2018 AMEA Conference Program Book

Alabama Alabama MUSIC MUSIC EDUCATORS EDUCATORS Association Association

Welcome to the AMEA 2018

Professional Development Conference in Birmingham, Alabama! We have moved locations but all that you have come to expect from our conference will be bigger and better. The BJCC facility affords us better session locations and is even more centrally located in the state for our membership. The hotel is surrounded by restaurants and shopping and includes a good amount of parking as well.

The AMEA Board is pleased to bring you informative and exciting sessions that we know make a positive impact on your teaching. We kick things off with our Leadership Breakfast Thursday with Southern Division President and AMEA Past President Sara Womack as our guest speaker. This year we have scheduled our exhibitors reception during the exhibit hours in the exhibit hall on Thursday from 4:30-5:30 pm. We hope this will give our members and vendors additional time to visit and make connections. Our association depends on our vendors to support the conference and we hope you will visit with each exhibitor. As well on Thursday, we will all enjoy the Alabama Symphony who has prepared an exciting program for our membership. We will also take time at this session to honor our award winners and recognize AMEA members of 2575 years.

Keynote sessions at state conferences are a time to bring the membership of all divisions together. If you have not heard Peter Boonshaft before or if you have, you are in for a time of inspiration and entertainment Friday at 10:30 am in the BJCC Concert Hall. Also in this session, we will be treated to a concert by Voctave - the national sensation a cappella group. We are excited to bring an ensemble of this level to perform at our conference. They will also present a clinic at 2:00 pm Friday and all are invited. The 2018 AVA Honor Choir, made up of 175 of our most outstanding choral students from across the State of Alabama will perform Friday

evening at 7:30 under the direction of Conductor J.D. Frizzell. Our state leads the way in jazz education with four All State Jazz BandsI hope you will check out these fine musicians on Saturday morning in the BJCC Concert Hall.

We have added an exciting post conference session on Saturday afternoon geared to young teachers and collegiates to encourage and guide them in their first few years of teaching. I feel it is imperative that experienced teachers share and support young teachers as our mentors did for us. We are thrilled that David Vanderwalker will be leading this session sponsored by Music for All.

The AMEA conference would not happen if it were not for the leadership of the AMEA Board and the hard work of Executive Director Garry Taylor and Assistant Executive Director Dr. Rusty Logan. When you see these people in the halls of the conference, perhaps take a moment and thank them for their dedication to our association. The hours of coordination and organization are immense and we owe a debt of gratitude to them all.

As we move into the second half of the year, remember to take time for yourself and support those teachers around you. Music teachers often feel isolated in their school buildings and it is imperative we stay connected. AMEA is committed to supporting music teachers and advocating for music programs in our state. All sessions are open to all attendees and you might find something very valuable in a different division’s session.

BB King said “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” I hope we all learn something at the conference and benefit from the time with our peers! Please enjoy Birmingham and the 2018 AMEA Professional Development Conference.

Susan L. Smith President, Alabama Music Educators Association

J oin us in the BJCC Concert Hall Thursday at 7:00 PM for the presentation of the

2018 AMEA Awards

FAME Scholarship Recipient: Keturah Kuchinski, Oxford High School/Auburn University

Lacey Powell Outstanding Music Educator: Kim Bain, Pizitz Middle School

Ed Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator: Justin White, Thompson High School

AMEA Outstanding Administrator: Dr. Wayne Vickers Superintendent, Alabaster City Schools

Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers in Music

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

NAfME Collegiate Chapter of Excellence Recognition: University of Montevallo

NAfME Collegiate Professional Achievement Award: William Yates, University of Montevallo

Young Composers Competition Finalists

AMEA Officers and Governing Board

President.....................................................................................Susan Smith

President­Elect...........................................................................Greg Gumina

Immediate Past President..........................................................Carl Hancock

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

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

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

Assistant Executive Director........................................................Rusty Logan

ABA President...............................................................................Doug Farris

AOA President.....................................................................Samuel Nordlund

AVA President.........................................................................Ginny Coleman

Elementary/General Pesident........................................................Phil Wilson

Higher Education President.....................................................Becky Halliday

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

Collegiate President.............................................................Madison Baldwin

Industry Membership Representative.....................................Becky Lightfoot Editor, Ala Breve Magazine..........................................................Garry Taylor

ALSDE, Arts Education Specialist..........................................Andy Meadows

AMEA President’s Cabinet

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

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

Jazz Education Chair........................................................................Kim Bain

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

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

Diversity Chair.............................................................................Jerell Horton

Music Reviewer ­ Band........................................................Randall Coleman

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

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

Retired Member Chair.....................................................................Jim Knight

Special Education Chair ............................................................Ellary Draper

SMTE State Representative........................................Edward “Ted” Hoffman

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

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

Technology Chair...........................................................................Hal Murphy

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AMEA 2018 Featured Speakers and Performers

Called one of the most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, Peter Loel Boonshaft has been invited to speak or conduct in every state in the nation and around the world. He is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling books Teaching Music with Passion, Teaching Music with Purpose, and Teaching Music with Promise, as well as his first book for all educators, Teaching with Passion, Purpose and Promise. He is also co-author of Alfred Music Publishing’s new beginning method book series, Sound Innovations for Band and Sound Innovations for Strings, as well as Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band and Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band. Honored by the National Association for Music Education and Music For All as the first recipient of the “George M. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education,” he is currently on the faculty of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he is Professor of Music and Director of the Graduate Conducting Program. Dr. Boonshaft has received official proclamations from the Governors of five states and a Certificate of Appreciation from former President Ronald Reagan, as well as performing for former President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and for Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His honors also include being selected three times as a National Endowment for the Arts "Artist in Residence,” three times awarded Honorary Life Membership in the Tri-M Music Honor Society, and being selected for the Center for Scholarly Research and Academic Excellence at Hofstra University.

Wycliffe Gordon experiences an impressive career touring the world performing to great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Jazz Journalists Association named him “Trombonist of the Year” for the 10th time in 2017, and Downbeat Critics Poll named Wycliffe “Best Trombone” for four years, (2016, 2014, 2013 & 2012). Wycliffe received the International Trombone Association Award in 2017, which recognizes the highest level of creative and artistic achievement. In 2015, Wycliffe was presented the Satchmo award from the Sarasota Jazz Club, received the Louis Armstrong Memorial Prize presented by the Swing Jazz Culture Foundation, and was named Artist of the Year (2015) by the Augusta Arts Council. He is also a past recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award, among others. Gordon is a former veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center" Series. Gordon is also one of Americaʼs most persuasive and committed music educators, and currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at Augusta University in Augusta, GA. Wycliffe Gordon is a Yamaha Performing Artist and has his own line of Wycliffe Gordon Pro Signature Mouthpieces by Pickett Brass. Visit www.wycliffegordon.com.

Sara Womack currently serves as Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator for Atlanta Public Schools. She previously taught music at Greystone Elementary School in Hoover and was an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned a BS in music education and MA in music education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned a Doctor of Education degree in music education from the University of Georgia and a MA in educational leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Womack began her teaching career as an elementary music teacher in the Talladega City School System. She then taught elementary music in the Jefferson County School System and Mountain Brook City School System. Dr. Womack has attained Level I, II, and III Orff Schulwerk certification from the Eastman School of Music, University of Memphis, and Samford University, respectively. She achieved National Board Certification in early and middle childhood music and was named 2013 Hoover City Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year. Dr. Womack has presented at numerous workshops and conferences and has been awarded multiple grants for her work with students, and for her research. Dr. Womack served as President of the Alabama Music Educators Association from 2012-2014 and in 2014, was elected President-Elect of the National Association for Music Education, Southern Division.

Peter Boonshaft

Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Voctave

Sara Womack

Wycliffe Gordon

Exhibit Hall Reception

Thursday, January 18

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Sheraton Hotel Birmingham Ballroom (Exhibit Hall)

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Lobby Performances

Thursday, January 18, 2018

11:00 amJacksonville State University Flute Ensemble

12:30 pmAlabama School of Fine Arts Chamber Ensemble

1:30 pmAmerican Christian Academy Chamber Ensembles

2:30 pmHillcrest High School Saxophone Quartet

3:30 pmUniversity of Montevallo Saxophone Quartet

4:30 pmShades Valley High School Chamber Ensembles

Friday, January 19, 2018

8:30 amAlabama School of Fine Arts String Orchestra

9:30 amTroy University Trombone Quartet 1

12:30 pmAuburn Junior High School Chamber Ensembles

2:00 pmTroy University Flute Ensemble

3:30 pmWicksburg High School Saxophone Ensemble

4:30 pmHuntsville High School Chamber Ensembles

Other Events

Friday at a Glance

Clinic

Performance Performance Friday, Jan. 19, 7:30 P.M. (BJCC Concert Hall)

Concerts

Clinic Sessions

Other Events

Rehearsal Schedules at a Glance

All­State Jazz Bands All­State Jazz Bands Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule

BJCC East Meeting Rooms BJCC East Meeting Rooms Third Floor D, F, J, and L Third D, F, J, and L

Thursday, Jan. 18 Thursday, Jan. 18

Registration 1:00 ­ 2:00 P.M. (East Meeting Room 3rd Floor Lobby)

Rehearsals

2:00 ­ 5:00 P.M.

7:00 ­ 9:00 P.M.

Friday, Jan. 19 Friday, Jan. 19

A.M. ­ 12:00 P.M. 1:30 ­ 4:30 P.M. 6:30 ­ 8:00 P.M.

Saturday, Jan. 20 Saturday, Jan. 20 Final Rehearsal (in Rehearsal Rooms) 9:00 ­ 10:00 A.M.

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5:00­7:00 PMAMEA Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton MR 407

7:15­9:30 PMABA Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton MR 410

7:15­9:30 PMAOA Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton MR 405

7:15­9:30 PMAVA Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton MR 403

7:15­9:30 PMCollegiate Division Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton MR 407

7:45­8:45 AMAMEA Leadership Breakfast ­ BJCC East 1 A­B

2018 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

8:00 AM­5:00 PMConference Registration ­ Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

9:00­9:30 AMAlabama Honor Choir Registration ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

9:00­9:50 AMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Thompson High School Jazz Band ­ Justin White, Conductor

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Learn to Travel, Travel to Learn ­ Deborah Baker, Clinician

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Travel is a huge motivator for programs. There are also many steps in the process before a group just heads out the door. This session will discuss why travel, is your group ready, selecting location, and how to get started. This session is excellent for college music majors, new teachers, and veteran teachers interested in broadening their perspective on travel with their programs.

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

edTPA: Unpacking the Rubrics ­ Michael Zelenak, Clinician

This session will provide insight into the edTPA scoring process with the intent to maximize candidate portfolio scores. Connections will be drawn between responses required for Tasks 1, 2, and 3 and their associated rubrics. In addition, the presenter will provide examples to clarify the “thinking behind the rubrics.” This session is recommended for music education students applying for certification, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors.

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

Getting the Most Out of the Bow ­ Robert Gillespie, Clinician

A sequence of rote teaching strategies and pedagogy for developing the bowing skills of string students in the heterogeneous school orchestra. Session will include demonstrations of ideas for teaching bow hand shape, direction changes, string crossings, and detache, staccato, Martele, and spiccato bow strokes in the heterogeneous string class.

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Panel ­ Conference Orientation for Collegiates

A panel discussion providing tips and advice for collegiates to help navigate the conference.

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Togetherness! Achieving an Excellent Unified Choral Sound ­ Damion Womack, Clinician

This presentation will offer an extremely concise look into the subject of how to develop a unified healthy and artistic vocal tone in any choral ensemble regardless of size, age, and skill level. This session will also highlight some creative vocal exercises and techniques for use in any choral setting. Other formative topics will include vocal placement and seating arrangements within the choral ensemble. The following vocal techniques I have used have come down through the years from conductor to conductor and the pedagogy I will talk about is consistent with the ideas of many other successful choral conductors.

9:00­10:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

The World is Your Oyster! Building Cross­Curricular Connections through Folk Music and Movement

Valerie Diaz Leroy, Clinician

Music is truly a universal language; one that can take students on a tour of the globe from the comfort of your music classroom. In this session, we’ll explore folk songs from cultures around the world, using movement, instruments, improvisation, and technology to extract solid cross­curricular connections in geography, history, and language ­ all while meeting your general music objectives. Participants will walk away with activities they can implement right away to create lessons that connect every corner of the school campus, and beyond!

9:30­11:00 AMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

10:15­11:05 AMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Southside High School Wind Ensemble, Matt Weaver, Conductor

10:15­11:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Understanding and Implementing the 2017 Alabama Course of Studies ­ Becky Halliday, Clinician

This session addresses the newly revised Alabama Course of Studies and resources that both support its structure and clarify its implementation. Session attendees are encouraged to bring devices that have internet access so that the online platform (INSIGHT) may also be explored.

10:15­11:15 AMInterest Session ­ Forum 2­C

Don't Stress: Helpful Tips on Literature Selection & Concert Programming as a New Choral Director Stacy Daniels, Clinician

As new choral directors our jobs are extremely hard. Out of our many duties and tasks we have, selecting concert literature and concert programming is the hardest and most important. This session will provide new teachers with ideas to make selecting literature easier as well as providing a quality learning experience through selected literature for students and meaningful, engaging concert programs for audiences.

10:15­11:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Getting the Right Job for You ­ Anne Witt, Clinician

Choosing the "right job for you" is very important! The goals of this session include replacing worry with plans and replacing fear with confidence. Participants will examine their strengths and preferences, change passive resumes into "energetic" ones, and learn from teachers who wish they had chosen a different job. In small groups, we will practice interviews, using questions that are common. Bring a printed copy of your resume if you have one. This session is not just for new teachers; experienced teachers are more than welcome to share their stories.

10:15­11:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

Taming the Intemperate Classroom ­ Tiffany Brown and Terrance Brown, Clinicians

Participants will learn how to monitor their own vocal health while being an active private and ensemble instructor. Vocal excersises, methodologies, and healthy speech patterns used to provide better vocal amplification during lesson deliver will be explored in the presentation.

10:15­11:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Bucketing for Beginners and Beyond ­ Viktoria Truesdail

This hands­on session will provide teachers with the skills necessary to feel comfortable teaching bucket drumming in their classrooms. Two different approaches to teaching this fun and exciting activity will be addressed. First, participants will be lead through ideas for using bucket drumming to enhance and expand rhythmic learning. The second approach will focus on using the Language Arts and teaching bucket drumming through playing syllables of words. Participants will learn how to create simple repeated patterns and tie them together with a rocking base rhythm to compose their own pieces. This can then be taken into the classroom and modeled for students, so they can compose their own pieces!

11:00 AMLobby Performance: JSU Flute Ensemble ­ Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

11:30 AMGrand Opening of the Exhibits ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

11:30 AM­5:30 PMExhibits Open ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

12:00­1:00 PMFAME Luncheon ­ Sheraton Forum 3 K

12:00­1:00 PMPast President’s Luncheon ­ BJCC East 1 A­B

12:00­1:00 PMHED Luncheon ­ BJCC East 1 C

12:30 PMLobby Performance: Alabama School of Fine Arts Chamber Ensemble

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:00­2:00 PMInterest Session ­ Forum 2 Auditorium

Music Teacher Educator Roundtable

Edward “Ted” Hoffman, Nancy Barry, Jane Kuehne, Michael Zelenak

Lightning talks followed by a roundtable discussion for music teacher educators and other interested college and university faculty. Topics for conversation will include the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educator Tests, release of the 2017 Alabama Course of Study, and related Course of Study tools.

1:00­2:00 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

AOA Chamber Music Master Class

1:00­2:00 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Projects for Every Process: Encouraging Students to Create, Perform, Respond AND Connect

Valerie Diaz­Leroy, Clinician

Create Perform, Respond, and Connect are the foundation of any music class. Creating simple projects that can be assessed in these four artistic processes can be challenging and time consuming. This workshop will demonstrate great project ideas that are, fun, time saving and easy to assess. Get a head start on this week’s lesson planning with tangible tips and sample access to resources you can use right away!

1:00­2:00 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Story Magic! Children’s Literature In The Elementary Music Classroom ­ Darla Meek, Clinician

Add another dimension to your classroom with the soprano recorder! There is no need to pull out music stands and student practice books. This child­developmental approach transforms recorder playing into an integral part of the music classroom experience, rather than an isolated unit. The lessons are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. Come discover how to guide your students beyond simple drill and into the realm of making art with the soprano recorder! An extensive handout and power point materials will be made available to all participants.

1:00­2:00 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

JSU Jazz/Latin Ensembles ­ Andrew Nevala and Thomas McCutchen, Conductors

1:00­2:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Registration/Check­In ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Room Lobby

1:00­3:00 PMAVA Concert Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Hoover High School Senior Honors Choir ­ John Kincaid, Conductor

Hewitt­Trussville High School Chamber Choir ­ Allen Gillespie, Conductor

Mountain Brook High School Chamber Choir ­ Charles Henry, Conductor

Spain Park High School Chamber Choir­ Jim Schaeffer, Conductor

1:30 PMLobby Performance: American Christian Academy Chamber Ensemble

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:30­5:00 PMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

2:00­5:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Rehearsals ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

2:15­3:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

It Takes 25 Miles to Turn a Cruise Ship ­ Jerell Horton, Clinician

After spending 14 of my 17 years of teaching in one school, I started to think back on some of the things my associate director and I experienced that may be helpful to others. We learn quite a bit about pedagogy in our teacher education programs, but we learn very little about changing the culture of our music programs. I presented this presentation to the CNAFME chapter and I think this information may be interesting to any music program.

2:15­3:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

A Creative Duet: Mentoring Success for Emerging Educators ­ Jamila McWhirter, Clinician

The collaborative and creative nature of the music education mentoring process will be examined. Informal, formal, and organic mentoring relationships will be discussed. Creative strategies, real­life examples and experiences, and proactive preparation steps such as developing a personal mission statement, setting a course of action, the importance of establishing a time commitment to the mentoring relationship will be introduced and discussed. Participants will be actively engaged in exercises to assist them in shaping their own music education careers.

