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Index to Advertisers

AMEA Governing Board...

President

Pat Stegall

Muscle Shoals High School

1900 Avalon Avenue

Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

(256) 389-2682 School

(256) 389-2689 Fax

pstegall@mscs.k12.al.us

170 Kenwood Drive

Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

(256) 446-8396 Home

(256) 627-4661 Cell

Past President

John Baker

Enterprise High School

500 Watts Avenue

Enterprise, AL 36330

(334) 347-2640 School

(334) 347-3144 Fax

jbaker@ehs.enterpriseschools.net

602 Henderson Street

Enterprise, AL 36330

(334) 393-1376 Home

President-Elect

Steve McLendon

Dothan High School

1236 S. Oates St.

Dothan, AL 36301

(334) 794-0146 School

(334) 793-0986 Home

dhstigerband@aol.com

Recording Secretary

Carla Gallahan

212 Smith Hall, Troy University

Troy, AL 36082

(334) 670-3502 School

cgallahan@troy.edu

Treasurer

Cindy Pass

1612 2nd Avenue SW #181

Cullman, AL 35055

(256) 747-8838 Home

(256) 338-4404 Cell

cpass@cullmancats.net

President, ABA

Harry McAfee

Hoover High School

1000 Buccaneer Dr.

Birmingham, AL 35244

(205) 439-1228 School

HMcAfee@hoover.k12.al.us

President, AOA

Penney Adair

1418 Longbrook Dr. NE

Cullman, AL 35055

(256) 775-6597 Home

(256) 339-9780 Cell

johnpenney@bellsouth.net

President, AVA

Damion Womack

The Montgomery Academy

3240 Vaughn Rd.

Montgomery, AL 36106

(334) 272-8210 ext. 261 School

Womack.D@montgomeryacademy.org

President, CMENC

Robert Pendergraft

Box 293118

Birmingham, AL 35229-3118

256-348-4287

rbpender@samford.edu

Collegiate MENC Advisor

Carl Hancock

University of Alabama

School of Music

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

(205) 348-6335

chancock@bama.ua.edu

President, Higher Education

Dr. Mark Walker

Troy University

Long Hall

Troy, AL 36082

(334) 670-3281

mjwalker@troy.edu

President, Elementary/General

Sara Womack

Greystone Elementary School

300 Village Street

Hoover, AL 35242

(205) 439-3200

(205) 439-3201 - fax

sara@music.org

swomack@hoover.k12.al.us

State Department of Education

Sara B. Wright

Arts Education Specialist

State Department of Education

P.O. Box 30201

Montgomery, AL 36130-2101

(334) 242-8059 Work

1-800-846-0948 Work

(334) 242-0482 Fax

swright@alsde.edu

Executive Director

Editor, Ala Breve

Garry Taylor

1600 Manor Dr. NE

Cullman, AL 35055

(256) 636-2754

amea@bellsouth.net

The Board of Directors is pleased to recognize these schools and directors from the State of Alabama, for their exceptional achievement and continuous contribution to instrumental music education.

Huntsville High School Band

Huntsville, Alabama

David Spencer, Director

Huntsville Middle School Band

Huntsville, Alabama

Don Adams, Director

Mountain Brook High School Band

Birmingham, Alabama

Frank Blanton, Mark Foster, Directors

Riverton Middle School Band

Huntsville, Alabama

Kory Jones, Director

Shades Valley HS Band

Birmingham, Alabama

David Allinder, Greg Gumina, Directors

Oak Mountain HS Band

Birmingham, Alabama James Duren, Kevin Ownby, Directors

Spain Park High School Band

Hoover, Alabama

Michael Aycock, Andrew Kruspe, Directors

Thompson High School Band Alabaster, Alabama

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CHATTANOOGA, TN

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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

WASHINGTON, DC

WILLIAMSBURG, VA

Introducing

festival for Middle Schools!

Virgil I. Grissom High School Band

Huntsville, Alabama

William Connell, Theo Vernon, Directors

8 October 2008

From the President...

Pat Stegall, AMEA President

WHO SETS THE STANDARDS IN YOUR MUSIC PROGRAM?

I think it is time we asked that question. In the present times we are expected to do many things in our classrooms. We must be highly qualified, teach character education, teach to local, state and national standards, test our kids on those standards, have successful performing ensembles, serve our community needs, raise funds necessary to have classroom teaching materials, administer the LIFE course, have students write papers and articles, teach theory and composition, teach music history, practice inclusion, and an inexhaustible list of other duties. When it comes right down to it, we are expected to perform miracles.

That having been said, who controls the standards in your music classroom? The bottom line is and will always be YOU, the teacher. Colleges and universities are turning out some of the finest young teachers ever in the history of our state, but we will lose many of them in the first three years of their career because of funding problems, inexperience, failed mentoring, unrealistic expectations, and a lack of quality “on the job”training. Music teachers are often left to fend for themselves and their students when hard times come around.

The AMEA can not sit back and watch this happen. We have not, and should not settle for being put on the back burner in hard economic times, nor should we allow our students to go without the needed funding and staffing for a quality music education. Our

association has for years offered opportunities for professional development and student success at our in-service conferences. We have clinics and concerts that rival our national conference. We have speakers from the finest programs in the country and clinicians from a variety of background areas to help us stay on top of the national trends. The standards are high, yet there is room for improvement.

There are hundreds of Alabama Music Educators that are not members of AMEA, or that do not attend our conference. Why? Is it the fact that registration is expensive, or that hotel rooms cost a lot of money or that the meals are pricey, or the clinics do not appeal to them, or they don’t see the value in hearing groups perform quality music? Are they tired from the holidays, or are they too busy preparing for the next competition or trip, or perhaps they just don’t have time.

Hogwash! Find the money, find the time, and get motivated. On January 22-24, 2009 at the University of Alabama, we have the opportunity to come together at our Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. There is work to be done for the good of the children of Alabama. Find the teachers who are not participating and give them a little push. They

will not receive this article because they have not joined MENC, thus they are not members of AMEA. It is your duty to get them to the conference in January. Besides, Dr. Tim is going to be there. He is the most dynamic person there is in music education. He will have you laughing one moment and crying the next. He has a passion that is contagious. There are ensembles preparing to perform just for you…not to an empty room, but to a packed house of eager, appreciative music teachers. Imagine telling your kids at your school that you are taking them to perform for the prestigious AMEA clinic, only to find that their parents and 20 music teachers were the only ones there to listen to their performance which took 200 hours to prepare. Embarrassing, isn’t it! Well it will be if you don’t come and bring someone new with you! Now get on the phone, email someone, ask a colleague to come be a part of the conference. Neither they nor you will regret it. Stop making excuses and start making a difference for yourself, your colleagues, your students and your music programs. Set the standards higher…it is your choice.

From Elem/Gen...

Sara Womack, President, Elementary/General Division

AMEA has many exciting opportunities for learning throughout the year. First, the fall workshop with Festival clinician Susan Ramsay will be held on October 11. Please look over the attached information and send in your registration form as soon as possible. On October 10, the third Elementary Music Festival will be held at the Wright Center of Samford University with Susan Ramsay. The Festival will have

approximately 300 participants. The AMEA In-Service from January 22-24 will offer wonderful clinicians. Joyce Cauthen will share folksongs of Alabama, as well as the history of gathering traditional songs. Keynote speaker Tim Lautzenheiser will share secrets of program advocacy and Beth Davis will give us tips to obtain National Board Certification. Jim Solomon will guide our experiences in drumming and recorders, while Ian Loeppky and Patricia Corbin

From CMENC...

Robert Pendergraft, President, Collegiate MENC

I am very excited to update you on the upcoming AMEA Conference January 22-24. This year, CMENC members will see many things stay the same as in years past, but also some changes to better accommodate our membership. Both Thursday and Friday lunches will be provided for registered CMENC members, and we are very excited to

have the keynote speaker for the conference, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser doing a session just for collegiate music education students. The board made strides to present a balanced session schedule that we can all be excited about. Due to the change of us now providing lunch on Thursday, it is even more important for you to pre-register at www.alabamamea.org so that we can have a realistic expectation of numbers.

will share various choral techniques and methods. Paine Intermediate School Recorder Karate All-Stars from Trussville will give a musical performance. Our division has a few vacancies in the Board of Directors. Kelly Jo Hollingsworth is now a division chair, so we are in need of a hospitality chair. Rexann Herrick is now a technology specialist, so we are in need of a division chair. Please let me know if you are interested.

I also am excited about the prospect of by-law revisions that the board has been working on which would more accurately reflect the way the organization is structured and runs. As the school year continues, please keep meupdated about your chapter’s accomplishments and involvement in activities not only at your university, but also in the community and schools. I would like to compile these to share with each other at the conference and for publication in the next Ala Breve. I hope to see each of you in January and am excited to hear updates about your successes in the near future.

