2017 Conference Schedule
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Collegiate Division Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview Boardroom
Thursday, January 19, 2017
AMEA Leadership Breakfast - Renaissance, Ballroom B
Featured Speaker: Lynn Tuttle, NAfME Director of Content and Policy
8:00 AM-5:00 PMConference Registration - Renaissance Registration Booth
9:00-9:50 AM
9:00-9:50 AM
ABA Concert Session, MPAC
Tuscaloosa County High School Velvet Blue Jazz Band - Mike Guzman, Director
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
How Do We Do Acapella Pop?! - Megan Rudolph, Clinician
This session will give participants an opportunity to see how to begin and rehearse an Acapella Pop group. The session will include Vestavia Hills Just Singin' as well as different resources to have a successful Acapella Pop group. Participants will have the opportunity to see how to rehearse this type of group as well as learn techniques to enhance the Acapella Pop sound.
9:00-9:50 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
The ‘Few Good Men’ in a Choir of Women: How to Employ Quality Repertoire and Teaching Strategies to Keep Them Singing Greg Lefils, Clinician
Choosing repertoire for a choir of mostly girls and just three or four hearty guys can often pose a dilemma for the director. This session will lay out some ways to choose quality literature and what teaching strategies to employ to keep those promising gentlemen singing in your program.
9:00-9:50 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Composition in the General Music Classroom - Roger Sams, Clinician
Composition can be a powerful tool for students to synthesize their learning and demonstrate mastery. This workshop will present models that clearly embody musical concepts and provide structures that support student learning, synthesis, and mastery.
9:00-9:50 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5
In Defense of Music Education: Developing Alabama’s Voice for Advocacy - Rob Lyda, Clinican
A recent article that was widely circulated through social media, Stop “Defending” Music Education, made valid points about defending music education for purely musical reasons. However, defending music education usually only focuses on the ancillary benefits of receiving a music education. This session is designed to be an open forum to discuss many of the issues facing the music education community. Topics discussed will include: New Core Arts Standards, ESSA’s designation of Music as a Core Subject, Adjunct Teaching Positions, Popular and Alternative Music Ensembles, and Social Issues related to Music Teaching. Come and lend your voice!
9:00-9:50 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3
Sight Read It: Developing Music Reading Skills in Young String Players - Andrew Dabczynski, Clinician
Teaching reading skills to young instrumentalists – and particularly ensemble sight-reading skills – is a fundamental, and sometimes daunting, responsibility of any string teacher. Recent developments in music psychology and learning theory – along with common sense and traditional common practice – provide important insights into this process. In this session, these findings will be discussed, and an instructional framework will be presented that moves students effectively from ‘rote-to-note’ while accurately assessing students’ reading skills. New materials and strategies will be explored and shared that address common note-reading problems. Bring an instrument and join in!
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9:00 AM-12:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B
9;00 AM-12:30 PMIntercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A
9:00 AM-4:00 PMFAME, Renaissance, Riverview 1
10:00 AM Grand Opening of the Exhibits - Exhibit Hall C
Featured Performance by the 151st Army National Guard Jazz Combo
10:00 AM-5:00 PMExhibits Open
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Sing, my Tongue, the Glorious Battle: Resources and Ideas for Pronunciation, Comprehension, and Memorization of Sung Texts Tiffany Bostic Brown and Ian Loeppky, Clinicians
Singers sing words—the only “instrument” that does. For the singer, the text is not ADDED to the music: the text IS the music! The participant will discover resources and ideas to make texted music real, relevant, and powerful to singers and their audiences. The basics of diction of the major singing languages will be covered (English, Latin, German, French, Italian, and Spanish) along with strategies for instruction. Resources for comprehension and memorization—both print and electronic media—will be explored, with strengths and weaknesses discussed for each. Representative entry-level choral works from each of these languages will be provided and discussed.
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Rondo Rendevous - Andrea and Joey Coleman, Clinicians
Rhythm and movement activities built around the rondo form will be explored using body percussion, found sounds, and the basic Orff instrumentarium.
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
I Don't Play the Guitar, But I Want to Teach Guitar! Come and Learn How! - Travis Perry, Clinician
Teaching the guitar can be easy and fun with the ChordBuddy. Differentiating for students of all abilities is possible with this color-coded device that attaches to your guitar and makes playing successful for everyone. Come and learn how to use Garageband to engage students in their learning. We will demonstrate how the color-coded system makes composing fun and the performances sounding professional right away. Discover why the “Sharks” on ABC’s hit show, Shark Tank, funded the fast guitar learning system, ChordBuddy!
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3
Fixing Broken Baroque: Approaching the Baroque in the Beginning and Intermediate String Class
Andrew Dabczynski, Clinician
Music of the Baroque era represents the Golden Age of string playing. All beginning and intermediate string players learn Baroque solos and perform Baroque string orchestra repertoire. But contemporary string teaching and playing – with emphasis on heavy marcato eighth notes and legato-in-the-string sixteenths – often neglects or ignores those very stylistic, aesthetic, and historical practices that make the Baroque compelling, both to students and audiences. Dr. Dabczynski will demonstrate insights and creative teaching approaches that can transform the performance of beginning and intermediate string programs. Bring an instrument and join in!
10:45-11:30
AMABA Concert Session - MPAC
Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Honors Band - Brandon Peters, Conductor
11:15 AM
12:00-1:00 PM
12:00-1:00 PM
12:00-1:00 PM
1:00-2:00 PM
1:00-2:00 PM
Lobby Performance - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Auburn Junior High Ukulele Ensemble - Teresa Rhyne, Director
HED Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 4
Past President’s Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 2
FAME Luncheon - Starlight Foyer
ABA
Concert Session - MPAC
Pizitz Middle School Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble - Kim Bain, Conductor
AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Berry Middle School 6th Grade Choir - Rachel Smith, Conductor
Alabama State University Trebled Soul Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Tyrone Hayes, Conductor
1:00-2:00 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Learning from the Great Maestros: Five Principles We Can Apply to our Daily Conducting - Blake Richardson, Clinician
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
In looking at the work of great conductors, we are able to take away several useful concepts that relate to our own conducting. This session will look at 5 great conductors of the present and past and provide participants with strategies for implementing these conductors' conducting philosophies into their own work.
1:00-2:00 PM Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Audio Cubes: STEAM instruction for the Music Classroom - Deanna Bell, Clinician
Need a STEAM lesson? AudioCubes are it!! This interactive lesson allows students to create and compose instantly!
1:45-2:45 PM
All-State Jazz Bands Registration - Renaissance, Montgomery 7
2:00-5:00 PM All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B
2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Recruiting and Retaining Singers - Joel Dunlap, Clinician
This session will focus on recruiting and retaining singers for the middle, high school, and college choir. Discussions will include strategies, ideas and various tools for obtaining singers for your choirs and ensembles. This will also be an open discussion forum. Directors are invited to share thoughts and suggestions. This session will also include top recruiting tools from well-known choral directors from around the nation.
2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B
The Effective and Efficient Rehearser: Getting More Out of Your Band in Less Time! - Will Petersen, Clinician
Too much to rehearse? 50 minutes to rehearse it? Think your ensemble’s performance isn’t where it should be? This session is designed for the busy band director to help identify techniques to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of any rehearsal. The clinic will walk through a normal 50-minute rehearsal and show ways to get more out of warm-ups, ensemble tone, blend and balance, develop a more cohesive ensemble sound, and offer techniques to rehearse your ensemble more effectively and musically! In addition, this clinic will emphasize instruction in the band rehearsal that maximizes the effectiveness of your verbal instruction, while reducing the overall amount of it.
2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Honors Level Band: Implementing an Advanced High School Instrumental Music Curriculum in Your School System
Shelby County Band Directors, Travis Bender, Moderator
The Shelby County Schools' Band Directors will discuss how to create an Honors Band curriculum, present it to your Board of Education and administration, and successfully implement it as part of your school system's course of study. Honors level courses receive an extra weighted grade of 0.5 on each student's GPA. This process may potentially improve the rigor of your instrumental music program, further substantiate music as a critical part of the high school curricula, and increase retention of your advanced level students.
2:15-3:15 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Developing Part-Singing Skills in School-Age Musicians - Georgia Newlin, Clinician
This session will examine the sequential development of part-singing skills in school-age singers in order to help students acquire the ability to sustain a given voice part in a multi-part context. Purposefully teaching these techniques produces more singers who are able to fulfill their potential as self-sufficient musicians in a choral setting.
2:15-3:15 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5
Panel Discussion - I’ll Follow You: The Role of the Accompanist in Collaborative Playing
This interactive session will focus on the collaboration between applied faculty, student, and accompanist in performance preparation. Topics for discussion may include selection of music, rehearsal techniques, communication, and other aspects of accompanying that may maximize successful performances.
2:15-3:15 PM
Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Be My Neighbor - Andrea and Joey Coleman, Clinicians
Come and join the fun as we explore partner and community dances. From Weikart to Sting, this session will feature varied music easily accessible on iTunes.
2:15-4:15 PM
Reading Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3
J.W. Pepper presents New Orchestra Music
This reading session will feature some of the latest music for orchestra provided by JW Pepper. Bring your instrument!
2:30-5:30 PM
Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Thursday,
3:00-5:00 PM
3:30-4:15 PM
3:30-4:20 PM
All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
ABA Concert Session - MPAC
Oak Mountain Middle School Advanced Band - Heather Holmes, Conductor
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Facial Expression in Choral Performance: Optional or Required? - William Powell, Clinician
This session will explore methods of engaging singers into improved expression—both physically and vocally—during choral rehearsals and performances. Attendees can expect to participate in exercises that involve engaging the face, body, and voice.
3:30-4:20 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B
Copyright - Barry Morgan, Clinician
This session covers the common legal issues that have emerged for music teachers when dealing with the copyright law Through real life examples the session will cover practical advice to avoid being held responsible in court.
3:30-4:20 PM
Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Recorder Playing for Singers and Instrumentalists of all ages: More than “Lightly Row!” - Patricia Corbin, Clinician
This session will introduce basic recorder instruction, including accessing the upper registers of the C & F instruments (Soprano/Tenor, Alto/Bass) and offer strategies for incorporating recorder instruction into elementary through collegiate music curriculum. Instrument recommendations and recorder ensemble repertoire lists will be available for elementary through collegiate groups. This will be a "hands on" session and attendees are encouraged to bring recorders of any size with them. Attendees are especially encouraged to bring alto and tenor recorders to this session.
4:00 PM
4:30-5:30 PM
4:30-5:30 PM
Lobby Performance - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Thompson High School Chamber Groups - Jon Bubbett, Director
Concert Session - MPAC
HED Recital
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Blast to the Past: Teaching Music History as an Integral Part of the Daily Lesson Plan - Kristi Howze, Clinician
This session will emphasize the importance of music history in all music classes.
4:30-5:30 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
The Fundamental Warm-Up: It Really Is Important - Donald Dowdy, Clinician
Select members of Monrovia Middle School will serve as a demonstration band as we go about a typical rehearsal warm-up. Each performance element will be covered, explaining its effectiveness and importance.
4:30-5:30 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5
Clarinet Deconstructed: Breaking Down the Instrument to Build Up Your Section - Kip Franklin, Clinician
This fifty-minute session is geared toward public school band directors desiring to improve their knowledge of teaching fundamentals of clarinet. Led by Dr. Kip Franklin, the presentation will address the uniqueness of sound production on clarinet as it relates to embouchure and voicing. Students’ troubles with high notes or intonation is often misdiagnosed, and this session will target those misconceptions, clarify them, and provide useful strategies for clarinet instruction from the very beginning level. Participants will be given a booklet of annotated exercises for their classroom or one-on-one instruction. Dr. Franklin will have time at the end of the session for a question and answer portion.
