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Exhibit Hall Map & Hours

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Open hours: 12:00 - 7:30 PM

Lunch and Opening: 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Exclusive Break times:

• 3:15 - 4:00 PM
• 6:45 - 7:30 PM

Friday, March 22, 2024

Open hours: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Exclusive Break times:

• 9:30 - 10:00 AM
• 12:45 - 1:30 PM
• 3:15 - 4:00 PM

Research Posters: 5:00 - 5:45 PM

Exhibit Hall Mix and Mingle: 5:45 - 6:30 PM

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Open hours: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Exclusive break time: 9:30 - 10:00 AM

Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Map and Confirmed Exhibitors can be found below.

Confirmed Music Industry Showcase Sessions

*updated 1/5/2024

Thursday, March 21

10:00-10:45 AM - The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Art of Teaching Violin: RCM Elementary Online Strings Teacher Course: Enhance your skills as a violin teacher and transform your approach to early-level instruction with the RCM Elementary Online Strings Teacher Course. Designed to empower educators with insights from leading pedagogues including Mimi Zweig, Martin Beaver, Rebecca Henry, and Timothy Ying, you’ll gain innovative strategies, practice skills, and materials for your teaching portfolio. The course places a strong pedagogical focus on the foundational stages for violin instruction linking technique to etudes and repertoire.

Presenters: Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom & Mimi Zweig

10:00-10:45 AM - ArrangeMe (a Hal Leonard company)

Copyright, Self-publishing, and Digital Music: Gain a clear understanding of copyright and licensing rules, and discover how to make your arrangements and compositions available to other educators and musicians via Hal Leonard's self-publishing platform, ArrangeMe.com.

Presenter: Scott Harris

11:00-11:45 AM - GIA

Habits of a Successful Beginning Strings Class: Participants will get to have hands on time with the new method, "Habits of a Successful Young String Musician", and go through the highlights of the book with two of the authors (Sarah Ball and Margaret Selby). Attendees are encouraged to bring their instruments to play through exercises, songs, and orchestra arrangements found throughout the book. Tips and tricks for establishing successful habits in beginners will be shared and audience participating is encouraged!

Presenters: Sarah Ball & Margaret Selby

1:30-2:15 PM - FASE

"Uh... What's a Bornoff?": Many teachers have this question! Join us to learn more about groundbreaking string pedagogue George Bornoff and his non-profit, The Foundation for the Advancement of String Education (FASE). We provide training, resources, and support for string teachers and their programs, with a focus on merging high-quality string instrument pedagogy with inclusive classroom practices so that ALL students can thrive and succeed. Join the thousands of teachers using the Bornoff Approach to create positive change for their students!

Presenters: Debbie Lyle & Felipe Morales-Torres

2:30-3:15 PM - Alfred Music

Creating Curricular Alignment that Fosters Student Success in the Orchestra Classroom: Sequential learning from grade to grade and school to school is vital for students' long-term success. In this session, Sound Innovations authors will share how to avoid common performance issues and pedagogical holes by creating curricular alignment across an orchestra program. They will discuss a variety of resources and how to use them to benefit developing string players.

Presenters: Chris Bernotas, Bob Phillips, Jim Palmer, & Stephen Benham

4:00-4:45 PM - Tempo Press/Luck's Music Library

The Best of Sandra Dackow: Bring your instruments! Led by renowned conductor and arranger Sandra Dackow, teachers will have the opportunity to play several of her easy and intermediate compositions for school orchestra, which have been favorites of teachers, students, and audiences for over twenty years. Attendees will be able to select from new titles and old favorites. Dr. Dackow will also offer rehearsal and performance tips specific to each title.

Presenter: Sandra Dackow

5:00-5:45 PM - Excelcia Music Publishing/Kendor Music Publishing/Wingert-Jones Publications

New Music Reading Session - Excelcia Music Publishing, Kendor Music Publishing & Wingert-Jones Publications: Bring your instrument and play along to new works grades .5-6 from Excelcia Music Publishing, Kendor Music Publishing and Wingert-Jones Publications.