AMEA LEGISLATION

to be brought up for a vote to amend the by-laws at the 2009 AMEA Conference.

The proposal reads “AMEA officers shall be elected by ballots on each even numbered year to take office on June 1 of that year and to serve until May 31 of the next election year.”

Rationale:

This proposal changes the term of office for AMEA officers from July 1 - June 30 to June 1 - May 31, placing new officers in their positions for the June Board meeting.

Fiesta-val

From the ABA...

Harry McAfee, President, Alabama Bandmasters Association

Continued Progress!

Progress for the ABA sometimes seems slow but it also appears to be steady. Over the years, we have been somewhat hesitant to make drastic changes, but then again that has kept us from rushing into situations that deserve careful consideration. I think we are blessed with many progressive and forward thinking members who are ready to meet the challenges of each new generation. I am pleased to announce a few changes that will make our jobs easier and save our Association money. Number one, we will no longer print and mail copies of the ABA Handbook or Directory to each of our members. The Handbook format has been revised for easier use on our website. Special thanks to Joel Mason, District I, for his assistance with that revision.

Secondly, our ABA Directory is also being revised and will be placed on the website in a format that will be user friendly for our various needs. The information will be password protected so be sure to keep that confidential. Be assured that the ABA Executive Secretary and leadership will always be judicious in keeping our information from being misused. And finally, although the Cumulative List has been on the website for some time, it too is being revised into a format other than the PDF so that you can search or sort in a more convenient way.

Of course, the biggest issue of change we face now is the attempt to solve calendar conflicts and other issues with our State Assessment. Jim Knight and his committee have compiled a questionnaire that will give you an opportunity to express your views and needs. You can complete the survey by going to: http://bama.ua.edu/~chancock/ . Please take time to do this before the end of

October.During November, Mr. Knight, Dr. Carl Hancock, and the committee will compile the results and use that information to develop the plans that will be presented. We will not be able to vote on this at AMEA but should have time to discuss it. The committee can then propose legislation that can be voted on at the All-State Festival in April. I again urge you to become involved in working with us to develop a system that will meet the needs of all our band programs. Please remain an active member with the ABA, the association that represents all of the bands in Alabama.

We have a wonderful lineup of performing bands and clinicians for the AMEA Conference. I hope you will attend as many of these as possible. As a

teacher, mentor, and advocate, I find that attendance at good performances and clinics does much to enrich us as professionals in our trade. Attending the Midwest Clinic and the AMEA Conference will help you become aware of what is possible with your ensembles and will keep your standards high. Middle and high school students are capable of doing some amazing things. You have a difficult job to challenge them and to get them to achieve on that level. Just keep working hard and I’m sure you will be pleased with the results. Call me if I can help!

Regards,

Harry L. McAfee, President

From Higher Ed...

Mark Walker, President, Higher Education Division

As I write this article on September 29, about twelve hours before it is due, I am reminded of the fact that the AMEA Conference is right around the corner. January 22 might be three and a half months away, but we will blink and then it will be here. I want to take this time to encourage all of the HED membership to invite their respective colleagues to attend the AMEA Conference and become members of MENC. I am often asked of what benefit it is to be a part of AMEA and MENC. One of the principle benefits is this conference. An annual sharing of ideas, techniques, best practices and outstanding performances so close to home not only benefits our higher ed colleagues, but their (our) students, as well.

The HED is collaborating with the other division to bring outstanding clinicians to our Conference. For example, the ABA, AOA, CMENC, and HED are sponsoring Ken Ozzello’s clinic titled Rehearsal Techniques You May Not Have Considered. This act of working together strengthens our organization and, by extension, our profession.

One of the highlights of the HED offerings is the annual Recital Series. This year, the recitals will take place back-to-back beginning at 2:45 on Friday, January 23. This will allow the seamless movement from one recital to the next, and should allow greater participation.

I am pleased to let you know that HED colleagues who wish to send in papers for publication in the Ala Breve will now have the option of having the papers

submitted to a peer review process. The Editorial Board for this process is being assembled by Dr. Diane Orlofsky, Professor of Music Education at Troy University and chair of the AMEA Research Group. This is a wonderful opportunity for those who are looking to publish their research articles and for the Ala Breve to disseminate current research from colleagues from Alabama and the surrounding states. There will be more information about this exciting development in upcoming Ala Breve issues.

I am looking forward to the 2009 Conference and sharing this time with colleagues. Please encourage your colleagues on your respective campuses to attend this important Conference.

Conference Hotels AMEA

The following list represents hotels/motels in Tuscaloosa participating in the 2008 AMEA In-Service Conference January 10-12. They have agreed to reserve a block of rooms at a special conference rate. Tax will be added to the following prices. You are requested to contact the facility of your choice by calling the number provided. To ensure availability and the conference rates, please call early and identify yourself with the block of rooms for the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference. Deadline for block is December 20, 2007.*

Courtyard by Marriott

4115 Courtney Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

205-750-8384

Doubles/Kings- $99.00

Fairfield Inn by Marriott

4101 Courtney Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

205-366-0900

Doubles/Kings - $84.00

Hampton Inn I59/20

6400 Interstate Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL 35453

205-562-9000

Doubles/Kings- $80

Hampton Inn University

600 Harper Lee Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL 35404

205-553-9800

Doubles/Kings - $94

Hotel Capstone (formerly Four Points Sheraton) Conference Hotel

320 Bryant Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

205-752-3200

Standard Doubles/Kings- $96.00

Club Level - $121.00

The Hotel Capstone is currently sold out during the conference.

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From the AVA...

Damion Womack, President, Alabama Vocal Association

Take Advantage, Appreciate, and ENJOY!

I enjoyed the opportunity to meet and talk to so many of you at our annual Fall Workshop in Birmingham. Our two AllState clinicians, Dr. Fenton from Florida State University and Dr. Dilworth from Northpark University enjoyed being with us and had a wonderful time. The interest sessions were very informative. I hope you will be able to apply some of the techniques discussed. I would also like to thank everyone on the AVA Governing Board for all of their hard work. As I stated in my earlier message, please take advantage of all of the wonderful opportunities that your organization has to offer.

Please make plans to attend AMEA January 22-24, 2009. Our featured clinician will be Dr. Charles Robinson, Professor of Choral Music Education University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Dr. Robinson is well known in the field of choral music education. He has presented workshops across the United States. It will be an honor to have him in Alabama.

We have numerous quality choral programs in our state. This year we had a total of eight choral groups submit applications to perform at AMEA. While this is great, we need more. Please consider submitting an application to perform at AMEA 2010. This experience is very rewarding for you, your school, and your students.

Congratulations to the directors who have been selected to present concerts at AMEA this year: Mortimer Jordan High School Chamber Choir, Margaret Heron Director, Clay-Chalkville High School Chamber Choir, Allen Gillespie Director, Smiths Station High School Chamber Choir, Faye Haag Director, The University of Montevallo Chamber Choir,

Gary Packwood, Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham Concert Choir, Philip Copeland, Director, and Jacksonville State University Chamber Choir, Patricia Corbin, Director.

I sincerely hope you were inspired by the interest sessions at fall workshop. I am always so delighted to collaborate with music educators in order to receive knowledge and ideas to implement into my choral program. You know you have made the right career choice when you never consider your job work. That is how I feel about teaching choral music in Alabama. We have an amazing opportunity and privilege to mold children into caring and productive adults. Enjoy your life’s work and take full advantage of this wonderful experience.

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From Research...

Diane Orlofsky, Chairman, Research Division

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Alabama Music Educators Association Research Poster Session

AMEA In-Service Conference

January 22-24, 2009

University of Alabama

We had a great time at last year’s poster session and the Higher Education Division decided to make this an annual event at the AMEA In-Service Conference.

PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING BY NOVEMBER 1st, 2008:

Abstract of research, either completed or in-progress

Any research genre accepted (philosophical, historical, qualitative, quantitative, behavioral) No more than 750 words

Separate sheet of paper with author(s) information, current contact information, and institutional affiliation

Submit to dorlof@troy.edu

Subject line: AMEA 2009 Research Poster Session (please, only WORD documents) Graduate students are encouraged to send their work, too!

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December 6, 2008

• January 23 & 24, 2009

February 6 & 7, 2009

• February 20 & 21, 2009

For more information:

Dwayne Sagen

Assistant Dean of Admissions

Blair School of Music

Vanderbilt University

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PHONE: (615) 322-6181

WEB: www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair

E-MAIL: Dwayne.P.Sagen@vanderbilt.edu

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Your Musicale Event can be either on Friday or Saturday; however, groups taking overnight packages may choose to perform on Friday, and to play in the Park and attend the Awards Ceremony on Saturday.

