21st century music education clinics with Julie Lyon Lieberman

21st century music education clinics with Julie Lyon Lieberman

Grant:
Instructional Development Fund (IDF)
Academic Year:
2013 - 2014 (June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014)
Funding Requested:
$500.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
mhopkins
Overview of the Project:
The purpose of this grant request was to provide support for a clinic on a topic of importance in 21st century music education: the integration of technology in performance and creative musicianship. The guest clinician was Julie Lyonn Lieberman, an eclectic styles violinist who specializes in improvisation, American vernacular and world styles. She is a nationally recognized clinician and performance artist. Lieberman visited campus on Thursday March 13 and gave a presentation entitled "Technology for Strings" to 30 undergraduate and graduate music education and music performance students during the meeting time for our String Techniques course. In addition, I was able to make arrangements for Lieberman to travel with me to Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor later that morning, where she gave her presentation to 60 7th-grade orchestra students. During her presentations, Lieberman introduced the participants to the use of electric violin, looper, effects, amplification, and led an improvisatory "jam session" with the participants.
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

The objective of the project was to two provide music education and music performance majors with information regarding two important topics for music education in the 21st century: the integration of technology in performance and creative musicianship.

Project Achievements:

The project helped to expose our students to an expanded vision of orchestral string instrument possibilities, and a broader vision of the music education curriculum in the 21st century. It inspired me to incorporate more improvisation techniques into my courses and incorporate into my string technique classes the use of using amplification and effects with bowed string instruments.

Continuation:
I plan on incorporating the information from this clinic into future courses.
Dissemination:
I have discussed the project activities with my colleagues in a department meeting and in private discussions.
Advice to your Colleagues:
My original plan was to have Julie Lieberman present two campus sessions - in the string techniques course meeting time, and in the secondary general music methods course meeting time. The instructor for secondary methods informed me just a few weeks before the clinic that he had a conflict involving fieldwork and that he would not be able to have her present during his class. I was able to make arrangements with Abby Alwin, the orchestra director at Clague Middle School, to have Julie Lieberman present a second clinic to her 7th grade orchestra students, so in the end it became a valuable outreach activity.
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