COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (March 7, 2005) – Music and art combine in a Tennessee Tech University Music Education Series workshop entitled “Orff Process: Making Music Together and Connecting Across the Curriculum” from 9 a.m. to noon on April 2 in the TTU Band Room.

Guest clinician Susanne Burgess will direct the workshop, which will offer features applicable to students, teachers and anyone else interested in learning music integration techniques.

Burgess is the director of music education at the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts on the University of Tennessee campus at Chattanooga.

She works with colleagues in the creation and instruction of music, drama, dance and visual arts and teaches a course in arts integration for undergraduate students at UTC. She also conducts summer institutes for teachers of music education.

The deadline to pre-register for the event is Monday, March 28.

The cost is $10 for university students and $20 for everyone else. The fee includes registration, workshop materials, and certificate of in-service for participating teachers.

For more information, contact Anne Marie Lane at 931/372-3625.

--Tracey LeFevre
This information posted 8 March 2005