2:15­3:15

PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

More Innovative Uses Of Technology In Your Orchestra Rehearsal ­ Joseph Brennan, Clinician

This session has been revised to include the iPad. Learn how to use technology in your secondary strings rehearsal to improve the playing skills of your string students, increase their focus in rehearsal, as well as making your rehearsals more interesting, effective and efficient. Three areas of technology will be demonstrated: hardware, software, and the internet. Specific types of hardware include: iPad, computers, metronomes, tuners, and document cameras. Software to be demonstrated include: freeware metronomes and tuners, PowerPoint, Quicktime, word processing and other regularly available software applications that are inexpensive or free. Several internet sites, especially YouTube, will be demonstrated. Applications and rehearsal techniques for use of technology in the rehearsal will be shown throughout the session. Many of the innovative uses of the technology shown, can be used right away in the rehearsal room with minimal expense, and equipment and software that is readily available; ways to set up and acquire technology equipment will be discussed.

2:15­3:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Taking Your Beginning Jazz Band To The Next Level ­ Mike Steinel, Clinician

You’re off to a great start with the basics of jazz but now you ask: “What’s Next?” Mike Steinel will provide rehearsal strategies to develop: a more mature swing feel, better balance and blend, improved intonation, better sight­reading, and more characteristic jazz expression. Interpreting Latin, Rock and Funk feels will be addressed as well as improvisation concepts beyond the basic blues.

2:15­3:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Listen to the Teamwork! Rhythms of Cooperation for Elementary Music Classrooms

Steve Campbell, Clinician

Enhance the cooperative skills of your students through engaging, grade level rhythm chants and drum breaks that promote teamwork and focus in the music classroom. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to lead several original drum arrangements for Kindergarten through 6th grade students. Each grade level has a unique rhythm chant and drum break that’s designed for students to play and perform successfully. Use these exciting, fun and effective drumming activities to encourage teamwork, cooperation and grade level pride in your music classroom!

2:30 PMLobby Performance: Hillcrest High School Saxophone Quartet

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

3:30­4:20 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Hoover First Edition ­ Sallie White, Conductor

3:30­4:30 PMHED Recital ­ BJCC East Ballroom

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

Build It and They Will Learn ­ Amanda Slay, Clinician

Cuts to middle school choir programs, decreasing instructional time in the elementary music class, scheduling conflicts, remediation...the list could go on from here. Circumstances like these and various others often make it difficult for students to gain and retain any music skills before 9th grade. As a result, choir teachers are facing an increasing number of beginning level singers in the high school setting. In this session, participants will take away methods to build sight­singing skills that lead to success in the assessment room and overall increased music literacy. Instructional strategies will be based on movable do, la based minor and rhythmic counting.

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Singing with Others: Authentic/In­Context Assessment in the Choral Classroom, Marvin Latimer, Clinician

Music educators, like all teachers, are tasked with assessments that are used for student feedback, grading, program assessment, and more. However, performance focused ensemble classes present unique challenges, including limitations in rehearsal time, personnel, resources, and valid assessment tools. The assessment strategy presented in this session allows students to submit real­time documentation of their singing in an ensemble setting, a context that is authentic to the way in which choral students regularly perform. Discussion questions will include: Is this strategy a valid and reliable way to assess choristers? And how do teacher evaluations using this strategy compare to student self­evaluations? Please join us to learn more about this useful assessment strategy and engage in a meaningful discussion about the assessment and evaluation of choristers as they "sing with others.”

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Dress Your Ankle Bones For Success ­ Joshua Meyer, Clinician

For a job interview, parent­teacher conference, or even a first date, visual impressions are vital. Except for the most vocal of us,

Thursday, January 18, 2018

we are typically seen before we are heard. As a result, “dress for success” has become a common thread of sage advice. This clinic will provide a variety of visual tools that will help you apply this same public image principle to your marching ensemble. Whether it be teaching great posture or lining a perfectly straight marching field, this session will address a variety of avenues to achieve a more professional visual presence, and as a result, a more professional sound.

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

The Art of Motivating Students: How Do I Get Them to Buy Into What I Want Them To Do?

Robert Gillespie, Clinician

Motivating our clients: pre­adolescents and adolescents. Why do they do what they do? What do we know from research about them and how do we use it to get them moving our way!

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Composition in the 21st Century Classroom ­ Adriana Janse van Rensburg, Clinician

How do I teach composition? I never had composition instruction at college! I don’t compose! This session will provide a way forward through hands­on activities, ideas, inspiration, and a “how to” guide for introducing or expanding composition in the classroom. Twentieth Century techniques, Media Poems, technology, graphic notation, soundscapes, triad­melody technique, multimedia projects, traditional notation, Aleatoric music, Video Fun, iPads, and more will be explored.

3:30­4:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum ­ 3 J More Stories That Sing ­ Jeanette Shorey, Clinician

Cross curricular teaching is all the rage right now, and it's not just for classroom teachers! Channel your inner reading teacher and learn the skills necessary to integrate literacy skills without sacrificing your curriculum. This workshop uses children's picture books to help students learn music skills like dynamics, rhythm, timbre, and much more. Lessons are geared towards PreK through 5th grade and usually involve several extensions, allowing for multiple applications. Jeanette has a specialization in literacy and can help music teachers speak the literacy lingo. In just a few easy steps, she can integrate reading skills into any traditional music lesson. This workshop is full of good, usable information that music teachers will be able to take back to their classrooms and use right away.

3:30 PMLobby Performance: University of Montevallo Saxophone Quartet Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

4:30­5:30 PMExhibitor’s Reception ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

4:30 PMLobby Performance: Shades Valley High School Chamber Ensembles Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

5:00­5:30 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Dinner ­ BJCC East Meeting Room H

5:30­6:30 PMHED/Collegiate Mixer ­ Sheraton Forum 3 K

5:30­7:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Clinic with Wycliff Gordon ­ BJCC East Meeting Room H

7:00­9:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Rehearsal ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

7:00­9:00 PMAMEA General Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

AMEA Awards Alabama Symphony Orchestra

7:00­9:30 PMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

Friday, January 19, 2018

7:30 AM­1:00 PMConference Registration Open ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

8:00­9:00 AMABA Business Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

8:00­9:00 AMAVA Business Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

Mindfulness and Visualization for Musicians: Developing a Powerful Pre­Performance Routine Travis Baird, Clinician

In this participatory workshop, musicians will learn practical tools they can start using right away to reduce performance anxiety, cultivate confidence on stage, and develop a personalized pre­performance routine. Participants will learn and practice a series of research­based techniques, including performance visualization, mindfulness meditation, and breathing exercises. No prior experience with meditation or visualization is necessary. No props or special clothing are required. Musicians will learn crucial techniques for reducing performance anxiety, remaining focused on stage, and performing with confidence. Music teachers of all levels will leave the workshop with enough introductory knowledge and experience that they will be able to share what they’ve learned with their students.

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 E

Secondary General Music Classes for the Other 80% ­ Shane Colquhoun, Clinician

Research suggests that in the United States, traditional large ensembles focusing on western classical music dominates music education in secondary schools (eg. Williams, 2007 and Bates, 2011). The purpose of this session is to provide participants with (1) ideas for courses and lessons for secondary general music classes, and (2) to provide music educators with ideas to target students who do not participate in band, choir, or orchestra ensembles.

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

How to Put Together a Fabulous edTPA Portfolio ­ Patty Nelson, Clinician

A National scorer with more than 100 portfolios scored for Pearson, will show how to put together an edTPA portfolio which will help the scorer see that the candidate has fulfilled all the required elements.

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

An Intro to Ukulele ­ Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Pull back the veil of mystery surrounding classroom implementation of the ukulele by presenting beginning skills for the teacher with little ukulele experience. Acquire basic chords, strumming patterns, and techniques for your musicality. Discover great apps helpful tricks aimed as practical aid for the music class.

8:30 AMLobby Performance: Alabama School of Fine Arts String Orchestra

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

8:30 AM­5:30 PMExhibits Open ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

9:00­11:00 AMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

9:00 AM­12:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Rehearsal ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Coffee Talk for Band ­ Brandon Peters, Leah Seng, and David Caddell, Clinicians

Three middle school band directors (Brandon Peters, Hewitt­Trussville Middle School; Leah Seng, Pizitz Middle School; and David Caddell, Echols Middle School) with three different perspectives and viewpoints will offer insight into teaching middle school band. With a common belief that each of us share what we do best it makes us all better teachers and raises the bar of excellence for our programs and for bands in the state of Alabama. We will discuss Personal & Professional Responsibilities ranging from expectations to communication to social media. We will also touch on Culture & Climate within the middle school band program through relationships, classroom management, motivation, and recruiting. Finally we will discuss Rehearsal Strategies & Techniques through pacing, structure, planning, literature, and student engagement. This clinic is interactive. We will invite the audience to join our conversation on Twitter by using a specific hashtag. They will be prompted to answer questions and guide our topics via Poll Anywhere. The audience conversation will be projected and visible for all attendees during the session. This clinic will be similar in style and concept to a session at Midwest 2015 entitled, Let's Talk Band, by four prominent band directors in the state of Texas.

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

Basic Knowledge of Audio Physics, Wireless Mics and Sound Systems ­ Brian Stith, Clinician

Ever wonder why you have issues with your field or battery powered PA system? This session will answer that question and many more by teaching you the basic physics of sound. You will also learn how to minimize wireless issues, and how to choose the best equipment for your needs. This informative session can help you get the best use of the equipment you already own. This seminar is for any music educator who uses wireless and/or battery powered PA systems, and especially for those teachers who use this equipment for outdoor ensembles / marching bands.

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

Essential Elements for Orchestra ­ Robert Gillespie, Clinician

Friday,

19, 2018

Presenting the always developing, latest resources for teaching strings through Essential Elements for Strings Interactive—the most used string method series in the world. No, you do not have to be a computer guru. Easy, user friendly for both you and your students. Come and see the latest new features. Always free if you use EE for Strings!

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 E

Universal Design: Creating Classrooms Where Everyone Learns and Everyone Belongs

Ellary Draper, Clinician

Children in music classrooms vary greatly in their backgrounds, capabilities, interests, and levels of motivation. Teachers who use a universal approach consider individual learning needs and create music learning environments that benefit all of their students. This session will include practical strategies to design accessible, equitable, and flexible programs that consider student's individual strengths and needs through multiple ways to relate information, motivate students, and increase their success, enjoyment, and participation.

9:15­10:15 AMElementary Division Business Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

9:15­10:15 AMAVA Concert Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Bragg Middle School Mixed Choir ­ Debbie Gray, Conductor

James Clemens High School Mixed Choir ­ Harris Gessner, Conductor

9:30 AMLobby Performance: Troy University Trombone Quartet 1 ­ Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

10:30 AM­12:00 PMAMEA General Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Featured Performing Group ­ Voctave

Keynote: Inspired Teaching: Is It Talent Or Is It Genius? Peter Boonshaft, Clinician

A poignant and uplifting description of what is at the heart of being a music teacher: the essence of what we do and why we do it.

12:00­1:00 PMPhi Beta Mu Luncheon ­ BJCC East 1 A­B

12:00­1:00 PMCollegiate Luncheon ­ Sheraton Forum 3 K

12:30 PMLobby Performance: Auburn Jr. High School Chamber Ensembles

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:00­2:00 PMAVA Concert Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus ­ Trey Holladay, Conductor

Indian Springs School Concert Choir ­ Andrew Dibble, Conductor

1:00­3:00 PMHED/Research Poster Session ­ Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:00­3:30 PMAlabama Honor Choir Rehearsal ­ BJCC East 3 N­O

1:15­2:05 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Hillcrest High School Wind Ensemble, Kevin Thomas, Conductor

1:15­2:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Your Elementary Choral Toolkit: Technique, Technology, and Transformation! Valerie Diaz Leroy, Clinician

Discover exciting new techniques for developing vocal independence in your students through a combination of solid pedagogy and the integration of engaging technology. Who says you can’t teach an old song with new tricks? Participants will unpack a variety of folk songs, partner songs, canons and more as they learn to target the variety of skill levels in an elementary choir and walk away with a printed Octavo and sample access to adaptable rehearsal tools they can use in their classroom right away from the engaging and educational world of QuaverMusic.com. Quaver Choral Resources equip Elementary Music Specialists to cover a vast breadth of musical concepts, vocal techniques, and transferable skills to take their singers into middle school and beyond!

1:15­2:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

The Rhythm is Here! A World Music Journey in Rhythm and Song! ­ Steve Campbell, Clinician

1:15­3:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

JW Pepper Orchestra Reading Session

1:30­4:30 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Rehearsal ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

2:00 PMLobby Performance: Troy University Flute Ensemble ­ Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

2:00­3:00 PMInterest Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Voctave Session for AVA

2:30­3:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Warm­up and Ensemble Development Exercises that Work! ­ Peter Boonshaft, Clinician

This session offers specific exercises you can use to develop ensemble performance. These focused warm­ups isolate and target improvement in the areas of balance, blend, intonation, rhythm, rhythmic subdivision, listening, articulation, dynamics and virtually every aspect of large ensemble playing. Useful for band conductors and teachers of any level: elementary school, middle school and high school.

2:30­3:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Guitar for Children of All Abilities: ChordBuddy makes playing easy and fun! ­ Deanna Bell, Clinician

ChordBuddy is excited to welcome the Vestavia Hills Elementary East performers. Music Teacher Deanna Bell will use our guest performers to demonstrate key strategies of success for an elementary guitar classroom. Come learn how to incorporate formative assessments, garageband, and standards­based assessments during our session! ChordBuddy is the fastest way to teach guitar to children of all abilities.

2:30­3:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

How to Survive Your First Year Teachering ­ Patrick Moore, Clinician

Teaching is a fun but scary thing, and there are many unknowns to look forward to. The first year of teaching can be the most difficult one of them all. Here I will outline ten things that I found very important during my first year of teaching that help made it a success. Clinic topics will include, networking, managing your surroundings, planning ahead, and more

2:30­3:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Form and Function: Ukulele and the Blues Form ­ Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Incorporate movement, elemental music, and the ukulele with the blues form culminating in a performance­ready piece while presenting numerous elementary music concepts, including improvisation and the blues pentatonic scale. Participants will experience a possible ukulele sequential process discussing ways to adapt and differentiate to the needs of the student to enable student success.

3:15­4:15 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Creating A Unison For Beginning Boys ­ Dan Davison, Clinician

Dan Davison discusses methods for helping young male singers to tune in choir. Topics include: voice testing, matching pitches with male teachers, matching pitches with female teachers, what to do with the unchanged voice, what to do with the VERY changed voice, using competition to your advantage

3:30 PMLobby Performance: Wicksburg High School Saxophone Ensemble

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

3:45­4:35 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Redstone Brass, Bill Connell, Conductor

3:45­4:45 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

Creating Creative Musicians ­ Greg LeFils, Clinician

Conductors often confidently exclaim that singing in choir breeds the development of creativity, problem­solving skills, and critical thinking. Evidence however points out that our students are more frequently obedient direction followers. This session will explore ways in which conductors can create more opportunities to foster ingenuity, musicianship, student leadership, enhancing performance, musical literacy, and rehearsal engagement.

3:45­4:45 PMAOA Business Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

3:45­4:45 PMMusic For All “I65 Summit” ­ BJCC East 1 C

4:00­4:45

PMElementary Concert Session ­ BJCC East Ballroom

Mitchell Elementary Honor Chorus ­ Doris Day, Conductor

4:30 PMLobby Performance: Huntsville High School Chamber Ensembles

Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

4:30­5:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 Auditorium

Finding and Adapting Literature To Fit The Ranges Of Your Boys ­ Dan Davison, Clinician

Dan Davison will give suggestions on finding music for boys. Topics include: how to pinpoint the ranges of your boys, how to find music that caters to your needs, ways to avoid lumping all boys into one section, when to use octave displacement, how to decide when to rewrite a section, looking at SATB music by looking at TB first, how to decide on how much "license" to take in rearranging, arranging your choir configurations so as to make music selection easier.

6:30­7:15 PMAlabama Honor Choir Dress Rehearsal ­ BJCC Concert Hall

6:30­8:00 PMAll­State Jazz Bands Rehearsal ­ BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

7:30­8:15 PMAVA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Alabama Honor Choir ­ JD Frizzell, Clinician

8:30­9:30 PMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Elementary/General Evening Session ­ Steve Campbell, Clinician

8:30­9:30 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Pelham High School Wind Ensemble ­ Justin Ward, Conductor

8:30­9:30 PMAVA Reading Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumDan Davison, Clinician ­ Sponsored by JW Pepper

9:45­11:00 PMPresident’s Reception ­ Sheraton Presidential Suite

8:00­9:00 AMABA Business Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

Saturday, January 20, 2018

New Media: Tips for Creating Web and Print Projects to Market Your Music Programs and Events

Sean Murray, Clinician

This session will examine strategies for marketing your program via video, social and print media. We will also give basic tutorials on using computer programs to create graphic design projects for use on websites, in social media and in publications

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

The Craft Behind the Art: Foundational Techniques for Healthy Singing

Ian Loeppky and Tiffany Bostic­Brown, Clinicians

The participant will discover ways to combat common challenges with the maturing voice to enable their students to sing with greater accuracy, confidence, and ease. The basics of vocal pedagogy will be covered with a focus on specific problems in the singing classroom, such as registration, projection, and body use. Vocal exercises, warm­ups, and other resources (both in print and online) will be provided and discussed.

8:00­9:00 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Journey Around the Globe with Recorder! ­ Darla Meek, Clinician

Add another dimension to your classroom with the soprano recorder! There is no need to pull out music stands and student practice books. This child­developmental approach transforms recorder playing into an integral part of the music classroom experience, rather than an isolated unit. The lessons are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. Come discover how to guide your students beyond simple drill and into the realm of making art with the soprano recorder! An extensive handout and power point materials will be made available to all participants.

