CONFERENCE LOCATION

Omaha Central High School

124 N 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Wednesday 7/8:

1:00pm - Registration

2:00pm - Board of Directors Meeting: Executive Board, Past Presidents, and Committee Chairs

3:00pm - Executive Board Meeting: Executive Board & Past Presidents

4:00pm - Past Presidents Meeting; Committee Chairs Meeting, and State Chairs Meeting

5:00pm - Dinner (provided)

6:30-9:00pm - Conducting Workshop with Nebraska Wind Symphony

     Conductors: Dr. Paula Crider (TX), Dr. Courtney Snyder (MI), & Dr. Josh Kearney (NE)

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Thursday 7/9:

8:30am - Registration and coffee

9:00am - Keynote - Dr. Paula Crider (TX)

10:00am - Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab with Dr. Paula Crider (TX)

     9:15am - Students arrive and check in
     10:00am - Lab band rehearsal with Paula

     11:00am - Break

     11:15am - Lab Band Culminating Informance

     11:30am - End Lab Band

11:45pm - Catered Lunch 

1:30pm - Sessions

     Room 1: "Teach Them to Fish: Self-Directed Learning in the Band Classroom" - Dr. Jessie Peterson (NC) and Melanie     

                     Watson (NC)

     Room 2: "Women on the Podium: When Females Lead" - Dr. Dawn Farmer (IL)

2:30pm - Sessions

     Room 1: "Let Them Do the Work: A Learner-Centered Approach to Teaching Independent Musicianship in the Full

                     Ensemble Rehearsal" - Dr. Kim Mieder (CA)

     Room 2: "A Band Director's Survival Guide for Women" - Allyson Rawlings (KY) and Stephanie Wallace (KY)

3:30pm - Sessions

     Room 1: "Vibing and Surviving: How Your Program Can Thrive While Facing the

          Challenges of Being the Sole Band Director" - Lissette Guardiola (TX)

     Room 2: "Unlocking Potential: Ensemble Teaching Tools for Student Musicians with     

          Disabilities" - Amber Bock (NE)

5:00pm - Jazz on the Green (Bring your dinner - picnic style. Will need blankets/chairs.)

 

Friday 7/10:

8:30am - Registration and coffee

9:00am - Sessions

     Room 1: "No Teacher Is an Island: Tools for Survival in today's Climate" - Dr. Jenny L. Neff (PA)

     Room 2: "Double Reed Boot Camp" - Rachel Villareale (KS) and Christine Mitchell (NE)

10:00am - Sessions

     Room 1: "Unequal Measures: Navigating Gendered Expectations and Identity 

          Development in Music Education" - Emily Talley (OH), Alexis Carlson (OH), Jessie Gilbert (OH), Mallory Skvor   

                    (OH), Lindsay Eakins (OH), and Kiersten Fannin (OH)

     Room 2: "What Every Band Director Needs to Know about Breathing" - Dr. Madison Booth (NE)

11:00am - Sessions

     Room 1: "There's a Strategy for That" - Audrey Yosai (NC)

     Room 2: "Recruiting and Retention Starts Outside of the Classroom: Strategies for

          Building a Thriving Music Program" - Christin McClain (OH)

12:00pm - Lunch on own

1:00pm - Joslyn Tour

3:30pm - General Membership Meeting

4:30pm - Dinner on own

6:30-8:30pm Reading session with Omaha Symphonic Winds

 

Saturday 7/11:

Potential social gathering at Henry Doorly Zoo for those who are staying through.

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TRANSPORTATION 

Omaha Eppley Airfield

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ACCOMMODATIONS

Hotel Indigo Omaha Downtown

Hotel Indigo GROUP RATE LINK

includes complementary shuttle to and from airport

0.3 miles from Omaha Central High School

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DoubleTree Omaha Downtown

DoubleTree GROUP RATE LINK

includes complementary shuttle to and from airport

0.5 miles from Omaha Central High School