Maverick Music Education Summer Institute

About the Maverick Music Education Summer Institute

The Maverick Music Education Summer Institute (MMESI) is a robust summer workshop experience for in-service teachers or graduate students providing them with an opportunity to learn new skills and gain professional development or master’s degree elective credit.

Graduate students will enroll in the appropriate class with tuition covering workshop costs. Non-credit seeking workshop participants will pay a fee dependent on sessions selected. Non-credit seeking participants can receive CPE credit to apply towards teacher certification.

Summer 2023 MMESI dates are June 19-22 for marching band audio session enrollees and June 20-23 for all others. Graduate students will have additional online work both before and after those dates.

2023 MMESI Offerings

SoundCheck® Audio Clinic: Marching Band Electronics

June 19-22, 2023 8:30am-11:30am Electronics 101

Join us as experts from around the country share their insights on marching band electronics. Tentative topics will include how to setup your sound board, wire your front ensemble, microphone selection, how to use Mainstage and more!

June 19-22, 2023 1:30pm-4:30pm Electronics 201

Join us as experts from around the country share their insights on even more marching band electronics. Tentative topics will include EQ basics, diving into wireless microphones, electronic music design and more!

Cost $200 for 1 session or $350 for both!

Band Directors: These sessions coincide with the 2023 Summer Marching Band Camp. We would love to have your students attend camp while you gain some valuable professional development!

Choral Rehearsal Strategies and Audiation Development

June 20-23, 2023

Morning Sessions 8:30am-11:30am
Afternoon Sessions 1:30pm-5:30pm

The choral/elementary track will be an interactive experience with three nationally renowned music educators/composers and the UT Arlington Middle School/Jr. High Choir Camp (6^th-8^th grades).

Mornings will be spent experiencing Music Learning Theory in action! Observe and teach upper elementary/middle school students participating in Audiation Games, Pattern Instruction, Solfège Games, Rhythm Games, Folk Dancing, and more.

Afternoons will be spent with composers Emily Holt Crocker, Laura Farnell, and Reginal Wright. You will have the opportunity to have real conversations about rehearsal techniques that work for them, insights about their music, and see them in action.

Cost $200 for 1 session or $350 for both!

Building a Successful Orchestra Program

June 20-23, 2023

Morning Sessions 8:30am-11:30am
Afternoon Sessions 1:30pm-4:30pm

From pedagogy to administration to score study, these sessions have it all! Join master teachers Margaret Brown and Ruth Kurtis as they share their experiences from when they began the McKinney ISD orchestra programs. You can view the topics for both morning and afternoon sessions further down the page and decide if one session or both are right for you!