8:00­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 D

AOA Chamber Music Master Class

9:00­10:00 AMAll­State

9:15­10:15 AMAVA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

Alabama A&M University Choir ­ Horace R. Carney, Conductor

University of Alabama University Singers ­ Andrew Minear, Conductor

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

New Literature for the Middle/High School Jazz Ensemble ­ Andrew Nevala, Clinician

Sponsored by J.W. Pepper & Son, this session will present new Jazz Ensemble music for the Middle, Jr. High, and High School Jazz Ensemble. Each attendee will be given a booklet with the scores of each piece performed; each piece performed will also be described before it is performed, informing the listener about the style, ranges, key passages, and difficulty level. The Ensemble will consist of State of Alabama Jazz Educators, including Collegiate, High School, and Middle School Directors. Participants already committed include: Dr. Andy Nevala (Director of Jazz Studies at JSU), Dr. Tony McCutchen (Department Chair at JSU), Chris Kozak (Director of Jazz Studies at U of A), Steven Roberts (Director of Jazz Studies at UAB), Demondrae Thurman (Samford), Sallie White (Hoover HS), Kim Bain (Pizitz MS), and many more to complete a full Jazz Ensemble. J.W. Pepper & Son will provide all the music, as well as the booklet of scores handed out to the conference attendees.

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 C

Solo & Ensemble; How to Make it Work in Your Band Program and Reap the Benefits

David Pryor, Clinician

Many directors find it difficult to make Solo & Ensemble Festival work in their band program. I will show not only how it can work, but will show the steps that can actually make it easier years down the road. I will go through the organizational part of getting it going and making it become a priority in the program. Discussion on music, especially for the younger player, will be covered and how it can help motivate your young band members to become better players.

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Around the World in 60 Minutes: Multiple Stops to Explore International Band Music

Joe Brashier, Clinician

There are a plethora of international publishers and composers whose music is not readily available in the United States. From Boris Pigovat to Chen Qian, learn the Ps and Qs of wind band repertoire from an international perspective.

9:15­10:15 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J Process! Process! Process! ­ Roger Sams, Clinician

What is it that makes a lesson go beautifully in our classrooms? It is the teaching process and the way in which the learning activities are sequenced to take the students incrementally through the process of learning and music making. Roger will model lessons with clear process and lead small group discussions about teaching process and the importance of paying attention to how you sequence lessons.

10:30­11:45 AMLightening Round Session ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

Ten­Minute Presentations on Multiple Topics by Multiple Presenters

Timothy Beattie ­ Make Your Marching Band Better With Data (or prepare for Friday Night like a football coach)

Jeremy Benson ­ Teaching and Improving Vibrato on the Front Row

David McCullough ­ Why Teach Music?

Andrew Lynge ­ A Practical Approach for Developing the Concert Buzz Roll Within Your High School Students

Mary McGowan ­ Teaching Tips from the Trenches

Jim Schaeffer ­ Bringing Your Classroom Walls to Life with Aurasma

Jason Sulliman ­ More than just a Game: Cultivating Music Practice Habits from the Industry of Online Gaming

10:30­11:30 AMInterest Session ­ Sheraton Forum 3 J

Folk Songs and Games with a Twist of Ukulele ­ Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Explore folk song tradition infused with ukulele. Experience ways to make the ukulele a truly integrated part of the general music classroom in a process­based and sequential way that makes it accessible to the student and the teacher. Let’s sing, say, dance, and play the ukulele!

10:30 AM­12:30 PMABA Concert Session ­ BJCC Concert Hall

All­State Jazz Bands

1:00­3:00 PMABA Adjudicator’s Clinic ­ Sheraton Forum 3 G­I

1:00­3:00 PMAMEA Young Teacher’s Seminar ­ Sheraton Forum 2 A­B

A Music Teacher’s Guide to Survive and Thrive! ­ David Vanderwalker, Clinician

1:00­3:00 PMAMEA Governing Board Meeting ­ Sheraton Forum 3 K

Alabama A&M University Choir

The Alabama A&M University Choir, directed by Dr. Horace Carney, provides students with the opportunity to experience participation in a cooperative activity. Emphasis is placed on fundamental vocal training, posture, breathing, sight-reading, expressive interpretation and tone development. The choir performs for campus convocations, off-campus concerts, religious services, radio and television appearances as well as a Christmas Musicale and spring concert. There is a prerequisite for participation: students must have had some experience in a high school choir or ensemble.

Dr. Horace R. Carney, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee but grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama. He graduated with honors from Tuskegee Institute High School fourth in his class. His post-secondary education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Fisk University (magna cum laude), Master of Arts in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory from the University of Iowa. He has attended choral workshops at Potsdam Choral Institute, Sarasota, New York, University of South Florida, and Georgia State University.

Dr. Carney’s career in music began in elementary school and continued through high school as a member of the choir, pianist, and leader of a dance band. While in high school, he studied at Tuskegee Institute with Lexine Weeks, Charlotte Giles, and Hildred Roach. His studies continued at Fisk University as a music major, a member of the university choir and the renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers for four years. His professional career includes Talladega College where he served for fourteen years as Choral Director and Acting Chairman of the Music Department, Lincoln University, Lincoln, PA; Coordinator of Choral Activities and Chairman of the Humanities Division for three years; and Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, where he served as Minister of Music and Coordinator of Cultural Affairs. Since 1990, Dr. Carney has been the Chairman/Coordinator of the Music Program at Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama. He is currently the Chair for the Department of Visual, Performing and Communication Arts, Coordinator of the Music Program and the Interim Director of the Alabama A&M University Choir. Dr. Carney has served as adjudicator for Birmingham City, Montgomery City and Huntsville high school choral festivals.

Professional Memberships include: The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Educators (NAME), National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), Society for Music Theory (SMT) and the Technological Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME). He is the founder and director of the Birmingham Community Chorale which was renamed by its members as the Horace R. Carney, Jr. Chorale. He is also the founder, manager, and keyboard player of Omni-Music Enterprises, a musical entertainment group for special occasions. Dr. Carney serves as Minister of Music at Bethel Baptist Church, Collegeville, Birmingham, Alabama.

Concert Program

The Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus has been in existence since 2013. Under the direction of Mr. Trey Holladay, the group has grown from 11 to 64 in three years. The group has consistently received all superior ratings at the Alabama State Performance Assessment for the past three years. For two years the chorus performed as the main choir for “The Forgotten Carols,” a traveling musical made up of professional singers from New York and Los Angeles. Performances were held in Atlanta and Montgomery. The chorus has performed, by invitation, in concert with the Lipscomb University Chorus and along with the Faulkner University Band. In 2017 the chorus was asked to be a featured ensemble at the UAB Honor Choir. The group traveled to DisneyFest and competed with schools from around the nation and won best in class chorus for their division. The ACA Chorus is a 9-12 grade auditioned group. The group specializes in A cappella music.

Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus

Under the direction of Mr. Trey Holladay, the The Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorushas grownfrom 11 to 64 in three years. The group has consistently received all superior ratings at the Alabama State Performance Assessment for the past three years. Trey Holladay has been the director of ACA choirs for four years. He came from humble beginnings as a graduate of Faulkner University’s School of Fine Arts. He holds a B.S. in Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance and a minor in Music. He also holds a Master’s Certificate from Berklee College of Music in Theory, Harmony and Ear Training. He is an accomplished singer, saxophonist and fiddles around with the piano a little. He currently resides in Montgomery, Alabama with his wife Heather and their two children Landon and Hayden.

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Bragg Middle School Mixed Choir

The choral program at Bragg Middle School in Gardendale consists of 6th grade choir, 7th/8th grade Young Ladies’ Choir, 7th/8th grade Young Men’s Choir, 8th grade Honors Choir, and an after-school show choir. The 7th/8th grade Mixed Choir performing at the conference combines the separate gender choirs. Besides local concerts, the choirs have performed at the VA Hospital, Children’s Hospital, national music festivals, the AMEA In-Service Conference, and AVA State Choral Performance Assessment. The choirs consistently receive high ratings in performance and sightreading evaluations. Choir members may also participate in the Jefferson County Music Festival, AVA All-State choirs, ACDA Young Voices Festival, and a spring musical.

Debbie Gray earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and a Masters degree in Vocal/Choral Music Education at the University of Alabama. She has been the choir director at Bragg Middle School in Gardendale for 13 years and has also taught middle and high school band, high school choir, elementary music, private piano lessons, and was an accompanist for Shelton State Community College. Mrs. Gray currently sings with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Choir, is the pianist at Gardendale-Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, and enjoys accompanying for local choirs.

Friday, 9:15 AM

BJCC East Ballroom

Concert Program

Sing for Joy, Alleluia!.................................................Sally K. Albrecht......................................................Alfred Publishing

Winter’s Waking...........................................................Amy F. Bernon..................................................Heritage Music Press

To Work Upon the Railway........................................arr. Earlene Rentz................................................Heritage Music Press

Let Beauty Awake!.........................................................Laura Farnell...............................................................BriLee Music

Beati in domo Domini..................................................James G. Cantor.................................................Santa Barbara Music

Nine Hundred Miles..................................................arr. Philip E. Silvey...............................................Santa Barbara Music

Sing With the Lark......................................................... Laura Farnell.......................................Alliance Music Publications

Plenty Good Room......................................................arr. John Horman..........................................................Somerset Press

Posters to be presented at the HED Research Poster Session, Friday, January 19, 2018, 1:00 ­ 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall Lobby

Allison C. Baccala, Auburn University

The Effects of a Comprehensive Musicianship Approach in Fourth Grade General Music

Nancy H. Barry, Auburn University

Lisa Caravan, Bucknell University

The Applied Studio: Teaching Effective Practice Strategies for the 21st-Century Musician

Michael Cater, Auburn University

A Qualitative Investigation of the Relevance of Concert Band in Current Wind Band Literature and Curriculum

Carl B. Hancock, The University of Alabama

Libby R. Hearn, The University of Alabama

E. Danielle Todd, The University of Alabama

Job Vacancy Chains in Education: The Cascading Mobility of Music Teachers in Alabama

Timothy A. Heath, Samford University

Factors that Influence Second Year Participation in a University Marching Band

Jane M Kuehne, Auburn University

A Critical Approach to Addressing Prejudices in Music Classrooms

Michael Weinberg, Yale University/Randolph School

Inspiration and Innovation in Heinrich von Herzogenberg's Die Passion

Phil R. Wilson, Auburn University

A Comparison Study of National Board Certified Music Teachers in Alabama and Georgia to General Education Classroom Teachers

Gretchen Windt, University of North Alabama

A Survey of Operetta Arias for the Developing Singer

The Hewitt-Trussville High Chamber Choir is the most select choir chosen from the 144 voice choral department at Hewitt-Trussville High School. This choir had its beginning in 2010. Usually composed of 6 singers in each section (SATB), the ensemble sings quality a cappella, somewhat advanced music. This ensemble always scores straight superior ratings with near perfect sight reading scores at State Assessment. The ensemble performs for local civic organizations, hospitals, churches, airport and local television. In February members from the Chamber Choir will be presenting “Godspell”.

Hewitt­Trussville High School Chamber Choir

D. Allen Gillespie holds a Bachelor and Masters of Music Education and Education Specialist degrees from the University of Montevallo. He has taught Choral Music for 43 years in Birmingham City, Jefferson County and Trussville City Schools. He has been District III chair and is a past president of the Alabama Vocal Association and the Alabama Choral Directors Association. He has directed large and small mixed choirs and well as Women’s and Men’s groups. He is the Chancel Choir Director at Huffman United Methodist Church and has been in United Methodist Music Ministry for 40 years. His wife of 35 years, Sula is a Nurse Practitioner at The Children’s Hospital of Alabama and they have a son Desi who will be a senior at Hewitt-Trussville High School.

Hillcrest High School Wind Ensemble

The Wind Ensemble of Hillcrest High School is comprised of the premier musicians in the band program. Most students in the ensemble participate in the Alabama All-State Festival, District V Honor Band, chamber groups, and several collegiate sponsored honor bands. Since its inception in 2006, the Wind Ensemble has performed at several distinguished venues: The Midwest Clinic, College Band Directors National Association Conference, Music for All National Concert Band Festival, US-China Cultural Foundation in Beijing, China, and the Alabama Music Educators Conference. Students in this group also consistently achieve Superior Ratings at adjudicated events in which they are a part of, including Music Performance Assessment. The band programs at Hillcrest are blessed to have the support of the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, local administration, counselors, staff, and an incredible organization of parents. Their support and dedication to our students make our program successful.

Kevin Thomas, currently the Director of Bands at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, graduated from The University of Alabama in the spring of 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. While at the Capstone, Mr. Thomas served as Baritone section leader in the “Million Dollar Band”, Principal Euphonium in the Alabama Wind Ensemble, Principal Euphonium in the Alabama Symphonic Band and was a member of the student teaching staff in his last two years with the “Million Dollar Band”. While at The University, Mr. Thomas was a member of the Alabama Tuba Quartet that won the Colonial Tuba Euphonium Institute International Quartet competition. Mr. Thomas won a euphonium audition with The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band stationed in Langley, Virginia in 1997, and was a finalist for The United States Army Band “Perishing’s Own” stationed in Washington D.C. in 1998. After leaving The University he taught for two years at West Limestone High School in rural Limestone County, Alabama. Following his time in north Alabama, he accepted the Associate Band Director position at Shades Valley High School and Gresham Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. He returned to The University of Alabama in 2003 as a graduate teaching assistant with University Bands under the direction of Dr. Ken Ozzello. While there, Mr. Thomas was responsible for assisting in the production and teaching of half-time shows, and assisted with pep rallies and appearances of the “Million Dollar Band.” Mr. Thomas was also the director of the basketball pep bands overseeing performances on ESPN, CBS and performing at the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. From 2005 to 2014 Mr. Thomas served as music consultant and instructor for The University of Alabama” Million Dollar Band.” He has also served as the assistant announcer for the University Band at bowl games and appearances around the country. Mr. Thomas served as the Director of Bands at Fayette County High School in Fayette, Alabama from 2005 to 2015. His bands consistently received superior ratings at contests and festivals. The Fayette Band is the only high school band to perform at a nationally televised University of Alabama Men’s Basketball game on CBS vs. Mississippi State in 2005. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Alabama Music Educators Association, The Alabama Bandmasters Association, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education and the International Tuba Euphonium Association. Mr. Thomas resides in Northport, Alabama, with his wife Sabrina and daughter, Kendall.

Concert Program

Hoover High School First Edition

The Hoover High School “First Edition” Jazz Band is the top jazz band in our jazz program of 3 jazz bands and one combo. It is one of the many performing groups in our very active school music program. The group performs at numerous school and civic functions throughout the school year. Membership in the group is by audition. The group’s instrumentation consists of 5 saxophones, 5 trombones, 5 trumpets, full rhythm section and a vocalist. Hoover High School is a public high school in the city of Hoover, Alabama which is located just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. The group rehearses each school day for 45 minutes. In 2017 First Edition was invited to open for the JALC Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at their concert in Birmingham on January 18, 2017. In 2016 First Edition traveled to Savannah, Georgia as a finalist in the Swing Central Competition. First Edition was also selected as a finalist in the Savannah Music Festival Swing Central Competition for four consecutive years 2008-2011. Also in the school year 2015-2016 the group was delighted to perform a concert and clinic with Jeff Coffin at Hoover High. First Edition performed at the Jazz Education Network Conference in Dallas, Texas in January 2014. First Edition performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago in December 2012. As part of that performance, internationally known trombonist Jim Pugh joined them in a feature spot. In March 2012, the group received all Superior ratings at the Loyola University Jazz Festival in New Orleans. First Edition has performed at the AMEA conference in 2012, 2004, and 2001. The group is regularly represented in the Alabama All-State Jazz Bands. The group also presents a Just Jazz Concert each April in support of Jazz Appreciation Month.

Sallie Vines White teaches full-time at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama and has been teaching in the Hoover City School System since 1990. She teaches the award-winning Hoover High School First Edition Jazz Band, Hoover Jam Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, and AP Music Theory. She is also an associate director with the marching band. The groups she conducts have consistently received Superior ratings at contests including District, State, and Jazz Contests. The First Edition Jazz Band performed in 2012 at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago and was a featured performer in 2014 at the Jazz Education Network Conference in Dallas, TX. First Edition has also received national recognition through its selection as a five time finalist in the Savannah Music Festival Swing Central Contest. Prior to that they were selected into the North Texas Jazz Festival and have received Superior ratings the numerous times they have attended the Loyola Jazz Festival in New Orleans. Many of her students through the years have been selected into the Alabama All State Jazz bands. Sallie graduated magna cum laude from Anderson University in 1982 with a B.A. in Music, Music Education and Psychology. In 1985, she received her M.M.E. in Music Education from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN where she graduated “with distinction”. She studied Jazz at IU with David Baker and Dominic Spera. In addition to her teaching Sallie is an active performer on all the woodwind instruments. Sallie has played numerous engagements with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra on saxophone. She plays lead alto in the Superjazz Big Band, and tenor saxophone in the Cahaba Saxophone Quartet. She toured for several years in various groups including Bridge, the Bill Gaither Trio, and college groups performing in 47 states and 17 countries. In addition to her performing and her full-time teaching position, Mrs. White was also the saxophone instructor at Samford University for many years and has taught part-time in the past at a number of the universities around Birmingham including Birmingham Southern, UAB, Samford, and Montevallo. Mrs. White is married to Noah and has three children and five grandchildren.

Concert Program

Thursday, 3:30 PM

BJCC Concert Hall

Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana).James F. Hanley and Ballard MacDonald/arr. Dave Barduhn....Alfred Publishing

Crystal Silence....................................................Chick Corea/arr. Mike Tomaro.................................................Hal Leonard

Doozy........arr.by Benny Carter/ Edited by Jeffrey Sultanoff and Rob Duboff......Published by Jazz Lines Foundation Inc.

