Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Boosters

Proudly Presents:

Fourteen Music Technology Workshops Offerings:

2005 Summer and Fall Semester Schedule

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Dear Colorado Music Educators:

My summer 2005 schedule is extremely demanding with teaching in Australia and New Zealand at the 2005 ASME National Conference (http://www.asme.edu.au/) for four weeks and teaching three national TI:ME (http://www.ti-me.org) National Music Technology certification classes for the Technology Institute for Music Educators. Consequently, I am only offering my own 14 summer music tech classes on a “To Be Arranged” basis. This will allow me to maximize my time to teach the fourteen classes listed below. Private tutoring will also be available as well at discounted rates. If you are not clear about why music technology workshops can have significant and direct impact on your daily teaching both at home and in the classroom, please go to: <http://www.kuzmich.com/Jeffco/Wideacres.html> for guidelines covering eight essential segments of music instruction.

Note: all one-day courses are for 0.5 graduate level credits, two-day courses are for 1.0 graduate level credits and 2.0 graduate level credits for four-day courses at rather inexpensive college tuition rates of $30, $45 and $70, respectively which is the best buy in the entire USA for college credit fees.. Note: most in-service workshop times will be arranged but the TI:ME National Music Technology workshops are all scheduled because they are nationally advertised by TI:ME.

National Music Technology Certification Now Available
from the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME)

The Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) offers a national certificate for music technology. John Kuzmich, Jr. is an approved training institute for TI:ME. Official TI:ME courses is part of the class, including workbooks that will be given to each participant. Two graduate college credits are awarded for 30 hours of instruction in each TI:ME course.

Seven More Reasons to Join TI:ME

  1. Stay abreast of the fast changing world of technology.
  2. Learn how to incorporate the seven areas of technology into your teaching.
  3. Learn how to use technology for specific student and teacher applications.
  4. Learn how to align technology with the MENC national standards.
  5. Be among the leaders in music education using technology in creative ways.
  6. Share information about the use of technology with colleagues around the world.
  7. Participate in national technology conferences.

More TI:ME information about this innovative national music technology certification curriculum is available at: <http://www.ti-me.org>. Three TI:ME courses will be taught this summer at Dakota Ridge High School:

  1. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation." - July 25 to 28, 2005 (Monday thru Thursday). Covers the basics of music technology very well.

  2. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Instructional Software, Communications and Digital Media" - August 1 to 4, 2005 (Monday thru Thursday). Covers the basics of music technology very well.

  3. "Interactive Internet Authoring:," - June 13 to 16, 2005 (Monday thru Thursday). A very creative class for web development.

Summer 2005 Music Technology Workshops at Dakota Ridge High School

Click for a graphical synopsis of summer, 2005, go to: September, October, November, June and July, 2005


Itemized Summer and Fall Semesters, 2005
Dakota Ridge High School Music Technology Courses

  1. "User-Friendly Music Software for General Classroom Instruction including Sibelius Starclass and Instruments, Music Ace 1 & 2, MIDIsaurus, and Super Dooper Music Looper" - To be Arranged 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. An absolute must class for general music teachers.

  2. "Power Users: Seamless Integration of Sequencing, Notation, Music Scanning and Automatic Accompaniments Generators" - To be Arranged 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. Great introduction class for learning Power-User software applications.

  3. "Web Development for Music Educators" - To be Arranged - 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. Must class for music educators in learning how to effectively promote their students, concerts and career.

  4. “How to Creatively Use Band-In-A-Box" - To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits. Every music teacher needs Band In-Box.

  5. "Entry-level Finale 2005, Guitar Finale 2004 and PrintMaster 2004" - To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits. The family of Finale music notation products constituted the greatest family of music notation products for music educators at every level of need and development.

  6. "Entry-level Sibelius 3.0 and Sibelius G7" - To be Arranged - 0.5 graduate credits (one day workshop). Classy notation products that work as advertised.

  7. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation." - July 25 to 28, 2005 (Monday through Thursday). 2.0 graduate credits. This workshop is a certified TI:ME National Music Technology course.

