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Performances by student chamber ensembles

Rebecca Falls, Percussion & Cara Corrigan, Saxophone Junior Recital

Explore the Orff approach at a basic level in this highly popular course marking its 10th year at VanderCook! Learn how to read Orff scores, understand Orff terminology, and develop lessons in the Orff style. Instructor: Jean Hersey

This class centers around three main concepts: assessment, instructional design, and long-term program development. Instructors: Dr. Charles Menghini, Chris Gleason, Rick Palese.

Learn the basics of woodwind and brass repair. Instructors: Gary Everett & Bill Rife Location: Room 225 & Instrument Repair Lab.

Jeremy Rowland (Clarinet) & Darla Meaders (Voice) perform a junior recital in room 130.

Darla Meaders, Voice and Jeremy Rowland, Clarinet, Junior Recital

Explore the Orff approach at a basic level in this highly popular course marking its 10th year at VanderCook! Learn how to read Orff scores, understand Orff terminology, and develop lessons in the Orff style. Instructor: Jean Hersey

Monthly FNS meeting to discuss current issues and business of the college.

This course will present a wide variety of technological tools to assist you and your students in the learning process at all levels. Instructor: Steve Smith

Learn the basics of woodwind and brass repair. Instructors: Gary Everett & Bill Rife Location: Room 225 & Instrument Repair Lab.

This course will increase your knowledge of how to deliver appropriate, differentiated music instruction to students with a disability.

This multi -day workshop covers a variety of topics in the Kodaly Classroom. Location: Quinlan & Fabish, Mount Prospect, IL. Presented by Colleen Cetera & Rachel Rosellini

Stephanie Gergen, Saxophone & Sarah Quesnell, Trumpet Junior Recital

This course will present a wide variety of technological tools to assist you and your students in the learning process at all levels. Instructor: Steve Smith

Ashley Burton, Trumpet and Shanae Kemp, Voice Junior Recital

Audition/Visitation Day

Midterm Exams

Midterm Exams

Meeting for all current student teachers

Earn Graduate Credit from VanderCook by attending concerts, clinics, and exhibits, at the ACDA convention.

Midterm Exams

BandFest/ChoralFest

Earn Graduate Credit from VanderCook by attending concerts, clinics, and exhibits, at the ACDA convention.

Midterm Exams

Earn Graduate Credit from VanderCook by attending concerts, clinics, and exhibits, at the ACDA convention.

1st Student Teaching Assessment Due

Midterm Exams

Earn Graduate Credit from VanderCook by attending concerts, clinics, and exhibits, at the ACDA convention.

Develop/ improve skills for playing the guitar, and directly address the needs and challenges of creating and/or refining guitar programs in your school. Instructor: Michael Miles

Develop a master’s project that enriches your professional practice in meaningful ways. This course will be personalized to address topics and approaches identified by the class. Instructors: Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal, Cynthia Krause, and Wendy Wiegers

Develop/ improve skills for playing the guitar, and directly address the needs and challenges of creating and/or refining guitar programs in your school. Instructor: Michael Miles

Mid-Semester Break

Mid-Semester Break

Mid-Semester Break

Mid-Semester Break

Mid-Semester Break

Mid-Semester Break

This SmartMusic course includes a review of SmartMusic content and quickly moves to student assessment, documentation, and curriculum options. Imagine having the ability to help your students learn their music, while you easily document their progress from pre-test to final test and everything in between.

Build a foundation for approaching jazz improvisation while learning how to tran- scribe on your own and how to incorporate transcription study during practice time. Instructor: Anthony Kidonakis

This SmartMusic course includes a review of SmartMusic content and quickly moves to student assessment, documentation, and curriculum options. Imagine having the ability to help your students learn their music, while you easily document their progress from pre-test to final test and everything in between.

Build a foundation for approaching jazz improvisation while learning how to tran- scribe on your own and how to incorporate transcription study during practice time. Instructor: Anthony Kidonakis

Classes Resume. Mid - Semester Break March 18 - March 24

Spring Break - No Classes

Monthly FNS meeting to discuss current issues and business of the college.

Jillian Bacon, Trumpet and Kristen Hjelmaas, Clarinet Junior Recital

The Pops Concert is an annual benefit for the Great Teachers Scholarship Fund. The event features a variety of student ensembles, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar, and a silent auction.

Charlotte Danielson’s “Framework for Teaching” (FFT) provides a system that meets all of these criteria. FFT is one of the largest research-based models for instruction and evaluation, and is being widely implemented across the country in school districts of every size and type. Instructor: Debra Radke

Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) has been helping teachers choose good repertoire, focus their outcomes, develop a wide variety of strategies that enrich rehearsals, and create meaningful assessments. It is not a curriculum or methodology, but a model for teacher planning that puts students at the center and works for any music teacher.school setting. Instructors: Margaret Jenks

This multi -day workshop covers a variety of topics in the Kodaly Classroom. Location: Quinlan & Fabish, Mount Prospect, IL. Presented by Kristine Johanek