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17ABALegislative Proposals
18ABAAll-State Schedule
20ABAAll-State Clinicians
22AMEACommittee Chairs
23AMEAMembership Honor Roll
24Pictures from the AMEAConference
29AVAAll-State Schedule
30AVAAll-State Clinicians
34Minutes of Governing Board and General Meetings
36Listening to Music in the 21st Century: PowerPoint Can Help
40Nominees for AMEAPresident-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer
42 Etowah YouthSymphonyPerforms the Music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
43In Memoriam: Floyd Claude McClure
44AMEACalendar of Events
46Free Curriculum Teaches U.S. History and Music Through Jazz
47Homewood MS Student Finalist for MENC Composition Contest
49Alabama Celebrates Arts Education
4President
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26Elementary/General
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33Higher Education Forms
8Outstanding Music Educator/Outstanding Administrator Award
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11MENC Membership Form
38Call for Session Proposals
39AMEAPerformance Application
Did you know that it is an uphill drive from Tuscaloosa to Fort Payne? I discovered that as I returned from our AMEAIn-Service Conference. As I made my way home, I realized how tired I was. A "good" tired, but tired nevertheless. On that uphill drive I reflected upon the previous 3 days and deemed our Convention as a great success. I was very proud of the attendance and response to our FAME Program. I was equally proud of the division presidents and boards for putting together such wonderful clinics and concerts. At one event I was moved to tears as I listened to veteran music educators reflect on their careers and young teachers express enthusiasm to future music educators. I listened intently to our keynote speakers and wished I had the ability to convey the message of music education in such an entertaining way. I heard the angelic voices
of teenagers and was moved by the thunderous applause for a new composer who is just in the 8th grade. Young string players performed with maturity and a high school band gave one of its last performances before becoming extinct. Elsa was brought to the cathedral in such a way that I looked at the organ console and only then realized that the pipe organ was not being played. The sound that I thought was coming from the organ was coming from the Wind Ensemble! Afather and daughter were both honored by MENC for their years of membership. Adedicated administrator and a true fighter for music education found themselves being honored for their contributions to the AMEA. Instrumentalists were asked to bring their horns and play in a jazz band "one more time". Members of the AMEAGoverning Board were thanked for their service and I was presented with a beautiful plaque. All of these things played out in my mind on that long drive home.
Double Reed Workshop
June 6 - 9
Honors Jazz Camp
June 11 - 17
Tuba-Euphonium Workshop
June 14 - 17
Double Bass Workshop
June 14 - 17
Honors Chamber Winds Camp
June 18 - July 1
Honors Piano Camp
June 18 - July 1
Senior High Band Camp
June 18 - July 1
String Orchestra Camp
June 18 - July 1
Marching Band Leadership Camp
July 2 - 7
Honors Choral Ensemble Camp
July 2 - 8
Honors Vocal Solo Camp
July 9 - 14
Middle School Band Camp
July 9 - 15
And then I began thinking about little problems that occurred during the conference. And some bigger problems that seemed to reach beyond the weekend. At first I was overwhelmed. Didn't we have a great conference? Wasn't everyone happy? The answers were simple. Yes, it was a great conference. Yes, almost everyone was happy. But, as an elected official it is my responsibility and the responsibility of all in elected positions to address these concerns and represent those that elected them to serve. And so I am spending much of the rest of this week doing just that. I am facing issues with what I hope is an impartial view, a level head, and with a small bit of wisdom that comes from experience. We all must deal with these types of issues in our own schools and programs on a regular basis. Problems between students, sections, parents, administrators, fellow teachers, and each other are part of dealing with humans and their emotions.
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I truly believe that we all want to do and say the right things. And I know that we often fall short of that goal. But, if we are willing to admit our mistakes and have empathy for others, we can overcome almost any conflict that might arise.
As I end my term as President of the Alabama Music Educators Association I challenge all members of our great association to remain active or become more active in your divisions and in the state organization. Through your willingness to serve you can implement change and make things better. New ideas are encouraged and I know that your new officers will be willing to hear them. Elect those that you feel will best serve the membership. Give thanks to those that have served in the past and give support and encouragement to those that will serve in the future. Yes, there will be conflict and problems. But working together we can overcome obstacles and be an even stronger voice for music education in our great state.
Thank you to the AMEABoard and all of the wonderful people that have worked with me for the past two years. I especially want to thank Tony Pike, Lacey Powell, Lisa Latham, and Garry Taylor for your support, guidance, wisdom, and friendship. Good luck to John Baker and all of the people that will be fortunate enough to work with him on the
AMEAGoverning Board. He is a gem! And most of all- thank you to all members of the music education family in Alabama. As I have had the opportunity to get to know so many more music teachers, I have also come to know more about the divisions and the music programs that those divisions represent. Many of you work with little resources yet you bring a love of music to your students every day. I am so proud of you and the great work that you do. Many teachers have resources but face other "stumbling blocks" as they try and bring music to their students, schools, and communities. No matter where we teach or the size of our program, we all must remember that each situation has positive and negative aspects. Focus on the positive, eliminate the negative, and have "high hopes". Hope for the future of your program; hope for the future of your students; hope for our AMEA; and hope for the future of music education in our state.
I hope you have a successful and musically blessed spring!
My first AMEAConference as your Executive Director was quite an experience! Months and months of emails, letters, phone calls, faxes, personal visits, and meetings led to a schedule crammed full of clinics, board meetings, general meetings, panel discussions, mixers, breakfasts, luncheons, reading sessions, receptions, rehearsals, warm-ups, and performances. Combine that with an exhibition hall full of music stores, fund raising companies, publishers, tour companies, uniform companies, photographers, colleges, universities and more. Throw in the FAME (Future Alabama Music Educators) program, which enjoyed a terrific inaugural year and the National Anthem Project Road Show, parked right outside our conference door. Add the invaluable resource of networking with colleagues between sessions and after hours, and what do you get? An outstanding in-service conference. That’s what!
My hat goes off to AMEAPresident Becky Rodgers, Vice-President John Baker, Past President Tony Pike, Treasurer Cindy Pass, Recording Secretary Allen Bailey, and the Division Presidents who assembled the outstanding cast of clinicians and performing groups and worked so hard to make the conference a success. They are already working to make next year’s conference even better.
Heartfelt thanks go to the University of Alabama Department of Music and Director Dr. Skip Snead for hosting the conference. Aspecial thank you to Dr. Ken Ozzello and the UACMENC for coor-
dinating the student workers; Joyce Grant and Alexis Clark in Music Services for all their help; Larry Batchelor and Rob Lyda for serving as site coordinators; Tim Brannon and Hillcrest High School for loaning us music stands; and finally Lisa Latham for her valuable advice, suggestions, and moral support.
Congratulations to Darry Pilkington for receiving the Barbara Odom Distinguished Service Award and William Denison the Outstanding Administrator Award. Both are well deserved!
In this issue of the ala breve you’ll find nomination froms for next year’s Barbara Odom Award, Outstanding Administrator and Outstanding Music Educator Awards. Also in this issue are the session proposal form and performance application for the 2007 conference. I would like to encourage each of you to nominate a deserving colleague for an award, submit a session proposal or apply to perform at next year’s conference. The 2007 conference will be held at the University of Alabama on January 18-20.
The Nominating Committee has presented excellent candidates for the offices of PresidentElect, Secretary, and Treasurer. In this issue are photos and biographies of each of the candidates. Ballots will be mailed in a few weeks. Please exercise your right and your responsibility to vote.
Music education is alive and well in Alabama. Let’s keep it that way!
AMEAhonors its members and administrators who have shown special interest and dedication to music education in Alabama. Various individuals have been honored with AMEA’s “Outstanding Music Educator” and “Outstanding Administrator” awards because members have taken the time and interest to nominate them. These awards provide our organization the opportunity to honor those who have set high standards for our profession, and who give all of us inspiration and direction. It is likely that every member knows of colleagues or former teachers who have influenced him or her greatly, and who should be honored with our recognition. Forms must be received by the AMEAPresident by July 15. The presentation of the awards is scheduled for the AMEAIn-Service Conference in January 2006. Please remove or copy the forms below, complete them, and mail your nominations to President John Baker before July 15, 2006.
NOMINEE FOR OUTSTANDINGSCHOOLADMINISTRATOR
Mail completed form and supporting papers to: John Baker, AMEAPresident, Enterprise High School, 500 Watts Avenue, Enterprise, AL36330
Name of Nominee
Address
Present Position
School System
Number of cumulative years served as an administratorNominated by
Qualifications:
1. Administrator must have served a minimum of ten (10) cumulative years in any school system(s) and/or collegiate institution(s) in Alabama.
2. Nomination must be made by a current member of AMEA.
This nomination should be accompanied by the following:
1. Alist of specific actions which have initiated, supported and/or enhanced music programs in the system which the nominee administers.
2. Four (4) letters of recommendation from school personnel, community leaders and/or parents.
DEADLINE: JULY15, 2006
NOMINEE FOR OUTSTANDINGMUSIC EDUCATOR
Mail completed form and supporting papers to: John Baker, AMEAPresident, Enterprise High School, 500 Watts Avenue, Enterprise, AL36330
Name of Nominee
Address
Present Position
School System
Number of cumulative years served as a music educatorNominated by
Qualifications:
1. Educator must have served a minimum of ten (10) cumulative years as a music educator in any school system(s) and/or collegiate institution(s) in Alabama.
2. Nomination must be made by an AMEAmember or by a school administrator. AMEABoard members are ineligible for nomination during their terms of office.
This nomination should be accompanied by the following:
1. Alist of specific actions which have initiated or enhanced music education at the local level and/or at state, regional or national levels.
2. Four (4) letters of recommendation: one from a fellow music teacher and three others from any appropriate source. (May include one from a former student, if available.)