5:00-7:30 PM
5:45-6:45 PM
7:00-9:00 PM
7:00-9:00 PM
7:00-9:00 PM
UNA Music Alumni Reception - Renaissance, Riverview Room
HED/Collegiate Mixer - Embassy Suites
All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B
All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Where Do I Start? and Meaningful Movement - David Frego, Clinician
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This participatory session will introduce purposeful movement into the general music classroom. Activities will include focus games, walk & freeze, subdivision, movement exploration, and rhythmic solfège. Handouts will provide details on the lessons, plus extensions, transfer to other academic skills and assessment. January 19, 2017
7:00-9:00 PM
ABA Concert Session - MPAC
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Oak Mountain High School Wind Ensemble, Kevin Ownby and Travis Bender, Conductors
UAH Wind Ensemble - C. David Ragsdale, Conductor
7:00-9:00 PM
AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Vestavia Hills High School Just Singin' - Megan Rudolph, Conductor
Ramsay High School Concert Choir - Clarence H. Janes, Jr., Conductor
Troy University Collegiate Singers - James E. Brown, Conductor
University of Montevallo Concert Choir - Melinda S. Doyle, Conductor
7:30-9:30 PM
9:00-10:30 PM
Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A
Exhibit Hall Reception - Exhibit Hall C
Featured Entertainment - 151st Army National Guard Jazz Combo
7:30 AM-1:00 PMConference Registration Open - Renaissance, Registration Booth
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Create and Integrate Web Content - Jane Kuehne, Clinician
Friday, January 20, 2017
This session demonstrates easy ways to create content on the web using Wix.com, integrating Google Docs (including forms) to help (1) deliver and collect information, (2) create content and assessment materials for whole class, small group, and individual student use. Previously created content will be shown as examples and to provide ideas. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops.
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3
The Big Picture: Deeper Learning and Interdisciplinary Connections in the Orchestra Class - Andrew Dabczynski, Clinician
String teachers necessarily focus on building critical performance skills in their students. But to what end? This session explores an approach to help students discover how making string music can connect with other art forms, life experiences, and disciplines to express personal feelings and creativity. A variety of orchestra projects, repertoire, materials, and other teaching ideas will be presented. Here’s a session to stir your imagination!
8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Developing Part-Singing Skills in School-Age Musicians (Repeat Session) - Georgia Newlin, Clinician
This session will examine the sequential development of part-singing skills in school-age singers in order to help students acquire the ability to sustain a given voice part in a multi-part context. Purposefully teaching these techniques produces more singers who are able to fulfill their potential as self-sufficient musicians in a choral setting.
8:00-9:30 AM ABA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B
8:30 AM Lobby Performance - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Huntingdon College Saxophone Quartet - Curtis Hollinger, Director
8:30-11:30 AM Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A
8:30 AM-5:00 PMExhibits Open - Exhibit Hall C
9:00 AM-12:00 PMAll-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B
9:00 AM-12:00 PMAll-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Reinvigorating The Choral Warm Up: Invest Time To Save Time - J.D. Frizzell, Clinician
We all warm up our choirs…right? A few years ago, I found myself stuck in a rut of doing the exact same warm ups over and over again without any design or purpose beyond the physical engagement of the vocal mechanisms. In this session, we’ll explore “next-level” warm up exercises and strategies that will not only improve your choir’s tone, blend, articulation, dynamics, and intonation, but will also ensure smoother rehearsal flow, behavior, and engagement.
9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Playing Well Together: Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Collaboration with Music Specialists
Becky Halliday, Clinician
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Many undergraduate teacher-training programs require a course in basic music skills for elementary education majors. One purpose of this course is to give future general classroom teachers enough information to teach musical concepts, in the instance that there is not a highly qualified music educator in their schools. This course has the potential to be a meaningful opportunity for music education advocacy, if structured with that end in mind. When pre-service teachers have the opportunity to see music as a vehicle for deeper levels of understanding, they may increasingly acknowledge the need for music education in schools. This session introduces a group of elementary education majors who have completed this course at a state university. These students will demonstrate a lesson that aligns a musical concept with one from another subject area. The current Alabama Course of Studies standards from each subject inform the desired learning outcomes, and the group has collaborative meetings with the course instructor during the semester. In doing so, it is hoped that these future educators will be more likely to work with, and not simply alongside, music educators in their schools.
9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 Communication with Parents - Anne Witt, Clinician
Concern about parental communication is not limited to young teachers. As modes of communication continue to evolve, many of us question our effectiveness. How much should be done through social media? When is a personal meeting useful? Should parents have my cell phone number? Is my handbook actually as effective as it seems to me? Dr. Witt will share insights from over 40 years of teaching to help participants increase and refine their skills - verbal and non-verbal - which are useful in parent communication. Teachers will be encouraged to share effective ways of communicating from their teaching experience.
9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Embassy Suites
M2 = Music Squared - Andrea and Joey Coleman, Clinicians
Come and join us as we explore simple to complex rhythms while creating and improvising.
9:45-10:15 AM
ABA Concert Session - MPAC
Homewood Middle School Percussion Ensemble - Chris Cooper, Conductor
10:30-11:45 PMAMEA General Session - MPAC Awards
AMEA Business Meeting
Homewood Middle School Synergy Drum Circle
Keynote: What's Right with Education…MUSIC - Scott Lang, Clinician
Join Scott as he pushes back against political pundits who want to point out what’s wrong with education instead of highlighting what’s right. Scott will use not so fuzzy math, stories and data to prove why American education is on top and that music is much the reason for it! This is a don’t miss session for anyone wanting to think hard and feel good!
11:15 AM
12:00-1:00 PM
12:00-1:00 PM
12:00-1:00 PM
1:00-3:00 PM
1:00-3:00 PM
1:15-2:15 PM
Lobby Performance - Exhbit Hall Lobby
New Brockton High School Saxophone Quartet - Patrick Lord, Director
Phi Beta Mu Luncheon - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Collegiate Luncheon - Embassy Suites
ACDA Board Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 2
Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A
HED Poster Session - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Elem/Gen Concert Session - MPAC
Montgomery Academy 5th and 6th Grade Chorus - Meg Griffin, Conductor Ogletree Singers - Phil Wilson, Conductor
1:15-2:15 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
A Choir Director’s Teaching Philosophy: Choosing Inspiration, Empowerment, and Success - J.D. Frizzell, Clinician
Whether you already have a teaching philosophy or think that they are a waste of time, this session is designed to reinvigorate your approach to teaching. We’ll explore the choices we make in advance of leading a rehearsal, including: Inspiration over intimidation-- While it is easy and tempting to use external consequences like grades, disciplinary action, and failure to push a student or ensemble towards their best work, I have found it more powerful to lead by example.
1:15-2:15 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B
Building a Model Student Leadership Team - Scott Lang, Clinician
Every school music program can benefit from a successful student leadership program. During this dynamic and informative one-hour
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session, participants learn how to choose, train, and implement a student leadership program than mirrors the value system of the organization. In addition, each and every participant will be challenged to define what student leadership means to them. This is a MUST ATTEND session for any secondary teacher regardless of his or her content area.
1:15-2:15 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Buzz Is a 4-Letter Word: Strategies for Beginning Brass - Robert Waugh, Clinician
When band directors are asked about the performance habits of their brass students, the most common critique is the production of bad tone. Poor tone production is closely tied to other problems in young players including insufficient range, bad intonation, and limited flexibility. While no golden key exists to fix these problems, they can be avoided through proper techniques in the early stages of learning. Commonly used techniques in the beginning brass classroom are riddled with pitfalls that leave many players stuck with hard to fix issues. This session will explore strategies in how to teach young players for long-term success. The techniques taught in this session are modified concepts found in the pedagogical lineage of William Adam professor emeritus of Indiana University.
1:30-4:30 PM
2:00-5:00 PM
2:30-3:20 PM
All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Turning Our Ears On, Through Active Listening and Jazz Improvisation - Matt Leder, Clinician
As a student of music, listening is one of the most important concepts to master. This session will cover concepts of listening, through the art of jazz improvisation. It is the goal of improvisers to create meaningful melodies. In academia, scales and modes are often stressed in teaching beginning improvisation. While this approach is important, melodic continuity and phrasing development are also crucial aspects in developing a meaningful jazz vocabulary. Many educators would agree that listening is key in developing a jazz vocabulary, but the process to which a student listens to musical contents is sometimes overlooked. This innovative approach provides an alternative way of teaching beginning jazz improvisation through incorporating concepts of active listening and phrasing concepts within the 12 bar blues form. A teaching and performance demonstration will be presented in this workshop to provide educators a thorough understanding.
2:30-3:20 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B Booster Club Legal Issues - Barry Morgan, Clinician
This session covers the common legal issues that have emerged for music teachers when dealing with parent booster clubs. The session will present the rules and regulations concerning the 501(c)3 status of the parent booster club.
2:30-3:20 PM Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
A Glimpse Into a Kodaly Inspired Classroom - Lea Hoppe, Clinician
This session will help acquaint elementary and general music teachers with hands on activities used in a Kodaly inspired classroom. The prepare, present, practice lesson design used in Kodaly will be demonstrated.
2:30-3:20 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E Classroom Management Made Easy - Otto Gross, Clinician
The planning process can be streamlined by making use of the Quaver K-5 and the Quaver 6-8 General Music Programs. Automated assessments, easy curriculum customization, and engaging activities for your students help make lesson planning fun again! Save precious time and build a collection of resources that will help you efficiently manage your classroom.
2:30-3:20 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5
“Where do I begin?”—Beginning, Intermediate, and Early Advanced Music for Vocal Jazz and Contemporary A-Cappella Ensembles - Diane Orlofsky, Clinican with Troy University frequency
This reading and information session will feature some of the latest contemporary vocal jazz/contemporary a cappella titles from today’s top arrangers/composers. Those attending will also receive ideas and techniques for easy warm-ups and circle songs. All attendees will be encouraged to “join in the singing” with the Troy University Vocal Jazz Ensemble, frequency, who will serve as the session demonstration musicians. Perusal packets of reading material samples used will be provided by clinician, Diane Orlofsky, who is the Vocal Jazz Repertoire and Standards Chair for Alabama ACDA as well as the founder and artistic director of frequency.
2:30-3:20 PM
Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Congratulations! You Got Hired! Now, Don’t Get Fired - Lisa Gillespie, Clinician
I have had numerous (over 100) student teachers, practicum students and educational psychology students participate in my elementary classroom because of our proximity to Jacksonville State University. Through the years, I have noticed an abundance of inappropriate behavior. The following is a list of some of the topics that will be addressed. I will present this in a candid way using a keynote presentation and questioning of the audience. Topics include: 1. Inappropriate behavior on Social Media; 2. How to abide by the new Alabama Data Governance policy; 3. Defining Insubordination v. expressing personal opinions publicly and through email; 4. Grounds for firing if a
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person uses the school's network, even on their personal email accounts or devices; 5. Revealing information about personal data and behavior regarding students; 6. Proper dress code or making a personal impression, especially on older administrators with more conservative views; 7. "Perceived" inappropriate relationships with students; 8. Handling finances illegally without realizing it.
3:30 PM
3:30-4:20 PM
3:30-4:30 PM
3:30-4:30 PM
Lobby Performance - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Rainbow Middle School Brass Quintet - Alicia Probst, Director
ABA Concert Session - MPAC
Bob Jones High School Wind Ensemble - Leigh Thomas, Clinician
AOA Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 3
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Poignant, Yet Accessible Music for Mixed Voice Middle School and High School Choirs - J.D. Frizzell, Clinician
Developing ensembles deserve high quality literature just as much as advanced ensembles do. However, it is much harder to find that music. This session will explore 3-part, SAB, and limited range SATB music that I have found successful.
3:30-4:30 PM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Together We Sing: Adventures in Creating an Inclusive Choral EnsembleEllary Draper and Ginny Coleman, Clinicians
This session will detail the collaboration between a high school choral director and a university music therapy program to create an inclusive choir. The choir, in its second year, includes students with severe disabilities and typical students; the group prepares and performs popular music as part of school-wide performances as well as community out-reach concerts. We will discuss lessons we’ve learned in creating an ensemble of this nature as well as instructional strategies, early outcomes, and video examples of the ensemble.
3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Get Organized!: Time Management for Music Educators - Frank Buck, Clinician
Every good thing we do happens through the dimension of time, yet “lack of time” is the typical culprit which derails our plans. Learn a nuts-and-bolts system for making every day count. Your desk will be clean, email empty, everything you have to do on one list, repeating tasks on autopilot, documentation handled, and you will be the master of your digital tools. Your plan for the day will be clear. Greater productivity and less stress can be yours today.
3:30-4:30 PM
4:30-5:00 PM
Elem/Gen Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Exclusive Exhibit Time - Exhibit Hall C
4:45 PM Lobby Performance - Exhibit Hall Lobby
Northridge Saxophone Ensemble - John Cain, Director
4:45-5:45 PM
6:30-8:00 PM
7:00 PM
7:00-9:00 PM
Intercollegiate Band Dress Rehearsal - MPAC
All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B (if determined necessary)
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Move to the Cirque - Andrea and Joey Coleman, Clinicians
Participants will engage in lively dances and hand clapping games centered around the music of Cirque du Soleil.
