2016 AMEA Conference Program Book

2016

Conference

January 21-23, 2016

January 21-23, 2016

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Welcome to the 2016 Professional Development Conference and the great city of Montgomery. With a host of sessions, performances, and exhibits involving participants from throughout the state and across the country, we hope you enjoy this occasion to energize your passion for teaching, reconnect with colleagues, make new acquaintances, and revitalize your commitment to the profession. The AMEA Governing Board and officers of our divisions worked tirelessly to organize a meaningful professional development conference for all Alabama music educators. I know you will be inspired to explore different approaches to instruction that will enhance your practice and directly benefit students in your classrooms.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Alabama Music Educators Association. Through our collective efforts, the AMEA has become the leading organization dedicated to promoting the advancement of music education through professional development, curricular support, and advocacy. The 2016 conference schedule clearly honors our traditions, and we should be proud of the nationally recognized musicians, clinicians, and composers we’ve gathered for our professional development. At the same time, the numerous presentations by Alabama educators and ensembles display the wealth of talent and accumulated wisdom across our great state. I encourage everyone to listen deeply as our colleagues share their perspectives and performances.

The highlights of this year’s conference include an inspirational keynote with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, an advocacy keynote with Chris Woodside, a reading band with Brian Balmages, orchestra clinics with Soon Hee Newbold, choral clinics with Jeffrey Benson, elementary sessions with Denise Gagne, a FAME session with Maribeth YoderWhite, and a Featured Performance on Thursday with the internationally renowned brass quintet, the Boston Brass! The AMEA Awards Ceremony will be held at the General Session on Friday, before the keynote, and includes the presentation of the AMEA Honor Roll, Young Composers Award, Outstanding Music

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On Thursday morning, please join us at the Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall where we will feature a performance by The Birmingham Seven. While we are there and throughout the conference, I encourage everyone to visit with our exhibitors and support the merchants who make our conference possible. On Friday evening, everyone is invited to attend the President’s Reception from 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm in Alabama Ballroom B. This association-wide event is designed to promote collaboration and mentorship across divisions and is sponsored by Group Travel Network and Southern Performances.

The annual AMEA Professional Development Conference would not be possible without the contributions of numerous volunteers. I’d like to extend my appreciation to the AMEA Governing Board members, division leaders, session presiders, conference volunteers, and the numerous student-musicians who have diligently worked to make this conference a success. Moreover, I especially want to express my gratitude to Garry Taylor, who as Executive Director of the AMEA spearheaded the preparation of the schedule, coordination of the exhibits, creation of the conference program, registration partnership with NAfME, and collaboration with our conference hotels.

Finally, I hope you will join me and offer sincere appreciation to the clinicians, conductors, and musicians for the time they spent preparing their presentations and performances. Their efforts have resulted in an extraordinary conference filled with opportunities to grow and learn.

Friends, welcome back to Montgomery! Let us celebrate what has come before, savor our current accomplishments, and look ahead to an even brighter future.

J oin us in the MPAC Friday at 10:30 AM for the presentation of the 2016 AMEA awards:

AMEA Hall of Fame Class of 2016: Theresa McKibben and Vicki Portis

FAME Scholarship Recipient: Morgan Green, Hillcrest High School

Ed Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator: Taylor Cash, Albertville City Schools

Outstanding Music Educator: Diane Orlofsky, Troy University

Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers - Class of 2015

AMEA Honor Roll - Members who have 25 years of continuous service and increments of 5 years

Young Composers Competition Finalists

Educator Award, the Edward H. Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator Award and the AMEA Hall of Fame.

Carl B. Hancock President, Alabama Music Educators Association

AMEA Officers and Governing Board

President..........................................................................Carl Hancock

President-Elect..................................................................Susan Smith

Immediate Past President...............................................Sara Womack

Treasurer/Registrar...............................................................Pat Stegall

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

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

ABA President..............................................................Micheal Holmes

AOA President..............................................................Sarah Schrader

AVA President.......................................................................Carl Davis

Elementary/General Pesident...........................................Cliff Huckaby

Higher Education President...........................................James Zingara

Collegiate Advisor..............................................Edward “Ted” Hoffman

Collegiate President..........................................................Thad Walker

Industry Membership Representative...........................Becky Lightfoot

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

ASDOE, Arts Education Specialist...............................Andy Meadows

AMEA President’s Cabinet

Advanced Placement Theory Chair....................................Amir Zaheri

Historian..............................................................................Frank Buck

Jazz Education Chair.........................................................Mark Foster

Membership Chair................................................................Pat Stegall

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

Music Reviewer - Choral................................................Diane Orlofsky

Music Reviewer - Wind Band.......................................David Ragsdale

Research Chair................................................................Jane Kuehne

Special and Multicultural Education Chair........................Ellary Draper

SMTE State Representative........................................Edward Hoffman

SRME State Representative.............................................Jane Kuehne

Teacher Education Chair...................................Edward “Ted” Hoffman

Technology Chair..............................................................David Raney

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AMEA 2016 Featured Performers and Speakers Boston Brass

For 29 years, Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience. From exciting classical arrangements, to burning jazz standards, and the best of the original brass quintet repertoire, Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of entertainment, which captivates all ages. The ensemble's lively repartee, touched with humor and personality, attempts to bridge the ocean of classical formality to delight audiences in an evening of great music and boisterous fun. The philosophy of Boston Brass is to provide audiences with a wide selection of musical styles in unique arrangements, provided in a friendly and fun atmosphere.

Through over 100 performances each year, the members of Boston Brass play to audiences at concerts, educational venues and jazz festivals. In addition to solo performances, Boston Brass regularly performs with orchestras, bands, organ, jazz bands and a variety of other ensembles. They have performed in 49 states and 30 countries and have conducted master classes around the world including sessions and residencies at the Eastman School of Music, The Julliard School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, Royal Academy of Music in London, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at the National University of Singapore and Mahidol University in Bangkok.

Dr. Maribeth Yoder-White has taught choral and general music education in Pre-K through university settings at public and private institutions. She has a distinguished record as a choral clinician and has conducted state and regional elementary, middle, and high school honors choruses throughout the country. The North Carolina American Choral Directors Association awarded Yoder-White the Lara Hoggard Award for distinguished service in choral music in North Carolina. An active educational consultant, Yoder-White presents professional development for teachers through workshops, demonstration lessons, and arts-integrated curriculum design. Dr. Yoder-White is a recognized Orff-Schulwerk specialist who teaches Orff-Schulwerk teacher education courses and presents professional development sessions for school districts and at state, regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. Yoder-White has served in leadership with many professional organizations including serving as President of the Southern Division of the National Association for Music Education, President of the North Carolina Music Educators Association, and President of the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association.

Christopher Woodside returned to the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) in August of 2010 to assume the position of Assistant Executive Director heading the association’s Center for Advocacy and Constituency Engagement. In his current capacity, Christopher manages NAfME’s advocacy staff, directs, controls and oversees all issues with relation to the development and implementation of the association’s large-scale advocacy and public affairs agendas, serves as NAfME’s primary lobbying presence on Capitol Hill, and facilitates music education’s newest collaborative advocacy venture: The Music Education Policy Roundtable. Previously, Christopher served as the Policy Coordinator for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, in his first tenure with MENC, as the Director of Government Relations and Outreach, and as a Legislative aide to Representative Chris Van Hollen from Maryland’s 8th district. Christopher received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Miami University.

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser began his teaching career at Northern Michigan University. He then moved to the University of Missouri, and from there to New Mexico State University. During that time, Tim developed highly acclaimed groups in both instrumental and vocal music. In 1981, Tim created Attitude Concepts for Today, Inc., an organization designed to manage the many requests for teacher inservice workshops, student leadership seminars, and convention speaking engagements focusing on the area of effective leadership training. After thirty-plus years of clinic presentations, some three million students have experienced one of his popular sessions. Tim presently serves as Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. He is a nationally recognized voice touting the importance of arts education for every child. His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, Inc., continue to be bestsellers in the educational community. He is also co-author of popular band method, Essential Elements, as well as the Senior Educational Consultant for Hal Leonard, Inc. Tim is also the Senior Educational Advisor for Music for All, and NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants). He holds degrees from Ball State University and the University of Alabama. He is presently the Chair of the National Association for Music Education Music Honor Society (Tri-M).

Join us for the President’s Reception

Sponsored by Group Travel Network and Southern Performances

Friday, January 22

9:30 - 11:00 PM

Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B

Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar (a complimentary beverage coupon good for one beer, wine, soft drink or bottled water will be given to registered attendees and exhibitors at the door - Wear your badge!)

Entertainment provided by the Crimson Jazz Faculty Quartet

Support our Sponsors!

Group Travel Network & Southern Performances

Lobby Performances

All lobby performances will be in the lobby outside Exhibit Halls B & C

Thursday, January 21, 2016

10:00 a.m.Birmingham Seven (Grand Opening of the Exhibits - inside Exhibit Hall C)

2:00 p.m.Montgomery Music Project & BTW Strings

4:00 p.m.Shades Valley High School Saxophone Quartet

Friday, January 22, 2016

8:30 a.m.Alabama State University Student Brass Quintet

11:00 a.m.Alabama Christian Academy Chamber Ensembles

3:30 p.m.Auburn High School Chamber Ensembles

4:45 p.m.Alabama State University Trebled Soul Vocal Jazz Ensemble

February 15, 2016

February 19-20, 2016

February 26-27, 2016

COLLEGE of FINE ARTS

DEPARTMENT of MUSIC

COLLEGE of FINE ARTS

DEPARTMENT of MUSIC

AUDITION DATES:

NOV. 14, 2015

JAN. 30, 2016

MARCH 12, 2016

For more information, visit www.montevallo.edu/music

AUDITION DATES:

NOV. 14, 2015

JAN. 30, 2016

MARCH 12, 2016

For more information, visit www.montevallo.edu/music

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Alabama Honor Choir Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule

Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A

Thursday, Jan. 22 Thursday, Jan. 22 9:00 - 9:30 A.M. - Registration

Concerts

Clinic Sessions

Performance Performance

Friday, Jan. 23, 7:00 P.M. (Alabama Ballroom A)

Other Events

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All-State Show Choir All-State Show Choir Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B Wednesday, Jan. 21 Wednesday, Jan. 21

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(if determined necessary) Saturday, Jan. 24 Saturday, Jan. 24 Dress Rehearsal (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

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Performance Performance Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:15 A.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center)

All-State Jazz Bands All-State Jazz Bands

Offering undergraduate and graduate programs in music education, performance, composition, and music and worship

Audition and Interview Weekends for Prospective Music and Theatre Majors

November 13–14, 2015

February 5–6, 2016

February 26–27, 2016

Forms and additional information are available at www.samford.edu/arts

Samford University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Employer.

Produced by Samford Office of Marketing and Communication

2016 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

5:00-7:00 PM

AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2

5:30 - 6:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Registration- Exhibit Hall B

6:00-9:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

7:15-9:30 PMABA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 1

7:15-9:30 PMAOA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 3

7:15-9:30 PMAVA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 4

7:15-9:30 PMCollegiate Division Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview Boardroom

Thursday, January 21, 2016

7:45-8:45 AMAMEA Leadership Breakfast - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Keep Calm and Lead On: Celebrating Excellence and Serving

Featured Speaker: Maribeth Yoder-White - President, Southern Division NAfME

8:00 AM-5:00 PMConference Registration - Renaissance Registration Booth

9:00-9:30

AMAlabama Honor Choir Registration - Exhibit Hall A

9:00-9:50 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Panel: What to Expect When Expecting a Lab or Intern Student - Jane Kuehne, Moderator

Panel Participants: Jane M. Kuehne, Michael McGlynn, Phil Wilson, Karen Hickok, Deanna Marshall, Allyson Petrone, Erin Redden, Teresa Rhyne, and Faye Haag. Through purposeful discussion with university and experienced teachers in general, instrumental, and vocal areas, participants will explore successful approaches to working with undergraduate lab and intern students to help instill in them quality teaching skills, and a clear understanding of the personal and professional requirements for a successful music teaching career. Participants will explore pitfalls to avoid and avenues for successful lab and intern student integration into the classroom and school.

9:00-9:50 AMAVA Reading Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A Jeffrey Benson, Clinician

9:00-9:50 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Finding Notes Among the Notes: Being the Catalyst for Cross-Curricular Teaching and Integration of Music in Your School Joshua Wine, Clinician

The purpose of this clinic is to provide educators at all levels with tools and suggestions for how they can aid in professionally developing their faculty and staff in the integration of music in their classroom. These skills will serve a twin purpose by both enriching the learning environment of the school, and also advocating for the importance of the arts in the core curriculum. We must equip ourselves to be the champion of our program's relevance.

9:00-9:50 AM Interest Session - Embassy Suites

Ostinati, Descants, and Other Musical Marvels - Roger Sams, Clinician

Kodály teachers call it part work. Orff teachers call it ensemble. It doesn't matter what you call it, you're going to be cultivating your students' capacity to perform multiple parts at the same time. Come explore ways to support skill development through use of ostinati, descants, and countermelodies. These lessons are active and playful, while retaining a focus on skills and understandings.

9:00-9:50 AM Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3

Picking the Perfect Piece for Your Concert - Soon Hee Newbold, Clinician

What does it take to create the perfect program? This session will discuss difficulty levels, techniques learned, audience connection, and different genres. Take an in depth look at some of Soon Hee's personal favorites and a unique perspective on her own compositions. Get tips and advice on composing and arranging particularly for orchestra and strings.

9:00-9:50 AM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Essential Elements - Tim Lautzenheiser, Clinician

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.

9:00-11:00 AM

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A

9:00 AM-12:00 PM All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

9:00 AM-4:00 PMFAME - Riverview 1

10:00 AMGrand Opening of the Exhibits - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall C - Open until 5:00 PM

Featured Performance by the Birmingham Seven

10:30 AM - 12:00 PMAMEA General Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

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

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.

Boaz Intermediate School Honor Choir - Miriam Richey, Conductor

12:00-1:00 PMAMEA Past President’s Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 2

12:00-1:00 PMHED Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 4

1:00-2:00 PMAVA Performance Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Randolph School Concert Choir - Christopher M. Walters, Conductor

Oak Park Middle School Unity - Stacy Owens, Conductor

1:00-2:00 PMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Rhythm Instrument Fun - Denise Gagne, Clinician

Rhythm instruments are tons of fun. Learn strategies for using instruments that will give your students opportunities to make music with instruments --- without chaos! You’ll use instruments to keep a beat, to create sound effects, to create percussion pieces, to explore loud/quiet, fast/slow and to help develop listening skills. You’ll learn strategies for helping your students become better readers. You’ll use instruments to play along with classical music, and you’ll use them to create accompaniments for stories. You’ll improvise and create your own compositions. This session will give you many ideas for using non-pitched percussion with your preK - Grade 5 students.

1:00-2:00 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

A Successful First 5 Years in the Classroom - Gene Butler, Clinician

This session will cover steps to a having a successful first 5 years in the classroom. Many beginning teachers have missteps in their first few years of teaching. It is not the misstep that defines failure or success, it is the response you choose to take to the misstep. The session will give insight on how to react to some of these situations and other steps that can be taken to have a successful first 5 years in the classroom.

1:00-2:00 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3

We All Perform On the Same Stage - Improving the Ensemble Skills Of Your Secondary String Players

Joseph Brennan, Clinician

“We All Perform On the Same Stage” and "Just because you can play it by yourself, doesn't mean that you can play it with the rest of us”. If these phrases apply to you and your students, then this session is for you. Learn ways to improve rhythmic accuracy, intonation, and artistic expression of string players in secondary ensembles. Give your students the skills necessary to participate more fully in the ensemble. Rehearsal techniques, use of technology, assessments, and chamber groups will be discussed. Skills are given a hierarchy and related to specific musical elements. These skills are then directly related to the playing skills and technique of an orchestral stringed instrument. Musical examples are used to show how these skills are developed in each rehearsal. Rehearsal techniques are rooted in the concepts of Music Learning Theory with the goal being that each student has an ownership of the musical content and the skills necessary to perform better by design rather than by chance in any type of ensemble setting. Many of these rehearsal techniques can also be adapted for other types of instrumental, as well as, vocal ensembles. With this session comes a handout containing 30 phrases and analogies that can be used in the rehearsal to help students improve their participation and understanding of what it means to perform in an ensemble.