DEADLINE: JULY15, 2006
Awarded to a person “who has clearly given very special service to AMEAor to the goals and purposes of AMEA.” The recipient is “clearly recognizable statewide, and the service for which the award is given, represents a long-range commitment that, in every way, can be considered extraordinary and distinguished.” The person has given tirelessly and selfishly to the cause of music education in Alabama and this person’s service would be greatly missed. Forms must be received by the AMEAPresident by July 15. The presentation of the awards is scheduled for the AMEAConference in January 2007. Please remove or copy the form below, and mail completed form and papers to:
John Baker, AMEAPresident, Enterprise High School, 500 Watts Avenue, Enterpise, Alabama 36330
NOMINEE FOR THE BARBARAM. ODOM DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Qualifications:
1. Nominee must have served the cause of music education in Alabama.
2. Nomination must be made by a current member of AMEA.
This nomination should be accompanied by the following:
1. Alist of specific actions which have initiated, supported and/or enhanced music education in Alabama.
2. Four (4) letters of recommendation from school personnel, community leaders and/or parents.
DEADLINE: JULY15, 2006
Name of Nominee
Address
Present Position
Nominated by
Address
Present Position
First let me thank the Association for honoring me with an end of term plaque! It was such a surprise, and I am proud to display it in my classroom. I have really enjoyed serving the membership throughout the last few years. I am proud to be nominated to run again for the office of treasurer.
On-line registration for next year is the way to go! Beginning August 1, 2006, you can once again register for the in-service conference with a purchase order number or a credit card. Just go to the AMEA website- www.alabamamea.org and follow the links. We will be updating the information on the site to provide more information about your registration options, to include on-site prices and procedures. This will be the easiest way to guarantee you will
have a printed name tag and no waiting in line at registration. The last day for online registration will be extended to January 1st, 2007. Of course, you can register by mail, too, but you will have to have all paperwork and payment in by the 1st of January 2007, so please plan ahead. Also, be sure to renew your membership to MENC as soon as it expires in late June.
Thanks to all the CMENC and regular members for assisting at the registration desk. Aspecial thanks to Debbie Bailey, Melissa Kimbrough, Lindsay Folsom, Vanessa Watts, and Dorenda Doyle for going above and beyond the call of duty to make everything at registration go smoothly. Please email me (cpass@cullmancats.net) with any feedback you have or suggestions for improving our service next year. Thank you for your support!
January 28, 2006
February 9, 2006
Students may audition for Music Scholarships (both instrumental and choral) and Band Scholarships on any of the above dates. In addition, Band Scholarship auditions will be held during each session of Camp War Eagle (freshman orientation) next summer. Band Scholarships are available to both music and non-music majors. Complete details will be posted on the web sites of the A.U. Department of Music and the A. U. Bands.
Formore information contact:
101 Goodwin Building
Auburn University, AL36849
Phone: (334) 844-3185
E-mail: knipsac@auburn.edu
Choral Activities
101 Goodwin Building
Auburn University, AL36849
Phone: (334) 844-4165
E-mail: smith73@auburn.edu
March 11, 2006
132 Goodwin Building Auburn University, AL36849
Phone: (334) 844-4166
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Phone: (334) 844-3163
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Thanks to those of you who participated in this year's AMEAconference. I really enjoyed seeing and working with all of you, and look forward to a little more at All State coming up. Perhaps by the time this goes to press we'll be all done with All State! I certainly anticipate a great time with all of you and your students.
Feedback from this year's conference sessions, clinics, and performances has been really good. We were excited to have things moving smoothly this year and are very excited about performances by the Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra at general session, and the Mobile Youth Symphony. These two performances really helped to promote the visibility of AOAin the state. I hope to continue this trend.
I want to thank everybody that was involved in making the conference run and run smoothly. Thanks to Marilyn Pipkin, Dr. Anne Witt, and Chris Kozak for serving on the panel for the string quartet discussion. Thanks to everyone for their input in the AOAbusiness meeting. We have voted to accept the bylaw changes as proposed last year at the February meeting. We are accepting nominations and
volunteers for a number of district chairs, so contact me for more information. Thank you also goes to our conductor panel, John Nardolillo (University of Kentucky), Ken Ozzello (University of Alabama), and our own Mike Gagliardo. John also set us up for a great panel conversation with his clinic on talking to the orchestra. I was especially excited about these two sessions because they successfully crossed the lines of band and orchestra. I was so very excited about having some of the band folks come to our sessions. I look forward to so much more sharing of ideas and thoughts. We have so much to learn from each other.
I do hope that we will all work hard to increase future participation in conference. We have a lot of hopes to increase membership and work on participation by those not already involved. Keep eyes and ears open for new membership ideas!
I feel great about this year's conference and am anticipating our next big festival. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to recommend some clinics for next year's conference. "My inbox, your inbox" still stands so email me!
Alabama Orchestra AssociationWe feel the personal attention that you receive as a student in the Department of Music at the University of South Alabama is one of our greatest achievements. Our #1 priority is to develop students’ personal musical growth through outstanding teaching in the classroom, applied studio and in our excellent music ensembles.
USA students and graduates succeed in top graduate schools, teaching positions and professional performing careers. Our faculty, who are leaders in their fields and highly visible nationally, foster the relationships developed between teacher and student and truly care about each individual’s development as a musician as well as a human being.
The Department blends a traditional music education with innovations of the 21st century. We have a beautiful new performing arts facility with a state-of-the-art recording studio and MIDI piano/computer labs.
A diversity of music instruction, academic and applied, are offered through six degree programs. At the University of South Alabama competitive scholarships are available for both music and non-music majors. We hope that you consider the University of South Alabama for your college education.
University of South Alabama Music Degree Programs
Instrumental Performance
Vocal Performance
Instrumental Music Education
Vocal Music Education
Music with Elective Studies in Business
Music Minor
Music with Elective Studies
Musical Theatre (in conjunction with Department of Dramatic Arts)
2005-2006 Scholarship Auditions
November 12, 2005
November 19, Vocal Arts Awards*
February 18, 2006
March 25, 2006
Additional audition dates are available upon request
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Please search the website to receive more info about the University of South Alabama, Department of Music.
Denise Garrett, junior clarinet major from Picayune, Mississippi
Rusty Logan, President, ABA
What an outstanding AMEA Conference we had. Thanks to AMEAPresident Becky Rodgers and Executive Secretary Garry Taylor for all their hard work and long hours. If you were unable to attend, please plan to attend next year's conference. The dates are January 18 - 20, 2007 and will once again be hosted by the University of Alabama. I would also like to thank the Shades Valley Percussion Ensemble, Alexander City Middle School Band, Jacksonville State University Jazz Band I, Homewood Middle School Band, Emma Sansom High School Band, and the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble for their superb performances. Also thanks go out to the University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble for providing the entertainment for the President's reception on Friday night. And finally, thanks to the ones of you who attended the outstanding clinics presented by our own Dan Havely, Mark Foster, Ken Ozzello, Robert and Susan Smith and Vanessa Watts. Please consider submitting an application so that your group can perform next year. Applications will be available at the All-State Clinic.
State Band Competition Festival will be March 13 & 14 at Huntsville High School, March 13, 14 & 15 at Vestavia High School; March 15, 16 & 17 at Troy University; and March 16 & 17 at the University of Alabama. Our adjudicators will be Larry Blocher, Daniel Byrd, Lou Cefus, Rodney Dasinger, Rick Good, Danny Pittman, Dwayne Sagen and Paschal Ward. The deadline for State entries is Tuesday, February 28. All-State 2006 will be held April 20 - 22 at Auburn University. Our conductors are Patricia Garren - Jr. High, Ken Bodiford - Blue Band, Richard Saucedo - White Band, and Jerry Junkin - Red Band. Please read their bios in this issue. I am excited to announce that the Enterprise High School Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Jason Smith will perform for us during the clinic. We will also be treated to a percussion clinic by Dr. Doug Rosener of Auburn University. The All-State Solo Festival will be held on Wednesday, April 19. If you are in town, plan to attend the final competition Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m..
The Summer Conference will again be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Orange Beach. The dates for the conference are June 28 - 29 with the ABABoard meeting and Music Selection Committee meeting on June 27. Contact the Hilton Garden Inn at 877-7829444 to reserve your room. Our group reservation code is ABA. Reservations must be made by June 2 to receive the conference rate.
Please look over the All-State schedule and the proposed legislation published in this issue of the Ala-Breve. We will discuss the proposal and vote to accept or reject it at All-State.
Thanks to Vice-President Harry McAfee, Recording Secretary Chuck Eady, Executive Secretary Gene Gooch, Past President Garry Taylor and all the District Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen for all the time and effort they put into our association. Don't hesitate to call on any of us any time.
PROPOSAL2006 - 01
In all instances change terminology from District Competition Festival and State Competition Festival to read District Concert Band Performance Assessment and State Concert Band Performance Assessment.
Submitted by Board of Directors
PROPOSAL2006 - 02
Re: Article XVI - Competition Festivals, Section 2Classification of Bands
Insert the following in letter "a" after classification C and before classification D.
DDBand programs whose school mandates Junior High and Senior High students in the same concert band class. ("DD" bands with 7th - 12th grade students must play from classification "C" or higher. "DD" bands with 8th - 12th grade students must play from classification "CC" or higher).
Rationale:
Many schools in our State have gone to one band class combining 7th - 12th grade students. The reasons are many and varied, ranging from funding to problems with block scheduling.
As an example: Ahigh school that has an enrollment of 525 students in grades 9-12 would be required to play form the B classification. If the band class at that high school is made up of students in grades 7-12 it is not reasonable to require 7th and 8th grade students to perform literature from the B classification, especially when the 7th grade students have had one year of beginning band experience. This DD classification will allow these band programs to perform literature that is better suited to their situation. This should result in encouraging these programs to participate in District and State Competitions thereby giving them a better opportunity to experience success.
