2012 AMEA Conference Program Book

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In-Service Conference

January 19-21, 2012

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center

4004 Hillsboro Road

Suite 214B

Nashville, Tennessee 37215

(615) 385-1222

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WGI Events

Cherry Blossom Parade

Endymion Parade

Disney Magic Music Days

Aloha Parade and Festival

USS Missouri Performances

Polynesian Cultural Center Parades Statue of Liberty Performances

Dixie Classic’s Festivals

Tournament of Roses Parade

Chicago’s Navy Pier Performance

BOA Events

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this year’s In-Service Conference of the Alabama Music Educators Association. While this is a great time to rejuvenate our musical spirit it is also a time to renew old acquaintances and make new friends. I hope you will make a special effort to make your circle bigger. Try to include a new friend at dinner or at an evening concert. Through our friendships and networks AMEA will become stronger. Together, if we strive for unity in our organization we can become a powerful voice that can represent our students in a positive way.

We are very pleased to have Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser as our keynote speaker at the General Session on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Tim is a leading voice in music education advocacy and a dynamic speaker you will not want to miss!

Our Thursday evening concert hour will feature the UAB Concert Choir, conducted by Brian Kittredge and the Prattville Wind Symphony, conducted by Rob Cothran. We will also honor this year’s AMEA Membership Honor Roll and hear from NAfME Southern Division President Benny Ferguson.

The Friday evening concert will feature the Alabama Honor Choir, conducted by guest clinician Rosephanye Powell and the Auburn University Symphonic Winds, under the direction

of Rick Good. In addition, we will be presenting the 2012 class of the AMEA Hall of Fame, the Alabama Music Educator of the Year, the Barbara Odom Award, and the Outstanding Administrator Award. Saturday's concert session will feature the All-State Show Choir and the All-State Jazz Bands.

The AMEA Leadership Assembly Breakfast will get the conference started Thursday morning. This assembly was started to encourage and promote the cultivation of leadership across our organization. Another exciting part of this year's conference is FAME - Future Alabama Music Educators. This is a one-day seminar for 11th and 12th grade students who are considering careers in music education. I encourage everyone to visit the exhibits and support the merchants and vendors who help to make this conference possible.

I want to thank the AMEA officers and board members who have worked to make this conference a success. A very special thank you goes to Garry Taylor, our Executive Director, who prepared the schedule, coordinated the exhibits, put together the conference program, and worked with the Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center to ensure that everything will run smoothly this weekend.

THANK YOU for being a music educator! THANK YOU for making a difference in the lives of our children. Remember, this conference was designed with you in mind, so learn as much as you can, network with each other, and have a great time!

Steve McLendon, AMEA President

Join us at the Friday night concert session for the presentation of the 2012 AMEA awards:

Outstanding Music Educator: Regina Noland, Tuscaloosa City Schools

Barbara Odom Award: Joe Hull, Tuscaloosa Music Company

Outstanding Administrator Award: Dr. Jim Jeffers, Superintendent, Tallassee City Schools

Hall of Fame: Billy R. (Rip) Reagan, Gadsden, Alabama

The AMEA Honor Roll will be recognized at the Thursday night concert session. Members who have 25 years of continuous service and those with increments of 5 years past 25, will recieve a Leadership Service Award. See page 65 for a complete listing.

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Governing Board

President............................................................Steve McLendon

President-elect.......................................................Sara Womack

Immediate Past President...........................................Pat Stegall

Treasurer.................................................................Karen Hickok

Recording Secretary.............................................Carla Gallahan

Executive Director.....................................................Garry Taylor

Alabama Bandmasters Association President.........John Cooper

Alabama Orchestra Association President...........Clay McKinney

Alabama Vocal Association President.......................Jane Powell

Elementary/General President....................................Beth Davis

Higher Education President.......................................Tim Phillips

CMENC Advisor...................................................Moya Nordlund

CMENC President...............................................Dakota Bromley

Editor, Ala Breve Magazine.......................................Garry Taylor

AMEA Committee Chairs

Jazz Education..........................................................Randall Key

Public Relations.........................................................Doug Farris

MIOSM .............................................................Sarah McLendon

Research.................................................................Carl Hancock

Membership...................................................................Rob Lyda

Tri-M.............................................................................Jed Smart

Technology...............................................................Scott Phillips

K K EYNOTE EYNOTE S S PEAKER PEAKER

Tim Lautzenheiser is a well-known name in the music education world as a teacher, clinician, author, composer, conductor, consultant, and, above all, a trusted friend to anyone interested in working with young people in developing a desire for excellence. His career involves ten years of successful college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. During this time Tim developed highly acclaimed groups in all areas of the instrumental and vocal field.

Following three years in the music industry, he created Attitude Concepts, Inc., an organization designed to manage the many requests for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking engagements focusing on the area of positive attitude and effective leadership training. He presently holds the Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturer position at Ball State University. Tim also is the Executive Director of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc.

His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, The Art of Successful Teaching, The Joy of Inspired Teaching, and Everyday Wisdom are bestsellers in the educational world. He is also co-author of Hal Leonard's popular band method, Essential Elements

Tim is a graduate of Ball State University and the University of Alabama. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from VanderCook College of Music.

Additional awards include the distinguished Sudler Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, Mr. Holland's Opus Award and the Music Industry Award from the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors.

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Alabama Honor Choir Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

Thursday, Jan. 19 Thursday, Jan. 19

All-State Show Choir All-State Show Choir

Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule

Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A

Thursday, Jan. 19 Thursday, Jan. 19 Registration

8:30 - 9:00 A.M. Rehearsals 9:00 - 11:30

- 10:00

Friday, Jan. 20 Friday, Jan. 20

Performance Performance Friday, Jan. 20, 7:30 P.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

Friday, Jan. 20 Friday, Jan. 20 Rehearsals 9:00 A.M. - 11:30 P.M.

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Saturday, Jan. 21 Saturday, Jan. 21 Dress Rehearsal (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

7:30 - 9:00 A.M.

Performance Performance

Saturday, Jan. 21, 9:30 A.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

All-State Jazz Bands All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule Renaissance Montgomery 7&1 Renaissance Montgomery 7&1 and Riverview 7 and Riverview 7

Thursday, Jan. 19 Thursday, Jan. 19

- 3:00 P.M.

Friday, Jan. 20 Friday, Jan. 20

- 12:00 P.M.

- 4:30 P.M. 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Saturday, Jan. 21 Warm-up (in Rehearsal Rooms) 9:30 - 10:15 A.M.

Performance Performance

10:30 A.M. - Noon (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

8:15 p.m.

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AMEA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 2

Steve McLendon, Presiding

ABA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 2

John Cooper, Presiding

AVA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 4

Jane Powell, Presiding

7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Dakota Bromley, Presiding

AOA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 3

Clay McKinney, Presiding

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

CMENC Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview Boardroom

AMEA Leadership Breakfast - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Conference Registration - Renaissance Registration Lobby

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Guest Speakers: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser & Benny Ferguson, SDMENC President

All-State Show Choir Registration - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A

Alabama Honor Choir Registration - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance Exhibit Hall A

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Lobby Performance - Booker T. Washington Arts High School String Quartet

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

AOA/CMENC/ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A

Improvisation: Take the Fear Out - Jim Tinter, Clinician

Karla Hodges, Presiding

Sing, say, move, and play through a process for teaching improvisation in general music. Discover techniques, strategies, materials, activities, and web resources to make improvising easy, fun, and safe, while fulfilling the National Standards. Free Angel recorder compliments of Peripole.

AVAInterestSession - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD

12 Simple Rehearsal Tips for a Better Middle School Choral Experience- Greg Gilpin, Clinician

Ginny White, Presiding

Greg Gilpin presents 12 simple rehearsal tips he has used and developed in his 25 years of working with middle school choirs.

ABA Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E

What is Lab Band and How Do I Start One? - Terry Ownby, Clinician

David East, Presiding

Session will include recruiting and beginning a jazz band program at both the middle school and high school levels, methods and materials, to hold tryout or not to hold tryout, benefits of including non traditional jazz instruments, using smart music to aid in teaching beginning improv, resources for those looking to start a jazz band.

FAMEWelcome and Introduction - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Session with Benny Ferguson, SDMENC President

Pat Stegall, Presiding

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open - Exhibit Hall C

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Keynote Address - Renaissance, Montgomery Performing Arts Center (MPAC)

Choosing Excellence is Easy: Maintaining it is the Key to Success - Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser

Steve McLendon, Presiding

We are all committed to excellence in our teaching; however, the journey offers some interesting twists and turns. We lead our students to quality by constantly improving ourselves. Success begets success.

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

FAME Luncheon - Renaissance, Starlight Foyer

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Hoover 1st Edition - Sallie Vines White, Conductor

Ryan Fitchpatrick, Presiding

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Are You Hip as a 4th Grader? - Jim Tinter, Clinician

Heather Atkins, Presiding

From “The Sound of Music” to “Star Wars,” from “Iron Man” to “We Will Rock You,” enrich and enliven your music program with pop music that children know and love. Listen, learn, laugh, participate, play tunes, watch videos of kids.

HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

How to Improve Your Conducting When There Isn't Time to Work on It - Chester Phillips, Clinician Mark Walker, Presiding

This interactive clinic gives tips, exercises and methods for improving each conductor’s technique in a short amount of time. We’re all busy and need to keep up and improve our skills. This clinic will help.

CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Rehearsal Technique According to the Twelve Commandments - Erin Colwitz, Clinician

Dakota Bromley, Presiding

This session will explore rehearsal techniques for the choral conductor, drawing from William Dehning’s “12 Commandments” as its primary basis; (excerpted from Dehning’s Chorus Confidential: Decoding the Secret of the Choral Art (2003: Pavane). We will also explore less familiar techniques such as “thesis-antithesis-synthesis”; “macro-micro-macro”; and “stimulus variation”. All of these techniques become the foundation of any technique with regard to choral rehearsal technique and will, I believe, bring better results, faster, while helping choruses grow as musicians and people.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Assessment Strategies for the Instrumental Ensemble Classroom - Sean Powell, Clinician Daniel Jamieson, Presiding

This clinic presents assessment techniques for teachers of instrumental ensembles. Playing tests, portfolio exams, tiered assessments, and student self-assessments are reviewed. The discussion also addresses the need for authentic assessment and the unique assessment challenges faced by ensemble teachers.

FAME Session - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Leadership is a VERB, it requires ACTION - Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Clinician Pat Stegall, Presiding

Leadership is a VERB, it requires ACTION. Taking on a leadership role means going the extra mile. It requires the leader to embrace the challenges of extra responsibilities along with the various expectations of skill development.

1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Lobby Performance - University of Montevallo Woodwind Quintet

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance Exhibit Hall A

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

All-State Jazz Bands Registration - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7

AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Bottenfield Middle School Mixed Choir - Sherrell Huggins, Conductor Margaret Heron, Presiding

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

A Whole Lot of Hullabaloo! - Greg Gilpin, Clinician

Lea Hoppe, Presiding

Greg Gilpin presents music, games, movement and activities that create a fun-filled, fast-paced and character building atmosphere of learning in the elementary music classroom and choral rehearsal.

ABA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Essential Elements 2000 - Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Clinician

Rusty Courson, Presiding

This clinic, combining proven pedagogy with cutting-edge technology, focuses on positive techniques to develop beginners and retain them as music makers for a lifetime.

AOA, CMENC, HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Use of the iPad in Musical Lessons and Rehearsals - Grant Dalton, Clinician Skylar King, Presiding

This presentation will demonstrate the ways in which an Apple iPad 2 may be utilized in musical rehearsals and lessons. Some of the topics that will be discussed will include use of the camera feature on the iPad 2, tuning devices, metronome functions, music theory possibilities, and PDF functions that enable the user to access many documents without having to carry around a ream of paper.

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7

Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1

Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 1

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Lobby Performance - University of Montevallo Saxophone Choir

FAME Session - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Why Teach Music? - Panel Discussion

Pat Stegall, Presiding

3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Choral Expressions for the 2-Part Choir - Greg Gilpin, Clinician

Theresa McKibben, Presiding

Greg Gilpin will present 2-part concert/festival chorals and larger works that will inspire and entertain. This session will be filled with great programming ideas, rehearsal techniques and appropriate movement and staging suggestions.

3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

ABA, CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Got Band? No Wind Ensemble - No Problem! - Becky Warren, Clinician

Lori Gregg, Presiding

This session presents practical solutions to common problems found in programs of unauditioned groups with limited staffing. Session includes student leadership development, mentoring programs as well as rehearsal techniques that develop superior bands. “No matter where or size - every student deserves to be a part of a superior program.” This session has been presented at the Midwest Clinic.

3:25 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

AVA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Ours Is A Calling - Paul Gulsvig, Clinician

Jane Powell, Presiding

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Distance from the classroom provides a valuable perspective. Be reminded why you do what you do. We not only teach music, we help America’s greatest natural resource learn how to celebrate life.

AOA, HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Performance Psychology in the Classroom - Erik Janners, Clinician

Caterina Bristol, Presiding

The field of performance psychology has exploded in the last twenty-five years, with incredible amounts of research being done on musicians, dancers, athletes, and others. There exist aspects of performance psychology that are both individual and group-based, and both halves of this discipline can be useful to the music educator. Understanding the individual issues can help us understand how to help students with performance anxiety, a fear of failure, or some other mental block which is standing in the way of their full enjoyment of music. An understanding of group dynamics is of course invaluable in any ensemble! Don’t miss this incredibly informative and useful session on a side of music education that gets less attention than it should. It can make all the difference in your program! Session includes handouts and an additional reading list, as well as some participation activities in focus, distraction control, mental imagery and mental practice.

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

FAME Wrap-up - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Pat Stegall, Presiding

ELEM Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Boaz Intermediate School Honor Choir - Miriam Richey, Conductor

Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir - Kristina Sisco and Holly Luke, Conductors

Beth Davis, Presiding

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

How to Play and Teach Beginning Jazz Improvisation - Jim Tinter, Clinician

Daniel Jamieson, Presiding

Learn to play and teach jazz improvisation against changing chords using the voice, recorders, or any concert pitched instrument. We’ll learn two songs, and two chords and use only two notes to start! Free Angel recorder compliments of Peripole.

