"Dr. Data" Music Technology Workshops:

Dear Colorado Music Educators:

What a fantastic summer a four-week music technology tour summer teaching workshops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia and Dunedin and Wellington, New Zealand.  But for the next three weeks, I'm teaching three TI:ME workshops plus three weeks of other informative workshops including one on Music Scanning/Finale 2006/SmartMusic.
 
Even though my public school gig starts in three weeks for Jefferson County, I"m relaxed and exciting about sharing my expertise with you through my 18 upcoming teacher in-service workshops through the Colorado School of Mines beginning in September.  Because I found it more successful to offer my 2005 summer workshops on a "to be arranged" manner, I will again do it this coming summer and fall.  You can earn 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 graduate credit at very competitive fees.  Don't hesitate to go to my web site at http://www.kuzmich.com to view more information about my 18 upcoming her in-service workshops and fees.  In the meantime, here is a list of what I:m offering:

1. "Interactive Web-Based Instruction! 1 or 2 graduate credits. There are five magical ingredients in offering extensive interactive web-based instructions in learning and mastering the repertory of available software applications that can and will allow you to improve the depth and accountability of your instruction in all aspects of music education.
   
   • Provide on-line testing with test results being downloaded from your Internet provider to the teacher and also for your students in getting immediate feedback as well for any phase of music instruction covering music theory, general music, stylistic interpretation, music history, drum rhythm accuracy.
   • Provide a Flash card animator/builder that will allow students to prepare for the on-line testing with repetitive on-line drilling and presentation of instructional materials to be tested on-line, including audio and video.
   • Provide interactive crossword puzzle maker to allow you to post crossword puzzles on-line for your students to be done in Real-Time with time restraints for more accurate assessment.
   • Provide interactive word search application to allow you to post word search puzzles on-line for your students to be done in Real-Time with time restraints for more accurate assessment.
   • Learn about constructing  on-line timeline charts for presenting in-depth instruction of musical form and analysis of repertory being rehearsed.
     
   The workshop will cover multi-applications for your perusal so you can realistically balance your budget while expanding your teaching efforts
   
2. "Best Software Application Buys Under $60.00! 0.5 or 1.0 graduate credits. Ever feel frustrated how your school budgets are limited when dealing with software acquisitions? Learn about quality music software applications that can be classified as best buys for under $60.00. Software will be perused in four catogories: 1) freeware, 2) shareware, 3) manufacturer demos and 4) software applications that all rock under $60.00. Publishers like Electronic Courseware Systems have many, many quality products waiting for you to investigate plus special bundling options to save you even more money. To further enhance your music technology instruction, curriculum guides, national teaching standards and other books and ebooks will be covered so you can more fully get into music technology instruction. Don't delay your acquisitions because of budget limitations! You will be pleasantly surprise to see all the creative options waiting for you including many with game options to both educate and entertain your students.

3. "Power Users: Seamless Integration of Sequencing, Notation, Music Scanning and Automatic Accompaniments Generators" - To be Arranged 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. Great introduction class for learning Power-User software applications that is Gestalt psychology in a nutshell with the whole being greater than the sum of its parts."

4. "Sibelius 4.0 as well as Sibelius 3.13, Sibelius G7, Sibelius Student Edition, Notes, and/or Compass." - To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits (one day workshop). Classy notation products that works as advertised.

5. "Entry-level Finale 2006, Guitar Finale 2004, PrintMaster 2004" and NotePad 2005" - To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits. The family of Finale music notation products constituted the greatest family of music notation products for music educators at every level of need and development and pricing that can't be duplicated.

6. “How to Creatively Use Band-In-A-Box" - To be Arranged - 0.5 and 1.0 graduate credits. Every music teacher needs Band In-Box because it is the nearest music software application to "artificial intelligence."

7. "The Seven Wonders of the World in Music Technology for Music Educators" that is a must class for the very best seven music technology products of all time, plus honorarium mentioned products included. Software included are:  Sibelius 4.0 / Finale 2006, Band In-A-Box, Music Ace Maestro, SmartMusic, Auralia / Essential Elements of Music Theory, PhotoScore / SmartScore, and Mastery Music Professional plus honorarium mentionable products all with a single workshop!. To be Arranged - 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits.

8. Guaranteed Success for General Music Teachers: "User-Friendly Music Software for General Classroom Instruction including several ECS General Music Bundling options, Sibelius Starclass and Instruments, Music Ace 1 & 2, MIDIsaurus, and Super Dooper Music Looper" - To be Arranged 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. An absolute must class for all general music teachers because there are so many options to teaching general music with technology.

9. "Web Development for Music Educators" - To be Arranged - 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. A "must" class for music educators in learning how to effectively promote their students, concerts and career.

10. "Successful Music Theory/Ear Training Instruction." To be arranged - 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. The only music theory music tech class you will ever need for teaching in the trenches. From many ECS music reading options to Auralia 3.0 and Musition and Essentials of Music Theory , Practice Musica, MusicLab Melody and Harmony, Music Lessons 1 and 2 and new applications such as EarMaster and others.

11. "Entry-Level Music Scanning: PhotoScore, SharpEye Music Reader and "SmartScore." - To be arranged. .05 and 1.0 graduate credits. find out why music scanning is here to stay in music technology.

