CLINIC SESSION 5
SATURDAY 16 JULY at 12.00pm

5BA/ST: Unleashing the Power of Sound Innovations™ – The Revolutionary New Band and String Method
Peter Boonshaft and Bob Phillips (Alfred)
Alfred Music Publishing’s new method books for band and strings create choices that teachers have always dreamed about. Learn how to customize the techniques, contents and materials in your method book, CD and Smart Music. A free grade 1 band or string piece (only available at these clinics) will be given to every attendee. From the remarkably innovative features of the Standard Edition, like integrated master class DVDs, to the additional ability to change content and add review or enrichment pages in the customizable Director’s Choice Edition, come and see why band and string teachers everywhere are talking about this method.

5CH: THE Boîte School Chorus
The Boîte
The Boite Schools Chorus has been involving schools from across Victoria in massed choral singing events since 2004. The Boite is a not-for-profit, multicultural music organization. The Boite Schools Chorus engages schools with artists from diverse cultural backgrounds and encourages access and participation. As a group we will learn some of the songs that have been highlights for school teachers and students alike and hear some of the stories that teachers have shared with us about their involvement and the reasons why they keep coming back

5CO: GET VOCAL: Contemporary a Cappella
Amelia Alder and Chris Blain (Vocal Australia)
Following on from the success of shows such as GLEE! and NBC’s highly successful “The Sing Off”, students and teachers alike are riding the GLEE train full of renewed enthusiasm for group singing. Vocal Australia’s interactive GET VOCAL session will cover a variety of contemporary a cappella topics that will show you how to incorporate the basics of vocal percussion into your repertoire while still focusing on vowels, harmony and blending voices. Be prepared to get vocal and mix things up while learning how to develop strategies to encourage your students’ creative side with this hands-on session.

5SE: Great Stuff for Secondary Schools
Musica Viva, Regional Arts Victoria, Victorian Opera, AMEB, Arts Victoria
Five of Victoria’s major arts organisations will tempt your palates with a wide range of programs available for you and your schools, including artist-in-residence funding; performances in your school; resource kits and PD for teachers; education programs; online learning and theory exams.

5PR: Percussion Instruments in the Primary Classroom
Heather McLaughlin (VOSA)
This workshop session will offer activities for 5 to 12 year olds
using basic classroom instruments, with an emphasis on the use of
speech patterns and rhythm. Some of these ideas will be suitable for
supporting LOTE in the school as well as for children new to English.

5MT: Songwriting is Child’s Play
Amy Bennett (the Arts Centre Digital Learning Hub)
With the formation of more student bands in schools, an exciting possibility arises to allow students to experiment with composition and songwriting for each others’ groups, allowing their own songs to sit in setlists with those of the bands they love. This session discusses how to best formulate a healthy and active songwriting program where students are comfortable and excited to write music for each other. Topics will include the musical language and techniques of songwriting, how to break down a great song in a way young songwriters understand, how a student can communicate musical ideas to their peers, the possibilities for recording and performing the students’ own material and some of the technical gear handy for use with student bands. This session is aimed at teachers of students in upper primary and lower/mid secondary with an interest in composition and songwriting.

Clinic Streams
Clinics have been organised into the following streams:

BA Band
ST StringS
CH Choral
CO CONTEMPORARY
SE Secondary
PR Primary
MT TECHNOLOGY

Clinics will have a duration of 60 minutes. The content of each clinic will focus on but not be restricted to the stream heading.