ABA, AVA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Breathing Efficiently: Improving Tone Quality in Instrumental and Vocal Performance Ensembles

Michelle Debruyn, Andree Martin & Robert Murray, Clinicians

David McDaniel, Presiding

This session will outline the physiological process of breathing and how faults in the breath relate to the issue of tension, which in turn affects tone quality and intonation. The three presenters will include pedagogues in voice, woodwinds (flute), and brass (trumpet) who will take an integrated approach to the delivery of information.

5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

ELEM Board Meeting - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Beth Davis, Presiding

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals - Montgomery Meeting Rooms 7 & 1, Riverview Meeting Room 1

AMEA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Presentation of AMEA Honor Roll

Benny Ferguson, SDMENC President

UAB Concert Choir - Brian Kittredge, Conductor

Jane Powell, Presiding

Prattville High School Wind Symphony - Rob Cothran, Conductor

John Cooper, Presiding

7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance Exhibit Hall A

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

ABA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B

John Cooper, Presiding

AOA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Clay McKinney, Presiding

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Lobby Performance - University of Montevallo Clarinet Choir

Exhibits Open - Exhibit Hall C

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Liberty Park Middle School Symphonic Band, Travis Bender, Conductor

Dennis Carroll, Presiding

9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

JW Pepper Presents New Orchestra Music

Clay McKinney, Presiding

AVA, ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Maintaining Diversity: A Survey of Multicultural Choral Literature - Rollo Dilworth, Clinician

Carl Davis, Presiding

This session will feature a reading packet of scores representing a variety of choral traditions. Selections will range from unison voicing to SATB divisi.

CMENC, HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Free AND Fantastic, Cheap AND Classic: the World of Choral Public Domain Library - Ian Loeppky,Clinician

Diane Orlofsky, Presiding

The Internet has brought us a revolution in choral music: access to THOUSANDS of high-quality editions of choral works large and small-for FREE! Learn what to look for, how to download and prepare an edition for printing and performance, and walk away with a selection of festival-ready works for your elementary, middle school, high school, or college chorus!

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance Exhibit Hall A

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

9:50 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals - Montgomery Meeting Rooms 7 & 1, Riverview Meeting Room 1

Lobby Performance - Etowah Youth Orchestra’s Red Brick Collective

Visit Exhibits - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall C

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Gulf Shores High School Symphonic Band - Tim Brannan, Conductor

Jamar Dumas, Presiding

ELEM, AVA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Reading Session of Chorals at All Levels - Greg Gilpin, Clinician

Vicky Portis, Presiding

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Teacher Preparation Curricula: Do We Teach Them What They Need to Know? Marvin Latimer,Clinician

Felicia Sarubin, Presiding

This session first presents an overview of current teacher preparation programs locally and nationally and then investigates, both in philosophical and practical terms, whether those programs are teaching the materials that beginning teachers most need to know. The presenter will encourage feedback and discussion from university teaching methods professors, student teacher supervisors, and cooperating teachers with an eye toward offering suggestions to improve the preparation and quality of music teachers entering the work force.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

10:30 p.m. - 11:15 p.m.

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Lobby Performance - University of Montevallo Clarinet Quartet

CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Positive Classroom Management for Your Music Classroom

Diane Orlofsky, Clinician

Heather Haynes, Presiding

What is in your classroom management arsenal? Will you operate with a system of punishment or with a system that rewards appropriate behavior? What is the difference between intent and function and how important is it when communicating with your students? Answers to these questions and many more will be provided plus practical tips on how to improve verbal and non-verbal communication. Workshop will include brainstorming session that will engage participants in developing strategies for positive behavioral interventions.

12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Phi Beta Mu Luncheon - Renaissance, Ballroom B

HED Research Poster Session - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall Prefunction Area (Lobby)

Carl Hancock, Presiding

AOA Concert Session - Renaissance MPAC

Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra - Michael Gagliardo, Conductor

Clay McKinney, Presiding

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Hillcrest High School Percussion Ensemble - Nick Smith, Conductor

Leslie Welker, Presiding

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

That's the Ticket! Classroom Management Strategies that Really Work! (Part 1) - Tiffany English, Clinician

Kristi Howze, Presiding

Learn how to motivate and actively involve students in music making in an exciting, but managed manner. Participants will learn how to use student creativity as a behavior management technique that leads to meaningful music making experiences. Hands-on, instantly useable lessons and ideas! Be ready to sing, move, play, and enjoy making music.

CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

1st Year Teacher Panel Discussion

Moya Nordlund, Presiding

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals - Montgomery Meeting Rooms 7 & 1, Riverview Meeting Room 1

1:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance Exhibit Hall A

1:50 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Visit Exhibits - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall C

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Lobby Performance - University of Montevallo Trumpet Ensemble

2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Saks High School Concert Band - Gene Inglis, Conductor

Jeff Gossett, Presiding

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

That's the Ticket! Classroom Management Strategies that Really Work! (Part 2) -Tiffany English, Clinician Hilda Hagins, Presiding

Learn how to motivate and actively involve students in music making in an exciting, but managed manner. Participants will learn how to use student creativity as a behavior management technique that leads to meaningful music making experiences. Hands-on, instantly useable lessons and ideas! Be ready to sing, move, play, and enjoy making music.

2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Clay McKinney, Presiding

Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

Alfred Publication’s Orchestra Expressions - Sandra Dackow, Clinician (with the Etowah Youth Orchestra)

Orchestra Expressions takes students’ musical knowledge to new heights by bringing the immediacy and dynamics of the real world into the music classroom. Previously learned material is reinforced and given added depth, dimension, and meaning when it is viewed in the context of history, art and culture, and students’ own everyday experiences. All lessons include coordinated listening activities, reproducible worksheets, and overhead transparencies (included in the Teacher Curriculum Package). The Teacher Resource Guide for each level provides articles on classroom management, string pedagogy, assessment, and much more.

AVA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

The Middle School Chorus: Recruitment, Rehearsals and Repertoire - Rollo Dilworth, Clinician

Susan McCall, Presiding

This session will offer ideas for recruitment and retention in the middle school choral program. Techniques for teaching and engaging this population will be examined. Third, all participants will be given repertoire ideas that will accomodate both single gender and emerging SATB ensembles.

CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Assessment - Panel Discussion

Moya Nordlund, Presiding

HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Slide Technique for Young Trombonists - Matthew Wood, Clinician

James Zingara, Presiding

Proper slide technique is critical to the success of a trombonist. In this session, I would like to cover the most important aspects of this area of pedagogy. I will cover issues related to care and maintenance, equipment selection, and of course, proper grip and manipulation of the slide. This session will be directed towards current and future band directors who wish to increase their knowledge of this topic.

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

3:25 pm. 4:15 p.m.

Lobby Performance - Daleville High School Saxophone Quartet

ABA, CMENC Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

10 Gems for Great Rehearsals - Gregg Gausline, Clinician

David Raney, Presiding

10 Gems for Great Rehearsals is a practical clinic designed to assist the young music educator to structure rehearsals in the most musical and efficient manner possible. Clinic topics include rehearsal environment, rehearsal pacing, warm-up techniques, tuning, sight-reading preparation, and concert cycle organization.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Hands On Conducting - Sandra Dackow, Clinician (with the Etowah Youth Orchestra)

Clay McKinney, Presiding

AVA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Conducting the Choral Art Song: How Text Informs Tone and Gesture - Rollo Dilworth, Clinician

Tracy Mank, Presiding

In this session, the term “choral art song” will be defined. Participants will examine a few scores to uncover the relationship between the text and the music, with particular emphasis on how tone and gesture are influenced. Participants will have the chance to conduct excerpts and experiment with various techniques for shaping sound.

HED Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Quality of Sound for the Percussionist - Gene Fambrough, Clinician

Tim Phillips, Presiding

This session will focus on the elements of snare drum and keyboard playing (transferable to other percussion instruments) that determine the overall quality of the sound being produced. The goal of the session is to communicate the fact that the concepts are very simple, but the correct execution of these in performance is indeed difficult.

FACULTY ENSEMBLES

Dr. Won Cho, Voice

Dr. Martin Cochran, Euphonium

Dr. Gene Fambrough, Percussion

Dr. Denise Gainey, Clarinet

Dr. Jeremy Grall, Guitar, Music Theory

Jodi Haskins, Violin/Viola

Craig Hultgren, Cello*

Dr. Kristine Hurst Wajszczuk, Opera, Voice

Dr. Howard Irving, Department Chair, Musicology

Dr. Yakov Kasman, Piano

Dr. Brian Kittredge, Director of Choral Activities

Jeffrey Koonce, Trombone

Tariq Masri, Bassoon*

Dr. Paul Mosteller, Associate Chair, Voice

David Pandolfi, Horn*

Dr. Henry Panion, Music Technology

Dr. Scott Phillips, Music Technology

Dr. William Price, Music Theory, Composition

Dr. Jeff Reynolds, Music Appreciation

Dr. Steven Roberts, Jazz Ensembles, Trumpet

Scott Robertson, Tuba

Dr. Sue Samuels, Director of Bands

Jim Sullivan, Oboe*

Kevin Turner, Gospel Choir

Lisa Wienhold, Flute*

Daniel Western, saxophone

Dr. James Zingara, Trumpet

*Member, Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Bands Choirs

Ensembles

3:25 pm. 4:15 p.m.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Beth Davis, Presiding

AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

UA Huntsville Chamber Choir - Erin Colwitz, Conductor

Joe Whitaker, Presiding

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

ELEM Business Meeting - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 5

Creating Composers: Ideas and Activities to Help Each K-5 Student Unleash Their Inner Composer

Craig Hurley, Clinician

Joy Smith, Presiding

Composing naturally combines creativity with music theory. In this interactive presentation, Craig Hurley will guide you through many activities to help your K-5 student release their inner composer. Topics include: rhythm only compositions, pitch only compositions, composing packets, instrumentation and form, creating melodies with text, and compositions inspired by the masters. Come discover many kid-tested, practical, inexpensive ways to help get your students creating their own music.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Rehearsal Techniques - Sandra Dackow, Clinician (with the Etowah Youth Orchestra)

Clay McKinney, Presiding

HED Performance Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD (See page 54 for details)

Tim Phillips, Presiding

ABA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

From Chalkboards to Tablet Computers: Strategies for Implementing Technology from the Podium

Jed Smart, Clinician

Keith Anderson, Presiding

In this session, band directors will be given recommendations for using tablet computers (iPad, Zoom, etc.) within the FULL BAND rehearsal. From applications dealing with intonation, proper tone production, and music theory to interactive gradebooks, inventory records, attendance and MORE! Learn how these small computers can save you TONS of time and take your program to a new level of productivity!

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals - Montgomery Meeting Rooms 7 & 1, Riverview Meeting Room 1

Alabama Honor Choir Dress Rehearsal - Renaissance, MPAC

AMEA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

Presentation of Awards

Alabama Honor Choir - Rosephanye Powell, Clinician

Damion Womack, Presiding

Auburn University Symphonic Winds - Rick Good, Conductor

John Cooper, Presiding

9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

President’s Reception - Renaissance, Presidential Suite

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

All-State Show Choir Dress Rehearsal - Renaissance, MPAC

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Be My Neighbor (Part 1) - Joey & Andrea Coleman, Clinicians

Sharon August, Presiding

Join the trolley as we travel to the building blocks of body percussion, street dancing, and neighborhood play parties to build your school's community with a parcel of engaging activities.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

ABA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B

John Cooper, Presiding

AVA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Jane Powell, Presiding

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Tempo Press Reading Session - Sandra Dackow, Clinician

Clay McKinney, Presiding

8:20 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

ABA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Alabama Jazz Educators Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

ELEM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Be My Neighbor (Part 2) - Joey & Andrea Coleman, Clinicians

Tiffany Little, Presiding

Join the trolley as we travel to the building blocks of body percussion, street dancing, and neighborhood play parties to build your school's community with a parcel of engaging activities.

ABA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Dealing With Difficult Parents in Your Program: Soothing the Savage Beast - Randall Coleman, Clinician

John Cooper, Presiding

This session will provide attendees with strategies to become a better communicator with the parents of students in your program. Parental involvement is a critical component of a healthy music program. Dealing with your program’s parents can prove to be a challenge. Attendees will leave the session with new tools to open lines of communication and strengthen the overall program.

AOA Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Writing and Arranging - Sandra Dackow, Clinician

Clay McKinney, Presiding

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

All-State Show Choir - Paul Gulsvig, Clinician; Santana Shelton, Choreographer

Jane Powell, Presiding

9:30 a.m. 10:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

All-State Jazz Bands Warm-up - Montgomery Meeting Rooms 7 & 1, Riverview Meeting Room 1

ABA Concert Session - Renaissance, MPAC

All-State Jazz Bands

Middle School Jazz Band, Gary Ball, Clinician

Silver Jazz Band, Steve Sims, Clinician

Gold Jazz Band, Shane Porter, Clinician

Randall Key, Presiding

ACDA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Jessica Kaufhold, Presiding

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2

Steve McLendon, Presiding

Performing Performing Groups Groups

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The Hoover “First Edition” Jazz Band is under the direction of Mrs. Sallie Vines White. First Edition performs at many school and civic functions throughout the school year. Membership in the group is by audition. The group’s instrumentation consists of 5 saxophones, 5 trombones, 5 trumpets, full rhythm section and a vocalist. The group performs a variety of music from the big band era and today. They do numerous performances for a wide variety of venues. The First Edition Jazz Band has received national recognition through its selection as a finalist in the Savannah Music Festival Swing Central Jazz Contest for the past 4 years. As part of this festival, they have had the opportunity to have clinics with internationally known artists and clinicians. These artists have included Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, Jason Marsalis, Jim Ketch, Leon Anderson, Jack Wilkins, Terrell Stafford, and others. Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, and Leon Anderson have all come to Hoover High School to do intensive on-site clinics with the group. Prior to their selection to Swing Central they were selected into the North Texas Jazz Festival and also received Superior ratings for 6 years in a row at the Loyola Jazz Festival in New Orleans. The group is regularly represented in the Alabama All-State Jazz Band. In 2011, nine members of First Edition were represented in the Alabama All State Jazz Bands.