  8. "Basic Skills in Music Technology: Instructional Software, Communications and Digital Media" - August 1 to 4, 2005. (Monday through Thursday). 2.0 graduate credits. This workshop is a certified TI:ME National Music Technology course.

  9. Interactive Internet Authoring." June 13 to 16, 2005. (Monday through Thursday). 2.0. grade credits. This workshop is a certified TI:ME National Music Technology course.

  10. "How to Use SmartMusic with Finale 2005 and Music Scanning Techniques and/or iPAS Creatively and Effectively. To Be Arranged. To be Arranged 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 graduate credits. Should be required for every performance oriented music educators, grades 4 to 12 and beyond.

  11. "Digital Recording of Music Concerts and Lectures with Digital Sequencing Software," Superscope PSD 300 and Sony miniDisk recorders. To be Arranged - 0.5, 1.0 and/or 2.0 graduate credits

  12. "Music Scanning with PhotoScore, SharpEye Music Reader and SmartScore" - To be Arranged - 0.5, 1.0 and/or 2.0 graduate credits

  13. "Digital Audio and Looping with Acid Pro 4.0 and Sound Forge 6.0." - To be Arranged - 0.5, 1.0 and/or 2.0 graduate credits

  14. "High School Music Technology Classes: Especially for Youth" - To Be Arranged (7.5 hours of instruction). Special fee: $65 and no charge for student's music teacher attending. : Note: no college credit. Great class for future college music majors!

Note: if the advanced pre-registration form from the web site above and a $50.00 deposit check are not both received at least two weeks in front of the designated workshop, the workshop will probably be cancelled and replaced with private tutoring for music educators. Please e-mail to confirm whether the class is going as scheduled or changed to private tutoring. See alternative choice heading below for more information about private tutoring.

Note: because John will be teaching in Australia and New Zealand this summer for four weeks and his private teaching has expanded, he listed all of his Dakota High School workshops as to be arranged so he could schedule them more creatively based on demand of the participants. Namely, he will schedule and teach any and all classes that are requested rather than just over scheduling for specific dates which actually limits what dates they will be offered.

2004-2005 Conference Music Education Technology Presentations!

Music courseware offerings will be rather limited winter, 2005 semester because I’m presenting workshops at the following out-of-state international/national/state conferences.

  1. 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators International Conference in Long Beach, California, January 6 to 8, 2005.

  2. 2005 CMEA State Convention in Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 20 to 22, 2005.

  3. 2005 ASME (Australian Society for Music Educators) National Conference in Melbourne, Australia, July 3 to 7, 2005 with three different workshop presentations.
  4. Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 20 to 23, 2005.

  5. Other National Conferences (MENC, TI-ME and others) to be added along with school district workshops as soon as finalized.

Additional Summer, 2005 Offerings!

Please advise if you want a different class not found here. There may be other educators desiring the same instruction such as for “Music theory and Ear Training” or “MIDI Basics” or “Intermediate/Advanced Music Notation” with Finale or Sibelius!” or "PDA's for Music Instruction" or "Music XML Connectivity for Power-Users." I can also structure any new music technology class for college credit provided at has 7.5, 15 hours or 30 hours of instruction.

Alternative Choice: Private Tutoring with Flexible Scheduling and Reduced Rates!

Normally, private tutoring is very expensive in music technology. My private tutoring rates range from $27.50.00 (4 hour minimum) to $55.00 an hour (for 1 to 3 hours) on just about any music technology topic including all the fall, 2004 semester courseware listed above. Music educators can also earn the same graduate level college credit if 8 hours are purchased for $220. If two or more educators enroll together, there is even a sliding rate scale that continues to go down further which is nice because your colleagues can study with you in a private class setting at a mutually agreed time and all participating parties get price reductions as well as college credit opportunities.

For more information, please go to John Kuzmich’s Home Page at: <http://www.kuzmich.com>.