Tenor Madness..................................................Sonny Rollins/arr. Mark Taylor................................Hal Leonard Publishing

Watermelon Man ............................................Herbie Hancock/arr. Mike Kamuf............Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Oclupaca (From the Latin American Suite)..........Duke Ellington/Transcribed by David Berger for Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center Library – Alfred Publishing

East St. Louis Toodle­Oo...................................................................................................Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley

Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Library – Alfred Publishing

Herkie Jerkie .................................................................................................................................................Wycliffe Gordon

Wycliffe Gordon, Guest Soloist

What You Dealin’ With?...........................................Wycliffe Gordon.............................Alfred Publishing Belwin Division

Wycliffe Gordon, Guest Soloist

Hoover High School Senior Honors Choir

The Senior Honors Choir is one of eight ensembles offered at Hoover High School. Currently composed of 43 seniors, there is no audition requirement for this choir but most of these students have been involved in the choir program for at least 3 of their 4 years at Hoover. This choir meets daily for 49 minutes and is conducted by John Kincaid and Amanda Slay. The class focuses on music literacy, music theory, healthy vocal production, and the performance of quality music literature. We also believe that developing a community within the choir allowing vulnerability, risk taking and trust is equally important in our discipline and our success.The students in the Senior Honors Choir represent a consistent cross section of the HHS student body containing athletes, student government representatives, Hoover Ambassadors, and of course actors and band members. Due to an always changing and more demanding schedule, many of our students are taking 8 or even 9 classes in order to remain a part of the choir program. Hoover High School is the largest and most diverse high school in the state of Alabama with almost 3000 students enrolled in grades 9-12 and consisting of almost 30% free and reduced lunch students. While recognized around the state as a leader in athletics, our student body excels in numerous disciplines and activities. Our scholars bowl, math team, visual arts, and performing arts programs are just a few of the award winning facets at Hoover. The Choir Department’s eight ensembles total over 306 participants. The foundation of the program is healthy vocal production and traditional choral literature. This focus on fundamentals allows us to also produce quality performances in other genres such as show choir, men’s pop a capella and women’s pop a capella while still maintaining a consistent and well-rounded music education for all students. We are thankful to the parents, our colleagues, administrators, and school board for the support shown to the choir program.

John Kincaid is in his twenty-second year teaching choir, his third at Hoover High School. After serving at Simmons Middle School for fifteen years, he spent four years at Mountain Brook High School, growing the choral program from 160 to 250 students, before returning to the Hoover system. Mr. Kincaid received his Bachelor of Music Education from Birmingham-Southern College and is a National Board Certified Teacher. He is currently serving as President of the Alabama chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, previously serving in the positions of Treasurer, Men’s Choir, and Middle School Repertoire and Standards Chairs. His mentors are his mother, a music minister; Ken Berg, Birmingham Boys Choir director; and Diana Mayhall, his high school choir director. He truly believes that he has the best job in the world, and recognizes that this view is possible because of the support and encouragement of his wife, Delle, and children, Matthew and Tess.

Amanda Slay has taught choral music in the state of Alabama for nine years and is currently in her third year serving as the Associate Choral Director at Hoover High School. Before teaching at Hoover High School, Mrs. Slay taught at Shades Valley High School in Jefferson County and Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa City. Mrs. Slay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Choral Music Education from the University of Montevallo and a Master of Music Education from The Florida State University. She is also certified to teach AP Music Theory and IB Music. Mrs. Slay is an active member of the Alabama Vocal Association, National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. Mrs. Slay currently serves as the Repertoire and Resources Chair for Women’s Choirs for the Alabama chapter of ACDA. Mrs. Slay and her family live in Homewood.

Concert Program

Hailed as the school's "symbol of excellence," the Indian Springs School Concert Choir and smaller Chamber Choir perform across the country and around the world, delighting audiences of all ages and diverse backgrounds in cathedrals, universities, and arts centers from San Antonio, Chicago, and New York City to Beijing, Dijon, and Vienna, where they have performed with the Vienna Boys Choir. The New York Times described the choir’s Lincoln Center debut as "a superb projection that would have done credit to any professional chorus." The choirs continue to garner critical praise for their sensitivity and "exciting, vibrant" singing. “The choir is disciplined, focused, and maturely expressive in a manner way beyond their young age,” says William Trafka, Music Director of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York. Led by Director of Choral Music Andrew Dibble, the groups sing an extraordinary range of music, including major Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th-century works; Broadway tunes; Spirituals; arrangements of well-known pop hits; and traditional folk songs performed in up to 15 original languages.

Conductor Andrew Dibble currently serves as the Director of Choral Music at Indian Springs School in Birmingham, AL. At Springs, Andrew leads four choral ensembles, and conducts a yearly Concert Choir tour and biannual international tour with the Chamber Choir. Prior to moving to Birmingham, Andrew conducted numerous choral ensembles in the Baltimore-D.C. area as the director of the Maryland Chamber Artists, the Assistant Conductor for the Maryland Choral Society, and the choir director at the Community College of Baltimore County. In 2015 Andrew was selected as one of six to work with Dr. Andrew Megill at the Montreal Choral Institute and in 2017 was selected as one of twelve conductors to study with grammy award winning artists Craig Hella Johnson at his Choral Conducting Symposium. Andrew holds a masters degree in Choral Conducting from Houghton College and lives in Indian Springs, Alabama with his wife, Amy.

Concert Program

Hine Ma Tov, Hebrew Folk Song..........................arr. By Neil Ginsberg.............................Santa

He Watching Over Israel, from Elijah......................Felix Mendelssohn...........................................................public

Indian Springs School Concert Choir

JSU Jazz Band/Latin Ensemble/Steel Band

The Jacksonville State University Jazz Program has more than doubled in size in the past 6 years to include 4 Big Bands, 6 Combos, a Vocal Jazz Group, a Latin Ensemble, and an annual educational Jazz Festival (in it’s 7th year). The program released it’s first CD under the direction of Dr. Nevala, “Everything In It’s Right Place”, released in 2015, and it resulted in winning an award in Downbeat Magazine for “Outstanding Performance, Undergraduate Jazz Ensemble”. Auditions for jazz scholarships are held every spring, and information can be found on the JSU Jazz Studies Website: http://jsujazz.webs.com. The JSU Steel band was formed in 2009 with the arrival of Dr. Tony McCutchen. It performs regularly throughout the community and the region.

Dr. Andy Nevala currently directs the Downbeat Award Winning Jazz Ensemble I (2015), Jazz Ensemble II, Jazz Ensemble III, Jazz Ensemble IV, The Latin Ensemble, oversees the Jazz Combo program, produces the annual Jazz Festival (in it's 7th year), and teaches several private jazz students. As director of Jazz Studies he has helped the program more than double in size in 5 years. Jazz Ensemble I is a recording and touring ensemble, and performs regularly at festivals and schools throughout the southeast as well as records a CD every two years. Our first CD, “Everything In It’s Right Place” was completed in 2015 and was recognized in Downbeat Magazine for “Outstanding Performance, Undergraduate Jazz Ensemble”. Our second CD will be released in the fall of 2017 and features JSU Jazz I, the Latin Ensemble, and the JSU Steel Band. Dr. Nevala has been recognized by Downbeat magazine on 10 different occasions, winning individual Downbeat Music Awards for composition (2002), arranging (2003), and performing/directing (2000, 2001, 2002, 2015).He is widely in demand as guest conductor and clinician, conducting the 2010 Campbell Union District Music Festival Jazz Ensemble in San Jose, CA, serving as a clinician at the Delta College Jazz Festival (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Folsom High School Jazz Festival (2008, 2010), the CMEA Hanford Jazz Festival (2009), the Sacramento State University Jazz Festival (2008, 2009), the Manteca High School Combo Festival (2010), The Boise State University Gene Harris Jazz Festival (2003, 2008), the Casper College Jazz Festival (2007), the Rome, GA District 7 Jazz Festival (2012,2013), and was the 2013 Alabama Music Educators Association Gold All-State Jazz Ensemble Director. Dr. Nevala holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Piano Pedagogy from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a Master of Music degree in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Northern Colorado, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Boise State University. His professional affiliations include ASCAP, JEN, AMEA, and AMA.

Tony McCutchen is Professor of Percussion at Jacksonville State University, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Georgia (UGA), where he served as Professor of Percussion for more than 30 years. He also taught percussion and band at Auburn University and at the University of Mississippi. He is director of the JSU Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band. He has performed at PASIC, IAJE, Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic, MENC, MTNA, CMS and GMEA conventions, as well as various PAS "Days of Percussion." Dr. McCutchen's professional experience includes performances with the Fort Worth Symphony, Savannah Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Augusta Opera, Macon Symphony (featured on drum set), the National Opera Company (North Carolina) and at the Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, South Carolina. He has performed concerti with the Santa Fe Orchestra (Argentina), Symphony Orchestra of Porto Alegre (Brazil), and University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Dr. McCutchen performed with the RBTT Redemption Sound Setters for the Panorama finals in Trinidad & Tobago in 2005 and 2008.  Dr. McCutchen has degrees from Auburn University (B.S.), East Carolina University (M.M.), and the University of North Texas (D.M.A.).

Concert Program

Publisher JSU Jazz Ensemble I

The First Circle.................................... Pat Methany and Lyle Mays/arr. Bob Curnow......................................Sierra Music

Empty House................................................................. Jim McNeely...........................................................UNC Jazz Press Sponge..................................Randy Brecker/Arr. Vince Mendoza........Vince Mendoza Music, Suspended Music (ASCAP)

Oyelow Que Te Convience.........................Eddie Palmieri/arr. Tony McCutchen..............................................No Publisher

James Clemens High School Mixed Choir

James Clemens High School recently opened for its first school year in 2012. At that time, the choir program consisted of 25 members and was led by the school’s assistant band director. The enthusiasm exhibited by these early members would help the choir to grow over the coming years. By August 2015, the James Clemens Choir had grown so much that a full-time choir director was needed. The choir program now has just over a hundred students that still share the same enthusiasm felt by its original members. Though the ensemble has changed over the past five years, our students maintain the same dedication to succeed. The choir’s first competitive success came in April 2016 at the Heritage Festival Competition in Nashville, Tennessee. James Clemens received all superior ratings and was awarded first place large group ensemble, first place overall, and the Spirit Award for professionalism. The following school year, the program continued to grow by forming the school’s Women’s Choir. Both of these groups received all superior ratings at State Performance Assessment. This past March, the program attended Festival Disney in Orlando, Florida. The Mixed Choir ranked fourth out of 41 vocal groups, again receiving all superior ratings. The James Clemens Mixed Choir aspires to sing collegiate level repertoire, and students dedicate themselves to constant self-critique in the hope of performing such difficult music well. Central to the program’s identity is a strong sense of family and the fact that no one member is more important than another.

Harris Gessner is a native of Madison, AL, where he now serves as choir director of James Clemens High School. In addition to the chorus, Mr. Gessner has founded the school’s guitar program and Tri-M chapter, and he feels honored to be giving back to his former school system. He holds a BME in Vocal Studies from Auburn University, and a MM in Choral Conducting from Emory University. His experience comes from both teaching in schools and working in music ministries. He also enjoys remaining active as a tenor soloist.

Mitchell Elementary School Honor Chorus

Mitchell Elementary School Honor Chorus was started in 1996 by Sharon Reynolds. It is an auditioned group comprised of fourth and fifth graders from Mitchell. The students rehearse once a week for 45 minutes. Every year, this group performs at the Veteran’s Day program, Christmas play, Beta Club Induction, awards day programs, and graduation. They are a part of the system-wide Elementary School Showcase held at Gadsden City High School every year. In addition, this year they were invited to participate in the Etowah Youth Orchestras Rock and Roll Christmas concert and to perform for the Gadsden Music club’s “Music in Our Schools” program. The group is directed by Doris Day who worked with Mrs. Reynolds and the honor choir from 1999-2002, and has returned to Mitchell after Mrs. Reynolds retired.

Mrs. Doris Day started her teaching career in 1997 in the Gadsden City School system at Mitchell and other elementary schools teaching strings and chorus. After 6 years, she moved to Etowah Middle and High to teach choir, drama, and music appreciation for 14 years. Returning to Gadsden City after so long away has been like coming home. She graduated from Emma Sansom High School and attended Gadsden State Community College and earned a B.M.E. from Jacksonville State University in 1996. She was a member of the A capella choir, Chamber Singers, and Show Choir. She was a charter member of the Madrigal choir, and performed with the drama department. Her other activities include performing as much as possible on the stage with groups such as the Theatre of Gadsden, Characters Entertainment, and other theatrical groups. She has been the choir director at First United Methodist Church of Attalla for 13 years. She has served as a Girl Scout leader for 7 years. She has three very active daughters: Megan, a senior at JSU studying music education, Erin a freshman at Southside High School, active in band, choir, and the Etowah Youth Orchestras, and Sydney, a seventh grader at Rainbow Middle, also in choir and Band.

Program

Friday, 4:00 PM

BJCC East Ballroom Concert

Mountain Brook High School Chamber Choir

The mission statement of the Mountain Brook High School Choral Department is to develop young men and women of strong character into leaders in their school, community and the professional world through the study, rehearsal and performance of quality choral music at the highest levels of achievement. The Mountain Brook High School Chamber Choir is the premiere ensemble at the high school, and strives everyday in rehearsal to fulfill and share the mission statement of the choral department. The Chamber Choir is composed of 27 10th-12th graders that undergo a rigorous audition process that evaluates sight-singing ability, solo performance, and ensemble and harmonization skills. Students are required to memorize all selections for performance, and it is expected that each student spend time working on his/her music outside of class time. The Chamber Choir places a strong emphasis on musicality and expression and the ability to sing pieces differently according to time period and style. Students in the Chamber Choir have shared the importance of being close with each other and how it relates to making great music together, often saying that Chamber Choir is the best part of their day, and that choir doesn't feel like the rest of the day at school, it's something separate. These students even enjoy sharing the restorative power of music making, as they often will sing in classrooms and hallways to bring it to other students and teachers. Over the last few years, the Chamber Choir has distinguished itself at a high musical level. This group earned Superior ratings at SCPA for the last three years, and was awarded the "Distinguished Musicianship Award" last year for their performance of Josquin's "Mille Regretz" and Grieg's "Ave Maris Stella." For the last three years, the Chamber Choir has traveled to the Ole Miss Choral Festival in Oxford, MS, the only Alabama choir to do so, and has received a Superior rating each year. Further, the Chamber Choir was invited last year to be the performing choir at the Alabama Secondary Principals' Conference in Mobile. The Chamber Choir would like to thank Mrs. Hood, MBHS principal, their parents and teachers, and each other for the opportunity to perform for you today. This choir feels as though there is nothing better than working hard and singing with a group of your friends, and hopes you thoroughly enjoy their singing today

Charles F. Henry is in his third year as Choral Director at Mountain Brook High School, having previously taught at Pinson Valley High School and Spain Park High School. Choirs under Mr. Henry’s direction have consistently received Superior ratings at state and regional festivals, and have received Superior ratings in sight singing for nine consecutive years as well as the “Distinguished Musicianship Award” from the Alabama Vocal Association for the last six years. Mr. Henry is also an active arranger for choirs and show choirs, with specific attention and emphasis placed on functionality as a singer. In 2015, Mr. Henry’s arrangement of “Win” by Brian McKnight was selected as “Best Ballad” by Show Choir Perks, an online community of show choir directors and performers. Mr. Henry has taken choirs to perform in Carnegie Hall as well as the Alabama Music Educators’ Winter Conference. Mr. Henry is a cum laude graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in Vocal/Choral Music and is currently pursuing the Master’s of Music Education at Samford University. Mr. Henry is a member of the National Association for Music Educators, American Choral Directors’ Association, and the Alabama Vocal Association. Mr. Henry is also an active performer in the Birmingham community. He has been a staff singer at Cathedral Church of the Advent for the last four years, and is a charter member of Highland Consort, an early music vocal ensemble founded by Dr. Frederick Teardo in 2013.

Concert Program

Thursday, 1:00 PM BJCC East Ballroom

Ubi Caritas et Amor.....................Gregorian Chant (ca. 5th century)/Edited by Drew Collins.........................www.cpdl.org

If Ye Love Me....................................Thomas Tallis (1505­1585)/Edited by Rick Wheeler.............................www.cpdl.org

Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One.........................Healey Willan (1880­1968) .................................Oxford University Press

Berusa Er!................................................................Sten Källman (b. 1952).....................................................Walton Music

This Marriage...........................................................Eric Whitacre (b. 1970).......................................................Hal Leonard

And I Love Her........John Lennon (1940­1980) and Paul McCartney (b. 1942)/arr. Bob Chilcott (b. 1955).....Hal Leonard

Night and Day..............................Cole Porter (1891­1964)/arr. by Jay Althouse (b. 1951).............Alfred Music Publishing

Nelly Bly....................................................Stephen Foster/arr. Jack Halloran..........................................Gentry Publications

Pelham High School Wind Ensemble

The Pelham High School Band has a rich tradition of musical excellence dating back to the program's inception in 1974. The Pelham High School Band Program is composed of two concert ensembles, two jazz ensembles, two marching bands (competitive and non-competitive), a color guard, a winter guard, a dance team, and majorettes. The Pelham High School Marching Band is an active participant in Bands of America and Music For All. The Pelham Wind Ensemble, the premier performance group at Pelham High School, has performed at numerous state and regional conferences and competitions including the Music for All National Festival, Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic (SEUS), Grand National Adjudicators Invitational, The Atlanta International Band & Orchestra Conference, Southern Instrumental Conductors Conference and the Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference (1990, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2013). Under the direction of Justin P. Ward, the Pelham Wind Ensemble has been invited and performed as a featured ensemble at the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic (2015), The University of Alabama Honor Band Festival (2016), the Kennesaw State University Concert Band Invitational (2017), and the UAB Concert Band Invitational (2017).