7:00-9:00 PM
AVA Concert Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Pleasant Grove Chorale - Nichole Hill, Conductor
Smiths Station High School Concert Choir - Faye Haag, Conductor
Gadsden State A Cappella Choir - John Harrell, Conductor
Auburn University Chamber Choir - William Powell, Conductor
7:00-9:00 PM
AOA/ABA/Collegiate/HED Concert Session - MPAC
Huxford Symphony Orchestra - Blake Richardson, Conductor
Alabama Intercollegiate Band - John Locke, Conductor
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8:00-9:00 AM AVA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom A
8:00-9:00 AM ABA General Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
Woodwind Repair: I Can Do All THAT By Myself? Dave Lawson, Clinician
Attendees will learn basic repairs for woodwind instruments as well as some advanced repair techniques. Proper tool selection (that doesn't break the bank) will be addressed as well as substitute tools to be used in the field (emergencies). Those attending will receive training on how to tell if an instrument needs to go to the shop and exactly what needs to be fixed-- this will save time and money for your band AND parents! The session will also have a hands-on demonstration where educators will be able to not only see how certain repairs are done, but they will attempt these repairs themselves.
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
Video Game Music: The Great Teaching Experiment - Mark Laughlin, Clinician
From the first beeps and bleeps of Pong in 1972 to the world’s most-subscribed massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft, video games are part of our lives and culture. This presentation will highlight the successes and failures of teaching an online video game music course to the student-at-large. Video Game Music offered a unique pedagogical approach by allowing faculty and students to meet in-game through various MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), and to interactively explore music of various regions within the gaming world in real-time. This was the first music course, and possibly first university course ever, to offer in-game class meetings in real-time.
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3
Baroque and Beyond: An Approach to Teaching Early Music - Jacob Bitinas, Clinician
Early music and music history are sometimes accompanied by unenthused sighs of boredom among students. In this session, educators will experience an approach to teaching early music that has excited scores of middle school students. Time will be devoted to discussing “new” early music repertoire beyond the classics, learning how music history can met with enthusiasm among students, and understanding the purpose of historically informed performance.
8:00-9:00 AM
Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Music Makers - Ready Readers - Suzanne Burgess, Clinician
This lesson demonstration introduces a conceptual framework for integrating music, movement, and reading in the primary classroom. Specifically, we will explore the shared elements and processes between expressive singing, speaking and reading in order to better understand the unique benefits of interdisciplinary play for young children.
9:00-10:00 AM
9:15-10:00 AM
9:15-10:15 AM
All-State Jazz Band Final Rehearsal - Renaissance, Montgomery 1and 7, and Riverview 5 and 7
AVA Concert Session - MPAC
All-State Show Choir - Brett Carroll and Randy Sage, Clinicians
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A
Practical and Truly Applicable Ways of Integrating Technology in an Instrumental Music Classroom
Robert Grogan, Clinician
The goal of this session is to share strategies for integrating technology in an instrumental classroom that are realistic, increase organization, makes assessment more efficient, and improve student learning. Strategies for implementing technology can demonstrate differentiated instruction and instructional rigor which can be helpful to the educator for teacher evaluations.
9:15-10:15 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B
The Shortcut to Success - Sue Samuels, Clinician
We will discuss proven effective warm-up techniques for full band; taking a private lesson approach to teaching an ensemble. Material presented is based on research conducted with 5 exemplary high school band directors from across the country (Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma). Further, we will discuss expression in music, and using a march as an example, we will walk the participants through interpretive decisions that will clean up a musical performance.
9:15-10:15 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD
0-5: The Developmental Years of a Band Director - What I Needed to Know but Didn't - Russ Thompson, Clinician
The first five years are the most formative years in one's teaching career. From percussion to parents, this session will explore tips, teaching strategies, and general advice for band directors in the formative years of their career.
7:30-8:45 AM All-State Show Choir Dress Rehearsal - MPAC
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Saturday,
9:15-10:15 AM
Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E
EdTPA and the Music Education Internship (Student Teaching) Experience - Nancy Barry, Clinician
Panel Session addressing proactive ways to integrate EdTPA into the Music Education Internship (Student Teaching) Experience. Panel participants will include: recent undergraduates who achieved high scores on their EdTPA portfolios; public school music teachers who have served as cooperating teacher for interns going through the EdTPA process; professors who have served as university supervisors for interns going through the EdTPA process. Session participants will have opportunities to participate in discussion and exchange ideas.
9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Embassy Suites
Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue: Springboards for Creative Thinking in Music - Rob Lyda, Clinician
Music education literature consistently cites that creative tasks (composition, improvisation, etc.) are often the least scheduled activities in music classrooms. This session will present research based and kid tested activities that can be folded into your preexisting curriculum. Participants will learn how to repurpose materials that are old, borrowed, and blue to provide students with new opportunities for creative thinking in music.
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD Lightening Round
10:30-11:30 AMInterest Session - Embassy Suites
The Rhythm of the Rhyme - Roger Sams, Clinician
Rhymes and poems can be powerful tools for creating satisfying experiences with untuned percussion instruments and movement. Together we'll explore how to use spoken poetry as a springboard for co-creating percussion pieces with your students, all the while covering curricular objectives.
10:30 AM-12:30 PMABA Concert Session - MPAC
All-State Jazz Bands
1:00-3:00 PM
1:00-3:00 PM
AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2
ABA Adjudication Clinic - Renaissance, Riverview 3
John Cooper and Chris Lindley, Clinicians
Posters to be presented at the HED Research Poster Session, Friday, January 20, 2017, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall Lobby
Joseph B. Allen, University of Alabama
The Effects of Horn Bell Direction on Musicians’ Performance Assessments and Preferences
Julie Bannerman, University of Alabama
Singing in School Culture: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Rural Secondary Choral Program
Nancy H. Barry, Auburn University, and Octavia Tripp, Auburn University
The Impact of Professional Development in Science and Music Integration in an Undergraduate Elementary Science Methods Course
Rebecca Cichy, University of Alabama
The Effect of Audience-Type on the Accuracy of Emotional Facial Expressions
Shane E. Colquhoun, Auburn University/Loachapoka High School
From Formal to Informal: Strategies for Transforming the Formal Music Classroom into an Informal Learning Environment.
Sebastian E. Dobbins, University of Alabama
The Effect of Conductor Attire on Perceived Conductor Effectiveness and Ensemble Performance Quality After a Warm-up and the Performance
Stephen Darryl Foster, Union University
A Case Study of the Impact of Quaver’s Marvelous / World of Music on an Elementary School’s Music Program
Carl B. Hancock, University of Alabama, and Harry E. Price, Kennesaw State University
Headwaters of Music Education Research: An Analysis of Citations Found in the Journal of Research in Music Education from 1953 to 2015.
String Music Programs in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi: Educator-Identified Barriers to Implementing and Mainting String Programs
Elizabeth R. Hearn, University of Alabama
The Effect of Female Vocal Model Tone Color and Vibrato on the Pitch Matching Accuracy of HS Non-Choral Participants.
Sarah E. Justus, University of Alabama
Correlations Between Self-Evaluation and Teacher-Evaluation of Individual Chorister Performances
Sarah E. Justus, University of Alabama
The Effect of Gender-Matched and Unmatched Vocal Models on Individual Performance Assessment as Measured by an Audition Form Rubric
William Eric Perry, University of Alabama
The Effect of Repeated Listening on the Accuracy of Rhythmic Error Detection for an Unfamiliar Music Excerpt
Krystal A. Stark, University of Alabama
Multicultural Music Implementation: Experiences and Impressions of a PreService Music Teacher
Jonathan H. Stegall, University of Alabama
The Effect of Expressive Instruction on Accurate Expressive Sight Reading as Measured by a Likert Scale
Michael S. Zelenak, Alabama State University
Developing a Community of Practice: Examining the Impact on P-12 Music Educators
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Guy Harrison, Auburn University, and Jane M. Kuehne, Auburn University
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Trebled Soul Vocal Jazz Ensemble is one of the premiere vocal ensembles at Alabama State University in the Department of Music. Admission is by audition only and open to all students on the campus of ASU. Originating in January 2014 under the direction of Professor Tyrone Hayes, the fourteen (14) member ensemble has performed for former President Bill Clinton, the Alabama Music Education Association Higher Ed Recital (2015) and Lobby Performance (2016), a Black History Concert in Anniston, AL, and a host of other events in the Montgomery area. Please take a moment and visit our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ASUTrebledSoul/, to become better acquainted with the ensemble.
Tyrone Hayes is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his Masters degree in Voice Performance from Southeastern Louisiana University and Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of New Orleans. His teachers include Dr. Maryann Kyle, Dr. David Bernard and Dr. Valerie Francis. He has worked with vocal coaches Carol Rausch, Janna Ernst, Wayne Wyman, Dr. Jeffrey Peterson and Jerome Shannon. Roles that Mr. Hayes has performed include Marcello in La Bohème, Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera, Count Monterone and the title role in Rigoletto, the title role Gianni Schicchi, Tonio in I Pagliacci, The Wolf in Seymour Barab's Little Red Riding Hood, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, and Dr. Bartolo in The Barber of Seville. On the concert stage he has been a soloist in the premiere of Edwin Penhorwood's An American Requiem, Faure'sRequiem, Mozart's Requiem, and Charpentier's Christmas Oratorio
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Sandcastles................................................................arr. Louis Corder..............................................................................N/A Blackbird....................................................................Paris Rutherford.................................................................Hal Leonard The Nearness of You......................................................Kirby Shaw....................................................................Hal Leonard I Love You for Sentimental Reason.............................Paul Langford..................................................................Hal Leonard Moon River....................................................................Steve Zegree...................................................................Hal Leonard Once Upon A Time.......................................................Paul Langford................................................................Alfred Music You Have More Friends...................................................Jamey Ray.................................................................................N/A Can’t Stop the Feeling.................................................arr. Louis Corder...........................................................................N/A Concert Program Thursday, 1:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A
The Chamber Choir is the premier choral ensemble at Auburn University. Under the direction of Dr. William C. Powell, the group was formed in 2008. Since then, the choir has participated in a performance tour of Verdi’s Requiem in Italy, and they have sung at such landmarks as Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, and Washington National Cathedral. They have also sung for the 2014 southern division convention of the American Choral Directors Association, and the 2010 Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. The Auburn University choral program consists of seven different choirs: Chamber Choir, Conductors’ Chorus, Concert Choir, Gospel Choir, Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, and University Singers (show choir). Throughout its history, members of the Auburn University Choirs have performed in various parts of the United States, Europe, and Russia. They have produced recordings, and have appeared on national television, radio, and other mass media. Collectively, the AU Choirs perform approximately fifty concerts each year, reaching thousands of audience members.
Dr. William C. Powell, professor and director of choral activities at Auburn University, holds degrees from Alabama State University, Westminster Choir College, and Florida State University. At Auburn, he teaches choral- ‐related courses and conducts the Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Men's Chorus, and Gospel Choir. His guest-‐conducting engagements include performances in Italy, Australia, at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney World, and for various regional and state choral festivals. Powell is a frequent adjudicator, and he has presented sessions for American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Educators, Intercollegiate Male Choruses, College Music Society, etc. His choral arrangements are published by Hal Leonard, Oxford University Press, and Gentry Publications, which will release “The William Powell Choral Series” in 2017.
Concert Program
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The Sixth Grade Choir is the youngest performing ensemble at Berry Middle School. Under the direction of Mrs. Rachel Smith, they received the Distinguished Musicianship Award at the State Choral Performance Assessment for all Superior ratings the past two years. The choir also has a history of receiving Superior and Excellent ratings at festivals in Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana. While in this choir, the students participate in a variety of concerts, including Winter and Spring Concerts, a Veteran’s Day Program, and a Multicultural Day Program. This year, the choir performed for our elementary feeder schools, and visited with future choir students to promote the choral program at Berry.Many of these students were also cast in Berry’s fall production of Dear Edwina, Jr. Later this spring, several members of the Berry Choral Department will be touring Nashville, Tennessee to perform and see the sights of Music City!
