Modern Band Fellowship Application musicwill.org Modern Band Higher Education Fellowship Thank you for your interest in the Fellowship. To be considered, please fill out the application below. Questions? Contact Scott Burstein at [email protected]. First Name Last Name Email Institution Your Title Are you...TenuredTenure TrackNon-Tenure Track Are you a(n)...Full ProfessorAssociate ProfessorAssistant ProfessorLecturerAdjunct Approximately how many music education students does your department graduate each year? How many music education majors are in your college/university? Are you or any colleagues at your university/college currently incorporating modern band? Yes No How are you incorporating modern band into your teacher education program?A stand-alone, required class. These classes include hands-on instruction on popular music instruments, and a focus on composition and improvisation. These classes are added as a requirement for all music education majors.A stand-alone, optional elective. Same as above, however these classes are offered as an elective, often to graduate students to can choose the class as an elective. As part of a required methods course or other music ed course. These classes often add modern band to discussions of other instructional pedagogies such as Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, etc. The class can include instruction on popular music instruments, or can focus instead on the approaches to incorporating modern band in the classroom.Unsure How do you plan to incorporate modern band into your teacher education program?A stand-alone, required class. These classes include hands-on instruction on popular music instruments, and a focus on composition and improvisation. These classes are added as a requirement for all music education majors.A stand-alone, optional elective. Same as above, however these classes are offered as an elective, often to graduate students to can choose the class as an elective. As part of a required methods course or other music ed course. These classes often add modern band to discussions of other instructional pedagogies such as Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, etc. The class can include instruction on popular music instruments, or can focus instead on the approaches to incorporating modern band in the classroom.Unsure Please describe current implementation at your college/university. Who is teaching the course(s)? How many students are currently enrolled? How often is this course offered? Please describe how you will implement modern band at your college/university. Who will be teaching the course(s)? How many students will be enrolled? How often will this course be offered? Other comments about the incorporation of modern band in your teacher education program? What modern band professional development have you already had? (Check all that apply)Attended Modern Band SummitAttended an Association for Popular Music Education (APME) ConferenceAttended a Music Will professional development for school teachersHosted a Music Will teacher trainer at my college or universityOther How familiar are you with Music Will's work in the field of Music education?Not FamiliarSomewhat FamiliarVery Familiar How familiar are you with Music as a Second Language pedagogy?Not FamiliarSomewhat FamiliarVery Familiar How familiar are you with Lucy Green's work on informal learning?Not FamiliarSomewhat FamiliarVery Familiar Please rate your musical skills on the following instruments. GuitarNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert BassNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert DrumsNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert VocalsNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert Keyboard / SynthNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert UkuleleNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert Logic / Pro Tools / CuBase or other DAWNoneBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedExpert What is your primary instrument?Please select... Trumpet Trombone French Horn Flute Clarinet Saxophone Tuba Oboe Bassoon Violin Viola Cello Percussion Guitar Bass Drums Vocals Keyboard / Synth Ukulele Other Other Instrument Explain why you are applying for this fellowship. Be sure to include your vision and hopes for how your participation would impact your institution's music education programming. Contact Information
