OMCME (Organization for Musicians, Composers, and Music Educators):

Michigan Music Conference Schedule

Itinerary For Club Members

Trip Description Michigan Music Conference

Trip GoalsTo become more educated within our fields of study

Trip Length Three Days

Departure Date January 17th

Departure Time 4:00pm

Arrival Time 6:00pm

Hotel Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

Ground Transportation Personal Vehicles

Main Contact Name/Phone

Townes Miller: (810) 232-3531Krista Black: (810) 280-5153Estephanie Ward: (810) 610-4065Heather Seaton: (810) 908-4024

Return Date January 19th

Return Departure Time 8:00pm

Return Arrival Time 10:00pm

Thursday Time Location

Departure 4:00pm Leaving Mott Community College

Arrival 6:00pm Arriving at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel: 187 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI

Dinner 6:30pm N/A

Honors Choir Performances

6:30pm-8:00pm

-SSA Performance-SATB Performance-SA Performance

Evening Performance

8:00pm-10:00pm

-University of Michigan, H2 Quartet

Other

Other

Other

Notes/Additional Items

*If we depart from Mott at 4:00pm then the students attending the conference will not have to miss class on Thursday.

Friday Time Item

Breakfast 7:00am/8:00am

N/A

Band, Jazz, Orchestra

Performances

8:00am-10:45am

-North Rockford Middle School Symphonic Band-East Rockford Middle School Symphonic Band-Ann Arbor Clague Middle School 8th Grade String Orchestra

Workshops 8:30am-11:30am

-Over thirty different workshops to choose from the morning session

Luncheon 11:30am

-MSBOA* Luncheon & Winter Meeting-MSVMA* Luncheon & Annual Meeting-MMEA* Luncheon

Workshops 1:00pm-4:45pm

-Over forty different workshops to choose from the afternoon session

Band, Jazz, Orchestra

Performances1:15pm-5pm

-Tecumseh High School Symphony-Pioneer Symphony Orchestra-Jenison High School Wind Symphony-Dexter High School Symphonic Band

Choral Hour 3:10pm-4:40pm

-Jackson Northwest & Kidder Middle School Honors Choir-Grand Ledge & Hayes Middle School Select Women’s Ensemble-Northville High School Chamber Choir

Dinner 5:30pm N/A

Evening Concert

7:00pm-9:00pm

MSBOA/MASTA Teacher Orchestra Performance

Notes/Additional Items

There are several things that overlap with one another, so depending on the interest of the student their conference schedule may vary.

*Acronyms

-MASTA: Michigan Chapter, American String Teachers Association -MMEA: Michigan Music Education, Association -MSBOA: Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association -MSVMA: Michigan School Vocal Music Association

Saturday Time Item

Breakfast 7:00am/8:00am

N/A

Workshops 7:00am-11:45am

-Over twenty different workshops to choose from the morning session

Choral Hour 10:10am-11:20am

-Ann Arbor Skyline High School Bel Canto Women’s Chorus-Jenison Christian School Honors Choir-Traverse City Central High School Vocal Majority

Luncheon 12:00pm -MASTA Luncheon

Workshops 1:00pm-3:45pm

-Over twenty different workshops to choose from the morning session

Honors Composition

Concert1:00pm N/A

Band, Jazz, and Orchestra Performances

3:00pm-5:45pm

-Pioneer High School Jazz Band-Northview High School Jazz Band

Honors Choirs Performances

3:00pm-5:00pm

-HS Honors Choir: TTBB Performance-HS Honors Choir: SSAA Performance-HS Honors Choir: SATB Performance

All-State Band, Jazz,

and Orchestra Performances

3:00pm-4:45pm

5:00pm-5:45pm

-All State Middle School String Orchestra-All State High School Orchestra-All State Middle School Band-All State High School Band

-All State High School Jazz Ensemble

Departure 6:30pm-7:00pm

Leaving Grand Rapids

Arrival 8:15pm-8:45pm

Arriving back at Mott Community College

Notes/Additional Items