Events Calendar
FREE Collegiate PD Event
Dr. Peter Boonshaft!
Wednesday February 5, 2025
5:30-6:30pm social hour
6:30-8:30pm Sessions
COLLEGIATES!
Join us for a FREE PD event brought to you by CMEA. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Peter Boonshaft to speak to ALL Connecticut music ed. students.
- Wednesday February 5, 2025
- The Hartt School, University of Hartford
- Room TBD, building map will be provided
- 5:30-6:30pm social hour – PIZZA IS INCLUDED =D
- 6:30 PM – 7:25 PM – PD Session #1
“Ways To Improve Every Class or Rehearsal Through Inspired Teaching”
This session will offer 24 ways you can immediately improve every rehearsal or class.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how
students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box we can inspire students to learn
and flourish. Useful for teachers and conductors of any level and type of ensemble.
- 7:25 PM – 7:35 PM – Break
- 7:35 PM – 8:30 PM – PD Session #2
“If You Don’t Know, I Can’t Tell You!”
A poignant and uplifting description of what is at the heart of being a music teacher: the
essence of what we do and why we do it.
- 8:30 PM – Closing Remarks and end of day
There will also be a FREE raffle for the following items:
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- CMEA Tshirt
- CMEA will pay for a Collegiate NAfME Membership
- CMEA will pay for a NAfME Eastern Division Conference registration when it comes to Hartford this April 24-26, 2025.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE!
Arrange your carpools now, you do NOT want to miss this event!
Questions? Email the CMEA PD Chair at prof-dev@cmea.org OR the CMEA Collegiate Chair at collegiate@cmea.org
The CT All State festival will take place at Wethersfield HS March 27-29.
CMEA is proud to host the 2025 Eastern Division Conference and All-Eastern Honors Ensembles April 24- 27, 2025.