Past Modern Band Summit Sessions
2018 Presentations
Check out the links to the session presentations from the 2018 Summit below.
General Modern Band
- Add Context to Performance: TeachRock LKR Lessons: Joshua Zarbo
- Are You a Prepper?: Mark Hale; Ryan Payne
- Composition Games for the Modern Band Classroom: Kris Gilbert
- Engaging All Learners: Kat Stock
- Everyone Can Rock!: Vivian Gonzalez
- Everyone’s in the Band! Modern Band 101 for Students w/Exceptionalities: Tom Foster; Tony Sauza
- High School Commercial Music Class: Steve Burch
- Infusing Modern Band into Alternative Ensembles: Nyasha Rhoden; Catherine Plichta; Zachary Harris
- Mayhem to Melody: Class Management for Modern Band: Beth Poquette Drews
- Rockin’ the Primary Years: Diane Harris; Michelle Vallejo
- This Is How We Do It, Too: More Approaches to MB: Melissa Flail; Tara Sparks
- To Each Her Own! Creating Music in Elementary: Sheena Dhamsania
Guitar / Bass
- Don’t Fear the Rhythm (Advancing your rhythm guitar skills): Warren Gramm
- Guitar Repair for Everyone: Rodney Dittmar
- Guitar Soloing for Complete Beginners: Gary Heimbauer
- Move to the Groove: Teaching Guitar Technique: Jennifer Trowbridge
- Working Together to Level Up: A Performance Clinic: Mary Claxton; Scott Burstein
- Riff A Day 3: Skill-building through repertoire on Guitar and Bass: Scott Burstein; Spencer Hale
- Basses Loaded: Alex Ramirez
- Creating a Strong Foundation: Drums and Bass: Sean Moats; Juan Rios
- Yes, You Can Shred, Too! Lead Guitar for Beginners: Miranda Altman
Drums
- Bucket Drumming: Nicholas D’Orsaneo
- Give the Drummers Some!: Jay Arbolario
- Spicing Up Your Rhythm Section Numero Uno: Charly Schwartz; Joe Panganiban
- Spicing Up Your Rhythm Section Numero Dos: Charly Schwartz; Joe Panganiban
- Let’s Play Drums!! (No Experience Required): Jay Arbolario
Vocals
- How to Get Them Singing!: Lauren Brown
- Singing in Style: The Pedagogical Approach: Lauren Brown
- You Only Think You Can’t Sing!: Maddy Posner; Tony Sauza
Tech
- FourChords + GarageBand = Instant Modern Band: Mary Cassaday Jones
- Garage Band Beats: Basics for Rehearsal & Songwriting: Albert Harrah
- iPad as Instrument in Your Modern Band: Spencer Hale
- iROCKMusic: Making One Song Accessible to Everyone: Jerry Trzeciak
- Live Sound and Recording Tips for Modern Band: Alena Holmes; Lonya Nenashev
- Music Production using GarageBand on the iPad: Wanda Vasquez; Socrates Garcia
Ukulele
- Intermediate Uke: Tony Corallo
- Uke It Up!: Kris Gilbert
- Ukulele: Daily Riffs and Single String Melodies: Albert Harrah
Other
- Adding pBone to Your Modern Band: Spencer Hale
- Applying Modern Band Principles to Traditional Band & Orchestral Instruments: Joseph Campbell; Zachary Harris
- Bringing the Orchestra to the Garage: Adding Strings in Modern Band: Nicolette Yarbrough
- Bringing a Rural Community Together Through Music Will: Heidi Allen
- Centers, Diverse Learners, and Assessment: Jennifer Martinez
- Fiddlesticks: A Violin Hack-a-thon: Dave Wish; Nicolette Yarbrough
- Intro to Modern Band Hip Hop: Revamped!!!: Kenrick Wagner
- Modern Band Hip Hop Phase 2: Bars and Hooks: Kenrick Wagner
- Modern Band Hip Hop Phase 3: Loops and Sounds: Kenrick Wagner
- Making a Blue Print: Instructional Calendar for MB: Beth Poquette Drews
- Progressive Keyboard through MSL – Examining the New Method: Scott Burstein
- Seeing, Feeling, and Hearing Music: Systems for Teaching Music through Different Sensory Modalities: Graham Johnson
- Student Panel: Leap into Songwriting: Jasmine Faulkner
- Twist and Shout Remixed: Movement in Modern Band Class: Lauren Kirk
- Your Students Want to Write Songs!: Michael Finn; Mario Leal