Submitted by: Damon McAllister and Chuck Eady
Auburn University, April 19-22, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
8:00 a.m. All-State Solo Festival - Goodwin Music Building, Recital Hall and Choir Room
7:30 p.m. All-State Solo Festival Finals Concert
Goodwin Music Building, Recital Hall
Thursday, April 20, 2006
12:30 p.m. Meeting of ALLBand Directors
Goodwin Music Building, Recital Hall
ABAVice-President Harry McAfee, presiding
1:00p.m. ChairAuditions
1:00 - 4:00p.m. Exhibits Open
Auburn University Conference Center Ballroom A
5:30p.m. Audition results posted at rehearsal sites
Unassigned personnel posted at all four sites
6:00 - 7:30p.m. Exhibits Open -ConferenceCenter,BallroomA
6:30 - 9:30p.m.Red Band Rehearsal
Conductor-Jerry Junkin
Coliseum (closed rehearsal)
6:30 - 9:30p.m.White Band Rehearsal
Conductor - Richard Saucedo
Goodwin Music Bldg. (closed rehearsal)
6:30 - 9:30p.m.Blue Band Rehearsal
Conductor - Ken Bodiford
Student Activities Building (closed rehearsal)
6:30 - 9:30p.m.Jr. High Band Rehearsal
Conductor - Patricia Garren
ConferenceCenter,BallroomB(closedrehearsal)
7:00 - 9:00p.m. ABABoard Meeting
Conference Center, Meeting Room A
12:00midnightCurfew for all participants. Directors are responsible for their students.
Friday, April 21, 2006
8:30-12:00noonExhibits Open-BallroomA
8:30 - 11:30a.m.Red Band Rehearsal - Coliseum
8:30 - 11:30a.m.White Band Rehearsal - Band Hall
8:30 - 11:30a.m.Blue Band Rehearsal - Student Act. Building
8:30 - 11:30a.m.Jr. High Band Rehearsal - Ballroom B
9:00 - 10:00a.m.ABAGeneral Business Meeting Conference Center, Auditorium
Friday, April 21 continued
10:15 - 11:00a.m. Percussion Clinic
Dr. Doug Rosener Conference Center Auditorium 12:00 -
1:30 -
1:30
Auburn University Symphonic Band Johnnie
Conductor
Center 9:30 - 11:00 p.m.Informal reception for directors, clinicians, and exhibitors, The Vinson's Home,720 Highland Road,Auburn
12:00midnightCurfew for all participants. Directors are responsible for their students.
Saturday , April 22, 2006
Red Band
Jerry F. Junkin serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, as well as Director of Bands and the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds the title of University Distinguished Teaching Professor. In 2003 he was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia. The New York Times named the recent release on the Reference Recordings label with Jerry Junkin and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Bells for Stokowski, one of the best classical CD's of 2004. Professor Junkin became conductor of The University of Texas Wind Ensemble in the fall of 1988, following an appointment as Director of Bands at the University of South Florida. From 1978 to 1982, he served as Assistant Director of Bands at UT, after which he held a similar position at The University of Michigan. In addition to his responsibilities as Professor of Music and Conductor and Music Director of the UTWind Ensemble, he serves as Head of the Conducting Division and teaches courses in conducting and wind band literature. He is a recipient of the Texas Excellence in Teaching awards, presented annually by the Ex-Student's Association. Additionally, he received the Outstanding Young Texas-Ex Award also from the same organization. In 2004, he was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at UT. Jerry Junkin became the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony in the fall of 1993. Mr. Junkin has led highly acclaimed concerts before the College Band Director's National Association (four times), The American Bandmaster's Association (three times), the Texas Music Educator's Association (four times), and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Manchester, England and Singapore. Maintaining an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician and lecturer, he has appeared in those capacities in forty-eight states and on five continents. In 2005 he was presented the Grainger Medallion by the International Percy Grainger Society. Mr. Junkin has served as President of the Big XII Band Director's Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of The John Philip Sousa Foundation, Immediate Past-President of the American Bandmasters Association, and President of the College Band Directors National Association.
Wallace State Community College
Hanceville, Alabama
Marching Band, Drum Major, Percussion, Color Guard, Majorette, Dance Line, Jazz Band
June 19-23, 2006
For information or an application:
Southeastern All-Star Summer Music Camp
P.O. Box 278
Hanceville, AL35077
(256) 352-8277
Email: joann.castles@wallacestate.edu
Richard L. Saucedois currently Director of Bands and Performing Arts Department Chairman at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. Under his direction, Carmel bands have received numerous state and national honors in the areas of concert, jazz and marching. Carmel High School's Wind Symphony I have been invited to the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival three times (1992, 1999, and 2004) and was named the Indiana State Champion concert band in 1999. Wind Symphony I was recently selected to perform at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago during December of 2005. The Carmel Jazz Ensemble has won numerous awards at jazz festivals in Indiana and throughout the Midwest. The Carmel Marching Greyhounds have finished in the top ten at the Bands of America Grand National Championship for the past nine years and were named National Champions in the fall of 2005. The Marching Band has been an Indiana Class AState Champion three times in recent history. The band recently marched in the 2005 New Year's Parade in London, England. The Indiana Bandmasters Association named Mr. Saucedo Indiana's "Bandmaster of the Year" for 1998-99. The band program at Carmel currently serves 400 instrumentalists in six concert bands, six jazz ensembles, a 200 member marching band, a 100 member pep band, a competitive and non-competitive winter color guard, a competitive winter drum line, music theory classes, a jazz improvisation class and a music technology class. Mr. Saucedo is a freelance arranger and composer, having released numerous marching band arrangements, concert band works and choral compositions. He is currently on the writing staff for the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. Mr. Saucedo travels throughout the country as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor for concert band, jazz band, marching band, and orchestra. He was a featured clinician at the 2004 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. He has served as Music Caption Head for the Drum Corps Midwest Judges Guild and as a brass and music judge for Drum Corps International. Mr. Saucedo is currently brass composer/arranger and music ensemble consultant for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois as well as the JSU Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps from Jacksonville, Alabama. The Cavaliers have won the DCI World Championship four times in the last six years using music by Mr. Saucedo. Mr. Saucedo did his undergraduate work at Indiana University in Bloomington and finished his master's degree at Butler University in Indianapolis. He is most proud of his daughter, Carmen, who is in 9th grade and studies voice.
Blue Band
Kenneth G. Bodiford, Assistant Professor, is the Director of Bands at Jacksonville State University. He earned his BS in Music Education at Jacksonville State University and his MM in Music Education and Wind Ensemble conducting at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Upon completion of his MM degree, Mr. Bodiford served as the Director of Bands at Kecoughtan High School in Hampton, VA. Under his leadership, the KHS band program grew from 75 members to approximately 250 members. After his second year as the director, the KHS Wind Ensemble and the Marching Band was declared as a Virginia Honor Band by the Governor of the state. The Wind Ensemble consistently received superior ratings at all district festivals under his leadership. Also, the Marching Band without fail received superior awards culminating in a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana to represent the state of Virginia in the 1994 USF&G Sugar Bowl. In 1994, Mr. Bodiford assumed the position at Jacksonville State University as Director of Bands. Since his appointment to the director's position, the band program has consistently grown in numbers and quality each year. Since 1994, the Marching Southerners have grown from approximately 144 members to a number of members in excess of 300. As the Southerners began to be revitalized, so did the entire instrumental program. Each year the band program draws more and more very talented students. As would be expected, the Chamber Winds, Wind Ensemble, and the Symphonic Band performs at extremely high levels. Most recently, the Wind Ensemble was asked to perform at the Bands of America Southeastern Regional in Atlanta, GA. Throughout his career, Mr. Bodiford has studied with some of the nations finest teachers. As an undergraduate student, his mentor and band director was Dr. David L. Walters, Director Emeritus, Jacksonville State University. He has also studied with conductors such as Dr. William W. Wiedrich, University of South Florida, Dr. Robert Ponto, Oberlin Conservatory, and Dr. Frank Battisti, New England Conservatory. Most recently, Mr. Bodiford has assumed the position as Executive Director of the JSU SPIRITDrum and Bugle Corps. This group tours the nation and competes during the summer months in Drum Corps International competitions, and has placed as a world finalist.
Patricia Garren received her Bachelors and Masters degree in music from East Carolina University. Her instrumental teaching career began in Asheville, North Carolina where she directed the concert and symphonic bands at Asheville Junior High until her retirement in June, 1991. The Asheville Junior High School Symphonic Bands commissioned pieces for band by three composers and performed for numerous band associations and conventions including the prestigious Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. They were also the first recipient of the "Sudler Cup", a national award presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation recognizing Junior High Band programs of special merit in the United States and Canada. During her career Pat served the music profession in many state and regional offices and was recognized nationally for her accomplishments. She received the "Citation of Merit", "Scroll of Excellence" and "Silver Baton" awards from Women Band Directors International, Tau Beta Sigma's "Outstanding Service to Music" award, was a two time recipient of the "Citation of Excellence" from the National Band Association and the "Award of Excellence" from the North Carolina Bandmasters Association. She also received the "Legion of Honor"from Bandworld Magazine and the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Pat has conducted All State/Honors Bands in NC(2), SC(4), LA, GA(3), AL(2) and Oregon. She has also served as an adjudicator, clinician and lecturer throughout the United States and Canada. In 1979, Pat became the Founding Director and Conductor of the Asheville Community Band. Upon her retirement from this organization in 1996, the band members appointed her Director Emeritus and created the Patricia L. Garren Music Education Scholarship to be given annually to a student pursuing a degree in Instrumental Music. In appreciation for her achievements and contributions to music education, Pat was given an Honorary Life Membership in the North Carolina Music Educators Association and was presented the "Distinguished Alumni Award" from the School of Music at East Carolina University. She has just been selected for the 2006 induction into the North Carolina Bandmaster's Hall of Fame. She is married to William (Bill) R. Garren, a retired nurseryman. In their leisure time they enjoy traveling and playing golf. Pat is also an avid bridge and tennis player as well as a certified USTAumpire. She received the SC Tennis Association's "Tennis Umpire of the Year" award for 2005.