Sallie Vines White teaches full-time at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama. Mrs. White has been teaching in the Hoover City School System since 1990. Prior to that time she taught for 5 years in the Bessemer City School System. She teaches the award-winning Hoover High School First Edition Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, and AP Music Theory. She is also an associate director with the marching band. The groups she conducts have consistently received Superior ratings at contests including District, State, and Jazz Contests. The First Edition Jazz Band has received national recognition through its selection as a finalist in the Savannah Music Festival Swing Central Contest for the past 4 years. Prior to that they were selected into the North Texas Jazz Festival and also received Superior ratings for 6 years in a row at the Loyola Jazz Festival in New Orleans. Many of her students through the years have been selected into All State Jazz groups. Sallie Vines White graduated magna cum laude from Anderson University in 1982, with a B.A. in Music Education and Psychology and “with honors” in psychology. In 1985, she received her M.M.E. in Music Education from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN where she graduated “with distinction”. Sallie is an active performer on all the woodwind instruments. She has played engagements as a side musician with Stevie Wonder, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Andy Williams, Joan Rivers, Ray Charles, Linda Eder, the Bill Gaither Trio and many others. She has performed as a musician in over 125 theatre productions in the state of Alabama. Sallie has played numerous engagements with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra on saxophone. She plays lead alto in the Superjazz Big Band, and tenor saxophone in the Cahaba Saxophone Quartet. She toured for several years in various groups including Bridge, the Bill Gaither Trio, and college groups performing in 47 states and 17 countries. In addition to her performing and her full-time teaching position, Mrs. White is also the saxophone instructor at Samford University.

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Bottenfield Middle School is located in Adamsville, Alabama. The Choral Department consists of 217 students and four choirs: 6th Grade Choir, 7th & 8th Grade Girl’s Choir, 7th & 8th Grade Boy’s Choir, and 7th & 8th Grade Mixed Choir. All members are required to be proficient in music theory as well as in performance. Many students are also honor students and participate in many extra-curricular activities inside and outside of school. The 7th and 8th Grade Mixed Choir has consistently received superior ratings at district and state level choral performance assessments. The choir has also competed in festivals in Atlanta, Orlando, and Panama City Beach for the past several years earning top ratings.

Sherrell L. Huggins is the director of the Bottenfield Middle School Choral Department in Adamsville, Alabama. She is a graduate of Coffee High School (now Florence High School). She received her B.S. degree in Music Education with a concentration in piano and voice at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama. This is Ms. Huggins sixth year at Bottenfield and is proud to participate in various teacher learning communities and committees to help promote academic success in her classroom. She also serves as Minister of Music at Hopewell African Methodist Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Concert Program

The Boaz Intermediate School Honor Choir was formed in 2006. It is an auditioned group of fourth and fifth grade students. The group rehearses once a week after school. This choir presents an annual Spring and Christmas Concert as well as performs at various local events throughout the school year. They have performed in conjunction with the Gerhart Chamber Music Festival since 2007. The group currently has 72 members and is under the direction of Miriam Richey.

Miriam B. Richey has taught general and choral music for 19 years in the Boaz City School System. She currently teaches at Corley Elementary and Boaz Intermediate School. She obtained her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Montevallo and her Masters in Music Education at Jacksonville State University. In 2008 she was selected as Boaz Intermediate Teacher of the Year. Ms. Richey is the choir director at First Presbyterian Church in Albertville and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Whole Backstage Theatre in Guntersville, Alabama. Ms. Richey is a member of Music Educators National Conference.

Concert Program

Thursday, Jan. 19, 4:30 P.M.

J’entends Le Moulin (I Hear the Windmill)................arr. Emily Crocker ....................................Hal Leonard Corporation, 2:15 French Canadian Folk Song

The Gypsy Rover....................................................... arr. Margaret Vance ........................................................G. Schirmer, 3:19 Irish Ballad

The Beautiful Rain .................................Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) .................Shawnee Press, 2:37

Additional Words and Music by Janet Gardner

Al Shlosha D’varim ......................................................Allan E. Naplan..................................................Boosey & Hawkes, 2:45

Whisper!.............................................................................Greg Gilpin................................................Heritage Music Press, 2:00

Oh! Susanna.......................................Stephen Foster (1826-1864), arr. Brad Printz............................Heritage Music Press, 2:20

Hallelujah!.........................From George Frederic Handel’s Messiah, adapted/arr. Paul Jennings ...Plank Road Publishing, 3:55

The Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir is made up of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students from all four elementary schools in the Oxford City School System in Oxford, Alabama: Coldwater Elementary (K-4), DeArmanville Elementary (K-4), Oxford Elementary (K-4), and C.E. Hanna Elementary (5-6). Auditions are held each spring. The choir began in 2008 under the direction of music teachers Lorraine Busby and Kristina Sisco. The group was created to give Oxford’s elementary students the opportunity to continue their education in music reading and performance skills beyond their weekly 30 minute music class. The choir began with 45 members in the 4th and 5th grade and has grown into a 70 member choir, with 6th grade being added this year. The Jacket Sing-Sations perform for various community and school system events throughout the year. The 4th grade members attend the AMEA Elementary Music Festival annually. The 5th graders attend the Jacksonville State University Honor Choir annually. The 6th grade choir members will add solo and ensemble to their annual events this year. The Jacket Sing-Sations rehearse once a week after regular school hours. They perform a variety of choral literature and styles.

Kristina Sims Sisco has been co-director of the Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir since its beginning in 2008. She has been teaching in the Oxford City School System for eight years. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Jacksonville State University in 2003. In the fall of 2003 she began the elementary music program at Coldwater Elementary while continuing the program at C.E. Hanna Elementary. In 2006 she was transferred to DeArmanville Elementary to start a new music program there as well. She is currently teaching music at Oxford Elementary School. Kristina is a member of Music Educators National Conference. She is married to Ben Sisco, the music teacher at Stemley Road Elementary in Talladega County.

Holly Smith Luke began her first year as a co-director of the Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir in 2010. She also began teaching in the Oxford City School System that same year. Holly received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Jacksonville State University in 2007. While attending JSU, she performed with the JSU A Cappella Choir, Encore! Show Choir, JSU Opera Theatre, and the Calhoun County Civic Chorale. Holly also has served as the choreographer for JSU Opera Theatre and Encore! Show Choir. She is currently the general music teacher at DeArmanville Elementary School and Coldwater Elementary School. Holly enjoys singing with her church choir at Golden Springs Baptist Church in Anniston, Alabama. She is a member of Music Educators National Conference.

Concert Program

Thursday, Jan. 19, 4:30 pm

Allunde, Alluia .........................................arr. Margaret Campbelle-Holman...................................Benchmark Press, IIc 2:32 Swahili Lullaby/Prayer

Peaceful River.Arranged, with new words and music, by Mary Donnelly and George L. O. Strid....Alfred Choral Designs 2:27 A Partner Song with the Traditional Spiritual “I’ve Got Peace Like a River”

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel................................arr. Mark Patterson................................................Choristers Guild, 2:20 African-American spiritual

Born to Be Somebody ......................Words and Music by Diane Warren, Arr. Mike Taylor Alfred Pop Series; Realsongs, Diane Warren Music Publishing, 3:03

Zither, Zinga, Zing! .................................Vicki Tucker Courtney and John Parker.........................Heritage Music Press, 2:10

In This Ancient House (Momoshiki Ya)....................Ruth Morris Gray...........................................Heritage Music Press, 3:19 Anonymous Japanese Poem

Firework ...............Words and Music by Katy Perry, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, and Ester Dean Arranged by Alan Billingsley.........................................Alfred Publishing, 4:00

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The Concert Choir is the premiere choral ensemble at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The choir has developed an outstanding reputation across the United States and Europe in a short amount of time. Most recent activities include a premiere recording of K. Lee Scott’s Gloria for MorningStar Publications, the ACDA Collegiate Choral Festival, and premiere performances in New Orleans, La. Past performances include the 2008 NCCO Conference in Cincinnati, OH., the AMEA Winter Conference in 2008, and the 2006 Southern Division Convention of ACDA. The choir has also performed in international choral competitions, including the Fleischman International Trophy Competition in Cork, Ireland and the 34th annual Florlilege Vocal de Tours in Tours, France.

Brian Kittredge joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty in 2010 as Director of Choral Activities, where he conducts the University Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, University Chorus, and teaches courses in conducting and music education. Most recently, the UAB choirs under his direction have been selected as the recording choir for the 2010 MorningStar Publication series, featuring premiere performances of K. Lee Scott’s Gloria and Michael Trotta’s I Shall See, and have also been selected to sing at the 2012 Alabama Music Educators Conference in Montgomery, AL. Since 2010, the choirs have also appeared in various concerts throughout the southeast region, including premiere performances in Mobile, AL, New Orleans, LA, Huntsville, AL, and Atlanta, GA. Prior to his appointment at UAB, Kittredge served on the faculty at Louisiana State University, where he taught courses in choral conducting and conducted the LSU Schola Cantorum, including a collaborative performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the LSU A Cappella Choir in 2010. Kittredge taught middle and high school at the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, LA, where his choirs appeared in performances at state, regional, and international festivals. He is an active clinician and guest conductor and has appeared at choral festivals in Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, and New York. He is currently serving as the Youth and Student Activities Coordinator for the Alabama Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, and serves on the artistic faculty at the New York State Summer School of the Arts, where his choirs have appeared in several concerts at the Chautauqua Institute and SUNY Fredonia. Kittredge holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University (2011), a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (2004), and a Bachelor of Music degree from Mansfield University (2002), and has studied under the mentorship of Kenneth Fulton, William Weinert, and Peggy Dettwiler. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education.

Thursday, Jan. 19, 7:30 P.M.

Concert Program

Insanae et Vanae Curae .....................................Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) .......................................................... cpdl.org

Est ist ein Ros entsprungen....................................arr. Jan Sandström (b. 1954)...........Walton Music Corporation, HL08500322

Sanctus ..................................................................... Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) ...................Walton Music Corporation, HL08501675

The Turtle Dove ...........................................Ralph Vaughan WIlliams (1872-1958) .........................G. Schirmer, HL 50299180

Micah Brooker, soloist

Loch Lomond.....................................................arr. Jonathan Quick (b. 1970) .............................Cypress Publications, CP 1045 Philip Ritchey, soloist

Danny Boy ....................................................arr. Joseph Flummerfelt (b. 1937)........................Hindon Publications, HPC-7077

Kyrie from "St. Francis in the Americas: A Caribbean Mass" .....Glenn McClure (b. 1964) ......................Earthsongs, ES.S-135

Sinner Man..........................................................arr. Howard Roberts (b. 1946) ..............Alfred Music Publishing, 00-LG51571

Shane Bloemetjie, soloist

Prattville High School, located in Prattville, Alabama, proudly supports the 250 students who perform in the Prattville High School Band. Band students who perform in the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and the Wind Symphony complete a rigorous audition process and are selected based on talent and skill. The Prattville High School Wind Symphony is comprised of the fifty-one best instrumentalists in the Prattville High School Band. In just six years since its establishment, the Wind Symphony has developed a tradition of excellence. The group has consistently received “Superior” ratings at the Alabama District and State Festivals, and has proudly earned “Superior with Distinction” ratings at the ABA MPA in 2010 and 2011. Over 100 members of the Wind Symphony have been selected as individual participants in numerous university honor bands, the District Honor Band, and the All-State Honor Band. Additionally, all members of the ensemble who have participated in the ABA Solo and Ensemble Festival have received “Superior” ratings. The members of the Prattville High School Wind Symphony combine their skill and leadership with their love of music to reach their full potential as an ensemble and as individual representatives of their school and community.

Rob Cothran received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Auburn University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. While at Auburn, he performed with many of the University’s ensembles, including the Auburn University Marching Band, the Auburn University Symphonic Band, the Auburn University Jazz Band, the Auburn University Concert Choir, and the AU Singers. He was the Trumpet Section Leader of the Auburn University Marching Band for three years before working as a graduate teaching assistant for two years. He also played lead trumpet with the Auburn Knights Orchestra. As an undergraduate student, he worked as a band camp instructor and drum major instructor for several high schools in East Alabama and South Alabama. Prior to beginning his teaching career, Mr. Cothran performed professionally on Renaissance, Carnival, and Celebrity cruise lines and as a freelance musician in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, he performed with several theater companies in musical productions. During his two years at Prattville, Mr. Cothran’s bands have received all superior ratings in both marching and concert settings, including taking several best in class awards at marching contests. Under his direction, the wind symphony has been rated superior with distinction both years at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment. Before coming to Prattville, Mr. Cothran worked with the Sparkman High School Band and the Sparkman Ninth Grade School Band. While at Sparkman, his bands received superior ratings in both marching and concert performances at the local, state, and national levels. They performed in the Outback Bowl Parade in Tampa, Florida, the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington D.C., and several other festivals around the country. Mr. Cothran is a Past President of the Delta Psi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is also a member of Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Kappa Kappa Psi band service fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa honor society for leadership and scholastic achievement, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary, and Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary. He is married to Sara Compton Cothran of Birmingham, Alabama. Sara is a CPA and works as a Senior Accountant with Thompson Tractor Company, Inc.

Guest

from the Center of the Earth, Op. 33.................Nebojša

I. Misterioso

The Liberty Park Middle School Symphonic Band is comprised of all 7th and 8th grade band students at Liberty Park Middle School in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The ensemble, consisting of eighty-six musicians, is unique because it meets as four different “sectional” classes each school day, allowing for a more individualized approach to the music. The symphonic band has consistently received superior ratings at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment since the school opened in 2008 and has been noted by judges as having a “powerful” and “well-blended” sound. Under the direction of Travis Bender, the band program at LPMS has grown to include over one hundred forty musicians in a school population just under five hundred. The majority of band students at Liberty Park participate in additional music activities outside of school including Solo and Ensemble Festival, All-State, and various honor bands.

Travis Bender has been the band director at Liberty Park Middle School since the school’s opening in 2008. During his tenure at Liberty Park, the band program has more than doubled in size and now includes a symphonic band, beginning band, jazz band, and pep band. Under his direction, the Liberty Park Bands have received only superior ratings at contests and festivals. Prior to teaching at LPMS, Mr. Bender received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from the University of Alabama. While attending UA, he served as a drum major of the “Million Dollar Band” and as conductor of The Tuscaloosa Winds. Mr. Bender currently resides in Hoover, Alabama with his wife, Krista, who is a 5th grade teacher in the Vestavia Hills City Schools system.