Rachel Smith has been the Choral Director at Berry Middle School in Hoover, Alabama for three years. She directs the sixth grade, seventh grade, and eighth grade choirs, in addition to the show choir, the Berry Singers. Her choirs consistently receive Superior and Excellent ratings at the State Choral Performance Assessment, as well as various Festivals. Mrs. Smith’s previous teaching appointments include North Jefferson Middle School and Pinson Valley High School. In 2012, Rachel was named Pinson Valley High School’s Teacher of the Year. That same school year, she was also named the Pinson Education Foundation’s Teacher of the Year. She is a graduate from Samford University, where she completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees. While at Samford, Rachel performed with the Samford A Cappella Choir, Operaworks, the Samford Jazz Band and several productions. Rachel lives in Trussville with her husband, Chris, and their daughter Summerlyn.
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Program Thursday, 1:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A In Dulci Jubilo .........................................Michael Praetorius/arr. Henry Leck..............Hal Leonard Publishing (08596706) Hope of the Future..........................................................Tom Shelton.................................Hinshaw Music, Inc. (08764204) O Magnum Mysterium ..................................................Ivo Antognini.....................Alliance Music Publishing (AMP0896) Three Quotes by Mark Twain ......................................Andrea Ramsey...........Santa Barbara Music Publishing (SBMP892) I.The Silent Fool II.Telling the Truth III. My Dear Mother My Maple Tree and Me ................................................Amy F. Bernon.............................Heritage Music Press (15/2894H) Animal Imagination .........................................................Tom Shelton................................Hinshaw Music, Inc.(08764842) My America.......................................................................Joyce Eilers........................Hal Leonard Corporation (47123013) Polly Wolly Doodle.......................................................Russell Robinson.........................BriLee Music Publishing (BL775)
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Bob Jones High School was founded in 1974 as a part of the Madison County School system. Madison had a population of just over 3,000 at the time. By 1989, its population had grown to 14,000. It was this year that band director Doyle Thornton (now retired) took over the band program with only 17 active members. As the greater Madison area began to blossom, so did the Bob Jones High School Band program. By the time Madison City Schools added a second high school in 2012, the enrollment in the program was well over 200 members. The band has received numerous awards and decorations, including concert and overall grand champion of Fiesta-Val, 3-time Outback Bowl Grand Champion, Field Show USA Grand Champion, and superior ratings at Music Performance Assessment 15 out of the last 16 years. Upon the retirement of director Doyle Thornton in 2015 at 26 years at Bob Jones, assistant director Leigh Thomas assumed the position of Director of Bands. She is in her fifth year of teaching at Bob Jones High School and second year as director of bands. Assistant Director Kevin Smart is in his second year of teaching at Bob Jones. The program consists of two concert ensembles, two jazz bands, a football marching band, competition marching band, percussion ensemble, indoor drumline, winter guard, dance team, and several chamber ensembles. Students in the Bob Jones High School Band Program consistently receive multiple fine art and academic scholarships, and many participate in college marching and concert bands throughout the country. Principal of Bob Jones High School is Mrs. Sylvia Lambert. Superintendent of Madison City Schools is Dr. Dee O. Fowler.
Leigh Thomas graduated from Winfield City High School in 2005 as salutatorian of her class, as well as an All-State percussionist. She received an undergraduate degree in 2010 and a graduate degree in 2012 from the University of Alabama. During her time at UA, she participated in the Million Dollar Band percussion section and served as a drum major for 3 years, Wind Ensemble, Huxford Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Campus Band, Percussion Ensemble, Mallet Ensemble, Volleyball Pep Band, and Women’s Basketball Pep Band. Additionally, she has been a private conducting teacher, percussion instructor and arranger, and drill designer. Ms. Thomas currently performs with the Alabama Winds as principal percussionist and the Redstone Brass. Ms. Thomas served as the Assistant Band Director for Bob Jones High School from 2012-2015, where she directed the competition marching band, indoor drumline, jazz band, and concert band. Ms. Thomas accepted the position of Director of Bands beginning fall 2015. She currently directs the football and competition marching bands, two jazz bands, and wind ensemble, as well as assists the indoor drumline, winter guard, and Discovery Middle School Band program.
Kevin Smart received his degree in Music Education from Tennessee Technological University, where he studied under Dr. Eric Willie. Over the years, Kevin has worked with several Middle Tennessee area band programs, including the award winning Mt. Juliet High School Band of Gold and Winter Drum line. There he served in several capacities, including percussion arranger, percussion caption head, and instructor. Upon graduation, Kevin became the Assistant Band Director at Fulton High School in Knoxville, TN. There, he headed up both the marching band program as well as percussion studies for the band, including the creation of an indoor drumline program. Kevin is a native of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. He currently lives with his wife, April, in Madison, AL where he is the Assistant Director of Bands at Bob Jones High School.
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Friday, 3:30 PM MPAc Abram’s Pursuit...........................................................David Holsinger........................................TRN Music Publisher, Inc. English Folk Song Suite .....................................Ralph Vaughn Williams.................................................Boosey & Hawkes City Trees................................................................Michael Markowski ................................................Markowski Creative Ghettoblaster..................................................................William Pitts..............................................William Pitts Music, Inc. Perseus........................................................................Satoshi Yagisawa.......................................De Haske Publications BV
The Gadsden State Community College A Cappella Choir was founded in 1966 and has been performing at venues across the Southeast since. The group, which is open to all Gadsden State students, historically has about 25 to 35 singers per semester. J.T. Harrell has been the third director of the group beginning in 2011. The group sings for a variety of campus events, community events and local churches. They also go on an annual tour in the spring. The broad repertoire of the group makes the group accessible to many different venues throughout the year. The A Cappella Choir sings an average of 45 concerts each year and is in high demand in Northeast Alabama. We are grateful for the support we receive from the College as well as from Dr. Martha Lavender, president of Gadsden State, and Mario Gallardo, division chair.
John T. Harrell, an Alabama native, grew up in Dothan where he attending Dothan City Schools and received great musical training. He received his BME from Samford University, MCM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and additional graduate work in Kodaly Method from University of Louisville. He has been directing choirs for over 30 years. Mr. Harrell has been Director of Gadsden State Community College A Cappella Choir for the past 6 years. He is in his 20th year of teaching at Gadsden State where he teaches Voice, Class Piano and Music Appreciation.
Friday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A
Concert Program
Down to the River to Pray...................................Harmonized by T.R. Smith
Honor and Glory...................................................J.S. Bach/arr Walter Ehret ...............................................Plymouth Music
O Jesus, Grant Me Hope and Comfort ..........Johann Wolfgang Frank/arr Stein ...............Paul A. Schmitt Music Company
Sing to the Lord from Deus in Adjutorium ...............Vivaldi/arr Hopson................................... Hope Pulbishing Company
A Rose Touched by the Sun’s Warm Ray.......................Jean Berger ........................................Augsberg Publishing House (No.3 of Devotional Songs)
Speak to One Another of Psalms....................................Jean Berger .........................................Augsberg Publishing House (No. 4 of Devotional Songs)
This Little Light of Mine.......................................arr. Paul J. Christiansen........................Paul A. Schmitt Music Company
Even When He is Silent ............................................Kim Andre Arnesen .......................................................Walton Music
Keep Your Lamps! .............................................Spiritual/arr Andre Thomas ................................................Hinshaw Music
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Hewitt-Trussville Middle School is located in Trussville, Alabama and is part of the Trussville City School System. The school has more than 1100 students in grades six through eight. The HTMS Band is an integral part of the Fine Arts Department. The Band program serves over 415 students in grades six through eight. Sixth grade students are placed in the Beginning Band program where they receive group and individualized instruction. In the seventh and eighth grades, students are placed into one of three ability-based performing groups. The top ensemble, Honors Band, is under the direction of Brandon Peters and the Symphonic Band and Concert Band are under the direction of assistant director, Corinth Lewis. In addition to the Honors Band, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band, the HTMS Jazz Band is an auditioned group of seventh and eighth grade students. The HTMS Band program has received many awards as well as earned consistent superior ratings at the yearly Alabama Bandmasters Music Performance Assessment. The number of students chosen for the District IV Honor Band and All-State Band has grown each year. The Honors Band is made up of seventh and eighth graders and is under the direction of Brandon Peters. Members of the Honors Band are in their second or third year of study. Many of the students are active participants in All-State and honor bands throughout the state. In 2016, two students were named to the Alabama Middle School All-State Band with two alternates, and twenty-one students placed in the District IV Honor Band. The Honors Band has been selected as a guest ensemble for the 2016 University of Alabama Middle School Honor Band Festival.
Brandon Peters is currently in his ninth year as Director of Bands at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, and his tenth year of teaching. In 2013, he was named Teacher of the Year for Trussville City Schools. Trussville City Schools was recently named a Best Community for Music Education in America by the NAMM Foundation. Prior to his time in Trussville, Mr. Peters began his teaching career at Tuscaloosa Middle School. His bands have consistently received superior ratings at the Alabama Bandmasters Music Performance Assessment. At HTMS, his bands have performed in Atlanta, Gatlinburg, and Orlando at both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. He served on the staff of the Crimson Music Camp at the University of Alabama from 2005 to 2014. He also assists with the Hewitt-Trussville High School Marching Husky Band. Mr. Peters holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education, Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance, and a Master of Arts in Music Education from the University of Alabama. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Educators Association, and the Alabama Bandmasters Association. He currently resides in Trussville with his wife, Jenni, who teaches third grade.
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Jubilant Flourishes........................................................Travis Weller.....................................................................FJH Music Lightning Field............................................................. John McKey......................................................................Osti Music Shepherd’s Hey.............................................................Frank Roszell.................................................................Belwin Band Choreography..............................................................Robert Sheldon................................................................Alfred Music Lullaby to the Moon...................................................Brian Balmages...................................................................FJH Music El Relicario.........................................Jose Padilla/Arranged by Robert Longfield................................................Barnhouse Solstice Dance................................................................Jack Wilds........................................................................FJH Music Celebration..............................................................Randall Standridge................................................................Grand Mesa Concert Program Thursday, 10:45 AM MPAc 33
The Homewood Middle School Percussion Ensemble is a studentoriented group of 86 young musicians striving to achieve musical excellence through the performance of quality percussion literature. Our overall goal is to teach our students to appreciate and enjoy music so they can become life-long supporters of the arts. There are currently 86 percussionists at HMS in grades 6-8. The Percussion Ensemble is an extension of the regular band class and practices during the band periods throughout the day. The 8th grade ensemble is made up of the top percussionists in the Homewood Middle 8th Grade Symphonic Blue Band. The 7th grade percussion ensemble in divided into two classes. The Band Program at HMS is directed by all four band directors in the Homewood School system and assisted by our part time director, John Bradley, The 8th Grade Percussion Ensemble was honored to perform at the Alabama Bandmasters All State Band Clinic in 2005. The 8th grade Symphonic Band has performed at the Alabama Music Educators Association Convention in 2002 and 2006 and the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic in Troy, AL 2003 and 2006. Synergy has taken Homewood by storm and is being talked about in the Drumming comminuty nation wide. Remo percussion has already done a lengthy story on our new Special Needs Drumming group and we cant think of a better venue than to show them to other educators and get other directors thinking outside the box as to how to include our special needs kids in their own music programs. Two other schools in our state have been inspired by our group and are now in the works to create their own groups just like this. We feel Synergy can bring a whole new performing group aspect to AMEA that is lacking in other performances chosen on a yearly basis.
