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Interest Sessions
In t er est S essions

legiate, and community ensembles in Texas, Colorado, ing previously taught in elementary through college
and Michigan and completed her doctorate at Michi- classrooms in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennes-
gan State University. see, and Kentucky. Adam possesses degrees and certi-
fications in music education, violin and vocal perfor-
mance, Kodály methodology, and choral conducting.
She greatly enjoys working with a variety of musicians
Many Gifts: Educating Community every day.
and Church Choirs through Rehearsals

Church choirs and non-auditioned community Middle School Choral Students:
choruses bring together a broad, diverse spectrum of
musicians, ranging from those who cannot read mu- How Do You Motivate Them?
sic and have limited training to professional musicians.
Conductors can satisfy the musical spirit of all choir When middle school students are motivated, they
members by incorporating literacy skills into church are unstoppable. How do you channel their energy so
and community choir rehearsals. In addition to vo- that you can guide them on a musical journey? Explore
cal technique, we can teach our singers score marking tips and ideas of various master choral music educa-
techniques, rudimentary music theory, performance tors who teach young adolescents. Be ready to sing and
practices, and music history, for example. The key to move!
success is making the information taught practical, rel-
evant, and immediately applicable. Everyone benefits Lynn Brinckmeyer recently retired as
from teaching these same concepts in our church and professor of music, associate dean of the
community choirs. college of fine arts and communication,
and director of choral music education
Matt Caine is director of traditional at Texas State University. During 2006-
music at St. John’s United Methodist 2008 she served as president for The National Asso-
Church, Aiken, SC. In addition to being ciation for Music Education. She published Wander the
an active conductor of orchestras and USA with Warm-Ups!, The Wonder of Music with John
church, community, professional, and Jacobson, Rhythm Rescue!, Wander the World with Warm-
symphonic choruses, Caine has served as interim direc- ups with Hal Leonard Publishing and Advocate for Music
tor of choral activities for St. Petersburg College and with Oxford University Press. Brinckmeyer’s degrees
Allen University. Both a Fulbright Scholar and a FLAS include a BME and MME from Eastern New Mexico
Fellow in Bulgarian Language of the US Department University, and a PhD in music education from the
of Education, his published research in Bulgarian mu- University of Kansas.
sic is frequently cited by scholars in both Bulgaria and
the United States. He has presented interest sessions at
two ACDA national conferences as well as regional and
state conferences. Real Ensemble Culture Building

(Ice Breakers Not Included)
Jennifer Adam is in her twenty-second
year of teaching and is currently the
director of choirs at Christian County Icebreakers and team builders are great, but re-
High School in Hopkinsville, KY, hav- search indicates they actually have little impact on

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