Session Proposals

FirstLastSession TitleSession FocusDate Created
PeterMarkesThis Idiot's Guide to Large Group Contest
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
April 7, 2025
PeterMarkesWait…A Music Degree Can Also Include Me?
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
April 30, 2026
PeterMarkesHow Do I Pay for That?
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
April 30, 2026
PeterMarkesWe Tune Because We Care: Embedding SEL Into Tuning
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
April 30, 2026
MelissaMarksSight-Reading Success: Strategies for Effective Preparation and Performance
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
May 31, 2025
DavidMarvelWhy They Don’t Remember What You Taught Them (and What to Do About It)
  • Collegiate
May 30, 2025
DavidMarvelIt’s a Wind Instrument: Air, Acoustics, and Playable Physics for the Band Room
  • Band - Secondary
May 30, 2025
ElizabethMaughanHarmonizing Evaluation: Navigating Tulsa and Marzano Teacher Evaluation Frameworks
  • Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2)
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
February 18, 2025
ElizabethMaughanAccessibility in Music Education
  • Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2)
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
March 31, 2026
SarahMayneIt's Elementary! Music, Children's Literature, and Technology
  • Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2)
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
June 2, 2026
GeorgeMcDowThe Tri-State Music Festival: A Significant Long-term International Music Education Event based in Oklahoma
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
April 29, 2026
TiffanyMcGrewTake 5: Brain Breaks for the Music Classroom
  • Lower Elementary (Grades PreK-2)
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
May 29, 2025
MollyMercer"Baking Up" the Perfect Warm-Up
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
March 31, 2025
NickMeyersPercussion Accessories - The importance of the small items at the back of the ensemble!
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
May 31, 2025
LisaMichaelsGaining Community Support to Advocate for your Music Program
  • Upper Elementary/General Music (Grades 3-5)
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
May 20, 2025
SusanMirandaThe Beginner Oboist
  • Band - Middle School
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
May 12, 2025
AbbyMusgroveRepertoire Ideas for Unbalanced or Uniquely-Voiced Choirs
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
May 22, 2025
JoshuaNannestadChoral Public Domain Treasure Hunt
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Collegiate
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
May 30, 2025
ShawnO'KelleyRising Tides: Musical Growth through Chamber Music
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderConnecting Kids with Creativity
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderWhat the Tech? First Steps in Digital Music
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderSay “Yes and” to Modern Band 
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
  • Mentorship/Beginning Teachers
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderGet to the ‘Good Stuff’ Faster with Tech Tools
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderSight Reading: Tips for warmups, performance and contest prep, and out of rehearsal assignments 
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Secondary
  • Collegiate
April 30, 2025
MikeOlanderSmall Program, Big Results: How to Maximize Limited Rehearsal Time
  • Band - Middle School
  • Band - Secondary
  • Choral - Middle School
  • Choral - Secondary
  • Orchestra - Middle School
  • Orchestra - Secondary
May 1, 2026
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