AMEA AMEA Committee Chairs: Committee Chairs:
Hall of Fame - Lacey Powell
Government Relations - Darry Pilkington
Jazz Education - Randall Key
Public Relations - Doug Farris
Research - Dianne Orlofsky
Technology - Shirley Ellison
Membership - Rob Lyda
Tri-M - Jed Smart
The Alabama Music Educators Association is proud to present the names of those who have been members of AMEAand MENC for 25 or more continuous years. The AMEAGoverning Board, on behalf of the membership, initiated this program at the Conference 2000 with each honoree attaining 25 or more years receiving an award. This year, each person reaching the 25-year number plus those reaching increments of five years beyond that will be honored.
The strength of any organization can be demonstrated by the dedication and leadership displayed by its members. The greatest learning opportunities come to those members who become involved with the organization and offer to participate in leadership responsibilities.
Numbers following the names below represent the number of years of continuing membership - not the number of years of teaching. Many have now retired from active teaching, but continue to make contributions to music education and to the AMEAin other ways. We congratulate this group of leaders and thank them sincerely for their efforts on behalf of music education in Alabama. The following music educators were honored during the AMEAconference in January.
Becky Rodgers, PresidentDeborah Basinger25
Jeannie Bubbett25
William Byrd25
Paul Edmondson25
Randall Fowler25
Connie Johnson25
Dane Lawley25
Susan McCall25
Michael Stough25
Deborra Street25
Dennis Carroll30
William Connell30
Dianne Johnson30
Raymond Johnson30
Mike Jones30
Ted Mann30
Suzanne Winter30
Arthur Means35
Wanda Thompson35
Anne Cleino Witt40
Lonnie Black45
Robert Wermuth45
Edward Cleino60
Melissa Thomason, President, Elementary/General
What a great conference! I hope that everyone enjoyed the workshops and got some useful information and lesson plans that you can take back to your classrooms. I hope that all of you also had the opportunity to visit the National Anthem Project Road Tour sponsored by MENC while it was in Tuscaloosa. Conference is always a special time to catch up with friends, get some great ideas, refresh our love for teaching music, and enjoy some good food and fellowship, as well!
I am very excited about a new event that our division will offer to our members this fall. On October 6, 2006, the Elementary/General Division of AMEAwill hold our 1st Annual Elementary Music Festival at Bluff Park United Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL. This festival will give our students an excellent opportunity to experience a quality large-group choral experience. This year, our clinician will be our own Vicki Portis. Be watching your mail in the coming weeks for more extensive information and registration regarding this event. We are also planning a lesson plan/resource book that will be available to you for a small fee at
our Fall Workshop in September. We would like for all of you to send us your favorite lesson plan to include in this book. If you submit three ideas, you will receive a free copy! The following are the guidelines to follow:
1.All ideas should be print-ready and submitted to Sara Womack, sara@music.org, as a Word document by July 31, 2006.
2.Only submit actual music that is in public domain, although you can reference songs and books that are under copyright.
Our Fall Workshop will be held on September 16th with Julie Scott from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. The location of the workshop, at this time, is not finalized. Our Fall newsletter, along with registration information for this workshop, will be mailed in August. If you have a change of address, please let us know so that we will be able to get information to you!
I wish for you a continued wonderful school year and a relaxing, rejuvenating summer. See you in September.
March 4 - AOSASpring Workshop - Susan Ramsey
April 19 - 23 - MENC National Conference - Salt Lake City, UT
September 16 - AMEAElementary/General Workshop - Julie Scott
October 6 - Elementary Music Festival - Bluff Park UMC - Birmingham, AL
This issue of the Ala Breve finds us having experienced a great Winter Conference of the Alabama Music Educators Association. Thanks to all of the choirs and clinicians who participated. We learned so much and enjoyed so much! The Alabama Honor Choir under the direction of Dr. William Caldwell was superb. The AllState Show Choir, directed by Jim Kimmel, with choreography by Kent Parham, was exciting and uplifting. We learned so much from Dr. Russell Robinson. Thanks to Alfred Publishing for his participation! And finally our guest choirs - the University of Alabama under the direction of Dr. John Ratledge and the University of North Alabama under the direction of Ian Loeppky; Florence High School, Robertsdale High School, Thompson Middle School and River Chase Middle School, conducted by Rebecca Rockhill, Rosemary Pearce, Jeannie Bubbett and Lynn Mitchell - gave outstanding and inspiring performances.
Now we turn to one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year - Alabama All-State Chorus. You can see in this issue information about All-State and the clinicians. We auditioned nearly 2800 students for these choirs from through-out the entire state. It was a great experience, traveling the state and listening to these fine young musicians. We all look forward to seeing them together at All-State.
The schedule for All-State this year is similar to last year's. It is available in this issue. You should have received an information packet from our President-elect,
Paul Edmondson, as well.
As usual, we have selected some outstanding clinicians for our choirs. Conducting the SATB High School Choir will be Dr. Peter Bagley of the University of Connecticut. Dr. Bagley was unanimously recommended by our last year's clinicians. Dr. David Childs, who was our guest at the Fall Workshop, will be conducting the SSAHigh School Choir. Dr. Childs is a well-known composer and is on the faculty at Vanderbilt University. The TTBB High School Choir will be conducted by Dr. Patrick Gardner of Rutgers University. Dr. Gardner conducts one of the foremost men's choirs in the country. Dan Krunnfuscz comes to us from Madison, Wisconsin, to direct the Middle School Mixed Choir. He is in high demand as a clinician and adjudicator and is presently a conductor of a middle school choral program. Returning to us is Dr. Judy Bowers of the University of Florida. We have enjoyed Dr. Bowers' expertise on other occasions and are thrilled to have her agree to come to Alabama again! We look forward to working with all of these fine musicians. Our young people are in for quite an experience! Finally, let me say that I appreciate all of you and what you do for music education in this state. You bring the music to life and you bring life to the students. As Howard Swan has stated, "Our responsibility as choral musicians does not stop with the teaching of music. We must find time and energy for thought and study so that we can help teach people how to live."
See you at Samford!
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
12:00 NoonBoard Meeting (Wright Senior Lounge Area - Basement)
3:00-5:00Outstanding Male Choral Student Competition (Recital Hall)
5:00OCS Group Picture/Break
6:00-8:00Outstanding Female Choral Student Competition (Recital Hall)
Thursday, March 2, 2006
8:00 -11:00Show Choir Rehearsal (Location TBA)
8:30Breakfast Meeting (President, President-elect, Clinicians and Choir Coordinators) - Drury Inn
8:30-10:30Registration - Basement of Wright Center
10:00Outstanding Accompanist Auditions (Recital Hall)
10:30General Assembly with Students and Directors
11:30-1:301st Rehearsal
High School SATB - Wright
Auditorium
High School SSA- Reid Chapel
High School TTBB - Recital Hall
Middle School Mixed - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Middle School Treble - First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
1:30-3:00Lunch Break
3:00-5:302nd Rehearsal (Same rehearsal venues)
5:30-7:30Dinner Break
7:30-9:303rd Rehearsal (Same rehearsal venues)
Friday, March 3, 2006
MS at Samford
HS at First Baptist Church
8:30-11:304th Rehearsal
MS Mixed-Wright Center
SATB-Sanctuary
MS Girls-Reid Chapel
SSA-Fellowship Hall
HS TTBB-Samford Recital Hall
9:00 - 10:15AVAGeneral Meeting - Theater
11:00.-1:00Lunch Break(MS)
11:30-1:30Lunch Break (HS)
1:00-4:005th Rehearsal (MS)
1:30 -4:305th Rehearsal (HS)
MS Girls-Wright Center
SATB-Sanctuary
MS Mixed-Reid Chapel
SSA-Fellowship Hall
HS TTBB-Samford Recital Hall
4:00-6:30Dinner Break(MS)
4:30-6:30Dinner Break (HS)
5:30-6:15Show Choir Rehearsal on Wright Center Stage
7:00ALL-STATE CONCERT
Wright Center
Teachers and Chaperones must sit with students. Please leave aisle seats for teachers and chaperones.
Saturday, March 4, 2006
8:00-9:00SATB Dress Rehearsal
9:00-10:00SSADress Rehearsal
10:00-11:00TTBB Dress Rehearsal
11:00-1:30 Lunch Break
2:00ALL-STATE CONCERT
Wright Center
Patrick Gardner's performances have been acclaimed by New York audiences, critics, and an international roster of composers whose orchestral and choral works he has conducted. In addition to his duties as Director of Choral Activities at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he conducts the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers Glee Club, Dr. Gardner is also the Director of the Riverside Choral Society. This coming season Dr. Gardner will prepare Riverside Choral Society for a performance of Shostakovich's Second and Third Symphonies with the Kirov Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev conducting. These performaces follow Dr. Gardner’s work last season preparing RCS for critically acclaimed performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony with Gergiev and the Kirov at Carnegie Hall and the NJPAC in April of this year. Last season he conducted Handel’s Opus 4 Organ Concerti, the Coronation Anthem Number 3 with Musica Raritana, a period instrument orchestra of professional instrumentalists and graduate students at Rutgers University, and conducted the Sacred Service of Mario Castelnouvo-Tedesco at New York City’s Museum of Jewish Heritage . Recently Dr. Gardner conducted the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Schubert Fifth Symphony with the Rutgers Summer Festival Orchestra, the professional orchestra in residence at the University, and the Haydn Symphony No. 88 and the Mozart D Minor Piano Concerto in Burlington, New Jersey. In other recent orchestral concerts he has conducted the Ibert Flute Concerto, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky and the Faure Pavane. Dr. Gardner has prepared the Rutgers University Glee Club to join with the Philadelphia Singers for a performance of Schönberg's Gurrelieder with Sir Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra, guided RCS for their appearances in Avery Fisher Hall, singing Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, Strauss’reworking of Mozart’s Idomeneo and other works for the Mostly Mozart Festival. Active in premiering new music, he has won the praise of such notable composers as Lukas Foss, John Harbison, William Bolcom, Lou Harrison, and Leslie Bassett. Dr. Gardner was the chorus master for the internationally acclaimed Robert Altman production of Stravinsky's Rake's Progress at the Opera de Lille in France. He has recorded for Albany, Ethereal and Folkways and records. His recent recording of Miriam Gideon’s Sacred Service with the Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir will be released as part of the Naxos Records American Classics series, joining their 2004 Naxos release of Samuel Adler’s Five Sephardic Songs in music stores nationwide.
