How To
Modern Band
Project Design Lab
June 22-26
Creative Campus at Goddard / Plainfield, Vermont
Approaches to Popular Music Education: An Action Based Seminar & Practicum
Students need opportunities to experience music that reflects their world, now more than ever.
This course explores approaches to modern band/popular music education that will expand your practice and increase access to your band program.
The course will run concurrently on the same campus with Sonic Futures: Pop-Rock Modern Band Summer Camp for students in grades 8-12, providing a unique lab opportunity for you to coach the students yourselves, and to observe how expert popular music educators coach and lead a modern band.
The summer session will culminate with an evening performance featuring the Sonic Futures student band and the band we create with the course participants – you!
Who Should Attend?
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5-12 music educators unfamiliar with popular music pedagogy who are eager to build their toolkit and expand the offerings for their students
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Other subject area teachers who coach modern band clubs.
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Attend solo or with a school team
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What To Expect
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Hands-on, highly interactive, and fun!
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Re-imagine your practice to be steeped in creativity and innovation.
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Take on the role of a modern band student: rehearse and perform in your own rock band.
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Learn how student centered popular music education practices can extend beyond modern band into your traditional ensembles.
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Observe and Engage with our student lab school, the Sonic Futures Pop Rock Modern Band, during your session.
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Work side-by-side with award winning faculty and master teaching artists.
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Leave with a plan to build (and/or grow) your school’s modern band
Workshop Themes
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Building and coaching a popular music ensemble
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Sourcing Repertoire
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Arranging & Producing
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Songwriting
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Popular Music Pedagogy: guitar, bass, drums, vocals, Latin percussion
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Live sound engineering
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Building and fostering a student-centered culture of collaboration, curiosity and creativity.
Faculty
Brian Boyes (he/him)
Course Co-Leader
Brian has 20+ years of experience as an educator placing high quality project-based Learning at the center of his practice. In 2014, Brian was awarded a Rowland Foundation Fellowship to develop and implement a significant educational transformation project which led to Cabot School’s recognition as a regional leader in high quality project-based learning.​
Steve Holley (he/him)
Course Co-Leader
Steve has mentored students from secondary to university. As the Producer for the Commercial Music Program at the Kent Denver School, the R&B, soul, salsa, and jazz bands of the CMP were recognized by DownBeat magazine's Student Music Awards fifteen times. He is the author of Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble: Blending Formal, Non-formal, and Informal Approaches in the Rehearsal. Steve has devoted his career to empowering teachers and helping them create transformative music education experiences for students. His approach combines innovative teaching and learning practices with real-world knowledge and understanding, ensuring that learning is both meaningful and relevant to students.
The Details
How To Monder Band​
June 22-26 / 9am - 4pm​
Tuition
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$2,100 - Three graduate credits
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$1,850 - Certificate of Participation for 40 hours relicensing credits​
$100 late registration fee after May 1. ​
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Tuition includes lodging/breakfast (optional), lunch, and snacks. Lodging is available on the Creative Campus in private air conditioned dorm rooms. There is no reduction in tuition if you do not stay overnight. ​
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Questions?
Complete the PDL Questions Form and we'll be back in touch soon.
We invite you to let us know about specific accommodations you may need to participate in the Project Design Lab when completing your Registration Form, and we will make every effort to honor your request.