From the AOA...

Penney Adair,

President, Alabama Orchestra Association

With a great start to the new school year underway, the AOA is ahead of schedule with preparations for the 2009 Alabama All State Festival to be held Feb. 12-15 at the University of Alabama School of Music in Tuscaloosa. All events will be held once again in the beautiful Moody Music Building.

The audition excerpts have been posted on the www.alabamaorchestraassociation.org website since August 8th and district chairs have submitted their individual information guides as well. Everything is running smoothly!

One addition to the website and AOA policy is the vendor guide. The following is information concerning all vendors interested in coming and showcasing their merchandise.

There are three potential exhibit locations in the Moody Music Building during the Festival. Vendors may set up any time after noon on Thursday, February 12 and remain until the concert is over on Sunday afternoon, February 15. This time window is the available time, but vendors are not required to be present at all times and may choose to actually use any periods within this time frame. There will be no reduction in fee for reduced usage. All requests for vendor space must be received by the AOA President Penney Adair via email at pltviolin@earthlink.net. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it before January 31, 2009. The prime location is the lobby. We are accepting bids for this spot, beginning at $150. Use of space includes up to three 8’ tables. Two other locations in the building, closer to rehearsal rooms but with less available space, will be made available at $100 each to the first two requestors. Use of these spaces includes one 8’ table each. Information and Conditions:

1)Vendor fees are due no later than February 12, 2009, payable to Alabama Orchestra Association.

2)Wares and information should be limited to relevant music instruments, supplies, or services.

3) Alabama Orchestra Association assumes no responsibility for exhibit security. Vendors are responsible for their own wares and display materials at all times

4) Exhibits should not interfere in any

way with Festival activities or the flow of participants through the building

It’s been an asset to all involved to have vendors at the Festival each year. They provide great help to students in assisting and equipping them with the knowledge needed to make a confident instrument selection should they be ready to take that step. We would like to encourage any local vendors who are willing to come and help with any emergency repairs and provide strings or any accessories needed for purchase.

We have another exciting lineup of conductors for all the orchestras this year. An Alabama resident will conduct the Festival Orchestra for the first time. Mr. Michael Gagliardo will conduct the FO orchestra with selections from Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” and Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien” as well as the chosen composition competition-winning piece to be determined in December. Mr. Carl Rieke of Atlanta will conduct the String Sinfonietta Orchestra. Pieces chosen for the SSO are “The Capriol Suite” by Warlock, and the “Fire Dance” by Soon Hee Newbold. Ms. Andrea Meyer of Highlands Ranch, Colorado will conduct the Consort String Orchestra with pieces of various styles including “Fantasia on A Theme from Thailand” to “Wild Western Frontier”. A good time should be had by all! Please be sure to look at our quick information guide on the following page to know all the

important deadlines.

I would also like to thank our district chairs in advance for all their hard work in making the auditions run smoothly for all students and judges. Without your commitment to the tedious process of getting information out to students and parents and the foresight it takes to conduct and manage these auditions, the equitability and consistency would not be possible! Of course to all officers:Marcy JedlickaVicePresident/President Elect, Felicia SarubinSecretary, Daniel Jamieson-Treasurer and Julie Hornstein- Executive Director a big thank you for everything that has to be handled all during the year to ensure success! Let me not forget to say a few words about the upcoming AMEA conference. AOA has some exciting things planned for session attendees and a special concert on Friday evening at 7:30 featuring Mark Wood of the Trans Siberian Orchestra with the Etowah Youth Orchestra lead by Mr. Michael Gagliardo. They will be performing Mr. Wood’s own composition entitled “Viper vs. Orchestra” which was commissioned and premiered by the EYO several years ago. Mr. Wood will also be giving a master class session during his stay at AMEA under the AOA schedule! Other sessions include UA’s Christopher Kozak on Jazz Improvisation in the classroom, Chip Gulbro with a swing jazz/blues session and Mr. Michael Gagliardo’s session on “Concerts That Rock: Programming for a Wider Audience”.

AOA All-State 2009 Quick Info Guide

Alabama All State Orchestra Festival 2009

Feb. 12-15, 2009 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Final Date for live auditions for all levels

October 15, 2008

Consult the info guide for your district on the web for specific dates!

All State Financial Aid DeadlineOctober 15, 2008

Videotape District Mailing DeadlineOctober 17, 2008

All State Results PostedNovember 15, 2008

All State Orchestra Acceptance DeadlineDecember 1, 2008

Begin To Contact AlternatesDecember 2, 2008

Begin mailing musicDecember 8, 2008

Registration fee is $55.

Audition fee is $15 for first audition, $5 extra for each subsequent audition. Please make checks according to the instructions of your District Chair.

Notice: We will begin contacting alternates immediately so be sure to abide by the deadline of December 1st to accept your position in your All State Orchestra.

New Policies:

1. Those wishing to be considered for more than one orchestra will need to audition for BOTH orchestras separately. You will fill out separate audition forms and mail them together to your district chair. If you audition for only one orchestra and are not chosen, you will not be placed in any other orchestra.

2. If you decline the invitation to come to All State AFTER mailing your acceptance letter, you will not be allowed an audition the following year. (With the exception of medical emergencies)

Reminders:

1. All Festival events will take place in the UA Moody Music Building.

2. Check in for Festival Orchestra will be from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. on February 7, with string seating auditions upon arrival.

3. Check in will be from 2:30-4:30 P.M. for string orchestras with string seating auditions upon arrival.

4. Festival Orchestra will have their first rehearsal Thursday from 4:30-6:00 P.M.

5. Pictures and warm-ups for all orchestras will take place from 9-1. The Festival Concert will begin at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday February 10 in Moody Concert Hall.

Festival Conductors: Michael Gagliardo from Gadsden, Alabama will be conducting the Festival Orchestra this year. Pieces chosen are selections from the “Firebird Suite” by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien.” The String Sinfonietta Orchestra will be under the direction of Carl Rieke of Atlanta. They will be performing “The Capriol Suite” by Warlock and “Fire Dance” by Soon Hee Newbold. The Consort String Orchestra will be performing several pieces in various styles from “ Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand” to “Wild Western Frontier” and will be conducted by Andrea Meyer of Colorado.

Festival Hotel: Hotel Capstone (formerly Four Points Sheraton). (205) 752-3200 fax (205) 759-9214.

AOA All-State 2009 Clinicians

Carl Rieke graduated from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) in 1997 receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. He received his Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting from Georgia State University in 2003.

Mr. Rieke has served as the music director at the Red Wing Theater Company in Red Wing, Minnesota. He has also performed with a variety of orchestras, including the Mankato Symphony Orchestra, the Owatonna Chamber Orchestra, the New Ulm Civic Orchestra, and the Southern Crescent Orchestra where he served as concertmaster for one year. He is currently in his second year as an assistant conductor with the Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra.

From 1999 until 2006, Mr. Rieke was Director of Orchestras at Shiloh High School in Gwinnett County. While teaching in Gwinnett, he was the co-conductor of the Gwinnett County Youth Symphony for six years. Under Mr. Rieke’s direction, the Shiloh High School Chamber Orchestra and Gwinnett County Youth Symphony were chosen to perform at the Georgia Music Educator’s Association state conference.

Mr. Rieke currently teaches at Ola Middle School and Ola High School in Henry County.

Mr. Rieke has served as Secretary for the Georgia Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). He also serves as an adjudicator at orchestra festivals and competitions around metroAtlanta. Mr. Rieke has been an All-State Orchestra organizing chair since 2001 and currently serves as the Georgia Music Educator’s Association Orchestra division chair. Mr. Rieke resides in Stockbridge, Georgia, with his wife Stacy and son, David.

Ridge, Redstone, Timber Trail, and Wildcat Elementary Schools. A Colorado native, Ms. Meyers received a Bachelor’s of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1976, and in 1992 received her Master of Arts from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Ms. Meyers enjoys a professional music career as a cellist, conductor, performer, clinician, adjudicator and music education advocate. She is currently the Past-President of the Colorado Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, Inc. Ms. Meyers’ professional

Michael R. Gagliardo was named the second Music Director and Conductor of the Etowah Youth Orchestras in August of 1995. Since his appointment, he has led the EYO to national recognition, including the receipt of ten ASCAP Awards for Programming of Contemporary Music; the 2006 ASCAP Award for American Programming on Foreign Tours; and “Best In Class” Awards for the ensembles of the EYO at the 1998 Gateway New Orleans, 1999 Gateway Myrtle Beach, 2001 Gateway New Orleans, and 2003 Gateway New Orleans Music Festivals. The EYO was also selected to represent the State of Alabama in the first Continental Harmony Project of the American Composers Forum.

