Tomorrow from 10:00-10:40am, Dr. Hollinger will be featured on the San Diego public radio show "These Days" with Maureen Cavanaugh on KPBS radio! They will be discussing the state of music education in California as well as the California Music Project fellowship program. Remember to check it out by listening to it on their website. (http://www.kpbs.org/news/these-days/)

Education Through Music-Bay Area
299 Precita Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110

We are currently searching for teaching artists for our consulting project, the Dominican Schools Music Project, for a K-8 position in Oakland and after school piano/keyboard instructors in San Francisco. We are also accepting applications for an anticipated ETM-Bay Area K-6 general music position in Richmond and future candidates for an internship program (stipend). The Oakland position is full time general music and band. All other positions are part time. All positions begin in September 2009. Applicants should meet most, if not all of the criteria listed in the following descriptions and possess a strong passion for bringing quality music education to diverse student populations.

ETM-Bay Area brings comprehensive, year-long music education programs, led by professional music instructors, into the curricula of schools in disadvantaged areas as a subject in its own right and a means of supporting studentsˇ¦ academic and general development. We believe every child deserves a well rounded education-one which includes music.

Interested and highly qualified applicants should forward their resumes, cover letter and references to Keri Lindell, Executive Director, at klindell@etmbayarea.org

A Teaching Artist will meet the following criteria:

- Bachelor of Arts Degree or an Advanced Degree in Music/Music Education or the Fine Arts
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Experience in preparing for various concerts
- Has reliable transportation to teaching location
- Experience working with middle school aged students highly desirable
- Experience working with general music and choral classes preferred
- For the Oakland position, knowledge of Catholic liturgy desirable
- Knowledge of Orff and Kodaly methods desirable, willingness to train for them within the program necessary.
- Strong classroom management and lesson planning skills
- Willingness to connect music instruction to other subjects in school curriculum through learning about and implementing the ETM curriculum model.

After School program teaching artists should have a Bachelorˇ¦s or Advanced Degree in their discipline or significant performance and teaching experience in that discipline.

Teaching experience for band directors needs to include planning rehearsals and concerts, instruction on woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments, an ability to teach beginning elementary students with little music reading experience, and the ability to coordinate with school principals and music teaching artists for performances and follow through on student attendance.

Salary commensurate with experience and position

John Abigana is looking for a someone to fill a middle school band director position in the Woodland Joint Unified School District. Tentative schedule includes: 7th grade band; 8th grade band; guitar; guitar. Contact Mr. Abigana at John.Abigana@wjusd.org

The SJ Music Study Club is having their annual competition. Students are encouraged to parcipitate! If interested, please pick up a application form in front of Professor Layna Chianakas's Door.

A Bachelors or Masters Degree in Music Education, emphasis in elementary music education required. Teacher is asked to integrate creative movement, dance, song, vocal technique, listening, pitched and non-pitched percussion, ensemble, music literacy, recorder skills, solfege, and multicultural approaches. Orff-Schulwerk training preferred. Performances 2X+ per year, and are organized by the teacher. Applicant needs exceptional organization, communication, classroom management skills. Knowledge of Spanish a plus. Inspire student and community enthusiasm and build programs at site level.

Please apply to: www.sfps.info, email sfpsrecruiting@sfps.info, or for specific questions contact: Michelle Parks @ 505-467-2017.

The CMEA (California Music Educators Association) State Conference is in Ontario, California from Thursday, March 12th to Saturday, March 14th, 2009. All Music Education Majors are encouraged to attend, and registration is FREE this year to collegiate MENC members. Our collegiate chapter is organizing hotel stays and carpools, and will absorb some of the hotel cost so that you can attend for only:

Hotel Room Costs:

1 Night- $40 (Friday only)

2 Nights- $55 (Thursday and Friday)

Registration is free

Please RSVP by Monday, February 23, 2009 to CMEA Collegiate President Rebecca Fielder at Rebecca.s.fielder@gmail.com or Vice President Rachel Knight at rmknight.flute@gmail.com

Evergreen Elementary School District passed a parcel tax called Measure T. This means that they will be hiring 2 additional full-time band teachers and a partime teacher. The job includes 1 middle school nd 5-6 elementary sites. The applicant must have completed course work on his/her music teaching credential. It would be best if the applicant has loads of energy, is competant and is a self starter.

They will be hiring in the month of March, so anyone who is interested should get their application in asap.

Hello everyone. It's that time of year again--the bay section conference! The dates are Friday and Saturday, January 16 and 17 with a set up day on Thursday, January 15th.

For those of you who are new, the conference is held on campus, and basically music educators from the bay area come, give lectures, go to sessions, see vendors, go to reading sessions, etc. Our job as the music education students is two-fold: first of all, to volunteer our time on Friday and Saturday to make sure all the necessary equipment in all the rooms being used (these vary from rooms in the music building to the Engineering Building, the Student Union, and other buildings) and be available for emergency issues if a lecturer needs something that they did not anticipate for. Second of all, you should all attend the conference anyway because it will give you networking opportunities and go to sessions for FREE.

Thursday the 15th involves us getting together and getting all the equipment each session needs and making sure that all rooms will be unlocked and all electronic things work, to post signs around campus to guide people to the right places, and make sure the music building is clean and presentable.

Here is what we need in terms of your volunteer time:

Thursday the 15th: 15 people from noon-5 pm. There will be lunch provided at the beginning.
Friday the 16th: 15 people from 7am-noon; 15 people from noon-5pm. Lunch will be provided.
Saturday the 17th: 15 people from 7am-noon; 15 people from noon-5pm. On this day there will be a special collegiate lunch round table discussion section with a guest music educator.

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT. This is 5 hours of your time during winter break, and we need everyone's participation for the conference to run as smoothly as possible. There is a spreadsheet posted on the glass of the Music Ed Shadow Box, which is right outside the entrance to room 150, around the corner from Diana's office. If you have ANY questions, feel free to email me back, or talk to me in the halls if you see me around. Once we get the shifts filled up we will have a meeting to discuss schedules and our responsibilities.

Have a happy last week of the semester! Study hard and practice a lot!

-Rebecca Fielder

Ari Brown, the director of music at Monroe Middle school, is looking names of private instructors. If you are a experienced musician that wouldn't mind running sectional rehearsals and group lessons, please contact her.

She would like to get teachers for the following instruments...

percussion/drumset
clarinet
flute
oboe
bassoon
upright/electric bass
french horn
trombone.

If interested, contact Ari Brown at abrown@campbellusd.org or at 217 898 2227.