Justin P. Ward is the Director of Bands at Pelham High School in Pelham, AL where he oversees all activities of this storied band program. Under his direction the Pelham Wind Ensemble has been a featured ensemble at the 2017 Kennesaw State University Concert Band Invitational, 2017 UAB Concert Band Invitational, 2016 University of Alabama Honor Band Festival and the 2015 Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic. He previously served at Pelham High School as the Associate Director of Bands. In 2012, Justin received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from The University of Alabama School of Music Faculty and Pi Kappa Lambda. He previously served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (The University of Alabama) with the University Bands Department within the School of Music. Mr. Ward holds a B.S. in Music Education (2005), M.A. (2010) in Music and Secondary Education, and an Ed.S in Secondary Education and Curriculum Design (2011) from The University of Alabama. In 2011, Justin was selected as the Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the College of Education and Music Education Faculty. Prior to his appointment at The University of Alabama, Justin taught for three years in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as the Director of Bands/Orchestra at Aynor Middle School and the Assistant Director of Bands/Orchestra at Aynor High School. During this time, Mr. Ward also served on the staff of Coastal Carolina University. Justin has designed marching band drill and written over 125 music arrangements for over 40 high schools and universities. He is currently one of the arrangers for The University of Alabama “Million Dollar Band.” Justin’s arrangements have been heard at the nation’s top sporting events from the NCAA Final Four and NIT Final Four to the AllState Sugar Bowl (2008 & 2014), Citi BCS National Championship (2010), AllState BCS National Championship (2012), the Discover BCS National Championship (2013), and the College Football Playoff (2015, 2016, 2017). In January 2013, Justin presented a clinic entitled “Warming up our Concert Bands before MPA: What we Gleaned from Experts, Experience, Observation, and Research” at the Alabama Music Educator’s Association In-Service Conference in Montgomery, AL. The research study was recently published in UPDATE: Applications of Research for Music Education

Concert Program

Founded in the winter of 2014, Redstone Brass is Alabama's Premiere Brass Choir dedicated to the highest caliber artistic performance of brass choir literature. Comprised of professional and semi-professional musicians, the ensemble is under the direction of Bill Connell, award-winning director of the Grissom High School bands in Huntsville, Alabama. Members include symphonic musicians, college professors, military musicians, high school and middle school music educators, engineers, writers, sales representatives, and other professionals. Redstone Brass has performed such works as Eric Ewazen’s “Symphony in Brass”, Holst’s “The Perfect Fool”, Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium”, Percy Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy”, Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma”, Ravel’s “Pavane for a Dead Princess”, as well as Tchesnokov’s “Salvation is Created” and Giancarlo Castro D’Addona’s “Grand Fanfare”.

Bill Connell is one of the founding members of Redstone Brass Choir and has been Conductor and Music Director since its inception. His knowledge of brass and percussion ensemble pedagogy has helped propel this ensemble to the level of excellence that you will experience today. Mr. Connell is also Director of Bands at Grissom High School in Huntsville and has served in that position since 1986. The ensembles of Grissom are known throughout the United States for the exceptional proficiency of performance and challenging caliber of literature.

Concert Program

Symphony for Brass and Percussion............................Alfred

I. Maestoso

II. Largo

III. Con moto

Urlicht (Primordial Light).............................Gustav Mahler/arr. Michael

Brombones for Brass Choir......................................Howard

V. Night Encounter

Three Brass Cats............................................................Chris

III. Borage

Canzon septimi toni No. 2........................................Giovanni

Jazzalogue No. 1..........................................................Joseph

Redstone Brass

Southside High School Wind Ensemble

The Southside High School Band has a long and well-earned reputation of musical excellence. Since its founding in 1958, the Southside Band has won many prestigious awards and participated in several featured performances both with the marching and concert ensembles. 2017 marks the 30th of consecutive superior rating at State Music Performance Assessment, and the Southside Band remains the only band in Etowah County to perform at the AMEA Conference. Founded in 2015, the Wind Ensemble is the premier auditioned performance ensemble for the Southside Band and has been awarded all superior ratings along with the Symphonic Band at State MPA. The mission of the Wind Ensemble and the entire Southside Band program is to provide our audiences and members alike with memorable concert experiences; to foster music and music education in the state of Alabama; to provide for the musical and entertainment needs of our community; and to provide for musical expression, growth and fellowship of our members.

Matt Weaver is currently in his fifth year as Director of Bands at Southside High School. Mr. Weaver is a 2012 graduate of Jacksonville State University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. He performed with a number of ensembles while at JSU including the Marching Southerners, Chamber Winds, the competitive Tuba Quartet, Brass Chior, and the JSU Pep Band Hardcorps. Mr. Weaver also served as a section leader for the Marching Southerners for three years. In 2008, he was a scholarship member of the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado and was a founding member of the Pelham Street Brass Quintet. He currently serves as Principal Tubist for the Alabama Winds under the direction of Professor Randall O. Coleman. Mr. Weaver is a member of the International Tuba Euphonium Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the National Association for Music Education, and the Alabama Bandmasters Association. Mr. Weaver is an active musician and arranger. He is happily married to Mrs. Haley Weaver who serves as The PRIDE's Colorguard Instructor. They met while in college at JSU during Southerners rehearsal. They have a new, handsome baby boy named Benton and a yorkie Maggie. They attend Rainbow Presbyterian Church of Rainbow City.

Thursday, 10:15 am

Concert Program

Spain Park High School Chamber Choir

The Spain Park High School Choral Department was established when Spain Park High School opened its doors in 2001. Each year a number of students are selected to participate in the Alabama All-State Chorus Festival, Collegiate Honor Choirs, and the Alabama Music Educators Association Honor Choir. The SPHS Choral Department has produced numerous college music majors, many of whom were recipients of scholarships. The choirs annually perform and place in choral competitions and festivals across the state, Southeast, and country. While the students of each choir strive for excellence in their musical endeavors, they also apply life lessons and discipline learned through choral singing to their everyday lives. The Spain Park High School Chamber Choir is an advanced, auditioned ensemble open to students at Spain Park High School who are members of one of the three curricular choirs: Women’s Ensemble, Concert Choir, and/or “Rhapsody In Blue” Show Choir. The Chamber Choir rehearses during AO (Advanced Opportunity) three times a week. Rehearsal emphasis is on advanced musicianship, vocal production, vocal technique, and ensemble performance. The Chamber Choir has been honored to receive the Distinguished Musicianship Award at Alabama State Performance Assessment for the past seven years. Each year students have the opportunity to experience several performance and travel opportunities. Select members travelled to New York City in 2017 to participate in the Choirs of America for Top Choirs festival at Carnegie Hall. The Chamber Choir performs music from all languages and genres including jazz, classical, and traditional.

Mr. Jim Schaeffer is the Choir Director and AP Music Theory instructor at Spain Park High School in Birmingham, Alabama . In 2017 he earned a Master of Music Education from Florida State University, where he studied conducting under Dr. André Thomas. Mr. Schaeffer received his B.S. in Choral Music Education from The University of Alabama where he was a member of the University Singers and Men’s A Cappella Group Subject to Change. Mr. Schaeffer was the first recipient of the Outstanding Young Music Educator Award presented by the Alabama Music Educators Association in 2014. Mr. Schaeffer holds memberships with the American Choral Directors Association and National Association for Music Education. He currently serves as treasurer and Webmaster for the Alabama Choral Directors Association. Mr. Schaeffer has spent summers on stage with the Red Mountain Theatre Company and is a former member of the Birmingham Chamber Chorus under the direction of Dr. Terre Johnson. Mr. Schaeffer is an avid English Premier League soccer and Alabama football fan.

Thursday, 1:00 PM BJCC East Ballroom

Thompson High School Jazz Ensemble

The Thompson High School Jazz Ensemble is proudly from Alabaster, Alabama, a sprawling suburban city located in the Heart of Alabama. This audition-only group is made up of 20 of the finest musicians of Thompson High School, and together they have consistently received superior ratings at local, state and national conferences. Students in the ensemble often make all-state jazz band, and many often earn music scholarships and pursue music degrees. In 2017, the THS Jazz Ensemble was selected as one of twelve finalists in the Swing Central National Jazz Band Competition. The ensemble was selected as performers for the 2016 Alabama Association of School Board Conference and earned superior ratings at the Loyola University Jazz Festival that same year. The ensemble is under the direction of Mr. Justin White, Associate Director, and Mr. Jon Bubbett, Director of Bands.

Justin White is a native of Russellville, Alabama. After graduating from Russellville High School in 2007, he attended the University of Alabama where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.Ed. Mr. White was a Master’s Conducting Associate at the University of North Texas, where he earned a M.M. in Wind Conducting with a related field in Music Education in 2014. While at UNT, he was a conducting student of Nicholas Enrico Williams, Dennis Fisher and Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Mr. White is a published research assistant for two volumes of Teaching Music through Performance in Band, volume 10 and beginner band volume 3. He is a sought after conductor and adjudicator; recently judging the King’s Royal Trophy International Band Competition in Bangkok Thailand. His professional memberships include Phi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, National Association for Music Education and the Alabama Music Educators Association.

Thursday, 9:00 AM

BJCC East Ballroom

Concert Program

Little Liza Jane................................................Traditional/arr. Wycliffe Gordon..............................Alfred Music Publishing

Sombody New.............................................................Wycliffe Gordon.........................................Coup de Cone Music, Inc.

In a Sentimental Mood.....................................Duke Ellington/arr. Mike Tomaro...............................................Hal Leonard

Manteca.................Dizzy Gillespie, Walter Gil Fuller and Luciano Pozo Gonzales/arr. Mike Tomaro..............Hal Leonard

Sugar Hill Penthouse.................................Duke Ellington/arr. Christopher Crenshaw....................Alfred Music Publishing

Duet......................................................................Neal Hefti/arr. Jon Harpin................................................Lush Life Music

Footprints.........................................................Wayne Shorter/arr. Mike Tomaro................................................Hal Leonard

Wind Machine.............................................................Sammy Nestico.................................................................Hal Leonard

The Woogie.................................................................Wycliffe Gordon.........................................Coup de Cone Music, Inc.

University of Alabama University Singers

The University Singers is the premier vocal ensemble of the UA School of Music. This advanced choir consists of music majors as well as students from other academic disciplines across the University of Alabama. University Singers performs a wide variety of repertoire, including significant contemporary works, spirituals, world musics, and masterworks of the historic choral canon. Under the direction of Dr. Andrew Minear, the new Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama, the University Singers has a renewed mission for outreach, with recent or upcoming performances in Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Starkville, Mississippi. In addition, four members were selected to perform in the 2017 National Collegiate Honor Choir at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Continuing a tradition of excellence in the performance of choral masterworks, the University Singers performed the Bernstein Chichester Psalms with the Bach Missa Brevis in A Major in 2017, and will perform the Mozart Requiem with the UA Huxford Symphony in 2018. Previous major works have included the Bach Johannes Passion, Brahms Ein deutches Requiem, Britten Cantata misericordium, Duruflé Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, Orff Carmina burana, and Verdi Requiem. The UA University Singers has performed three times at the internationally-renowned Spivey Hall of Atlanta, Georgia, and they have been included in concerts with Ward Swingle, James Earl Jones, Della Reese, and William Warfield. They have made multiple recordings, premiered choral pieces at the Society of Composers National Conference, and appeared at the Southern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association.

With over one hundred appearances across thirteen states, Dr. Andrew Minear is an active guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and presenter. Recent or upcoming engagements include all-state choirs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Dr. Minear’s dedication to students and passion for expressive music-making have been cultivated through teaching experiences in children’s, church, community, middle school, high school, and collegiate choral settings. Dr. Andrew Minear serves as Assistant Professor in Choral Studies and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama where he leads the university choirs, oversees the graduate choral conducting program, and teaches courses in conducting and choral literature. During his doctoral studies in choral conducting at Michigan State University, Andrew Minear served as the director of the MSU Campus Choir and assistant director of the MSU Men’s Glee Club. During his tenure as Choral Director at Dr. Phillips High School, home of the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, choirs under his direction performed to acclaim at State (2011), Southern Division (2012), and National (2013) Conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. The DPHS Concert Choir performed with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and Minear’s students were selected over 180 times for All-State and ACDA Honor Choirs. A proponent of lifelong singing, in 2014 Andrew Minear founded the Keep Singing Project, a service that connects graduating high school chorus seniors with choral organizations in their community or at their chosen college or university. He received his BME and MME from Florida State University, and DMA from Michigan State University. For more info or to be in touch, visit www.andrewminear.com.

Saturday, 9:15 AM BJCC Concert Hall Concert

Program

Holy Is the Lord (Heilig ist der Herr)...................................................Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611­1675)/ arr. Mueller

Concordia Publishing House 97­6314

Si ch’io vorrei morire

Choral Public Domain Library

Monteverdi (1567­1643)

There Is Sweet Music Here....................................................................................................Eric William Barnum (b. 1979)

Graphite Publishing EWB1035

La Passeggiata ......................................................................................................................Gioacchino Rossini (1792­1868)

Isabella Powell, Soprano

Hinshaw Music Inc. 08765102

Love’s Tempest (Op 73, No 1).......................................................................................................Edward Elgar (1857­1934)

Choral Public Domain Library

City Called Heaven...............................................................................................................Spiritual/ arr. Poelinitz (b. 1944)

Isaiah Crawford, Baritone

Colla Voce Music 21­20105

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Dr. Travis Baird, violist, has enjoyed solo performances in England, Austria, Canada, and around the United States in a wide variety of venues. Dr. Baird is a Performance Coach and Musician Health Specialist, working with musicians through one-onone coaching and group workshops. He holds degrees in viola performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Baird is a registered yoga teacher (RYT200) and he incorporates principles of mindfulness and body awareness into his music teaching. When he’s not coaching, teaching, or performing, you can find him hiking on a mountain trail or sipping coffee at his favorite local coffee shop.

Debbie Baker is a retired band director with 30 years of teaching and travel experience. She has traveled with middle, high school, and collegiate ensembles to New York City, Hawaii, San Francisco, Orlando, Atlanta, the French Riviera, and more. She loves to travel and share travel adventures with student musicians.

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 has published 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, and is a frequent presenter at national and international professional conferences. 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.

Lorelei Batislaong is a 14-year veteran of the elementary music classroom. She served on the AOSA National Board of Trustees as Region III Representative and is the State Director of NAfME - Texas. Along with presenting sessions and clinics at the local, state, and national level, she is currently working on a Ph.D. in Music and Human Learning at the University of Texas and is an adjunct professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. In her spare time, she gigs around Austin playing the bass ukulele in an all-girl folk band.

Deanna Bell is the music teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary East, conductor of the Birmingham Wind Ensemble, and an adjunct music professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has worked in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia teaching elementary music, choir, and band in all grade levels from kindergarten to college. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from The University of Alabama and her Master of Music Education from Samford University. In 2010, Deanna was awarded National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music. Deanna received Orff Levels I, II, and III Certification from Samford University and Kodaly Levels I and II Certification from The University of Montevallo. She serves on the Alabama Kodaly Educators Board, the Executive Board for the Alabama Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, and is a District 3 Chair for the Alabama Music Educators Association. Deanna is the 2016-2017 Elementary Teacher of the Year for Vestavia Hills City Schools.

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.

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Joe H. Brashier has been Director of Bands at Valdosta State University since 1998. Prior to this he taught at Rutgers University and Appalachian State University. A native of Clinton, Mississippi, he holds degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and University of Kansas. At Kansas he studied conducting with Zuohuang Chen and later with Mohiro Okabe of the Toho Gakwen School. Dr. Brashier has served as a clinician throughout the United States, Guam, Canada, Australia, Europe, and China. His wife and daughters are all double reeds players, while Brashier’s weapon of choice is a Babolat Pure Drive tennis racket.

Joseph Brennan is the director of the string program at Haverford Middle and High Schools, located in suburban Philadelphia; a position he has held for the past 30 years. He directs five orchestras at the secondary level and teaches general music at the Middle School. In addition to his teaching duties, Joe is the Music Department Co-Chair for the School District of Haverford Township. While at Haverford, Joe has brought many string chamber ensembles and orchestras to perform at Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) annual state conventions. In 2006, Joe was recognized by PMEA with the Citation of Excellence Award. The Haverford High School Orchestra has participated in a “Side- by-Side” rehearsal and performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as having represented the State of Pennsylvania by performing in America’s 400th Anniversary, a national event, with President Bush in attendance, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in the US, namely Jamestown. Joe received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from Temple University studying violin with Julian Meyer while also playing regularly in ensembles on trumpet. Joe is currently the Immediate Past-President of the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). He is also the director of the Chamber Strings at Montgomery County Community College. He has presented sessions at ASTA national conferences, MidWest Clinics, NafME conferences, as well as state conferences. Joe continues to be a guest conductor and clinician for various string festivals. He has twice been chosen to attend the Juilliard School’s “Conductors Workshop for Music Educators”. Joe lives in Hainesport, New Jersey with his wife and children and enjoys doing many DIY homeowner projects. Since being a kidney donor, Joe, has been an advocate for organ donor awareness.

American Baritone Terrance Brown resides in Florence, Alabama. He is a native of West Blocton, Alabama. Dr. Brown was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Louisiana State University. Dr. Brown has quickly made a name for himself as a versatile singer and conductor. Dr. Brown serves as Chair, Department of Music at the University of North Alabama.

David Caddell has taught middle school band in Alabama public schools for thirteen years. He is currently completing his twelfth year of service at Echols Middle School where he teaches Beginning, Concert, and Symphonic Bands and the Echols Chorus. His bands have received superior ratings at the Alabama Bandmasters Association Music Performance Assessment and have performed in Atlanta, Gatlinburg, and Orlando. Mr. Caddell serves as a mentor and cooperating teacher to undergraduate music education students from The University of Alabama. Mr. Caddell holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and Masters of Arts in Music Education from The University of Alabama. His professional affiliations incude memberships in the National Association for Music Education, National Bandmasters Association, the Alabama Bandmasters Association and the Alabama Vocal Association. Mr. Caddell currently resides in his hometown, Tuscaloosa.

