# Event Details - **Event Name**: Ableton Educator's Day - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 10:30 am – Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Explore Ableton tools and learn how to integrate them into the classroom. Meet other educators and Ableton product specialists.About this EventAbleton Educator's Day is a professional development event designed for educators integrating Ableton into their classrooms, and anyone passionate about music technology in education. You'll experience the latest updates across Ableton Live, Push, and Move through presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and guided music-making experiences. Connect with the team behind the tools, exchange ideas with peers, and meet innovative educators advancing music technology in education.This event will take place on Friday, October 9th from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Lunch will be provided.Admission is free, but space is limited and registration is required.(NY state educators: CTLE certificates are available.)Agenda🕑: 08:30 AM - 10:30 AMCheck-in, coffee, mingle🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AMWelcome Remarks & IntroductionsHost: Thomas Faulds & Walter Ferguson🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:30 AMVision for Music Technology at EastmanHost: Dennis DeSantis🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PMElevate Student Voice with Project-Based LearningHost: Lawrence GreyInfo: Bringing music production into the classroom often requires a paradigm shift for music teachers. When students write their own tracks instead of playing other people's music, teachers become facilitators of a creative community. It doesn't matter if teachers know what all the buttons and knobs do in a DAW, learning simple project-based learning pedagogies can transform their music class into a space of sanctuary, inspiration, and fun. Learn the essential strategies to elevate student voice and tap into the joy of making music in your classroom.🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMLunch (provided by Ableton)🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PMtbdHost: Daniel KeownInfo: tbd🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PMGetting Started with RNBOHost: Tom HallInfo: RNBO is Cycling '74's powerful framework for building and exporting custom audio patches, allowing educators to bring cutting-edge audio tools into their practice. In this session, participants will get a practical introduction to RNBO's core concepts and code-export workflow, including RNBO's Takeover Mode with Ableton Move. No prior RNBO experience is required.🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PMPlayback Engineering & Career PathwaysHost: Timo PreeceInfo: This masterclass gives a behind-the-scenes look at playback engineering as the hidden system connecting studio production to the live stage. Timo Preece shares real-world insight from touring, Ableton-based show files, vocal FX systems, routing, click and cue management, redundancy, timecode, and troubleshooting. Through practical examples and artist-session context, the class shows how playback engineers prepare, operate, protect, and communicate the systems that keep modern live shows moving.🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:20 PMOffice Hours with Ableton EDU Team, Dennis, & Tom🕑: 02:30 PM - 06:20 PMFrom 0 to 100 with Ableton Move (concurrent session / separate room)Host: Lawrence GreyInfo: Ableton designed Move to spark creative flow: four tracks, fast workflows, and infinite possibilities. Join Lawrence Grey for a crash course on how to use this simple but powerful production and performance tool. After creating a short piece of music, each attendee will share their work with the group at the end. Is three hours enough for all that? With Move, of course it is! Moves provided. Max 12 attendees. 🕑: 06:20 PM - 06:30 PMClosing remarksHost: Dennis DeSantis🕑: 06:30 PMEnd / final networking - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rochester/ableton-educators-day/100002001096468405 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Workshops, Art, Entertainment, Music, Sports, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Rochester - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Eastman School of Music - **lat**: 43.1577219 - **long**: -77.60136779999999 - **full address**: Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Ableton Educator's Day - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/323c2e8c3c6d81e24f8ea87e7b0559d2770fb06d4949009f008071dd12397188-rimg-w1200-h800-dc181818-gmir.jpg?v=1789607080 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Ableton Educator's Day being held? - **A:** Ableton Educator's Day takes place on Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 10:30 am to Fri, 09 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Ableton Educator's Day? - **A:** Ableton Educator's Day is organized by Dennis DeSantis. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Ableton Educator's Day is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Rochester, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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His work explores the increasingly fluid boundaries between musical worlds, blending classical training with deep involvement in electronic music technologies and cultures.He was formerly Head of Music Learning at Ableton, an industry-leading music technology company that develops software and hardware for music production and performance. At Ableton, he led the development of interactive music learning websites includingLearning MusicandLearning Synths. He conceived and authored the curricula for both sites, designing interactive tools and curating or composing musical examples to support musicians of all ages and experience levels. At Ableton, he also contributed to the design of Live and Push, wrote the user manuals for both products, helped establish the Certified Trainer program, and served as a curator and moderator for Ableton’s Loop conference from 2015 to 2018.DeSantis is the author ofMaking Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers,a book widely used in music production and technology courses. While known for his expertise with Ableton Live, his understanding of creative workflows extends across the broader field of digital audio and electronic music production.His electronic music has been released on labels such as Ghostly, Global Underground, Cocoon, and Kanzleramt, and he has performed at clubs and festivals in North America, Europe, and Japan.As a concert composer, DeSantis has been commissioned and performed by ensembles including Alarm Will Sound, eighth blackbird, Sō Percussion, and the Prism Saxophone Quartet, with performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Notable projects include an arrangement of Autechre’s music for chamber orchestra (commissioned by Carnegie Hall), an evening-length electronic work for the Whitney Biennial, and an opera with electronics for the Staatsoper Stuttgart. He received a Grammy certificate in 2008 for his work on eighth blackbird’sstrange imaginary animals.He has also taught courses in electronic music composition and sound design for Berklee Online, and frequently appears as a guest lecturer and panelist at events focused on music, technology, and education.DeSantis received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music, as well as degrees from Yale and Western Michigan University. His composition teachers included Christopher Rouse, Evan Ziporyn, and Martin Bresnick. He studied percussion with John Beck and Judy Moonert, and jazz drumming with Billy Hart." } ] } ] ```