Your Passion, Their Success! Practicing Musician’s Symposium

For Concert Band and Orchestra Teachers

Thank you to our sponsors!

Practicing Musician extends a huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended or presented at our first annual symposium! All sessions were recorded and can be viewed below.

Have questions? Email [email protected].

Watch the Sessions!

Learn about the reasons Practicing Musician was built with Jake Douglass – founder and CEO of Practicing Musician:

Learn about Practicing Musician’s standards-based assessments with Dr. Frederick Burrack – Co-Chair of the Model Cornerstone Assessments for Music:

Learn ways to use Practicing Musician’s assessments to your advantage with Dr. Bret Smith – Assessment Coordinator at Central Washington University:

Learn how to integrate Practicing Musician and Flipgrid in a flipped classroom with Katie Wardrobe – founder and Director of Midnight Music:

Need additional training? Register for a free workshop or webinar.

Symposium Speakers

Jake Douglass
CEO/Founder
Practicing Musician

Katie Wardrobe
Founder/Director
Midnight Music

Dr. Frederick Burrack

Frederick Burrack, Ph.D
Co-Chair of Model Cornerstone Assessment Development, Director of Assessment, Kansas State University

Bret Smith, Ph.D
Professor, Faculty Legislative Representative, Assessment Coordinator

Roundtable Representatives

Nerissa Manela

Founding Chair PD Roundtable

Elementary General Music Teacher and Curriculum Support Specialist,
Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Miami, Florida

Courtney Vance

Region 2 Representative

Director of Bands, General Music Teacher, and Choral Director, Spartanburg School District One. Campobello,

South Carolina

Shannon Waldo

Region 3 Representative

K-12 Music Teacher and
Director of Bands,
Billings R-IV
School District.

Billings, Missouri

Kim Lundgren

Region 4 Representative

Retired 5th grade Beginning Band/String teacher, Poway Unified School District.

San Diego, California

Mary Ellen Hodges

Region 5 Representative

Elementary General Music Teacher, Burlington-Edison School District.

Burlington, Washington

Join our team!

Region 1 Representative

Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

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Topics That Will Be Covered

  • Keeping Content Engaging

  • A New Age of Assessment
  • Looking Forward – Strategy Session
  • Accelerated Learning in a Flipped Classroom