Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Boosters

Proudly Presents:

Many New Music Technology Workshops Offerings:

2004 Winter & Summer Semester Schedules

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Dear Colorado Music Educators:

This fall, there are more class music technology course offerings for music educators than ever before with optional graduate level credit for music educators through Colorado School of Mines. Private tutoring will now be available as well at discounted rates. Note: all one-day courses are for 0.5 graduate level credits, two-day courses are for 1.0 graduate level credits and 2.0 graduate level credits for four-day courses at rather inexpensive college tuition rates of $30, $45 and $70, respectively. Here are the winter and summer, 2004 semester class courses being offered below in chronological order with 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. times mostly on Saturdays for winter, 2004 semester and week days for the 2004 summer offerings.

National Music Technology Certification Now Available
from the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME)

The Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) offers a national certificate for music technology. John Kuzmich, Jr. is an approved training institute for TI:ME. Official TI:ME courses is part of the class, including workbooks that will be given to each participant. Two graduate college credits are awared for 30 hours of instruction in each TI:ME course.

Seven More Reasons to Join TI:ME

1. Stay abreast of the fast changing world of technology.
2. Learn how to incorporate the seven areas of technology into your teaching.
3. Learn how to use technology for specific student and teacher applications.
4. Learn how to align technology with the MENC national standards.
5. Be among the leaders in music education using technology in creative ways.
6. Share information about the use of technology with colleagues around the world.
7. Participate in national technology conferences.

More TI:ME information about this innovative national music technology certification curriculum is available at: <http://www.ti-me.org>. Two TI:ME courses will be taught this summer at Dakota Ridge High School:

  1. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation." - July 5 to July 8, 2004.

  2. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Instructional Software, Communications and Digital Media" - July 12 to 15, 2004.

Summer 2004 Music Technology Workshops at Dakota Ridge High School

Click for a graphical synopsis of summer, 2004 workshops, go to: June and July, 2004


Itemized Winter and Summer, 2004
Dakota Ridge High School Music Technology Courses

  1. "Power Users: Seamless Integration of Sequencing, Notation, Music Scanning and Automatic Accompaniments Generators" - June 7 to 10.
  2. "Entry-level Finale 2004, Guitar Finale and PrintMaster 2003" - February 28, 2004 and again June 11.

  3. "The Ultimate Computer Music Technology Blitz Workshop” with Craig Harms and John Kuzmich, Jr. – June 14 to 17. Craig and John have well over 40 years experience in music technology! A must workshop!
  4. "User-Friendly Music Software for General Classroom Instruction including Sibelius Starclass and Instruments, Music Ace 1 & 2, MIDIsaurus, and Super Dooper Music Looper" - June 21 to June 24.
  5. "Digital Audio and Looping" with Acid Pro 4.0 and Sound Forge 6.0 - June 25.
  6. "Entry-level Sibelius 3.0 and Sibelius G7" - March 6, 2004 and again June 28.
  7. “How to Creatively Use Band-In-A-Box" - January 31, 2004 and again June 29.
  8. "Music Scanning with PhotoScore, SharpEye Music Reader and SmartScore" - June 30
  9. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation." - July 5 to July 8. This workshop is a certified TI-ME National Music Technology course.
  10. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Instructional Software, Communications and Digital Media" - July 12 to July 15. This workshop is a certified TI-ME National Music Technology course.
  11. "Web Development for Music Educators" - February 7 and 21, 2004 and again July 18 to 21.

Note: if the advanced pre-registration form from the web site above and a $50.00 deposit check are not both received at least two weeks in front of the designated workshop, the workshop will probably be cancelled and replaced with private tutoring for music educators. Please e-mail to confirm whether the class is going as scheduled or changed to private tutoring. See alternative choice heading below for more information about private tutoring.

2003-2004 Conference Music Education Technology Presentations!

Music courseware offerings will be rather limited winter, 2004 semester because I’m presenting workshops at the following out-of-state international/national/state conferences.

  1. 2003 Mid-West Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, December 17, 2003

  2. 2004 CMEA State Convention in Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 23, 2004

  3. Music Teachers National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, March 28, 2004

Additional Summer, 2004 Offerings!

Please advise if you want a different class not found here. There may be other educators desiring the same instruction such as for “Music theory and Ear Training” or “MIDI Basics” or “Intermediate/Advanced Music Notation” with Finale or Sibelius!” or "PDA's for Music Instruction" or "Music XML Connectivity for Power-Users." I can also structure any new music technology class for college credit provided at has 7.5, 15 hours or 30 hours of instruction.