Dan Krunnfusz (b. 1955) is in his twenty-sixth year of public school teaching, 23 of which have included Jr. High/Middle School chorus. He is currently in his second year at Toki Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he teaches Choir and Musical Theatre. Dan is one of the founder/directors of BACh2, the Baraboo Area Children's Choir, now in its second year serving children from 3rd through 8th grade. Previous to the founding of this choir, he spent 14 years as the Artistic Director of the Madison Boychoir, a treble-voiced group of boys, ages eight to fourteen. Mr. Krunnfusz holds both a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a wide variety of additional studies ranging from VoiceCare with Axel Theimer and Leon Thurman to World Music Drumming with Will Schmid to composition with Alice Parker. Amember of ACDA, MENC and the VoiceCare Network, he has conducted numerous All State Jr. High Honor's Choirs, including the 2000 ACDASouthern Division Jr. High Choir. Mr. Krunnfusz is also an active composer and arranger with several works in print with various publishers. Mr. Krunnfusz lives in Baraboo, Wisconsin with his wife Cathy, his two children, Andrea (17) and Jason (15) and his two step-children, Connor (16) and Katie (12).
David N. Childs, b. 1969 at Nelson, New Zealand, has a Bachelor's degree in composition and musicology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand; a Master of Music degree in conducting from the Florida State University, Tallahassee; and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University. Dr. Childs serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, and as Minister of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin. He is music director for the Vanderbilt Opera Theater program, having conducted performances of Mozart's The Magic Flute, Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball, Fantasticks, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and Stephen Sondheim's ALittle Night Music. He has received conducting instruction from Dr. Kenneth Fulton, Dr. André Thomas, and Professor Rodney Eichenberger. He has received additional instruction from Helmuth Rilling as a master class conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival. Dr. Childs is an active clinician and adjudicator in the United States, working at the grade school, college, and community levels. He has conducted All-State and honor choirs in Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana, Oregon, Alabama, and Florida. His compositions frequently appear at state festivals and workshops, and at ACDAstate, regional, and national conventions. In addition to conducting and teaching, Dr. Childs has over 30 choral works in print with Santa Barbara Music Publishers, Alliance Music, and Colla Voce. Childs was recently invited to be a guest conductor with Manhattan Concert Productions, New York.
On February 9, 2006 the “Course of Study Arts Education” was presented to the State Board of Education for review and approval. More information will be made available in subsequent issues of Ala Breve and at workshops offered throughout the State. Don’t miss these opportunities to learn more about the implementation of Music Content Standards at the local school level!
Peter Bagley, Professor Emeritus of Music at The University of Connecticut, received his B.S. in Music Education at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, and his D.M. in Choral Conducting under Julius Herford at Indiana University. He taught public school music in Greenwich, Connecticut, and prior to his appointment as Director of Choral Activities at UConn, was Professor of Music at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz. Dr. Bagley has been invited as guest conductor and choral clinician for numerous festivals and all-state choirs throughout the country. Among many engagements, he recently conducted the M.E.N.C. AllEastern Division Chorus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and launched his international career as choral clinician for various choirs in a ten-city tour of New Zealand sponsored by the New Zealand Choral Federation. Other engagements include an appointment to the faculty of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, an appointment for the Artist-in Residency Program in Portland, Maine, and an invitation to conduct at the International Honor Band and Choir Festival hosted by the International School at The Hague and an appointment to the faculty of master conductors for the Dennis Keene Choral Festival in Kent, CT., and Artist in Residence at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Together with the University of Connecticut Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Dr. Bagley made his Carnegie Hall debut June, 1997 conducting Maurice Duruflé's Requiem. For the millennium celebration he conducted the Men's Honor Choir at the ACDA Eastern Division Conference, Baltimore, 2000. Dr. Bagley is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, and was honored in October, 1990 by the Connecticut chapter as "... the Connecticut Choral Educator of the Year ". He was an active member of the Boards of Chorus America and the Hall Johnson Institute, and his professional achievements are recognized in Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who Among Black Americans.
Judy Bowers, Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University, holds music degrees from Louisiana State University (Ph.D) and Texas Tech University (B.M.E.). As a choral educator, she is an active conductor of all-state and honor choirs across the United States, and in 2005 was awarded the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from Florida ACDAChapter. Bowers frequently presents workshops and clinics for teachers, and her research interests include learning partnerships, developmental choral groups, the adolescent voice change, and at-risk music students. She has published in the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, was a contributing author to the MENC publication Music at the Middle School Level, and was co-editor of another MENC publication, Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Choir. Dr. Bowers received a University Award for Excellence in Teaching at FSU, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music and music education, as well as conducting the Women's Glee Club, a performing group that also provides Adopt-A-Choir and StudyBuddy partnerships with area secondary public school choirs. From 1990-2000, Bowers led the Capital Children's Choir program at FSU and more recently has developed a community service partnership with an inner city middle school. Since 2000, this collaboration has provided additional music ensembles for the middle school students (a jazz band, steel drum ensembles, and a world music choir) while also enriching the teacher preparation experiences for Florida State University students.
Kimberly Walls, President, Higher Ed Division
By the time this column is published, the 2006 InService Conference will be in the past. The Higher Education Division sponsored several sessions that contributed to music faculty professional development, especially in the area of student advising. We appreciate Carol Prickett and Skip Snead (University of Alabama) for presenting information on the transition from community college to four-year institutions. Thanks to Ginger Zingara (Troy University) for discussing music student mentoring. Representatives of music teacher education programs across the state participated in the curriculum sharing session, augmenting information shared and ideas generated. We also appreciate the help from presiders Julie Skadsem (U of A) and John Jinright (Troy) and site assistant Rob Lyda (Auburn).
We encourage music faculty to propose sessions for the 2007 In-Service Conference that would count toward their Creative Activity or Service to the Profession as well as promotion and tenure. We solicit presentations or panels that cross music department specialties and that would apply to all music faculty. For example, departmental faculty may present how their department has addressed some of the "newer" NASM requirements. Topics such as the following deserve attention: integrating music improvisation, world musics, and curriculum adjustment due to PRAXIS II. Other topics that would be interesting to HED members include faculty issues such as preparing for promotion and tenure, connections between private studios and ensembles, and communication between the music department and the education department. Please watch the Ala Breve for the proposal form, or contact one of the HED officers to propose a session. Generally, proposals are due June 1. Speaking of Creative Activity and Service, the Ala Breve is a great outlet for publication. If you have a short article addressing music teaching, please email it to me and I will be sure to forward it to the Editor, Garry Taylor. We have instituted an email list of music faculty in Alabama, with email
addresses gleaned from college web sites. Several addresses were rejected by the servers, so you have not received any messages, then please let me know. So far the only announcements have concerned the conference and the state course of study revision, but the list is also appropriate for announcing job openings, requests for graduate assistants, and calls for collaboration on performance or research. If you have an announcement or question to post to the group, please email it to me. Also, let me know if you wish to be removed from the list or if you know of somebody who has been omitted from the list.
Dr. Jeanette Fresne from the University of South Alabama was elected to the office of SecretaryTreasurer. She is an excellent addition to the HED officers and she will have ideas to increase the division's service to music faculty. Please be in touch with any of the officers if HED may be of assistance to you:
Kimberly C. Walls kim.walls@auburn.edu
334-8446892
Julie Skadsem jskadsem@bama.ua.edu
Jeanette Fresne jfresne@usouthal.edu
The AMEAGoverning Board met at the Bryant Conference Center on January 18, 2006. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by AMEAPresident Becky Rodgers. Present at the meeting were: Vivienne Atkins, Cindy Pass, Allen Bailey, Tony Pike, John Baker, Julie Skadsem, Melissa Kimbrough, Maggie Snyder, Jonathan Lindsay, Garry Taylor, Rusty Logan, Melissa Thomason, and Kim Walls.
Cindy Pass (Tony Pike) made a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes. Motion carried.
Allen Bailey (Tony Pike) made a motion to dispense with the Treasurer's report. Motion carried.
Officer, Representatives, and Division Reports
Executive DirectorGarry Taylor
PresidentBecky Rodgers
1. Reminder of Southern Division MENC elections and National MENC elections.
2. MENC Conference: April 19-22, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
3. Governing Board invited to attend FAME sessions.
President ElectJohn Baker
Ala BreveGarry Taylor
AOAMaggie Snyder
Elementary/GeneralMelissa Thomason
AVAVivienne Atkins
ABARusty Logan
Higher EdKim Walls
CMENCJonathan Lindsay
1. Increased enrollment from last year.
2. Revamped guidelines for officers.
AAAEMelissa Kimbrough
Old Business
1. The FAME project is going as planned. Tony Pike showed a sample of the certificate that would be presented to the FAME participants.
2. There were no nominees for the Outstanding Music Educator Award.
3. John Baker gave a report on the Hall of Fame project.
4. National Anthem Project Road Show will be on the UA Campus January 20.
5. Vivienne Atkins reported that AVAhas changed the word Festival to Assessment in the District and State evaluations. Rusty Logan reported that ABAis still planning to adopt the suggested change.
6. The final review for the State Department of Education Course of Study was discussed.
New Business
1. Ginger Zingara developed a state-wide mentoring program in Georgia and is interested in assisting a committee of AMEArepresentatives in developing one for the state of Alabama.