Guest conductor, Andrea L. Meyers is currently the Director of Orchestras at Rock Canyon High School, Rocky Heights Middle School 6th Grade Orchestra, Buffalo

involvement is significant. She performs with numerous orchestras throughout Colorado and is currently in her fifteenth season with the Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra. She enjoys a career that combines both performing and teaching strings, performing on a 130-year-old Neuner-Hornsteiner cello. She is listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, was one of seven teachers selected in Douglas County for the 2004 Thank a Teacher Award, and has received the Outstanding Teacher Award numerous times in Douglas County. In 2005, the Colorado Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, Inc. inducted Ms. Meyers as the Colorado ASTA Orchestra Outstanding Teacher of the Year Ms. Meyers is an advocate for Music Education in Colorado as well as across the United States and is currently “running for” a National ASTA Member-at-Large position. At the Albuquerque, NM National ASTA Conference Ms. Meyers was presented the National 2008 ASTA Outstanding State Leadership Award

Mr. Gagliardo received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Eastern Illinois University, where he graduated from the University Honors Program Cum Laude, and a Master of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting from Ball State University. He was named Outstanding Young Alumnus of Eastern Illinois University for 1997. He was appointed President of the Alabama Orchestra Association in February of 1999, a position that he served in until May of 2003, and was a member of the Youth Orchestra Division Board of the American Symphony Orchestra League from 1995-2001. He served as the President of the Alabama State Chapter of ASTA from March of 2004 until May of 2006, and was named Outstanding String Teacher for the State ASTA Chapter in 2007.

Mr. Gagliardo is the founder and CEO of Wonder Dog Press and Daphne Roo Music, publishing houses which specialize in the publication of children’s literature and orchestral music for community, youth, and school orchestras. Mr. Gagliardo is also active in the community, having served as the President of the Board Of Directors of the Humane Society of Etowah County from 2005 to 2008. He resides in Glencoe, Alabama, with his wife. Meleia. and their four dogs, Daphne, Lady, Jake, and Gracie.

Montevallo

The University of Department of Music

Would like to welcome Dr. Alan Goldspiel

As the NEW Department Chair

Upcoming Events for Middle and High School Students

FREE All-State Choral Workshop

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

High School Choral Festival

Thursday, November 6 – Saturday, November 8, 2008

FREE All-State Trumpet Clinic

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Full-time Faculty & Staff

Dr. David Callaghan, Interim Dean, College of Fine Arts

Dr. Alan Goldspiel, Chair

Ms. Julie McEntee, Office Manager

Dr. Joseph Ardovino, Director, Instrumental Activities

Dr. Lori Ardovino, Instrumental Faculty; Director, Graduate Studies

Dr. Martin Cochran, Instrumental Faculty, Music Education

Dr. Roderick George, Voice Faculty

Dr. Cynthia Jones, Piano Faculty

Dr. Joseph Landers, Composition & Theory Faculty

Dr. Gary Packwood, Choral Faculty; Coordinator of Music Education

Dr. Anthony Pattin, Piano Faculty

Dr. Melanie Williams, Voice Faculty

Dr. Charles Wood, Voice Faculty, Opera

Dr. Robert E. Wright, Choral Faculty; Director, Choral Activities

Campus Connections

News and Happenings from Alabama’s Colleges and Universities

Colleges and universities are encouraged to submit newsworthy material and announcements for publication in ala breve

From the UNA Department of Music...

We would like to welcome Dr. David McCullough to our campus as our new Chair of the Department of Music. David McCullough is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and holds the B.S. and M.Ed. degrees in music education from Auburn University (1974, 1975), the M.M. degree in music performance (horn) from Florida State University (1980), and the D.M.A. degree in music performance (horn) from the University of Georgia (1990).

Prior to joining the University of North Alabama faculty as Chair of the music department in 2008, Dr. McCullough served as Director of Bands at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, KY (1991-2008), Director of Bands at West Georgia College, now the State University of West Georgia, in Carrollton, GA (1981-1986) and as Band Director at Madison County High School in Gurley, AL (1975-1978). Dr. McCullough has the distinction of having founded the marching bands at Campbellsville University (1992) and at West Georgia (1982).

Dr. McCullough is active as a conductor, performer, clinician and adjudicator within his areas of specialty and has served three times as conductor of the Kentucky Baptist All-State Youth Orchestra (2000, 2003 and 2007). He is founder of the National Civil War Band Festival and directed the 2000 and 2003 sessions of the NCWBF held on the campus of Campbellsville University.

Dr. McCullough’s honors include his selection by the Campbellsville University Board of Advisors as the University’s 1994 Distinguished Professor for Academic Excellence, his selection by the Kentucky Music Educators Association as the 1996 College/University “Teacher of the Year” and his selection in 2000 to the Robert E. Lee High School (Montgomery) Hall of Fame.

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

We are grateful to AMEA for providing this opportunity to share information and opportunities with our music colleagues and music students across the state.

New Faculty

Dr. Adam Blackstock has joined our School of Music faculty as Assistant Professor of Percussion and Assistant Director of

Bands. Dr. Blackstock teaches applied percussion and percussion methods and conducts the percussion ensemble. In addition he serves as the instructor/arranger for the Sound of the South percussion section. Dr. Blackstock holds a DMA from the University of Kansas.

Annual Event Reminder 2008-09

December 4-6 Middle School Band Clinic and Honor Bands (Middle School SEUS, contact Dr. Mark Walker)

January 16-17 High School Choral Clinic and Honor Choir (Choral SEUS, contact Dr. Michael Hix)

February 5-7 High School Concert Band Clinic and Honor Bands (High School SEUS, contact Professor Carla Gallahan)

February 20-21 TROY University Brass Symposium (contact Dr. Jim Zingara)

March 28 TROY University Clarinet Day (contact Dr. Tim Phillips)

April 3-4 TROY University Music Industry Showcase (contact Professor Robert W. Smith)

Scholarship information, audition dates, and additional concert dates are listed on our website. We invite you to “visit” us at music.troy.edu or in person soon.

From the UAH Department of Music...

The Department of Music at UA Huntsville is proud to introduce two new faculty members: Dr. Erin Colwitz, Director of Choral Activities, and Dr. Sarkis Baltaian, Artist/Teacher of Piano. Prior to earning her DMA from the University of Southern California, Dr. Colwitz had extensive experience as a public school choral director and as a member of the Dale Warland Singers. She has sung for Robert Shaw, Edo de Waart, and Hugh Wolff. Dr. Baltaian has a DMA from the University of Southern California, where he was the teaching assistant to John Perry for four years. He has appeared as guest artist in numerous festivals including the Aspen International Music Festival, Holland Music Sessions, Bad Bertrich Klaviersommer, and Plovdiv International Chamber Music Festival in Bulgaria. He was featured as a chamber music performer in Carnegie Hall in September.

Dr. Don Bowyer, Chair of the Department of Music at UA Huntsville has been very active as a composer this year. Six different compositions of his have been performed across the United States and in Europe in a four-month period, at two

David McCullough

national music conferences (the International Double Reed Society and the College Music Society), in concerts at two universities (Montevallo University and George Mason University), and in a pair of concerts in Fredericia and Aarhus, Denmark.

From the University of Alabama School of Music...

Jay Evans and Jason Yust Join the University of Alabama School of Music Faculty

The University of Alabama

School of Music is honored to welcome two new members to the faculty: Jay Evans, Trombone and Jason Yust, Music Theory. Jay Evans is the Principal Trombonist of the Alabama Symphony. He holds of Bachelor of Music from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and a Master of Music from the University of North Texas. Mr. Evans has performed with many outstanding orchestras including the National Orchestra Association, the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, American Symphony, and the New York City Opera National Company, to only name a few. He has performed throughout the world and is a celebrated teacher as well as performer. Jason Yust holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from Brown University and recently earned his PhD in Music Theory at the University of Washington. Dr. Yust’s musical interests are diverse. He has published on a wide range of theoretical topics ranging from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. In addition to his theory interest, Dr. Yust is also a performer and instructor of the Irish traditional wooden flute and tenor banjo. We are pleased to have Mr. Evans and Dr. Yust as members of our outstanding faculty.