Alternative Choice: Private Tutoring with Flexible Scheduling and Reduced Rates!

Normally, private tutoring is very expensive in music technology. My private tutoring rates range from $25.00 (4 hour minimum) to $50.00 an hour (for 1 to 3 hours) on just about any music technology topic including all the fall, 2003 semester courseware listed above. Music educators can also earn the same graduate level college credit if 8 hours are purchased for $200. If two or more educators enroll together, there is even a sliding rate scale that continues to go down further which is nice because your colleagues can study with you in a private class setting at a mutually agreed time and all participating parties get price reductions as well as college credit opportunities.

For more information, please go to John Kuzmich’s Home Page at: <http://www.kuzmich.com>.

One-On-One Tutorials: for Winter and Summer Semesters, 2004

Beginning this fall, 2003, Dr. Kuzmich has been available for private tutoring or one or more teachers at a time. Contact Dr. Kuzmich about what software applications you are interested in and the number of hours interested in pursuing. Honorarium will be on a sliding scale depending on the number of hours desired. At this time, popular software applications include:

  • Notation: Finale 2004 and its family of notation products (PrintMusic 2003, NotePad, NotePad Plus and Guitar Finale).

  • Sibelius 3.0. For a sample of nearly 30 compositions done by private high school students, please go to: <http://www.kuzmich.com/Compositions.html>.


  • Music Scanning: PhotoScore, SmartMusic, MIDIScan and SharpEye


  • Automatic Accompaniment Generator: Band-In-A-Box

  • MIDI Sequencing: Home Studio and Sonar Cakewalk products

  • Digital Audio and Looping: Acid Pro 4.0 and Sound Forge by Sonic Foundry.


  • Music Theory: Essential of Music Theory, Music Lessons I & II, Practica Musica and Musition

  • Ear Training: Aurarlia

  • General Music: Music Ace and MIDIsaurus, Super Dooper Music Looper

  • Sibelius' Compass, Starclass, and Instruments

School District In-Service Workshops

Jefferson County School District had two music technology workshops  at Dakota Ridge High School from 4 to 6 pm. on Mondays, November 3 and 10, 2003 and the Wideacres School District of Colorado Springs had one in their district on November 11, 2003. If you need more information about Dr. Kuzmich, please go to: http://www.kuzmich.com. For a definitive library of over 35+ "how to" published feature articles in School and & Orchestra magazine on computer music pplications that can also be printed out at no charge, please go to: http://www.sbomagazine.com/technology.html

You can contact me by e-mail (jkuzmich@jeffco.k12.co.us) or numeric pager at 303-208-6769. Hope this information is helpful.


Registration for

Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Booster's Music Technology Workshops:

To register for one or more workshops, please complete this form with a $50 non-refundable check for each workshop preregistration made out for to: Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Boosters Organization, and received within two weeks of the starting date for each workshop. When in doubt, please e-mail or numeric page Dr. Kuzmich to reserve your seat in the class.

Your Name_____________________________________________________

Specific Workshop Enrollment for: _________________________________________________

(duplicate form for additional workshops)

School/Dept.: ____________________________________

Position _____________________________________ Work Phone: ______________________

Home Address:_________________________________________________________________

City, State, ZIP: _______________________________________________________________

Home Phone _____________________________ E-mail:: _____________________________

Mail to:

John Kuzmich, Jr.
13888 W. 3rd Place
Golden, CO 80401
Call/FAX 303-279-1438 or register by email: jkuzmich@jeffco.k12.co.us
Numeric pager: 303-208-6769 (7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily)


Tuition Fees With or Without Optional College Credit Fees:

Dr. Kuzmich's tuition rates for 7.5 hour classes is: $105.00. Tuition for 15 hour classes is $178.00. Tuition for 30 hour classes is $300.00. Tuition for private tutorial lessons has a sliding scale from $25 to $50 an hour depending on the number of hours purchased. If two or more teachers or high school students take private lessons together, the honorarium for the sliding scale also decreases significantly. Tuition for High School Technology class is $65.00 and their teachers can attend for free as a professional courtesy. Note: I have also had elementary and middle school students enroll in this class based on teacher recommendation. And in almost all student enrollments, the music booster's organization paid for the student enrollment fees as a thank you for their exemplary participation in their school music program.