MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2015
PRE-SESSION: YOLA AT LACHSA SITE VISIT
3:45pm
Bus leaves from the Biltmore Hotel
Registrants must RSVP for this site visit in advance via the email
confirmation they receive after registering through Ticketmaster.
Spots on the bus are limited – register soon!
[Biltmore]
4:30pm
YOLA at LACHSA site visit.
[LACHSA]
[Biltmore]
7:30pm
Bus returns to the Biltmore Hotel
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015
Biltmore Hotel
9:00 am
Keynote Address by Vijay Gupta
[Emerald Ballroom]
9:30 am
National Take a Stand Festival Kickoff: Information Session
[Emerald Ballroom]
The symposium days are designed to encourage attendees to wrestle with the idea of
“Raising the Bar:” elevating expectations of what educators set out to accomplish for
and with students in nucleos and as a field. This idea of Raising the Bar across the
landscape of El Sistema-inspired programs – both socially and musically – is at the core
of the National Take a Stand Festival and its goals.
During this session, the Take a Stand team will provide an overview of the symposium
as well as the National Take a Stand Festival, a project that starts with your
participation at the symposium, and continues with regional gatherings of students (at
Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, and at Bard College in Upstate NY) in the
summer of 2016, and a national gathering of students (in Los Angeles, CA) in summer
2017. With your engagement at this symposium, you will ensure that the National Take
a Stand Festival reflects the ideas, needs, and philosophies of the entire field.
10:15 am
Summer 2016 Regional Gatherings: Aspen and Bard
[Emerald Ballroom/Roman]
Breakout Information Sessions
Two concurrent sessions – one led by Aspen Music Festival and School Vice President
and General Manager Dan Song and one led by President of Longy School of Music
Karen Zorn– will allow attendees to dig deeper into the specific logistical elements of
the Summer 2016 regional gatherings.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015 (continued)
Biltmore Hotel
11:00am
12:00 pm
Raising the Bar: Facilitated Discussion Groups – Round 1
These discussion groups, inspired by the goals of the National Take a Stand Festival,
will recur later in the day (from 1:15-3:15pm).
[A]
Crafting a Vision for Social Excellence
[Roman]
As programs look past the founding stage and into longer-term program
maturity, what does social excellence look like for students in El Sistemainspired programs? How can regional and national gatherings help support
those nucleo-level goals?
[B]
Reaching New Levels of Musical Excellence
[Corinthian]
What does musical excellence look like in an El Sistema-inspired program, and
what are the roadblocks practitioners run into as they strive to enable the
highest levels of musicianship in individual students and program-wide? How
can regional and national gatherings help support those nucleo-level musical
goals?
[C]
Defining Holistic Measures for Student Achievement
[Athenian]
Pre-existing models for assessing music students often focus only on students’
musical aptitude, ignoring the social elements that might further inform student
growth. In El-Sistema-inspired programs, where musical aptitude and social
growth are valued hand-in-hand, how can we assess excellence in a way that
values the whole student? How can the selection processes for the National
Take a Stand Festival best reflect field-wide values?
Lunch [not provided]
A wide variety of delicious and affordable lunch options is available in close walking
distance of the Biltmore. All attendees will receive a detailed description (including
price breakdowns) of the many lunch options in the area. For quick reference, check out
what Yelp lists in the area immediately surrounding the Biltmore.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2015 (continued)
Biltmore Hotel
1:15pm
Raising the Bar: Facilitated Discussion Groups – Round 2
A recurrence of the discussion groups first held at 11:00am, allowing registrants to
continue conversations and/or visit new topic areas.
[A]
[B]
[C]
2:15pm
Crafting a Vision for Social Excellence
Reaching New Levels of Musical Excellence
Defining Holistic Measures for Student Achievement
[Roman]
[Corinthian]
[Athenian]
Raising the Bar: Facilitated Discussion Groups – Round 3
[A]
[B]
[C]
Crafting a Vision for Social Excellence
Reaching New Levels of Musical Excellence
Defining Holistic Measures for Student Achievement
[Roman]
[Corinthian]
[Athenian]
3:30 pm
Teacher Orchestra Rehearsal with members of the SBSOV
[WDCH]
Those symposium registrants not performing as part of the Teacher Orchestra are
invited to observe the rehearsal or go to another space for casual networking.
