Cairns Music Conference 2008 General Information

Conference General Information

Introduction

The Cairns Music Conference 2008 will be an exciting opportunity to broaden your knowledge, make new contacts and meet old friends in an atmosphere of conviviality and learning. Every delegate to the conference will receive a conference satchel full of useful items and information. The included Conference Handbook is a bound compendium of all the sessions to be presented at the conference, and will be a valuable resource for all participants.

The conference venues are conveniently located at the northern end of the Cairns CBD, and a range of accommodation from budget to 4 star is available within easy walking distance. The Mercure Harbourside Hotel is offering delegates a special reduced rate for the conference.

To find out more about Accommodation Options, click here.

Situated on Trinity Bay at a latitude of 16 degrees south of the equator, Cairns climate at this time of year is superb, with the average July daily temperature ranging from a minimum of 17 to maximum of 26 degrees Celsius. Tourism is a major industry in Cairns, so why not extend your stay, or come early, and enjoy some of the natural wonders of the region from reef to rainforest.

To see more about Tourist Excursions, click here.

Venue Maps

Click here for a map of Cairns showing the location of the Cairns State High School and Mercure Harbourside Hotel. Click here for a map of the Cairns State High School showing the location of buildings where workshops will be held.

Click here for a Google Map of Cairns you can browse. The high school grounds are bounded by Sheridan, Upward, Grafton and Grove Streets.

Registration Types

Note: all prices include GST

Category	Teacher	Student
Full Delegate Registration	$160	$80
1-Day registration (Monday 14th July)	$110	$55
Single session (Monday 14th July)	$30	$15

Accepted Payment Methods

Purchase Order - please forward with your details to the address below and we will invoice your school/institution

Cheque - please forward cheque payable to: 'Binary Designs' with your details to the address below)

Credit Card - you will be able to pay on-line or phone 1800 BINARY (outside Brisbane) or 3822 4884 (within the Brisbane region) to advise your credit card details after submitting your registration - the secure payment link will be emailed to you upon registration

Postal Address

Please address all correspondence to the conference coordinator:
Cairns Music Conference
c/- Binary Designs
10 Lewisham Ct
Birkdale Qld 4159

Special Dietary Requirements

During registration, you will be asked to indicate if you have any special dietary needs. Note that we will do our best to cater for these needs, but cannot guarantee that all requirements will be met.

Brief Program Outline

Sunday 13th July - venue Mercure Harbourside Hotel 209-217 The Esplanade, Cairns

2:00pm	Conference Registration - tea & coffee
3:00pm	Welcome and Keynote Address - presenters Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter
4:00pm	Cocktails, networking with colleagues and short talks by Trade Exhibitors and Sponsors
6:00pm	Close

Monday 14th July - venue Cairns State High School cnr Sheridan and Upward St, Cairns

Full day program comprising your choice of 25 workshop/seminars and all day trade displays

8:00am-8:30am	Registration and coffee
8:00am	Trade displays open
9:00am-4:00pm	Conference Sessions each of 1 hour.*
11:10am-11:40am	Morning Tea and Trade Displays
12:40pm-1:40pm	Lunch and Trade Displays
4:00pm-4:15pm	Afternoon Tea
4:00pm-5:00pm	Prize draws, Trade displays
5:00pm	Conference Close

*Delegates may choose to attend any session - Note some sessions have limited numbers or presenters have asked you to provide more information at time of registration

Conference sessions are broadly streamed as follows, with 5 sessions in each strand:

Strand A: Instrumental Focus	Including Percussion, repertoire, conducting, Cello, instrumental and vocal practice software
Strand B: Technology Focus	Including hands-on CD recording, Notation software, Audio/MIDI and loop-based music production.
Strand C: Contemporary Keyboard & Guitar	Including guitar teaching techniques, MIDI guitar, creative keyboards for schools
Strand D: Secondary Focus	Including Composition tasks and notation , Composition as Outcome, Blogs
Strand E: Primary/Choral Focus	Including singing and movement, fun activities, music technology for early learners
In addition, there will be an opportunity for limited private cello lessons with Christine Wang and guitar lessons with Alyson Locke (Strand F), and for delegates/students to attend a Masterclass in Percussion (Gordon Hughes) and Cello (Christine Wang) (Strand G).