1:00-2:00 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Music Teacher Educator Roundtable - Ted Hoffman, Moderator

A roundtable discussion for music teacher educators and other concerned college and university faculty. Topics for conversation will include: Alabama State Department of Education mandates, innovative undergraduate and graduate coursework and field experiences, implementation of EdTPA, and the National Core Arts Standards.

1:15-2:00 PMABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Grissom High School Symphonic Band II - Theo Vernon, Conductor

1:30-5:30 PM

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A

1:45-2:45 PMAll-State Jazz Bands Registration/Check-In - Renaissance, Montgomery 7

2:00-5:00 PM All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

2:15-3:15 PMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Listening Fun with Scarves, Tennis Balls and More! - Denise Gagne, Clinician

Have fun moving with scarves, paper plates, parachutes, ribbons, tennis balls and cups to music! Make classical music listening the requested activity in your classroom with these fun activities! Learn some assessment strategies and ways to help improve audience behavior - of your students and their parents. In this session, Denise will lead participants through active listening lessons using many different props and manipulatives: scarves, paper plates, parachutes, ribbons, tennis balls and cups. From your PreK to 5th Grade, students will be engaged by the activities and will request them over and over again. Denise will also address assessment of listening skills and audience behavior in the session. The attendees will come away with wonderful, engaging activities for their students. This is a participatory session, and even teachers who like to sit in the back of the room will be engaged.

2:15-3:15 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

The Proof is in the Process: Concert Band 101 - Randall Coleman, Clinician

A successful experience for our students in concert band is based on a well-designed, thoughtful process over the period of a year. During this session, attendees with -Walk the Process- of a high-achieving concert band program and be exposed to a step by step process to help make their concert ensembles play with better intonation, rhythmic stability, balance and blend.

2:15-3:15 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

The Frenzied Instrumental Conductor's Guide to Score Preparation - Gary Stith, Clinician

This engaging clinic will present systematic, thorough and time saving score & rehearsal preparation strategies utilizing Gary-s innovative Score and Rehearsal Preparation Worksheet. This session will prove enormously valuable for practicing band and orchestra conductors from the elementary school level to those leading middle school, high school, university and professional ensembles.

2:15-3:15 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Movement to Make Your Choir Come Alive - Jeffrey Benson, Clinician

Those who do the work, do the learning! This session will provide techniques for including movement and engaging the singer in ways to improve tone, intonation, rhythm, phrasing, dynamics, articulation, and the overall musician.

2:15-3:15 PM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

The Musician/Performer As A Sole Proprietor - Mildred Lanier, Clinician

Very often in the traditional music schools, educators and students are often faced with the challenge of validating the music major and the overall contribution of the study of music on student learning and preparation for life. This is often indicated with the foreboding question "how will you make a living in music." This session will address this concern by providing a discussion on the broader scope of music as a business and the musician/performer as a sole proprietor.

3:00-5:00

PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview 7

3:30-4:20

PMAOA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Shoals Symphony at UNA - Daniel Stevens, Conductor

3:30-4:20

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Sight-Singing: You Can Teach Them To Read - Jane Kuehne, Clinician

Where and when should the music reading process begin? This session will examine existing approaches for teaching music reading and explore the decision-making and planning processes for successfully teaching students to read music.

3:30-4:20 PMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Stories That Sing - Integrating Literacy Skills into the Music Classroom - Jeanette Shorey, Clinician

What do you mean, you want me to teach literacy skills?? I'm a music teacher! If you have had this conversation recently, Stories that Sing is the workshop for you! Channel your inner reading teacher in this workshop designed to teach you how to integrate literacy skill into your general music classroom, without losing ANY of your curriculum. You will leave with a comprehensive list of children's literature that works in your classroom, as well as the skills to make any story sing.

3:30-4:20 PM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Sound Use of Space: Ensemble Seating - John Ginocchio, Clinician

This session will introduce concepts in ensemble seating used by the nation's top conductors and ensembles. Participants will examine potential strengths of each concept for ensembles of all sizes, instrumentations, and abilities, and will leave with notions of how their ensembles may be configured to elicit the best results.

3:30-4:20 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Building Success in the Small School (or any sized school) Band Program

Jon Bubbettt, Gene Inglis, Jim Cude, Clinicians

The clinicians will each discuss methods to help in building consistent success in small school bands. Each individual will give information unique to their program, school and community. There will be a brief question and answer period the end of the session. This is the same clinic we presented at the 2014 Midwest Clinic.

3:30-4:20 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

iPad and iPhone Apps for Music Education - Scott Phillips, Clinician

Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we interact with the world. They also put at our fingertips, great resources for teaching music. From playing back music, to reading scores, to recording ensembles, to communicating with students and parents, the number of useful apps is almost limitless. In this session, attendees will learn about the best teacher tried and tested apps for the modern music educator.

4:30-5:30 PMHED Recital - Renaissance, Ballroom A

4:30-5:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Maximizing the Potential of Your Middle and High School Horn Players, Do's and Dont's Charles G "Skip" Snead, Clinician

Information, handouts, pictures, and diagrams will be provided showing the best ways to start a young horn player and effectively cultivate their skills over a public (middle and high) school career, developing them into a strong player with excellent tone and technique.

4:30-5:30 PMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Ukulele and Guitar in the Elementary Music Classroom - Denise Gagne, Clinician

Students love to play ukeleles and guitar! In this session, you’ll learn strategies that help with the difficulties of tuning 30 instruments! You’ll learn how to get your students playing and singing songs on the first day! Bring your ukelele or guitar with you to this session and have fun playing and singing. Your handout will include easy songs for you to use in your own classroom!

4:30-5:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Programming with Passion - Jeffrey Benson, Clinician

Choosing fabulous literature is one of the most important things we do for our choirs. This session will include repertoire ideas and how to program more effectively and creatively for your choirs and your audience.

4:30-5:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Shut the Front Door: Recruitment and Retention for Beginning Band

Rebecca (Becky) Rodgers Warren, Clinician

Clinician will provide a detailed, systematic approach to recruitment. Included will be how to present an instrument "petting zoo", performance ideas, using classroom teachers as an ally, letters and hand-outs for parents, and more. Mandan Middle School Bands have grown to include 50% of student population using this very defined program. It will bring greater numbers to all programs. This session is sponsored by Gadsden Music Company and Burns Tours.

4:30-5:30

PMAOA Reading Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Soon Hee Newbold, Clinician

Sponsored by JW Pepper. Bring your instruments!

5:45-6:45 PMTroy University School of Music Alumni Reception - Renaissance, Riverview 2

5:45-6:45 PMHED Reception - Renaissance, Riverview 4

7:00-9:00 PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview 7

Thursday,

7:00-9:30 PM

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

7:30-8:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Sensational Singing Games and Folk Dances for K-6 Classrooms - Denise Gagne, Clinician

Children everywhere love singing games. Teach rhythm and melody reading using your student’s favorite games! Teach social skills, multicultural material, and more through games! In this session, you’ll participate, play games and have fun learning about music.

7:30-8:15 PMABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

James Clemens High School Wind Ensemble - Keith Anderson, Conductor

7:30-9:30 PMAVA Performance Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Mobile’s Singing Children - Susan Hoitt, Conductor

Faith Academy Senior Concert Choir - Amanda Goins, Conductor

Auburn Junior HS Mixed Choir - Teresa Rhyne, Conductor

McAdory Middle School Jacket Singers - Ben Cook, Conductor

7:30-10:00 PMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A

8:30-9:30

PMFeatured Performance - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Boston Brass (Badge or ticket required)

7:30 AM-1:00 PMConference Registration - Renaissance Registration Booth

8:00-9:00 AMABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Friday, January 22, 2016

Randolph School Middle School Percussion Ensemble - Andrew Kruspe, Conductor

University of North Alabama Percussion Group - Tracy Wiggins, Conductor

8:00-9:00 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

The Singing Voice – Our Primary Instrument - Roger Sams, Clinician

This general music session will emphasize the singing voice as the primary instrument while working to achieve learning objectives that focus on cognitive musical skills and music literacy. Together we'll sing, dance and improvise our way to solid, measurable, musical learning. Active assessment strategies (not pencil and paper tests) will be shared as a part of the music making process.

8:00-9:00 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Classroom Management 201: Handling Minor Confrontations with Skill and Confidence

Anne C. Witt, Clinician

Being in the "people business" guarantees that we will have minor confrontations with students or parents from time to time. Minor confrontations can become teaching opportunities - leading to the development of maturity and character - if we manage them well. Participants will role play some "real life" situations in order to improve communication skills, including humor and "broken record" responses, that can prevent minor confrontations from becoming major ones.

8:00-9:00 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Making Music Together: Teaching Strategies for Inclusive Music Classrooms - Ellary Draper, Clinician

There is an overwhelming amount of information for teachers regarding students with disabilities; it can be difficult for teachers to identify the strategies that will have the most impact in their classrooms. Having a succinct set of principles that can be applied to a variety of students with disabilities can help teachers provide the highest quality music education to all of their students. This session will cover principles of inclusion that can be applied to inclusive music classrooms at all levels.

8:00-9:00 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Technology for the Modern Choir Director - Scott L. Phillips, Clinician

In the session, the latest notation, recording, digital audio, and social media resources will be demonstrated in the context of helping the choir director become more effective and efficient.

8:30 AM-5:00 PMExhibits Open - Exhibit Hall C

9:00-11:30 AMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A

9:00 AM-12:00 PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

9:00 AM-12:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

9:15-10:15

AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Vocal Warmups and Energizers - Denise Gagne, Clinician

Vocal warmups and energizers will give you some awesome warmups, movement rounds, songs with ostinato and partner songs that will get your students singing, matching pitch and help your students to be successful singing in parts.

9:15-10:15

AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Branding Made Easy: Using Social Media to Promote Your Program - Frank Buck, Clinician

If you don't tell your story, someone else will and it won't be as flattering. Learn a social media strategy and how to make all the components together. It can be easy, efficient and fun. Participants leave with a link to a digital handout.

9:15-10:15 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

HED Discussion Panel 2016: The Breakdown Between the Higher Ed Classroom and First Year Teacher Experiences

James Zingara, Moderator

A common complaint among new music educators is that they feel woefully underprepared for the realities that they experience in their classrooms. Is higher education responsible for this knowledge gap, or should the blame be placed on the students, themselves? What can be done to close this gap and help make our students feel better prepared for the workplace? How can higher education serve to help the students to better understand the enormity of the responsibilities they are striving to assume? This Higher Education Division panel discussion will feature representatives from elementary/secondary education as well as representatives from the university level. The panel will address these questions and more from both sides of the equation. Hosted by the HED President with questions taken from the HED membership.

9:15-10:15 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3

The Publishing Process: How it Works and How to Submit - Soon Hee Newbold, Clinician

Unveil the mystery of the publishing process. Learn how to submit pieces, what publishers look for, contracts, how to maximize your time and effort, and what to expect when you have a piece published. Discuss the pros and cons of self publishing and the real costs involved.

9:15-10:15 AMAVA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom A

9:15-10:15 AMABA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B

10:30-11:45 AMGeneral Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

AMEA Awards

Think Beyond the Bubbles - Chris Woodside, Keynote

Kitty Stone Singers - Lisa Gillespie and Cheryl Wight, Conductors

11:45 AM-1:00 PMCollegiate Luncheon - Embassy Suites

11:45 AM-1:00 PMPhi Beta Mu Luncheon - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

12:00-1:00 PMACDA Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 2

1:00-3:00 PMHED Research Poster Session - Exhibit Hall Lobby

1:15-2:15

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3

Bow Games and Twinkle and Solfege, Oh My! - Caroline Nordlund, Clinician

How to run a comprehensive but fun violin group class that will have your students begging for more.

1:15-2:15 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

The Singer's Body: Addressing Common Tensions Through Virtual Anatomy - Susan Williams, Clinician

The choral director-s eyes can often be as useful as their ears when seeking to improve the sound of their choir. Use of the new generation of virtual anatomy applications provides a dynamic and highly detailed platform for reviewing the structure and function of anatomy used for singing and addressing ways to alleviate common postural and breath related tensions, thereby improving the ease and efficiency of vocal production.

1:15-2:15 PMABA Reading Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Alabama Wind Ensemble - Brian Balmages, Clinician

1:30-3:30 PM

Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A

1:30-4:30 PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview 7

2:00-5:00

PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B

2:30-3:20 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

NO MORE LIMITATIONS! Composing and Choosing Band Music Regardless of Level

Brian Balmages, Clinician

Music for younger ensembles is often held to a different standard than music written for advanced groups. This clinic will provide a tangible list of elements that can, and should be included in any piece regardless of grade level. Gain insight into repertoire selection while also seeing how it impacts the way a composer writes for these various types of ensembles!

2:30-3:20

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Inspire Excellence in Your Young Band: Achieve the Most in Every Lesson - Bruce Pearson, Clinician

Keep students involved, engaged, and active in the learning process. This session will offer band educators practical approaches and ideas for starting beginners, carefully planning and pacing lessons, addressing the need for differentiated instruction materials, applying enrichment studies, and incorporating today's cutting edge technology.

2:30-3:20 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Why am I Singing this Song? Choosing Repertoire for Developing Choristers - Marvin E. Latimer Jr., Clinician

In a recent interest session for choral educators, Rene Clausen, renowned choral conductor, composer, and pedagogue said, -You are the only voice teacher that most of your students will ever have.- Presumably, therefore, as with any voice teacher, one of the most important decisions choral educators make (on a fairly regular basis) involves the repertoire they ask their students to sing. However, because of numerous restrictions placed on choral educators, both in schools and outside of schools, often school choristers are presented with voice parts that they shouldn-t (or even can-t) sing. This session will explore a paradigm shift in the process of selecting appropriate repertoire for developing choristers that could more effectively address the demands we place on them as vocal athletes.

2:30-3:20 PMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

New Teachers, Veteran Teachers: We All Have a Role in the Mentoring Process

Matthew Talbert & Phillip Riggs, Clinicians

Teachers are leaving the profession at an alarmingly high rate. In fact, some studies suggest that 40-50% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years. This session is designed to help new music teachers understand the importance of finding a qualified mentor, especially when attempting to navigate the first few years of the profession. This session will also identify strategies veteran teachers can incorporate to serve as effective mentors.

2:30-3:20

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 7

Ten Lessons In Jazz Improvisation - Mike Steinel, Clinician

Mike Steinel, the author of Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble, will present a natural approach to teaching improvisation to young musicians, and provide tools and techniques for educators with little or no experience in jazz. Effective strategies and clear -step by step- approaches will be demonstrated, with the main focus being: beginners.

2:30-3:20

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Teaching Can Be Fun Again with Quaver! - Otto Gross, Clinician

Come learn how Seriously Fun Teaching and Learning can be! This fast-paced tour of the Quaver K-5 and the new Quaver 6-8 General Music programs will provide a quick overview, new updates, sample lessons, and technology tips for auto-assessments, mobile devices and more! You-ll leave with FREE access to online lessons for your class and other goodies!

2:30-3:20

PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Music and Language Learners - Tiffani Stricklin, Clinician

This session will provide basic terminology specific to English as a Second Language. Also, it will include activities and strategies that are considered best practices for language learners. The activities will be based on a music lesson.

3:30-4:15

PMABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Oak Mountain Middle School Advanced Symphonic Band - Heather Holmes, Conductor

3:30-4:30 PM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Bridging Cultural and Racial Divides to Start a Choir Program from Scratch: The Ups and Downs of One Teacher's Story

Conrad Weber, Clinician

Presented as a narrative, this workshop will candidly explore the up-and-down journey of a new teacher crossing racial and cultural barriers to start a choir from ground zero in a high-poverty middle and high school. Topics addressed will include finding common ground between teacher and student, using "bridges" to lead students where they think they don't want to go, the pros and cons of pop music in a school setting, dealing with negative attitudes towards change, clarifying your audience, and the challenges of maintaining high expectations and standards.