Christopher D. Cooper is in his twenty first year of teaching and his fifthteenth year as the Director of Bands at Homewood Middle School and the Associate Director of Bands at Homewood High School in Homewood, Alabama. The middle school Band Program is made up of over 452 students from a school of 855. They have performed for the Alabama Music Educators Conference in 2002 and 2006 and the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic at Troy University in 2003 and 2006. The Homewood High School Band has grown significantly since Mr. Cooper's arrival in Homewood, from 140 students to now around 360 students in the high school band program. In 2014, Mr. Cooper was chosen as the Homewood Grown Impact Teacher of the year by the Homewood City Schools Foundation of Education. In 2009, Mr. Cooper was chosen to be the guest clinician for the Association of China and Mongolia International schools Honor Band held in Tianjin, China. During his 10 day stay in China, Mr. Cooper rehearsed the honor band and worked with several International Schools while in Tianjin. In 2004, Mr. Cooper was chosen as the Teacher of the Year at Homewood Middle School, Homewood City Schools, and 1 of 8 finalists for the State of Alabama Secondary Teacher of the Year. While at Homewood High, the band has performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in 2000, 2006, and 2011. They have performed at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California in 2003, 2009 and 2014. They have also performed at the 2000 George Bush Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C. in 2001, the Fiesta Bowl Parade in Phoenix, Arizona 2005, Orange Bowl Parade in Miami, Florida 2000, two Governor's Inaugural Parades for the State of Alabama and many other local events. In 1993, Mr. Cooper completed his Bachelors of Music Education from Auburn University. While at Auburn Mr. Cooper was the percussion section leader for three years, undergraduate assistant for one year, and President of Phi Mu Alpha. Mr. Cooper then completed his Masters of Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1996. Mr. Cooper is an active band and percussion adjudicator throughout the Southeast United States and has conducted over thirty Middle School and Junior High Honor Bands throughout the Southeast United States. His Karen is a 2nd grade teacher at Shades Cahaba Elementary School in Homewood, he has a daughter Molly Kathryn (13) who plays percussion in the 8th grade band, and son Mason (10) who has already started percussion lessons and is in the 5th grade. He is a 2014 inductee into Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity.
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Jungle Shadows…………………………………….... Brian Bailey...........................................Row Loff Productions 2016 Fiesta de los Ninos……….......…………………...... Lorraine Keeney......................................Row Loff Productions 2016 Cooper’s 7th Patriot Pan………………..…………Gregory L. Gumina....................Commissioned Work 2016 Gummusic Technology…………………………………..……….Jim Cassella.................................................................Tapspace 1998 Mah-Na Mah-Na…………...………………….Christopher M. Retshulte.......................................................Tapspace 2013 El Cumbanchero………………………......arr. Phil Faini, Edited by C.Cooper
Friday, 9:45 AM MPAc
The Huxford Symphony Orchestra performs six concerts and an opera each year on the campus of UA. A key component of the ensembles program at the University of Alabama School of Music, the orchestra is open to music majors as well as students from other disciplines around the university. The Huxford Symphony rehearses for two hours twice a week and students receive college credit for playing in the ensemble. During the 2016-2017 season, the orchestra will perform Mahler’s Symphony no. 4, Gershwin’s American in Paris, Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamporphosis, and Dvorak’s Symphony no. 8, among other works. The Huxford Symphony will welcome composers Christopher Theofanidis and Clint Needham for on-campus residencies as we present works by each composer. We will collaborate with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra in a side-by-side performance and will perform as the pit orchestra for the University of Alabama Opera Theater’s spring production. We are the official orchestra of the International Trumpet Guild’s 2016 Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition and will feature faculty soloists and the winners of our student concerto competition on concerts throughout the season. For more information, visit music.ua.edu.
Dr. Blake Richardson is director of orchestral studies at the University of Alabama and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra. Dr. Richardson has held assistant conductor positions with the Barcelona Symphony and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and has conducted the Danish National Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Tuscaloosa Symphony, and Cincinnati’s innovative chamber orchestra, concert:nova. Recent opera credits include La Cenerentola at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and La Bohème at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman as assistant conductor. He has recently conducted all-state orchestras in Alabama and Arkansas, as well as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Orchestra. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Richardson worked extensively with acclaimed conductor Lorin Maazel as associate conductor of Maazel’s Castleton Festival from 2010-2012. He has prepared productions of La bohème, Albert Herring, and The Rape of Lucretia, among others, for Maazel and shared the podium with Maazel in concert with the Castleton Festival Orchestra on numerous occasions.
As assistant conductor for the inaugural international tour of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA, he spent three weeks touring Russia and the United Kingdom with conductor Valery Gergiev and violinist Joshua Bell.
As winner of the Ansbacher Fellowship, he attended the Salzburg Festival on invitation of the Vienna Philharmonic. Additional studies have taken him to the American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival, the Kurt Masur Conducting Masterclass at the Manhattan School of Music and to the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca (Italy). His conducting teachers have included Lorin Maazel, David Zinman, Paavo Järvi, Mark Gibson, and David Effron.
Originally trained on violin, piano and percussion, Dr. Richardson was a scholarship violin student at the University of Texas and holds graduate degrees in conducting from Indiana University and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He was the Cincinnati Symphony conducting fellow and was awarded the David Effron Conducting Fellowship at the Chautauqua Institution.
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Rainbow Body (2000)...........................................Christopher Theofanidis...........................................Opus 125 Publishing Suburban Grooves (2014)............................................Clint Needham.........................................................Theodore Presser An American in Paris.................................................George Gershwin........................................European American Music Concert Program Friday, 10:30 AM MPAc
The focus of the Montgomery Academy's music program is choral singing. Chorus has been the tradition at the school for many years and serves as the core of the department. However, the department also focuses on the development of music appreciation and theory that will allow any musician -- vocal or instrumental -- to develop skills and pursue excellence in the discipline of music. The choral tradition at Montgomery Academy begins in the Lower School. By the time that students reach 5th grade, they have been given a strong foundation in choral singing. In middle school, the students continue to build upon that foundation in order to prepare them for Upper School Chorus. The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus gives three concerts a year, and they have participated in the AMEA Elementary Honor Choirs and Young Voices Festivals. The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus performed at the 2014 AMEA Conference. The chorus rehearses for thirty minutes, three times a week. Each grade rehearses separately once a week, and they have two full-group rehearsals.
Meg Griffin has been teaching middle school music at The Montgomery Academy since 2015. She grew up in Carrollton, Ga and was active in the Carrollton City Schools performing arts programs: chorus, band, and drama. Meg received her bachelors degree in music education from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. While at JSU, she studied piano, voice, was a member of the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Encore! Show Choir, and performed in several Jacksonville Opera Theater and drama department shows. During her studies at JSU, Meg received the Outstanding Freshman Award, the Outstanding Choral Music Education Award, and the Outstanding Senior Award. After completing her undergraduate studies, Meg earned her masters degree in choral conducting at The University of Southern Mississippi. At USM, Meg co-directed the Southern BelleTones, a female a cappella group, assisted with the Gulf Coast Civic Chorale, accompanied the women’s chorus and men’s chorus, and sang with the Southern Chorale. Meg is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Delta Kappa. When she is not at school, Meg enjoys quilting, reading, and watching Netflix.
Fischer Music – CM9095
Marienwürmchen (Lady Bug)..................Johannes Brahms/Edited by Mary Goetze...........Boosey & Hawkes – 48004158
The Old Carion Crow.........................................Arranged by Mary Goetze..........................Boosey & Hawkes – 48004158
The Sally Gardens...........................................Arranged by Benjamin Britten....................Boosey & Hawkes – OCTB5448
Chumbara..............................................................Dave and Jean Perry...........................Heritage Choral Series – 15/1548H
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Bon Di (Good Day).................Jean Baptiste Lully/Arranged
M. Liebergen........Alfred Choral Designs - 39773 from Monsieur de Pourceaugnac Exultate Justi in Domino............................................D. Farrell Smith...................................Carl
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Program Friday, 1:15 PM MPAc Visit the Exhibits! Grand Opening - Thursday, 10:00 AM Exhibit Hall Reception - Thursday, 9:00-10:30 PM featuring the 151st Army National Guard Jazz Combo Exhibit Hours: Thursday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Concert
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.
Concert Program
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Rocky Point Holiday.......................................................Ron Nelson.........................................................Boosey & Hawkes October..........................................................................Eric Whitacre...........................................Eric Whitacre Publications Tulsa.................................................................................Don Gillis.............................................................Mills Music, Inc. Strange Humors.............................................................John Mackey.............................................................Osti Music, Inc. Adventure Tale of Professor Alex...............................Daisuke Shimizu..............................................................Bravo Music Honey Boys on Parade............................Edward Victor Cuperoed. John R. Bourgeois..............Wingert-Jones Publications
Thursday, 7:00 PM MPAc
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 Concert, 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.
Thursday, 3:30 PM MPAc
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Brick Street Encounter..............................................Richard L Saucedo..............................................................Hal Leonard From The Ballet Suite, Op. 50a........Anton Stephanovich Arensky/Arr. By Victor Lopez....................Belwin Band/Alfred Danse des GhaziesMovement No. 9 Rhythms and Riffs........................................................Brian Balmages............................................................................FJH Arabian Dances.............................................................Roland Barrett....................................................Belwin Band/Alfred Resplendent Light (On Walden Pond)..........................Tyler S. Grant...............................................................................FJH Counterbalance...............................................................Todd Stalter.............................................................................Alfred Cincinnatus March.......................................H.A. VanderCook/Arr. By Mark Grauer..............................Daehn Publications
Concert Program
The Ogletree Singers are a 3rd-5th grade non-auditioned group of approximately 125 students from Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn, Alabama. The singers meet after-school once a week for an hour through-out the school year. Each year the singers are responsible for three main programs at Ogletree; Veterans Day, Black History Month and a Spring Musical. The Ogletree Singers have performed for Auburn University sporting events, PTO meetings and other city and school events.
Phil R. Wilson has been teaching music for the past 14 years, with 13 of those years at Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn, Alabama. Prior to coming to Auburn, Phil taught at Thomasville High School in Thomasville, Georgia, where his duties included reestablishing and directing the choir, assisting the band director, and directing literary activities. Phil is a 2001 Troy (State) University graduate with a degree in Music Education, and holds a Masters of Music Education degree from Auburn University. In 2010, Phil became a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Early and Middle Childhood Music. Phil is the 2010-2011 Alabama State Teacher of the Year. Phil is a member of NAfME; The National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Education Association, Alabama Education Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Professional Music Fraternity of America, Iota Nu Chapter. He is a member of the Greater Peace Baptist Church where he sings in the choir and teaches Sunday School .
us in the MPAC Friday at 10:30 AM for the presentation of the 2017 AMEA awards:
Scholarship Recipient: Christopher Shorter, Hewitt-Trussville High School Ed Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator: Will Parker, Straughn High School
AMEA Outstanding Administrator Award: Dr. Mark Richardson Principal, Vestavia Hills Elementary East Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers - Class of 2016 AMEA Honor Roll - Members who have 25 years of continuous service and increments of 5 years Young Composers Competition Finalists
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Ode To Peace..................................................................Jill Gallina.................................................................Shawnee Press Pete, Pete...................................................................Rosphanye Powell..............................................................Hal Leonard Ja-Da..............................................................................Bob Carelton..............................Arranged by Linda Spevack-Avery Rhythm of the Rain..........................................................Jerry Estes...........................................................Alfred Publishing Chumbara.................................................................Dave and Jean Perry..............................................Heritage Music Press Everbody’s
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Tomorrow
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The Pizitz Middle School band program serves 250 students in grades six through eight. Sixth grade students are placed in the beginning band program where they receive group and individualized instruction. In the seventh and eighth grades, students are placed into one of two ability- based performing bands. The top ensemble, Symphonic Band, is under the direction of Kim Bain and the Concert Band is under the direction of assistant director, Leah Seng. The Pizitz Percussion Ensemble is comprised of percussion students from Beginning, Concert and Symphonic Bands. The Pizitz Jazz Band is an auditioned ensemble made up of seventh and eighth grade students. The Pizitz band program has received many awards as well as earned consistent superior ratings at the yearly Alabama Bandmaster’s Music Performance Assessment festivals. In 2014, the Pizitz Band received the National Band Association Blue Ribbon National Middle School Award of Excellence. In 2013, the Pizitz Band was awarded the John Philip Sousa Sudler Silver Cup. Notable performances by the Pizitz Symphonic Band include the 2015 Midwest Clinic Band and Orchestra Conference, 2014 NBA/CBDNA Southern Division Conference, 2013 Music for All National Concert Band Festival, 2011 Alabama Music Educator’s Association Conference as well as performances at the honor band festivals of Auburn University, University of Alabama, UAB and Troy University. The Pizitz Jazz Band recently performed at Loyola University in New Orleans and has received the Gold and Silver Awards at Festival Disney. The Pizitz Percussion Ensemble was featured on the Midwest Clinic performance. Both the Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble also perform on all school concerts and on many school assemblies.
