7, 2015 Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach with Alice Hammel
Come spend the day with CAKE as we learn to utilize the Five Domains for students with differences and disabilities! This active workshop will provide many differentiated, and student-centered activities to use with your students. We will also participate in winding instruction forward and backward to meet the needs of all students in our music classrooms.
Dr. Alice M. Hammel, a diverse and widely known music educator, currently teaches for James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth Universities. In addition, she has a large flute studio and is the music intervention specialist for ASSET (Autism Support, Education, and Training). Dr. Hammel spends her summers teaching musicianship and pedagogy to graduate students and K-12 music educators at several universities. Her degrees are from the Florida State University (MME) and Shenandoah University (DMA and BME – Magna Cum Laude). Dr. Hammel also holds Kodály and Music Learning Theory (Gordon) Certifications.
In addition to teaching at the university level, she has many years of experience teaching general, instrumental and choral music in K-12 classrooms. Dr. Hammel continues to regularly teach students who are at-risk and in need, and is often asked to guest teach at universities in the US. She is in great demand as a keynote speaker, researcher and clinician in the field of music education, and has published widely in music, special, and general education journals. Two co-authored text and online resources, Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-free Approach, and Teaching Music to Students with Autism, are available through Oxford University Press. A third Oxford resource, Winding it Back: Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings will be released in 2016. Dr. Hammel has also contributed chapters to several other Oxford University Press and National Association for Music Education (NAfME) resources.
Dr. Hammel is affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts and is a member of the Kennedy Center National Forum: Examining the Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education. She serves on the planning committee for the national conference co-sponsored by the Kennedy Center and Very Special Arts. She is also chair of the National Association for Music Education Task Force on Students with Special Needs. Dr. Hammel serves in many concurrent state and national professional leadership positions and is a multiple award recipient honoring her commitment to music education and music teacher education.
Her primary goal is to become a better teacher with each passing day.
Dr. Alice M. Hammel, a diverse and widely known music educator, currently teaches for James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth Universities. In addition, she has a large flute studio and is the music intervention specialist for ASSET (Autism Support, Education, and Training). Dr. Hammel spends her summers teaching musicianship and pedagogy to graduate students and K-12 music educators at several universities. Her degrees are from the Florida State University (MME) and Shenandoah University (DMA and BME – Magna Cum Laude). Dr. Hammel also holds Kodály and Music Learning Theory (Gordon) Certifications.
In addition to teaching at the university level, she has many years of experience teaching general, instrumental and choral music in K-12 classrooms. Dr. Hammel continues to regularly teach students who are at-risk and in need, and is often asked to guest teach at universities in the US. She is in great demand as a keynote speaker, researcher and clinician in the field of music education, and has published widely in music, special, and general education journals. Two co-authored text and online resources, Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-free Approach, and Teaching Music to Students with Autism, are available through Oxford University Press. A third Oxford resource, Winding it Back: Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings will be released in 2016. Dr. Hammel has also contributed chapters to several other Oxford University Press and National Association for Music Education (NAfME) resources.
Dr. Hammel is affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts and is a member of the Kennedy Center National Forum: Examining the Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education. She serves on the planning committee for the national conference co-sponsored by the Kennedy Center and Very Special Arts. She is also chair of the National Association for Music Education Task Force on Students with Special Needs. Dr. Hammel serves in many concurrent state and national professional leadership positions and is a multiple award recipient honoring her commitment to music education and music teacher education.
Her primary goal is to become a better teacher with each passing day.
February 27, 2016 A Kodaly Duet: Building Skill and Play with Bruce Swank
This workshop’s first portion will focus on how to improve and expand musical activities in your classroom through the Ten Skill Areas. These ideas allow your students to “think” they are playing when in fact they are building their musical skills. The second portion of the workshop will be dedicated to having participants sing, play and explore some of the best singing games and play parties and how they fit into your music classes.
Bruce Swank has taught music at all levels from Kindergarten to Masters level classes. He currently teaches K-1 vocal music at the Kleptz Early Learning Center in the Northmont City School District, Englewood, OH. He is a graduate with Music Education degrees from The Ohio State University and from Indiana University. He holds a Kodály Certificate and Diploma from the Kodály Center of America and took classes at the Franz Liszt Academy while teaching for a year at the American International School of Budapest.
Bruce has taught in many college summer music courses for over twenty-five years and has presented sessions at state music conferences, MKMEA and OAKE. He is director of the Kettering Children’s Choir “Chorale” and has led state honors choirs.
He recently retired as the Executive Secretary of MKMEA, and gives music education workshops throughout the Midwest. His wife, Julie, is a professional horn player and is also a Kodály music educator and teaches at Northmont City Schools. He is the proud father of college sophmore, Katherine, 19 and high school senior, Lauren, 17.
Bruce Swank has taught music at all levels from Kindergarten to Masters level classes. He currently teaches K-1 vocal music at the Kleptz Early Learning Center in the Northmont City School District, Englewood, OH. He is a graduate with Music Education degrees from The Ohio State University and from Indiana University. He holds a Kodály Certificate and Diploma from the Kodály Center of America and took classes at the Franz Liszt Academy while teaching for a year at the American International School of Budapest.
Bruce has taught in many college summer music courses for over twenty-five years and has presented sessions at state music conferences, MKMEA and OAKE. He is director of the Kettering Children’s Choir “Chorale” and has led state honors choirs.
He recently retired as the Executive Secretary of MKMEA, and gives music education workshops throughout the Midwest. His wife, Julie, is a professional horn player and is also a Kodály music educator and teaches at Northmont City Schools. He is the proud father of college sophmore, Katherine, 19 and high school senior, Lauren, 17.
April 9, 2016 Piece of CAKE with CAKE Board Members
- Folk Dances from Around the World: Enjoy some authentic, Renaissance era, English country dances
- Children's Literature in the Music Classroom: Books for various topics will be presented
- Differentiation for Your Highest Learners: Learn and explore differentiation strategies for your highest students. This workshop segment will include teaching a composition project, leading a multi-lesson listening project, and ideas for movement.
- Technology in the Music Classroom: Participants will learn how to create resources to increase student achievement in and out of the classroom, using apps and software. The session will include the basics of how to create simple audio, video, and image files, and examples of how to use them in conjunction with apps and software programs. Examples will be shared to support rhythmic and melodic learning for multiple grade levels. Participants are encouraged to bring a tablet and laptop to get the most out of the session.
Presented by Amanda Caretta-Hull, Daniel Ewen, Jana Martin, Jamie Parker, and Rachel Rosellini