3:30-4:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5

Using Social Media in the Applied Studio - Denise Gainey, Clinician

This session presents helpful information, tools, and examples for using social media to improve the applied lesson experience. Areas discussed will be private lessons, chamber music, and collaborative teaching with other university applied studios.

3:30-4:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Come Swim in the “Shark Tank” with ChordBuddy, the Fastest Way to Teach Guitar is Made in Alabama!

Ben Watson, Clinician

Discover why the “Sharks” on ABC’s hit show, Shark Tank, funded the fast guitar learning system-- ChordBuddy. Perfect for Elementary, Middle, and High school guitar classes. Win a ChordBuddy guitar and combo pack valued at $179.95 during the session and try it with your classroom today! During this session ChordBuddy will share ways to assess, track growth, and differentiate a guitar classroom. With ChordBuddy students first focus on rhythm, steady beat, and the love of playing. You don’t have to play the guitar to teach the guitar with ChordBuddy. Our DVDs and books model the playing for your students. We will show you how to enhance your lessons with GarageBand, and make a backup track in five minutes or less that accompanies your student ChordBuddy compositions.

3:30-4:30 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Creating an Interactive Notebook in General Music Classes - Kelly Hollingsworth, Clinician

What exactly IS an interactive notebook? What purpose does the interactive notebook have in the general music classroom? What steps are needed to plan and design an interactive notebook for my music class? General music students in second grade through college will love this hands-on and engaging approach to note taking that allows individuality, creativity, and self-reflection in the construction of a colorful and useful reference. In addition to answering the above questions, you will also create your own interactive notebook page.

3:30-4:20 PM Interest Session - Embassy Suites

Survival Strategies: Thriving in your First Year at a New School - Stuart Ivey, Clinician

Are you a current college student hoping to land your first job? What about a current teacher who is looking to move? What about an experienced teacher looking to find some new ideas for your program? Come hear firsthand what it takes to be successful in your first year at a new school! We'll take a journey from the interview process and being handed the keys through your pivotal first few days all the way to the end of the year. Emphasis will be placed on a secondary band curriculum, but everyone will learn something about themselves and their unique teaching situation.

3:30-4:20

4:30-5:30

PMAOA General Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 3

PMGeneral Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Rewired: The Incredible Benefits of Getting Back to Basics....... Maybe it's Time for Your Band!

Boston Brass, Clinicians

6:20-6:45

6:30-8:00

PMAlabama Honor Choir Dress Rehearsal - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview 7

7:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B (if determined necessary)

7:00-8:00 PMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Play Parties Plus! - Roger Sams, Clinician

We begin with traditional play parties and singing games and then take them to creative places that further enhance the learning in your classroom.

Friday, January 22, 2016

7:00-9:00 PM

ABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

Oak Mountain High School Wind Ensemble -Kevin Ownby and Travis Bender, Conductors

Alabama Wind Ensemble - Ken Ozzello, Conductor

7:30-9:00 PM

AVA Performance Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

University of North Alabama Chamber Choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Ian Loeppky, Conductor

UAB Concert Choir - Brian Kittredge, Conductor

Alabama Honor Choir, Tucker Biddlecombe, Clinician

9:30-11:00 PM

President’s Reception Sponsored by Group Travel Network and Southern Performances

Renaissance, Ballroom B

Featured Entertainment by the Crimson Jazz Faculty Quartet

Saturday, January 22, 2016

7:30-8:45 AM

8:00-9:00 AM

8:00-9:00 AM

8:00-9:00 AM

All-State Show Choir Dress Rehearsal - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

AVA Executive Board Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom A

ABA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E

Injury Prevention for the String Studio - Daniel Stevens, Clinician

As music educators, we recognize the importance of informed students that assume the responsibility for making significant choices to avoid injury and maintain optimal health. This session, applied directly to the string studio, provides advice for students and teachers alike in maintaining healthy practice habits, references the latest published works in musician health and wellness, and provides practical application of topics for group discussion.

8:00-9:00 AM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

The Music Education Majors TOP TEN: What You Need To Do NOW Before You Start Your First Job

George R. Boulden, Clinician

This clinic will recommend what pre-service music educators should do to be better prepared for their first job in the classroom. The recommendations were collected from current music educators and reflect musical and nonmusical ideas.

8:00-9:00 AM

Interest Session - Embassy Suites

Hand Drums, Rhythm Sticks and other Untuned Percussion - Roger Sams, Clinician

You don't have to have a full room of Orff instruments to implement Orff process in your classroom. This session explores Orff process using the singing voice, the human body, and untuned percussion instruments.

9:00-10:00 AM

All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal

Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 1

Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview 7

9:15-10:15 AM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B

Teaching in a Rural Setting-Keys to Success! - Timothy Heath, Clinician

Through a panel discussion, band directors Lori Hart, Betty Bates, Becky Warren, and Nathan Garner will share ideas and strategies that have provided them success teaching in a rural setting. The session will cover areas of recruitment, retention, challenges and successes of teaching in rural setting both within the community and within the classroom, and advice to future music educators who take jobs in a rural community.

9:15-10:15 AM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A

Upgrading Your Ensemble by Strengthening the Clarinet Section - Beth Fabrizio, Clinician

A hands-on description of how reeds, mouthpieces and a a battery of warm-up and fundamental exercises will upgrade the sound of your performing ensemble. Topics covered will include tone development, intonation, articulation, technique development, reed and mouthpiece selection and alternate/resonance fingerings.

9:15-10:15 AM

Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Got Strings? - David Pryor, Clinician

Many band directors have a problem fitting a string player in their band. Or, the director is confused with how strings can work in the instrumentation of the program. This session is set to help show them how it can work. Starting with the addition of String Bass Players and moving to other strings that might appear at the band room door.

9:15-10:00 AM AVA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

All-State Show Choir

9:15-10:15 AMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Exploring to Knowing: Defining the Path to Music Literacy through Orff Schulwerk - Gail Kopetz, Clinician

The session will consist of several lesson models for application in the elementary music classroom: Objectives will be defined and articulated through both state and national music standards for achieving music literacy. The Orff Schulwerk pedagogy will be the process/media through which attendees will experience not only what to teach, but how to teach effectively using: Orff instruments, song, speech, movement, and sequential planning tools. Materials and assessment strategies will also be recommended.

10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Embassy Suites

Improvisation in the General Music Classroom - Roger Sams , Clinician

The national standards tell us that improvisation is an important part of the musical learning process, yet many teachers are at a loss for how to incorporate improvisation into the general music classroom. This workshop offers models for structured improvisation in the elementary grades that are both accessible and artistically satisfying.

10:30-11:30 AMLightning Round Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD

Ready? Set? Go! You have six minutes and 40 seconds to share your brilliant idea or vision for music education!

Carl Hancock, Moderator

Six rising stars of music education were invited to share a powerful idea about some aspect of teaching music and compress it into a rapid-fire presentation. Each participant was instructed to let their imagination run unencumbered with the intention of sharing a technique, tip, or approach to teaching music that attendees could take back to their schools.This session will follow the tenets of PechaKucha 20x20, a simple but powerful presentation format where a single presenter shows 20 images, each timed for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically as they talk. Once the presentation time is up, there are two minutes before the next presenter begins. Dr. Carl Hancock, AMEA President, will facilitate this experimental conference session that we think everyone with an open mind will enjoy!

10:30 AM-12:00 PMABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center

All-State Jazz Bands

1:00-3:00 PMAMEA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2

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The Alabama Wind Ensemble is a select group of the finest wind players and percussionists from within the University Band Program and the School of music. The ensemble has been invited to perform at prestigious events such as the College Band Directors National Association Convention, the Southern Division of the Music Educators’ National Conference and the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. The Alabama Wind Ensemble has commissioned and premiered works by noted composers such as Donald Grantham, Nigel Clarke, and Richard Saucedo.

Dr. Kenneth Ozzello is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at The University of Alabama. Dr. Ozzello joined the University faculty in 1989. He holds the Bachelor of Music in Music Education and the Masters of Music in Conducting degrees from West Virginia University; he earned the Doctorate of Education from The University of Alabama. Dr. Ozzello is the conductor of The Alabama Wind Ensemble. The ensemble has performed at numerous regional and national venues including National CBDNA, Southern Division CBDNA, Southern Division MENC, and the Alabama Music Educators Conference . In May of 2008, the Naxos contracted The Alabama Wind Ensemble to record a CD of the works of Ira Hearshen. The CD includes “Enterprise”, commissioned by The University of Alabama. The work for wind ensemble and choir was written in memory of the seven students who lost their lives in 2007 when their high school was destroyed by a tornado. The work was premiered in Enterprise, Alabama on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. The CD will be released nationally as part of Naxos’ Wind Band Classics Series. The Alabama Wind Ensemble has commissioned and premiered dozens of works from composers such as David Maslanka, Donald Grantham, Ira Hearshen, Nigel Clarke, and Jim Bonney. Dr. Ozzello is also the director of The University of Alabama “Million Dollar Band.” The Million Dollar Band is one of the most widely recognized symbols of The University of Alabama and Crimson Tide Football. In 2003 The University of Alabama “Million Dollar Band” received the prestigious “Sudler Trophy.” The Sudler Trophy is the only national award honoring excellence in the college marching band activity. Prior to arriving in Tuscaloosa, he served on the staff of the West Virginia University Band Program. He also spent five years as the Director of Bands at Jeannette High School in the Pittsburgh area. Dr. Ozzello heads up the graduate wind conducting program at The University of Alabama and maintains a busy national schedule of clinics and guest conducting engagements.

Concert Program

The Auburn Junior High Mixed Choir is comprised of students from the three mixed choirs of the AJHS choral program. These students have been a part of recent AMEA lobby group performances and regularly participate in the Fall Choral Festival in Dothan, Alabama, All-State Chorus and various state and national choral assessments. All AJHS choral students set goals to earn superior scores and top three placements in all choral ventures – having recently earned first in division at the Fall Choral Festival, superiors with distinction at state choral performance assessments, and caption awards such as best vocals. This year, these students will produce their triennial “Merry Madrigals.”

Teresa Rhyne received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Georgia Southern University and the Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from New Orleans Seminary. She has taught general and choral music in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama for 21 years. Under her direction, the Auburn Junior High School choral program has grown from 44 students in 2 choirs to almost 200 students in 5 choirs. An active member of AMEA and Alabama ACDA, Mrs. Rhyne is proud to be part of a system that values the arts. Her teaching philosophies include: “There’s always a solution,” “Every opportunity for every student,” and “leave the performance with no regrets.”

CHOOL CHOOL H H ONOR ONOR C C HOIR HOIR

The Boaz Intermediate School Honor Choir was formed in 2006. It is an auditioned group of fourth and fifth grade students which rehearse once a week after school. This choir presents an annual Christmas and Spring 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 Honor Choir performed at the 2012 AMEA Conference. The group currently has 100 members and is under the direction of Miriam Richey.

Miriam B. Richey has taught general and choral music for 23 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. She lives in Albertville with her husband Paul and their two children, Sarah Quinn and Curtis.

Concert Program

The Birmingham Seven (B7) is a straight-ahead jazz septet (four horns and three rhythm) patterned after the small groups of the hard-bop era led by Chris Kozak and co-led by Daniel Western. Comprised of some of the finest and most sought after jazz performers in the region as well as current faculty and alumni of the University of Alabama, their live repertoire consists of transcriptions and adaptations from iconic recordings by artists such as Duke Ellington, Oliver Nelson, Gigi Gryce, Sun Ra, and Lee Morgan as well as original arrangements and compositions by Chris Kozak, Daniel Western, Tom Robinson, and Tom Wolfe. While following the trajectory and tradition of hard bop ensembles, there is an air of uniqueness in the flexibility of the performers to improvise in a variety of styles. The B7 has a familial quality as the personnel has remained unchanged since its inception in 2006 and that is evident in their live and recorded performances.

Grand Opening of the Exhibits

Thursday, 10:00 AM

Exhibit Hall C

The Crimson Jazz Quartet is a Professional Contemporary Jazz Quartet featuring the Jazz Studies Faculty from the University of Alabama and was formed in 2005. They are Professor of Jazz Studies Tom Wolfe on Guitar, Professor of Saxophone/Woodwind Area Coordintor/ Jazz Studies Dr. Jonathan Noffsinger on Saxophones, Professor and Director of Jazz Studies Christopher Kozak on Double and Electric Bass, and Instructor of Drum Set/Jazz Studies Mark Lanter on Drum Set. The repertoire of the group ranges from traditional Jazz Standards to more contemporary arrangemenst of popular music as well as original compositions. They have been featured nationally and internationally at Jazz festivals in the Southeast and around the world. They are currently in the studio recording their sophomore effort to be released in Spring of 2016.

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The Faith Academy Choral Program is a member of the AVA and the AISA. With Elementary, Junior, Senior, and Chamber Choirs, the Choral Program has a total number of 127 members. In 2015, 27 members of the Junior and Senior Concert Choir participated in the Alabama All-State Choir. All choirs received superior ratings at AISA with the Senior Concert Choir and Chamber Singers receiving superior ratings at the AVA State Choral Performance Assessment as well as the Fiesta-Val Invitational Festival in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Amanda Goins has been a teacher at Faith Academy for eight years. She has her BS in Music Education from the University of Mobile with an emphasis in Piano, Voice, and Choral Music. She is a member of NAfME, AVA, and AMEA. During her time at Faith, she has taught English, Resource, directed vocals in two musicals and is the Director of Chapel Worship. She was voted Teacher of the Year in 2014. She and her husband are Creative Arts Pastors at The River in Semmes, Alabama, and have two children, Allie, who just graduated kindergarten at Faith Academy, and Judah.

Thursday, 7:30 PM

Alabama Ballroom A

Concert Program

Dies Irae (from Requiem)...................................Mozart/Liebergen..................................................Alfred

Lacrimosa (from Requiem).................................Mozart/Liebergen..................................................Alfred

Elijah

The Symphonic Band II from Grissom High School is made up of students enrolled in grades 9 - 12. About 60% of the band is 9th and 10th graders. They are selected to be a member by audition and meet every day for 50 minutes. They have two after school rehearsals during concert season for 2 hours each. The band presents four concerts a year at the school; a Fall Concert, a Christmas Concert, a Symphonic Band Camp Concert, and a Spring Concert. This ensemble consistently performs grade 5 and some grade 6 literature. In 1994, the Symphonic Band II was selected by audition as one of fifteen bands to perform at the 3rd Annual Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Chicago, Illinois. Grissom was the first high school to have 2 bands invited to perform at this prestigious festival. The band recently participated in the Dixie Classic National Adjudicators Invitational Festival in Chattanooga, TN. Bands are invited to this festival based upon their previous years of superior ratings at their state’s MPA. This year the band received all superior ratings and were awarded the only flute and trumpet soloist awards of the day. The percussion section received the only outstanding percussion section award of the day. The Symphonic Band II has rarely received less than an overall superior rating in any adjudication. In recent years at the state’s Music Performance Assessment the band has received superior ratings with distinction. It is an honor to have been selected to perform at the 2016 Alabama Music Educators Association’s Conference!

Theo Vernon attended The University of Alabama 1980-1985, receiving a BM degree in saxophone performance and a BS degree in music education. He received his Masters of Music Education degree in 1991 from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois. In 2003, he became the FIRST Band Director in the state of Alabama to receive National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Music. He renewed his certification for National Board November 2012. Mr. Vernon was appointed Associate Director of Bands at Grissom High School in August 1985. In December of that same year, Vernon co-conducted Grissom's Symphonic Band I at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic at the age of 23. Presently, Vernon works with the marching band, conducts the Symphonic Band II and directs the two Jazz Bands. Under his direction the Symphonic Band II has rarely received less than an overall superior rating in any adjudication. He performs with the Huntsville Symphony and numerous Broadway Theater League touring and local productions. Vernon is a member of many state and national organizations including: ABA, NAfME, NEA, NBA, Phi Mu Alpha, JEN (Jazz Education Network) and the Alabama chapter of Phi Beta Mu, the national band director's fraternity. Vernon has served as a District Chairman and Jazz chair for the state of Alabama.