Concert Program

Gulf Shores High School is located in the lower portion of Alabama and has long been known as Alabama’s premier vacation getaway. Enrollment at Gulf Shores High School typically is around 800 students. The Gulf Shores Symphonic Winds is in its sixth year under the direction of Tim Brannan. During those six years the band has grown from less than 30 members to 115 this year. During that time the band has never received less than a superior rating at any festival or competition attended. The band has traveled to Orlando, Hawaii and will be traveling to New York this spring to participate in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Mr. Brannan collaborates with fellow director Ryan England to teach at Gulf Shores High School, Gulf Shores Middle School, Gulf Shores Elementary School, Orange Beach Elementary School and Swift Consolidated School.

Tim Brannan is in his fifth year as band director at Gulf Shores High School. Since his arrival the band has placed “superior” at every competition and festival the band has attended. Some of these include the West Mobile Marching Festival, District VII Band Assessment and the Alabama Bandmasters Association State Assessment. Additionally, the band has more than tripled in size in five years and shows promise of continued growth. With the combined efforts of Mr. Brannan and Mr. Ryan England, the recruitment of beginning band members at Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Elementary Schools has grown to over 100 a year. Prior to Gulf Shores, Mr. Brannan taught at Satsuma High School in Mobile, T.R. Miller High School in Brewton, and Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Brannan’s bands at each school have been rated “superior” at the Alabama Bandmasters State Festival. Additionally, his bands have been seen on MTV, the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade televised on NBC and performed for the Alabama Music Educators Association state conference in 1996.

Friday, Jan. 20, 10:30 A.M.

Concert Program

The Etowah Youth Orchestras was founded in 1990 to provide the students of Northeast Alabama with major musical and educational experiences through training, development, and performance. The EYO has presented concerts throughout the United States and abroad, including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln and Kennedy Centers for the Performing Arts, Manston and Stratford-Upon-Avon in England, and San Jose and San Ramon in Costa Rica. The EYO has become nationally recognized for its performances of contemporary music and has been recognized with the receipt of eleven ASCAP Youth Orchestra Awards, and an additional ASCAP Award for American Programming on a Foreign Tour.

Michael R. Gagliardo was named the second Music Director and Conductor of the Etowah Youth Orchestras in August of 1995. He has led the EYO to the receipt of twelve ASCAP Awards, and in performances in England, Costa Rica, Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln and Kennedy Centers for the Performing Arts. Gagliardo is a frequent guest conductor, with past appearances including All-State engagements in Alabama, Tennessee, and Colorado. He serves as a member of the Arts Council for Americans for the Arts and the National Advocacy Committee for ASTA, and has presented at conferences for ASTA, ASOL, AMEA, and AOA.

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The Hillcrest High School Percussion Ensemble is entering its second year as a formal group. The ensemble is comprised of 9th – 12th grade students who are motivated by playing great literature and displaying their passion for music outside of the concert band setting. Students in the ensemble have had experiences performing in the Midwest Clinic, CBDNA Southern Division Conference, All-State Convention, and various honor bands around the state.

John Nicholas Smith is currently serving as the Assistant Band Director at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, AL. He directs the Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Patriot Marching Band, teaches Music Appreciation, and assists with the Wind Ensemble and various chamber groups. Most recently, Mr. Smith has been a conductor at the 2009 Midwest Clinic, 2010 CBDNA Conference, and 2011 China EducationalCultural Foundation concert series in Shanghai and Beijing, China. Mr. Smith received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Auburn University. During his senior year, he was named the “Outstanding Undergraduate Student in the College of Education.” As a student leader, he served as Head and Assistant Drum Major for the Auburn University Marching Band, Principal trumpet of the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Community Orchestra, President and Treasurer of Kappa Kappa Psi, and Founding President for the Student Chapter of the National Band Association. Remaining actively involved in high school leadership training, Mr. Smith is on staff for the annual Auburn University Marching/Leadership Camp. He is also entering his fourth year as a staff member for the Macy’s Great American Marching Band, which performs in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade under the direction of Auburn University’s Director of Bands, Dr. Rick Good. Mr. Smith was born in Bryan, Texas. He later moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he graduated from Oak Mountain High School.

Concert Program

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The Saks High School Band is dedicated to musical excellence. Beginning and intermediate band are offered to students in grades 6 and 7 at Saks Middle School. The High School Band consists of students 8th grade through 12th grade. Accomplishments of the band include: all superior ratings at District and State Alabama Bandmasters Association’s Concert Band Competition and Assessments from 2004 through 2010; all superior ratings at marching band contest in Georgia and Alabama, including Best In Class and First Place in Division One in the Covered Bridge Marching Festival in 2004 and 2010, The Mud Creek Marching Festival in Hanceville, AL in 2005, the 2006 Southern Classic Marching Contest at Jacksonville State University, Concourse of Champions in Oxford, AL in 2007, and the Dixie Jubilee Jam Contest in Weaver, AL 2008,2009, & 2010. Several Saks Band graduates continue to further their musical knowledge at a college level as music majors and band members. Many students in the band participate in ABA solo and ensemble events. The Concert Band was honored to be selected to perform at the 2007 AMEA Inservice Conference. The Jazz Band has performs at several functions in the community including performing at Ross Bridge C. C. for the State P.E.O. Convention in May 2011. Working each day to embrace the tangible and intangible benefits of musicianship, the Saks Band is inspired by these inspirational words of Aristotle: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit”

Gene Inglis, a graduate from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, has completed his 39th year teaching and his 9th year as Director of Bands at Saks High School in Anniston, Alabama. He retired as Director of Bands for Rome City Schools June 30, 2003, completing his 11th year at Rome High School, which was created in 1992. Prior to that, he was director for 12 years at West Rome High School and 6 years at West Rome Junior High School. His first position was at Scottsboro Junior High School in Scottsboro, Alabama. He served on the adjunct faculty of Berry College as the percussion instructor from 1980-2003. Gene is an active member of Music Educators National Conference, Alabama Music Educators Association, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu Honorary Professional Music Fraternity, and the Phi Mu Alpha Professional Music Fraternity. He has served in various leadership positions in these organizations over the past 39 years including the State Band Chair for Georgia Music Educators Association 20012003. In the areas of marching, concert, and jazz performance, Mr. Inglis has served as adjudicator, conductor, and clinician throughout the southeast. In January 2007, the Saks Concert Band had the distinct honor to perform as part of the AMEA In-Service Conference at the University of Alabama. Among his honors is the Outstanding Band Director Award for the state of Georgia in 1983 presented by the American School Band Director Association, Teacher of the Year at West Rome Junior High in 1976 and again at West Rome High School in 1990. In his first and seventh year at Saks High School, Gene was the schools nominee to the Jacksonville State University Teacher Hall of Fame system competition. He received the national award; the “Legion of Honor” presented by the John Phillip Sousa Foundation and the National Band Association, and was recognized at the Midwest Band Clinic in Chicago, IL, December 2002. Inglis received the “Citation of Excellence” presented by the National Band Association in 2007 and was listed as the Alabama recipient for the “50 Directors Making a Difference” in the December issue of Band and Orchestra Magazine. He is the past President of the Calhoun County Band Directors Association and current President of the Gray Echelon, JSU’s Marching Southerners Alumni Association. Gene is married to the former Shenley Back of Gadsden, Alabama. They have three children, Tony, Allison Brown, & Gena Inglis Nix; and four grandchildren, Taylor and Emma Nix, T.J. Brown, and Claire Inglis.

BANDS AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Exceptional performance opportunities for exceptional musicians

Ensembles:

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Wind Orchestra

University Band

University Chamber Winds

Marching Band

Athletic Pep Bands

Winter Guard

Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting: Highly selective program offering generous podium time and conducting performance opportunities.

Graduate Assistantships: Includes a full tuition wavier and a yearly stipend of up to $11,000. Band area assistantshipsare available for all graduate concentrations.

Audition requirements/ additional information:

Dr. Robert J. Ambrose Director of Bands/ Associate Director, GSU School of Music

Dr. Chester B. Phillips Associate Director of Bands/ Director of Athletic Bands

The University of Alabama in Huntsville Chamber Choir began as a student-run ensemble in the early 2000s. It was created by a group of young and ambitious music majors and non-majors seeking to expand their knowledge of the choral repertoire. By 2005, the ensemble became a legitimate part of the choral program at UAHuntsville, specializing in a cappella music from all time periods. Erin Colwitz became their conductor in fall of 2008. Currently, the UAHuntsville Chamber Choir is the elite, most highly selective choir on campus. This group also serves as ambassadors for the University—often performing at University functions. They also appear regularly at local high schools in order to recruit and attract new singers to the program. They specialize in very difficult music, primarily unaccompanied. Most recently, they appeared on UAHuntsville’s New Music Festival, premiering new works by Curtis Lindsay (UAH student) and Julian Bryson (Huntsville music teacher). They plan to tour Los Angeles this spring.

Erin Colwitz, a native of Wisconsin,received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota. She later completed the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California in choral music. Dr. Colwitz studied conducting with William Dehning, David Wilson, Magen Solomon, and Claire McCoy. In Minnesota, Dr. Colwitz was a fulltime vocal and general music teacher at Centennial Middle School. As a professional singer, Dr. Colwitz was contracted to sing with the Dale Warland Singers in 1999. She can be heard on three of their albums, one of which was nominated for a Grammy: Dominick Argento’s Walden Pond (2003) on Gothic Records. Dr. Colwitz is currently the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She conducts the Chamber Choir and Concert Choir, teaches music history, conducting, choral music, and diction classes. Under her direction, the UAHuntsville choirs have nearly doubled in size; the UAHuntsville Concert Choir recently returned from a very successful tour of Italy. Dr. Colwitz is also active with opera and theatre at UAH, having served as music director for many musicals and conducted a recent production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Dr. Colwitz is frequently a guest conductor, contest adjudicator and choral clinician throughout Alabama. She also serves of the Alabama ACDA board. Dr. Colwitz lives in Jones Valley with her husband, Dr. William Dehning, an accomplished conductor, Emeritus Professor, and published author, and their very silly golden retriever, Sam.

Friday, Jan. 21, 4:30 P.M.

Set 1: Reflections on Living

Concert Program

1. At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners, Willametta Spencer (b. 1932) Published by Shawnee Press [1:47]

2. The Road Home, arr. Stephen Paulus (b. 1949) Published by Paulus Publications [3:23]

Set 2: Six Chansons, Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Published by Schott Music [8:00]

1. La Biche 2. un Cygne 3. Puisque tout passe 4. Printemps 5. En Hiver 6. Verger

Set 3: Missa Papae Marcelli, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca. 1525-1594) Published by G. Schirmer [10:00]

1. Kyrie & Gloria

Set 4: Three Songs, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

1. Sehnsucht, Ed. by Maynard Klein; Published by G. Schirmer [3:30]

2. Nächtens, Ed. by Maynard Klein; Published by G. Schirmer [1:44]

3. Neckerein, Ed. by William Hall; Published by National Music Publishers [2:10]

Set 5: The Music of Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978), Published by Novello

1. Threshold of Night [6:19]

Set 6: Reflections on Dying

Precious Lord, Take my Hand, T. Dorsey (1899-1993), arr. Sevier; Published by Abingdon Press[3:38]

Nunc Dimittis, Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Published by Novello [3:02]

UAH C UAH C HAMBER HAMBER C C HOIR HOIR

A A UBURN UBURN U U NIVERSITY NIVERSITY S S YMPHONIC YMPHONIC W W INDS INDS

The Auburn UniversitySymphonic Winds, conducted by Director of Bands and Professor of Music, Dr. Rick Good, is the premier performing ensemble of the Auburn University Bands. A select group of 55 players, the Symphonic Winds perform a broad and diverse repertoire of standard and contemporary band literature along with occasional transcriptions. In recent years, this group has performed numerous times for Alabama Bandmasters Association events, and has undertaken tours within the southern region of the United States each spring. Of special note, the ensemble applied and has been accepted by the United States – China Cultural and Educational Foundation to The People’s Republic of China for a ten-day performance tour, March 2012. Membership in the AU Symphonic Winds is by audition and is open to any Auburn student regardless of major.

Rick Good, Director of Bands at Auburn University, was promoted to Professor of Music in 2009. Prior to that promotion he served from 1995-2006 as Marching Band Director and Associate Professor of Low Brass at Auburn University. In addition to overseeing the successful development of all university bands, as Director of Bands, Dr. Good’s current duties include conducting the Auburn University Symphonic Band, the university’s top performing instrumental ensemble and the AU Symphonic Winds, a smaller select group that features soloists and sections in unique musical wind and percussion opportunities. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in conducting as well as wind literature.

Opera theatre | September 1-4

Band Day | September 17

HONOR CHOIR | October 1

BANDs OF AMERICA (BOA) REGIONAL | October 8

“Contest of champions” | October 15

New Music Ensemble | October 18

“Tuba-ween” | October 28

Holiday extravaganza Concert | December 4

Scholarship auditions 2012

February 24-25

March 2-3

To view entire season listings, visit our website at music.jsu.edu

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

Dealing With Difficult Parents in Your Program: Soothing the Savage Beast - Saturday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Mr. Randall Coleman

is currently the Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he serves as the conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band, the Associate Conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the Associate Director of the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Mr. Coleman is also the Coordinator of the Crimson Music Camps held each summer at the University of Alabama. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at the University of Alabama, Mr. Coleman enjoyed a successful 25 year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and the Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Coleman holds membership in the Music Educators’ National Conference, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, the Alabama Music Educators Association and the Alabama Bandmasters Association.

Alfred Publication’s Orchestra Expressions - Friday, 2:20-3:10 p.m.

Hands On Conducting - Friday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Rehearsal Techniques - Friday, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tempo Press Reading Session - Saturday, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Writing and Arranging - Saturday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Sandra Dackow earned the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and the Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music of The University of Rochester. An Aspen Conducting fellow in 2001, she was also awarded the Silver Medal in the 2001 Vakhtang Jordania/New Millennium International Conducting Competition in Kharkov, Ukraine. She is currently serving as Music Director of the Hershey Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania and is a former Music Director of the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. A Native of East Paterson (Elmwood Park), New Jersey, Dr. Dackow has conducted bands and orchestras in the schools of Glen Rock and East Brunswick, New Jersey, and served as Supervisor of Music for the Ridgewood NJ public schools. An annual ASCAP award winning arranger, Dr. Dackow has generated over seventy published works for orchestras and is an author of the Orchestra Expressions curriculum. She is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician across the nation and Dr. Dackow currently serves as President-elect of the Conductors Guild, an international organization.