12. "Creative Music Teaching: via Interactive Accompaniments, Assessment and Web Posting with SmartMusic with Finale 2006 and Music Scanning Techniques and/or iPAS Creatively and Effectively." To be Arranged 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 (45 hours of instruction) graduate credits. Should be required for every performance oriented music educator, grades 4 to 12 and beyond. Everything you need to know and opportunities to do it within the workshop . For example, teachers can accomplish much of their Finale Performance Assessment and SmartMusic projects (marching band, All-State Band/Choir/Orchestra, festival music and solo & ensemble festivals) for the entire school year if taken in the 3.0 credit format!

13. "Music Sequencing on a Budget with PowerTracks Pro and Mastery Music Professional." Sequencing basics are covered and understood.. To be arranged. 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits.

14. "How to Budget for Music Technology Instruction from A to Z." To be arranged. 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. A no-nonsense perspective of how to budget more effectively.

15. "The Mysteries of MIDI for Instruction!" To be arranged. 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. Find out the do's and don't's of MIDI performance and instruction. To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits

16. "Digital Recording of Music Concerts and Lectures with Digital Sequencing Software Applications such as PowerTracks Pro and Home Studio and/or Dedicated Hardware such as, Superscope PSD 300 and PSD 340, PowerTracks Pro, Korg PX4 and other recording technologies". To be Arranged - 1.0 and/or 2.0 graduate credits.

17. “Break-Throughs in Jazz Education Music Technology Applications, including Improvisation Instruction.” Demonstrate various music technology hardware/software applications that can and will make a significant difference on the development of jazz education performers. Jazz application topics covered include: 1) jazz ear training, 2) jazz theory,
    3) jazz improvisation, 4) jazz styles, 5) jazz history, 6) jazz play-along - automatic accompaniment generation, 7) transcribing, 8) jazz instrument techniques:  drums, piano, guitar, bass, individual instruments, vocals, 8) digital/audio/MIDI sequencing and 9) jazz composition. To be arranged - 1.0 and/or 2.0 graduate credits.

18.  "E-Learning" is the very next generation of music technology instruction incorporating Teaching Music With Reason, Spike and Mastering Music. Why learn individual software applications only to find yourself not able to use the software for instruction. With music lessons incorporated in these creative user-friendly applications. One application does the work of many different music applications all within a single application plus your students are into functional lesson plans that instantly and painlessly work in the classroom setting! No place else in the USA has this kind of courseware ever been defined and/or offered before.

Hope this information is helpful.

Till next time,

John Kuzmich, Jr.

P.S.

• 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 which is the best buy in the entire USA for college credit fees.. Note: most in-service workshop times will be arranged but the TI:ME National Music Technology workshops are all scheduled because they are nationally advertised by TI:ME.

• 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.

• Note: because John's busy teaching and workshop schedule, all workshops as to be arranged so he could schedule them more creatively based on demand of the participants. Namely, he will schedule and teach any and all classes that are requested rather than just over scheduling for specific dates which actually limits what dates they will be offered.

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 $27.50.00 (4 hour minimum) to $55.00 an hour (for 1 to 3 hours) on just about any music technology topic including all the fall, 2004 semester courseware listed above. Music educators can also earn the same graduate level college credit if 8 hours are purchased for $220. 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>.

2005-2006 School District In-Service Workshops

Note: Dr. Data will begin videoconferencing this fall for school district in-service music technology workshops as well as national and international presentations from his home computer studio. Your school district videoconferencing equipment needs four things, Here is what you need for a two-way (point-to-point) videoconferencing call.

1. Your videoconferencing hardware/software needs to be .323 compatible
2. Provide me with either a dynamic or static IP address
3. You must have high speed Internet connection. Mine is at 7.1 megabits per second.
4. Relatively newer model Pentium III and any Pentium IV computer.

This past school year for the Jefferson County School District, I presented a teacher in-service workshop on "Wireless Portable Sound Enhancement Systems" at Dakota Ridge High School from 4 to 6 pm. on Monday, November 15, 2004. If you need more information about Dr. Kuzmich, please go to: http://www.kuzmich.com. Another Jefferson County School District in-service workshop was given in April, 2005 dealing with music scanning techniques. For a definitive library of over 40+ "how to" published feature articles in School Band & Orchestra magazine on computer music applications that can also be printed out at no charge, please go to: http://www.sbomagazine.com/technology.html. Note: nearly all of the workshops listed on this web page have had featured articles published pertaining to them at the previously mentioned School Band & Orchestra music technology URL.

For the Douglas County School District, I presented a workshop for their elementary instrumental music faculty members that was very successful. Clinic handouts are at: Douglas County K-6 Music Tech In-Service Workshop which was presented in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on January 24, 2005 entitled: "Creative Practice Ala Play-Along Mode."

You can contact John by e-mail (jkuzmich@earthlink.net) or numeric pager at 303-208-6769. Hope this information is helpful.

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 pre registration 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.

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(duplicate form for additional workshops)

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Mail to:

John Kuzmich, Jr.
13888 W. 3rd Place
Golden, CO 80401
Call/FAX 303-279-1438 or register by email: jkuzmich@earthlink.net
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: $120.00. Tuition for 15 hour classes is $200.00. Tuition for 30 hour classes is $330.00. Tuition for private tutorial lessons has a sliding scale from $30 to $60 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