Kim Bain is in her eleventh year as Director of Bands at Pizitz Middle School in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Ensembles under her leadership have consistently been cited for musical excellence at both the state and national levels throughout her 26 years of teaching. Ms. Bain was named 2012 Teacher of the Year for the Vestavia Hills City Schools. In 2013, her Pizitz Symphonic and Concert Bands performed at the Music For All National Middle School Music Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. The John Phillip Sousa Foundation awarded the Sudler Cup to the Pizitz Band program that same year. In 2014, the Pizitz Symphonic Band performed at the CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference at the University of North Florida. In December of 2014, the band performed at the 15th Annual Southeastern United States Middle School Clinic at Troy University. In 2015, the Pizitz Band was declared a national winner of the National Band Association’s Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence. In December 2015, the Pizitz Symphonic Band performed at the 69th Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. While at Pizitz Middle School, Ms. Bain’s bands have received special recognition at Festival Disney, Orlandofest Music Festival, and at the Heritage Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. She has served as a clinician for the Alabama Bandmaster’s Association and guest conducted numerous honor bands and camps in Alabama and Georgia. Ms. Bain received National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in November 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education, a Master of Arts in Music Education, and an Education Specialist degree from the University of Alabama. She also holds a Master of Music degree in saxophone performance from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Ms. Bain’s professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Educators Association, Alabama Bandmasters Association, the National Band Association, and Phi Beta Mu. In addition to her teaching activities, Ms. Bain is an active freelance musician in the Birmingham area.
Leah Seng directs the Pizitz Percussion Ensemble.She is in her sixth year as assistant band director at Pizitz Middle School, and her fourteenth year of teaching. A pianist and clarinetist, Mrs. Seng is a native of Chelsea, Alabama. Prior to coming to Pizitz, Mrs. Seng established the band program at Columbiana Middle School (AL). Her bands have been consistently recognized with superior ratings at Alabama’s Music Performance Assessment. She served on the staff of the University of Alabama Crimson Music Camp from 2001 to 2013, and is active as a guest clinician and conductor for middle school bands throughout the region. Mrs. Seng is also a board member and clarinetist for the Alabama Winds community band. Mrs. Seng holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Alabama, Master of Music Education from the University of Georgia, and Educational Specialist in Music Education from the University of Alabama. Her professional affiliations include the National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Educators Association, and the Alabama Bandmasters Association.
Thursday, 1:00 PM
MPAc
Concert Program
Percussion Ensemble
Big Yellow.........................David Steinquest...........RowLoff Productions
Rockin’ Your Socks............John R. Hearnes...........RowLoff Productions
III. Rockin’ The House
I. Minor Rock
Swingin’ Sultans ......David England and Mandy Fara DeShrage.....RowLoff Prod.
I. Dum Ka Dum Tek
II. Arabian Drums
On the Spectrum................Nathan Daughtrey...........C. Alan Publications
Low Tide.................................Ralph Hicks.................................Tapspace
Bound for Marakesh..............Chris Brooks.............RowLoff Productions
Mah-Na Mah- Na..................Piero Umiliani...............................Tapspace arr. Christopher M. Retshulte
Jazz Band
In the Doghouse...................Erik Morales......FJH Music Company, Inc.
Street Smart.....Doug Beach and George Shutack......Kendor Music, Inc.
Red’s Good Groove..............Red Garland ..................Hal Leonard Corp. arr. Terry White
Contents Under Pressure........Vince Gassi.................Belwin Mills Corp.
Give It All You Got.............George Shutack..............Kendor Music, Inc.
Reunion Blues........................Milt Jackson.....................MJQ Music Inc. arr. Rick Stitzel
Afro Blue...........................Mongo Santamaria............Mongo Music Inc.
Arr. Michael Sweeney
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In the past seven years the Pleasant Grove Chorale has grown in quality and accomplishments. Started in the fall of 2009, they began as a choir that met after school just learning to sight read. In the Spring of 2010 they received straight superior ratings in performance and sight reading at AVA District Assessment and attended the AVA state Assessment receiving an overall Superior with a Superior in sight reading. Since its conception that year they have been allowed to meet as a class. The Pleasant Grove High School Chorale now consists of auditioned 10th - 12th graders who have had either band or choir for at least one year. They have constantly received over all superior ratings with a superior in sight reading at AVA State Choral Performance Assessment, are always well represented at Alabama All State, and have received multiple awards from different regional and national festivals including Festivals of Music Atlanta and Music in the Parks in Orlando.
Mrs. Nichole Hill is currently the choral director at Pleasant Grove Middle School and Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, AL. Prior to her appointment to Pleasant Grove she was the choral director at E.B. Erwin High School in Center Point, AL. Nichole received her Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in Vocal Performance from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS and teacher certification from The University of Alabama in Birmingham. She is a member of the Kappa Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, AVA, and NAfME/AMEA. Nichole is the mother of one, Madilynn Hill and wife of K.C. Hill, McAdory Middle School Band Director.
Concert Program
Friday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A
Gloria SATB.......................................................... David Giardiniere..................................................Heritage Music Press
Adoramus Te..................................................Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina..............................................................Alfred
Arranged by Russell Robinson
Kyrie (from Mass of a Troubled Time) TTBB..........Brian A. Schmidt.......................................................Colla Voce Music
The Hands That First Held Mary’s Child SATB...........Dan Forrest................................................Oxford University Press
Famine Song SATB............................................................Vida..........................................Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Arranged by Matthew Culloton
Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down SSA...................................................................................................Earthsongs
Arranged by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory
Tshotsholoza SATB............................................Adapted by Jeffery Ames.......................................................Walton Music
No Rocks A-Cryin’ SATB...........................................Rollo Dilworth................................................................Hal Leonard
Lobby Performances
All lobby performances will be in the lobby outside Exhibit Halls B & C
Thursday, January 19, 2017
10:00 a.m.151st Army National Guard Jazz Combo
(Grand Opening of the Exhibits - inside Exhibit Hall C)
11:15 a.m.Auburn Junior High Ukulele Ensemble
4:00 p.m.Thompson High School Chamber Ensembles
Friday, January 20, 2017
8:30 a.m.Huntingdon College Saxophone Quartet 11:15 a.m.New Brockton High School Saxophone Quartet
3:30 p.m.Rainbow Middle School Brass Quintet
4:45 p.m.Northridge Saxophone Ensemble
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The Ramsay High School Concert Choir has been a mainstay of Ramsay International Baccalaureate High School since its founding in the 1930s. It has always strived for excellence and has adopted as its motto “The Spirit of Excellence.”
Ramsay IB High School is a public school within the Birmingham City Schools (Cassandra Fells, Principal and Larry Contri, Ed.D. Interim Superintendent). All students within the school system are allowed to take an entrance exam and upon acceptance attend the school tuition-free. To remain a student at Ramsay, students must maintain a 2.5 grade point average and have an excellent disciplinary record. Ramsay High School is listed as one of the ten best high schools in the state of Alabama (US News and World Report).
The Ramsay Concert Choir has had many esteemed choral directors in its tenure. It is important that we recognize Ms. Myrna Ria Ross who was the school’s beloved choral director from 1987 until her untimely passing in October, 2015. Known to her students as “Ross the Boss”, she directed the choir in performances throughout the United States and was certainly one of the brightest lights in the Birmingham City School system. Her physical presence is missed, however; her spirit permeates the choir room and the school. This is the Ramsay High School Concert Choir’s first performance at the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. The choir has enjoyed preparing for this amazing opportunity.
Clarence (Chip) Harrison Janes, Jr. was asked to conduct the Ramsay International Baccalaureate High School Concert Choir in October 2015 following the sudden death of the school’s long-time choral director Myrna Ria Ross. He started working as a music educator after graduating from Samford University (B.M.) in 1982. He earned his graduate degree in music (M.M.E.) from Samford University and an Educational Specialist degree (Ed.S.) in Education Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He continued his studies at the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo earning a Class AA certification in Music (P-12). Mr. Janes retired from public school teaching in August 2015 after serving Huffman High School for the past twenty years. The RHS choral department has shown development in his short tenure. Examples of development are the formation of a new choir (RHS Women’s Choir) and continued growth to the already excellent Ramsay High School Concert Choir. He also teaches several sections of piano lab during the school day. Mr. Janes has worked as a bass/baritone staff singer for several Birmingham area churches (Cathedral Church of the Advent, 1999-Present; St. Mary’s on the Highlands Episcopal, 1988-1998; and Canterbury UMC, 1980-1984). When not singing or teaching music, Mr. Janes is an avid golfer and serves on the board at Woodward Country Club (Bessemer, AL). He joined both the National Association of Music Education (formerly MENC) and the American Choral Director’s Association while still a Samford undergraduate student and has maintained memberships in both.
Thursday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A
Salmo 150...................................................................Ernani Aguiar....................................................................Hal Leonard Experiencing Choral Music (Mixed) Proficient Let Thy Merciful Ears, O Lord..................................Thomas Mudd......................................Choral Public Domain Library J’entends le moulin...................................................Donald Patriquin...........................................................Earthsongs S-06 Sure On This Shining Night.....................................Morten Laruidsen................................Peer Music Classical 00229069 John The Revelator..........................................Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory.............................................Earthsongs S-155 In Bright Mansions Above...........................................Roland Carter.........................................................................Mar-Vel Precious Lord..................................................Thomas Dorsey/Arnold Sevier...................................Abingdon Press 061784 Concert Program R R AMSAy AMSAy H H iGH iGH S S CHool CHool C C oNCERT oNCERT C C HoiR HoiR
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The SSHS Choir program began in 1999 under the direction of Mrs. Faye K. Haag with a choir of 34 students. SSHS now has 5 choirs with yearly enrollment over 100 students each year. The SSHS Concert Choir consists of students who are in 4 different levels of Vocal Music. There are some students who are in their 2nd semester of Choir and others who may be in their 8th semester. This Choir does not get to meet together every day, but work on their music during their individual choir period. This Choir was chosen through the process of auditions on their music, checking their grades in all classes to be sure there are no failing grades, and their consistent attendance and hard work. The SSHS Choirs consistently receive Superior Ratings in Concert performance and Sightreading for Alabama Vocal Association Evaluations. They were selected to perform at the 2008 ACDA Invitational Choral Festival with Dr. Jerry McCoy at UAB. Our 2009 SSHS Chamber Choir was selected to sing for the 2009 AMEA Convention in Tuscaloosa. They sang in the National Youth Festival Choir at Carnegie Hall in 2012 with Randall Stroope. They placed 3rd in the National Choral Competition at Rollins College in Orlando in 2013. They won 1st place in the Masters of Music in Nashville, Tennessee in 2015. They have participated in the Epcot Candlelight Processional at Disney World 5 times. The SSHS Choirs participated in several Choral Competitions at the National Peanut Festival in Dothan and were named Best of Festival 3 times. They have also been in the top 3 choirs for two years at the Alabama State Fair Choral Competition. The SSHS Choirs have had members in Alabama Allstate Choirs 15 of the 17 years that Mrs. Haag has been teaching at Smiths Station. And those two years were scheduling problems, not lack of student ability. We have had numerous students participate in Honors Choirs at University of Montevallo, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and AMEA Honors Choirs. Like many schools in Alabama, our problem with participating in more Competitions, Performances, and Honor Choirs that we are frequently invited to is financial and not due to a lack of talent. SSHS Choirs have been a shining light in the East Alabama/ Columbus area. They have sung for numerous civic organizations, have raised money for various groups in need, and have sung for many area churches. They have sung with other choirs for Joint Concerts including the AU Chamber Choir and AU Gospel Choir. They were the first high school choir to perform at the Bill Heard Theatre at the River Center for the Performing Arts in Columbus in 2003 along with our outstanding SSHS Symphonic Band. We have performed several times with our Band including AMEA in 2007.
