All details regarding the summer conference can be found on the Colorado ASTA website, but here are a few items to highlight:
Conference Registration Form (link)
The "Early Bird" Registration Deadline is July 10th. You can print, fill-out and mail, or complete the PDF electronically and email to castasrep@aol.com.
Conference Sessions
Here's a list of educational sessions you can expect at this year's Summer Conference. We have some awesome presenters joining us this year. There is something for everyone!
- Orchestra New Music Reading Session
- Creating Amazing Tone in Your Orchestra (Carmen Wiest)
- Composing Music: From Inception to the Concert Hall: A Labor of Love! (Susan Day)
- The Craft of Content Creation: Keeping Your Program Relevant as Culture and Attention Shift (Chilidog Strings)
- Perfecting the Shifting Process (Melissa Barru)
- Repertoire, Rehearsals, and Representation: Diversity in the Orchestra (Dr. Lindsay Fulcher)
- Strategies for Leveraging Social Media: Stake Your Claim on the New Frontier (Chilidog Strings)
- Music From the Start: A Collaboration of the Orff and Suzuki Methods (Rachael Allen and Priscilla Arasaki)
- Practice Part Preparation in Bach's A Minor Violin Concerto - A Tutorial (Dr. Phillip Ficsor)
- Tips on the Business of Running an Efficient Private Music Studio (Margaret Pressley)
- Using Microphones for Live or Recorded Sound (Rob Stahly)
- Repertoire Selection for Orchestra (Dr. Michael Hopkins)
- "And, How Do You Feel About That?" Music Therapy Techniques that Every String Educator Can Use (Sam Conner)
- Special Reading Session: Dr. Michael Hopkins' Compositions and Arrangements for Orchestra (Dr. Michael Hopkins)
- Creative Connections in Motion: Active Strategies that help students interact, understand, and apply musical concepts in new and inventive ways (Jane Barbe)
- Selecting Music to Enhance Your Elementary and Middle School Orchestra (Michelle Ewer)
Hotel Information (link)
The Marriott Springhill Suites on the Auraria Campus has offered our Colorado ASTA members the Metro State University discounted rate! $175 per night (before taxes and fees) for July 26th, 27th, and 28th. Follow this link to book your room.
We encourage you pre-register and come to the conference. Bring a friend! Bring your kids! Now is the time to be a part of Colorado ASTA and enjoy all of the benefits your membership has to offer.