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Friday January 27

Time	Session/Event	Presenter
7:45am - 9:00am	Exhibitors' Breakfast	Al Kato
8:30am - 6:00pm	Registration Desk Open	Mark Jones
9:00am - 5:00pm	Exhibits Open	Al Kato
10:00am - 11:10am	First Steps in Music: Vocal Development in the Early Years	John Feierabend
10:00am - 11:10am	Concert Hour	Leslie Middle School Band, Choir, and Orchestra
11:20am - 12:30pm	Orchestra Reading Session
11:20am - 12:30pm	Together in Rhythm - A guide to Drum Circle Music	Kalani
11:20am - 12:30pm	ALL EARS: Improvisation, Aural Training, and the Creative Process	Fred Sturm
11:20am - 12:30pm	Spirare Shaping Breath, Moving Spirit with Conducting	Geoffrey Boers
11:20am - 12:30pm	CMENC: Practical Solutions for the First Year Teacher	Shannon Chase
11:20am - 12:30pm	If You Can Drive a Car, You Can Play a Brass Instrument	Edward Higgins
12:40pm - 1:50pm	Current Directions for the Society for Music Teacher Education	Tina Bull
12:40pm - 1:50pm	First Steps in Music: Movement Development in the Early Years	John Feierabend
12:40pm - 1:50pm	Make it Swing	Thara Memory
12:40pm - 1:50pm	The Wheel of Pedagogy: Are Your Rehearsals 'Well-Rounded?	Geoffrey Boers
2:00pm - 3:10pm	Building Beautiful and Healthy Tone with our Singers	Charlotte Adams
2:00pm - 3:10pm	Recruiting and Scheduling for the Beginning String Class	Karl Raschkes
2:00pm - 3:10pm	OSAA's 6A Reclassification: How does it affect band?	Chuck Bolton
2:00pm - 3:10pm	Rhythm Gym - Healthy activities that boost timing, coordination,	Kalani
2:00pm - 3:10pm	Advocacy Without Action Is Like Clapping Without a Performance	Sharon Morgan
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Rhythmic Integrity: Developing Jazz Ensemble's Concepts of Rhythm	Vijay Singh
3:20pm - 4:30pm	12 Steps to Music Literacy Using Conversational Solfege -- Part I	John Feierabend
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Innovative and Lively Ideas for Exciting Rehearsals	Charlotte Adams
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Effective Left and Right Instruction for Beginning Strings	Karl Raschkes
3:20pm - 4:30pm	Oregon State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble	Mancho Gonzalez
4:40pm - 5:50pm	World Rhythms!	Kalani
5:00pm - 7:15pm	Middle School Honor Group Concert
5:30pm - 7:30pm	University of Oregon Alumni Event
7:00pm - 9:00pm	OBDA Dinner
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	CMENC Pizza Party
7:15pm - 9:00pm	Folk Dancing! Everyone Invited!	Phyllis Weikart
7:30pm - 9:30pm	Happy Birthday to Wolfgang!	Oregon Mozart Players
9:00pm - 11:00pm	Oregon State University Alumni Event
9:00pm - 11:00 pm	OBDA Reception
10:00pm - 11:30pm	All-State High School Social Night	Collegiate A Cappella

Saturday January 28

Time	Session/Event	Presenter
7:00am - 8:30am	Phi Betu Mu meeting and breakfast
8:00am - 5:30pm	Registration Desk Open
8:30am - 9:50am	CMENC Breakfast Club	Kenneth Raessler
8:30am - 9:50am	Mimes and Conductors: Silent Artists	Gillian McKay
8:30am - 9:50am	Singers in Motion	Rebecca Reames
8:30am - 9:50am	Activities Galore - From the Process and More	Phyllis Weikart
9:00am - 5:00pm	Exhibits Open	Al Kato
10:00am - 12:00noon	General Assembly: Keynote, Elementary Honor Choir, and Genesis	Michael Levine
1:00pm-1:30pm	Choral Performance: College	George Fox University Concert Choir, Loren Wenz, conductor
1:00pm - 2:20pm	Timing is Everything: Steady Beat and Rhythm	Phyllis Weikart
1:00pm - 2:20pm	Percussion Session	Stephen Lynerd, Dallas Brass Percussionist
1:00pm - 2:20pm	Tried and True Pieces for String Orchestra	Jeffrey Bishop
1:40pm - 2:10pm	Choral Performance: High School	Grant High School Royal Blues, Doree Jarboe, conductor
2:10pm - 2:30pm	ACDA Reception
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Aspiring to Excel: The Importance of Relationships and Avoiding Music Teacher Burnout	Kenneth Raessler
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Jazz Performance Hour
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Conducting Orchestra for the Non-String Player	Jeffrey Bishop
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Sprinter and Marathon Runner: Our duality and their dichotomy	Bruce Browne
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Building Tone in the Small School Band	Jim Rice
2:30pm - 3:35pm	Folk Dance - A Process for Successful Teaching	Phyllis Weikart
3:45pm - 5:00pm	Favorite Repertoire from Silver Burdett's "Making Music"	Jill Trinka
3:45pm - 5:00pm	Cello Q & A	Steve Pologe
3:45pm - 4:15pm	Choir Concert	Gresham High School Concert Choir, Janine Kirstein, conductor
3:45pm - 4:30pm	Band Concert	Newberg High School Band, Richard Elliot, conductor
4:20pm - 4:50pm	Choir Concert	University of Oregon Chamber Choir, Sharon Paul, conductor
6:00pm - 7:30pm	OMEA All-Conference Banquet	Kenneth Raessler
7:30pm - 8:30pm	Dallas Brass: In Concert!	Dallas Brass
9:15pm - 10:15pm	All-State Jazz Band and Choir Performance
10:00pm - 11:30pm	President's Reception

Sunday January 29

Time	Session/Event	Presenter
9:00am - 2:00pm	Registration Desk Open
10:00am - 11:10am	Beyond Measure 7: Lessons That Linger	Larry Livingston
10:00am - 11:10am	Favorite Repertoire from Silver Burdett's "Making Music"	Jill Trinka
10:00am - 11:10am	44 Years of Teaching/Conducting: Would I Do it Again?	Ray Cramer
10:00am - 11:10am	A Positive Approach to Rehearsal	Andre Thomas
11:20am - 12:30pm	Teaching Vocal Fundamentals in the K-3 Music Classroom	Judith Herrington
11:20am - 12:30pm	What is Driving your Students?	Loren Wenz
11:20am - 12:30pm	Brass Techniques	Dallas Brass
3:00pm - 5:00pm	All-State High School Gala Concert	All-State High School Band, Orchestra, and Choir