Have you ever wondered what other directors hear and prioritize in their rehearsal process? This interactive rehearsal clinic for strings will allow audience members to participate in error detection using their mobile device in real time as a student orchestra performs select musical passages. A word cloud of the most popular performance errors chosen by the audience will be generated and the clinicians will then address these common performance issues with the student orchestra.
Rebecca MacLeod
- Biographical Information
Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod is Professor of Music Education and Daniel J. Perrino Endowed Chair in Music at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she teaches string education and conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra. Author of Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom and coauthor of Clifford K. Madsen’s Contributions to Music Education and Music Therapy: Love of Learning, she is also a contributing author to Teaching Instrumental Music: Perspectives and Pedagogies for the 21st Century, Rehearsing the Middle School Orchestra, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education, the String Research Journal, and as guest reviewer for the International Journal of Research in Music Education. She has received the UNCG Junior Research Excellence Award and the Researcher Award from the American String Teachers Association.
In demand as a guest conductor and clinician, Dr. MacLeod has conducted region and all state orchestras in over 20 states. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Illinois, she was Professor of Music Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for 18 years. She is recipient of the North Carolina Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award, the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance Outstanding Teaching Award, and a semifinalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award.
Dr. MacLeod currently serves as immediate past president for the American String Teachers Association.
Frank M. Diaz is associate professor of music in music education and coordinator of the Office of Wellness and Arts in Health Initiatives at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An active scholar and teacher in the field of contemplative science, he is also an affiliate faculty member for the IU Cognitive Science Program.