KASTA
Private Studio Summit
A Retreat for Private String Teachers to Share and Learn New Trends in String Pedagogy & Business
Saturday, November 16th, 2024
Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, KS
Registration
To register, please click on the link below and complete the google form. You may also register using the QR code immediately to the right.
https://forms.office.com/r/PXG6pgq4P9
Itinerary
9:30am – Check in begins and Social: coffee, beverages, fresh fruit, pastry.
10 AM - Welcome and walk/tour of the renovated music department.
10:30 AM – Introductions and statements of experience/wisdom by each participant
11:00 AM-Conversation about Mental Health (music as a channel for healing) – Stanton Conference Room: Facilitator, Teresa Hernandez
11:30 AM - Introduction to KASTA and what benefits it has to offer (ASTACAP, KMEA, etc.), Erinn Renyer & Martha Barnhill
12:00 PM - Lunch at renovated cafeteria courtesy of Kansas Wesleyan Music Department
1:00 PM - Conversation about Physical Health - Applequist Music Center Main Hall, Facilitator, Teresa Hernandez
1:30 PM-Breakout Sessions: Upper String Studios and Lower String Studios (sharing ideas in pedagogy styles, tech innovations, how to grow your studio business)
2:00 PM - Closing session / sharing our reflections on our day.
Note:
Parking for Pioneer Hall is to the north, from Claflin street east of 9th and west of the railroad tracks.
If you are having trouble finding us, please call or text Dena Berquist 785-416-0176
A member of ASTA since 1995, Teresa Hernandez received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 1986 from Marymount College of KS in Salina. She taught in the Omaha Public Schools and Millard (NE) Public Schools from 1991-1998 while playing in the Omaha Symphony as a per-service cellist (1991-2000). She received a Master’s degree in Social Welfare from KU in 2005. A native of Salina, she returned there in 2009 to begin a part-time private practice, play in the Salina Symphony and open the Great Playn’s Music Program, currently suspended. In her clinical practice she specializes in trauma treatment and is bilingual in Spanish. She completed specialized training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and Internal Family Systems, two clinical modalities that form the foundation of her clinical approach. Prior to 2020 she managed a double career, both teaching part-time in the Great Playn's Music Program and working part-time in mental health settings. Since the Covid-19 pandemic she focuses full-time on her private practice psychotherapy services although she continues to play in the Salina Symphony and currently has one cello student.
