Dear colleague,
Today we are so thrilled to invite you to join us at our in-person
TGDA 2021 Summer Conference
Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7, 2021
in Austin, Texas!
Location: Akins High School, Austin, Texas (Mr. Thomas Mann, Guitar Program Director)
Cost: $30, for all active TGDA members (Regular, Retired or Student). Please click the Register button to participate.
Activities: 3-hours of afternoon sessions (both days), 3 hours of morning sessions (Saturday). 9 hours of State of Texas CPE credit in total.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 6, 2021
12:30pm -- Check-in
1:00 pm -- Rehearsal / Ensemble Reading Session -- (Directors rate each ensemble after playing)
2:00 -- BREAK
2:30 pm -- Rehearsal (cont'd) / PML Consultation and Review Committee
3:30 pm -- Select Pieces for Saturday Recording as a Group (Same conductors as reading session)
4:00 pm -- Dr. Matthew Hinsley, keynote speech: Community & Your Program
6:00 pm -- Dinner, Local Restaurant
Saturday, August 7, 2021
9:00 am to 9:50 am -- Conducting Practicum: Cool Conducting with Group Warmups and Technique Exercises
Guidance by: S. Rozanc (Gestures and Techniques to Conduct Changes in Tone, Articulation & Styles), T. Mann (Time / the Duty of the Right Hand), M. Quantz (Dynamic scaling, dynamic gestures), E. Grigassy (Cutoffs), J. Moseley (Prepping the Ensemble, Playing EXACTLY Together, Cues, Conducting Games)
10:00 am -- Resiliency and Teacher Self-Care, Susan Rozanc, Travis HS, Austin
(Checking “Temperature” of your students, and other topics, to build resiliency)
11:30 am -- LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm -- Things to Keep from the Digital Experience
2:00 pm -- TGDA Annual Session 2021
2:30 pm -- Final Rehearsal (pieces selected on Friday)
4:00 pm -- Final Performance (with audio and video recording)