2. Regina King completed her term as state coordinator of TriM. AMEAis in search of a new state coordinator.
3. Plaques for General Sessions were distributed by Garry Taylor.
4. Reminder that the position of "Presider" for sessions is very important for the conference to remain on schedule.
5. Garry Taylor stated that he would be available during the conference to assist with any situations that may occur.
6. Garry Taylor gave Division Chairs cameras to take photos during the Conference.
7. Vivienne Atkins thanked Garry Taylor and Cindy Pass for their efforts in making the planning of the Conference very smooth. The AMEAGoverning Board agreed with applause. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. with a unanimous vote from the Governing Board.
Respectfully submitted, Allen Bailey, Secretary
Minutes of AMEAGeneral Session
January 19, 2006
Moody Concert Hall
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The session was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by President Becky Rodgers.
Amotion to dispense with the reading of the minutes from the last meeting was made by Kathy Campbell (Vanessa Watts). Motion carried.
Amotion to dispense with the treasurers report was made by Doug Farris (Steve McLendon). Motion carried.
The business meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted, Allen Bailey, Secretary
Minutes of AMEAGeneral Session
January 20, 2006
Moody Concert Hall
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The Session was called to order at 10:30 am by President Becky Rodgers.
Amotion to dispense with the reading of the minutes from the last meeting was made by Steve McLendon (Melanie Harris). Motion carried.
Amotion to dispense with the Treasurers report was made by Allen Bailey (Steve McLendon). Motion carried.
Presentations were made to Cindy Pass, Treasurer; and Allen Bailey, Secretary of the AMEAGoverning Board for terms of office.
Becky Rodgers reminded the general membership about the National Anthem Project Road Show on campus. President's reception to be held after the evening concert session.
Steve McLendon presented the nominees for Treasurer:
Jane Powell-Florence Middle School, Choral Director
Cindy Pass-East Elementary School
Nominees for Recording Secretary:
Carla Gallahan-Troy University
Jerry Potter-Band Director, Whiteburg Middle School
Nominees for President-elect:
Pat Stegall-Band Director, Muscle Shoals High School
Kathy Hughes-Choir Director, Spanish Fort High School
The membership voted to accept the slate of officers as presented. The ballots will be mailed in March and the Biographies of the nominees printed in the March issue of the Ala Breve.
The business meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted, Allen Bailey, Secretary
Minutes of AMEAGeneral Session
January 20, 2006
Concert Session
Moody Concert Hall University of Alabama
The Session was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Becky Rodgers.
President Rodgers reminded the membership of the All-State Show Choir and All-State Jazz Band performances Saturday morning, January 21st.
Presentation of Awards
AMEAMembership Honor Roll, presented by Garry Taylor and John Baker.
Outstanding Administrator Award presented by John Jinright, to Dr. William Dennison, Troy University.
Barbara Odom Leadership Service Award presented by Becky Rodgers, to Dary Pilkington.
Respectfully Submitted,Allen Bailey, Secretary
Minutes of AMEAGoverning Board Meeting
January 21, 2006
Bryant Conference Center Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The AMEAGoverning Board met at the Bryant Conference Center on January 18, 2006. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by AMEAPresident Becky Rodgers. Present at the meeting were: Vivienne Atkins, Cindy Pass, Allen Bailey, Tony Pike, John Baker, Julie Skadsem, Maggie Snyder. Jonathan Lindsay, Garry Taylor, Rusty Logan, Melissa Thomason, Kim Walls.
New Division officerswere introduced:
CMENC President Michelle Cross
CMENC AdvisorGinger Zingara
CMENC Advisor-electCarl Hancock
Elementary/General PresidentSara Womack
John Baker (Melissa Thomason) made a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes. Motion carried.
2006 Conference: Looking Back
1. Next year the Assembly of Leadership will return (every other year rotation).
2. Change back to only one keynote speaker.
3. AMEAto provide rental car transportation for keynote speaker.
4. President’s reception to be held every other year. Next year
it will not to be held.
5. Provide coffee and water for the Conference attendees around the Exhibit Area.
6. June Governing Board meeting to be held in Birmingham. Becky is to check availability of Blue Cross/Blue Shield Office with Melissa Kimbrough.
7. Warm-up times for performing groups should be sent to both the Presider and the Division Chairs.
8. Employ a Site Manager to act as Stage Manager for set-up and strike between performing groups.
9. Remind Clinicians to be courteous to Presenters should a session go a little late.
10. Open exhibits earlier and keep them open during the day.
Treasurers Report - Cindy Pass
Cindy gave a break down of attendance for Conference for each Division:
DivisionPre-registeredOn-SiteTotal
ABA153170323
AVA7272144
Elem/Gen5870128
AOA7613
HED81422
Guests5914
Retired(no division)606
CMENC36164
Totals312402714
Online registration = 55 members
Joined MENC onsite = 44 members
John Baker (Allen Bailey) made a motion to accept the treasurers report. Motion carried
Division Reports
AOAMaggie Snyder
Expressed concerns about low division attendance at conference.
Higher EDKim Walls
1. New Secretary/Treasurer, Jeanette Fresne
2. Mentoring new teachers
3. Requested AMEAstationery to draft letters from Higher Ed to be sent to the State Department of Education telling of concerns with the new course guidelines.
New Business
1. Vivienne Atkins (John Baker) made a motion that AMEA draft a document to the State Department of Education concerning the content of the new music curriculum. Motion carried.
2. Tri-M chair - Jeb Smart
3. Membership Chair - Rob Lyda
4. AVAscholarship to be awarded at All-State this year. In the future, the scholarship will be awarded at the annual AMEA Conference.
5. Garry Taylor requested the Conference evaluation forms.
6. National Anthem Project Road Show received accolades.
7. Garry Taylor collected cameras from the Division Chairs.
8. Ala Breve is going to press January 31; please submit articles on time.
Amotion was made by Melissa Thomason (Kim Walls) to adjourn the meeting at 2:15 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted, Allen Bailey, Secretary
Remember when music teachers carried a crate to hold all of the record albums they needed to play in their music classes each day? It was a relief when tapes came along and they could record certain songs from the record albums and not worry about scratching the vinyl. Ah, those were the days!
Once society moved into the digital age, away from the older analog records and tapes, the way people listen to music was forever changed. Music moved from CDs to hard drives seemingly overnight. People no longer carry CD players and CDs; they have iPods (Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2005) or other digital music players entire collections of CDs which can be plugged in to any sound system, or broadcast using a transmitter on any radio through an unused station. Students carry them too, only they are perpetually one step ahead in the technological race. Many have one machine for multitasking. The new "phones" these days seem to do everything, including actually functioning as a phone!
Having said this, new musical formats do not eliminate the need to teach students how to listen to music. While students may have their entire collection of music on their phones, it does not mean they automatically have in depth or even basic music listening skills. In addition, the music they choose most likely is not the music that has been in existence for hundreds of years, but rather what they see and hear in society. It is part of the music educator's job to help students understand how music is put together, or as Aaron Copland describes it in his book What to Listen for in Music (Copland, 1999), we must begin to listen to music in terms of its notes, rhythms, melodies, harmonies, tone colors, texture, structures, forms, etc., in addition to non-musical qualities.
One way to begin teaching students how to listen to music, or as Copland put it, what to listen for in music, is to use listening guides. There are many ways to do this, from drawing them by hand to purchasing pre-done drawings, transparencies, and/or computerized versions from textbook or other music companies. While it might be easier to simply purchase the pre-done versions of listening guides, it can be more useful to create original guides, allowing individual teachers to make their own choices for listening guides for their classrooms.
One software program that can be used and is generally available in many schools systems is Microsoft's PowerPoint (1987-2003). Its relatively clear format and versatility can allow even the beginning user to create a
fairly sophisticated listening guide. For that reason, the rest of this article will provide an overview of how to create a listening guide using Microsoft's PowerPoint (19872003).
There are a few things that must be decided prior to sitting down at the computer. First, the music must be chosen. Next the concept(s) in the music about which students will be learning more should be determined. Finally, determine if text or graphics or both will be used.
After choosing the music, concept(s), and text/graphics for the listening guide, choose between existing design templates, or create an original background colors and design elements. The quickest solution is to choose a pre-existing template.
To put text, graphics, and music, use Insert on the file menu (the file menu is the menu that exists at the top of each software program and usually includes File, Edit, View, etc.). For text, choose Insert > Text Box and then
draw the box on the slide and type the text. To add graphics, choose Insert > Picture > From File (or Clip Art) and choose the file to insert into the slide show (see Figure 1 for more detail). To draw on a slide, either use an external program to create a drawing, or use the PowerPoint drawing tool. First show the Drawing toolbar, then choose AutoShapes > Lines > Scribble and then draw on the slide.
Figure 1. Insert Menu in Powerpoint
This sequence of clicks must be repeated for each new drawing.
The easiest way to include music in a PowerPoint slide show is to use a file from the computer's hard drive. PowerPoint accepts several formats including wave, mp3, MIDI. Be sure to follow copyright laws. Once the file is on the hard drive, insert it into the slide show using Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sound from file.
Another option for adding sound is to record it directly onto a slide. This is generally used for narration of the slide or other spoken information. To record, choose Slide Show > Record Narration and follow the instructions. When finished, press the escape (Esc) key and either save or discard the recording.
In the newest version of PowerPoint, when a sound file is inserted, the software asks if the file should
the slide show in time and save the slide timings. However, these times usually need to be adjusted slightly. This can be done using Slide Transition, or the user can enter specific times based on the music without using Rehearse Timings. As shown in Figure 3, the Slide Transition screen shows whether it changes by click or automatically. If it is automatic, it also shows how much time should pass before it transitions to the next slide. After timings have been set, refinements can be made by watching the slide show and refining the timings. This may require watching it several times.
be played automatically or when clicked in the show. Choose to have the music play automatically and then right click on the icon that appears. Select Custom Animation and the menu in Figure 2 will appear. Right click on the file under Custom Animation and choose Effect Options. Enter the data telling the computer when to begin and end the sound file. Other settings can be set by choosing the Timing and Sound Settings tabs.
Slide Transition allows the user to set slides to change in time with music. There are two ways of doing this: (1) Rehearse Timings command, or (2) setting each slide individually based on the timing of the music (usually by seconds).
