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2019 NAMM Foundation Fly-in
Washington, D.C.
May 20-23, 2019

Each spring, NAMM members gather in Washington, D.C. to serve as advocates for the right of every child to learn and grow with music by visiting with their elected representatives on Capitol Hill.
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Participants receive intensive training with policy experts to learn about the policies and priorities of the current administration. With guidance from veteran delegates and seasoned professionals, NAMM members prepare research-based talking points for visits with their Members of Congress. These visits are not just a time to make demands of our legislature, however. It is also when we encourage Senators and Representatives to celebrate the school districts and schools that receive national recognition through The NAMM Foundation’s Best Community for Music Education or SupportMusic Merit Award within their states and congressional districts.

NAMM members will connect with other delegates from their states to form a working coalition to monitor progress and provide support to local school districts through distribution of established educational materials and providing access to effective advocacy templates.

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Dayton Public Schools
Professional In-service Trainings
May 27-31, 2019
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Daily
Location: TBA
Sponsored by Dayton Public Schools

Workshop: Moving into the Future: Building a 21st Century Secondary Choral Program
Clinician: Kimberly Barclay Ritzer

Performing choral music allows young people to express themselves in song and when doing this collaboratively, choral singing becomes far more than the sum of its parts by fulfilling the common need for meaningful engagement with others. In this workshop, teachers will be provided with the “hands on” materials to use in building and developing a successful choral program in both middle and high school settings. To provide a “pathway to success,” participants will be provided with a comprehensive notebook filled with beginning, intermediate and advanced choral warm-ups, sight-reading materials and a diverse representation of recommended choral literature that can be implemented in the upcoming school year.  Using the provided literature as a guide, the focus will be on the use of age-appropriate pedagogical tools, methods, buzzwords, imageries, conducting techniques and vocalises that have been proven to inspire and motivate beginning to the most advanced choral students. 

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Workshop: Moving into the Future: Building A 21st Century Orff Curriculum
Clinician: Susan Mueller

Securing the future in an elementary curriculum, Orff Schulwerk serves as an effective strategy to optimize learning in the 21st century and beyond. Since creativity is at the heart of problem-solving, teachers can help students develop creative competencies, better equipping them for the community and the world. Through differentiation, and a focus on the whole child, this hands-on approach to music making cultivates students’ critical and creative thinking. At the completion of the three day workshop, DPS teachers will receive a well-articulated and kid-tested curriculum, including lesson plans and related materials with pacing, assessment, and classroom management ideas woven throughout. This is an active workshop so dress casually and be ready to have fun!

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U-46 SCHOOLS MARIACHI WORKSHOP
Elgin, IL
June 10-14, 2019
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Sponsored by U-46 Schools

A Beginning Mariachi Pedagogy Workshop will be offered containing a strand of vocal training so that ALL participants will have access to age-appropriate vocal as well as instrumental pedagogy. Focus will be placed on the playing of secondary and tertiary mariachi instruments including trumpet, violin, guitar, vihuela and guitarron. All participants will also have the opportunity to perform on their primary instruments to sharpen characteristic stylistic nuances as required by the various mariachi styles.

Erik Ramirez, Yvette Sital, and Miriam Velasquez three of the highly successful mariachi educators from the Clark County School District's comprehensive, standards-based program, will serve as instructors for the Workshops. Clark County has the largest Mariachi Program in the nation and these instructors will provide insight on how best to build programs.