5:30 pm
Reception
8:00 pm
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and LA Phil in Concert
[WDCH]
th
Beethoven’s 9 Symphony
Upon registering for the symposium via TicketMaster, attendees will receive a link to
purchase from a special pool of reserved tickets. Once that pool sells out, attendees
may purchase tickets here.
[Pez Cantina]
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2015
Biltmore Hotel
9:30am
Welcome and a Framing of the Day
.
[Emerald Ballroom]
Building off of the content of the previous day’s discussion groups, today’s workshops
will engage with concrete tools designed to support programs as they build towards
the highest levels of musical and social excellence in El Sistema-inspired programs.
During three session blocks led by content experts throughout the day, workshops will
provide concrete strategies on three levels:
1) Nucleo-wide infrastructure;
2) Structured frameworks within nucleos
3) In-classroom models and tools
Content experts TBA.
10:00am
Raising the Bar: Music-based workshops, panels and conversations
[A]
[B]
[C]
11:00am
[Emerald Ballroom]
[Roman]
[Corinthian, Athenian]
[Corsican, Mediterranean]
Raising the Bar: Socially-based workshops, panels and conversations
[D]
[E]
[F]
12:00 pm
Program Design/Structure
[nucleo-wide infrastructure]
Repertoire Selection
[Stuctured frameworks within nucleos].
Instrument-specific Works
[In-classroom models and tools]
Creating a site-wide culture
[nucleo-wide infrastructure]
Structured Leadership Programming
[Stuctured frameworks within nucleos]
Models for student leadership/mentorship in music classrooms
[In-classroom models and tools]
[Roman]
[Corinthian]
[Athenian]
Lunch [not provided]
A wide variety of delicious and affordable lunch options is available in close walking
distance of the Biltmore. All attendees will receive a detailed description (including
price breakdowns) of the many lunch options in the area. For quick reference, check out
what Yelp lists in the area immediately surrounding the Biltmore.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2015 (continued)
Biltmore Hotel
1:00pm
Raising the Bar: Music-based workshops, panels and conversations
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[F]
Program Design/Structure
[Emerald Ballroom]
Repertoire Selection
[Roman]
Instrument-specific Workshops
[Meditteranean]
Creating a site-wide culture
[Corinthian]
Structured Leadership Programming
[Athenian]
Models for student leadership/mentorship in music classrooms
[Corsican]
2:00 pm
Closing Session
[Emerald Ballroom]
3:00 pm
Teacher Orchestra Rehearsal with members of the SBSOV and YOLA
[WDCH]
Those symposium registrants not performing as part of the Teacher Orchestra are
invited to observe the rehearsal or go to another space for casual networking.
6:00 pm
Side-by-Side Concert: YOLA, SBSOV, and Teaching Artists in Performance
[WDCH]
This concert is free and open to the public. Symposium registrants will receive a ticket
as part of their registration packet upon arrival at the symposium.
8:00 pm
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and LA Phil in Concert
[WDCH]
th
Beethoven’s 9 Symphony
Upon registering for the symposium via TicketMaster, attendees will receive a link to
purchase from a special pool of reserved tickets. Once that pool sells out, attendees
may purchase tickets here.
Leadership support for the LA Phil's Educational Initiatives is provided by the Peggy Bergmann YOLA
Endowment Fund, Anonymous, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Lee and Hope Landis Warner
YOLA Student Fund, Norma D. Kayser Trust, Max H. Gluck Foundation, Pasadena Showcase House for
the Arts, The Rose Hills Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, Office of former Los Angeles County
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Estate of Judith Lynne, Amgen Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation,
and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.