Rehearse Timings allows the user to click through
Hopefully this article has provided some insight not only to uses of PowerPoint, but also piqued more interest in teaching music students how to listen to music. Without the guidance and teaching of music educators, society could become musically illiterate listeners, perhaps never experiencing or understanding, even in part, music from earlier times.
Copland, A. (2002). What to Listen for in Music, revised ed. Signet Classics: New York.
Microsoft Corporation (1987-2003). Microsoft Office PowerPoint SP2. Microsoft Corporation: Redmond, WA.
Apple Computer, Inc. (2000-2005). iPod. Apple Computer, Inc.: Cupertino, CA
Jane Kuehne is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Auburn University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and supervises student teachers.
Figure 2. Custom animation (right click) Figure 3. Slide TransitionName____________________________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________ City __________________ State ___________ Zip _____________
Phone (_____) ______________________________________Email __________________________________________
Proposed Session Title ______________________________________________________________________________
Session Description _________________________________________________________________________________
Division (please check all that apply):
_____ Alabama Vocal Association_____ Alabama Bandmasters Association_____ Higher Education
_____ Collegiate (CMENC)_____ Alabama Orchestra Association_____ Elementary/General
• Session proposals must be submitted by the individual who will be presenting the session as the primary clinician.
• All Alabama clinicians who are music educators must be members of MENC and must register for the conference in order to present a session.
• AMEAdoes not pay honoraria or expenses to its members.
• Individual requests for particular times cannot be granted. Submission of a proposal assumes acceptance of the scheduled times.
• If the session is accepted, the primary clinician will be responsible for informing all other participants of all the specifics relating to the session.
Please attach a black and white photograph and clinician biography (100 words orless)
Submit to:
Taylor, Executive Director
ManorDrive NE,
Division (please check all that apply): _____ Alabama Vocal Association_____ Alabama Bandmasters Association_____
• Submission must include completed performance application, high quality recording of the ensemble (no more than two years old), programs from recent concerts, biography of the conductor and performing group, picture of the performing group and two letters of recommendation. (Acurrent photograph of the group and conductor will be requested should the ensemble be selected to perform.)
• Recordings must include two varied selections of high-quality literature.
• Consideration will be given to level of musical quality, variety, as well as overall conference schedule and planning.
• Directors will be notified of selection by July 15, 2006.
Please attach a black and white photograph of the performing group, biography of the group and conductor(100 words orless each), recent concert programs, and two letters of recommendation.
Submit to:
Garry Taylor, Executive Director
1600 ManorDrive NE, Cullman, AL35055
NO LATER THAN JUNE 1, 2006
Kathy Hughes is currently in her first year as Choral Director at Spanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort, Alabama. She comes to Spanish Fort High School from UMS-Wright Preparatory School in Mobile where she was Choral Director for 19 years and Chairman of the Fine Arts Department for 8 years. As a music educator, Hughes has taught elementary, middle school, and high school singers. Her choral groups have earned excellent and superior ratings at local, state, and national choral festivals. She is past President of AVA, having served on the AMEABoard during her tenure. As President of AVA, she was actively involved in securing grant money for All-State Choral Festival from the Alabama State Council for the Arts. She also initiated the All-State Middle School SSAChorus.
Mrs. Hughes is a resident of Daphne, Alabama. She is a graduate of Davidson High School in Mobile where she was an active member of both band and chorus under the direction of Orland Thomas and Rebecca Cagle Butler. She received her B.M.E. from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee with an emphasis in organ. In addition, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Samford University in Birmingham with a M.M.E. degree. She holds memberships in MENC, Kappa Delta Pi, Art Patrons League of Mobile, and the Mobile Opera Guild, having served as competition chair for the Rose Palmai Tenser Vocal Competition under the auspices of the Guild. Mrs. Hughes is married and has one daughter.
Pat Stegall received both his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Music Education at the University of North Alabama. He is past chairman of the Alabama Bandmasters Association District Three and is active as a clinician and judge for band festivals throughout Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina. His teaching experience includes Elementary Music, Chorus, Beginning Band, Intermediate Band and High School Band. He has supervised fourteen student interns. Mr. Stegall has developed a band leadership camp that continues to produce outstanding student leaders. Under his leadership, the bands at Muscle Shoals High School consistently receive superior ratings at Marching, Concert and Jazz Festivals, including Grand Champion Awards at Vanderbilt University (1997, 2002, 2003) Pinson Valley (2000, 2002) and the Orlando All-Star Music Festival in 2005. The Muscle Shoals Band has won the Class AChampionship at the Bands Of America Regional Competition in the Atlanta Georgia Dome for four consecutive years (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005). He attributes his success to the excellent students, parents, staff and administrative support afforded him at Muscle Shoals. Over the past ten years, the band program at Muscle Shoals has averaged 10 students in the Alabama All State Bands. Mr. Stegall was chosen Teacher of the Year for Muscle Shoals High School and the Muscle Shoals City School System for 2005 and is a member of Phi Beta Mu, MENC, AMEA, ABA, AEAand NEA. He is married to Mary Ann Stratford Stegall and is an avid fisherman.
Carla Gallahan is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. She received the Bachelor of Music Education Degree and the Master of Education in Music at Auburn University and is currently pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education. As a member of the faculty at Troy University, her responsibilities include teaching music education courses, instructing the horn studio, supervising student interns, and serving as an Associate Conductor with the university bands. Her teaching background includes eighteen years experience in the Alabama public schools. From 1989-2005, Ms. Gallahan served as band director in the Auburn City Schools in Auburn, Alabama. Under her direction, the bands at Auburn Junior High School and J.F. Drake Middle School consistently received superior ratings at contests and festivals. The band also performed as the clinic band for composer Frank Erickson, performed at the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic, and performed at the Alabama Music Educators Association In-service Conference. Ms. Gallahan is a member of the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and former chairman of District VI of the Alabama Bandmasters Association. She was selected to Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Outstanding Young Women of America, has been chosen as Auburn Junior High School Teacher of the Year, Auburn City Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year, and has served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Southeast.
Jerry Potter is in his tenth year as the Director of the Whitesburg Middle School band. Under his leadership the band has consistently received superior ratings at state and national festivals. Mr. Potter received the Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Tennessee Technological University in 1977. In 1999, Mr. Potter graduated from Vandercook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois, receiving the Master of Music Education degree with honors. Mr. Potter has directed bands for 28 years and has served as brass clinician and adjudicator in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Alabama. In 1999 he received the National Bandmasters Association Citation of Excellence. Professional affiliations include Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Mu National Band Directors fraternity, MENC. As an active member of the Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mr. Potter has served as District chairman. Jerry is married to Elizabeth Potter. They have three children, David, freshman music major at the University of Alabama, Allison, an oboist in the Grissom High School Band and Jacob, who plays trumpet in the Grissom High School Band.
Cindy Pass grew up in Indiana, where she attended Indiana University and acquired a bachelor's degree in Choral Music Education. After graduation she entered the United States Army and served as an officer for ten tears. Her military career included duties as a public affairs officer, protocol officer, training and operations officer, and as a Army Band Officer. Cindy directed the U.S. Army Soldiers Chorus and performed for high ranking dignitaries all over Europe. She also served as the Assistant Commander for the 33rd U. S. Army Band in Heidelberg, Germany. Cindy left the military to raise a family and further her education in the field of Early Childhood Education. She graduated from Jacksonville State University (JSU) with a master's degree in Early Childhood with a technology option. She taught graduate courses in education technology as an adjunct professor at JSU. She also taught third grade and music at Kitty Stone Elementary School, where she became District III Teacher of the Year in 1996. She was a member of the Jacksonville Community Choir and performed with the JSU community theater. After moving to Crane Hill, Alabama in 1999, Cindy taught chorus, drama, and broadcast journalism at Cullman High School. She became the assistant Treasurer of the Alabama Music Educators Association in 2002 and was elected as treasurer in 2004. She currently teaches at East Elementary School in Cullman.
Jane Powell has been teaching choral music for the past 17 years. She is presently working for the Florence City Schools at Florence Middle School. She has also taught in the Tuscumbia City Schools and at Mars Hill Bible School. She has taught music to students in grades K-12 as well as mathematics to students in grades 5-Junior College. Over the past 17 years her choirs have been recognized on the state, national and international levels. They have consistently received superior ratings at State Festival in large group as well as Solo & Ensemble. They have also been awarded gold and silver recognition for their excellence in choral music in New York, Washington, D.C., and Hawaii. Along with her K-12 certification in Choral Music, Jane is also certified to teach mathematics at the secondary level. Her educational background includes a B.Ain math and music from the University of North Alabama and graduate studies in music at the University of Alabama, Middle Tennessee State University and the University of North Alabama. She holds membership in the Music Educators National Conference, American Choral Directors Association and is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alabama Vocal Association. She has been District I Chairman for the past 6 years. She also serves as president of the Tennessee Valley Choral Directors Association.
The Etowah Youth Orchestras is always looking for something new and different to offer to its audience. That's why, when EYO Music Director Michael R. Gagliardo struck up a conversation with Mark Wood, a maker of electric string instruments and the Concertmaster of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the conversation felt so natural.
"Mark and I are both on the same page in our philosophies," noted Gagliardo. "We both believe that music education is about teaching students about ALL genres of music. There is valuable musical information that can come from every style of music. It's all about knowing how to educate your students, while at the same time giving them music that they love to play and can relate to."
The EYO already had an established tradition during the holiday season - the annual EYO Holiday Pops Concert. For nine years, with the help of local sponsors The Exchange Bank of Alabama and Riverview Regional Medical Center, the EYO had presented a family-friendly holiday spectacular. Past performances had ranged from straight-ahead traditional Christmas tunes to performances of The Nutcracker and the music of Mannheim Steamroller with the dance students of the Gadsden Community School for the Arts. The Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra had even presented a silent-film version of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," a first-of-its-kind production where the animated special was shown on the giant movie screen in the performance venue while the orchestra, a choir, narrators, and a sound effects team sat behind the screen and provided all of the sounds. Now it was time for something different yet again.
