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STRINGS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH
Our spicy summer program is open to string players of all
ages and levels. We open with a festive participatory
session on Sunday evening, June 27th and will end Friday
evening, July 2nd with an awesome participant concert!
We are looking forward to sharing a vast array of playing
and learning opportunities with you as we celebrate our
sixth anniversary!
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Win a free set of Helicore strings by D'Addario if
you are one of the first twelve registrants.
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Do you have or know of
an alternative styles string group that's looking for a
performance venue? Contact Julie
Lyonn Lieberman to
discuss performing on July 2nd, early afternoon, at SWB.
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TEACHERS: Bring four
students and get free tuition to attend the teacher
training or any classes you choose (room and board not
included)!
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NEW this summer: The SWB raffle! Prizes will
include a 10% discount from the Electric Violin Shop with
free shipping and more...
Check out
our new Strings
Without Boundaries T-shirts,
tote bags, postage stamps, mouse pads, and more. The cool
thing about the Zazzle store, is that you can choose from
any of three SWB designs and mix and match with any
merchandise from their catalogue. Choose your own colors,
too!
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Julie Lyonn Lieberman started
the eclectic styles teacher training four summers ago to
help support string teachers in offering a stylisticallyinclusive
approach to their students.
After
close to thirty years conducting teacher training through
MEA and ASTA chapters as well as in-school
residencies across
the country, she had already been on a crusade to teach
American students about their own country's string music,
as well as world styles. She saw first-hand the need for a
central training facility that could help
string teachers compensate for a lack of stylistically
inclusive training in their own backgrounds. Four years
ago, Strings
Without Boundaries provided
her with the support she needed to launch a teacher
training program.
The Eclectic
Styles Teacher Training Program at Strings
Without Boundarieswill provide you
with right- and left-hand techniques to sound
style-appropriate, five approaches to improvisation, and
an overview of American vernacular and world styles -- all in
a safe, comfortable setting. Sessions will include
American fiddle styles withJan
Farrar Royce, jazz styles with Martin
Norgaard and
much, much more. Download your free Alternative
Styles Teacher Manual! You
can purchase a copy of the text for the course, Alternative
Strings: The New Curriculum, onamazon.com.
At
SWB, we
recognize that every
classroom in America is different. We
focus on helping you develop the skills necessary to
create a unique and malleable stylistically inclusive
learning environment for your students. Our teacher
training will answer the most common questions, like:
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Why do I still sound
classical when I try to play other styles?
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How do I choose from
so many different styles?
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How can I teach something that I have little or no
background in?
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What is the best way to organize an eclectic styles lesson
plan?
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What do I need to learn on my instrument that will help my
students?
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How can I justify appropriating time for improvisation or
other styles when I hardly have enough time as it is?
and much, much more.
Julie will demonstrate what she calls a "music without
boundaries" approach that applies learning techniques from
around the world to any style of music. This approach
prepares the student for all styles.
Graduate and
Act 48 (continuing ed.) credits are available for teachers
who participate in these sessions or any aspect of the
week. For more information, email Chris
Bromley
Julie Lyonn Lieberman can
help you incorporate new approaches into your curriculum
better than anyone I know.
- Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras, Artistic Director, Opus 118
Harlem Center for Strings; inspiration for the Academy
Award-nominated movie, Music
of the Heart.
Lieberman, already
the consummate performer, composer, and educator, [is] an
undeniably intelligent, perceptive and articulate
individual well ahead of the curve in string music
education...
- J.F.R., American
String Teacher.
What distinguishes our summer session?
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Our faculty is composed of professional performers who are
also renowned educators, composers, and authors. This
translates into awesome playing in combination with
excellent communication skills: we know how to impart
techniques and styles in an organized, clear fashion.
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Now in our fourth year, our program was the first in the
world to offer anEclectic Styles Teacher Training
Program
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In addition to teaching repertoire from dozens of styles,
we focus on ensemble-oriented classes. Players are
encouraged to solo, to interact with one another, and to
learn the repertoire through a comprehensive, global
approach: style-appropriate techniques, melody, harmony,
rhythm & groove, bass lines, and counterpoint. Our group
classes maintain a feeling of connection between the
students.
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After the opening faculty concert on Monday night, we
offer a jam session in a different style each night.
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We welcome students aged 11 through 100+ and do not
separate by age group, but rather by level because we
believe that all ages have something to contribute to one
another. We
endeavor to create a family feel that is comfortable and
honors the talents of every individual.
This year, some of the electives offered, include:
Gypsy, Eastern European, East Indian, Arabic Taqsim, and
Celtic styles; practice techniques; amplification
techniques; jazz theory; Gypsy jazz; small group improv;
electronic instruments; how to choose and set up a sound
system; marketing and entrepreneurship; and much, much
more.
About Vicki Richards ... Completely
original, totally captivating, a startling journey through
North Indian, Far Eastern and modern melodic styles,
wrapped in mesmerizing layers of rhythm and harmony...
raging solos...majestic, delicate. -
Jazz Times
About Mary Ann Willis ... If
the sound of a wild Gypsy violin moves your spirit, Mary
Ann [Willis] Harbar's Gypsy violin is a great place to
learn...We could certainly use a few more fiddlers out
there who can play with Harbar's skill and spirit.
Fortunately, she's willing to teach us how. - Tom
Knapp, Rambles.net editor
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Check out our videos from summer 2009!!Program Director: Stephen Benham
