2025 Maine Music Educators Association Conference

2025 Maine Music Educators Association Conference

10:00am EDT

How to make your 5th grade Band program thrive! Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Larry Jackson Drumset Tones and Techniques Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 115Patrick Bragdon

11:00am EDT

Beyond the Snare: Rediscovering Your Percussion Section Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Dr. Timothy Heath • Sabian Cymbals • Remo Drumheads • Vic Firth Drumsticks and Mallets

1:15pm EDT

Why So Many Tambourines? The Art of Curating Your Percussion Section Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Dr. Timothy Heath • Sabian Cymbals • Remo Drumheads • Vic Firth Drumsticks and Mallets

2:25pm EDT

195th Army Band - Opportunities and Benefits Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 115Jason Priest • Brady Harris • Maine Army National Guard Bassoon basics and beyond: First steps and practical considerations for teaching beginning bassoonists. Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Wren Saunders

3:35pm EDT

Enhancing Performance Development with Comprehensive Musicianship in Instrumental Ensembles Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Casey Schmidt

8:00am EDT

Band Repair Basics: FL, CL, Sax Memorial Union Coe RoomChris Plaisted • David French Music Co. Preparing Your Clarinetists for College Playing Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Beth Wiemann Eleven Leaps to Literacy for Beginning Band & Strings Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 100Dr. Michael Francis Smith

9:50am EDT

Troubleshooting Tone - Using Mouthpieces & Mini-Instruments to Address Fundamentals Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Caitlin Ramsey • Missy Shabo Tone first then intonation: Strategies to improve your trumpet sections tone and intonation Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 115Ryan Noe

1:15pm EDT

Beginning Band at the High School Level Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Bill Buzza

3:45pm EDT

Band Repair Basics: Brass Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 115Chris Plaisted Beginning Band Day - Fighting the March Slump Donald P Corbett Hall Rm 107Jon Simonoff