"I was actually introduced to the music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra by family members and students," Gagliardo said. "I was really taken by the great combination of rock and roll and orchestral sounds. I knew this was something that we could do, and that our students and our audience would enjoy." When Gagliardo mentioned the idea to Mark Wood, he jumped on it. "'Yeah, we can do that,' he said. He told me that he would get us permission to perform the tunes, and would help with the arrangements. I knew we had something."
Gagliardo contacted the local band Rick And Tad, who had performed with the EYSO in the past on the orchestra's 4th Of July Pops Concert. Terry "Tad"
Williams is actually an EYO parent, and was instantly hooked on the idea. Along with Williams and partner Rick Weaver, Gagliardo sat down and listened to the TSO music and selected the tunes for the performance. After getting permission through Wood to use the tunes, Gagliardo and Wood worked on the orchestrations for the EYSO, while Williams, Weaver, EYO alumnus Tim Carroll, and EYO members Devin Williams and David Green started practices on the rock band's portion of the show. Gagliardo did double duty. "I was the pianist in a garage band in high school. The TSO music has a lot of
piano, and I thought it might be fun to flash back to my high school days! So I passed the baton to EYO Associate Conductor Roland Lister, and sat down behind the keyboard."
The results speak for themselves. On Sunday, December 18, complete with a full production light show and a complete rock and roll sound system, the EYO brought the music of the TSO to an enthusiastic audience at Wallace Hall on the campus of Gadsden State Community College. "We had a great time. The orchestra had a lot of fun with the performance, and learned about a whole new aspect of performing." And the audience? "They loved it! It was not what our audience expected," said Gagliardo. Then again, that's what you can expect from the EYO - the unexpected.
August 28, 1914 - December 3, 2005
Floyd C. McClure was born August 28, 1914 in Oakley, Illinois. He graduated from Decatur High School in Decatur, Illinois in 1933. He received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Murray State College, Murray, Kentucky in 1937 and attended the University of Alabama from 1938 to 1941.
He was band director at Thomasville High School in Thomasville, Alabama from 1937 until 1940; Coffee High School in Florence, Alabama from 1940 until 1972 where he taught band, glee club, biology, American government and economics. In 1972 he organized the new Weeden Junior High School Band and was their director until his retirement in 1976.
During Mr. McClure’s tenure at Coffee High School the band was consistently awarded Superior and Excellent ratings at State Competition. They performed frequently in Mardi Gras parades in Mobile and New Orleans; performed at the Lion’s International Convention in Miami, Florida and the Orange Bowl Parade on two occasions.
He was a charter member of the Alabama Bandmasters Association in 1939 and was among those who were responsible for organizing the first All-State Bands (there were two bands then). He later served as Vice-President and then as President from 1947. He pushed through legislation to authorize an ABAState Band Contest and organized the first one in 1947. It was held at the University of Alabama with 17 bands participating. He also organized the first All-State Band and Choral Festival held at the University of Alabama in 1947.
He was a charter member, President and VicePresident of the Alabama Music Educators Association. He is a past member of AEA, NEA, MENC, AMEA, and Phi Beta Mu and was a charter member of Gamma Delta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha.
Mac, as he was known to his friends, played with the Huntsville Symphony, the Florence Civic Orchestra and the Florence Big Band. He had a large number of students who became band directors. Mr. McClure was Choir Director at the First Methodist Church in Florence and for 20 years was Choir Director at Trinity Episcopal Church. He organized and directed the Tri-Cities Oratorio Association which presented “Messiah”, Brahms’ “Requiem” and “Elijah”. He was President of the Florence Teachers Association and was Treasurer for 10 years.
Mr. McClure was inducted into the Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 1984. He died on December 3, 2005 leaving two daughters, Marilyn Camp of San Antonio, Texas and Jackie Williams of Prattville, Alabama; four grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
"During Mr. Mac's long career, he taught generations from many families. He also taught some lessons which are more important than playing the right note or rhythm. He taught his students personal responsibility, self-discipline, teamwork and pride in doing one's best. I think these are the lessons most people remember when they think of Mr. Mac."
- John BradleyAll-State Orchestra Festival Audition
Materials Mailed September 1, 2005
Videotaped District Auditions forAll Levels -October 24 - November 16, 2005
Videotape District Mailing Deadline
November 16, 2005
All-State Orchestra
Festival Results Released
November 30, 2005
String Orchestra Results Released
December 7, 2005
All State Orchestra Acceptance Deadline
December 14, 2005
String Orchestra Acceptance/Registration Deadline December 21, 2005
AMEAConference
January 19-21, 2006
University of Alabama
Alabama All-State Orchestra Festival
February 9-12, 2005
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Deadlines this year have been moved ahead to facilitate practice time on performance repertoire. All deadlines are firm and not negotiable
AMEAIn-Service Conference/All-State Jazz Band
January 19-21, University of Alabama
State Band Competition Festival
March 13-14, 2006 - Huntsville High School
March 13, 14, 15, 2006 - Vestavia Hills High School
March 15, 16, 17, 2006 - Troy University
March 16-17, 2006 - University of Alabama
All-State Solo Festival
April 19, Auburn University
All-State Band Festival
April 20-22, Auburn University
SummerIn-Service Conference
June 27-29, Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach
Fall Workshop - September 9-10, Mountain Brook Baptist Church
All-State Show Choir Auditions - October 21-22, Bluff Park Methodist Church
AMEA & All-State Show Choir - January 19-21, 2006, University of Alabama
All-State Choral Festival - March 2-4, 2006, Samford University, Birmingham State Level Performance Evaluations - April 24-26
"Jazz has much to tell us about our history and, indeed, ourselves if only we have the wisdom to listen and learn from it," writes historian Lawrence W. Levine. Today's students can indeed learn how jazz serves as both a cultural mirror of American society and a critical influence upon American history with the aid of a new multimedia curriculum, available after January 15, 2006 from Video Placement Worldwide.
NEAJazz in the Schools (produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and supported by a grant from The Verizon Foundation) is an exceptional resource for high school teachers of history, social studies, language arts and music. Students are introduced to all periods and styles of jazz, as well as to musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington who made a mark on the music and American culture at large.
NEAJazz in the Schools meets national curriculum standards in five subject areas: U.S. history, social studies, arts education/music, civics and government, and geography. The DVD and print toolkit is an identical version of the web-based curriculum available online at www.neajazzintheschools.org. It features five flexible units and includes a teacher's guide with teacher tips, cross-curricular activities and assessment methods, as well as student activities, video footage, musical excerpts, and links to additional resources.
NEAJazz in the Schools is available FREE of charge to
qualified educators. To review, register and order a free copy from Video Placement Worldwide, teachers may visit www.vpw.com. Teachers may also send a free fax on school letterhead to 1-800-358-5218 or write on school letterhead to Video Placement Worldwide, 25 Second St. N., Suite 120, St. Petersburg, FL33701 to request an order form.
Video Placement Worldwide (VPW) specializes in placing free, sponsored educational materials in our nation's classrooms. Via its Classroom Information NetworkSM, VPWbrings business and education together in a partnership beneficial to both by promoting and distributing free educational materials (videos, CDs, DVDs, workbooks and posters) that are produced and underwritten by corporations and associations. To date, over 90% of public schools in the U.S. have used materials from VPW. To learn more, visit www.vpw.com, email vpw@vpw.com or call 847/272-7304.
Andrew Wilson, 8th grade percussionist from Homewood Middle School, was recently named a finalist in the MENC Young Composers Talent Search. His piece, entitled "The Court of Terregon", written for full concert band, will represent MENC's southern division and will be presented to thousands of music educators at the MENC National Conference during special Young Composers Concerts to take place on Friday, April 21, 2006.
Andrew's piece was premiered last month by the Homewood Middle School Band at the Alabama Music Educators Convention in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Andrew's inspiration has come from many composers that he has heard while in middle school band, and was very excited that one of his favorites, Mr. Robert W. Smith, came to the stage after the performance to encourage and congratulate him. Special thanks to the Milton High School Symphonic Band from Alpharetta, Georgia and Director Randall Coleman for agreeing to perform "The Court of Terregon" while in Salt Lake City.
is a non-profit association that facilitates informal playing and singing by people of all ages and nationalities, beginners to professionals. Our 5,400 members come from every corner of the earth and share one interest: the love of making music with others.
ACMPtraces its origins back to 1947 and the idea of an American business executive named Leonard Strauss, whose work involved a good deal of traveling. Tired of practicing alone in hotel rooms, he dreamed of a network of chamber musicians who could contact one another for string quartets at home or when "on the road."
For more information, visit our website: www.acmp.net
Contact Donna Russell
334-269-1435
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A program of the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education which
Celebrates the extraordinary achievement of students studying the arts in school Raises awareness of the arts in schools and communities – emphasizing the lifelong profound and universal impact they have on our lives. Promotes implementation of a rich arts curriculum in schools through the state.
This program provides an important outlet for expanding recognition of the role individual schools play in providing a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement. This program provides an opportunity to highlight schools that have developed exemplary art education programs.
Award winning schools will be recognized at a ceremony and have the opportunity for national recognition through the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network Creative Ticket Schools of Distinction Awards Program.*
How to apply for the 2006 Alabama Alliance for Arts Education Creative Ticket Schools of Excellence Award
Deadline: March 1, 2006 (Postmarked deadline)
Distribute this letter and the nomination form to your faculty. Encourage a committee to complete the application.
Required:
o Responses to the nomination questions
o Representations of students’ work ‐ one
o Recommendation letters
o Principal’s letter
o A summary description of the school’s art program (150‐300 words). This may be distributed publicly.
Please call or e mail for an application or if you have any questions.
*The Alabama Alliance will nominate up to five schools for this year’s Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network’s Creative Ticket – National Schools of Distinction Award.
The Alabama Alliance for Arts Education is funded in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Support the Arts License Tag Fund.