Maintaining Diversity: A Survey of Multicultural Choral Literature - Friday, 9:00-9:50 a.m.

The Middle School Chorus: Recruitment, Rehearsals and Repertoire - Friday, 2:20-3:10 p.m.

Conducting the Choral Art Song: How Text Informs Tone and Gesture - Friday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Dr. Rollo Dilworth is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at Temple University’s Boyer School of Music in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education, he serves as conductor for the University Chorale. Prior to his appointment at Temple, Dilworth served as Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at North Park University in Chicago, IL for 13 years. Dr. Dilworth holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Northwestern University. Dilworth has written and/or arranged over 150 choral works that are currently in print. He frequently serves as a guest conductor and/or clinician for honors, festival and all-state choirs throughout the United States and abroad. Dilworth is an active member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and Chorus America. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and currently serves on the Pennsylvania ACDA State board as Director of Student and Youth Activities.

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

Breathing Efficiently: Improving Tone Quality in Instrumental and Vocal Performance EnsemblesThursday, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Michelle Murphy DeBruyn is Assistant Professor of Voice at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music, currently teaching studio voice and vocal pedagogy. Michelle received both her MM and DMA from the Eastman School of Music. An active recitalist, she has recently appeared in several states as well as abroad in several locations in Taiwan. Michelle has twice won the State level National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Award and continued to the national semi-finals in 2006. She is also the recipient of the NATS Emerging Leaders Award in 2010.

Robert Murray is the Associate Professor of Trumpet at Columbus State University. He has been a soloist and clinician at conferences in the United States and Europe. Dr. Murray will host the 2012 International Trumpet Guild Conference at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia. Among his performing credits are the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Oregon Symphony; he has served as principal trumpet with the Owensboro Symphony, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City and was a member of the Dallas Brass. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas.

Associate Professor of Flute at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, Dr. Andrée Martin has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, the Seattle Flute Fair and the National Flute Association Convention. She has performed throughout the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico and Europe and has been published in Flute Talk and the Flutist Quarterly. Her students have won the MTNA Georgia State Woodwind Senior and Young Artist divisions, the Atlanta Flute Club Competition, the Mid South College Masterclass and High School Competitions, the Florida Flute Fair Masterclass Competition, and the Artist International Competition (NY).

Gene Fambrough is Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He directs the Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band, Drumline, Electro-Acoustic Percussion group, the Blazer pep band, and serves as assistant conductor of Wind symphony and Symphony Band. He holds music degrees from the University of Georgia (Music Education), East Carolina University (Performance), and the University of Alabama (DMA, Performance). Prior to his appointment at UAB, he spent three years in public school education at Oak Grove High School in Bessemer, Alabama. His professional affiliations include the Percussive Arts Society, Music Educators National Conference, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He is sponsored by Pearl/Adams Instruments, Sabian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Evans drumheads, and Black Swamp Percussion.

10 Gems for Great Rehearsals - Friday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Dr. Gregg Gausline is Associate Director of Bands at The University of Georgia where he is the conductor of the UGA Wind Symphony, teaches courses in advanced conducting, and is chair of the conducting area. Prior positions include Director of Instrumental Studies at Indiana/Purdue University-Fort Wayne and Director of Bands at The University of Tennessee-Martin. He has guest conducted in Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ireland, Singapore, and throughout the eastern United States. Dr. Gausline is published in the journals for the National Band Association and World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, School Band and Orchestra Magazine, Keynotes Magazine, and several publications offered by GIA publications, Inc. Commissioning projects include works by Michael Torke, Joel Puckett, James Syler, Daniel Bukvich, and Rob Smith. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami in Coral Gables and taught in the public schools of Florida.

12 Simple Rehearsal Tips for a Better Middle School Choral Experience -

A Whole Lot of Hullabaloo! - Thursday, 2:20-3:10 p.m.

Choral Expressions for the 2-Part Choir - Thursday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Reading Session of Chorals at All Levels - Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Thursday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Originally from the “Show-Me” state of Missouri, Greg Gilpin resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Music Education, K-12. Greg is a wellknown, ASCAP award-winning choral composer and arranger with hundreds of publications to his credit. He is also in demand as a conductor for choral festivals, all-district and all-state choirs and is a member of MENC and ACDA. As Director of Educational Choral Publications for Shawnee Press, Inc., Greg oversees creation of the educational music products for this distinguished publisher. At home in Indianapolis, Greg is busy as a studio musician and producer in the recording industry. These projects include commercial jingles, CD projects, Broadway and Disney. He has worked musically with Ray Boltz, Bill and Gloria Gaither, Sandi Patty, David Clydesdale as well as principal pops conductor, Jack Everly and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

That's the Ticket! Classroom Management Strategies that Really Work! (Part 1)- Friday, 1:00-1:50 p.m. That's the Ticket! Classroom Management Strategies that Really Work! (Part 2)- Friday, 2:20-3:10 p.m.

Tiffany English is the music specialist at Sugar Hill Elementary School in Gwinnett County, GA. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from The University of Georgia, a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Piedmont College. Tiffany has completed Master Level Orff Schulwerk training and Level I Kodaly training. Tiffany has been selected as Teacher of the Year in 1997, 2001, and was named the 2007 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year. Tiffany conducted the Atlanta Area Honor Orff Ensemble at the Birmingham, AL and Charlotte, NC National AOSA Conferences. Tiffany is the current Region IV representative for the National Board of Trustees, AOSA.

Performance Psychology in the Classroom - Thursday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Erik Janners, Director of Music at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is internationally recognized as a conductor, scholar and performer. Dr. Janners holds degrees in percussion performance form Alma College and the University of Utah. He also earned the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting at the University of Alabama. Prior to his arrival at Marquette, Dr. Janners served as Director of Bands at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, and at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois. In his present position at Marquette, Dr. Janners conducts the wind ensemble, pep bands, and jazz ensemble. In addition, as Director of Music he oversees all aspects of the music program. Aside from his work at Marquette, Dr. Janners serves as the conductor of the Milwaukee-based Knightwind Ensemble, and has had numerous articles published in the Instrumentalist magazine, as well as in Canadian Winds, the national periodical of the Canadian Band Association. He is in high demand as a conductor and clinician within the US and Canada.

Creating Composers: Ideas and Activities to Help Each K-5 Student Unleash Their Inner Composer - Friday, 4:30-5:20 p.m.

Craig Hurley is the music specialist at Ford Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia where he teaches general music to kindergartners through fifth graders. In 2009, Craig was fortunate enough to serve as a writer for the Georgia Performance Standards for Elementary General Music. He has presented sessions for the 2011 GMEA InService Conference and the Coastal Empire Orff Chapter. He has supervised several student teachers from Shorter College and received his level 1 Orff training at the University of Georgia. Prior to teaching at Ford Elementary, Mr. Hurley taught at South Hall Middle School in Hall County and Kingston Elementary School in Bartow County where he was named teacher of the year in 2002. Mr. Hurley is also the conductor of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, the training He has participated in the Creating Artistry workshop with Henry Leck and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Shorter College with an emphasis in voice, where he studied with Dr. Martha Shaw. He also holds a Master’s of Early Childhood Education from Berry College. Craig lives with his wife, also a music teacher, and 3 children in Cartersville, Georgia.

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

Teacher Preparation Curricula: Do We Teach Them What They Need to Know? - Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Marvin E. Latimer Jr. is currently Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Chorus at the University of Alabama. He received a BME and MME from Wichita State University and a PhD in Music Education with honors from the University of Kansas. Dr. Latimer taught secondary choral music in Wichita, Kansas and served as Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the Women’s Ensemble at Wichita State University prior to his appointment at Alabama. In addition to his work in education, he has been active as Church Choir Director, Community Choir Director, Performer, Music Theater Director and Producer, Technical Director, and Scenic Designer. Dr. Latimer has published research in Choral Journal, Contributions to Music Education, International Journal for Research in Choral Singing, Journal of Research in Music Education, and Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. His professional distinctions consist of numerous state, national, and international choral convention presentations and performances. He currently serves as the ACDA President Elect and is the Organizational History Subcommittee Chair of the ACDA Research and Publications Committee. Dr. Latimer is the founding editor of a Choral Journal column focused on the ACDA International Archives for Choral Music.

Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Positive Classroom Management for Your Music Classroom Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Diane Orlofsky is an experienced choral conductor and music educator who is best known in the state of Alabama for her work with pre-service music educators. As a music education methods specialist at TROY University, she has published many articles on teacher education, and her book, REDEFINING TEACHER EDUCATION: The Theories of Jerome Bruner and the Practice of Training Teachers, was published by Peter Lang Publishing in May, 2002. Orlofsky is an active clinician, conductor, and researcher and has held numerous national and regional positions of leadership within MENC and ACDA. She was named an American Fellow in 1997 by the American Association of University Women. She is also the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards while at TROY, including the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, The Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Scholar award, Outstanding Music Alumni award for Wright State University, and the A.A.T.E. Outstanding Teacher Education award.

What is Lab Band and How Do I Start One? - Thursday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Terry Ownby is in his twentieth year of teaching instrumental music in the Muscle Shoals School system. He holds both a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of North Alabama. The Muscle Shoals Middle School Symphonic Band was a featured performer at the Alabama Music Educators Associations 2001 convention. He was a guest conductor with the Muscle Shoals High School Symphonic band at the Alabama Music Educators Associations 2003 convention. Mr. Ownby is also active as an adjudicator, clinician, arranger, as a marching band drill designer throughout the Southeast, and served as the camp coordinator for the W.C. Jazz Music Camp from 1999-2007. Mr. Ownby currently serves as the Recording Secretary for the Alabama Bandmasters Association and is the past Chairman of ABA District III. He is a five time member of Who’s Who Among Americas Teachers, listed in Who’s Who in America for 2005, and was nominated for the 2004 Disney Hand Teacher Awards for creativity in teaching. He is the recipient of the National Band Associations “Citation of Excellence” for his contribution to bands and band music. Terry and his wife, Laura, have two children; Emily Lee and Elizabeth Lauren.

Assessment Strategies for the Instrumental Ensemble Classroom - Thursday, 1:00-1:50 p.m.

Sean Powell is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. He received the Doctor of Education in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has taught in the public schools of Tennessee. His research specialty is music teacher education. Articles by Dr. Powell have been published in the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, and the Journal of Band Research. He has presented research and clinics in several states, and is an active guest conductor and clinician.

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

How to Improve Your Conducting When There Isn't Time to Work on It - Thursday, 1:00-1:50 p.m.

Chester B. Phillips is the associate director of bands and director of athletic bands at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Orchestra, establishing and directing the Marching Band and directing the Basketball Pep Band. Before receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the University of Georgia, he taught public school in Georgia for nine years. He regularly serves as a clinician and guest conductor for bands across North America and is a visual designer and adjudicator for marching bands throughout the Southeast and Midwest. He serves as an adjudicator for Festivals of Music, Music for All, Bands of America, and Drum Corps International.

Improvisation - Take the Fear Out, Put the Fun In - Thursday, 9:15-10:15 a.m. Are You as Hip as a 4th Grader? - Thursday, 1:00-1:50 p.m.

How to Play and Teach Beginning Jazz Improvisation - Thursday, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Jim Tinter is a composer, clinician, publisher and retired public school music educator from Medina, Ohio. He has presented dozens of workshops for MENC, AOSA, The American Recorder Society and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. His five publications have received rave reviews from American Recorder, and the Jazz Education Journal as well as from teachers and students in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan. Jim’s dynamic and interactive presentations incorporate moving, singing, and playing instruments, in addition to an inspiring and entertaining multi-media presentation with audio and video clips of his students in action.

Got Band? No Wind Ensemble - No Problem! - Thursday, 3:25-4:15 p.m.

Rebecca Warren is in her 32st year of teaching. She is the associate Band Director at Mandan Middle School. During her career Mrs. Warren has served as the Director of Bands at 3 high schools in Alabama with her final position being at Ft. Payne High School. She served two terms on the Board of the ABA and served as VicePresident and President-elect of that organization. She also served as President of the Alabama Music Educators Association. While serving as President she founded the FAME-Future Alabama Music Educators program. In addition to her teaching duties Mrs. Warren serves as a clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator, and in-service leader. She has served on the summer faculties of Troy University, Auburn University, and Wallace College. She has presented clinics in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, and at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Slide Technique for Young Trombonists - Friday, 2:20-3:10 p.m.

Dr. Matthew Wood is Assistant Professor of Low Brass at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He received both a BM and MM from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a DMA from the University of Texas-Austin. Before moving to Auburn, Dr. Wood was an active performer, educator, and clinician in both the Austin and San Antonio areas. He performed with San Antonio-based BrassFX and the Austin City Brass as well as with the Austinbones trombone quartet. During his time in Austin, Dr. Wood served on the faculty of the Austin Chamber Music Center and the Texas Brass Camp. His principal teachers are Nathaniel Brickens, Professor of Trombone, University of Texas-Austin and Timothy Myers, Principal Trombone, St. Louis Symphony.

Be My Neighbor (Part 1) - Saturday, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Be My Neighbor (Part 2) - Saturday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Husband and wife team, Joseph and Andrea Coleman, have been teaching music for the past 20 years. He is the music specialist at St. Anthony Catholic School in Madison, MS and she is the Artistic Director and Founder for Cantabile Youth Chorale. Andrea is the current president of the Mississippi Music Educators Association and Joey is the president of the Mississippi Orff Chapter.

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

FAME - Why Should I Become a Music Teacher? - Thursday, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Dr. Benny Ferguson serves as the President of SDNAfME (formerly SDMENC). He is a Past President of the Georgia Music Educators Association and the Georgia chapter of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity. He recently retired as Director of Bands at Young Harris College. Prior to his tenure at Young Harris College, Dr. Ferguson served as Director of Visual and Performing Arts for the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools for 10 years. He was a member of the administrative team that founded the Savannah Arts Academy in 1998, a dedicated visual and performing arts public high school. He holds the B.A. in Music Education from Newberry College, the M.M. in Trumpet Performance from the University of South Carolina, and the Ph.D. in Music Education from North Texas State University.