Steve Campbell is a drummer, educator and musical director of Dancing Drum. For thelast 15 years, he has been leading and developing drumming programs in hundreds of schools all across the country. His 20 years of world percussion studies combined with his education degree led him to develop a highly effective approach to successfully integrate drumming programs into K8 music classrooms. Steve has co-authored 5 curriculum publications and presented interactive drumming sessions at numerous state music education conferences across the United States, the NAfME In-Service Conference and at the Turnaround Arts Summer Institute for the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities.

Shane Colquhoun is the band director at Loachoapoka High School in Loachapoka, Alabama. He is also a graduate student at Auburn University where he is pursing his PhD in music education.

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Stacy Daniels is the choral director at Clay-Chalkville High in Clay, Alabama where he oversees a program of over 120 students and conducts the Chamber, Women’s, and Concert Choirs. Stacy received his Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance from the University of Montevallo. During his time at Montevallo he served in multiple capacities which included: Vice President and President of the Montevallo collegiate chapter of NAfME, and the Vice President/President-elect of the Alabama collegiate chapter of NAfME. Stacy is also an accomplished vocalist performing in many opera and musical theatre productions. Stacy has been named an Alabama NATS finalist and vocal division winner of the Birmingham Music Club Scholarship Competition.

Dan Davison is an educator, composer, adjudicator, clinician, and singer from the Pacific Northwest. He has been the choir director at Ballou Junior High School in Puyallup, Washington since 1979. Dan's compositions vary widely, from those suitable for junior high voices, to those written for professional ensembles, and are primarily available from Walton Music and BriLee Music. Dan regularly speaks on choral music topics. In particular, his workshops on The Male Changing Voice have been presented in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Alaska, and also in Chicago at the 2011 National ACDA Convention. Mr. Davison has been received numerous awards for his role in music education, including the 1996 State Of Washington Christa McAuliffe Educator Of The Year, The Educator Citizen Of The Year in 2010 for Communities In Schools In Puyallup, Washington, and also the "Outstanding Choral Director Award" for 2010 from the Washington chapter of The American Choral Director's Association.

Valerie Diaz Leroy joined QuaverMusic.com as a lead trainer in 2015. Before putting on the green Q, she served as a dedicated music educator for 13 years at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received her B.A. in Vocal Performance from Boston College, holds Orff Level I & II Certifications and Kodaly Level I. She also has a new-found love for playing the banjo.

Catherine Dwinal taught elementary music in Laconia, New Hampshire from 2010-2014 and was named Technology in Music Education Organization’s 2014 Teacher of the Year. In 2014, she joined the Quaver Team as Teacher Trainer and Northeast Key Accounts Representative. A seasoned conference presenter, Catie has presented in several states across the country and is active in music education and technology groups across the web. She's currently living in Nashville, Tennessee and pursuing her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with a Specialty in Digital Teaching and Learning from Kansas State University.

Ellary Draper is Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at The University of Alabama. She holds degrees in music education from Westminster Choir College (BM), music therapy from Florida State University (MM), and music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin (PhD). Prior to attending The University of Texas, Dr. Draper worked as a music therapist with a variety of ages and populations outside of Houston. She also has experience as an elementary general music teacher. Dr. Draper’s research interests are in the areas of children with disabilities, particularly in inclusive music classrooms. Currently, she serves as the Chair of Special Education for the Alabama Music Educators Association and Chair for the Standards of Clinical Practice Committee for the American Music Therapy Association. A regular presenter at national and regional music therapy and music education conferences, her research is also published in the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, UPDATE: applications of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, and Ala Breve

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Dr. Mark Foster is the band director at Mountain Brook Junior High School in Birmingham, Alabama and has taught band for 27 years. He previously taught in the Jefferson County School System as band director at Gardendale High School and assistant band director at Hueytown High School. Bands under his leadership have consistently earned superior ratings and best-in-class awards at the district, state, and regional levels. Dr. Foster holds the Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Education degrees from The University of Alabama. He also holds National Board Certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He has served as guest honor band clinician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Montevallo, the University of Georgia, and Mobile County. As a trombone player, he has performed with the Temptations, The O’Jays, the Alabama Ballet Orchestra, the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of Birmingham’s Superjazz Big Band and is also a founding member of the Renaissance Trombone Ensemble in Birmingham, Alabama.

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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, winner of the 2007 Intégrales Composition Contest, writes music for choir, orchestra, symphonic band, voice, handbells, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. With music published by many major publishing houses, he has had best sellers throughout the world. Frizzell was chosen by the board of the Tennessee Music Educators Association as the 2011 Outstanding Young Music Educator. Additionally, he was awarded the Dr. Clair E. Cox Award for Teaching Excellence. As the Director of Fine Arts at Briarcrest, Frizzell leads a faculty of twelve full time faculty-artists and is responsible for coordinating curriculum, instruction, and budgets for all of the fine arts programs (K2-12th grade). He also serves as an advocate and school liaison for all of the visual art, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, theatre, and technical production programs. As the Director of Vocal Music, he teaches the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, and OneVoice. Additionally, Frizzell works with the middle and elementary school choirs when needed. A leader in the contemporary a cappella movement, Frizzell is the cofounder and President of The A Cappella Education Association, a nonprofit dedicated to helping groups around the world. His high school a cappella group, OneVoice, is a SONY Recording Artist. They were the winners of the Macy’s A Cappella Challenge judged by Pentatonix and contestants on America’s Got Talent. Frizzell is also the Director of Education and Marketing for Camp A Cappella. 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.

Robert Gillespie, violinist and professor of music, is Chair of Music Education at Ohio State University where he is responsible for string teacher training. Ohio State has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Under Dr. Gillespie’s leadership, Ohio State University received the 2015 Institutional String Education Award as the premier string education university in the country. Dr. Gillespie is a past national President of the American String Teachers Association. He is a frequent guest conductor of All-State, region, and festival orchestras. Dr. Gillespie has appeared in 47 states, Canada, Asia, and throughout Europe. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, the leading string instrument teaching series in the country with sales of over nine million copies. Also he is co-author of the college text Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program, the String Clinics to Go DVD series, and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award for 2002-2003 in the School of Music at Ohio State University. In summers, Gillespie directs the OSU String Teacher Workshop, the largest string/orchestra teacher-training workshop in the country. In Columbus, he conducts the Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings Youth Orchestra. He is a performing violinist in the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. During 2017, Gillespie is giving string pedagogy and research presentations, and conducting orchestra performances in Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, Wyoming, Alabama, Maryland, Massachusetts, Florida, Louisiana, and Oregon.

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Chris Gordon is a professional musician who has spent the last 40 years performing, recording, composing, arranging, producing, publishing or conducting music for advertisements for radio and television, theater productions, industrial films, recordings in the genres of R&B, as well as jazz big band and small group. He is a four-time author of college and university textbooks and musical biographies. His published works for jazz ensemble are in the catalog of Kendor Music Publishing and he once composed for the Tonight Show Band, directed by Doc Severinsen, during the Johnny Carson years. He regularly performs on piano and trumpet on stages all over the United States backing up groups in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame including: The Temptations, The O’Jays, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Franki Valli & The Four Seasons, Gregg Allman, The Impressions, Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, and many more. As a co-founder of The Tuscaloosa Horns, the group with which he has performed live on stage those forty years, he has received a Bronze Star on The Walk of Fame at The Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia, AL. He has also performed on recordings for The Temptations, Awesome CD, Motown Records, 2001. Blue Lou Marini’s Big Band, Lew Soloff’s Big Band project and most recently, he has produced the Steve Sample Legacy Project for JRL-SGS Records in Los Angeles.

Becky Halliday is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo, where she teaches teacher preparation and music education courses. Prior to this appointment, she taught elementary general music in Georgia and Mississippi, and has led workshops and clinics throughout the Southeast. In addition, she has presented research findings at regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. Halliday earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and her BMUS and MMEd from The University of Georgia. She is the director of the University of Montevallo Kodály Institute, and serves on the Editorial Committee of the Music Educators Journal.

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

Jerell Horton has been the band director at Vestavia Hills since 2006. He is a graduate of Samford University. Prior to his appointment at Vestavia Hills High School, he served as assistant director at Pizitz Middle School and Vestavia Hills High School. While at Vestavia Hills, the bands have consistently earned superior rating at District and state concert band festivals as well as the ABDA festival, the Vestavia Hills Wind Ensemble performed at the 2011 Alabama Music Educators Conference, and the National Concert Band Festival in 2013. The Vestavia Hills High School Rebel Marching Band performed in the 2010 London New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. The National Band Association recently awarded the National Program of Excellence Southern Division Blue Ribbon Award to the Vestavia Hills High School band. Mr. Horton has served as an honor band clinician within the states of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. He is also on staff for the Auburn Summer Marching and Leadership camp and volunteers his service to the Music For All Summer Symposium. Mr. Horton a National Board Certified teacher and was recently named to SBO magazine’s 2014 list of 50 Directors Who Make a Difference. Mr. Horton was honored to serve on 2017 Music for All Tournament of Roses teaching staff. He is married to Monica Horton (also an educator) and they have two children, daughter Madina Jaimes (6) and Edward Israel (9 months).

Adriana Janse van Rensburg completed her music studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa obtaining the degrees B. Mus (Ed), B. Mus Honors, M. Mus and a doctorate in music education. She also obtained Licentiates from UNISA and the OYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC (London) in piano performance. Her Masters dissertation focused on guided composition for teens that included extensive research and practical application in the teaching field. Her doctoral dissertation focused on Songwriting in Adolescence. She continued her studies at Georgia State University where she obtained a second Masters degree in music education. After 26 years in the classroom teaching elementary, middle, high school and college level students in various capacities, she served as Program Manager for a.r.t.s.APS, an initiative in the Fine Arts of Atlanta Public Schools. She formerly served on the adjunct faculty of Georgia State University teaching Arts Integration, served on the Education Board of Spivey Hall at Clayton State University and is a member of GMTA, GMEA and The Piano Guild of America. Ongoing activities include further research in Critical Thinking in Music and Music Composition in the Classroom. She is the author of several publications on teaching music composition, currently available on amazon.com. She has also composed several piano solo pieces for beginner and intermediate students focusing on percussion elements in the piece, coined Snap-Tap-Clap. She presents workshops, lectures and in-service professional development nationwide. Recent presentations include the Music Teachers Association's (NAfME) Statewide Conferences for Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Nevada, Kansas, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Several workshops are presented in ongoing collaboration with Arts Access for the State University of Utah.

Jane M. Kuehne, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Music Education in her 13th year at Auburn University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music education, technology, and lab courses, and supervises graduate research. She earned bachelor’s (1992) and master’s (2000) degrees in music education (with PK-12 certification) from the University of Texas at San Antonio and taught music for 8 years in Texas, in early childhood and K-12 settings, specifically general music, choir, and band. In 2003, she earned a Ph.D. in Music Education at Florida State University. Before teaching at Auburn, she taught music education, technology, and jazz choir at Hartwick College in upstate New York.

Marvin E. Latimer Jr. is currently Associate Professor, Head of the Music Education Department, and Assistant Director of the School of Music at the University of Alabama. He received a BME and MME from Wichita State University and a PhD in Music Education from the University of Kansas. Dr. Latimer taught secondary choral music in Wichita, Kansas and served as Assistant Professor of Music Education at Wichita State University prior to his appointment at Alabama. In addition to his work in education, he has been active as Church Choir Director, Community Choir Director, Performer, Music Theater Director and Producer, Technical Director, and Scenic Designer. He has published research in numerous journals and is a frequent presenter at state, national, and international music conferences and symposia. Dr. Latimer is Past President of the Alabama Choral Directors Association and Chair of the Organizational History Subcommittee of the ACDA Research and Publications Committee.

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Dr. Gregory W. LeFils Jr. is a visiting assistant professor of choral music education at Stetson University. His duties include teaching music education classes and supervising student teachers. Dr. LeFils holds a Ph.D. in music education from The Florida State University.

Ian Loeppky has been Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Alabama since the fall of 2003; here, he directs UNA’s two elite choral ensembles and teaches choral conducting, choral techniques, graduate choral literature, and world music. His compositions have been published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing and UNC Jazz Press. He is the founder of the Florence Camerata, Associate Artistic Director of the Huntsville Community Chorus Association, Artistic Director of KIConcerts biennial Voices United international festival, and is a frequent contributor to the ACDA Choral Journal and Anacrusis. Under his direction, the UNA Chamber Choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble sing at regularly at local and regional concerts, festivals, and conferences, including AMEA’s.

Dr. Jamila McWhirter is Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at Middle Tennessee State University. She is active as a presenter, clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout the United States. Her music education research has been presented nationally on numerous occasions for the NAfME, SMTE, and MTNA. She serves the profession on the national level as a member of the ACDA Education and Communication Committee as well as the NAfME Music Educators Journal Advisory Committee. Her latest publication “A Creative Duet: Mentoring for Emerging Music Educators” is now available through Oxford Publishing.

Darla Meek serves as Music Education Coordinator at Texas A&M University-Commerce, teaching undergraduate and graduate elementary music education classes and supervising student teachers. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Dallas Baptist University, and a Master of Music (summa cum laude) at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Certified in both Orff Schulwerk and Kodály, Ms Meek presents sessions for teachers at conferences and workshops at the district, state, and national levels. Her most recent publication is Journey Around the Globe with Recorder!, published by Sweet Pipes, Inc.

Joshua Meyer is the K-2 elementary music teacher at Auburn Early Education Center and freelance trumpet instructor in the Montgomery-Auburn area. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he was the recipient of the Henry Barrett Memorial Outstanding Senior Award. While in college, he served the Collegiate Division of AMEA as both Vice-President and President, and was actively involved in conducting research on statewide collegiate involvement. Additionally, Mr. Meyer is a drum corps and marching band visual specialist. He has extensive drum corps experience, and currently works as Visual Caption Head for Music City Drum and Bugle Corps. Prior to becoming a staff member, he marched five seasons with the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps, winning the DCI World Championships in 2016.

Patrick Moore is the Director of Bands at Houston Baptist University in Houston Texas. At HBU Patrick directs the Athletic Bands, percussion and oversees the instrumental department. Patrick is an education endorser of Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and Majestic percussion. Patrick Moore is an active percussion performer, educator, arranger, adjudicator and clinician. He is a versatile percussionist with experience in many areas of percussion, from concert to marching to world and many others. He has performed at various state Day of Percussion events, and other education conferences. Patrick has done special performances with Jeff Queen, Robert W. Smith, The United States Army and Field Band, and at the International Society of Music Education in Beijing China. Patrick has worked many summer music camps and adjudicated many marching contests and state and solo and ensemble festivals. Patrick is affiliated with Percussive Arts Society (PAS), Texas Music Education Association (TMEA), and National Association for Music Education (NAFME)

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Dr. Sean P. Murray is an Associate Professor of Music and director of bands at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His responsibilities include directing the UAB “Marching Blazers”, University Wind Symphony, teaching undergraduate classes in conducting and music education, and coordinating all aspects of UAB’s comprehensive university bands program. Dr. Murray earned a Ph.D. in music education from The Florida State University. He also earned his Master of Music Education and Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Florida State University College of Music. He was appointed to the faculty at UAB in 2017.

Patty Nelson is a life long music teacher. She has taught elementary music in the public school system, taught private piano and organ lessons, and is proud of the over 30 years she has served several churches leading and teaching children’s choirs. She has also taught teacher certification and classroom excellence at the college level for education majors, and also supervised student teachers in the school of music. Patty holds a BA in Piano from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX., Master of Church Music from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and an Education Doctorate, in Curriculum and Instruction, from Baylor University. She holds a current Music Education Teacher Certificate in Texas and is Orff Certified. Patty has been scoring edTPA for Pearson since spring 2014 and has successfully scored over 100 portfolios.

Dr. Andy Nevala, Director of Jazz Studies at JSU, directs the Downbeat Award Winning Jazz Ensemble I (2015), Jazz Ensemble III, Jazz Ensemble IV, The Latin Ensemble, oversees the Jazz Combo program, produces the annual Jazz Festival (in it's 7th year), and teaches several private jazz students. Dr. Nevala has been recognized by Downbeat magazine on 10 different occasions, winning individual Downbeat Music Awards for composition (2002), arranging (2003), and performing/directing (2000, 2001, 2002, 2015). He is widely in demand as guest conductor and clinician, conducting the 2010 Campbell Union District Music Festival Jazz Ensemble in San Jose, CA, serving as a clinician at the Delta College Jazz Festival (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Folsom High School Jazz Festival (2008, 2010), the CMEA Hanford Jazz Festival (2009), the Sacramento State University Jazz Festival (2008, 2009), the Manteca High School Combo Festival (2010), The Boise State University Gene Harris Jazz Festival (2003, 2008), the Casper College Jazz Festival (2007), the Rome, GA District 7 Jazz Festival (2012,2013), and was the 2013 Alabama Music Educators Association Gold All-State Jazz Ensemble Director.

All-State Jazz Band Clinician

Dr. Michael Pendowski is the Director of the Jazz and Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Auburn University. Previously he has taught at Eastman School of Music, VanderCook College of Music, Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Harper Community College. His professional career has included composing movie scores, industrial and commercial music, video game music tracks and has numerous published compositions. He has appeared as a performer and composer throughout North and South America, Europe, and Japan, and has collaborated on over twenty albums. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with a doctorate in Jazz and Contemporary Media, and also holds degrees in Conducting and Music Education from Northwestern University. Mr. Pendowski has worked extensively as a freelance performer, appearing with Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Carol Lawrence, George Shearing, Ray Charles, the Four Freshmen, and The Jazz Orchestra of America. In addition to these professional activities, he is also a member of N.A.R.A.S, and has served on its board of governors. Last summer he was the featured jazz artist and conductor at the Campina Music Festival in Brazil.

