Professional Development Opportunities
Finale Notation Software, Levels 1 and 2
Mavis Kallestad, Wayzata, MN
Level 1: July 13-14, 2009, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day
Level 2: July 15-16, 2009, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day
Waunakee High School
This workshop is also offered August 17-20 in Stevens Point
| Workshop Description | Registration |
| Instructor | Graduate Credit Information |
| Location and Directions | Lodging Information |
Location and Directions:
Waunakee High School is located at 301 Community Drive in Waunakee. From Main Street in Waunakee (Hwy 19), take Century Ave (Hwy Q) south to Eighth Street and turn left. Park in the north lot off Eighth Street and enter through Door #13 (top of the high school map linked below). The computer lab is in Room 1116, which is immediately to your left as you enter the building.
View Mapquest map of Waunakee
View a map of Waunakee high school (pdf)
This workshop is also offered August 17-20 in Stevens Point.
Finale Level 1 - Introductory
Using Finale 2010's streamlined, easy-to-use interface, see how easily you can enter notes (with or without MIDI keyboard), arrange, edit, listen to and print your music with professional quality results. Participants will receive "hands-on" sequential step-by-step instruction in a lab setting; handouts and several class projects will be provided.
Topics include: navigating the software, score set-up, note entry, entering expressions and articulations, typing in lyrics, printing parts, page layout, scanning, easy key change and transposition, instant orchestration, Tempo Tap, creating flash cards and exercise sheets, recording and importing audio files, auto-harmonizer, drum grooves, Latin percussion and saving audio files (to email or burn to CD).
Basic computer skills are required. Please bring a simple project to work on.
One graduate credit is available for each of these two-day workshops for an additional fee of $180 per credit. Credit information will be available at the workshop and is also available in our Graduate Credit section below.
Wisconsin Teaching Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Wisconsin Music Standards Addressed: C, D, E, F, H
Finale Level 2 - Intermediate/Advanced
Using Finale 2010's streamlined, intuitive interface, learn new features and shortcuts that will help you work more efficiently and increase your productivity. Participants will receive "hands-on" sequential step-by-step instruction in a lab setting; handouts and several class projects will be provided.
Topics include: expression, articulation and SmartShape metatools, lyrics, linked parts, scanning, Tempo Tap, instant orchestration, staff styles, creating worksheets, recording and importing audio files, time-saving plug-ins, percussion notation, importing and exporting graphics, ScoreMerger and creating SmartMusic accompaniments and assessable files.
Basic knowledge of Finale or PrintMusic software is required. Please bring a simple project to work on.
One graduate credit is available for each of these two-day workshops for an additional fee of $180 per credit. Credit information will be available at the workshop and is also available below and on our Graduate Credit Information page.
Wisconsin Teaching Standards Addressed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Wisconsin Music Standards Addressed: C, D, E, F, H
Instructor:
Mavis Kallestad is a Finale clinician, music engraver and piano accompanist in the Minneapolis area. She has done music engraving for various composers and has edited solos and method books that appear on screen in SmartMusic learning software. Mavis has demonstrated Finale software for MakeMusic at state music conventions and has presented workshops in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, New York, Texas and Missouri, as well as individual one-on-one Finale/PrintMusic training. She has been a Finale instructor at the Minnesota Summer Music Technology Symposium for the past 4 years. Her sequential Finale handouts with step-by-step directions have been used numerous times in MakeMusic sponsored workshops. Mavis is a graduate of Dickinson State University.
Registration:
Early-Bird Registration (ends June 29): $110 each workshop
Late-Bird Registration (ends July 9): $125 each workshop
Current undergraduate college students: $40 each workshop
Print registration form (pdf)
Register online (secure site)
Graduate Credit Information:
Registrants have the opportunity to earn one graduate credit for each of these courses for an additional fee of $180 per credit. This is a separate registration and fee from the workshop registration. Please download a copy of the Viterbo registration form below and mail it with a check for $180 for each course (payable to Viterbo University) to: Terri Felton, WMEA, 1005 Quinn Drive, Waunakee, WI 53597.
Viterbo registration form Level 1 (pdf) $180
Viterbo registration form Level 2 (pdf) $180
Syllabus Level 1 & Level 2 (pdf)
Please do not send credit registrations to Viterbo University. If you are registering for more than one course, please include a separate check and Viterbo form for each course.
Grade reports will be mailed to you approximately 4-6 weeks after the course, after which time you may request a transcript. Transcripts may be requested directly from Viterbo by completing and mailing in a Transcript Request Form (pdf). Transcripts are $5 per transcript per request.
For more information on graduate credit opportunities, please visit our Graduate Credit Information page.
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