Faye K. Haag is currently in her 24th year of teaching and her 17th year as Choral Music Director at Smiths Station High School. She directs the SSHS Concert Choir, SSHS Beginning Women’s Choir, SSHS Chamber Choir, and SSHS Men’s & Women’s Choirs. Before coming to SSHS, she also taught Choral Music and General Music in Texas, Missouri, North Alabama, & Virginia. A native of Columbia, Tennessee, she has a B.S. in Music Education (Vocal & Instrumental) from Middle Tennessee State University with Special Certification in Orff-Schulwerk. She played French Horn for 10 years and is an accomplished pianist. She has taught private voice lessons for 25 years and directed church and community choirs in several states. She has been involved with Musical Theater since college and has sung professionally throughout the Southeast. She has performed in many Broadway Productions in several towns in the 5 different states where she has lived. She is a lifetime member of Delta Omicrown Professional Women’s Music Fraternity and a current member of NAFME, AMEA, ACDA, and AVA. She is married to Ed Haag, Marketing Director and Grand Opening specialist for Chick Fil A Corporation and Chick Fil A Tiger Town. He was formerly in Fulltime Ministry as a Minister of Music at churches in 5 states. She and Ed have one son, Jon E. Haag, who resides and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
Program
The Majesty and Glory of Your Name........................... Tom Fettke.........................................................Wordspring Music
Hear My Prayer..............................................................Moses Hogan.......................................................Hal Leonard Corp.
of Jeremiah....................................... Z. Randall Stroope ....................................Alliance Music Publications
Word Was God.................................................Rosephanye Powell.............................Gentry Publications/Hal Leonard
the Trumpet..........................................Henry
Walter Ehret ..............Elkan-Vogel, Inc./Theodore Presser Ed
Nobis Domine...................................................Rosephanye Powell............................Gentry Publications/Hal Leonard
150......................................................................Ernani Aguiar...................................................................Earthsongs
Lamentations
The
Sound
Purcell/arr.
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Alabama Ballroom
Concert
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Borrowing it’s name from a line in the County High Alma Mater, the “Velvet Blue Orchestra” is the top Jazz Ensemble at Tuscaloosa County High School. The VBO is comprised of approximately 25 students in grades 9-12. Membership in the organization is by audition. Amongst recent engagements by the VBO are performances for the Tuscaloosa Historical Society, The Tuscaloosa Character Council, The West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, and the Tallassee Jazz Festival. Many students from the VBO have participated in All State Jazz Band and the group has been consistently rated superior at assessment. The VBO is led by TCHS Associate Director of Bands, Michael Guzman.
Michael Guzman is Associate Director of Bands at Tuscaloosa County High School and also serves as Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Black Warrior Winds, an adult community band serving the West Alabama area. He holds degrees from the University of Miami and Florida International University, in Music Education and Wind Conducting, respectively. For much of the last decade, Guzman has been a sought out musician and teacher in the Miami-Dade County Area. Mr. Guzman has previously served as Associate Director of Bands at Miami Coral Reef High School and Director of Bands at Southwest Miami Senior High School. Mr. Guzman currently maintains a large private studio in Tuscaloosa County, where he works with low brass players from grades 6-12. Bands under his instruction in both Florida and Alabama have been consistently rated superior and he has served as an adjudicator and conductor throughout the Southeast. Aside from his teaching experience, Mr. Guzman has served as a freelance musician, playing with such groups as the Miami Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas, Walenstine Symphony, Alhambra Orchestra, Miami’s Top Brass and various other groups in the Miami area. Mr. Guzman lives is Northport, Alabama with his wife, Ada, daughter, Abby Grace, and their dogs.
Thursday, 9:00 AM MPAC
Concert Program
Sister Sadie.................................................Horace Silver/Arranged by Bryan Kidd.............................FJH Music Company
Caribbean Dance ..........................................................Victor Lopez...............................Alfred Publishing Belwin Division
Orange Colored Sky................................Delugg & Stein/Arranged by Roger Holmes...................Hal Leonard Corporation
Splanky................................................................ Arranged by Calvin Custer .............................Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Shiny Stockings .......................................Frank Foster/Arranged by Sammy Nestico....................Hal Leonard Corporation
It’s Only a Paper Moon..............................Harold Arden/Arranged by Jerry Nowak......................Hal Leonard Corporation
Count Bubba...........................................Gordon Goodwin/Arranged by Paul Murtha....................Hal Leonard Corporation
My Funny Valentine ..............................Richard Rodgers/Arranged by Mike Smukal....Alfred Publishing Belwin Division
The Chicken..............................................Alfred James Ellis/Arranged by Kris Berg.................Alfred Publishing Co., Inc
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Troy University Collegiate Singers is a non-auditioned choral ensemble designed to provide a quality performing experience for students of all majors utilizing excellent repertoire from a wide variety of historical and cultural styles. The ensemble performs mature choral literature learning skills in vocal technique, music reading, and ensemble performance techniques. Recently, Collegiate Singers have been ambassadors for new music, performing a number of world premieres. Collegiate Singers continues to showcase excellence through their performances on and off campus.
Dr. James E. Brown serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Music at Troy University’s John M. Long School of Music, where he conducts the Troy University Collegiate Singers and Troy University Gospel Singers. In addition, he teaches private voice and conducting lessons, as well as courses in music education. Dr. Brown has worked with choirs in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas as a church conductor, conductor of community choirs, professional choirs, high school choir director, and guest conductor for county, regional, and state honor choirs.
Dr. Brown holds a PhD in Choral Conducting and Music Education from The Florida State University, where he studied with Dr. André J. Thomas. Dr. Brown also holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting degree from The University of Akron where he studied with Dr. Samuel Gordon.
Dr. Brown has published in both regional and international journals. Dr. Brown serves as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Youth and Student Activities for Alabama ACDA, and holds memberships in Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Mu Alpha.
The Corner of Disappearing Names...............................Kevin Bobo.................................................................(Manuscript) Indodana............................................................ Traditional isiXhosa ....Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc., SBMP 1177 arr. Michael Barrett and Ralf Schmidt The Peace of Wild Things ...........................................Jake Runestad ......................................JR Music JakeRunestad.com Amazing Grace.....................................................arr. E.W. Stradtman III .............................................................Manuscript MusicSpoke From Heaven Distilled a Clemency from Triptych......Tarik O’Regan ........................................Hal Leonard: HL14000535 Thursday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A Concert Program T T Roy Roy U U NivERSiTy NivERSiTy C C ollEGiATE ollEGiATE S S iNGERS iNGERS
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In 2016-17, the Department of Music at UAH will celebrate its Golden Jubilee – 50 years of training musicians for the state of Alabama. The Wind Ensemble was among the university’s first musical ensembles and, as such, has enjoyed a storied near 50-year history with early appearances under the batons of James Cavanaugh and William D. Revelli. For many years, the UAH Wind Ensemble personnel also comprised the early talent of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, a strong partnership still enjoyed today in annual combined programs of the two organizations in what has become Huntsville’s signature holiday event, “Peace on Earth.” In recent years, the UAH Wind Ensemble has led or participated in consortiums to commission over a dozen new works for wind band by composers Paul Dooley, Steve Danyew, Roy Magnuson, Kevin Krumenauer, and three works and several associated residencies by David Maslanka. Additionally, the UAH Wind Ensemble features frequent guest conductors of international acclaim, including recent appearances by: John Lynch (Sydney Conservatory), Gary Green (University of Miami), Col. Timothy Holtan (U.S. Army Band), and Catherine Rand (University of Southern Mississippi), to name a few The UAH Wind Ensemble has twice hosted the Alabama All-State Solo Competition and, in 2014, gave the feature performance for the Alabama All-State Festival. The UAH Wind Ensemble is an audition-only ensemble, open to all students at UAH, regardless of major – making it, uniquely, a true campus ensemble while maintaining high performance standards required by the modern wind band repertoire.
Dr. C. David Ragsdale is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Dr. Ragsdale teaches courses in music education and conducting. Additionally, Dr. Ragsdale conducts the University’s Wind Ensemble, the Huntsville Youth Orchestra, the Huntsville Chamber Winds, and the Tennessee Valley Music Festival Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. He maintains an avid guest conducting schedule throughout the Southeastern US and is published in two collegiate music texts by McGrawHill Publishing as well as the 8th, 9th, and 10th editions of GIA’s popular “Teaching Music Through Performance” textbook series. Additionally, he is a regular contributor to “Ala Breve” in his role as Wind Band Expert for the President’s Council of the Alabama Music Educators Association. In 2015, Dr. Ragsdale was named the UAH College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of the Year. Dr. Ragsdale conducted the Alabama All-State Blue Band in 2013 and is slated to conduct the North Carolina All-State Band in 2017. Other recent conducting engagements include numerous regional and district honor bands as well as the honor bands at Winthrop University, Wake Forest University, University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Georgia. His professional chamber wind ensemble is in the midst of a series of performances of the works of Stravinsky, including his Piano Concerto, Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Octet, and L’histoire du Soldat. Research associated with these performances was selected for presentation at the College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference in 2016. Prior to UAH, Dr. Ragsdale served as Associate Director of Bands and director of the internationally acclaimed “Band of the Hour” marching band for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami where he was also inducted into the Iron Arrow Society, this highest honor attainable at the University of Miami for students, faculty, or alumni. Dr. Ragsdale holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Appalachian State University (NC), a Master of Music degree from Winthrop University (SC), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami (FL). A disaster responder for the American Red Cross, he and his wife Jennifer, Middle School Dean at Randolph School, currently reside in Huntsville, Alabama along with their daughters, Ella and Anna.
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Alleluia! Laudemus Te...................................................Alfred Reed..................................................................Belwin Mills Winter Dreams..........................................................Michael Daugherty.......................................Michael Daugherty Music Lincolnshire Posey.......................................................Percy Grainger..............................................................Ludwig Music Ain’t It a Pretty Night...................................................Floyd Carlisle.....................................................Boosey and Hawkes Mothership.....................................................................Mason Bates..................................................................Aphra Music
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The Concert Choir is the premier choral ensemble at the University of Montevallo and is among the most highly regarded choirs in the southeast. Under the direction of Dr. Melinda Doyle, this auditioned ensemble comprised of both music major and nonmusic major students performs a diverse repertoire ranging from choral masterworks to spirituals. The choir tours annually and has made appearances throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee, and has performed featured concerts for the Southern Division of the American Choral Directors Association and the Alabama Music Educators Association InService Conference. Most recently, the choir performed in some of the world’s best-known musical venues on their inaugural invitational 2015 European Performance Tour of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. The choir has also performed several major works with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, including performances of Beethoven’s
Gloria, Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai and Mozart’s Missa in C Major, K 317. In addition to concerts on campus each semester, the Concert Choir is frequently featured in concerts throughout the Birmingham area and presents the annual "A Montevallo Choral Christmas" at the beautiful Lucille Ryals Thompson Colonial Chapel at the American Village in December. The choir has recently received an invitation to record new manuscripts for Hinshaw Music, an international choral music publishing company.
Melinda S. Doyle is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montevallo, where she conducts the Concert Choir and University Chorus and teaches undergraduate choral conducting and choral methods. Dr. Doyle received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting under the tutelage of Dr. Kenneth Fulton, with a related field of Orchestral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Her previous appointments have included Visiting Choral Director at Tulane University, Visiting Director of Choral Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Director of Music and Worship at University United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge, Director of Music at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Baton Rouge, Director of Choirs at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church and Director of Choral Activities at Howard W. Blake Performing Arts High School, both in Tampa, Florida. Choirs under Dr. Doyle’s direction have offered invitational performances for the American Choral Directors Association Conference, Alabama Music Educators Association Conference, Florida Music Educators Association Conference, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra as well as some of the finest performance venues throughout Europe. Most recently, she led the University of Montevallo Concert Choir on its inaugural summer 2015 European tour with multiple concerts in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. Frequently in demand as a clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Doyle has conducted honor choirs at all levels. She currently serves as the Repertoire and Standards Chair for College and University Choirs for the Alabama American Choral Director Association (ACDA) and has served in the same capacity for High Repertoire for the Florida ACDA. Dr. Doyle remains an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA), and Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA).
47 Dr. Laurie Middaugh, accompanist, Quincy Hall, assistant accompanist O Sing Joyfully .................................................Adrian Batten (1591-1637)...............................................................cpdl.org When David Heard.......................................... Norman Dinerstein (b. 1937).................Boosey & Hawkes, M051-46014-4 Fürwahr, er trug unsre Krankheit ......................Albert Becker (1834-1899)..............................Carus-Verlag, CV70.021/80 Three Nocturnes .....................................................Daniel Elder (b.1986)....GIA Publications, Inc., G8071, G8646, G8368 Ballade To The Moon Star Sonnet Lullaby Tykus Tykus......................................................Vaclovas Augustinas (b. 1959)......Alliance Music Publications, AMP 0877 I Don’ Feel No Ways Tired....................................Stacey Gibbs (b. 1962).............Alliance Music Publications, AMP 0580 Thursday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A Concert Program U U NivERSiTy NivERSiTy oF oF M M oNTEvAllo oNTEvAllo C C oNCERT oNCERT C C HoiR HoiR
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Just Singin’ is one of eight choirs at Vestavia Hills High School. Students chosen for Just Singin’ sing in at least one other choir during the school day. This Acapella Pop group began in 2007 as an experiment to gather the best of the Vestavia Hills High School Choral Department. They perform throughout the State and enjoy writing their own arrangements as well as performing others’ arrangements.