Alabama Wind Ensemble Records First CD

The reputation of the Alabama Wind Ensemble as one of the premier collegiate wind bands continues to grow. This spring the ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Ken Ozzello and Randall Coleman, completed a recording for the international recording label Naxos of the music of noted composer Ira Hearshen. Included on the CD is a commissioned work, entitled Enterprise, which also features the University Singers. Enterprise was commissioned in honor of seven high school students who lost their lives in the tragic tornado that ripped through Enterprise, Alabama on March 1, 2007. Also included on the CD are Variations on a Familiar Tune and Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, also composed by Ira Hearshen. The recording, entitled Enterprise will be released in the fall of 2008 and will be available through commercial outlets including iTunes and the Naxos label.

The University of Alabama Hosts their Third Annual Double Reed Day

This fall, the UA School of Music will host its third annual Double Reed Day on Saturday, November 22 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Moody Music Building on the University of Alabama campus. This event is for oboe and bassoon players of all ages and ability levels. Our guests this year include Bill Ludwig, bassoon, from Indiana University; March Ostoich, oboe, from Cincinnati Conservatory; Lecolion Washington, bassoon and Michelle Vigneau, oboe from the University of Memphis; Hunter Thomas, bassoon, Principal Bassoonist of the Huntsville Symphony and Brian Seaton, oboe, of North American Oboe House. The day includes masterclasses, double reed ensemble rehearsal for all participants, reed making and adjusting seminars and a recital featuring the double reed ensemble and guest artists. Parents and students are all welcome to attend. Attendees have the opportunity to perform or to just come and listen. For more information on UA’s Double Reed Day, please contact Jenny Mann at (205) 348-1695 or jmann@music.ua.edu. We hope to see you there!

The University of Alabama Tuba and Euphonium Students have a Banner year in 2008.

In August, Derek Fenstermacher, tuba and Matthew Mireles, euphonium, won their divisions of the 2008 International Falcone Tuba and Euphonium Competition. The Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival is the premiere competition for tuba and euphonium players. Over 160 recordings were submitted for entrance to the competition. The competition was narrowed to three finalists in each area. Of the finalists in these areas, both University of Alabama students took top honors. It is the first time in the 23 years of the competition that first place in the Artist Tuba and Euphonium competitions came from the same university. Other incredible successes from the Tuba/Euphonium studio include wins in the Quartet, Mock Band, and Mock Orchestra Competitions at the 2008 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference by Matthew Mireles, Erika Mori, Derek Fenstermacher and Jay Hagy. Congratulations to these talented students!

From the University of South Alabama Department of Music...

The University of South Alabama is pleased to announce a presentation by Dr. Willie Hill on November 4th. Dr. Hill, former MENC president, is scheduled to speak to USA Department of Music students from 3:30 to 4:00. The second talk is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by the USA Jazz Band Concert at 7:30 p.m. under the direction of Dr. Tracy Heavner. Both presentations will occur in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center and are open to the public.

Jay Evans

Jason Yust

Willie Hill

AMEADivision Events2008 - 2009

Alabama Orchestra Association

AMEA Conference

University of Alabama

January 22-24, 2009

All-State Orchestra Festival

University of Alabama

February 12-15, 2009

Alabama Bandmasters Association

AMEA In-Service Conference/All-State Jazz Band

January 22-24, 2009 - University of Alabama

State Concert Band Assessment

March 2-3 - UA, Tuscaloosa & Briarwood Church, B’ham

March 4 - Troy University & Gadsden City HS

March 5 - Baker HS, Mobile & Decatur HS

District I

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District II

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District III

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District IV

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District V

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District VI

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District VII

District Band Assessment

All-State Band Auditions

Solo & Ensemble Festival

District VIII

District Honor Band

All-State Band Auditions

District Band Assessment

Solo & Ensemble Festival

All-State Solo Festival

April 15, 2009 - Auburn University

All-State Band Festival

April 16-18, 2009 - Auburn University

Summer In-Service Conference

June 24-25, Hilton Garden Inn, Orange Beach

February 27-28....................................Austin High School

January 30-31.................................Sparkman High School

February 18-20..................................Decatur High School

February 18-20...................................Huntsville Site TBA

March 28...............................Meridianville Middle School

April 25............................................Hartselle High School

February 6-7................................................Gadsden State

January 10..................................Jacksonville High School

February 18-20.............................................Gadsden State

March 28....................................Jacksonville High School

April 25 .................................................Arab High School

February 20-22.................................Cullman High School

January 31...............................Muscle Shoals High School

February 9-10...................................Cullman High School

February 11-12.......................Muscle Shoals High School

May 2 University of North Alabama

February 27-28............................Homewood High School

January17...........................................Hoover High School

February 10-12............................Homewood High School

February 10-12.................................Vestavia High School

April 28....................................Homewood Middle School

May 2.........................................Thompson Middle School

February 13-14.......................University of West Alabama

January 31..............................Tuscaloosa Co. High School TBA.............................................................................TBA

March 28..........................................Prattville High School

April 14...........................Tuscaloosa County High School

February 27-28..............Central High School, Phenix City

January 31..........................................Opelika High School

February 18-20..................Benjamin Russell High School

March 7.................................. Auburn Junior High School

April 4.................................................Trinity Presbyterian

February 17-18................Mary Montgomery High School

February 19-20................................Davidson High School

January 17.......................................Davidson High School

April 25................................................Baker High School

May 2...............................................Fairhope High School

February 27-28...........................................Troy University

January 17............................Andalusia Elementary School

February 17-19...........................................Troy University

May 2...................................Andalusia Elementary School

Alabama Vocal Association

Fall Workshop - September 5-6 - Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Birmingham

All-State Show Choir Auditions - October 17-18 - Bluff Park Methodist Church, Birmingham

All-State - February 25-28 - Samford University, Birmingham

State Performance Assessment - April 20-22 - Bluff Park Methodist Church, Birmingham

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VII

Elementary/General Division

October 10 – AMEA Elementary Music Festival, Wright Center at Samford University

October 11 – AMEA/AL AOSA Fall Workshop with Susan Ramsay, Greystone Elementary

November 12-15 – AOSA National Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina

January 22-24 – AMEA In-Service Conference, Tuscaloosa

February 21 – AL AOSA Spring Workshop with Thom Borden

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AMEA 2009 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser

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

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

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

Tim is a graduate of Ball State University and the University of Alabama. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from VanderCook College of Music. Additional awards include the distinguished Sudler Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, Mr. Holland's Opus Award and the Music Industry Award from the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

Gary Packwood is the recipient of the 2007-2008 Distinguished Teacher Award for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Montevallo. In his 6th year at Montevallo, he is currently the Associate Director of Choral Activities, where he conducts both the Chamber Singers and the University Chorus, and leads the undergraduate music education program. Ensembles under his direction have appeared at state and national conventions of MENC, and toured throughout the United States and Europe. An active guest conductor, adjudicator, and lecturer, Dr. Packwood currently holds Artist-in-Residence positions with the Department of Music at the University of West Florida (since 2005), the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts (since 2005), and Timber Creek High School Music Department. In 2006 he served as guest conductor and lecturer, for the Festival Internacional de Musica da UFPI in Brazil; the first American choral conductor to be invited, and in 2007 he returned to Brazil as Artist-in-Residence with the Conservatory of Music at the University of Uberlandia. He has conducted numerous honors choirs and will lead the Louisiana All-State Choir in November 2008. Dr. Packwood has studied conducting with Kenneth Fulton, Sara Lynn Baird, Patricia Fletias and Timothy Mount. He has served in numerous leadership roles with the American Choral Directors Association including membership on four consecutive divisional convention planning committees (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) and is currently the R&S Chair for Ethnic & Multicultural Perspectives for the Southern Division. Dr. Packwood is the Founding Artistic Director for the Montevallo Chorale, a small community based choir, and is the Music Director for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham. He is a member of Golden Key International Honour Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Pi Kappa Lambda.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

Dr. Jane M. Kuehne is in her fourth year as Assistant Professor of Music Education at Auburn University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music education students. Prior to Auburn, she worked as the music education faculty member at Hartwick College in upstate New York where she taught undergraduate music, music education, and educational technology courses. Her education includes a Bachelor of Music Studies (in music education) and a Master of Music (in music education) from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). In 2003, she earned a Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University. Her public school teaching experience includes 8 years in the San Antonio area (Texas) where she has taught PK-12 students in general, choral, and instrumental music settings. She is an expert in the field of teaching sight-singing (or music reading) to beginning readers and has presented and published in this area for several years, most recently in the Journal of Research in Music Education. Her professional interests include sight-singing instruction and improving music education at all levels from preschool to collegiate. She is an active clinician at state, national, and international conferences for music and music education. Her other interests include walking her dog Macy, playing with her cat Daisy, doing yard work, reading fiction, and swimming.