Concert Program

G G RISSOM RISSOM H H IGH IGH S S CHOOL CHOOL S S YMPHONIC YMPHONIC B B AND AND II II

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James Clemens High School opened in August of 2012. In its first year, the JCHS Marching Band fielded 87 members, earning superior ratings at all marching competitions as well as Best in Class Band and Best in Class Percussion awards. The following Spring, the Symphonic Band earned Superiors with Distinction at State Music Performance Assessment, performing an A class program. The Symphonic Band also competed in Atlanta, GA, receiving a superior rating, outstanding brass, and outstanding woodwind awards. In its second year, the band grew to almost 130 members in the marching band, and was able to divide into a Wind Ensemble and Concert Band in the spring of 2014. Performing a class A program, the Wind Ensemble received Superiors with Distinction, and was the only band in the Madison City School system to earn this rating. In the fall of 2014, the marching band grew to almost 160 members and continued its reputation of superior ratings and Best in Class Awards. In the spring of 2015, the band performed a class AA program, receiving straight superior ratings, and once again was the only band program in the system to do so. The Wind Ensemble also competed in St. Louis, MO and received a superior rating and the Outstanding Instrumental award, given to the highest scoring instrumental ensemble at the event, regardless of class. The James Clemens High School Wind Ensemble strives to “Be the Example” in all areas. From programming quality literature to performing that literature with excellence, the ensemble’s goal is to be a standard bearer for music education.

Keith Anderson is a 1996 graduate of Muscle Shoals High School in Muscle Shoals, AL. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of North Alabama in Florence, AL. Keith began his teaching career in 2001 with the Madison City School system. Throughout his career, his ensembles have received consistent overall superior ratings at all adjudicated events. Also under his direction, The Bob Jones Indoor Drum Line is a two time southeastern circuit gold medalist and a two time national finalist, and has been selected to perform with professional artists such as Keith Urban and Foreigner. In November of 2011, he was awarded National Board Certification and is currently serving as the Alabama Bandmasters Association District One Vice-Chairman. Keith and his wife Emily live in the Madison area with their three boys Noah, Benjamin, and Isaac.

Thursday, 7:30 PM

MPAC

Concert Program

Toccata Marziale..................................Ralph Vaughn Williams, edited by Frank Battisti.........................Boosey & Hawkes

Distributed by Hal Leonard

American Riversongs.................................................Pierre La Plante......................................................Daehn Publications

Dancing on Water.........................................................Frank Ticheli................................................Manhattan Beach Music

Afterlife......................................................................Roassano Galante........................................................................Alfred

Urban Dances.................................................................Erik Morales....................................................FJH Music Company

Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna.....Franz von Suppe, arranged by Henry Fillmore....................................Carl Fischer edited by Robert Foster

The Kitty Stone Singers elementary choir, under the direction of Lisa Gillespie and Cheryl Wight, consists of fourth through sixth grade students who meet once a week after school. The ensemble has been a fixture in the Jacksonville City School system throughout the school’s history. The choir maintains a membership enrollment of 60-80 singers yearly. The Kitty Stone Singers perform in a variety of community events including the Jacksonville State University Honor Choir Festival, the annual Lighting of the Jacksonville Christmas Tree and the JSU David L. Walters Department of Music holiday program. The choir enjoys performing both traditional repertoire as well as show choir style musicals.

Cheryl Wight serves as an elementary music teacher, assistant beginning band director and co-director of the Kitty Stone Singers at Kitty Stone Elementary School in Jacksonville, Alabama. Due to the growing music program at Kitty Stone Elementary, the school system created this position in 2014. She completed her Bachelor of Art in music education at Abilene Christian University and her Master of Art in Vocal Performance from Arizona State University. Mrs. Wight taught high school choir, junior high choir and elementary music in Texas and Arizona before staying home to raise her 4 children. She and her husband moved to Anniston with their family in 2003, when her husband began teaching voice and directing opera at Jacksonville State University. Mrs. Wight is blessed to live with her husband, Dr. Nathan Wight, and their 4 children.

Concert Program

Humpty Dumpty ......................................................Dave and Jean Perry .................................Alfred

Friday, 10:30 AM MPAC

Georgia native Lisa Gillespie, currently works as a band director, choir director and general music teacher at Kitty Stone Elementary in Jacksonville, AL. She has performed as a percussionist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and as a member of the touring ensemble Chix with Stix. After studying percussion performance at Georgia State University, Mrs. Gillespie moved to Alabama to join her husband, Clint Gillespie, Assistant Director of Bands at Jacksonville State University. She completed her Bachelor of Art and Master of Art in music education at Jacksonville State. Ms. Gillespie received her Orff-Schulwerk certification from Samford University and was named Teacher of the Year in the Jacksonville City School System in 2011. She has hosted over 40 student teachers and countless practicum and educational psychology students from JSU in her elementary classroom. Mrs. Gillespie served as a presenter at the AMEA state convention in 2015. She endorses Innovative Percussion Inc. as a Performing Percussionist. Mrs. Gillespie treasures her time with her husband, Clint Gillespie and her four-year-old son William. Ding-a Ding-a Ding

O Sifuni Mungu .....................................................arr. by Roger Emerson.....................................Hal Leonard

Words and music by David Maddux, Marty McCall, Mmunga Mwenebulongo Mulongoy and Asukulu 'Yunu Mukalay

The Jacket Singers are McAdory Middle School’s top female choral students. This group represents their school at various functions, including concerts, fine arts galas, pep rallies, festivals, and various community events. The Jacket Singers routinely receive superior ratings on stage and in sight-reading at adjudicated performance assessments, earning the Alabama Vocal Association’s Distinguished Musicianship Award in 2015.

John Benjamin (Ben) Cook, National Board Certified teacher, has taught music in Alabama's public schools since 2007. In addition to his work as a public school teacher, he is also the choir director at Cahaba Heights United Methodist Church in Vestavia Hills, AL. In the past, he has served as assistant director of the Montevallo Chorale, children’s choir director at First United Methodist Church Trussville, as a staff conductor of the Birmingham Girls Choir, and as a choral clinician for Alabama Boys’ State and Camp Sumatanga’s Music and Arts Week. A native of Clay, Alabama, he received his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Montevallo, and his Master of Music Education from Samford University, where he also received his level I & II Orff-Schulwerk certifications. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Alabama. Cook lives in Trussville, AL, with his wife, Molly, and his daughter, Emma Katherine.

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Concert Program

Exsultate justi in Domino ................................................Brant Adams ..........Santa Barbara Music Publishing: SBMP 171

Ave verum corpus, Op. 65, No. 1 ....................Gabriel Fauré, ed. Rafael Ornes....................Choral Public Domain Library

All Things Bright and Beautiful.......................................John Rutter ................................Hinshaw Music, Inc.: HMC-663

Birdsong.............................................................................Paul Read ..................................Boosey & Hawkes: OCTB6951

Dolphins.....................................................................Emma Lou Diemer ....Santa Barbara Music Publishing: SBMP 1239

Al Shlosha D’varim.........................................................Allan E. Naplan...........................Boosey & Hawkes: OCTB6783

Jordan’s Angels.................................................................Rollo Dilworth ....................Hal Leonard Corporation: 08551669

Like a Mighty Stream................John Jacobson & Moses Hogan, arr. Moses Hogan...Hal Leonard Corporation: 08551658

Founded in 1977, Mobile’s Singing Children (“MSC”) has been the premier youth chorus on the northern Gulf Coast. Performing choral music of the highest quality drives our children and teens toward excellence in song, spirit and studies. Organized into four age and skill appropriate ensembles, MSC provides opportunities for a diverse group of dedicated music students. Headquartered in Mobile Al, students are drawn to the program from many locations within a 60mile radius. “MSC” performs regularly with Mobile Opera and Mobile Symphony Orchestra. Over its 39 year history, MSC has performed in hundreds of venues including the White House, Governor’s mansion, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and appeared on National Public Radio’s “From the Top”. Our performances for the 2015 -16 season include Veterans Day with Mobile Pops Band, Governor’s mansion, Annual Christmas Concert at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, and a spring performance with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. We are honored to be a part of the 2016 AMEA Conference.

Now in her eleventh year as director of Mobile’s Singing Children, Susan Hoitt has dedicated her career to the education of young musicians. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, with a dual emphasis in choral and instrumental music before serving eight years as the Choral Music Director and Assistant Band Director of Moss Point (MS) High School. After her marriage to John Hoitt and relocation to Mobile, AL, Susan taught elementary music in the Mobile County school system. Susan has also served as Director of Children’s and Youth Music at Christ United Methodist Church and Director of Music at Forest Hill United Methodist Church. She is currently Coordinator of Children’s Choirs at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, serving for nine years. Susan and John have two daughters, Katie and Leigh, both attending the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Selections chosen from the following:

Thursday, 7:30 PM Alabama Ballroom A

Prayer of the Children..................Kurt Bestor/Andrea S. Klouse, The Pinnnacle group................ Alfred Publishing SSAA

Wind in the Pine.........................................................Jonathan Shippey .............................Hal Leonard Corporation 2 part Magnificat.................................................................Z. Randall Strooope..............Alliance Music Publications, Inc., SSAA

Poor Wayfaring Stranger....................................arranged by Jonathan Rodgers....Walton Music Corp., SSA Treble Chorus

Hope For Resolution........arranged by Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory, Earthsongs, SSA The Anton Armstrong Choral Series

Lakota Wiyanki..........................arranged by Judith Herrington and Gail Woodside ,Treble voices , Colla Voce Music, Inc

“Hope” is the thing with feathers….....................Caldwell and Ivory.......................................Caldwell & Ivory corp., SSA

The Oak Mountain Wind Ensemble is made up of fifty-nine ninth through twelfth grade students at Oak Mountain High School. Membership in the band is determined by individual audition. Since the school’s inception, the ensemble has continued to push the boundaries of high school musicianship by performing literature in the advanced realm of the wind band repertoire. Students in this ensemble regularly pursue roles in the Alabama All-State Bands and Orchestras. From 1999 to 2012, the ensemble was under the direction of Jim Duren. Now, under the direction of Kevin Ownby, the OMHS Wind Ensemble has continued a tradition of excellence by never receiving a score less than superior at any adjudicated competition or assessment. Recent accomplishments include, performing at the 2014 CBDNA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville Florida, 2014 GNAI Honor Band Recipient, and a 2015 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Kevin Ownby is the Director of Bands and Percussion Specialist at Oak Mountain High School. Prior to becoming Director of Bands in 2012, he was the Associate Director of Bands and Percussion Specialist for 8 years. His responsibilities as Director of Bands include design and instruction of the marching band show, as well as conducting the Wind Ensemble, Jazz A, and Percussion Ensembles and assisting with the Symphonic and Concert Bands. All of these groups have consistently received superior ratings at various contests and festivals. In the fall of 2007, the Percussion Ensemble performed a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. In 2014 the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the CBDNA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville Florida. They were also selected as the Honor Group from the Grand National Invitational Band Festival. In the Fall of 2014 the Percussion Ensemble won 1st place at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. In the spring of 2015, the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band were selected and performed in Carnegie Hall. Mr. Ownby is a graduate of Austin High School in Decatur, AL. He graduated from Samford University with a Bachelors degree in Music Education and from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Masters degree in Percussion Performance. Mr. Ownby is a member of the ABA, NAfME, NBA, and the Percussive Arts Society. He has also served as Principal Timpanist for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and Percussionist for Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Ownby began his mentorship under Jim Duren, founding director of Oak Mountain High School Bands, in 1997 when he provided percussion instruction for the Pelham High School Marching Band. He is blessed to have Mr. Duren in his life as a mentor and close friend. Mr. Ownby and his wife Laura met in middle school band. They have four daughters: Kayla Ellen, twins Leigha Claire and Kara Elise, and Livia Beckett. They are active members of Hunter Street Baptist Church and feel as though God has called their family to the mission and ministry of education.

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The Oak Mountain Middle School Advanced Symphonic Band is the premiere ensemble for the Oak Mountain Middle School band program. This is an auditioned group of 7th and 8th graders. The Advanced Symphonic band performs at pep rallies, home football games, assemblies, the Fall Concert, the Holiday Concert, the Pre-MPA oncert, MPA, and the Spring Concert. This group consistently receives Superior ratings at the state and national level. Advanced Symphonic Band students are strongly urged to participate in the Solo and Ensemble festival, various honor bands and to audition for the Alabama Middle School All-State Band.

Heather Holmes joined the Oak Mountain Middle School staff in 2006 as assistant band and choir director. In 2012, Mrs. Holmes was appointed Director of Bands for Oak Mountain Middle School. Mrs. Holmes teaches the Advanced Symphonic Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Beginning Band. Prior to OMMS, Mrs. Holmes taught at her alma mater, Brooks High School, for 5 years, where she was responsible for Beginner Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, and Jazz Band. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from the University of Alabama in 2001. Roll Tide! While at Alabama, Mrs. Holmes played trombone in the Million Dollar Band and the Alabama Wind Ensemble. She served on the Million Dollar Band “Band Staff” for two years and was trombone section leader her senior year. Her bands have consistently been recognized for superior ratings at the state and national level. Her professional affiliations include Alabama Music Educators Association, Alabama Bandmasters Association, NAfME, and Sigma Alpha Iota. Aside from teaching at OMMS, Mrs. Holmes sings in the Celebration Choir at First Baptist Church in Pelham. Mrs. Holmes resides in Pelham with her husband Jason, daughter Ella, son William, and Sousa, the wonder cat. She is an avid coffee drinker and loves sugary snacks.

Oak Park Middle School Choir, UNITY, is under the direction of Stacy Owens, who has been teaching for twenty years. Unity is an auditioned group, which meets daily and participates in Alabama All-State Chorus, State Choral Performance Assessment, as well as concerts during both semesters. The Oak Park Choral program has four choirs: Beginning Girls’ Choir, Treble Choir, Phoenix, and Unity. Each of the various choral groups is consistently awarded superior ratings in the assessment process.

Stacy Owens is in her twentieth year of teaching choral music education. She is currently the choral director at Oak Park Middle School in Decatur, Alabama where she conducts four choirs. She is a native of Tucker, Georgia and has taught at the high school and middle school levels. Stacy also sings with the Huntsville Master Chorale and serves as the assistant conductor. She received her B.A. and M.M.Ed. from Jacksonville State University, and is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

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The Randolph Upper School Concert Choir is the non-auditioned, elective choral ensemble of Randolph School’s Upper Division (grades 9-12). Since 2011, the Upper School Concert Choir has grown from an enrollment of 16 singers to 35 at the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year. Visibility in the greater Huntsville community has increased with such initiatives as concert collaborations with the choirs of the University of Alabama Huntsville in 2013, and the Huntsville Youth Orchestra in 2015. Singers in the Randolph Upper School Concert Choir are routinely accepted into the Madison County Honor Choir Festival, the Alabama Honor Choir, and the Alabama All-State Choir Festival. Since 2011— the ensemble’s first participation in many years—the Randolph Upper School Concert Choir has garnered 2 overall Excellent and 2 overall Superior ratings (including Superior ratings, every year, in Sight-Reading) at State Choral Performance Assessment.