From Chalkboards to Tablet Computers: Strategies for Implementing Technology from the Podium - Friday, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Currently the Director of Bands at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama, Jed Smart has been teaching in the state public school system for the past decade during which his bands have received the highest ratings in the concert and marching mediums. He holds degrees from the University of Alabama (BSEd), Troy University (MSEd), and Boston University (DMA). Smart is a two time recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence and is affiliated with several professional and civic organizations. Recently, Smart was named by Tuscaloosa Magazine as one of the Six Most Intriguing People in the Tuscaloosa Community. Jed makes his home in Aliceville, Alabama with his wife, Abby, and daughter, Waverly Mae.

Rehearsal Technique According to the Twelve Commandments - Thursday, 1:00-1:50 p.m.

Erin Colwitz, a native of Wisconsin,received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota. She later completed the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California in choral music. Dr. Colwitz studied conducting with William Dehning, David Wilson, Magen Solomon, and Claire McCoy. In Minnesota, Dr. Colwitz was a full-time vocal and general music teacher at Centennial Middle School. As a professional singer, Dr. Colwitz was contracted to sing with the Dale Warland Singers in 1999. She can be heard on three of their albums, one of which was nominated for a Grammy: Dominick Argento’s Walden Pond (2003) on Gothic Records. Dr. Colwitz is currently the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She conducts the Chamber Choir and Concert Choir, teaches Dr. Colwitz is frequently a guest conductor, contest adjudicator and choral clinician throughout Alabama. She also serves of the Alabama ACDA board.Dr. Colwitz lives in Jones Valley with her husband, Dr. William Dehning, an accomplished conductor, Emeritus Professor, and published author, and their very silly golden retriever, Sam.

Use of the iPad2 in Musical Lessons and Rehearsals - Thursday, 2:20-2:10 p.m.

Dr. Grant Dalton is an Assistant Professor of Music at Samford University where he is responsible for all areas of percussion education. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Lipscomb University in instrumental music education, and he has a master’s and doctorate in percussion performance from The Ohio State University. Dr. Dalton regularly performs with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra as a utility percussionist. He is the first call percussionist with the Birmingham Broadway Series, and he plays with Opera Birmingham and the Alabama Ballet. He is also the president of the Alabama chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.

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AMEA 2012 Clinicians

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Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Ian Loeppky is an Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Alabama since the fall of 2003. His studies began at the University of Manitoba, continued at the University of Minnesota, and finished at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. He has also studied with Helmuth Rilling, Dale Warland, Frieder Bernius, Martin Isepp, Charles Bruffy, and Bobby McFerrin. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Convention, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the Alabama Vocal Association, the International Federation for Choral Music, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He has worked as a singer, scholar, conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger in Canada, the United States, and Portugal. He directs all four choral ensembles at UNA and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, choral techniques, and graduate choral literature. In addition, he directs the choir at Trinity Episcopal Church, is founder and artistic director of Florence Camerata, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the region and internationally. He conducted the premiere performance of Haydn’s The Creation in Varna, Bulgaria. He is a frequent contributor to the Choral Journal and the Alabama Reprise.

All-State Jazz Gold Band Clinician - Shane Porter, a Lawler instruments clinician and performer, received his undergraduate degree in 1999 from the University of Alabama in Composition/Jazz Arranging under Tom Wolfe and continued his compositional studies with Robert W. Smith and Ralph Ford while receiving his MS degree in Music Education from Troy State University 2002. He is currently going back to the University of Alabama to complete his DMA in Trumpet Performance with Dr. Eric Yates. In 2005, Shane founded the “New South Jazz Orchestra” which put together some of the South’s finest Jazz Musicians for the purpose of spreading Jazz Education. As a writer, Shane has found himself with diverse projects from doing arrangements and compositions for Hallmark “Music Box” collections to music for Television and independent short film. He is the staff arranger for Dr. Corey Spurlin and the Auburn University Marching band and has also done arrangements for Troy State University “Sound of The South”, the Symphonic Band, and Jazz Ensemble. Clemson University Jazz Ensemble, The University of South Carolina. The University of Illinois, and the University of Hawaii. As a member of the Tuscaloosa Horns, Shane has been inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the “Druid Arts Award - Musician of the Year” in 2009. I would like to personally thank Tom Wolfe, Robert W. Smith, and Ralph Ford for being supportive and encouraging while my career as an arranger/composer developed and to Chris Gordon, Mart Avant, Jerry Ball, Demondrae Thurman and the Tuscaloosa Horns for being as equally supportive and encouraging with the performing career. These people have been among my greatest musical influences. I would also like to say a special thanks to Mr. Randall Key for asking me to be a part of this event. It is a great honor!

All-State Jazz Silver Band Clinician - Steve Sims music career began after graduating from the University of South Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in music education. After two years at Excel High School he earned his master’s degree in music education from the University of Southern Mississippi. He started teaching at Geneva High from 1982-86 and Fairhope High from 1986-94. Mr. Sims then taught at Elberta and Foley Middle schools for two years. He then returned to Fairhope High School where he taught until his retirement in 2005. Steve taught three years at McGill-Toolen High School and is now in his third year in the McGill-Toolen Prep Band program. His bands were active in marching band, symphonic band and jazz band as they competed and performed throughout the south. Mr. Sims has also performed on trumpet with bands throughout the Gulf Coast region.

All-State Jazz Middle School Band Clinician - Saxophonist Jerry Ball is a well known professional musician on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. With a Masters degree in music education with an emphasis in jazz, a three year tour of duty in the Navy Show Band, twenty-five years of teaching, and over 40 years as a professional musician, Jerry has established himself as a jazz clinician/educator as well as a sensational sax player. He has been the guest jazz soloist and clinician at MS State University, University of Tennessee, Southeastern Louisiana University, MS Gulf Coast Jazz Band Clinic, and numerous high schools across the region. Jerry’s Jazz Quintet has performed in the ‘Mobile Jazz Festival’, ‘Jazz in the Grove’ in Bay Springs, MS, and the ‘University of Southern Mississippi Jazz and Blues Festival’ in Long Beach, MS. He has also recorded four Christian music CDs and performed with many big name artists, such as: Natalie Cole, The Temptations, Four Tops, Toni Braxton, The O’Jays, The Spinners, Aretha Franklin, Lou Marini-Blues Brothers, and many others. Jerry has been a member of the famed Tuscaloosa Horns for 25 years. Jerry believes that creating spontaneous musical art through the medium of jazz improvisation is the ultimate musical experience.

AMEA 2012 Clinicians

All-State Show Choir Clinician - Paul Gulsvig taught vocal music for 33 years, and retired in 2006 from Onalaska High School in Onalaska, WI, where he taught for 28 of those 33 years. Paul has begun a new career with a new company, More Than Music. Paul’s new career includes serving as retreat presenter, show doctor, motivational speaker, as well as conducting leadership and in-service workshops for school districts. He has assisted a wide variety of schools, including elementary, middle and high schools, college and graduate programs. He also serves as a show choir adjudicator and clinician. His expertise has taken him to Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona, South Dakota, Indiana, and Michigan, as well as his home state of Wisconsin. He is most proud of his three children who have college degrees in music. Two are choral conductors while the third is publishing a new show choir magazine called “Bus Talk Magazine.” In his spare time you will find Paul on the golf course, working out at the fitness center, or spending time with his grand twins, Hailey and Riley.

All-State Show Choir Choreographer - Santana Shelton is the newest addition to the Auburn University Tiger Eye Instructional Staff and she serves as the Instructor to the TE Danceline. Ms. Shelton's love for music and dance began at an early age, so she began in both music and dance lessons around the age of three. She was apart of the Tallassee High School's Concert and Marching Band where she served as the Head Majorette. Ms. Shelton is a graduate of Alabama State University with a degree in Theater Arts and a minor in Psychology. While at ASU she was a member of the Mighty Marching Hornets Band the Stingettes Danceline, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, the ASU Concert and Gospel Choirs, the Dramatic Guild, Elite Models, Eclectic Dance Co., and the Dean's List. She's served as choreographer, clinician, and adjudicator for several high school and college dancelines, cheer squads, majorette lines, and show choirs. She currently works as choreographer to Tallassee High School show choirs and All State Show Choir Auditions.

Alabama Honor Choir Clinician - Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell serves as Professor of Voice at Auburn University. She holds degrees from The Florida State University (D.M. in vocal performance, University Fellow), Westminster Choir College (M.M. in vocal performance and pedagogy, with distinction), and Alabama State University (B.M.E., summa cum laude). Prior to her tenure at AU, Dr. Powell served on the faculties of Philander Smith College and Georgia Southern University. Dr. Powell has been hailed as one of America's premier women composers of choral music. She has an impressive catalogue of works published by some of the nation's leading publishers. Additionally, Dr. Powell is commissioned yearly to compose for university choruses, professional, community and church choirs, as well as secondary school choruses. Dr. Powell was a recipient of the “Living Legend Award” presented by California State University African Diaspora Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles. She was listed in the first edition of the international publication Who Is Who in Choral Music . And, she has been included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Outstanding Young Women in America in recent years. Dr. Powell is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the College Music Society (CMS), the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Music Educators National Conference (NAfME).

Alabama’s Nationally Board Certified Teachers in Music

Early and Middle Childhood

Sharon August (2007)

Deanna Bell (2010)

Donna Blethen (2005)

Laura Butler (2007)

Brian Cocke (2008)

Carrie Cruz (2009)

Beth Davis (2006)

Kate Donaldson (2009)

Brooke Dunham (2011)

Hunter Goff (2011)

Tiffani Little (2010)

Theresa McKibben (2004)

Michael Myrick (2011)

Janet Nelson (2009)

Vicki Portis (2002)

Melinda Pruitt (2006)

Joy Smith (2009)

Jennifer Thompson (2007)

Rhonda Tucker (2003)

Phil Wilson (2010)

Amy Womack (2005)

Sara Womack (2007)

Walter Wren (2005)

Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

David Allinder (2008)

Darwin Anderson (2011)

Kim Bain (2010)

Kristi Bowers (2011)

Jeff Calvert (2007)

John Cooper (2007)

Laura Doss (2006)

Donald Dowdy (2005)

Mark Foster (2007)

Greg Gumina (2010)

Margaret Heron (2009)

Sandra Hill (2010)

Daniel Hornstein (2007)

Jerell Horton (2010)

John Kincaid (2010)

Lee Mason (2007)

Chris Neugent (2010)

Kimberly Scott (2010)

Elizabeth Stephenson (2003)

Renee Thomas (2007)

Theo Vernon (2003)

Chris Walker (2008)

Megan Wicks (2003)

Regina Yates (2005)

Double Concerto

Favorite Teaching Pieces for Music Majors Applied Study: Recital presented by Alabama Higher Education Division Applied Music Professors at the Alabama Music Educators 2012 In-Service Conference

Friday, January 20, 4:30 PM

Gordon Jacob

I. Allegro 1895-1984

II. Largo

III. Allegro vivace

Katrina Phillips, clarinet

Carly Johnson, trumpet

Joel C. Jones, piano

Alabama State University, Montgomery

Suite for Solo Guitar

Traci Mendel

I. Prelude and Chant: Hunter’s Moon b. 1964 Rises over Lake Catherine

II. Indecision

III. Kaddish at Solstice

V. Toccata

Carlson’s Kit

1. Air

2. Polka

3. Canon

4. Rag

Robert Gibson, guitar

Troy State University

Denise Gainey, clarinet

James Zingara, trumpet

Thomas N. Rice

Vacation time

Lori Ardovino

I. A Dragonfly b. 1960

II. Snowflakes

III. Houses

IV. Yolande the Panda

V. Kisses

VI. Masks

Lori Ardovino, narrator

Joseph Ardovino, trumpet University of Montevallo

Wind Quintet No. 2

Miguel del Aguila

Intro to I. Back in Time b. 1957

II. In Heaven

Whitney Farris O’Neal, flute

Lara Wilmot Lay, oboe

Yasmin A. Flores, clarinet

David McCullough, horn

Johnna Jones Stafford, bassoon

University of North Alabama Wind Quintet

University of Alabama at Birmingham

HED Performers

Dr. Katrina Phillips is Assistant Professor of Music at Alabama State University where she teaches applied clarinet and music appreciation. She is also coprincipal clarinetist of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. She has also taught at Troy University and written numerous articles and reviews for The Clarinet, the journal of the International Clarinet Association. She has performed as soloist with Concerto Avenna (Warsaw, Poland), Alabama State University Wind Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony (MO), and Independence Symphony (MO). She has also performed at the International ClarinetFest in Austin, Texas and at the Alabama Music Educators Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She holds doctoral and master’s degrees in clarinet performance and literature from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her principal teachers included: J. David Harris, Daniel Silver, Bil Jackson, and John Weiner. As winner of the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, she performed Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 with the orchestra in 2005.

Dr. Carly Johnson is Assistant Professor of Music at Alabama State University where she teaches applied trumpet, brass ensemble and brass methods. Dr. Johnson earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, the Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the University

of Florida, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance from The Ohio State University. A versatile and active musician, Dr. Johnson has performed with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Shakespeare Festival Orchestra, Youngstown (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, Ashland (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, Springfield (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, Columbus (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, Columbus (Ohio) ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Columbus (Ohio) Bach Ensemble, and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her continued subbing and extra work with various orchestras, recent activities include a 1st Prize award in the trumpet division at the 2010 Susan B. Slaughter International Solo Brass Competition, clinics and performances at the annual AMEA Professional Conference and various high schools throughout Alabama, regular solo and chamber recitals presented at ASU and other universities, and a brass quintet tour of Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia.

Dr. Joel C. Jones, a native of Chicago, IL earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Talladega College, Talladega Alabama in 1977, a Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in 1978, and a D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa in 2001. Dr. Jones is currently serving as Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities in the Department of

Music at Alabama State University.