Presenters: Tyler Arcari & Peter Blair

Friday, March 22

10:00-10:45 AM - Robertson & Sons Violin Shop, Inc.

Wee Violin: World Music Preparatory to Twinkle: Say goodbye to months of teaching Twinkle with Crystal Boyack’s Wee Violin, Wee Viola, and Wee Cello books! Boyack’s young students will demonstrate world repertoire and innovative techniques which lay the foundation for Twinkle success. Teachers are welcome to participate by singing, moving and playing along on violin, viola or cello. By the end, teachers will have the tools to teach all of the Twinkle rhythms and fingers in a single lesson!

Presenter: Crystal Boyack

11:00-11:45 AM - Hal Leonard

Making Your Method Book Work for Your Situation: Every teaching situation is different but there is a basic approach that should remain the same. Join Dr. Charles Laux as he shares time-tested thoughts and key concepts teachers should consider when teaching beginners and using a strings method book.

Presenter: Charles Laux

11:00-11:45 AM - MakeMusic

Introduction to Fons: Inspired Business Software for Music Teachers and Studios: Fons is a studio management software designed for independent music teachers who want to focus more on teaching and spend less time on administrative tasks. In this showcase, discover how Fons can help you streamline your operation and grow your business by handling your schedule management, online booking, and payment processing, while also providing a seamless platform that allows teachers to communicate with their students, send automated reminders, and handle scheduling changes.

Presenter: Eric Branner

12:00-12:45 PM - Randall Standridge Music

Reading Session: Introducing Randall Standridge Music: Looking for Creative, Quality, Diverse Repertoire? Play along as we take a deep dive into the brand-new educational string orchestra catalog from Randall Standridge Music with editor Katie O’Hara LaBrie. Come for the music, stay for the door prizes!

Presenter: Katie O'Hara LaBrie

1:30-2:15 PM - J.W. Pepper & Son

J.W. Pepper New Works for String Orchestra - A Showcase of Independent Composers: Calling all string orchestra teachers and players, bring your instruments and become part of the performance! Get ready for an unforgettable showcase of new compositions by independent and self-published composers. Join J.W. Pepper and conductor Shirl Jae Atwell for an innovative and inspirational reading session, discovering new composers and their captivating works. Plus, with the Reading Session app, you can view these incredible compositions right on your device.

Presenter: Shirl Jae Atwell

2:30-3:15 PM - MakeMusic

All Things Strings + Suzuki in MakeMusic Cloud: Join us to discover the extensive opportunities awaiting string teachers on MakeMusic Cloud. Elevate, refine, and ignite inspiration in your students to help unlock their musical achievements. With 3,575 string performance titles, 224 method books, and the complete Suzuki collection, MakeMusic Cloud offers an expansive resource for students at all levels. Come learn how fellow educators are maximizing their subscriptions to yield exceptional results in their students’ musical journeys.

Presenter: Ted Scalzo & Dan DiPasquale

Saturday, March 23

11:00-11:45 AM - The Royal Conservatory of Music

Harmonizing Growth: An Integrated Approach to Violin Mastery with The RCM Violin Series, 2021 Edition: Join us to explore the seamless integration of Technique, Etudes, Repertoire, Sight-reading, and Musicianship for elementary levels. From Preparatory to Level 4, the focus on accumulating keys while skills are acquired creates a pathway to comprehensive learning. Explore classical masterpieces, newly commissioned works, and culturally diverse arrangements tailored to pedagogical objectives for student learning. Participants are invited to bring their violins and play along with this immersive exploration of the series.

Presenters: Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom & Mimi Zweig

2:00-2:45 PM - StringRiffs.com

StringRiffs.com-Flex, Multi-Level, and Scale Sheets: Karen Koger recognizes the levels arriving in your classroom daily. As StringRiffs’ composer she is creating Flex-Duos, Flex beginning orchestra music, multi-level music, and Scale Sheets to introduce scales through our standards-1octave Major and 1, 2, 3 octave Minor. Bring your instrument!

Presenters: Karen Koger & Katrina Becker