Brandon Peters is currently in his tenth year as Director of Bands at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, and his eleventh year of teaching. In 2013, he was named Teacher of the Year for Trussville City Schools. The Trussville City School District has been named a Best Community for Music Education in America by the NAMM Foundation for the past two years. Mr. Peters is a native of Jasper, Alabama. 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. His bands have performed in Atlanta, Gatlinburg, and Orlando at both Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. The Honors Band was a guest ensemble at the 2016 University of Alabama Middle School Honor Band Festival and performed at the 2017 Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. At HTMS Mr. Peters oversees the entire band program of over 450 students. He conducts the Honors Band and assists with the Symphonic Band and Concert Band. He also teaches beginner clarinet, trumpet, trombone, and tuba. He served on the staff of the Crimson Music Camp at the University of Alabama from 2005 to 2014 and also assists with the Hewitt-Trussville High School Marching Husky Band. He has guest conducted honor bands throughout the region. 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. At UA he was a member of the performing wind bands as well as the “Million Dollar Band” and studied horn with Skip Snead. His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, Alabama Music Educators Association, and the Alabama Bandmasters Association. He currently resides in Trussville with his wife, Jenni, who is a District Literacy Coach.

David Pryor began his 29th year of teaching during 2017-2018 school year. He is presently the Director of Music at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope. He has taught in Louisiana, Missouri and Alabama and is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, La. He studied conducting under Dr. Lacey Powell, Dr. Joseph Hebert and the Dr. Joe Barry Mullins. He served as Director of Bands at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School from 1989-1994, Music Director at St. Dominic High School in O’Fallon, MO from 1994-97 and in the spring of 1997 was named Music Director at Faith Academy in Mobile. He directed all choral ensembles and began what was recognized as one of the top band programs in the state of Alabama. The program added ensembles and was awarded the first Superior Rating ever awarded to the group at the Alabama Vocal Association under his direction. The choral program grew from 70 to nearly 150 students in just three years. In the fall 0f 2000 Mr. Pryor was officially named Director of Instrumental Music and Music Department Chairman. In August of 2016, Mr. Pryor became the Director of Music at the new Catholic High School, St. Michael in Fairhope. Under his leadership, the Catholic Middle School Band Program grew from 15 to 51 band members in just the first year. The high school wind ensemble performed for the first time at the District VII Music Performance Assessment and received unanimous superior ratings. Mr. Pryor has been guest conductor for many district and state honor bands and currently serves as ABA District VII Chairman. Mr. Pryor is a member of ABA, AMEA, NAfME, NBA and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He was awarded the “Citation of Honor” in 2005 and 2015 from the NBA. He was Faith Academy “Teacher of the Year” in 1998. In April of 2013 Mr. Pryor was awarded the “Award of Distinction” by the “Fiesta-val” Invitational Music Festivals in Atlanta, GA. In 2016, he was awarded the AMEA Leadership Service Award. In June 2013 Mr. Pryor and the Faith Academy Band Program were featured in The Instrumentalist Magazine. Mr. Pryor also served as band chairman for the AISA Band Directors Association from 1998 – 2007. He is happily married to Caroline Pryor and they have one daughter, Virginia, who attends St. Michael Catholic High School and a member of the St. Michael Band.

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

Leah Seng is in her seventh year as assistant band director at Pizitz Middle School, and her fifteenth 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 2001-2013, 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.

Jeanette Shorey is an Arts Integration Specialist who designs exciting musical lesson for children from Pre-K through 5th grade She has her National Board Certification in Elementary Music K - 6 and her Masters of Science in Elementary Education with a Specialization in Literacy. Jeanette has been an elementary school music teacher for over 18 years and has also directed many children's choirs. She is currently living in Birmingham, AL and teaching at Oak Mountain Intermediate School and Vincent Elementary School. Jeanette integrates literacy skills into every lesson she teaches. She has presented at music, reading, and arts integration conferences throughout Florida and Alabama. Jeanette is in the process of publishing a book of lesson plans with Denise Gagne entitled Stories That Sing.

Amanda Slay has taught choral music in the state of Alabama for 9 years and is currently in her third year serving as the Associate Choral Director at Hoover High School. Before teaching at Hoover High School, Mrs. Slay taught at Shades Valley High School in Jefferson County and Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa City. Mrs. Slay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Choral Music Education from the University of Montevallo and a Master of Music Education from The Florida State University. She is also certified to teach AP Music Theory and IB Music. Mrs. Slay is an active member of the Alabama Vocal Association, National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. Mrs. Slay currently serves as the Repertoire and Resources Chair of Multicultural Music for the Alabama chapter of ACDA. Mrs. Slay lives in Homewood with her wife, two weenie dogs, a border collie and the cutest baby girl ever born.

Mike Steinel is a jazz trumpeter, pianist, composer and arranger. An internationally recognized jazz educator, Mike is the author the highly acclaimed Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble and Building a Jazz Vocabulary. He has performed throughout the US, Canada and in Europe, appearing as soloist at the MENC, IAJE, and JEN international conventions; and at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has recorded with the Rosewood Trio, the Frank Mantooth Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Quintet and is a featured soloist on recent release by the Mike Waldrop Big Band (2015). He has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terr y, Don Ellis, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Jerry Bergonzi, and others. Mike has served as Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas since 1987. He is the founder and director of the UNT Jazz Combo Workshop, the UNT Jazz Trumpet Workshop, and the UNT Jazz Winds Workshop. Mr. Steinel has served as Co-Chair of the Jazz Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts and holds a BME degree from Emporia State University and a MME degree from the University of North Texas.

Brian Stith has worked in the professional audio industry for over 25 years. During this period Brian has represented numerous companies including JBL, Shure, and Anchor Audio. He has designed and installed hundreds of systems for churches, school auditoriums, sports venues, and even a military tank range. He is the National Sales Manager for Sound Projections, a California-based portable sound system company. Since coming to Sound Projections, Brian has grown to thoroughly understand the needs of school music directors. He works one on one with directors from junior high through university level all over the country. He has written articles for multiple magazines including Christian School Products Magazine and School Band & Orchestra Magazine. When he is not traveling the country, Brian keeps busy at home with his wife of 27 years and his 3 children Brian is always willing to answer any question or concern a director may have. Brian’s goal is to share his vast sound knowledge with you to make sure you are making an educated decision when it comes to purchasing any small portable, or large competition, sound system. This seminar will enhance your understanding of portable sound systems, wireless microphone issues, and differences between watts versus decibels. You can reach him via email at brian.stith@soundprojections.com.

All-State Jazz Band Clinician

Gordon Towell is the coordinator of jazz studies at Loyola University New Orleans. In this capacity he directs the award winning jazz ensemble, teaches improvisation, arranging, composition, jazz combos and jazz history. Before this position Gordon was the director of jazz studies at Morehead State University. Gordon, who holds a BEd in music education from the University of Alberta, an MM in jazz studies from Indiana University and a DME with a cognate in jazz studies from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, has shared his expertise with students at the Morehead State University, University of Cincinnati, Indiana University, Keyano College, Grant MacEwan College, and numerous public schools. He also finds time to adjudicate, guest solo and perform with national and international artists, and conduct throughout Canada and the U.S. His saxophone performance can be heard on Outlier, Sketch Pad, Ask Me Now, Blue Duck Suit, and Still Friends, which are all available through cdbaby.com. These CDs have been featured on NPR, CBC, and CKUA radio stations. Gordon is a recipient of the 2001 Morehead State University’s Distinguished Creative Productions Award. He is a Conn Selmer clinician and plays Selmer saxophones.

Viktoria Truesdail is currently in her fifth year teaching grades PreK- 6th in the Madison County School System. She holds degrees from Cleveland State University and University of Florida. Prior to teaching in the elementary classroom, Mrs. Truesdail has held various music positions including having her own private woodwind studio, Pre-K director, adjunct collegiate instructor and Assistant Director of Continuing Education at Georgia College. She currently instructs three extra-curricular clubs at her schools including: The Bucketing Blue Thunder, The Bucketeers and the Singing Cubs. In addition, Mrs. Truesdail shares her creativity as Team Manager for her son’s Destination Imagination team.

David W. Vandewalker is the Coordinator of Performing Arts for the Fulton County Schools supporting the music education and music therapy faculty who serve 96,000 students in Atlanta. David is the artistic director and conductor of the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble and associate director of the Tara Winds (Sudler Silver Scroll award-winning community band). Additionally, he served as the assistant director of bands at Georgia State University (2012-2016) and Director of Bands at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia (2000-2012). Dr. Vandewalker earned degrees at Baylor University, Central Michigan University, and Boston University where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education. A Conn-Selmer Artist/Educator, he has led concerts before esteemed audiences such as the CBDNA/NBA, Music for All National Concert Festival, and the Midwest Clinic. Marching Bands under his direction received honors including participation in the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade, 2009 & 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ranked top-ten nationally by the 2013 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), and Bands of America Grand National Finalist. Dr. Vandewalker is a recipient of the Sudler Flag of Honor, nine-NBA Citation of Excellence Awards, three National Wind Band Honors Awards, is recognized in multiple editions of Who's Who Among American Teachers, and is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association. David and his wife, Pamela, reside in Marietta where she is Minister of Creativity and Worship Programming at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church with over 900 children actively involved in music making each week.

AMEA 2018 Clinicians

Dr. Anne C. Witt teaches Music Education, String Pedagogy and String Literature at the University of Alabama. She founded the Adult Strings program in which she teaches classes for adult beginners, cello lessons and the annual Adult Strings Weekend. Her degrees were earned at the University of Alabama and the University of Texas at Austin. She taught middle school and high school strings/orchestra in Austin for 15 years and played cello in the Austin Symphony; she was also Director of the University of Texas String Project. Dr. Witt has served as President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association, President of the Alabama ASTA chapter, and National President of ASTA. Dr. Witt has presented educational sessions in many states, at all ASTA national conferences and at the Midwest Clinic. She enjoys guest conducting All State and regional festival orchestras, and is a frequent presenter at AMEA. Dr. Witt is author of A Rhythm a Week, used by school band and orchestra classes nationwide. In 2005, she organized a community initiative to fund the start-up of Strings in Schools – a string program in the Tuscaloosa City Schools. After 12 years, over 850 students have participated, and groups have won top honors in competitions. Six graduates of the program are now studying Music Education. She further served the community as President of the Tuscaloosa String Quartet Society. She continues to play cello professionally in a quartet called “Four Strings Attached.”She was an adjudicator for the ASTA National Orchestra Festival and for the first Alabama Orchestra MPA in 2016.

Dr. Damion Womack currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music, Chair of the Fine Arts Department and Director of Choral Activities and Huntingdon College. His duties include conducting all choral ensembles, teaching choral methods, conducting, and supervising the music and art faculty. Choral ensembles under the direction of Dr. Womack have performed by juried invitation for regional and national conventions of The American Choral Directors Association, and The National Association for Music Education. Prior to his appointment at Huntingdon College, Dr. Womack served as Director of Arts at The Montgomery Academy where he received the McLemore Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Womack currently serves as the American Choral Director’s Association National Chairman for High School Choirs and has served on planning committees for the 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018 ACDA Southern Region Conventions. He is in demand as a guest conductor and clinician in the Southeast and has served in this capacity in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Illinois. Dr. Womack holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC and holds Music Education degrees from Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University.

Michael S. Zelenak, Ph.D., is the Assistant Professor of Music Education at Alabama State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate methods courses and supervises students as they matriculate through the music education programs. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, and completed the masters and doctoral programs in music education at the University of South Florida. He earned National Board Certification while teaching chorus, strings, keyboard, guitar, and general music in Pinellas County, FL. He is an active researcher with articles appearing in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Technology in Music Learning, Music Education Research International, and others. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Association for Music Education’s Music Educators Journal and an Editorial Board member for the Florida Music Educators Association’s Research Perspectives in Music Education.

AMEA Industry/Institutional Membership

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

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

AWB, 206 Potomac Ct., Woodstock, GA 30188

Bailey Brothers Music Company, 4673 Highway 280 Suite 7, Birmingham, AL 35242

Gadsden Music Company Inc., 607 Broad Street, Gadsden, AL 35902

Guardian Music Travel, 1008 Frances Pkwy, Park Ridge, IL 60068

Group Travel Network, Inc., 7485 Conroy Windermere Rd. Suite D, Orlando, FL 32835

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

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

Kaieidoscope Adventures, 7081 Grand National Drive Ste #110, Orlando, FL 32819

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

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

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

Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35216

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

Southern Performances Inc., 6037 Andhurst Dr., Gulf Shores, AL 36547

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

Troy University, 109 Long Hall University Ave., Troy, AL 36082

Universal Orlando Resort Youth Programs, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Orlando, FL 32819

University of Alabama Bands, 211 Moody Music Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

University of Alabama School of Music, 810 2nd Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

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

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

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

Showcasing the benefits of being a member of the Alabama Education Association. Booth 416

Alabama Learning Exchange, 901 13th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294

The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) is an open educational resource (OER) created by the Alabama Department of Education's Educational Technology division, and hosted by the Alabama Supercomputer Authority. ALEX provides free high quality, standards­based curriculum resources for educational leaders, teachers, students, and parents on a statewide and national level. The OER includes model unit plans, lesson plans, and activities "connected" by the Alabama College­ and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) to promote deeper learning competencies essential for success in college, careers, and our global society. Booth 218

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

The ASO inspires, entertains, and provides vital programming to the residents of the state, serving nearly 100,000 people yearly throughout Alabama through concert series, youth programs, and educational and community engagement efforts to fulfill our mission of changing lives through music. The ASO works to produce creative, dynamic programming and to be recognized as an artistically innovative leader in the field. Booth 618

Algy Costumes, 440 NE First Ave, Hallandale, FL 33009

Algy is a leading manufacturer of field and show uniforms. Your local representative is available to assist with all of your uniform, camp wear, pep rally and uniform needs ­ call Amy Bond 205­299­9308. Booth 112 & 114

American Tour Guide Association

We are a custom tour operator providing performing arts tours. We manage the logistics while you focus on the performance. Booth 518

American Travel Consulting, P.O. Box 941033, Plano, TX 75094

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

Serving the musical needs of the Southeast since 1905; convention exhibit features extensive stock of educational/instrumental music for today's school band. Booth 103

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

Music at Auburn offers opportunities for musicians as majors or non­majors. Ours is an intimate and nurturing atmosphere with opportunities for individual attention and performance for students. Visit us for information about music at Auburn. Booth 412

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

Providing screenprinted and embroidered music apparel throughout the Southeast. All­State, District and County Honor Bands and marching contests. We also carry formal wear, shoes, and marching accessories. Booth 106 & 108

Bailey Brothers Music Company, 4673 Highway 280 E Suite 7, Birmingham, AL 35242

For 30 years in Alabama, Bailey Brothers has always provided the top selection of products and customer service at the lowest prices in the southeast. Bailey Brothers' knowledgeable staff have consistently received only the highest accolade from our customers, our vendors, and our peers and are here to help you select the right product to suit your musical or educational needs. Booth 220

Buffet Crampon, 7255 Salisbury Road, ste 4, Jacksonville, FL 32256

Buffet Crampon USA is the global reference in wind instruments and North American distributor of Buffet Crampon, Besson, B&S, Antoine Courtois Paris, Hans Hoyer, Keilwerth, Melton Meinl Weston, Verne Q. Powell, J. Scherzer and Schreiber. Booth 421 & 423

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

Travel arrangement for large or small groups. Twenty­Seven years experience. References can be furnished. Booth 611

Capitol Trailways, 520 North Court Street, Montgomery, AL 36104

Charter Bus Transportation Provider. Booth 319

Conn­Selmer, Inc., P.O. Box 310, Elkhart, IN 46515

Conn­Selmer, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of a full line of American made band and orchestra instruments for professional, amateur and student use. The company manufactures and distributes its products under a variety of well­known brand names including Selmer, Bach, Ludwig, Leblanc, King, Armstrong and C. G. Conn. Booth 319 & 410

Custom Fundraising Solutions, 757 Chestnut Park Lane, Hoover, AL 35226

Mattress Fundraiser that has helped Bands in Alabama raise over $500,000. Booth 601

Dancing Drum, 825C Merrimon Ave. #232, Asheville, NC 28804

Since 2002, Dancing Drum has offered drums, percussion instruments and curriculum books along with top rated interactive drumming assemblies, workshops and artist­in­residencies for K­8 schools. Now based in Asheville, NC. Booth 102

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

Band Uniforms, Marching Accessories, Formal Wear, and Guard/Performance Wear and Costuming. Booth 415

The Exhibitors

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

Celebrating 25 years of production, the Eastman family of Strings, Winds, Guitars, as well as S. E. Shires, Wm. S. Haynes, and Backun Musical, proudly makes handcrafted instruments for players of all levels. Booth 111

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

Since 1910, Fruhauf Uniforms has manufactured the highest­quality music education apparel. Four generations later we’re better than ever, and continue to use the highest quality of materials and workmanship. Booth 309

Fundraising With Simply Sheets, 7900 Bullitt Dr.., Mobile, AL 36619

We are a fundraising company located in Mobile, Alabama specializing in Bedsheet fundraising. We offer both Traditional and Online programs. Our programs offer your organization no upfront costs, no contracts and no minimums. Give your supporters a product they will enjoy for years to come. Booth 507 & 508

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

Musical instrument sales. Booth 503

Gadsden State Community College Music Department

Booth 322

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

Our innovative industry­leading fundraising campaign choices include magazines, cookie dough, discount cards, virginia diner nuts, candy bars, team tumblers, gourmet popcorn and quality gift items. Booth 422