Dr. Megan Rudolph is in her 22nd year of teaching choral music and her teaching experience includes teaching all levels of choir and collegiate method classes. Currently she is the choral director at Vestavia Hills High School where there are eight choirs. Her choirs consistently receive superior ratings at state, regional, and national festivals. Choirs under her direction have performed at the Alabama State Music Educators’ conference, as well as the 2015 Choir Nationals for Top Choirs in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Rudolph is an active presenter, adjudicator, and mentor to young teachers. She is Nationally Board Certified (2003, 2013) and Orff Level I Certified. Currently she serves as the President for Alabama ACDA. Additionally she is a dedicated wife and mother of four children (Alexis-8; Austin-6; Zach-4; and Max-1).
Gavin Dover is one of two choral directors at Vestavia Hills High School. Gavin is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Choral Music Education from The University of Alabama. While at Alabama Gavin was very involved around campus, as well as around the state of Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama Vocal Association, the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Educators. Gavin has served as a show choir consultant since 2010 for multiple programs around the state of Alabama. He also directed and choreographed Resonance, The University of Alabama's show choir while attending UA. During his tenure at Alabama, he helped to build the show choir program to a recognized level of excellence, which culminated in acting as the host choir at Show Choir Nationals in Orlando, Florida.
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Nancy H. Barry is Professor of Music Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University.She earned the Master’s degree and Ph.D. in music education, and certificates in Electronic Music and Computers in Music from Florida State University.Barry is an international scholar in music education with publications in such journals as Arts and Learning, Psychology of Music, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Contributions to Music Education, UPDATE, and Bulletin of Research in Music Education, among others. She served as editor of the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, and is a reviewer for Psychology of Music. Professor Barry is a frequent presenter at national and international professional conferences. Recent international activities include being selected by the Confucious Institute to visit China as a member of a delegation of educators, and establishing a community-based partnership for AU students and faculty to work in Malawi, Africa. Barry is an active member of professional organizations such as NAfME and the College Music Society and currently serves as National College Music Society Secretary.
Deanna Bell is the music teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary East in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Deanna has worked in three states: Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. She has taught elementary music, choir, and band in all grade levels from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Deanna earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from The University of Alabama and a Master of Music Education from Samford University. Deanna received Orff Level I, II, and III Certifications from Samford University and Kodaly Level I Certification from The University of Montevallo. Deanna serves on the Alabama Kodaly Educators Board and the Board of Directors for the Alabama Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. She earned National Board Certification in 2010 and is the current Teacher of the Year at her school.
Mr. Jacob Bitinas is serving his third year as assistant orchestra director at Dickerson Middle School in Marietta, GA. Along with Tricia Laux, Mr. Bitinas has taken orchestras to perform at the GMEA annual conference in January 2016 as well as ASTA's National Orchestra Festival in March 2016. Dickerson Middle School boasts over 500 students in orchestra grades 6-8, and over 95% of incoming 6th grade students elect to participate in band, chorus, or orchestra.
Tiffany Bostic-Brown currently serves on the faculty at the University of North Alabama as Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera Theater Stage Director. She was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees with emphasis in Vocal Performance and Music History from Louisiana State University. She also serves at Vice President for the non-profit Walk with Me Foundation, Inc., and maintains an active career as a soprano soloist throughout the region and nationally.
Frank Buck taught junior and middle school band in Alabama for a dozen years. Bandribbons, Inc. named the programs at both Goodwyn Jr. High and Pizitz Middle School as “Band of the Month” in the United States. Both programs were consistently awarded “Superior” ratings at state and regional festivals. The Pizitz Band was featured at the AMEA State Convention and University of Southern Mississippi Instrumental Conductor’s Conference. The Pizitz Band was commended for its work in a Resolution from the Alabama State House of Representatives. Dr. Buck is a past Alabama state winner of the ASBDA-Stanbury Award, and is a recipient of the National Band Association “Citation of Excellence.” He served on the committee which authored the current Alabama Arts Education Course of Study. Dr. Buck serves as AMEA Historian. As a principal, he secured grant funding, bringing music, art, dance, and drama instruction to his students. Now retired from public education, Dr. Buck conducts seminars on organization and time management throughout the United States and Canada, writes a weekly newspaper column, and has authored three books.
Susanne Burgess serves students at Samford University as Associate Professor of Music Education. Her professional preparation includes a doctorate focused on curriculum design in the arts, a M.M. in Orff Schulwerk, and B.A. in music education – vocal/choral emphasis. As a former elementary school music teacher, she is an active Orff-Schulwerk practitioner and workshop presenter. Her current research interests include music education for children birth to age 8, professional development in music education for teachers and administrators, and interdisciplinary instruction aligning literacy and music for students of all ages.
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Brett Carroll has served as a conductor, musical director, and arranger for live entertainment productions in professional venues across the U.S. and overseas. He has produced and recorded industrial and commercial music for such well-known companies as Ford, Buick, General Foods, Dow Chemical, and Unocal 76 . His music for live productions has been heard in shows from Asia to Europe as well as at the White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C. As the Director of the Vocal Music Association at Burbank High School in Burbank, CA., Mr. Carroll conducts 6 vocal ensembles including 4 concert/show choirs who have been awarded top honors at various national festivals from New York to Los Angeles. “In Sync”, Burbank High’s advanced mixed group, was hired to perform in the pilot episode of “GLEE” and subsequently was seen in the show’s “Disco” episode. The BHS choral program continues to strive for artistic innovation and integrity each year through performances of newly commissioned pieces and choreography. Mr. Carroll is an active member of SAG, ACDA, MENC, Chorus America, and the Southern California Vocal Association.
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Andrea Coleman is a graduate of Delta State University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music Education with a vocal emphasis. She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Grace Notes, a Jackson based choir for girls in grades 3-12. She has completed Level I - III Orff Certification with a Master Class Certificate and Level 1 Kodaly training. Mrs. Coleman is the 1999 recipient of the Outstanding Young Music Educator and the 2015 Outstanding Music Educator given by the Mississippi Music Educators Association. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of the MS Music Educators Association.
Joseph Coleman is a graduate of Delta State University where he earned his Bachelor of Music Education with a vocal emphasis. Mr. Coleman has been teaching general music for the elementary classroom and or choral music for 25 years. His expertise is in working with elementary children teaching singing, recorder, dancing, and playing of barred instruments. He is the music specialist at St. Anthony Catholic School in Madison, MS. Mr. Coleman has completed Level I - III Orff Certification with a Master Class Certificate and has Level I of Kodaly. He serves as the principal accompanist for Cantabile Youth Chorale, and has also served as the accompanist for the Elementary All-State Honor Choir. He is currently the president of the MS Orff Chapter and immediate past president of the Jackson Choral Society. Recently, the MS Music Educators Association honored Mr. Coleman for his outstanding service to the state of MS by awarding him with the “2013 Music Educator of the Year”, during their annual in-service conference.
Ginny Coleman is the choral director at Tuscaloosa County High School. Previously, Ginny taught elementary music and middle school choral music in the Tuscaloosa area. Ginny earned both her bachelors and masters degrees in Music Education from the University of Alabama, and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student in Music Education Award. An advocate for giving every child the opportunity to be involved with music making, she has recently partnered with the Music Therapy department at the University of Alabama to create an adaptive ensemble for students with disabilities. She also serves as the President of the Alabama Vocal Association.
Dr. Patricia Corbin has been the JSU Director of Choral Activities since 1999. Prior to her joining the JSU music faculty Dr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. As the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches applied voice, conducting, choral literature and Recorder Techniques. She is also the Organist/ Choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, Alabama.
Andrew H. Dabczynski is Emeritus Professor of Music Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he founded the BYU “New Horizons Orchestra,” a beginning string orchestra for adults and a laboratory for string teacher training. In recognition of that work, he was awarded BYU’s Joseph E. White Fellowship for Teaching and Learning. Dr. Dabczynski has held teaching and administrative positions at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and in the public schools of Penfield and Mamaroneck, New York. In addition, he was the Supervisor of Fine Arts Education in the Waterford, Michigan, School District. Dr. Dabczynski received a B.M. degree in applied viola performance from the Eastman School, and a M.A. from the University of Connecticut. He also holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Dabczynski has held a variety of national committee positions with the American String Teachers Association, and is past-president of the Utah chapter of that organization. Utah ASTA named Dr. Dabczynski their “Higher Education Teacher of the Year” in 2005, and in 2014 awarded him for his “Outstanding Contributions to Music Education.”
Donald Dowdy has taught both in Georgia and Alabama and has directed the Monrovia Middle School Bands since the school’s inception in 1998. He holds music education degrees from Berry College, VanderCook College of Music, and Troy University and earned National Board Teacher Certification in 2005. He has served as clinician in both Georgia and Alabama and is a member of NAfME, AMEA, and Phi Beta Mu.
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.
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Joel Dunlap serves as the choral director for the Jones County Junior College Concert Choir and was formerly the Director of Choral Activities at Long Beach High School in Long Beach, MS. Mr. Dunlap is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts with an emphasis in Choral Conducting at the University of Southern Mississippi.He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Vocal and Piano Music Education and a Master of Music degree from the University of Mississippi. Mr. Dunlap’s choirs have performed solo performances in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy; St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy; Notré Dame Cathedral in Paris, France; Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent; Salzburg Dom in Salzburg, Austria; St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria; Basilica St. Michael in Mondsee, Austria; and the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. In 2013 Mr. Dunlap was awarded the “Outstanding Music Educator Award” by the Mississippi High School Activities Association, and in 2009 Mr. Dunlap was awarded the “Outstanding Young Music Educator” by the Mississippi Music Educators Association.Mr. Dunlap is an active clinician, adjudicator and presenter.
Kip Franklin is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of South Alabama. A native of Michigan, Dr. Franklin has performed in concerts with the Saginaw, Midland, Jackson, Dearborn, and Toledo symphonies, as well as in festivals throughout the United States and in Europe. He has presented and performed at the International Clarinet Association Conventions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Columbus, Ohio; and Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Franklin served as a woodwind adjudicator for the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association. As a guest clinician he has presented master classes at numerous high schools and universities across the country.
Dr. David Frego is a Dalcroze specialist and on the Music Education faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio He presents workshops globally and focuses on movement in teacher training. Frego has published articles on purposeful movement and is co-author of Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Meaningful Movement.
J.D. Frizzell, a composer, conductor, and baritone, is the Director of Fine Arts and Director of Vocal Music at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, TN. He earned the double Master's in Music Theory/Composition and Conducting from The University of Southern Mississippi, where he also earned the bachelor's degree in Music History and Literature. Frizzell is ABD as a candidate for the DMA in Choral Conducting degree at The University of Kentucky. Frizzell is active as a presenter, adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor. As an active member of TNMEA, NATS, ACDA, and WTVMEA, he has served in multiple volunteer capacities, including two-time Chairperson of All-West Honor Choir Auditions and Performances and Choral Festival. He is also the Southern Division ACDA R & S Chair for Men’s Choirs. The board of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation named him one of “Memphis’ Finest” for his philanthropic efforts. He lives in Memphis, TN with his wife, Emily, son, Henry, and dogs, Sally and Ari.
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.
Robert Grogan is the Director of Bands at Barber MS in Cobb County, Georgia. During his current tenure, the band program has grown from initially 280 students to approximately 400. In 2016, the Barber Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the Music for All Southeastern Band Festival in Atlanta, GA. Bands under his direction have consistently received superior ratings at GMEA and festival events with students actively participating in various honor ensembles. Prior to his current position, he was the Director of Bands at Willowcreek MS and the Assistant Director at Lehi HS in Lehi, Utah. While at Willowcreek, the Wind Symphony was repeatedly invited to perform at the Utah Junior High State Band Festival, which selects only the highest achieving junior high bands from around the state. He received his Master of Music Education from the University of Georgia and his Bachelor’s from Columbus State University. Before teaching and college, Mr. Grogan spent four years active duty in the U.S. Marines, performing with the Albany Marine Band. He currently lives with his family in Acworth, GA.
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!
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