The Alabama Wind Ensemble is a select group of the finest wind players and percussionists from within the University Band Program and the School of Music. The instrumentation is flexible relative to the composition but all members are considered principal players The ensemble has been invited to perform at prestigious events such as the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conference, the College Band Directors National Association Convention, the Southern Division of the Music Educators’ National Conference and the Alabama Music Educators’ Association State Conference.

The Alabama Wind Ensemble is committed to adding to the body of wind literature through its own commissioning project and participation in national and international consortiums. The Alabama University Band Program has commissioned and premiered works by notes composers Ira Hearshen, David Maslanka, Donald Granthan, Nigel Clarke and Richard Saucedo. The ensemble has also had the honor of performing under the baton of such distinguished conductors as Frederick Fennell and Karl Husa.

Beth Davis has been the music teacher for 13 years at Somerville Road Elementary School in Decatur. She previously taught in Jefferson County and Homewood in Alabama, and in Natchez, Mississippi. Beth has been an adjunct music instructor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She earned an associate’s degree at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi; a bachelor’s degree in music education at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg; and a master’s degree in music education at the University of Alabama. Beth also earned National Board Certification in early and middle childhood music in 2006. Professionally, Beth is treasurer of the Alabama Music Educators Association and is a member of the American Orff Schulwerk Association; she has attained all three levels of Orff certification. Beth is married to Dr. Carl Davis, the choral director at Decatur High School; they have two daughters, Emery, 11, and Ellen, 8.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

Carl B. Hancock

is Assistant Professor of Music Education at The University of Alabama. He began his career as a high school band director where his symphonic and marching bands received numerous national and regional awards for excellence. He was the first Director of Bands for Sebastian River High School (Sebastian, FL), the band and choir director at Santa Fe High School (Alachua, FL), a teaching assistant with the University Bands and Center for Music Research at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), and Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Outreach Band at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ). Dr. Hancock’s research interests are in the areas of retention and attrition of music teachers and his research may be found in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Arts in Education Policy Review, Journal of Band Research, Music Educator’s Journal, and various state journals. He presently serves on the editorial board of the Southeastern Teacher Education Journal and as chair of the Learning and Development Special Research Interest Group for the Society for Research in Music Education. In addition, he is the founder and sponsor of the Tuscaloosa Winds, a 100 member community/campus band in residence at the School of Music. He earned a Bachelor of Music Education, a Master of Music Education, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Music Education from Florida State University.

One tenet of the Auburn City Schools’ philosophy is that learning takes place best in an organized, comprehensive curriculum. A major goal of the school system is to provide each student the opportunity to learn, to develop personally, and to experience success.

The Auburn City School System houses its 6000+ students on ten separate campuses. Four Hundred Ninty-Two certified and two hundred ninty-three classified employees provide administrative, instructional, and support services for students in grades K-12.

Auburn band students begin instrumental instruction in the seventh grade. Upon arrival at Auburn High School as tenth graders, band students are placed into one of two performing ensembles. This assignment is made by the use of an audition which is taken during the spring of the previous year. Band students at Auburn High School meet for class every other day during a blocked 96 minute class. The 2008-2009 AHS Band enrollment is 180. Marching Band at Auburn High School is an extra-curricula activity. The marching band is a voluntary organization and meets for a total of three and one half hours outside of school time weekly. Directors for the Auburn City School bands are: Deanna Marshall, J.F. Drake Middle School; Larry Cornelius, Auburn Junior High School and Rusty Logan, Auburn High School.

Chip Gulbro has been a music instructor for the last24years. In 1984, he was chosen to become the first strings instructor for the nationally recognized Academy for Academics and Arts in Huntsville, AL. He later traveled to Germany and Japan to teach music for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools System. Chip’s performance credits include a seven-year stint for the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, and various bands playing Celtic, bluegrass, old-time, and jazz.

He has a M.M. Ed. from the University of Southern Mississippi and a B.A. in Music Education. from the University ofAlabama in Huntsville. He currently teaches strings and general music for Huntsville City Schools and performs with the four-piece jazz ensemble , Chip Gulbro and Friends.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

A native of Dothan, AL, Dr. Chris Walker received his Bachelor of Music Education and Masters of Science in Education from Troy State University. While at Troy State, he served as Drum Major of the Sound of the South Marching Band and Concert Master of the Troy State Symphony Band. Dr. Walker taught middle and high school instrumental music in Bainbridge, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama. He then attained his Ph.D. in Music Education from Auburn University while working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the music and music education departments. After graduating from Auburn University, Dr. Walker worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in various roles including Temporary Guest Service Manager, Booking Coordinator for the Candlelight Processional, and Guest Talent Coordinator. Dr.

Walker is in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for the years 1994 and 2000, was Teacher of the Year for West Bainbridge Middle School in 1994, and was elected to Outstanding Young Men of America in 1988. He is currently Director of Bands at ClayChalkville Middle School and Assistant Director of Bands at Clay-Chalkville High School in Clay, Alabama where he resides with his lovely wife, Jennifer and their two year old daughter, Veronica.

The Chamber Choir at ClayChalkville High School is the select group of the one hundred-plus voice choral department. The twenty-six to twent-eight voice group has scored superior ratings at District, State and National Festivals since its inception in 1996. Each December the Chamber Choir performs its holiday program twelve to fifteen times for churches, clubs, hospitals, and local television.

Dr. Patricia Corbin has been the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University since 1999. She received a Bachelor of Music Education from the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Arts in Music Education from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, and the Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University. She has studied conducting with Brock McElheran, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Porco, Thomas Somerville, and Helmuth Rilling.

Prior to her joining the JSU music faculty, Dr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. In Irvington she began teaching K-4 general music, then was transferred to teach the 5th- 8th grade Musically Gifted and Talented program that she taught for eleven years. Her last six years were spent as a high school choral director.

As the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches applied voice, conducting and choral literature. Dr. Corbin is the Organist/ Choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, Alabama.

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Elva Kaye Lance

is Director of Bands at Mississippi State University, and with her appointment in 2002, she became only the eighth person in the band’s one hundred and seven year history to hold that position. Her current responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, providing leadership for the Famous Maroon Band and administering all aspects of the band program. Now in her seventeenth year at Mississippi State, Ms. Lance teaches methods classes within the Music Department and assists with supervision of the student teachers. Prior to joining the faculty at MSU, Ms. Lance served as a director at the junior high and high school levels in the state of Mississippi where her bands consistently received superior ratings in all categories.

Ms. Lance maintains an active schedule as a clinician and adjudicator for both concert and marching band events throughout the country. The MSU Wind Ensemble recently completed a concert tour of Ireland and England in May, 2008. Professionally, she is a member of the National Band Association, Mississippi Bandmaster’s Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Beta Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, Music Educator’s National Conference, College Music Society and the College Band Director‘s National Association.

The Discovery Middle School Wind Ensemble is the premier performance group of the instrumental Music Program. Discovery is a part of the Madison City School System located in Madison, AL. The program consists of the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Cadet Band, close to 300 students. There is also an award winning jazz ensemble that was featured at the summer conference of the ABA in 2003 at Gulf Shores. The school is in its 12th year and the bands have consistently scored superior ratings at the District, State, and National levels of competition. The Wind Ensemble has scored a superior rating for the last 9 years at the state band contest. The jazz ensemble and wind ensemble have taken best in class honors at the prestigious Festival Disney Competition in concert, jazz, parade, auxiliaries, and drum majors. These groups have won 8 Grand National festival awards competing against high school and middle schools from all over the country. The band averages 45 students in the district honor band and 10 students selected to the all-state band each year. This is the second time the wind ensemble has performed at the Alabama Music Educators State Conference.

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

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Jim Solomon is a National Board Certified Teacher, author and national clinician. He teaches general music classes, chorus, recorder club, and D.R.U.M., a special percussion group for 5th grade students, at R. B. Hunt Elementary in St. Augustine, FL. Each summer he teaches the Orff Level I teacher training course at The Eastman School of Music, and he works with kindergarten-high school students at Eagle Arts Camp. Jim has been Teacher of Year for St. Johns County, and has presented at twelve previous AOSA National Music Conferences. Among his seven books are Hands On, D.R.U.M., Conga Town, and Tropical Recorder (co-author).

The Enterprise High School Wind Ensemble is the premiere performing group in the Enterprise band program. It consists of approximately 50 of the top instrumental students at EHS and has consistently rated superior at all district events it has participated in. This past year the wind ensemble performed at the Alabama State Concert Assessment for only the second time in several decades and received a superior rating for the first time in that same time span. The wind ensemble is one of three concert bands at Enterprise High School. The band program also has a 180 member marching band, a jazz ensemble, a nationally recognized indoor marching percussion ensemble, a concert percussion ensemble which has performed for numerous events including AMEA and Alabama All State, and a nationally competitive winter guard.

