MEdUSA & QBA Mentoring Workshops
Current Events
Past EventsMEdUSA Presents: Music Pedagogy with Steve Dubinsky Welcome to MEdUSA's first professional development workshop of 2019! This will be a clinic that focuses on strategies for teaching various things, such as articulation, blend, intonation, and more! This event is open to all members. Monday January 21st at 6:30 -7:30pm McGill Music Library A-512 Music Education Programs Serving Low-Income Children and Youth with Gabby Smith
Join us for our third and final MEdUSA workshop of the semester, featuring Gabby Smith on teaching in music education programs for children and youth in lower socioeconomic settings. Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 at 7pm McGill Music Building A-412 Strategies for Classroom Management with Jennifer Hayden-Ben
Thursday, November 1st, 2018 at 6-7pm McGill Music Building A-510 This MEdUSA workshop features Jennifer Hayden-Benn, music teacher of Beaconsfield's St. Edmund Elementary School, discussing various strategies for classroom management. Brass Repair Workshop with Steve Dubinsky Thursday, October 11th, 2018 at 6:30 - 8 pm McGill Music Building A-510 Steve Dubinsky of the QBA will be conducting a workshop on repairing brass instruments. Come join us for an evening of tips and tricks and repair solutions for music teachers! The Creative Music Classroom with Kristen Malbranck Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 at 6 - 8 pm McGill Music Building A-512 Come discover how to create a learning environment where imagination and emotional engagement lead students to meaningful music making. This workshop will include: • Interactive activities and discussions that spark your own creativity and connect you with your child-self. • Approaches on how to develop your own creative classroom climate, how to model creative confidence and self-expression with your students, as well as how to inspire young students to engage authentically in their creative process, take risks, and to collaborate with one another. • Techniques on song-writing, improvisation, and musical imagination activities for young students. • Key research points, takeaways that support the importance of creativity in education. ‘Responsive Classroom’. with Helene Boucher Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 at 6 - 8 pm McGill Music Building A-512 The workshop will be an introduction to a program called It is an evidence-based approach to teaching that focuses on engaging positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness. It focuses on creating safe and joyful learning communities where students develop strong social and academic skills and every student can thrive. It will address how adults can create a calm, positive, orderly environment that promotes autonomy and allows students to focus on learning. |
Starting a Band Program with Teresa Lescaudron
Wednesday March 22nd from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
MEdUSA is holding our final QBA Mentoring Workshop of the year with Teresa Lescaudron.
This workshop will talk about the logistics of building a band program from the ground up.
Woodwind and Instrument Repair with Steve Dubinsky
Tuesday, March 15th from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
MEdUSA is holding our final QBA Mentoring Workshop of the year with Steve Dubinsky on brass and woodwind instrument repair. Feel free to bring problematic/broken instruments to be repaired live! We look forward to seeing you there.
Tuesday, March 15th from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
MEdUSA is holding our final QBA Mentoring Workshop of the year with Steve Dubinsky on brass and woodwind instrument repair. Feel free to bring problematic/broken instruments to be repaired live! We look forward to seeing you there.
How to Start a Ukelele Program with Douglas Giroux
Thursday, February 18th from 6:30 PM - 8 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
Have you ever wondered why the Music Education program here doesn’t cover ukulele techniques? Well wonder no more as MEdUSA’s VP of professional development Doug Giroux will be offering a workshop on how to get your own ukulele program up and running! All you need to bring is your uke and a will to learn.
Thursday, February 18th from 6:30 PM - 8 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
Have you ever wondered why the Music Education program here doesn’t cover ukulele techniques? Well wonder no more as MEdUSA’s VP of professional development Doug Giroux will be offering a workshop on how to get your own ukulele program up and running! All you need to bring is your uke and a will to learn.
Basic Recording with Philip Parenteau
Thursday, January 28 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
Join us in the library for a workshop in our QBA mentorship series this year!
Learn from Philip Parenteau everything you need to know about sound recording as a music educator!
Thursday, January 28 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-410
Join us in the library for a workshop in our QBA mentorship series this year!
Learn from Philip Parenteau everything you need to know about sound recording as a music educator!
Starting a "Popular" Music Course with Steve Dubinsky & Robert Stagg
Tuesday November 22nd from 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-510
Do you need a music option that will bring in a new enrollment stream, run parallel to your music program, all at low cost? The “Popular Music” course can provide students with the opportunity
to study and learn to play their favourite instruments as well as direct their own ensembles. This workshop will present the framework of developing a new music option in your school.
Tuesday November 22nd from 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
New Music Building Library: A-510
Do you need a music option that will bring in a new enrollment stream, run parallel to your music program, all at low cost? The “Popular Music” course can provide students with the opportunity
to study and learn to play their favourite instruments as well as direct their own ensembles. This workshop will present the framework of developing a new music option in your school.
Overcoming Fear of Singing with Vocal Improvisation with Irene Feher
Friday November 18th from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
New Music Building Library: A-510
Professor Irene Feher will be conducting a workshop on helping others overcome the fear of singing through vocal improvisation.
Professor Feher will cover different vocal improvisation techniques, and strategies to work with students who believe themselves to be 'tone-deaf' or those who identify as 'non-singers'.
Irene Feher: www.livingyourmusic.com
Friday November 18th from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
New Music Building Library: A-510
Professor Irene Feher will be conducting a workshop on helping others overcome the fear of singing through vocal improvisation.
Professor Feher will cover different vocal improvisation techniques, and strategies to work with students who believe themselves to be 'tone-deaf' or those who identify as 'non-singers'.
Irene Feher: www.livingyourmusic.com