Chris Walters has served as Director of Choirs at Randolph School in Huntsville (AL) since 2011, where he has overseen tremendous growth in choral ensemble participation and achievement. At Randolph, he currently conducts all choral ensembles grades 9-12, and as well, teaches Songwriting, Music and Meaning, and AP Music Theory. Choirs under his direction continue to garner Superior ratings at regional festivals and contests, receiving consistent praise for their technical accuracy and quality of musicianship. Dr. Walters also serves as Instructor of Voice at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, as Assistant Conductor of the Huntsville Community Chorus, and as Music Director of the Huntsville Collegium Musicum—a professional octet specializing in early choral music. Prior to Huntsville, Dr. Walters taught junior high and high school vocal music in Jacksonville (IL) where he established a fully-graded and sequential 7th-12th grade public school vocal music program. Dr. Walters has conducted choral ensembles at Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Boston University, Assumption College, and at Harvard University. At Harvard most recently, while serving as Assistant Conductor of the acclaimed Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, he conducted highly successful performances across Germany and Austria as part of the Collegium’s 2011 Tour, which included concerts at the Berlin Dom, Köln Dom, Salzburg Dom, and Stephandsdom (Vienna), and collaborations with the Yale Glee Club, the Cologne University Chamber Choir, Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory Choir, and the Humboldt University Chamber Choir. The recipient of several commissions, including a research-grant for composition resulting in a choral cantata based on the story of King David Dr. Walters is an active composer. His octavo, Weary with Toil, winner of the 2006 Illinois ACDA Choral Composition Competition, is published by Colla Voce Music, Inc. Dr. Walters has completed conducting studies with Ann Howard Jones, David Hoose, Dennis Shrock, Eric Nelson, David Childs, Dennis Keene, Dale Warland, Craig Hella Johnson, and Robert Page. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree (summa cum laude, Pi Kappa Lambda, and with first honors) from the Blair School of Music and the Master of Education degree from Peabody College, both of Vanderbilt University. He also holds the Master of Sacred Music degree in choral conducting from Emory University, and recently completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from Boston University in 2014. He remains active as a clinician, presenter, and guest conductor.

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Since their founding in the fall of 2008, the Randolph School Middle School Percussion Ensembles have been a staple of the instrumental music program. This program serves to enrich the student experience in band through the performance of chamber ensemble literature. The ensemble consists of three groups- the 6th Grade Percussion Ensemble, the Middle School Percussion Ensemble, and the MS Honors Ensemble. These ensembles regularly perform at campus concerts and assemblies. In addition, this ensemble has had numerous showings at the North Alabama Percussion Ensemble Festival.

Andrew Kruspe is a freelance percussion instructor in Huntsville, Alabama. His clients include Randolph School, Sparkman High School, and numerous private students. Mr. Kruspe’s ensembles have performed at numerous events throughout the southeastern United States in both marching and concert settings. In addition to teaching, Mr. Kruspe is an active performer on the Irish bodhrán. He regularly performs with several ensembles throughout the South. In 2013, he presented a session on this drum at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). He is also the author of The Bodhran Primer, a book Percussive Notes called “…quite possibly the best instructional resource on Irish bodhrán by a musician born outside of Ireland.” Mr. Kruspe is a graduate of Louisiana State University (MM, 2003) and The University of Central Florida (BME, 1999). He is also a former United States Marine Corps field musician, having served with the Marine Forces Reserve Band in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Kruspe is an Educational Endorser for Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.

Friday, 8:00 AM MPAC

Concert Program

The Shoals Symphony at UNA is a partnership organization under the auspices of the University of North Alabama and supported by the Shoals Symphony Association. The Association is funded by the generosity of individual and corporate sponsors, contributions by alumni and friends, grants, and ticket sales. The Symphony encompasses the perfect balance of UNA faculty and rising students (majors and non-majors), as well as area professional musicians. Dedicated, enthusiastic musicians are selected by open audition. The Shoals Symphony at UNA began as a group of local players wanting to make music together. It has grown and evolved into a semi-professional regional orchestra and is recognized as such by the Alabama State Council on the Arts. We invite you to enjoy this year’s performances as we welcome Dr. Daniel Stevens to the podium for the Symphony’s 33rd season.

Daniel Stevens currently serves at the University of North Alabama as an Associate Professor of Music / Conductor of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra, and Director of the Peery Center for Orchestral Studies. His roles include conductor and artistic director of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and teacher of applied violin/viola. As a conductor, he has been the guest clinician/adjudicator for the Alabama Honor Strings Festival (ASTA), Kansas Music Educators Association Large Ensemble and Solo & Ensemble contests, Northeast Oklahoma All-District Honors Orchestra, and the Tulsa Metro Honors Orchestra. He had served on the faculty of Southwestern College (Winfield, KS) for eight years as the Mazie Barnet Kilmer Chair for String Education and conductor of the South Kansas Symphony. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa as conductor of the University Orchestra. Daniel is regularly invited to clinic/present at universities, recently including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Southern College, Northern Arizona University, the University of Tulsa, and Idaho State University. As a professional musician, Daniel is a permanent violist with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and has played with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, Tulsa Philharmonic, Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, and Akron Symphony Orchestra. He has held esteemed positions in the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra, and the Colorado Springs Music Festival Orchestra. As a soloist, Daniel was a 1998 MTNA Regional Runner-Up Collegiate Soloist, and has been a feature chamber musician in the Ameropa International Chamber Music Festival in Prague. In March 2010, Daniel performed in a Carnegie Hall – Weill Recital Hall debut through Distinguished Concerts International, New York. Daniel has studied viola with Dr. Susan Dubois, Peter Slowik, Jeffrey Irvine, and Dr. Steven Kruse. As an educator, Daniel received the United Methodist Exemplary Teacher award from Southwestern College in 2008. He has founded two successful youth symphony programs (Tulsa Youth Concert Orchestra and Southwestern College Youth Symphonies) and was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, teaching college major and minor viola students. Also, he has previously served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant at Oklahoma State University, and the Instrumental Director of Central Christian School in Kidron, Ohio. Daniel wishes to thank Anton Krutz, Misha Krutz, and KC Strings Violin Shop for their generous support of sponsorship. Daniel’s violin and viola are premiere custom instruments made by Anton Krutz and family.

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UAB Concert Choir is the select choral ensemble at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Most recently, the choir competed in the 2014 Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, winning a gold and two silver medals in three categories (Youth Mixed, Musica sacra with accompaniment, and Spiritual). The choir’s first CD project, “Unceasing Love,” is available at digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon, and via the department’s online store. Additional activities include a World Premiere performance of Glenn McClure’s Voices of Freedom, a work commemorating the anniversaries of the Civil Rights movement and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013, and K. Lee Scott’s Gloria for MorningStar Publications in 2012. The choir tours annually, and has given concerts in Philadelphia, PA, Knoxville, TN, Greenville, SC, and Virginia Beach, VA, and at the AMEA InService Conference in 2012. The choir has built a strong reputation of choral excellence, and has performed at past conferences of the American Choral Directors Association(ACDA), and 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. Under his direction, the UAB Choirs have gained a strong presence regionally, nationally, and internationally. Most recently, the UAB Concert Choir was invited to participate in the Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, where they earned Gold and Silver medals in three categories. Other notable performances include and invitational performance at the 2012 Alabama Music Educators Conference in Montgomery, AL., and World Premiere recording performances for MorningStar Music Publications. The UAB Choirs under his direction maintain an active touring schedule, with annual concert appearances throughout the southeast. 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. He also 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. Kittredge is an active clinician and guest conductor, and is an active member of NAfME and ACDA. He 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).

Friday, 7:00 PM

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UNA Chamber Choir - An elite group of singers, this ensemble appears on and off campus at events such as the Renaissance Faire in Florence, on tour with the UNA Collegiate Singers, in collaboration with other groups such as the UAH Concert Choir and Huntsville Youth Orchestra, and as part of the Alabama ACDA Collegiate Choirs Festival. In the spring of 2009, they had the privilege of representing the University of North Alabama on the Department of Music & Theatre’s first international tour to Italy. Since then, the group toured to Costa Rica in the spring of 2011 and Ireland in spring 2013 as part of UNA’s Study Abroad program; they completed a second tour to Italy in the spring of 2015. They have been featured performers at the AMEA conference in 2006 and 2013.

UNA Vocal Jazz Ensemble - A small group chosen from among the members of the UNA Collegiate Singers, this ensemble explores the uniquely American idiom of jazz as well as pop and world music, often arranged by its members. They have been featured at the W.C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, at the Panoply Festival of the Arts in Huntsville, on tour with the Collegiate Singers, and regularly at special UNA events.

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Ian Loeppky has been 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 with Kathy Romey, and finished at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati with Earl Rivers and Stephen Coker. 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, Choral Canada, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He is currently the editor for the Reprise (the semi-annual publication of the Alabama chapter of ACDA) and on the editorial board for Anacrusis, the journal of Choral Canada. Loeppky has worked as a singer, scholar, conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger in Canada, the United States, and Portugal. He directs all three choral ensembles at UNA and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, choral techniques, world music, and graduate choral literature. In addition, he is founder and artistic director of Florence Camerata and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the region and internationally. His works are published by Kelman Music Press, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and UNC Jazz Press.

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The percussion ensemble at The University of North Alabama is dedicated to exciting performances of both new and historic repertoire for percussion ensemble. Consisting of both percussion majors and non-majors, the UNA percussion program features 3 percussion ensembles annually: The Percussion Group, Percussion Ensemble and Percussion Orchestra. Each of these groups vary in size to cover a wide range of repertoire as well as to provide performing opportunities to as many percussion students as possible at UNA. Members of the percussion ensembles are also active as performers in the 2013 Percussive Arts Society Drumline Battle winning Pride of Dixie Drumline, The Shoals Symphony at UNA, The UNA Studio Jazz Band, UNA Wind Ensemble and UNA Concert Band. The UNA Percussion Group is a smaller group selected by audition annually. This group specializes in the highest level of chamber works for percussion ensemble, as well as commissioning new repertoire as well. The Percussion Group has recently been selected to perform at the 2015 NAfME National Conference and the 2016 AMEA State Convention.

Tracy Wiggins is assistant director of bands and coordinator of the percussion program at The University of North Alabama. He has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the HARTT School, University of Hartford. Dr. Wiggins holds a Masters Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Oklahoma State University. He has performed with The Huntsville Symphony, The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Florence Symphony Orchestra, Carolina Philharmonic and as principal percussionist for the Santa Fe Symphony; marching percussion with the Freelancers and Black Gold Drum and Bugle Corps, as well as instructing

the DCI Division III World Championship finalist Delta Brigade and the Northern Aurora Drum and Bugle Corps, and DCA Finalist Carolina Gold; and solo appearances at universities throughout the United States and Jordan. He is also an active adjudicator for marching percussion throughout the southeast. His teachers have included Johnny Almendra, Tricia Bovenschen, Wayne Bovenschen, Michael Bump, Joe Galeota, Ralph Hardimon, Gregg Koyle, Alexander Lepak, Christopher Shultis, Ben Toth, Glen Velez and Nancy Zeltsman. Tracy has also performed on masterclasses for Evelyn Glennie, Nebojsa Zivkovic and Robert Van Sice. Dr. Wiggins has premiered works by composers David Macbride, Thomas DeLio, Daniel Davis and others. He is an artist/endorser for Yamaha Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Innovative Percussion. Remo Drum Heads and Percussion, Beetle Percussion and Sabian Cymbals.

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Posters to be presented at the HED Research Poster Session, Friday, January 22, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall Lobby

Integrating EdTPA into the Undergraduate Music Ed Performance-Based Curriculum: A Comprehensive-Musicianship Approach

Nancy H. Barry, Guy Harrison, Jane Kuehne, Auburn University

Motivation is a Two Way Street: Teacher Motivation is Key to Student Motivation

Shane Colquhoun, Loachapoka High School and Auburn University

Music Time (1956-72): A Pioneering Educational Television Show at the University of Alabama

Beth Rogers Davis, Marvin E. Latimer Jr., University of Alabama

The Effect of Different Postural Positions on Forced Inspiratory Values and Exhale Duration Values as Measured by the a Spirometric Task and an Exhale Duration Task

Emily C. Gray, University of Alabama

Psychology of Music and the Journal of Research in Music Education: The Durability of 25 Years of Published Works

Carl B. Hancock, The University of Alabama

Harry Price

A descriptive analysis of 55 years of literature performed at the Alabama Bandmasters Association State Concert Band Assessment.

Carl B. Hancock, Michelle Scroggie, Arie Vandewaa, Brian Lindsay, The University of Alabama

The Effect of A Conductor’s Positive/Negative delivery of Instruction on a Musician’s Self-Assessment of Expression During Rehearsal Using a Fifteen-Point Expression Rubric.

Timothy Allen Heath, University of Alabama

A Study of Collegiate Choral Music Education Curricula Across the Nation’s Top Public Universities

Sarah E. Justus, The University of Alabama

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A Literature Review of Pre-Service Educator Field Experiences and Activities

Jane M. Kuehne, Auburn University

The Effects of Continuous or Divided Practice Time on the Accuracy of Rhythm During Sight Reading on Snare Drum and Mallets.

Brian E. Lindsay, University of Alabama

Examining the use of Error Detection Methods in Undergraduate Instrumental Conducting Courses

Chapel J. McCullough, Auburn University

A Content Analysis of Repertoire Performed at American Choral Directors Association National Conferences

Hilen E. Powell, University of Alabama

Krystal Stark

The Influence of Marching Band Participation on the Development of Effective Music Teaching Skills

Erik W. Richards, Delta State University

The Effect of Convergent and Divergent Thinking on Choral Recording Evaluation

Krystal A. Stark, University of Alabama

Through the Eyes of Preservice Teachers

E. Danielle Todd, The University of Alabama

The Effect of Chair Placement on Students’ Attention During a Lecture Class

Kaitlyn Traylor, University of Alabama

The Influence of Decision-Making Styles and Musical Factors on Band Directors’ Selection of Repertoire for The Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation

Steven S. Tyndall, Truett-McConnell College

Developing a Community of Practice: Examining the Impact on K-12 Music Educators

Michael S. Zelenak, Alabama State University

AMEA 2016 Clinicians

All-State Middle School Jazz Band Clinician

Mr. David Allinder will be directing the middle school jazz band. Mr. Allinderis the band director at Shades Valley High School in Birmingham where his symphonic, marching, and jazz bands have received statewide and national acclaim. Mr. Allinder was previously the band director at Gresham Middle School in Birmingham where he had a tremendously successful program. He is an active bass player throughout the Birmingham area. He holds a bachelors and masters degree from the University of Alabama. David was a 2009 district finalist for state teacher of the year. He is a member of the Phi Beta Mu honorary band fraternity and the National Band Association. David currently resides in McCalla, Alabama with his wife Jennifer and their children, Tanner and Mackenzie.

Brian Balmages is an active composer, conductor, producer, and performer. His fresh compositional ideas have resulted in a high demand for his wind, brass, and orchestral music throughout the world. He received his bachelor’s degree in music from James Madison University and his master’s degree from the University of Miami in Florida. Mr. Balmages’ compositions have been performed worldwide at conferences including the College Band Directors National and Regional Conferences, the Midwest Clinic, the International Tuba/Euphonium Conference, the International Trombone Festival, and the International Trumpet Guild Conference.. His music has been performed by members of leading orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, and others. He has also had world premieres in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and performances at the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade and abroad.Currently, he is Director of Instrumental Publications for The FJH Music Company Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He resides in Baltimore with his wife, Lisa and their sons, Jacob and Collin.

Dr. Jeffrey Benson is currently Director of Choral Activities at San José State University in San José, California. Previously, Dr. Benson served as Director of Choral Activities and Fine Arts Department Chair at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in Arlington, Virginia The Washington Post hails his choirs for singing “with an exquisite blend, subtlety of phrasing, confident musicianship and fully supported tone…that would be the envy of some professional ensembles." Benson received his Masters degree and his Doctorate in Choral Conducting/Music Education from The Florida State University and his Bachelors degree in Music Education from New York University.

Alabama Honor Choir Clinician

Tucker Biddlecombe is associate professor and director of choral activities at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he serves as conductor of the Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir, and teaches courses in choral conducting. In addition, he serves as director of Blair's five-year bachelor of music/teacher education degree (Ma5) program offered in conjunction with the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt. Biddlecombe holds a Ph.D. in music education and M.Mus. in choral conducting from Florida State University, and a B.Mus. in vocal performance and music education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He is a native of Buffalo, N.Y., and resides in Nashville with his wife, Mary Biddlecombe, who is artistic director of the Blair Children’s Chorus program.

George R. Boulden holds the rank of Associate Professor of Music and is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Kentucky, where he serves as the conductor of the Symphony Band. Additionally, he teaches conducting, music technology, and supervises student teachers. Previously, he taught for nine years in the public schools of South Carolina and Florida, and was the recipient of the ASBDA-Stanbury Award as the outstanding young band director in Florida -and- the Southeastern region of the United States. In 2011, George was selected as the Kentucky Music Educators Association College/University Teacher of the Year. In February of 2014 George received the Outstanding Bandmaster Award from the Psi Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, international bandmasters fraternity. Active as an adjudicator for Bands of America, Drum Corps International, and Drum Corps Japan, George has also served as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan. George also serves as editor of the Bluegrass Music News, the official journal of the Kentucky Music Educators Association. George resides in Richmond with his wife, Shelly, daughters, Jenna and Julianna, and sons, Bob and Jonah.

