2003 - 2004
Chapter Events
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Topics
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Monday, September 8
7:30 PM
Powell 116
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Kick-off Party!
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Tuesday, October 7
7 - 8 p.m.
Porterfield Hall Room 179
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guest speaker: Lois Castonguay
Mrs. Castonguay is Choral Director at Radford High School. She will speak to the chapter on
tours and trips with school groups and fund-raising.
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Wednesday, September 24
9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
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3rd Annual Music Career Day
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Thursday, November 7
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Powell 116
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Making Classroom Instruments
Chapter members will present the session which they will be doing at the
VMEA Conference later in the month.
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Wednesday-Saturday
November 19-22
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VMEA Conference, Norfolk
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Monday, December 8
7 - 8 p.m. PM
Porterfield 179
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guest speakers: Lisa Napoli & Valerie Ransbottom,
RU Music Education graduate students
topic: the voice of experience
Lisa and Valerie will share insights and advice which
they obtained from their work in the field. Jointly they have experience in
all areas of the music curriculum—instrumental, choral, general
music.
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Thursday, January 22
7:30 p.m.
Powell 116
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guest speakers: Nami
Yoshihara (Japan) and
Cecil (France)
topic:
music education in other countries
Nami and Cecil will tell about
the music education they had while growing up in their homelands.
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Saturday, February 21
9 a.m. to noon
Powell 116
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Game Room for Rebecca Orr Festival
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Monday, March 8
7:30 p.m.
Powell 116
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New Teacher/Student Teacher Roundtable
featuring:
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Angie Hagwood,
first-year general music teacher at Auburn Elementary
School
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Davina Porter, first-year choral music
teacher at Smyth County Middle and High Schools
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Eric Young, student teacher at Christiansburg Elementary
School (general music) and Cave Spring
High School
(instrumental music)
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Wednesday, April 7
7 - 9 p.m.
Powell 149
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Joint meeting with the RU
Music Therapy Club: Connect
with Drumming
Clinicians:
- Jim Borling, RU
Director of Music Therapy
- Brent Holl, choral
and general music teacher at Stewart
Middle School, Ft. Defiance, VA
This session will be a
joyous celebration of rhythm and drumming. Drums and other percussion
instruments will be provided for all participants.
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Wednesday, April 14
7-8 p.m.
Powell 107
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guest speaker: Carolyn Myers, Music Supervisor
for Chesapeake Public Schools
topic: Making Meaningful Music and Making
Music Meaningful
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Saturday, April 24
6:30 p.m. - ?
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Annual Spring Picnic
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Take a look at
our RU Collegiate MENC history.
