This meeting will be held in person at Winnetka Covenant Church. Masks continue to be recommended but are no longer required by the church. For those who wish to attend remotely, the Zoom link will be emailed a few days prior to the meeting.
9:30-10:00 Pre-Meeting Discussion
Presenter: NSMTA Member Helen Raymaker
Program: The Right Tool for the Right Job: Essentials for One Teacher’s Online Studio
If you’re tired of searching for the right tool for the right job, please attend this pre-session where I will discuss my top tools for online teaching. I use some of these tools during in-person lessons too. Hardware, software – we all have our essential equipment, and I hope that you can benefit from my returns, exchanges, trials and errors! I will bring my laptop and equipment so you can see how things work.
10:00-11:00 Business Meeting
11:00-12:00 Program
Presenter: Katie Ernst
Program: Introduction to Jazz Rhythm
BIOGRAPHY
Bassist/vocalist/educator Katie Ernst is described by the Chicago Tribune as "a versatile young bassist who plays in far-flung bands and sings with uncommon delicacy and authenticity." She is co-leader of the adventurous Chicago-based jazz trio Twin Talk and has received widespread critical acclaim for her Dorothy Parker poetry song cycle Little Words, which premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2015. Katie is an active sidewoman in the jazz and improvised music communities of Chicago, and travels throughout the US as a performing artist and as a guest artist/clinician for young musicians. She directs the jazz ensemble at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, serves as a residency teaching artist for the Jazz Institute of Chicago, and teaches at the Jazz I session at Birch Creek Music Academy. Katie holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media and a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.