7th Annual Teach M.E. Conference
(formerly NWA Teach Music Conference)
Featuring Sessions & Concert by
Silkroad Ensemble
Don’t miss the opportunity to
- learn from experts in the field (check out this year’s presenters below)
- gain valuable insights for teaching special needs students
- earn 7 Arkansas teacher professional development hours
- connect with other NWA music educators
all at no charge to our participants!
Who Should Attend
- Music educators
- Music education students
- Community members interested in music education
Dates
Location
Maps & Parking Information
Registration
Information
Dr. Dan Abrahams abrahams@uark.edu
Schedule
*Subject to change.
Friday, April 12 |
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5:00 – 5:45 PM | Check-in at Epley Band Building |
6:00 – 7:00 PM | Assessing Students with Differing Needs in Music Classrooms Part I (Dr. Alice Hammel) |
7:15 – 8:15 PM | Connection and Collaboration: Leaving Room for Failure and the Unknown (Kaoru Watanabe & Sandeep Das, Silkroad) |
Saturday, April 13 |
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8:30 – 9:45 AM | Assessing Students with Differing Needs in Music Classrooms Part II (Dr. Alice Hammel) |
9:45 – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 – 11:00 AM | Supporting SEL Through Minecraft (Dr. Daniel Abrahams) |
11:00 AM – noon | Lunch On Your Own |
12:15 – 1:15 PM | Learning Music as a Way of Life (Kaoru Watanabe & Sandeep Das, Silkroad) |
1:30 – 2:30 PM | An Introduction to Japanese Music (Kaoru Watanabe, Silkroad) |
Teaching Students with Cognitive Differences in Instrumental Ensembles (Abigail Tanner) | |
2:45 – 3:45 PM | Living in the Rhythm (Sandeep Das, Silkroad) |
Music, Society, & Identity (Prof. Nikola Radan) | |
7:30 PM | Free Concert featuring Silkroad Ensemble (Faulkner Performing Arts Center) |
Meet the Presenters
Dr. Daniel Abrahams
Biography
Sandeep Das
Silkroad Ensemble
Biography
Dr. Alice Hammel
Biography
Grammy Award nominated music educator, Dr. Alice Hammel, was the 2023 National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Lowell Mason Fellow, Virginia Music Educator Association Outstanding Educator (2018), and is the current President of the Virginia Music Educators Association. She is a widely known music educator, author, and clinician whose experience in music is extraordinarily diverse. She is a member of the faculty of James Madison University, and has many years of experience teaching instrumental and choral music in public and private schools. Dr. Hammel has put these varied experiences to great use while compiling a large body of scholarly work. She is a co-author for four texts: Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Label-free Approach, Teaching Music to Students with Autism, Winding It Back: Teaching to Individual Differences in Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings, and Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Practical Resource. Dr. Hammel is Past-President of the Council for Exceptional Children – Division for Visual and Performing Arts Education and was recently awarded their Past President Award for Excellence. She is a proponent of Music Will and the Modern Band movement.
Abigail Tanner
Biography
Kaoru Watanabe
Silkroad Ensemble