From beginning bow hold to performing long tones and dynamics, this session will have something for beginners through advanced players. Strategies for teaching a balanced, flexible bow hold, along with activities that allow students to develop an understanding of how the variables of speed, weight, and contact point will be presented. A logical sequence for introducing detache, martele, cole, legato, hooked bows, and off the string playing will be presented. Bring your instrument to experience this session hands on.
Target Audience
Orchestra teachers
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Clinician Info
Rebecca B. MacLeod
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod is Professor of Music Education and Acting Director of Orchestras at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Author of Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom and coauthor of Clifford K. Madsen’s Contributions to Music Education and Music Therapy: Love of Learning, she is also a contributing author to Teaching Instrumental Music: Perspectives and Pedagogies for the 21st Century, Rehearsing the Middle School Orchestra, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. Her research on working with underserved populations, vibrato technique, music teacher education, and music perception has been published and presented nationally and internationally. Dr. MacLeod is a former president for the American String Teachers Association and frequently serves as a guest speaker and guest conductor throughout the United States.