Group Travel Network, Inc., 7485 Conroy Windermere Road, Suite D, Orlando, FL 32835

AMEA Preferred Travel Planner, with over 20 years of continuous experience, specializing in performance group travel to destinations such as Orlando, Hawaii, San Antonio, Atlanta, New York, Washingon DC, Europe and more. One Call ­ One Source! We do it ALL....so YOU don't have to! Booth 315

Guardian Music Travel, 1008 Frances Pkwy, Park Ridge, IL 60068

We are a group travel run by teachers. We focus on creating unique itineraries at great prices that all programs can afford. We would love to have the opportunity to create a proposal to show you why Guardian is becoming the best option for travel for Alabama! Booth 515

Hawaii State Tours, 1178 Byrnwyck Way, Atlanta, GA 30319

Custom Group Travel to Hawaii and Performance at Pearl Harbor. Booth 222

Huntingdon College Bands, 1500 East Fairview Ave., Montgomery, AL 36106 Collegiate Marching, Concert, Jazz & Pep Band Program. Booth 619

Jacksonville State University, David L. Walters Department of Music, 201 Mason Hall, Jacksonville, AL 36265

A comprehensive department preparing music educators and performers for leadership positions. JSU Music: A Proud Tradition in Sound Education Booth 205

John M. Long School of Music ­ Troy University, 109 Long Hall ­ School of Music, Troy, AL 36082

The John M. Long School of Music invites alumni, friends, and guests to visit our booth and explore the music opportunities available at Troy University. Booth 209

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

For over 140 years, Pepper has being serving the needs of the music community. Visit us at our Regional Sales Center in Atlanta or online at www.jwpepper.com. Experience the Pepper difference. Booth 509 & 608

Kaleidoscope Adventures, 7081 Grand National Drive, Suite 110, Orlando, FL 32819

Kaleidoscope Adventures is a full service tour company specializing in student group travel. Our primary emphasis is developing festival and performance tours for middle and high school bands, choirs, and orchestras. We work closely with educators to create a unique and enriching travel experience that will enhance the classroom curriculum and bring your classroom to life. Booth 306

KHS America, 12020 Volunteer Blvd, Mount Juliet, TN 37138

Serving the musical community with world­class instruments from preschool through professional. Booth 408 & 409

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

Student tour operator providing complete custom travel packages for bands, choirs, and orchestras to the destinations and music festivals/performance venues of your choice. Contact Connie Burleson @ 800­681­4188 or 205­714­7888. Booth 302

Malmark, Inc., PO Box 1200, Plumsteadville, PA 18949

Handbells, Chimes, Cymbells, Cajons, Accessories. Booth 216

Marching Bandworks, 142 Flutter Dr., Lexington SC 29072

Marching band publications and services. Booth 121

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

Marchmaster is the premier southeastern leader in supplying footwear, guard equipment, custom designed uniforms & outfits, head gear, concert performance wear, podiums, field equipment, banners, electronics and other accessories for bands, orchestras, choral groups, and performing ensembles. Booth 309

Marine Corps Music Program, P.O. Box 19201, Parris Island, SC 29905

Professional Musicians that Claim the Nation's Highest Title; United States Marine Corps. Booth 516

McGraw Hill Education, 8787 Orion Place, Columbus, OH 43240

McGraw­Hill Education is the digital learning science company intent on changing the world of education. Drawing on our rich heritage of educational expertise, we offer highly personalized learning experiences that improve learning outcomes around the world. Booth 123

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

Quality fundraising products and services for Alabama's music groups since 1986. Booth 316

Murphy Robes/Herff Jones, 1000 N. Market St., Champaign, IL 61820

America's finest choir robes for schools and churches. Booth 117

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

Music for All's mission is to create, provide and expand positively life changing experiences through music for all. Music for All fulfills it’s mission through programming that includes some of the most exciting and recognized events in the world, as well as advocating for arts education and music for all. Booth 517

Music is Elementary, 5228 Mayfield Rd., Lyndhurst, OH 44124

Teaching materials, instruments, and supplies for the elementary general music classroom, featuring Purposeful Pathways. Booth 417 & 419

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

Music USA Festivals is a non­profit organization ""Promoting Music Education through Quality Evaluation"". Since 1992 we have had the privilege of hosting Festivals in Soundstage 33 at Universal Orlando. Booth 223

Musical Destinations, PO box 771060, Winter Garden, FL 34777

Specializing in student music group tours. We are experts in Orlando, New York, Washington, Atlanta, San Antonio, California, Chicago, Cruises and more! Booth 523

OrlandoFest, P.O. Box 690096, Orlando, FL 32869

OrlandoFest is Orlando, Florida's premier Music and Performing Arts Festival, featuring middle and high school students from across America. Booth 304

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

Pearson partners with educators to deliver new personalized ways of learning through effective, scalable assessment, instructional tools, services, and technologies. Booth 116

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

Guitar Learning System. Booth 118

Planet Fundraiser, 1500 1st Avenue North #11, Birmingham, AL 35203

Planet Fundraiser makes charitable giving and fundraising work for everyone. Raise funds for schools music program just by shopping at businesses near you. Booth 622

Prestige Digital Imaging, 2763 Hwy. 138 E, Suite D, Jonesboro, GA 30236

We offer Composite photography services for Middle School and High School Band, Orchestra and Choral Programs as well as High School JROTC Programs. Our first digital composite was created in the 1996­97 school year. As far as we know, we were the first company in the United States to offer digital Composite Photography! Booth 100

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

QuaverMusic.com offers a fully­digital, comprehensive program for today's K­8 music classroom, plus an engaging FREE student website. Cloudbased and highly interactive, Quaver's Curriculum also includes a suite of administrative tools for training and customer support, gradebook, supervisor­level reporting, and a mobile app for student assessments. Advanced Technology. Teacher­Friendly. Seriously Fun! Booth 303

Ronald Sachs Violins, 836 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lilburn, GA 30047

Creating engaging music is possible with the ideal blend of musical prowess and expertly crafted instruments. Based in Atlanta Georgia, we have served as the Violin Shop of the South for over 18 years. Our multi­faceted instrument store specializes in the rental, sale, and repair of all stringed instruments in the violin family — the violin, the viola, the cello, and the bass. Booth 510 & 511

The Exhibitors

Row­Loff Productions, P.O. Box 292671, Nashville, TN 37229

Publishers of marching & concert percussion literature. Ensembles, features, solos, duets, method books, percussion comedy, etc.. Booth 615

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

The Division of Music is preparing musicians to enrich society through a diligent pursuit of excellence. Music study at Samford University is essentially a threefold program, including training in basic musicianship, training in specialized professional areas, and studies in the liberal arts. The liberal arts requirements contribute to the breadth of knowledge appropriate for the professional musician. Booth 308

Scott Brown Fundraising, Inc., 10 Sherman Lane, Cartersville, GA 30121

Scott Brown Fundraising provides Mrs. Fields cookies, Goose Creek Candles, Cruz Chocolates and many other services to school music programs. Booth 616

Screentech, 383 Kelly Drive, Dothan, AL 36302

ScreenTech has over 25 years experience providing full service and innovative fundraising, apparel and specialty products programs to band and choral groups in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Screentech was the exclusive merchandise concessionaire for a combined 30+ years at Bryant Denny Stadium, Jordan Hare Stadium and Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy. Booth 119

Sheridan Brass, 945 Mountain Branch Drive, Birmingham, AL 35226

Specializing in Custom S E Shires Trombones. Booth 520 & 522

Silent Command Leadership / Tyler S. Grant Music Works, 120 15th Street E, Apartment 824, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Managed by world­champion Bluecoats head drum­major Samuel Crawford, Silent Command brings world­class leadership instruction to YOUR class through clinics, on­demand video streaming, and one­on­one online lessons. For almost a decade, Tyler S. Grant has written numerous awardwinning works for concert band. Browse through scores, listen to recordings, and connect with Tyler. Booth 617

Simply Sheets Fundraising, 700 Churchill Court, Suite 126­325, Canton, GA 30114

Simply Sheets Fundraising is a bed sheet fundraising company which provides a high quality, usable product; and we support that product through a simple, risk free, and highly profitable program. Booth 211

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

Performance is our Promise! A leader in the Performance Apparel Industry for over 30 years. We manufacture and provide quality concert wear for Bands, Choirs and Orchestras in all 50 states and around the world. Booth 609

Southern Performances, Inc., 6037 Andhurst Dr., Gulf Shores, AL 36547

Southern Performances is a company dedicated to providing quality products to performing ensembles throughout the Southeast. They have a lengthy vendor list, including the top names in the business. Whether you need costumes and flags for your color guard, formal wear for your band or choir, band shoes and gloves or a drum major podium­­David and his skilled team is ready to help! Booth 215

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

All types of cloth products­ Jackets, T­shirts, Fleece, Spirit Packs, Fan Wear. Booth 221

Southwestern Educational Travel, 2451 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214

Our mission is simple: We build character in students through extraordinary trips. We are dedicated to providing unique travel experiences both nationally and internationally. Our goal is to make your job as easy and streamlined as possible through our service­minded attitude. We take care of the details from accommodation to transportation to meals & activities, so you do not have to. Booth 420

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

Celebrating 21 years providing musical travel experiences for schools. Our tours are designed with a variety of activities which are fun, educational and rewarding. "PUT YOUR GROUP IN THE SPOTLIGHT." Booth 110

StageRight Corporation, 495 Pioneer Parkway, Clare MI 48617

Portable stage equipment such as: Choral Risers, Stages, Orchestra Enclosures and Clouds, Acoustical Shells, Music Chairs, Band Risers, Show Choir Risers, Marching Band Podiums, etc. Booth 321 & 323

Stanbury Uniforms, Inc., 108 Stanbury Industrial Dr., Brookfield, MO 64628

Manufacturer of Superior Band Uniforms for over 100 years! Booth 217 & 219

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

Super Holiday Tours has over 40 years of experience taking performing groups, marching bands, and student groups across the world! Booth 207

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

Superior Travel and Tour is a travel company with a sales team, tour guides, and owner who are all former music educators. Contact us to begin planning your next Superior trip! Booth 320

Tempest Musical Instruments, 18847 Redland Road, Suite 105, San Antonio, TX 78259

Manufacturer of Woodwind, Brass, and Marching Brass Instruments. Booth 115

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

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

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

The UAH Department of Music prepares students for careers in music and beyond. Booth 317

Universal Orlando Resort, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, Orlando, FL 32819

Come take the stage! Universal Orlando's STARS Performance Program offers a variety of performance options that places your group in the heart of non­stop excitement. Whether your group is a marching or concert band, dance team, choir or other performing group, Universal Orlando™ presents you once­in­a­lifetime experiences and one­of­a­kind thrills. The Sound Design: Music and the Art of Foley program is newly enhanced and designed by Robert W. Smith to reinforce National Core Arts Standards. Students will sync music, choral arrangements, Foley and digital sound effects to real movie scenes from hits like Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me and The Lorax in our hands­on workshop. Finally, experience the thrill of the stage with competitive and non­competitive music festivals and award ceremonies. Performing groups will have the chance to refine their showmanship as they participate in nationally recognized festivals produced and hosted by our partners and ­ all while enjoying our incredible parks.

Booth 122

University of Alabama Bands, 2007 Moody Music Building, Box 870368, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487­0368

Regardless of major, there is a place for you in one of our many ensembles! The University of Alabama Bands...where you could be ONE in a million! Booth 403

University of Montevallo, 75 College Drive, Station 6670, Montevallo, Alabama 35115

The Department of Music is one of the most highly regarded music programs in the state and region. Continuously accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1931, we have remained a competitive force in Alabama’s collegiate music education. We are proud of the success and the achievement of our students, alumni, and faculty. Booth 603

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

The UNA Department of Music is an accredited institutional member of the national Association of Schools of Music offering bachelor's degrees in music. Booth 203

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

The Department of Music at the University of South Alabama, through its innovative curriculum and exemplary faculty, offers educational and creative opportunities for musicians and music educators. Propelled by an increasing music student population, a newly created graduate degree program, and a highly active concert series featuring accomplished soloists and diverse ensembles, the department continually embraces new artistic experiences that balance the rich history of music with emerging music of the 21st century. Providing opportunities for lifelong learners within our community, the department is an important asset to the University of South Alabama and a valuable resource for the entire Gulf Coast region. Booth 620

University of Southern Mississippi School of Music, 118 College Drive #5081, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 School of Music. Booth 418

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

The Valdosta State University Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music offering Bachelor's degrees in Music Performance, Music Education, Arts and Master's degrees in Music Performance and Music Education. Booth 512

Warburton Music Products, 22633 Quarter Lane, Hampton Cove, AL 35763

We manufacture a complete line of mouthpieces for Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet, French Horn, Trombone, and Tuba ­ plus our growing line of top quality accessories for both brass and woodwind instruments. The Warburton system flexibility gives you the most efficient mouthpiece or saxophone neck components for performing in any playing situation. Booth 623

World's Finest Chocolate, P.O. Box 6955, Metairie, LA 70009 Fundraising ­ Chocolate products. Booth 318

Yamaha Corporation of America, 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90620

Yamaha offers a full line of musical instruments and accessories. With a focus on consistently high quality products and services combined with innovative methods, Yamaha is dedicated to providing fantastic music making experiences for the next generation. Booth 519 & 521

AMEA Hall of Fame

Theresa McKibben ­ Class of 2016

Vicki Portis ­ Class of 2016

John Bradley ­ Class of 2015

Bill Brunner ­ Class of 2015

Jim Duren ­ Class of 2015

Curtis Hollinger ­ Class of 2013

Billy R. (Rip) Reagan ­ Class of 2012

Joseph C. Riemer, Jr. ­ Class of 2010

Roland Lister ­ Class of 2009

Pat Morrow ­ Class of 2009

David Walters ­ Class of 2009

Gerald Welker ­ Class of 2009

Gene Black ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Colonel Carleton Butler ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Ed Cleino ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

William Dawson ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

William Denison ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Gene Gooch ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Wilbur (Bodie) Hinton ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Johnny Jacobs ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Dianne Johnson ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

John M. Long ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Floyd McClure ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Frances Moss ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Eleanor Nation ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Lacey Powell ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

James Simpson ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Thomas Smith ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Hugh Thomas ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Orland Thomas ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Johnnie Vinson ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

Truman Welch ­ Inaugural Class of 2008

AMEA Membership Honor Roll

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

Minnie Stuart - 75 years

David Black - 60 years

Gene Inglis - 45 years

William Denison - 45 years

William Connell - 40 years

Steve McLendon - 40 years

John McAphee - 40 years

Jimmy Hobbs - 40 years

Chuck Eady - 40 years

Jerry Potter - 40 years

Treadwell Davis - 40 years

Michael Brown - 40 years

John Bradley - 40 years

Patricia Blackwell - 40 years

Ronald Bearden - 40 years

Allen Bailey - 40 years

Betty Bates - 40 years

Rickie Malone - 35 years

Richard Holland - 35 years

Melanie Harris - 35 years

Tim Grabill - 35 years

Curtis Burttram - 35 years

Jeannie Bubbett - 35 years

Jon Bubbett - 35 years

Rick Whitmire - 35 years

Sallie White - 35 years

Jeffrey Hudson - 35 years

Tim Clinton - 35 years

Diane Orlofsky - 35 years

Kathy Hughes - 30 years

Johnnie Vinson - 30 years

Kay Carter - 30 years

Byron Dawes - 30 years

Beth Watters - 30 years

George Martin 30 years

Kathleen Lavay-Turner - 30 years

Eddy Williams - 30 years

Ron Pence - 30 years

Jerry Cunningham - 30 years

Johnny Nash - 25 years

Karen Garrett - 25 years

Music/Early and Middle Childhood

Deanna Bell­Jefferson County

Laura Butler­Mountain Brook City

Emily Cagle­Jefferson County ­ Class of 2017

Brian Cocke­Trussville City

John Cook­Jefferson County

Carrie Cruz­Jefferson County

Beth Davis­Decatur City

Katherine Donaldson­Vestavia Hills City

Brooke Dunham­Shelby County

William Goff­Jefferson County

Carlee Green­Hoover City

Leslie Jones­Jefferson County ­ Class of 2017

Tiffani Little­Jefferson County

Alicia Moreno Mulloy­Huntsville City

Clarence Myrick­Jefferson County

Janet Nelson­Mountain Brook City

Vicki Lynn Portis­Hoover City (Retired)

Jeanette Shorey­Shelby County

Joy Smith­Birmingham City

Jennifer Thompson­Jefferson County

Sara Troutman Womack­Hoover City

Phil Wilson­ Auburn City

Walter Wren­Leeds City

Music/Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood

David Allinder­Jefferson County

Darwin Anderson­Madison City

Kimberly Bain­Vestavia Hills City

Kristi Bowers­Huntsville City

Jonathan Cagle­Jefferson County ­ Class of 2017

Jeff Calvert­Jefferson County

John Cooper­Decatur City

Laura Doss (no school system listed)

Gary Foster­Mountain Brook City

Traci Fuller­Montgomery County

Gregory Gumina­Jefferson County

Joel Henson­Jefferson County ­ Class of 2017

Margaret Heron­Jefferson County

Sandra Hill­Jefferson County

Edward Horton­Vestavia Hills City

John Kincaid­Hoover City

Lee Mason­Birmingham City

Brian Neugent­Hoover City

Regina Raney­Decatur City

James Schaeffer­Jefferson County ­ Class of 2017

Kimberly Scott (No school system listed)

Rachel Smith­Hoover City ­ Class of 2017

Jamie Thomas­Piedmont City

Renee Thomas­Baldwin County

Adam Truesdale­Leeds City

John Vernon­Huntsville City

Christopher Walker­Jefferson County

Jennifer Walsh­Jefferson County

Megan Wicks­Rudolph­Vestavia Hills City

AUDITION DATES

Friday, February 2, 2018

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Friday, February 9, 2018

Saturday, February 10, 2018