​Oregon ASTA

DETAILS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14th: Bornoff and More!!!  How to integrate the Bornoff Approach into your programming 

• Differentiated Skill Building Strategies for beginners through advanced groups

• Tone Production Techniques to Develop Bowing Awareness, Flexibility, & Articulation

  •      Open String Cycles using Détaché, Spiccato, and Staccato Exercises

  •      Harmonic Exercises to develop a more nuanced bow and a soft, relaxed left hand

• Finger and Tonal Patterns for Improved Intonation

  •     The overall approach - "Spatial to Aural to Action"

  •     Introducing Major and Minor from the Start with Preparatory Patterns

  •     Advanced Level Applications - shifting and thumb position

• Teaching the Individual within the Group Setting

  •     Process, Pacing, and Integrated Assessments - "Creative Review," "Large Group-Small Group-Solo Technique" 

• Shifting exercises - Introduction and Development

  •    Large Motion Shifts to encourage solid posture and continued tone development

  •    Small Motion Shifts within patterns, scales, and Bornoff's "Figure Variations"

• Slurring and Combination Bow Variations for Rhythmic Precision (Accuracy)

  •    Slurred Couplets, Triplets, Quadruplets, and more!

  •    Learn how to combine left and right-hand variations to develop individual and ensemble rhythmic understanding

• From Finger Patterns to Scales and Beyond - Building Literacy at Every Level

  •     Take the mystery out of note reading with an easy theory and pitch reading system that will help your students become great sight readers and independent musicians.

  •     Students learn to "compare and contrast" from the early preparatory finger patterns through scale and arpeggio cycles.  

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

9 - 10:15am: The Games People Play - Learning Through Engagement, led by Jessica Amir

• Come play games designed in and for the orchestra classroom!

• You’ll experience games that can be used with and without: instruments, written music, and technology so that you can best serve students in a variety of age ranges and physical settings. 

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10:30 - noon: 30 minutes of Bornoff "warm-ups" followed by a reading session of several levels of jazz tunes for string orchestra.

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1 - 2:15pm: Curiosity, Compassion, and Connection, with David Eby

• Using instruments and voices we will introduce methods to cultivate a culture of connection, reduce stress, and create optimal learning environments.

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2:30 - 4:00pm: Roundtable Discussion of teaching hurdles and inspirations 

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[previously scheduled 2:30 - 4:05pm: Pedagogy from A to Z! presented by Dijana Ihas - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED]

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