All-State Show Choir Choreographer

Kye Brackett is a native Floridian who, via Los Angeles, is currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, his self-proclaimed "City of Dreams". Throughout his 30 year career his many talents have taken his life into many areas of the entertainment field. As a singer/dancer Kye has been in Broadway, LA and West End productions of Five Guys Named Moe (for which he garnered a NAACP Image Award), Dreamgirls and Rent as well as the internationally acclaimed command performance for the Queen of England called, “Hey, Mr. Producer”. As a choreographer Kye has choreographed for The Miss America Pageant, Walt Disney World, The Muppets, and Holland America Cruise Lines. He also choreographed and starred in the musical revue “Could It Be Magic”, the Barry Manilow Songbook which played at The Mercury Theater in Chicago. Recently Kye toured with Manilow in his “Final Farewell” tour in which he served as both background vocalist and staging director.

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Joe Brennan is the director of the string program at Haverford Middle and High Schools, located in suburban Philadelphia; a position he has held for the past 29 years. He directs five orchestras at the secondary level and teaches general music at the Middle School. In addition to his teaching duties, Joe is the Music Department Co-Chair for the School District of Haverford Township. While at Haverford, Joe has brought many string chamber ensembles and orchestras to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) annual state convention. In 2006, Joe was recognized by PMEA with the Citation of Excellence Award. The Haverford High School Orchestra has participated in a “Side-by-Side” rehearsal and performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as having represented the State of Pennsylvania by performing in America’s 400th Anniversary, a national event, with President Bush in attendance, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in the US, namely Jamestown. Joe lives in Hainesport, New Jersey with his wife and children and enjoys doing many DIY homeowner projects. Since being a kidney donor, Joe, has been an advocate for organ donor awareness.

Jon Bubbett is in his 34th year of teaching, having served as band director at Thompson High School since 1993. The Thompson Wind Ensemble performed for the AMEA In-Service Conference in 2014 and the National Concert Band Festival in 2015. Bubbett is a five-time recipient of the NBA Citation of Excellence Award. The Thompson Wind Ensemble was awarded the NBA Programs of Excellence “Blue Ribbon” Award for 2014. Bubbett is the recipient of the Phi Beta Mu, Rho Chapter 2015 “Bandmaster of the Year” Award. He has served as panelist for both AMEA In-Service Conference and Midwest Clinic.

Dr. Frank Buck served as a band director, principal and central office administrator during a career in education spanning almost 30 years. He was band director at Goodwyn Jr. High school and Pizitz Middle School. Both programs were recognized as "Band of the Month" in the United States by Bandribbons, Inc. Frank has been named to Who's Who in American Education, Outstanding Young Men of America, and has numerous honors in the field of music education, including the National Band Association Citation of Excellence. He holds degrees in music education and flute performance from Jacksonville State University, a Masters in music education from the University of Alabama, Educational Specialist degree from the University of Montevallo, and Doctorate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently, Frank provides sessions all over North America on organization and social media techniques made easy for music educators.

Gene Butler is in his 6th year as Director of Bands at Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, AL. Mr. Butler received his Bachelor of Music Education and Masters of Science in Music Education degrees from Troy University. Under his leadership the Trinity Band Program has grown from 39 students to over 80 students. At Trinity, Mr. Butler teaches 5th Grade Beginning Band, Middle School Beginning Band, Middle School Concert Band, Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and Music Technologies. Mr. Butler currently serves as the Vice-Chairman for ABA District VI and was awarded the Outstanding Young Music Educator of the Year for 2015 from AMEA.

Randall Coleman is currently the Associate Director of Bands and Associate 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 CoDirector of the Million Dollar Band. He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Additionally, Professor Coleman serves as Conductor and Artistic Director of the Alabama Winds, an all-adult community wind band based in Birmingham, 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 (AL), and the Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University (GA). Professor Coleman has served as a guest conductor of the Sabina Wind Orchestra in Rieti, Italy, and has presented a Rehearsal Lab clinic session at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. He has conducted All State and Regional Bands across the country, and has conducted the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band in performances at the Southeastern Conference Football Championships, and in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, where the Crimson Tide won the 2009, 2011 and 2012 BCS National Championship Games.

All-State Silver Jazz Band Clinician

Dr. Chip Crotts, a world-class jazz trumpet player, is the director of jazz studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia where he directs the jazz ensemble and assists with the marching band. He has worked with numerous groups (including several top 12 drum and bugle corps) and professional musicians throughout his career. Dr. Crotts holds degrees from East Carolina University, Penn State University and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jim Cude serves as Band/Fine Arts Director of Whitesburg High School in Whitesburg, Texas. His bands have consistently received the UIL Sweepstakes award and have advanced to the State Marching Contest in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2013. The band was a finalist in 2004 and 2013. In 2013 they were named the Class 2A State Marching Band Champions. Mr. Cude is active as a clinician and adjudicator both in Texas and in Oklahoma. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board as the 3A representative to the ATSSB and on the State Board of TMEA as Region 2 President. He is currently serving as President-Elect of the Association of Texas Small School Bands. He is a member of TMEA, ATSSB, TMAA and Phi Beta Mu.

Dr. Ellary Draper is Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at The University of Alabama. Dr. Draper has worked as a music therapist with a variety of ages and populations and as an elementary general music teacher. Currently she serves as the Chair of Multicultural and Special Education Committee for the Alabama Music Educators Association. Her research is published in the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, and Ala Breve. She holds degrees in music education and music therapy from Westminster Choir College, Florida State University, and The University of Texas at Austin.

Beth A. Fabrizio holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music in Clarinet Performance and a Masters of Music in Conducting, Education and Performance from Ithaca College. She has studied conducting with Rodney Winther and Dr. Donald Hunsberger and Clarinet with Michael Webster, Richard Waller, Stanley Hasty, William Osseck, Carmine Campione and performed in master classes with Richard Stoltzman. Ms. Fabrizio maintains a private clarinet studio with numerous students pursuing careers in music education, therapy, recording and performance. She herself performs as the principal clarinetist and personnel manager with The Greater Rochester Music Educators Wind Ensemble, and former Eb clarinet with The Perinton Concert Band. Beth is a freelance performer with operas, orchestras and musicals. Ms. Fabrizio is an active artist/ clinician for The D'adarrio Corporation.

Denise Gagné is a music specialist with 35 years of experience teaching band, choir and classroom music from pre-school to university levels. She has degrees in music and education, as well as Level 3 training in both Kodály and Orff. Her choirs and bands have won many awards at Music Festivals and have performed for local and national sporting events, on national radio and even for the Queen. She has been a workshop presenter in every Canadian province and territory and more than 43 states. She presents regularly for Orff and Kodály chapters, music educators conferences and preschool and kindergarten conferences in Canada, the USA, Asia, Europe and Australia! Denise is currently the managing editor of Themes & Variations.

Dr. 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. A Backun Artist/ Clinican, Gainey is the Secretary of the International Clarinet Association, and is an active clinician and recitalist throughout the United States. Gainey has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer in 200. She received the BME from Florida State University, the MM in Clarinet Performance from The University of North Texas, and the DMA in Clarinet from The University of Kentucky.

Andrew Gekoskie is The Music Director of the fully professional Winchester Orchestra and its new music ensemble The Orchestra X Project. With over 35 years of experience as a performing pianist and 27 years as a conductor, Gekoskie has conducted throughout the U.S. and has been recognized by colleagues, performers, international organizations, and leading professionals. Making his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2003, Gekoskie has conducted performances in many major venues in the U.S. and Europe. Other achievements include: Guest on National Public Radio's Desert Island Disks, published and featured in Music Industry Magazines, recognized with national awards including the Citation of Excellence, producer of professional and educational concerts with guest artists the Hartt Symphony Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the University of Michigan Symphony Band, the Dennis DiBlasio Quartet, the Chris Vadala Quartet, and the Hartt Wind Symphony. A Pennsylvania native, Gekoskie is the founder and former Music Director of the Lehigh Valley Youth Wind Orchestra and former Assistant Conductor of the Sparta Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. He has served as the Artistic Director, Resident Conductor, and Music Director for Campus International Music Festivals, held Artistic Director positions in Pennsylvania and Texas, and regularly guest conducts orchestras, and wind orchestras.

Dr. John Ginocchio is the Director of Bands and Music Program Coordinator at Southwest Minnesota State University where he directs all the bands and teaches conducting and instrumental music education courses. Dr. Ginocchio holds Doctor of Arts and Master of Music degrees from Ball State University and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Indiana University. Prior to accepting the position at SMSU, he was a doctoral assistant director in the band department at Ball State University, and before that he was the Director of Instrumental Music for the Adams Central Community Schools in Monroe, Indiana, a position he held for ten years.

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Otto Gross is a cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Education. He has taught General Music, Band, Chorus, Jazz Band, Percussion and private lessons in Massachusetts, Maryland and Tennessee. He has performed with artists including Bobby McFerrin & The Marsalis Brothers. Otto has toured internationally with EMI artists as a music director, pianist, bassist and drummer. Otto is currently a Training Representative and songwriter for QuaverMusic.com and has a passion to see children excited to learn about music!

Alabama 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’s desire to positively inspire all teachers and their students led him into a retirement career that he refers to as More Than Music. This 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. Paul also serves as a show choir adjudicator and clinician, as well as All-State and Honor Choir clinician. His varied expertise and encouraging love of students and teachers has taken him to at least 30 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, California, as well as his home state of Wisconsin. He is most proud of his three children who have college degrees in music, two of which are choral conductors. 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 and their baby sister, Lily.

Timothy Heath is a doctoral student in music education at The University of Alabama. He is graduate teaching assistant for the university bands and assists with undergraduate music education courses. He has taught in North Carolina at Spring Creek High School, EE Smith Middle School, and adjunct at the University of Mount Olive. Timothy holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Dr. Edward C. “Ted” Hoffman, III, is Assistant Professor of Music and Head of Music Education at the University of Montevallo, where he coordinates the undergraduate music education programs, teaches graduate coursework in the Master of Education program, directs tuba/euphonium studies, administers the summer Young Musicians’ Camp, and is faculty advisor to the University of Montevallo chapter of NAfME-Collegiate. He is a member of the Executive Governing Board of the Alabama Music Educators’ Association, State Advisor for AL-NAfME Collegiate, Chair of the Alabama Teacher Education Committee, and serves as the Alabama representative to the National Board of the NAfME Society for Music Education.

Dr. Kelly Hollingsworth currently serves as the music specialist at Auburn Early Education Center and is in her sixteenth year teaching elementary music. She has also been an adjunct instructor at Southern Union State Community College and Troy University-Phenix City. Years after completing her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mobile, Kelly earned her M.Ed. and Ph.D. from Auburn University. Her research interests include music literacy, early childhood music education, and teacher efficacy. She has presented posters of her research at AMEA. A longtime member of AMEA, Kelly has served as the hospitality chair and District V co-chair for the elementary/general division. Kelly has been Teacher of the Year at three Auburn City elementary schools, was the 2013-2014 Auburn City Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year, and a sweet sixteen finalist for the 2013-2014 Alabama Teacher of the Year.

All-State Bronze Jazz Band Clinician

Mr. Bryan Hooten, a graduate of Vestavia Hills High School in Birmingham,is director of bands at Collegiate High School in Richmond, Virginia. Previously on the faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University, Bryan taught the Jazz Ensemble II, jazz trombone, and theory. Mr. Hooten is a member of the nationally acclaimed group, No BS Brass Band, and he maintains an active schedule as a professional trombonist in Richmond, Virginia. He holds degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Gene Inglis, a graduate of Jacksonville State University, has completed his 42nd year teaching and his 12th 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. Gene 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 Band and Orchestra Magazine. 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.

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Stuart Ivey is serving in his second year as Director of Bands at Huntsville High School. Mr. Ivey was born and raised in Huntsville and is a graduate of Grissom High School. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from Auburn University and a Master of Music in Trombone Performance from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Mr. Ivey began his teaching career as the Associate Director of Bands at Baldwin County High School in Bay Minette, AL, where he also taught 7th and 8th grade. He also served as Director of Bands at Vinemont High School and Middle School for one year, where he taught grades 6-12. Throughout his teaching tenure, Mr. Ivey's bands have received consistent Superior ratings in both marching and concert settings. Mr. Ivey has been involved with many other teaching opportunities, including the Macy's Great American Marching Band, Auburn Marching Leadership Camp, and Camp Fasola, a shape note singing camp for all ages. He has also taught private lessons on all brass instruments as well as drum major lessons. Stuart and his wife, Courtney, reside in Madison, AL, and are expecting their first child in August!

Gail Kopetz joined the music department at Mississippi State University in 2014 where she directs the Women’s Chorale, supervises student teachers, and teaches piano. Prior to joining the faculty at MSU, Mrs. Kopetz directed the Women’s Chorus at Capital University and served as Choral Director and Music Coordinator at Columbus School for Girls (OH). Mrs. Kopetz holds a Bachelor in Music Education from The Ohio State University, a Master of Music from The University of Utah, Orff-Schulwerk certification (I- post Level III), and administrative licensure. She has served on the AOSA board of trustees, has been a Levels instructor, has spent many years teaching music K-12 in both pubic and private institutions, and provided both undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation instruction at the following institutions: Furman University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah. She has been active as a presenter and clinician with professional invitations from many organizations including: OMEA, UMEA, OAIS, Midwest Kodály Conference, and AOSA.

Anna Kozlowski has worked in the Educator Preparation section of the Alabama State Department of Education since 2006 and leads the effort to revise the program review process. She has also served on review teams for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP).

Dr. Jane M. Kuehne, Associate Professor of Music Education at Auburn University, teaches undergraduate and graduate music education courses, coordinates/supervises labs and internships, supervises graduate research, and is academic advisor for undergraduate and graduate music education students. She earned bachelors and masters degrees from the UT San Antonio, where she was named Outstanding Alumna in music in 2009, and a Ph.D. from FSU. In 2008, she established the Beethoven & Me project, for which she received the 2010 Robby D. Gunstream Award from the College Music Society. Her main research interests are sight-singing and teaching music with at-risk/disadvantaged students. Dr. Kuehne’s research and writing has been published in Journal of Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Southern Music Education Journal, Journal of Technology in Music Learning, Ala Breve, Mississippi Music News, New Jersey Tempo, and others. Current research projects include analysis of undergraduate music education students' attitudes when teaching at-risk high school students for which she currently has a paper under review.

Mildred Lanier received her Music and Business education in the United States and Europe. She holds a B.A. degree from Samford University, a Masters Degree in Music from The University of Oklahoma, and a Masters in Public and Private Management from Birmingham-Southern College. She has studied at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, and the E.M. Lyon Business School in Lyon, France. Because of her education, Ms. Lanier has been blessed with many wonderful opportunities to use her education and her talents. As an Instructor at Jefferson State Community College, Ms. Lanier has taught 8 years in the Business and Information Systems Department and was honored in 2010 by the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System with the Alabama Community College System Award of Excellence. Because of her broad academic credentials and degrees, Ms. Lanier was recently selected to become the full-time Music Instructor for the Shelby-Hoover. She continues to teach Management and Marketing in the Business Department. Chosen by her peers, she is the newly elected member of the Planning Council for the Shelby-Hoover campus for Jefferson State.

Dr. Marvin E. Latimer, Jr. is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education, Chair of the Music Education Department, and Assistant Director of the School of Music at the University of Alabama. He has published research in numerous journals and is a frequent presenter at state, national, and international music conferences and symposia. Dr. Latimer is President of the Alabama Choral Directors Association and Chair of the Organizational History Subcommittee of the ACDA Research and Publications Committee.