Robert Gibson, born in 1977, began his musical studies at age 11. In 2000 he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Guitar Performance from the University of Texas at San Antonio under the direction of Dr. Matthew Dunne. He completed a Master’s of Music degree in 2002 and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2007 with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas at Austin where he was an assistant from 2005-2007. In the summer of 2006, he completed his fourth year of studies with the legendary guitarist Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena Italy. Dr. Gibson has also studied with Pepe Romero, David Russell, Eliot Fisk, Sharon Isbin, Aaron Shearer, Leo Brouwer, Ricardo Cobo, Bruce Holzman and others in master class settings. Robert has given performances in United States, Mexico, Spain and Italy. He has also performed as a soloist with several orchestras including the San Antonio Symphony, under the baton of Ken-David Masur and Larry Rechleff. Robert is dedicated to performing and promoting new music for the guitar. Dr. Gibson has had the privilege of working with and premiering the works of such notable composers as Donald Grantham, James Norman and actor Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Denise A. Gainey is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Backun Artist/

“Old Chestnuts” and “New Favorites”

Clinican, and an Educational Recording Artist for Carl Fischer Music. Gainey is the State Representative of Alabama for the International Clarinet Association, and serves as the State Chair Coordinator for the ICA. She came to UAB from a nine-year tenure as Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Coordinator of Music Education at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina, where she was a member of the Asheville, Kingsport, and Hendersonville Symphonies. Gainey is an active clinician and recitalist throughout the United States and performs regularly with the Alabama Symphony. She will be performing at the 2012 ClarinetFest in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has performed as a guest artist at the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium in 2003 and 2009. She has been a soloist with several orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the United States, Ireland, Spain, Sweden and Denmark, also performing as a member of the McCracken Woodwind Quintet from 1998-2001. Gainey has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer in 2001 (as Denise Schmidt), and currently writing a book on the teaching methods of master teacher Kalmen Opperman.

Dr. James Zingara is currently Assistant Professor of Trumpet/Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where his responsibilities include applied trumpet, brass ensembles, conducting the symphony band, and assisting with the Marching Blazers, wind symphony, and Blazer Basketball Band. From 1998 to 2011 Dr. Zingara served as Associate Professor of Music at Troy University in Troy, Alabama where he taught applied trumpet, brass methods, conducted the Troy University Trumpet Ensemble and served as Coordinator of Applied Studies. He has performed in 32 states as well as England, China, Singapore and Denmark. From 19891996 he served as principal cornet/trumpet soloist with the US Air Force Heritage of America Band. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the Chicago Chamber Brass, the University of Illinois Faculty Brass Quintet, Ensemble Screamer, the Heritage Brass and many other regional brass quintets and ensembles. His over 120 solo appearances have included professional, military, university and high school level organizations across the United States. He has recorded on the Telarc, Zephyr, Capstone and Mark labels, including a Grammy Award winning CD in 1994.

Joseph P. Ardovino is the Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo where he has taught since 1991. Dr. Ardovino’s responsibilities at the University include conducting the University Wind Ensemble, directing the University Jazz Ensemble and Trumpet Ensemble, teaching trumpet, conducting and is head of the instrumental area. Dr. Ardovino received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Alabama. He holds the Master of Music degree in trumpet performance from the CollegeConservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and the Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance with teacher certification from the University of Alabama. His principle teachers include Eugene Blee, Marie Speziale, Alan Siebert and Michael Johnson. He has studied conducting with Eugene Corporon, Terrance Milligan, Mallory Thompson and Gerald Welker. As a trumpet player, Dr. Ardovino is an active recitalist as well as a tenured member of the Tuscaloosa Symphony, and performs with the Alabama Symphony. Yearly, Dr. Ardovino conducts various district and county honor bands around the Southeast and was asked to conduct the Blue Band at Alabama All-State in 2009. He also serves as coordinator and conductor for the annual UM Honor Band Festival and All-State trumpet clinic. Dr. Ardovino has twice received the College of Fine Arts

Distinguished Teacher Award, in 2000 and 2010. Lori Ardovino is Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone at the University of Montevallo. She is clarinetist with the Lebaron Trio, Magnolia Trio and alto saxophonist with the Cahaba Saxophone Quartet. Dr. Ardovino is an active performer in the Birmingham area and is called upon to play clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, bass clarinet with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra and tenor saxophone with the Joe Giatina Big Band. She is often called upon as a woodwind doubler in the Birmingham area. She is a Artist/Clinician for the Leblanc/Conn-Selmer Company. Dr. Ardovino has been a guest recitalist at a number of colleges and universities including the University of Oklahoma in 1999 and 2009 and was invited to perform at the International ClarinetFest in 2011 and will serve on a panel discussion at the 2012 Clarinetfest in Lincoln, NE. Locally, Dr. Ardovino has performed as a soloist with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra, the Pelham High School band and the University of Montevallo Wind Ensemble. Additionally, she is an active composer and has had her works performed across the United States, Japan and Canada. She is published by Potenza Music. She is an advocate for new music and is currently a composer/performer member of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance. As a result of her advocacy for new music and support of Alabama composers, she is recording a CD featuring clarinet works by Alabama composers, due out Spring of 2012.

David McCullough is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and holds the B.S. and M.Ed. degrees in music education from Auburn University (1974, 1975), the M.M. degree in music performance (horn) from Florida State University (1980), and the D.M.A. degree in music performance (horn) from the University of Georgia (1990). Prior to joining the University of North Alabama faculty as Chair of the music department in 2008, Dr. McCullough served as Director of Bands at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, KY (1991-2008), Director of Bands at West Georgia College, now the State University of West Georgia, in Carrollton, GA (1981-1986) and as Band Director at Madison County High School in Gurley, AL (1975-1978). Dr. McCullough has the distinction of having founded the marching bands at Campbellsville University (1992) and at West Georgia (1982). He is founder of the National Civil War Band Festival and directed the 2000 and 2003 sessions of the NCWBF held on the campus of Campbellsville University. Dr. McCullough’s honors include his selection by the Campbellsville University Board of Advisors as the University’s 1994 Distinguished Professor for Academic Excellence, his selection by the Kentucky Music Educators Association as the 1996 College/University “Teacher of the Year” and his selection in 2000 to the Robert E. Lee High School (Montgomery) Hall of Fame.

Dr. Yasmin A. Flores has performed as a soloist and chamber musician around the United States, and has premiered many new works that include clarinet. She received her Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance from West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, in 2003. While at West Texas A&M, she studied clarinet with Mr. Douglas Storey, and also studied oboe with Dr. Robert J. Krause, flute with Dr. Sally Turk, saxophone with Mr. Donald Lefevre, and bassoon with Dr. Tina Carpenter. In 2005, she received her Master of Music in Multiple Winds from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. In the fall of 2005, Flores began work on a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Pedagogy and was granted a teaching assistantship in clarinet at the University of Iowa under Dr. Maurita Murphy Mead. Through the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa she was able to tour the Midwest performing new

works from composers around the country. In December 2009, Flores completed her DMA essay "The Clarinet Works of Gustav Adolph Heinze" and was graduated from the University of Iowa with a DMA. She joined the faculty of the University of North Alabama in 2010 where she teaches freshman music theory, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon. Dr. Flores also performs on clarinet as a member of the Shoals Symphony at UNA.

Lara Wilmot Lay, adjunct oboe instructor, earned her B.A. in 1989 in music performance with a minor in education from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her major teachers were Elizabeth Camus and John Mack of the Cleveland Institute of Music. She continued her modern oboe studies as a graduate assistant at Florida State University, studying with Eric Ohlsson, earning her M.M. in oboe performance in 1991, and continuing into the doctoral program at FSU. While at FSU, she also pursued an M.M. in musicology and became enamored of early music on original instruments. As a result, she now plays shawms, recorders, crumhorns, and baroque oboe. She was also involved with the Early Music Institute at Indiana University, playing with the IU Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Stanley Ritchie. She has studied with baroque oboists Stephen Hammer, Gonzalo Ruiz, Washington McLain, John Abberger, and George Riordan. Professionally, she has played baroque oboe with the St. Clements Baroque Orchestra in Chicago, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the 17th Century in Washington D.C, and currently plays with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and Nashville’s Music City Baroque. She has also maintained a professional freelance modern oboe career, playing with regional orchestras and chamber groups, including the Huntsville Symphony, Shoals Symphony, Gadsden Symphony, Valley Conservatory, Huntsville Chamber Winds, Grace Notes, and many local theater, opera and church productions.

Whitney Farris O’Neal is a Doctor of Musical Arts student at the University of Alabama where she is a member of the Huxford Symphony Orchestra and a student of Diane Boyd Schultz. She holds a BME from Arkansas State University and the Master of Music in flute performance from the University of Alabama, and she was recognized for her academic achievements at both institutions. Whitney was previously the Instructor of Woodwinds at Stillman College and a faculty sabbatical replacement at Mississippi State University. She was selected to perform in the National Flute Association’s Professional Flute Choir in Charlotte, NC in August 2011. She has performed in masterclasses for Mary Karen Clardy, Maxim Rubtsov, and Christine Earlander Beard. She is a member of the Delta Duo with harpist Sarah Crocker and she has previously been a member of the Delta Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble, and the Memphis Area Youth Wind Ensemble.

Johnna Jones Stafford received the Bachelor of Science in Instrumental Music Education in 2000 from the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) and a Master of Arts in Education Administration from the University of North Alabama in 2006 and is currently pursuing an additional master's in Music Education at UNA.Prior to moving to the Shoals area, Mrs. Stafford was the assistant band director at Oak Mountain Middle School in Shelby County, AL. Currently, she is the Band Director at Colbert County High School and is responsible for teaching numerous ensembles including beginner band, marching band and concert band. Mrs. Stafford is an active freelance bassoonist and has performed with numerous regional orchestras including the Meridian Symphony, Tupelo Symphony, Corinth Symphony, Shoals Symphony and the Tuscaloosa Symphony.

P P ERFORMANCE ERFORMANCE A A PPLICATION PPLICATION

2013 In-Service Conference

January 10-12

Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center

Name of Ensemble __________________________________________________________________________________

Current # of Members ________________________________________Age Level of Ensemble ____________________

School ____________________________________________________ Director _______________________________

Address

Phone: School (_____)

Division (please check all that apply):

_____ Alabama Vocal Association_____ Alabama Bandmasters Association_____ Higher Education

_____ Collegiate (CMENC)_____ Alabama Orchestra Association_____ Elementary/General

Conditions:

• Submission must include completed performance application, high quality recording of the ensemble (no more than two years old), programs from recent concerts, biography of the conductor and performing group, picture of the performing group and two letters of recommendation. (A current photograph of the group and conductor will be requested should the ensemble be selected to perform.)

• Recordings must include two varied selections of high-quality literature.

• Consideration will be given to level of musical quality, variety, as well as overall conference schedule and planning.

• Directors will be notified of selection by July 30, 2012.

Please attach a black and white photograph of the performing group, biography of the group and conductor (100 words or less each), recent concert programs, and two letters of recommendation.

Submit to:

Garry Taylor, Executive Director

1600 Manor Drive, Cullman, AL 35055

NO LATER THAN JUNE 1, 2012

2013 In-Service Conference

January 10-12

Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center

Name____________________________________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________ City __________________ State ___________ Zip _____________

Phone (_____) ______________________________________Email __________________________________________

Proposed Session Title ______________________________________________________________________________

Session Description _________________________________________________________________________________

Division (please check all that apply):

_____ Alabama Vocal Association_____ Alabama Bandmasters Association_____ Higher Education

_____ Collegiate (CMENC)_____ Alabama Orchestra Association_____ Elementary/General

Conditions:

• Session proposals must be submitted by the individual who will be presenting the session as the primary clinician.

• All Alabama clinicians who are music educators must be members of NAfME and must register for the conference in order to present a session.

• AMEA does not pay honoraria or expenses to its members.

• Individual requests for particular times cannot be granted. Submission of a proposal assumes acceptance of the scheduled times.

• If the session is accepted, the primary clinician will be responsible for informing all other participants of all the specifics relating to the session.

Please attach a black and white photograph and clinician biography (100 words or less)

Submit to:

Director

T T HE HE E E XHIBITORS XHIBITORS

This directory is compiled from information supplied by the exhibiting firms or institutions. The number in parentheses following the descriptive paragraphs indicates the booth location.