One-On-One Tutorials: for 2005-2006 Summer/Fall/Winter Semesters

Beginning fall, 2003, Dr. Kuzmich has been available for private tutoring or one or more teachers at a time. Contact Dr. Kuzmich about what software applications you are interested in and the number of hours interested in pursuing. Honorarium will be on a sliding scale depending on the number of hours desired. At this time, popular software applications include:

  • Notation: Finale 2005 and its family of notation products (PrintMusic 2004, 2004 NotePad, NotePad Plus and Guitar Finale).

  • Sibelius 3.131. For a sample of nearly 30 compositions done by private high school students, please go to: <http://www.kuzmich.com/Compositions.html>.


  • Music Scanning: PhotoScore, SmartMusic, MIDIScan and SharpEye


  • Automatic Accompaniment Generator: Band-In-A-Box, SmartMusic and iPAS.

  • MIDI Sequencing: Home Studio and Sonar Cakewalk products

  • Digital Audio and Looping: Acid Pro 5.0 and Sound Forge by Sonic Foundry.


  • Music Theory: Essential of Music Theory, Music Lessons I & II, Practica Musica and Musition

  • Ear Training: Aurarlia

  • General Music: Music Ace and MIDIsaurus, Super Dooper Music Looper

  • Sibelius' Compass, Starclass, and Instruments

2004-2005 School District In-Service Workshops

For the Jefferson County School District, I am presenting a teacher in-service workshop on "Wireless Portable Sound Enhancement Systems" at Dakota Ridge High School from 4 to 6 pm. on Monday, November 15, 2004. If you need more information about Dr. Kuzmich, please go to: http://www.kuzmich.com.Another Jefferson County School District in-service workshop will be given in April dealing with music scanning techniques. For a definitive library of over 35+ "how to" published feature articles in School and & Orchestra magazine on computer music applications that can also be printed out at no charge, please go to: http://www.sbomagazine.com/technology.html. Note: nearly all of the workshops listed on this web page have had featured articles published pertaining to them at the previously mentioned School Band & Orchestra music technology URL.

For the Douglas County School District, I presented a workshop for their elementary instrumental music faculty members that was very successful. Clinic handouts are at: Douglas County K-6 Music Tech In-Service Workshop which was presented in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on January 24, 2005 entitled: "Creative Practice Ala Play-Along Mode."

You can contact me by e-mail (jkuzmich@earthlink.net) or numeric pager at 303-208-6769. Hope this information is helpful.


Registration for

Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Booster's Music Technology Workshops:

To register for one or more workshops, please complete this form with a $50 non-refundable check for each workshop pre registration made out for to: Dakota Ridge High School Instrumental Music Boosters Organization, and received within two weeks of the starting date for each workshop. When in doubt, please e-mail or numeric page Dr. Kuzmich to reserve your seat in the class.

Your Name_____________________________________________________

Specific Workshop Enrollment for: _________________________________________________

(duplicate form for additional workshops)

School/Dept.: ____________________________________

Position _____________________________________ Work Phone: ______________________

Home Address:_________________________________________________________________

City, State, ZIP: _______________________________________________________________

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Mail to:

John Kuzmich, Jr.
13888 W. 3rd Place
Golden, CO 80401
Call/FAX 303-279-1438 or register by email: jkuzmich@jeffco.k12.co.us
Numeric pager: 303-208-6769 (7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily)


Tuition Fees With or Without Optional College Credit Fees:

Dr. Kuzmich's tuition rates for 7.5 hour classes is: $120.00. Tuition for 15 hour classes is $200.00. Tuition for 30 hour classes is $330.00. Tuition for private tutorial lessons has a sliding scale from $25 to $50 an hour depending on the number of hours purchased. If two or more teachers or high school students take private lessons together, the honorarium for the sliding scale also decreases significantly. Tuition for High School Technology class is $65.00 and their teachers can attend for free as a professional courtesy. Note: I have also had elementary and middle school students enroll in this class based on teacher recommendation. And in almost all student enrollments, the music booster's organization paid for the student enrollment fees as a thank you for their exemplary participation in their school music program.