The Habits Synergy Model focuses on how pedagogy, curriculum, communication, experience, heart energy, physical energy, and effectiveness create synergy to produce a successful music educator. Participants will be encouraged to create their own Teaching Inventory Database, which will serve as a blueprint for “What” to teach and “How” to teach it. Rush will also explore the important role "fundamentals time" plays in the development of outstanding musicians and great-sounding ensembles. Musical and personal significance lasts for generations as we address culture, community, and the social, emotional, and musical needs of our students. We are in the music business and the people business.
Target Audience
All levels of BAND and University Music Education Students
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Clinician Info
Scott Rush
GIA Publications, Inc.
Scott Rush is the team lead for the “Habits” series published by GIA and currently serves as the conductor of the Charleston Wind Symphony. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and the University of South Carolina and is the former Director of Bands at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, SC. Under his direction, the Wando Symphonic Band performed at the 2007 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and were BOA Grand National Finalists. Mr. Rush is active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States and Canada. He is the author and/or co-author of eighteen highly touted books, some of which include: Habits of A Successful Band Director, Habits of a Successful Musician, Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician, Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician, Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director, Habits of a Significant Band Director, for GIA Publications. In 2010, Mr. Rush was elected to the American Bandmasters Association.