Session Selection

The available Monday sessions are listed below. To help you decide which ones you would like to attend, please read the Session Details page for more information. Some sessions have a limited number of places available due to resource constraints - places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. These sessions are shown with an asterisk (*) after the title. If you choose one of these sessions you will be asked to indicate your second preference using the drop-down list located at the end of the session table. The sessions are colour-coded by strand as follows:

Strand A - Instrumental Focus

Strand B -Technology Focus

Strand C - Contemporary Keyboard & Guitar

Strand D - Secondary Focus

Strand E - Primary/Choral Focus

Strand F - Private Lessons

Strand G - Masterclasses

Session 1 9:00-10:00	1A	Basic Percussion techniques for the Band and Classroom	Gordon Hughes
	1B	Direct to CD Recording with the Superscope PSD340	Len Henderson
	1C	Engaging the Student of Contemporary Guitar	Alyson Locke
	1D	Make Band in a Box software part of your toolkit *	Attila Szlay & Karen Henderson
	1E	Groovy Music software for the Primary Classroom *	James Humberstone

	1G	Cello Masterclass	Christine Wang

Session 2 10:10-11:10	2A	Concert Band Conducting for the Developing Ensemble	Gordon Hughes
	2B	Time Saving Recording and Rehearsal Tools from Roland	Attila Szlay & Karen Henderson
	2C	Scoring and Recording using MIDI Guitar	Len Henderson
	2D	Composition as Outcome (Year 9 & 10) *	James Humberstone
	2E	Music Room - a classroom music program	Mark Leehy & Kevin O'Mara
	2F	Cello Private Lessons (2 only)	Christine Wang

Session 3 11:40-12:40	3A	Building Cello Technique from Scratch	Christine Wang
	3B	Education Applications with Finale and Finale Notepad *	Attila Szlay
	3C	Traditional Technique in Modern Guitar Teaching	Alyson Locke
	3D	Creating Worksheets in Sibelius *	James Humberstone & Karen Henderson
	3E	Take Orff with Jazz	Susie & Phil Splitter

Session 4 1:40-2:40	4A	Cello Technique in a Nutshell for Violin Specialists	Christine Wang
	4B	Loop-based Composition & Multimedia using Sony Acid & Vegas	Attila Szlay
	4C	Think Creative - Keyboards	Bradley Eustace
	4D	Composition as a Blog *	James Humberstone
	4E	Move Over Wiggles - featuring MIDI Pads, Super Duper & Jam Trax Software	Len & Karen Henderson
	4F	Guitar Private Lessons (2 only)	Alyson Locke
	4G	Percussion Masterclass	Gordon Hughes

Session 5 2:50-3:50	5A	SmartMusic - the perfect practice tool for Brass, Woodwind, Strings & Vocal	Len & Scott Henderson
	5B	Demystifying Computer-based Recording with Sonar *	Attila Szlay & Karen Henderson
	5C	Contemporary Repertoire to Excite the Learner	Bradley Eustace
	5D	Creating your Composition with the Sibelius Ideas Hub *	James Humberstone
	5E	Take Orff with Singing	Susie & Phil Splitter
	5F	Guitar Private Lessons (2 only)	Alyson Locke

Additional Information

For some sessions the presenters would like to know some more details about your preferences in advance. If you plan to attend any of the following sessions, you will be asked to indicate this at the time of registration:

Gordon Hughes - Concert Band Conducting
Will you be bringing your own instrument?	Yes	No
Instrument type
Do you wish to try hands-on conducting?	Yes	No

Christine Wang - Cello Workshops
Will you be bringing your own instrument?	Yes	No

For more detailed session information as provided by our speakers, please click Session Details below