Da Capo Conference
The Da Capo conference is a one-day professional development event that includes workshops and seminars designed to enrich the learning of music educators. Past topics have included working with vocal jazz ensembles, creating a pit band for your musical, preparing and directing an elementary musical, selecting junior high band repertoire, starting a jazz band rhythm section, accessing programs and services of the Manitoba Band Association (MBA), negotiating a successful job interview, reinforcing conducting fundamentals, and much more!
2025 Conference
Registrations are now open! Please use the link below to register for our 2025 Da Capo conference!
The 19th Annual Da Capo Conference is being held on January 18th, 2025 from 8:45am to 4:30pm. Mark your calendars for a full day of music education professional development at Brandon University School of Music. A full Da Capo 2025 schedule and session explanations will be posted here soon!
All are welcome to attend Da Capo, including music educators, music education students, music administrators, education students, performance students, and high-school students interested in music education. Keep an eye out for the finalized schedule, coming soon.
Feel free to contact any BUSMEA member or email busmea@brandonu.ca with any questions. Another way to keep up with BUSMEA events is through our Instagram page: @bu_busmea
2024 Conference
Registration is now open for the 18th Annual Da Capo Conference! Mark your calendars for January 20, 2024 from 8:45am to 4:00PM and join us at the Brandon University School of Music for a day full of music education centered professional development with sessions covering Orff methods, rehearsal tips and tricks, EA’s in the music room, inclusion in music, working with percussion in your band room, and many more. We are excited to welcome back Alexis Silver to this year’s conference as our keynote speaker. Additional presenters at this year’s conference include Dr. Nora Wilson, Dr. Wendy Zander, Kevin Doell, Graydon Cramer, Dawn Muir, Sean Irvine, Jeni Taylor, Kelsey Simpson, and more presenters TBA!
All are welcome to attend Da Capo, including music educators, music education students, music administrators, education students, performance students, and high-school students interested in music education. Keep an eye out for the finalized schedule, coming soon.
Feel free to contact any BUSMEA member or email busmea@brandonu.ca with any questions. Another way to keep up with BUSMEA events is through our Instagram page: @bu_busmea
2023 Conference
BUSMEA is very excited to announce their 17th Annual Da Capo Conference, with a return to an in-person delivery model this year. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the Brandon University School of Music for a great conference. The Da Capo Conference is an all-day event filled with professional development opportunities for pre-service and current music educators. Registrants can expect sessions on ORFF education, tips and tricks for taking your band to festival, solfege, jazz pedagogy, and more! The 2023 Da Capo Conference will be held on January 21, 2023 from 8:45AM to 4:15PM. We hope to see you there!
All are welcome to attend Da Capo, including music educators, music education students, music administrators, education students, performance students, and high-school students interested in music education. Keep an eye out for the finalized schedule, coming soon.
Feel free to contact any BUSMEA member or email busmea@brandonu.ca with any questions. Another way to keep up with BUSMEA events is through our Instagram page: @bu_busmea
2022 Conference
The Brandon University Student Music Educators Association (BUSMEA) is pleased to announce the 16th annual Da Capo Conference. The Da Capo Conference is an all-day workshop of professional development opportunities for music educators. Throughout the day, we will be offering sessions such as creativity and mental health, using technology in the classroom, teaching improvisation stills to beginning jazz ensembles, conducting, using manipulatives in the elementary music class, and recruitment and retention. This year we are featuring guest speakers from across Canada, as well as Brazil, and the United States. Da Capo will be held virtually on January 22, 2022 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
All are welcome to attend Da Capo, including music educators, music education students, music administrators, education students, performance students, and high-school students interested in music education. The schedule, registration form, and survey are all available below (just click the link!).
Feel free to contact any BUSMEA member or email busmea@brandonu.ca for any questions. Another way to keep up with BUSMEA events is through our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/bu_busmea/.
2021 Conference
The Brandon University Student Music Educators Association (BUSMEA) is pleased to announce the 15th annual Da Capo Conference. The Da Capo Conference is an all-day workshop of professional development opportunities for music educators. Our keynote speaker, Roger Mantie, is an associate professor and program director at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Mr. Mantie will be presenting “Teaching for Health and Happiness”, which explores how curricular and instructional practices can be oriented toward long-term student wellbeing. Throughout the day, we will be offering sessions such as COVID classroom strategies, conducting, digital literacy, communication skills, self-care, and social justice. As it is Da Capo’s 15th annual conference, we have presenters from all across Canada such as Erik Leung, Zoltan Virag, Doug Friesen, Kevin Doell, Sarah Hall, Michelle Chyzyk, Mary Lynn Berti, and Wendy McCallum. Da Capo will be held virtually on January 16th, 2021 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. We hope to see you there!
All are welcome to attend Da Capo, including music educators, music education students, music administrators, education students, performance students, and high-school students interested in music education. Registration forms and schedule information will be available at https://www.brandonu.ca/busmea/da-capo-conference/.
Feel free to contact any BUSMEA member or email busmea@brandonu.ca for any questions. Another way to keep up with BUSMEA events is through our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/bu_busmea/.
2020 Conference
The Brandon University Music Educators Association (BUSMEA) has been busy preparing for our annual Da Capo Conference! Da Capo is a one-day professional development conference that provides music educators of all levels a chance to network and participate in workshops and seminars. Our keynote speaker is Bob Lee, Director of Field Experience and Chair of the Graduate Studies Program in BU’s Faculty of Education. Mr. Lee, with twenty years of experience as an administrator in the Brandon School Division, will present his vision of professionalism in today’s landscape. Sessions encompassing Orff, jazz programs, communication skills, conducting, musical theatre, fiddle fundamentals and more will be presented by educators that include Alexis Silver, Kevin Doell, Anna Penno, Michelle Chyzyk, Cindy Sallans, and Wendy McCallum. Mark your calendars for January 18th, 2020 in the School of Music at Brandon University in the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building. For more information or to register for Da Capo, go to https://www.brandonu.ca/busmea/da-capo-conference/ or email questions to busmea@brandonu.ca.