Michael

R. Gagliardo was named the second Music Director and Conductor of the Etowah Youth Orchestras in August of 1995. Since his appointment, he has led the EYO to national recognition, including the receipt of ten ASCAP Awards for Programming of Contemporary Music; the 2006 ASCAP Award for American Programming on Foreign Tours; and “Best In Class” Awards for the ensembles of the EYO at the 1998 Gateway New Orelans, 1999 Gateway Myrtle Beach, 2001 Gateway New Orleans, and 2003 Gateway New Orleans Music Festivals. The EYO was also selected to represent the State of Alabama in the first Continental Harmony Project of the American Composers Forum. Under Mr. Gagliardo’s direction, the Orchestras have performed numerous concerts throughout the United States and Great Britain,including domestic tours throughout the Southeast, the Midwest, the MidAtlantic, and the Northeast, and the EYO’s first international tour to England. Other appearances by the ensembles of the EYO include the American Honor Orchestra Conference, the Summer Teachers’ Institute of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum, the Arts Advocacy Day 2000 Conference, the National ASTA Conference, the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference; and “by-invitation“ performances at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for joint sessions of the Alabama State Legislature. He will lead the ensembles of the EYO in performances in Memphis and St. Louis in June of 2009. The Etowah Youth Orchestras have also commissioned and performed the world premieres of 35works, and have released four compilation compact disc recordings, plus numerous complete live concert recordings, under Mr. Gagliardo’s leadership. The latest EYO recording, “A Rock And Roll Christmas” featuring the Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra, was relaeased in November of 2007. Mr. Gagliardo has also been featured with the EYO in two documentaries for Alabama Public Television. In addition to his duties with the Etowah Youth Orchestras, Mr. Gagliardo servedfor nine years as Music Director and Conductor of the Jacksonville State University/Community Orchestra and adjunct faculty member at Jacksonville State University. Mr. Gagliardo is the founder and CEO of Wonder Dog Press and Daphne Roo Music, publishing houses which specialize in the publication of children’s literature and orchestral music for commuinty, youth, and school orchestras. Mr. Gagliardo is also active in the community, having served as the President of the Board Of Directors of the Humane Society of Etowah County from 2005 to 2008. He resides in Glencoe, Alabama, with his wife Meleia and their four dogs, Daphne, Lady, Jake, and Gracie.

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Joel Mason, a native of Huntsville, Alabama, attended both Mountain Gap Middle School and Grissom High School where he played tuba and bass trombone. Following graduation, he attended the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music where he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree with honors. At CCM he played in all of the major ensembles, including the prestigious Brass Choir, Wind Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestra. While at CCM, Joel won the Brevard Music Center Concerto Marathon and the MENC/Marine Corps Young Artist Competition. After commencement, Joel took a position with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps from Wilmington, Delaware, as a Contrabass Bugle Technician. He has completed a Master of Music Degree in Wind Conducting from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. Joel is Director of Bands at Mountain Gap Middle School where he teaches more than 200 students in both concert and jazz settings. Prior to his appointment at Mountain Gap Middle School, Joel was a codirector at Dupont-Tyler Middle School and assistant director at McGavock High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Additionally, Joel has served on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University, University of North Alabama, Austin Peay State University, and University of Alabama in Huntsville as adjunct instructor of tuba & euphonium. He currently serves as the conductor of The Brass Band of Huntsville and is the Vice-chairman for the Alabama Bandmasters Association - District One. Joel is very active as a chamber musician, clinician, conductor and private teacher. He also plays tuba, euphonium or bass trombone in the Brass Band of Huntsville, Twickenham Winds, Bavarian Sauerkrauts, and Flint River Brass Quintet. In addition to music activities, Joel is an avid boater, pilot, and motorcyclist.

The Hillcrest High School Wind Ensemble is made up of 54 of the top musicians at Hillcrest High School. Nearly 50% of the members of the wind ensemble are Alabama All-State players and over 75% of the ensemble members have participated in the District V Honor Band. In addition, three of the members have performed in the National Honor Band/Orchestra of America. The ensemble has received nothing less than superior ratings at the district and state levels since its inception three years ago. Furthermore, in 2008, the ensemble received best in class and second overall at Festival Disney. In addition to receiving the great honor of performing at the 2009 AMEA Conference, the wind ensemble was also selected to perform at The National Concert Band Festival of America in Indianapolis, Indiana in March 2009.

Joyce Cauthen isthe executive director of the Alabama Folklife Association, a statewide organization that sponsors research, promotion and preservation of Alabama’s folk culture. She is the author of With Fiddle and WellRosined Bow: Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama, published in 1989 by the University of Alabama Press, and has served as the producer of numerous recordings of traditional music of Alabama, including Possum Up a Gum Stump: Home, Commercial, and Field Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers. She served as editor of Benjamin Lloyd’s Hymnbook: A Primitive Baptist Song Tradition and produced the accompanying CD.Her last project was a CD and booklet entitled Bullfrog Jumped which features recordings made across Alabama of children’s folksongs and games in 1947. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University and has a master’s degree in English from Purdue University.

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Marvin E. Latimer Jr. is Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and Director of the University

Chorus at the University of Alabama. A native Kansan, he earned a BME and MME from Wichita State University and a PhD with departmental honors from the University of Kansas where he was twice recognized as School of Fine Arts GTA Distinguished Service nominee. Dr. Latimer taught secondary choral music in Wichita, Kansas High Schools for twenty-eight years, and served as Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas and Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of the Women’s Ensemble at Wichita State University. In addition to his work in education, he has been active as church choir director, community choir director, performer, music theater director and producer, technical director, and scenic designer. Dr. Latimer’s research, which is focused primarily on the history and phenomenology of choral music education, is published in Contributions to Music Education, Choral Journal, and International Journal for Research in Choral Singing. His professional distinctions include numerous state, regional, national, and international convention research presentations and choral performances. Dr. Latimer serves on the Alabama American Choral Directors Association Board and the national American Choral Directors Association Research and Publications Committee. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the Alabama Vocal Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Voice Care Network.

This year commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Hueytown Band Program. Hueytown boasts the longest running school band program in the Jefferson County School System. The past seventy years have been filled with wonderful students, directors, and great music making. Since its inception, the Hueytown Band has strived for excellence in every facet of the activity. At this point, the Hueytown Band Program consists of an award winning marching band, jazz band, and symphonic band. Recently, the Hueytown Symphonic Band was awarded Best in Class Honors at the Cajun Showcase of Music in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Hueytown Symphonic Band has also recently presented a concert of patriotic music at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Under the direction of Mr. Joel Henson, the Hueytown Band’s future is bright. The Hueytown Band is an organization that strives for excellence not only in ensemble playing, but really emphasizes the individual musician through participation in Honor Bands, Solo and Ensemble, and All-State Band. Another goal of the Hueytown Band Program is to instill in students the desire to never stop playing. The Hueytown Band’s motto is: “Personal Growth Through Musical Excellence.”

Moya Nordlund is Associate Professor of Music at Samford University where she directs the Music Education program as well as Graduate Programs in Music. She has presented in local, state, national, and international conferences in areas of Standards and Assessment, Curriculum Development, and Inclusion.

Dr. Nordlund also directs the Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Levels I-III at Samford every summer. A former music specialist in the Rochester City School District (New York), her degrees are from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Alabama.

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Regina Yates has been teaching as a band director for 19 years. She also taught math in addition to band for eight years. She previously taught at Russellville City Schools, Phil Campbell High School, and Oneonta City Schools. Regina has served as a band and drum major adjudicator locally in Alabama. Her degrees include the following: Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from the University of North Alabama, Bachelors of Science with an emphasis in math education from UNA, and Master of Arts in Education from UNA.She also achieved National Board Certification in 2005. Regina is a member of Alabama Music Educators Association, National Band Association, Alabama Educators Association, Kappa Mu Epsilon, and Tau Beta Sigma. She was a drum major at the University of North Alabama. Regina currently serves as the band director at Cedar Ridge Middle School in Decatur, AL.

The Jacksonville State University Chamber Singers was founded in 1980 by Dr. Richard R. Armstrong and is one of five choral organizations on campus. The ensemble is an offshoot of the larger A Cappella Choir and performs smaller, more intimate repertoire, including works such as “The Seven Last Words of Christ” by Heinrich Schutz, J.S. Bach’s “Le Reniement de St. Pierre,” Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Walzer” and numerous other smaller works. The Chamber Singers are best known locally for their Madrigal Dinner presented each Fall semester.