Andy Meadows is the Arts Education Specialist in the Instructional Services division under the Office of Teaching and Learning at the Alabama State Department of Education. This position includes the responsibility for coordinating and implementing fine arts education programs and curriculum in all disciplines as well as staff duties and responsibilities. He is a native of Alabama where he received his undergraduate degree at Huntingdon College and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama. He has served as a visual arts educator and fines arts administrator for the past 20 years. Andy has exhibited his work in national and international shows and his work has been collected by museums and private collectors.

Soon Hee Newbold was born in Seoul, Korea and adopted as an infant by the Newbold family. She spent her childhood, along with two sisters, in Frederick, Maryland. Soon Hee began playing piano at age five and violin at age seven. As a soloist and in professional orchestras throughout the world, Ms. Newbold has appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Disney World, Aspen, and Tanglewood and in countries like Scotland, England, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Ms. Newbold received her Bachelor of Music degree from James Madison University where she concentrated on film scoring, orchestration, and audio production. As an actress, Soon Hee expanded her experiences to film and television. She got her first break in the film, “The Waterboy,” starring Adam Sandler, and first television role in the family comedy, “Camp Tanglefoot.” Sadly, Ms. Newbold’s mother was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, a terminal, devastating genetic neurological illness for which there is little treatment and no cure. Soon Hee wrote the popular song “Endless Dreams,” and dedicated it to those affected by Huntington’s to spread awareness and hope. Published through the FJH Music Company, Soon Hee’s compositions can be heard around the world in film, orchestras, and other performing groups. Outside of work, Ms. Newbold enjoys martial arts and weapons training and has black belts in Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Kigumdo.

Caroline Nordlund is a lecturer at Samford University where she teaches string methods, instrumental pedagogy, and plays in the Samford University Faculty String Quartet. She is also Coordinator of Strings of the Samford University Music Academy. Caroline teaches violin at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and serves as the President for the Alabama chapter of the American String Teachers Association. Caroline earned a Master of Music in violin performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University as a student of Gerardo Ribeiro. At Northwestern, she was awarded the Richard and Helen Thomas Fellowship while a graduate assistant to Stacia Spencer and Dr. James Kjelland. Caroline is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, American String Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association. Originally from South Carolina, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Music in violin performance.

Bruce Pearson grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota. He has taught at the elementary, junior high, high school and college levels for over 40 years. In December of 1998, Dr. Pearson was awarded the prestigious Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor in recognition of his outstanding contributions to music education. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award at St. Cloud State University. Also in 2007, he was recognized as the first Patron for the Maryborough Conference in Queensland, Australia. Dr. Pearson continues to serve as a guest lecturer, clinician, and conductor in addition to his work as a composer, arranger, and author.

Scott L. Phillips is Associate Professor of Music Technology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He frequently makes scholarly presentations, leads panels and reading academic papers at top music, education, and technology conferences. His book Beyond Sound: The College and Career Guide in Music Technology was released in 2013 and has sold around the world. He is a former middle school and high school music teacher, and is often called upon by major music technology companies to serve as a trainer, clinician, and consultant in schools, churches, theaters, and recording studios.

David Pryor has been teaching for 26 years. He is a graduate of Loyola University. He has taught in Louisiana, Missouri and Alabama. He is Director of Instrumental Music/ Music Department Chairman at Faith Academy in Mobile. He is on Staff of Mobile Singing Children. He is a member of ABA, AMEA, NAfMe, NBA, AISBA and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He has served as ABA District 7 Chairman and is presently District 7 Vice-Chairman. He was awarded the “Citation of Honor” in 2005 and in 2015 from the NBA and awarded Faith Academy “Teacher of the Year” in 1998. He was honored by the “Fiesta-val” Invitational Music Festival in Atlanta, GA with the “Award of Distinction” in April 2013.

Phillip Riggs is currently a music instructor at the North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham, NC. Phillip is a recipient of the Exceptional Contribution in Outreach Award presented each year by the University Of North Carolina Board Of Governors for his work with music education programs throughout North Carolina. Prior to joining the NCSSM faculty, he was the first band director and fine arts chair at Ronald Reagan High School in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System. Before assuming that position, Mr. Riggs taught in Davidson County for sixteen years. Twelve of those years were with the Ledford Bands. During his tenure, the Ledford Middle and High School Bands and High School Choirs under his direction received numerous Superior Ratings at the state concert festival (MPA). He received his undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University and his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Mr. Riggs is a Past President of the North Carolina Band Directors Association.

Roger Sams retired from the music classroom in 2013 after 31 years of teaching music in public and private schools. He has served as adjunct faculty, teaching methods courses and supervising student teachers at Cleveland State University and has been on the faculty in teacher education programs at the University of St. Thomas, Cleveland State University, Akron University, the University of Montana, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and other venues throughout the US. Roger is a regular presenter at state, regional, and national conferences, has served on the AOSA National Board of Trustees, and has worked with teachers in Canada, China, Indonesia and India. He currently serves as Director of Publications and Music Education Consultant at Music is Elementary (www.MusicIsElementary.com). Trained in Gestalt therapy, Roger is interested in the power of choice in the artistic process, teaching, and life. He is the co-author of “Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom” with Beth Ann Hepburn. He has published works for children’s choirs in the “Crooked River Choral Project” series and a collection of rounds and partner songs entitled, “A Round My Heart.”

Jeanette Shorey has been a general music teacher and choir director for 17 years. She has also directed the Florida Singing Sons. Jeanette currently teaches at Oak Mountain Intermediate School and Shelby Elementary School. Jeanette earned her undergraduate degree at The University of Florida and has also earned a Masters degree in Elementary Education with a specialization in Literacy. Jeanette is a National Board Certified teacher and integrates literacy skills into every lesson.

Charles G. “Skip” Snead serves as Director of the Music School and Professor of Horn at the University of Alabama. He has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician and is a founding member of the widely acclaimed TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. He has solo recordings available on the Centaur and MSR Classics Labels, and serves on the Board of Advisors for The International Horn Competition of America. He also serves as an on-site accreditation evaluator for NASM. He has performed with many orchestras throughout his career and has been principal horn in the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra for 27 years.

All-State Gold Jazz Band Clinician

Mike Steinel is a jazz trumpeter, pianist, composer and arranger. He is presently Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas where he teaches jazz improvisation, Jazz Artist in Residence at Bethel College and was on the faculty of Northern Illinois University. Internationally recognized as a jazz educator Mike is the author of Building a Jazz Vocabulary and Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble both published by Hal Leonard Music Corporation. Mike is an active clinician and guest artist and has performed throughout the US, Canada and in Europe. He has performed as soloist at the MENC and IAJE national conventions and at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. His playing experience includes work with Clark Terry, Don Ellis, Bill Evans, Jerry Bergonzi and recordings with the Chicago Jazz Quintet and the Frank Mantooth Big Band. Honors received include an Illinois Arts Council Chairman's Grant and a jazz fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr. Steinel has served as Co-Chair of the Jazz Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts and holds a BME degree from Emporia State University and a MME degree from the University of North Texas.

Daniel Stevens currently serves at the University of North Alabama as an Associate Professor of Music / Conductor of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra, and Director of the Peery Center for Orchestral Studies. His roles include conductor and artistic director of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and teacher of applied violin/viola. As a conductor, he has been the guest clinician/adjudicator for the Kansas Music Educators Association Large Ensemble and Solo & Ensemble contests, at the Northeast Oklahoma All-District Honors Orchestra, and the Tulsa Metro Honors Orchestra. He had served on the faculty of Southwestern College (Winfield, KS) for eight years as the Mazie Barnet Kilmer Chair for String Education and conductor of the South Kansas Symphony. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa as conductor of the University Orchestra. Daniel is regularly invited to clinic/present at universities, recently including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Southern College, Northern Arizona University, the University of Tulsa, and Idaho State University. Daniel wishes to thank Anton Krutz, Misha Krutz, and KC Strings Violin Shop for their generous support of sponsorship. Daniel’s violin and viola are premiere custom instruments made by Anton Krutz and family.

Gary Stith has authored numerous articles and penned chapters in The Drum and Percussion Cookbook published by Meredith, the Conductors Anthology published by The Instrumentalist, and served as Contributing Editor for a recent compilation entitled Classic Beginning Solos for the Complete Percussionist published by Kendor. He is active percussion adjudicator and has played with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony. He is currently Professor/Conductor Emeritus and former Coordinator of Music Education at the Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College in Houghton, NY, where he was the recipient of the 2010-11 Excellence in Teaching Award. Gary is also the author of Score & Rehearsal Preparation: A Realistic Approach for Instrumental Conductors published by Meredith Music Publication.

Tiffani Stricklin has taught elementary music for 13 years at Greenwood Elementary and Minor Community Schools in Jefferson County, Alabama. She graduated in 2002 from the University of Montevallo with a Bachelor’s of Music Education. In 2015, she graduated with a Master’s of English as a Second Language from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher. She has served in many positions on the board of the Alabama Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She is currently a District Chairperson for the Elementary Division of the Alabama Music Educators Association.

Dr. Matthew D. Talbert is currently Assistant Professor of Music Education/Music at Berea College, in Berea, KY, where his duties include overseeing the Music Education program, directing the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble, and teaching applied lessons. Prior to his appointment at Berea, Talbert was a band director in the public schools of North Carolina. Dr. Talbert is a member of NAfME, the Kentucky Music Educators Association, the National Band Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Dr. Talbert earned Music Education degrees from Appalachian State University, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of South Carolina.

AMEA 2016 Clinicians

Becky Rodgers Warren is currently an associate band director at Mandan Middle School. Her duties include recruiting for beginning band, coordinating the 6th grade band program, and director of the Marching Braves. Mrs. Warren's clinic presentations include AMEA, NDMEA, SDMEA, and Midwest. She served two terms on the Board of the ABA and was President-elect. She served as President of AMEA and founded FAME. She is a member of NAfME, NBA, and Phi Beta Mu-having served a two year term as the President of the North Dakota Chapter. She has also served on the Board of NDMEA.

Ben Watson has been employed for the Dale County Board Of Education for the past six years. He currently teaches general music kindergarten through sixth grade. At the High school level he is in his second year of teaching guitar. Mr. Watson is 1987 graduate of Susan Moore High School in Blount County Alabama 15 miles north of Oneonta which is 45 miles north of Birmingham. He received his bachelor’s degree (1994) and Masters of Music Education (2001) from Jacksonville State University. Mr. Watson has served as a Music Educator for seventeen years and currently resides in Enterprise, AL, and has been married to his high school sweetheart Shelia Wilemon Watson for over 28 years.

Conrad Weber lives in Bratt, Florida with his wife, Leslie, and their three children. He studied piano performance at the University of West Florida, and completed his Master’s Degree with Eugene Pridonoff at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. During college, he vowed he would never get into music education, and years later in 2008 he began his teaching career in Atmore, AL, where he was hired to start a piano lab. He re-started the choir program several years later, and continues teaching at Escambia County Middle and High Schools in Atmore with 140 students in the choir program.

Dr. Susan Williams, soprano, is Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Alabama. In March 2015, she traveled to Havana, Cuba to teach and research at the Instituto Superior de Arte. In December and January of 2014-15, she traveled to Kolkata, India to perform concerts at the Oberoi Grand Ballroom, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the U.S. Consulate, Kolkata. She is a RYT 200 certified yoga instructor, and her scholarly interests include using body movement systems and the use of virtual anatomy to enhance student learning in the studio. Dr. Williams received her DMA from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Joshua Wine is currently the Director of Bands at Auburn Junior High School in Auburn, AL, where he directs and oversees three concert bands, percussion ensemble, jazz band, music study club, and teaches music appreciation. Furthermore, Mr. Wine assists with instruction of the marching band at Auburn High School. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Wine was recently appointed Director of the Summer Band Camps at Auburn University sponsored by the National Band Association. A native of Wetumpka, Mr. Wine attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama, where he served as a section leader and drum major for the renowned “Sound of the South” Marching Band. While at Troy, Mr. Wine studied conducting with Dr. Mark Walker, trumpet with Dr. James Zingara and Dr. Mike Huff, and Voice with Dr. Diane Orlofsky and Albert R. Lee.

Dr. Anne C. Witt is a Music Education faculty member at the University of Alabama. She taught middle school and high school orchestra for fourteen years in Austin, Texas, and played cello in the Austin Symphony. In 2005, she founded the string program in the Tuscaloosa City Schools. Dr. Witt is known for “student tested” presentations for teachers, and her book A Rhythm a Week is widely used by orchestra and band directors. Leadership roles include being President of the American String Teachers Association and President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. She earned degrees at the University of Alabama and the University of Texas.

Dr. James Zingara is currently Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where his responsibilities include applied trumpet and brass methods, brass ensembles, performing with the UAB Faculty Brass Quintet and coordinating the annual UAB Brass Symposium. He has performed in 34 states as well as England, Latvia, Germany, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Singapore and China. From 1989-1996 he served as principal cornet/trumpet soloist with the US Air Force Heritage of America Band. Dr. Zingara currently represents Conn-Selmer as a Bach Trumpet Artist and also serves as a trumpet faculty member at Blue Lake International Fine Arts Camp.

AMEA Industry/Institutional Membership

AMEA would like to express appreciation to the following partners who have joined AMEA in our efforts to promote music education in Alabama. Please support these industry/institutional members who support you as music educators!

Arts Music Shop Inc., 3030 E. Blvd., Montgomery, AL 36116

AWB Apparel, 206 Potomac Ct., Woodstock, GA 30188

Beau Vinci Violins, 116 N. Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009

Eastman Music Company, 2158 Pamona Blvd., Pomona, CA 91768

Gadsden Music Company Inc., P.O. Box 132, Gadsden, AL 35902

Group Travel Network, Inc., 410 N. Dillard Street, Suite 104, Winter Haven, FL 34787

Huntingdon College Bands, 1500 E. Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106

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

JW Pepper, 9053 Riverside Pkwy, Lithia Springs, GA 30122

Marchmaster Inc., P.O. Box 73379, Newnan, GA 30271

Mouchette Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 394, Northport, AL 35476

OrlandoFest, 7081 Grand National Drive, Suite 111, Orlando, FL 32819

QuaverMusic.com, 1706 Grand Ave., Nashville, TN 37212

Simply Sheets Fundrasing, LLC, 3065 Heatherbrook Trace, Canton, GA 30114

Southern Performances, P.O. Box 6852, Gulf Shores, AL 36547

Sunburst Indian River Citrus, 4960 Meadow Brook Rd., Birmingham, AL 35242

Super Holiday Tours, 116 Gatlin Ave., Orlando, FL 32806

Superior Travel and Tour, 1270 Coronado Terrace, Deltona, ,FL 32725

Thomas Tours, Inc., 2405 12th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37204

UAH Department of Music, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899

University of Alabama Bands, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

University of Alabama School of Music, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

University of North Alabama Dept. of Music, UNA Box 5040, Florence, AL 35632

University of South Alabama, LPAC 1072, 5751 USA Drive South, Mobile, AL 36688

This directory is compiled from information supplied by the exhibiting firms or institutions. This list may not include vendors who registered after the publication deadline.

Accessories Plus, 6550 Steubenville Drive, Columbus, GA 31909

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

Alabama Education Association, P.O. Box 4177, Montgomery, AL 36103

Membership benefits of the Alabama Education Association. AEA is Alabama's largest professional education association that advocated for better learning conditions for students and better working conditions for public education employees.

Alabama Piano Gallery, Home of Steinway & Sons, 1425 Montgomery Hwy. Ste. #151, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

At Alabama Piano Gallery, it is our goal to develop long-term relationships by providing the best service and products possible with our customers needs in mind.

Alabama School of Fine Arts, 1800 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35203

The Alabama School of Fine Arts offers Alabama's premier comprehensive music program for middle school and high school students interested in Classical and Jazz studies with an emphasis in instrumental or vocal performance.

Alabama State University Department of Music, 915 S. Jackson Street, Montgomery, AL 36104

The Department of Music at Alabama State University offers the Master of Music Education, Bachelor of Music Education, and the Bachelor of Arts in Music degrees. Scholarships are available.

Algy Costumes, 440 NE First Ave., Hallendale, FL 33009

Algy is a leading manufacturer of field and show uniforms. Call your local representative for assistance with all of your uniform, flag, equipment & accessory needs - Call Amy Bond 205-299-9308.