Accessories Plus, 6550 Steubenville Drive, Columbus, GA 31909

Handbags, scarves, caps, and jewelry. (504) 495-5368 laptaylor@gmail.com (106)

Alabama Symphony Orchestra, 3621 6th Ave. S, Birmingham, AL 35222

Offering education programs for all ages, including field trip concerts, in-school programs, and the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra. (113)

All Kids Children’s Health Insurance Program, Dept. of Public Health, P.O. Box 303017, Montgomery, AL 36130

Low cost health care coverage for children and teens in Alabama under the age of 19. (506)

Art’s Music Shop, Inc., 3030 East Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36116

Servicing the musical needs of the Southeast since 1905. The convention exhibit features an extensive inventory of educational/instrumental music for today’s school bands. Montgomery-Dothan-Birmingham. (402 Island)

Auburn Knights Orchestra, P.O. Box 1024, Auburn, AL 36831

The Auburn Knights Orchestra was organized at Auburn University (then Alabama Polytechnic Institute) in 1930. Today, the orchestra still thrives as an Auburn tradition, composed entirely of a select group of student-age musicians. (306)

Auburn University Music, 132 Goodwin Music Building, Auburn, AL 36849

Music at Auburn offers opportunities for both majors and non-majors. Ours is an intimate and nurturing atmosphere offering individual attention and performance opportunities. Visit us for information about music at Auburn. (304)

NAFME Summer Learning Academies

AWB Apparel/Wayne Broom, 206 Potomac Ct., Woodstock, GA 30188

Providing screenprinted and embroidered music apparel throughout the Southeast. All-State, District and County Honor Bands and marching contests. We also carry formal wear, shoes, and marching accessories. (320, 419)

Bailey Brothers Music Company, 4673 Highway 280 East, Birmingham, AL 35242

Musical instrument sales and rentals for brass, woodwind, stringed instruments and percussion at affordable pricing. Bailey Brothers Music carries the top brand names in the business. (102, 104)

Birmingham Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254

Birmingham Southern College offers many opportunities to continue your music experience. Marching Band - Symphonic Band - Jazz Band. BSC offers the BA, BM and B Mu Ed degrees. (416)

Capitol Music, 3834 Harrison Road, Montgomery, AL 36109

Having bought out 35 other music stores and voted one of the top 50 music dealers in America, Capitol always strives to serve and treat you better than anyone for over 55 years. (115, 117, 119)

Charms Office Assistant, 3001 Century Drive, Rowlett, TX 75088

24/7 access to EVERYTHING in your school music program! E-mail, calendaring, inventory, library, finances, helpers, recording studio, and MOBILE APPS - Spread out the workload, and get your life back! (405)

Club’s Choice Fundraising, 3421 Truax Court, Eau Claire, WI 54703

Pizzas, breads, cheesecakes, cookie dough, dessert, breakfast & gourmet pizzas, candies, cheeses, sausages, snacks, nuts, flowers, gift wrap, dry mixes, soups. (508)

Conn-Selmer, Inc., P.O. Box 310 Elkhart, Indiana 46515

Conn-Selmer, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of band and orchestral instruments for professional, amateur and student use. (302, 401)

DeMoulin Brothers & Company, 1025 South 4th Street, Greenville, IL 62246

DeMoulin Brothers & Company – now in its 119th year continues to serve the world’s quality apparel needs offering fulltime representation and complete uniform and accessory lines. (206, 208)

FanFlips Custom Embroidered Flip Flops, 6505 W. Park Blvd, #306-109, Plano, TX 75093

FanFlips provides custom embroidered flip flops for fundraisers. The flip flops reflect school’s color scheme, text, and mascot. Sized from XXS-XXL. Very comfortable. Profit potential is $14 per pair. (514)

Fruhauf Uniforms, Inc., 800 E. Gilbert, Wichita, KS 67211

Celebrating 100 years of supporting music education with fine quality marching band and concert wear. (105)

Gadsden Music Company, 607 Broad Street, Gadsden, AL 35901

Printed music and supplies for high school, middle school and elementary music educators. (216 Island)

GBC Customized Calendars, P.O. Box 247, Warrenville, SC 29851

Make 57% profit or more with a customized music calendar. Showcase your group along with your activities and events. Flexible plans to suit any size group. FREE packet - no obligation. (318)

Gemeinhardt Co., LLC, 57882 State Road 19 South, Elkhart, IN 46517

Gemeinhardt offers a full line of band and orchestral instruments for musicians at every level. Gemeinhardt - Brio - Roy Seaman - Artisan - Stephanhouser - W. Nirschl. (502, 504)

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Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4097, Atlanta, GA 30302-4097 (417)

Great American Opportunities, 2451 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214

Risk-free campaign, custom-tailored to meet your individual fund-raising needs. We have jewelry, magazines, frozen food, discount cards, gift items, and more... (314)

Group Travel Network, Inc., 442 N. Dillard Street - Suite 2, Winter Garden, FL 34787

Stress-free travel planning for performance ensembles to Orlando, Atlanta, Washington DC, New York, Hawaii and more! We do it all...so you don’t have to!! (210)

Huntingdon College, 1500 East Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106

A complete, NASM-accredited music curriculum within a liberal arts educational experience offers Huntingdon music majors the best of all worlds. (513)

International Travel of Nashville, 4004 Hillsboro Road, Suite 236-B, Nashville, TN 37215

Specialized in group tours. Private owned since 1964. Trips are designed and priced for each individual group’s requirements. Will design a trip for groups from 10 people to 5,000 people. (312)

Jacksonville State University - David L. Walters Department of Music, 700 Pelham Road, Jacksonville, AL 36265-1062

A comprehensive department preparing music educators and performers for leadership positions. JSU Music: A Proud Tradition in Sound Education. (413)

J. W. Pepper and Son, Inc., 9053 Riverside Pkwy, Lithia Springs, GA 30122

With 14 locations across the U.S., Pepper combines friendly “hometown” service with the speed and efficiency of a modern national organization. Visit our Regional Marketing Center in Atlanta and our website at jwpepper.com. Since 1876, it’s where you shop for music - JW Pepper! (303, 305, 307)

Landmark Tour & Travel, 704 37th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222

A student tour operator providing entire custom travel packages for bands, choirs, and orchestras to the destinations and music festivals of your choice. Contact: Connie Burleson @ 800-681-4188 or 205-714-7888; Bunny Spinks @ 800-727-9197 or 205-3266495. (301)

M & P Travel/Cline Tours, P.O. Box 1498, Ridgeland, MS 39157

Group travel planning and charter bus service. (516)

Ma rc h m a s t e r, Inc., 180 Northcrest Drive, Newnan, GA 30265

For over 25 years, offering footwear, guard equipment, custom designed uniforms & outfits, head gear, formal performance wear, podiums, field equipment, banners, electronics and other accessories for bands and performing ensembles. (800) 816BAND. www.marchmaster.com (107, 109)

Mouchette Enterprises, Inc., PO Box 394, Northport, AL 35476

Quality fundraising since 1986. (101)

Music & Arts, 4626 Wedgewood Blvd., Frederick, MD 21703

Music & Arts has served students, teachers, and families through retail stores, school representatives, and online since 1952. We specialize in instrument rentals, sales, music lessons and intrument repairs. (512)

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Music for All, 39 W. Jackson Place, Suite 150, Indianapolis, IN 46225

Student and director workshops for band & orchestra, concert band, percussion & orchestra nationalal music festival and national marching band regional contests. (204)

Music USA, 1780 Doyle Rd., Suite 5, Deltona, FL 32725

Music USA Festivals provides an opportunity for students to perform musical selections in a relaxed, yet competitive environment. This allows students to improve their musical skills through comments made by quality adjudicators. (414)

Neff Company, P.O. Box 218, Greenville, OH 45331 Awards and Apparel (508)

Quaver Music.com, 1706 Grand Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212

Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music is a high-energy experience that leads students on a journey of musical discovery via DVD episodes, teacher guides, and a powerful interactive website. (308, 407)

Samford University School of the Arts, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229

The School of the Arts at Samford University offers undergraduate degrees in art, music, and theatre and graduate degrees in music. For more information, visit HTTP://arts.samford.edu or email arts@samford.edu. (202)

Security Benefit, One Security Benefit Place, Topeka, KS 66636-0001

Security Benefit provides 403(B) and 457 programs in school districts throughout Alabama. We are currently offering the saving for retirement (SFR) program mutual fund program including a fixed account currently playing 3%. (114)

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Simply Sheets Fundraising, 9700 Old Abilene Ct., Mobile, AL 36695

A bedsheet fundraising company, designed to meet and exceed financial goals with speed, integrity, and style through a quality, useful product. (418)

Southern Sportswear, 5024 Bent River Trace, Birmingham, AL 35216

Southern Sportswear has been providing jackets, t-shirts, wind suits, staff and band shirts, and camp gear to the bands in Alabama since 1993. We have excellent products with reasonable prices. (517)

Spotlight Tours, LLC, 715 Banner Dr., Murfreesboro, TN 37129

Spotlight Tours provides festival and performance opportunities for your musical ensembles. You will receive custom-detailed itineraries designed for safety, education, and fun. “Let us put your group in the spotlight.” (110)

Stanbury Uniforms, Inc., PO Box 100, Brookfield, MO 64628

Quality band uniforms since 1917. Call James Thompson or Scott today at 800-865-5910. (100)

Thomas Tours, 2405 12th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37204

Thomas Tours, a student tour operator with a reputation for service and quality, specializes in customized festival and performance tours for bands, choirs and orchestras. (103)

Troy University, John M. Long School of Music, Long Hall, Troy, AL 36082

The John M. Long School of Music invites alumni, friends, and guests to visit our booth and explore the music opportunities available at Troy University. (112)

TSG Music Works Publishing, 2705 Royal Lane, Pelham, AL 35124

TSG Music Works is the music of composer Tyler S. Grant. Music instrumentation ranges from band to chamber groups and is accessible to all ages. (415)

University of Alabama Bands, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0368 (511)

University of Alabama School of Music, 211 Moody Music Building, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0368 (412)

University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music, 950 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294

The UAB Department of Music offers instruction at a variety of levels to provide a balanced musical education for a broad spectrum of students. (515)

University of Alabama at Huntsville Music Department, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899

The UAHuntsville Department of Music offers music degrees with emphases in Performance, Music Education, Jazz, Music Technology, Liberal Arts, Church Music, Music Business, and Piano Pedagogy. uah.edu/music (316)

University of Montevallo, Station 6670, Montevallo, Alabama 35115

The University of Montevallo, Alabama’s only public liberal arts institution, offers baccalaureate degrees in performance and education, as well as the M.ED. in music education. The department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. (403)

University of North Alabama Bands, UNA Box 5240, Florence, AL 35632

The UNA Bands is a comprehensive university band program offering performance opportunities in all areas and idioms of wind band repertoire. From the spectacular “Pride of Dixie” marching band to the famed Studio Jazz Band to the renowned Wind Symphony, there is something for everyone. (420)

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University of North Alabama Department of Music & Theatre, 1 Harrison Plaza, UNA Box 5040, Florence, AL 35632

An academic department within the College of Arts and Sciences, and a member of NASM, the Department of Music and Theatre offers liberal arts degrees in Music Performance, Commercial Music and General Music, as well as professional degree programs leading to teacher certification in the field of music education. (519)

University of South Alabama Music Department, 5751 USA Drive South, Room 1072, Mobile, AL 36688-0002

The University of South Alabama Department of Music, through its innovative curriculum, empowers professional musicians, music educators, and those who wish to enrich their lives through the arts. Visit us at www.southalabama.edu/music/ (116)

University of Southern Mississippi School of Music, 118 College Drive #5081, Hattiesburg, MS 39406

The University of Southern Mississippi has a comprehensive School of Music with over 40 full time faculty and over 500 music majors at the undergraduate levels. (111)

Warburton Music Products, 5333 State Rd. 46, Mims, FL 32754

The entire Warburton product line of brass mouthpieces is precision machined to ensure the highest levels of consistency and quality. The Warburton system flexibility provides the player with the most efficient mouthpiece for performing in any playing situation. Warburton has recently released highly effective accessory tools that are taking the brass world by storm. (411)

World’s Finest Chocolate, P.O. Box 6955, Metairie, LA 70009 Fund Raising. 50% profit. Return privileges. Personalization. 63 years in fund raising. (309)

AMEA Presidents - Past to Present

1946Yale H. Ellis

1948Walter A. Mason

1950Vernon Skoog

1952John J. Hoover

1954Lamar Triplett

1956Carleton K. Butler

1958Mort Glosser

1960Wilbur Hinton

1962Lacey Powell, Jr.

1964G. Truman Welch

1966Jerry Countryman

1968Floyd C. McClure

1970Jerry Bobo

1972Frances P. Moss

1974George Hammett

1975Frances P. Moss

1976S. J. Allen

1978W. Frank McArthur, Jr.

1980Paul Hall

1982Lacey Powell, Jr.

1984Johnny Jacobs

1986Merilyn Jones

1988Ronald D. Hooten

1990Ken Williams

1992Dianne Johnson

1994James K. Simpson

1996Johnnie Vinson

1998Michael Meeks

2000John McAphee, Jr.

2002Tony Pike

2004Becky Rodgers

2006John Baker

2008Pat Stegall

2010Steve McLendon

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Billy R. (Rip) Reagan - Class of 2012

Joseph C. Riemer, Jr. - Class of 2010

Roland Lister - Class of 2009

Pat Morrow - Class of 2009

David Walters - Class of 2009

Gerald Welker - Class of 2009

Gene Black - Inaugural Class of 2008

Colonel Carleton Butler - Inaugural Class of 2008

Ed Cleino - Inaugural Class of 2008

William Dawson - Inaugural Class of 2008

William Denison - Inaugural Class of 2008

Gene Gooch - Inaugural Class of 2008

Wilbur (Bodie) Hinton - Inaugural Class of 2008

Johnny Jacobs - Inaugural Class of 2008

Dianne Johnson - Inaugural Class of 2008

John M. Long - Inaugural Class of 2008

Floyd McClure - Inaugural Class of 2008

Frances Moss - Inaugural Class of 2008

Eleanor Nation - Inaugural Class of 2008

Lacey Powell - Inaugural Class of 2008

James Simpson - Inaugural Class of 2008

Thomas Smith - Inaugural Class of 2008

Hugh Thomas - Inaugural Class of 2008

Orland Thomas - Inaugural Class of 2008

Johnnie Vinson - Inaugural Class of 2008

Truman Welch - Inaugural Class of 2008

The Alabama Music Educators Association is proud to present the names of those who have been members of AMEA and NAfME for 25 or more continuous years. The AMEA Governing Board, on behalf of the membership, initiated this program at the Conference 2000 with each honoree attaining 25 or more years receiving an award. This year, each person reaching the 25-year number plus those reaching increments of five years beyond that will be honored.

The strength of any organization can be demonstrated by the dedication and leadership displayed by its members. The greatest learning opportunities come to those members who become involved with the organization and offer to participate in leadership responsibilities.

Numbers following the names below represent the number of years of continuing membership - not the number of years of teaching. Many have now retired from active teaching, but continue to make contributions to music education and to AMEA in other ways. We congratulate this group of leaders and thank them sincerely for their efforts on behalf of music education in Alabama. The following music educators will be honored during the Thursday night concert hour.

Steve McLendon, President

AMEA MEMBERSHIP HONOR ROLL 2011-2012

Years of Continuing Membership

Orland Thomas - 55 years

Merilyn Jones - 55 years

Darry Pilkington - 55 years

Thomas Smith - 45 years

John Papastefan - 45 years

Carmelita Gandy - 45 years

Ronald Lett - 45 years

Stewart Hampton - 45 years

Milton Welch - 40 years

James Merriweather - 35 years

James Rogers - 35 years

Rebecca Rockhill - 35 years

Virginia Matherly - 35 years

Grailor Price - 35 years

Cheryl Clarke - 35 years

Rita Salzberg - 35 years

Frank Blanton - 35 years

Jerry Toole - 35 years

Diane Turner - 35 years

Jon Bubbett - 30 years

Russell Haag - 30 years

Rudolfo Barraca - 30 years

Jeffrey Hudson - 30 years

Tony Pike - 30 years

Virginia Carlisle - 30 years

Harold Powell - 25 years

Kathy Hughes - 25 years

Gene Swanner - 25 years

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