2009 CMEA Convention
Activities for CASTA Members
Performing Orchestras include:
Coronado High School Chamber Orchestra, Mindi Loewen, Conductor
Thursday, Main Ballroom, 10am
Denver School of the Arts Symphonic Orchestra, Frank Fyock, Conductor
Thursday, IC North, 11:45am
Monarch High School Chamber Orchestra, Fred Jewell, Conductor
Friday, Main Ballroom, 4pm
Legacy High School Chamber Orchestra, Campbell Harrison, Conductor
Saturday, Main Ballroom, 8:30am
Miller Middle School Orchestra, Kim Farrell, Conductor
Saturday, Main Ballroom, 12:30pm
Rock Canyon Chamber Strings and Symphonic Strings, Andrea Meyers, Conductor
Wednesday, Main Ballroom, 7pm Clinic
Orchestra with David Littrell
Thursday, Crystal Room, 10:45am
Clinic Orchestra with David Littrell
University Orchestra Performances:
Metro State University Orchestra, Alejandro Rivas Conductor
Friday, IC North, 10:15am
Western State University Chamber Orchestra
Friday, Main Ballroom, 2:15pm
Clinic Sessions:
David Littrell, Kansas State University Distinguished Music Professor and
Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra (David
Littrell's bio)
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m., Main Ballroom
David Littrell, Kansas State University Music Professor and Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra
Session: Effective Literature Selection from the GIA Publication "Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra" String Literature Levels 1, 2, 3 with Live Clinic Demonstration -"String and Chamber Orchestras" from Rock Canyon H.S., Andrea Meyers, Director
Thursday 10:45 am, Crystal Room
David Littrell, Kansas State University Music Professor and Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra
Session: Effective Literature Selection from the GIA Publication "Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra" String Literature Levels 3, 4, 5 with Live Clinic Demonstration - "Chamber Orchestra" from Rock Canyon H.S., Andrea Meyers, Director
Wes Kenny, CSU Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Session: Recreating the Score:
How to Rehearse your Ensemble into
your Mind's Ear.
Thursday 12:45pm, Crystal Room
Margaret Berg, CU Viola Professor and Chamber Music Director
Session: Promoting Minds on
Chamber Music Rehearsal
Thursday 2:45pm, Theatre with live
string quartet demonstration group
Orchestra New Music Reading Session
Thursday 4:00pm, Main Ballroom
Jeff Nevin, Mariachi Music Specialist sponsored by KJOS Music
Session: What Makes Mariachi
Mariachi and How it Fits at Your School
Friday 11:15am, Golf Club
Leslie Stewart, CSU Music Education Professor
Session: Bowing and Fingering
Decisions for the High School Violinist
Friday 1:15pm, Crystal Room
CASTA General Membership Meeting
Friday 3pm, Crystal Room
Jeff Nevin, Mariachi Music Specialist sponsored by KJOS Music
Session: How to Create,
Rehearse and Perform with a Mariachi Group at
your school
Saturday 9:30am, Theatre
Kevin Mixon, Elementary Education String Specialist from Syracuse, New York and
National and International String Education Session Presenter
Session: Alternate Rehearsal
Techniques for Beginning String Players
Saturday 11:30am, Golf Club
Kevin Mixon, Elementary Education String Specialist
Session: Successful Strategies
for Exceptional learners in
Instrumental Music Programs
Saturday 1:15pm, Theatre