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

Serving the musical needs of the Southeast since 1905; convention exhibit features extensive stock of educational/instrumental music for today's school band.

Auburn Knights Orchestra, P.O. Box 1024, Auburn, AL 36830

The Auburn Knights Orchestra was organized at Auburn University in 1930 and continues to thrive as a working big band. The Knights are in demand for a variety of occasions, including private parties, wedding receptions, and swing dances.

Auburn University Department of Music, 101 Goodwin Music Building, Auburn, AL 36849

Music at Auburn offers opportunities for musicians as majors or non-majors. Ours is an intimate and nurturing atmosphere with opportunities for individual attention and performance for students. Visit us for information about music at Auburn.

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.

Burns Tours, LLC, 5744 Greenbriar Road, Franklin, TN 37064

Travel arrangements for bands, choirs, middle schools, class trips, etc. Free quotes.

Capitol Music, 3834 Harrison Road, Montgomery, AL 36109

Capitol Music Center represents quality instruments and service since 1955. Voted one of the top 50 music dealers in America, Capitol Music is owned by Jim Darby, master repairman.

Cline Tours, Inc., 277 Commerce Park Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157

We provide transportation for groups all across the nation. We specialize in band, choir and orchestra trips. We can cater a package for any group, big or small.

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

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

D’Addario & Co., 595 Smith St., Farmingdale, NY 11735

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

DeMoulin Brothers & Company - now in its 123rd year continues to serve the world's quality apparel needs offering fulltime representation and complete uniform and accessory lines.

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Eastman Music Company, 2158 Pamona Blvd., Pomona, CA 91768

Eastman Music Company, parent company of Wm. S. Haynes Co. and S.E. Shires Co., proudly manufactures strings, woodwinds, brass, guitars, mandolins, custom instruments, as well as reeds, cases and gig bags.

Ed Sueta Music, 13 East Main Street, Menham, NJ 07945

Macie publishes the ED SUETA BE A RECORDER STAR Recorder Curriculum and reward system. Ed Sueta publishes PREMIER PERORMANCE FOR BAND and KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL PIANO PERFORMANCE.

Elvis Presley’s Graceland, 3734 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, TN 38116

Learn about American music, Memphis history, and Elvis Presley through videos, photos, personal momentos, artifacts, momorabilia, costumes and more: performance opportunities available at Visitor's Center.

Frogg Toggs Fundraising, Box 2272 Florence, AL 35630

We specialize in school/band/athletic or organization fundraising featuring Frogg Toggs products. Www.froggtoggsfundraising.com

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

Supporting the music education industry with fine quality uniforms since 1910.

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

We are a bedsheet fundraising company located in Mobile, Alabama. Our program offers our customers no upfront costs and no minimum orders. Just like our name, our program is "simple".

Gadsden Music Company, 607 Broad St. PO Box 132, Gadsden, AL 35901

Printed music and supplies for high school, middle school and elementary music educators.

Grand Ole Opry Entertainment Group, 2804 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214

Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Opry Backstage Tours and WSM Radio Station Tours.

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

Our innovative industry-leading fundraising campaign choices include magazines, cookie dough, frozen treats, discount cards, team tumblers, gourmet popcorn, photo keepsake products, confections, candy, and quality gift items.

Group Travel Consultants, 5448 Hoffner Ave. Suite 301, Orlando, FL 32812

Affordable, custom, fully-guided student group tours to all US destinations. We handle all aspects of your trip providing a great overall travel experience.

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

A complete NASM acredited music curriculum. Offering abundant performance opportunities for both majors and non-majors in voice, piano, and instruments.

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

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

John M. Long School of Music, Troy University, 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.

Jupiter/Mapex/Majestic/Sonor Orff, 12020 Eastgate Blvd., Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

Jupiter Band Instruments, Mapex Drums and Majestic Percussion are the leaders in woodwind, brasswind and percussion instruments from the student to the professional.

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

With 11 locations across the US, 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 www.jwpepper.com. Since 1876, it's where you shop for music - JW Pepper!

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

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.

Macie Publishing/Ed Sueta Music, 13 East Main Street, Mendham, NJ 07945

Macie publishes the ED SUETA BE A RECORDER STAR Recorder Curriculum and reward system. Ed Sueta publishes PREMIER PERORMANCE FOR BAND and KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL PIANO PERFORMANCE.

Ma rc h m a s t e r, Inc., P.O. Box 73379, Newnan, GA 30271

For over 30 years, offering footwear, guard equipment, custom designed uniforms & outfits, head gear, concert performance wear, podiums, field equipment, banners, electronics and other accessories for bands, orchestras, choral groups, and all performing arts ensembles.

Mixed Bag Designs, 1744 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA 94010

Mixed Bag Designs offers up to 50% profit fundraisers selling stylish, easy-to-sell products from two great catalogs. Enjoy terrific free seller prizes, no upfront costs and more!

Moe-Bleichner Music Distribution, 2424 Abercoen Street, Suite 102, Savannah, GA 31401

Moe-Bleichner Music Distribution distributes high quality European instruments and accessories, such as Uebel clarinets, ESM mouthpieces, Arnolds and Sons Woodwind and Brass instruments, and Latromba lubricants. High quality and affordable pricing is our priority.

Mouchette Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 394, Northport, AL 35476

Quality fund raising products and service since 1986. Let a former music educator help you with your fund raising needs..

Music is Elementary

Teaching materials, instruments, and supplies for the elementary general music classroom, featuring Purposeful Pathways.

Music USA Festivals, 1780 Doyle Road Suite 2, Deltona, FL 32725

Music USA Festivals is a non-profit organization "Promoting Music Education through Quality Evaluation". Since 1992 we have had the privilege of hosting Festivals in Soundstage 33 at Universal Orlando.

Musical Destinations, P.O. Box 771060, Winter Garden, FL 34777

We specialize in music group tours - the best trips at the most reasonable prices. Disney Performing Arts, Universal Orlando Star Performances, National parades in New York, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta.

Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, CA 92117

Since 1936, the Neil A. Kjos Music Company has published quality music and methods for all areas of music education.

OrlandoFest, 7081 Grand National Drive, Suite 111, Orlando, FL 32819

OrlandoFest is the premiere music festival in Orlando, FL held in conjunction with Universal Studios. Ensembles may participate in the festival or our signature workshops. Call us today for further information. (800) 313-2251

Pearson, 1900 E. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60025

Pearson partners with educators to deliver new personalized ways of learning through effective, scalable assessment, instructional tools, services and technologies.

Perry's Music DBA Chordbuddy, 2868 East Cottonwood Rd., Dothan, AL 36301

Chordbuddy is a guitar learning tool that comes with a teacher/student book and DVD.

Pool Studios, 431 N. Pine St., Florence, AL 35630

QuaverMusic.com, 1706 Grand Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212

Quaver's QK-8 MUSIC Curriculum offers a fully-digital, comprehensive program for today's K-8 music classroom, plus an engaging FREE student website. Advanced technology. Teacher-Friendly. Seriously Fun!

RWS Music Company

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

Samford's School of the Arts offers undergraduale degrees in art, interior design, music, and theatre and graduate studies in music. For more information, visit Samford.edu/arts or email arts@samford.edu.

School Services, Inc., 340 Holt Dr., Loudon, TN 37774

Fundraising products for group sales, online donation programs, too.

Screentech, 383 Kelly Drive, Dothan, AL 36302

ScreenTech was founded in 1993 as a manufacturer of custom screen printed and embroidered apparel and is committed to providing the most current and comprehensive selection of designs possible for our customers. For more information contact us at info@screentech1.com, call toll free 1-800-230-7010 or call Steve McLendon at (334) 796-7055.

Simply Sheets Fundraising, 3760 Sixes Road Suite 126-325., Canton, GA 30114

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Simply Sheets Fundraising is a bed sheet fundraising company which provides a high quality, usable product; and we support that product through a simple, risk-free and highly profitable program.

Snooty Hooty Too, LLC, 328 Prestwick Dr., Hoschton, GA 30548

Professional accessories, including music ties & scarves, sterling silver jewelry & FREE on-site engraving!

Southeastern Performance Apparel, 142 S. Woodburn Dr., Dothan, AL 36305

Manufacturers and suppliers of quality performance wear for choral and orchestral groups. Dresses, tuxedos, show choir and accessories.

Southern Performances, 16121 Mansion St., Foley, AL 36535

Southern Performances is a family owned company founded in 2013 with the premise of helping performing groups look their best while easing the work-load on their directors. We offer are wide variety of products including uniforms, shoes, props, flags and accessories needed to accomplish the goals of Superior Programs. David and Dayna Brannan have been in “the business” as students, educators, customers and finally as providers of products necessary for success.

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.

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

Spotlight Tours, LLC provides festival and performance opportunities for all your musical ensembles. We provide personal and knowledgeable assistance throughout… allowing you more time on the podium. You will receive custom-detailed itineraries designed for safety, education, fun, and excitement. Contact us and "Let us put your group in the Spotlight." (Telephone 1-615-904-7355)

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

Quality band uniforms since 1917. Call James or Scott today @ (800) 826-2246.

Super Holiday Tours, 116 Gatlin Ave., Orlando, FL 32806

Helping Students performance and educational groups travel the world since 1975. Now celebrating our 40th anniversary!

Superior Travel and Tour, 1270 Coronado Terrace, Deltona, FL 32725

Superior Travel and Tour is a travel company with a sales team, tour guides, and owner who are all former music educators. Contact us for a Superior trip!

Tennesse Technological University - Dept. of Music

Promoting Attendance at TTU

Theme and Variations

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.

Travel America, 131 Primrose Lane, Harpersville, AL 35078

Student - performance and educational travel

UAH Department of Music, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899

UAH offers eight music edgrees and numerous musical opportunities for all. More information at www.uah.edu/music

University of Alabama Bands, 211 Moody Music Building, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0368

Ranked among the finer music programs in the courntry, UA stands ready to assist you with all aspects of your future musical endeavors.

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.

University of Montevallo, Station 6670, Montevallo, Alabama 35115

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

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

The UNA Bands is a comprehensive university band program within the UNA Dept. of Music and Theatre. Performing ensembles including the “Pride of Dixie” Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Studio Jazz Band. (327)

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

The UNA Department of Music and Theatre is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music offering bachelor’s degrees in music education, music performance, music business and general music.

University of South Alabama Music Department, Dept. of Music, 5751 USA Drive South, Room 1072, Mobile, AL 36688

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 www.southalabama.edu/music.

Valdosta State University, 1500 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31698

The Valdosta State University Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music offering Bachelor's degrees in Music Performance, Music Education, Arts and Master's degrees in Music Performance and Music Education.

Warburton Music Products, 2764 US 1, Mims, FL 32754

Warburton brass and saxophone mouthpieces are precision machined in the Warburton factory in Mims, Florida. The Warburton system flexibility provides the player with the most efficient mouthpiece for performing in any playing situation. Please visit warburton-usa.com to learn more about our innovative products for brass and woodwind players.

World Strides Field Studies Center, 1528 Horton Place, Columbus, OH 43228

Educational tours for bands, orchestras, and choirs to the destination of your choice. Carnegie Hall Festivals in New York City.

John Bradley - Class of 2015

Bill Brunner - Class of 2015

Jim Duren - Class of 2015

Curtis Hollinger - Class of 2013

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

Early and Middle Childhood

Sharon August (Vestavia Hills, 2007)

Deanna Bell (Vestavia Hills, 2010)

Donna Blethen (Birmingham, 2005)

Laura Butler (Mountain Brook, 2007)

Brian Cocke (Jefferson County, 2008)

Ben Cook (Jefferson County, 2012)

Carrie Cruz (Jefferson County, 2009)

Beth Davis (Decatur, 2006)

Kate Donaldson (Vestavia Hills, 2009)

Brooke Dunham (Shelby County, 2011)

Hunter Goff (Jefferson County, 2011)

Carlee Green (Hoover, 2012)

Tiffani Little (Jefferson County, 2010)

Theresa McKibben (Homewood, 2004)

Alicia Mulloy (Huntsville City, 2013)

Michael Myrick (Jefferson County, 2011)

Janet Nelson (Mountain Brook, 2009)

Vicki Portis (Hoover, 2002/2012)

Melinda Pruitt (Birmingham, 2006)

Joy Smith (Birmingham, 2009)

Jennifer Thompson (Jefferson County, 2007)

Phil Wilson (Auburn, 2010)

Amy Womack (Mountain Brook, 2005)

Sara Womack (Hoover, 2007)

Walter Wren (Leeds, 2005/2015)

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

Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

David Allinder (Jefferson County, 2008)

Darwin Anderson (Madison City, 2011)

Kim Bain (Vestavia Hills, 2010)

Kristi Bowers (Huntsville City, 2011)

Jeff Calvert (Jefferson County, 2007)

John Cooper (Decatur, 2007)

Laura Doss (2006/2016)

Donald Dowdy (Madison County, 2005)

Mark Foster (Mountain Brook, 2007)

Greg Gumina (Jefferson County, 2010)

Margaret Heron (Jefferson County, 2009)

Sandra Hill (Jefferson County, 2010)

Daniel Hornstein (Huntsville City, 2007)

Jerell Horton (Vestavia Hills, 2010)

John Kincaid (Mountain Brook, 2010)

Lee Mason (Birmingham, 2007)

Chris Neugent (Hoover, 2010)

Regina Raney (Decatur, 2005/2015)

Kimberly Scott (2010)

Elizabeth Stephenson (Huntsville City, 2003)

Jamie Thomas (Piedmont City, 2014)

Renee Thomas (Baldwin County, 2007)

Adam Truesdale (Leeds, 2013)

Theo Vernon (Huntsville City, 2003/2013)

Chris Walker (Jefferson County, 2008)

Jennifer Walsh (Jefferson County, 2012)

Megan Wicks (Vestavia Hills, 2003/2013)

AMEA’ AMEA’ SS N N ATIONAL ATIONAL B B OARD OARD C C ERTIFIED ERTIFIED T T EACHERS EACHERS IN IN M M USIC USIC

The Alabama Music Educators Association is proud to recognize those AMEA members having 25 or more years of continuous membership in NAfME. This year, each person attaining 25 years and those reaching increments of five years beyond that will be honored. The following music educators will be honored during the Friday morning General Session.

Merilyn Jones - 60 years

John Robert Hinton - 55 years

Stewart Hampton - 50 years

Ronald Lett - 50 years

William T. Robinson - 50 years

Thomas Smith - 50 years

Thomas Brannan - 45 years

Freddie Meadows - 45 years

Arthur Means - 45 years

Milton Welch - 45 years

Frank Blanton - 40 years

Dennis Carroll - 40 years

James Duren - 40 years

Rebecca Rockhill - 40 years

Suzanne Winter - 40 years

Virginia Carlisle - 35 years

Paul Edmondson - 35 years

Larry Hardin - 35 years

Micheal Holmes - 35 years

Susan McCall - 35 years

Debra Ellis - 30 years

Rhonda Farley - 30 years

Bryan Kreps - 30 years

Rondall Mallory - 30 years

Theo Vernon - 30 years

Kim Bain - 25 years

John Bradley - 25 years

Beth Davis - 25 years

Jennifer Fyock - 25 years

Lester Harris - 25 years

Brian Lowe - 25 years

Gary McNutt - 25 years

Karen Morgan - 25 years

David Pryor - 25 years

Michelle Reburn - 25 years

Jon Remley - 25 years

Paul Tallent - 25 years

Natasha Tidmore - 25 years

Reggie Tolbert - 25 years

AMEA M AMEA M EMBERSHIP EMBERSHIP H H ONOR ONOR R R OLL OLL

at UAH FROM HANDS-ON TO HI-TECH

EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION. UAH Department of Music

AUDITION DATES FOR 2016

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Voice Only Auditions

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016

All Auditions

The Department of Music at UAH prepares musicians for careers as performers, educators, composers, church musicians, and music industry professionals. Noted for quality instruction by nationally and internationally renowned faculty, and an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, we offer eight music emphases, numerous ensembles, and over 150 performances each year.