Chris Kozak

holds both a M.M. in Jazz Arranging and Composition and a B.M. in African-American Jazz Studies in Double Bass Performance from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. While at UMASS he studied Jazz Composition and Arranging with Jeff Holmes and Double Bass with renowned Double Bassist and composer Salvatore Macchia. He also studied advanced improvisation techniques with saxophonist Chris Merz and multi-reeds artist Adam Kolker. Professor Kozak was also a composition student of Yusef Lateef and his methods of Autophysiopsyhic Music. Previously, Professor Kozak was an active performer in the Northeast music scene on the acoustic and electric bass in jazz, contemporary, and popular styles. He has performed with Greg Abate, James Argiro, Victor Atkins, Jamie Baum, Warren Chiasson, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Kathy Kosins, Peter Erskine, John Fedchock, Giacamo Gates, David Goloshokin, Jeff Holmes, Steve Houghton, Marlon Jordan, Delfeayo Marsalis, Gary Motley, Adam Kolker, Yusef Lateef, Virginia Mayhew, Dick Oatts, Sal Spiccola, and Rob Zappulla. He was a Downbeat Jazz Award recipient in 2000, 2001, and 2002 with the UMASS Studio Orchestra on Double Bass. He is a former faculty member of Springfield College and a member of the IAJE. This past year involved a tour of Colombia, South America (Medellin, Manizales, and Seville de Valle) as well as assuming the position of Director of Jazz Studies and Director of the University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble. His most recent work was in Colombia, South America once again with the Cultural Exchange Centro Colombo Americano for a jazz camp that Dr. Jonathan Noffsinger and he have developed and taught to students in the school and University systems. The trip was broken into two parts, one week in Medellin, Colombia working with students at the EAFIT University and the RED Banderas (young children) and the second week in Manizales, Colombia for another jazz camp for their students at the University Nationale. Several performances took place with his quartet at the Moravia Center and San Fernando Plaza in Medellin and the National University and University of Caldas in Manizales.

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Lacey Powell is retired Professor of Music at the University of South Alabama and Executive Director for the Alabama Music Educators Association. He served as president of Alabama Music Educators Association for two terms, Alabama Bandmasters Association, and the Rho chapter (Alabama) of the Phi Beta Mu, national honorary bandmasters fraternity. In addition, he was state chairman of the College Band Directors Association and the American School Band Directors Association. He also served as a member of the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education Board and was recently named Director Emeritus. Powell has been honored with induction in the Alabama Bandmasters Hall of Fame (1995); Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (1993), Outstanding Music Educator (1992), Troy University; AMEA Outstanding Music Educator (1993); and Outstanding Educator of America (1971). Dr. Powell, a former chairman of the editorial board of ala breve, official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association, has published articles in the ala breve, TheInstrumentalist, Music Educators Journal, and School Musician-Director. During his career at Georgiana High School, Andalusia High School and Davidson High School, his bands at state contest were awarded only superior ratings. He was appointed the first director of bands at the University of South Alabama in 1965. Prior to joining the University faculty, he was supervisor of music for the Mobile County Public School. As part of the bicentennial celebration, Dr. Powell was director of the “Marching 200,” the official Alabama bicentennial marching band, which performed on three national telecasts.

The Paine Intermediate School Recorder Karate All-Stars is a select group of fifth graders who practice once a week for 45 minutes. They also participated in a week long summer camp in July. This group is an outgrowth of the Recorder Karate program at Paine Intermediate School. This program is based on the book “Recorder Karate” by Barb Philipak whereby students earn karate belts (colored pieces of yarn) when they pass off songs on the recorder. Students are selected according to their music reading skills, the number of times they bring their recorder to class and the number of belts they have earned. During Mr. Byars’ tenure at Paine Intermediate School the number of belts that could be earned has grown from nine to about 35. The basic premise is that as long as students keep learning songs, the number of belts will grow. In previous years the music consisted of songs played in unison but gradually becoming more difficult as the students progressed through the Recorder Karate program. The arrangements have evolved to include music in two, three and four parts. The literature, all of which is arranged by Mr. Byars, is varied from folk

soprano, alto and sopranino recorders.

Ken Ozzello, director of bands and professor of music, oversees all elements of the band program and graduate wind conducting at The University of Alabama. He holds the Bachelor of Music in Music Education and the Masters of Music in Wind Conducting degrees from West Virginia University where he studied conducting with Don Wilcox. Ozzello also holds the Doctorate of Education from The University of Alabama. Previous positions include assistant director at West Virginia University and director of bands at Jeannette High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ozzello is the conductor of The Alabama Wind Ensemble. This ensemble is widely acclaimed as one of premier wind ensembles in the nation. They have been invited to performed at regional, national and international venues. Ozzello has commissioned numerous works from some of the leading composer in the art form including Ira Hearshen, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka and Nigel Clarke. He received grants to have works written based on the native folk songs of Alabama that were targeted for all levels of bands from middle school bands through college wind ensembles. His latest project was a commission written by Ira Hearshen in the memory of eight students who lost their lives by a tornado that destroyed Enterprise High School in March of 2007. Ozzello is very active as a clinician and guest conductor. He has served as guest conductor for festivals and all-state bands in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Texas and Alabama. He has conducted on the stages of both Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center. He also has been invited to conduct in Jakarta, Thailand and Italy. Ozzello is a frequent presenter at state music conventions, Music Educators National Conference Conventions and invitational festivals.

songs, classical and pop music. The arrangements utilize the

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The University of Montevallo Chamber Singers is an auditioned group of approximately twenty-four singers representing a variety of majors and disciplines. Auditions are held each August and are opened to the entire UM student body. The ensemble performs on and off campus for a variety of functions.

Randall Coleman is currently the Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he serves as the Conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band, the Associate Conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the Associate Director of the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Mr. Coleman joined the faculty at the University of Alabama in 2007 after a successful 25 year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and his Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Coleman has served as a clinician and conductor across the United States and in Europe. Bands under his direction have performed at the National Convention of the Music Educators’ National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Georgia Music Educators’ Association Inservice Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Professional memberships for Mr. Coleman include the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, Music Educators National Conference, Phi Beta Mu, the Alabama Music Educators Association and the Alabama Bandmasters Association.

Thompson High School

is located in Alabaster, AL (south of Birmingham) and is a part of the Shelby County School System. The high school has 1600 students in grades 9 - 12. The Thompson High School Wind Ensemble was formed in 2001, the result of tremendous growth in the Thompson High School Band programthat allowed for the creation of another performing ensemble. The Wind Ensemble is 75 members strong with the majority being juniors and seniors. Since the inception of the Wind Ensemble they have earned straight superior ratings at all Alabama Bandmasters Association District and State Evaluations. In addition, they have also earned straight superior ratings from other regional competitions throughout the southeast, most recently Festivals of Music in South Carolina, Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Tennessee, the Alamo Music Festival in San Antonio, Texas, and the Dixie Classic National Adjudicators Invitational in St. Louis, MO. Most notably, the Wind Ensemble was selected as a guest performer for the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic held on the campus of Troy University, Troy, AL in February 2007. Membership into the Wind Ensemble is through an audition / selection process. While the members are serious and dedicated to the performance of outstanding symphonic wind literature, few students actually study privately. The Wind Ensemble consistently has members selected for the Alabama Bandmasters Associations All State Music Festival and for the many university sponsored honor band festivals throughout Alabama. Other performing ensembles at Thompson High School include the 200 member “Marching Southern Sounds”, the 90 member Symphonic Band and the 19 member “Southern Knights” Jazz Band.

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Dr. James Zingara is currently Associate Professor of Music at Troy University where he teaches applied trumpet, brass methods, conducts the Troy University Trumpet Ensemble and serves as Coordinator of Performance Studies. He has performed in 33 states as well as China, England, Singapore and Denmark. From 1989-1996 he served as principal cornet/trumpet soloist with the US Air Force Heritage of America Band. Dr. Zingara holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, East Carolina University, and a DMA in trumpet performance from the University of Illinois. Dr. Zingara currently represents Edwards Trumpets as a performing artist/clinician and is principal trumpet of the Northwest Florida Symphony and the Troy Brass. He also serves as a trumpet faculty member at Blue Lake International Fine Arts Camp.

The UAB Concert Choir is gaining in recognition through significant national and international performances, recently winning the Heinrich Schütz Perpetual Trophy fortheir performance of a work by the Baroque composer in the Fleischman International Choral Competition in Cork, Ireland. It was UAB’s second international competition. The choir won two awards at the Florlilege Vocal de Tours in 2005: the Prix Du Ministère de La Culture, an award given for best interpretation of a French choral work, and shared the top award in the Mixed Choirs Category.Later this year, the UAB choir will perform in it’s first national choral convention when it trave Cincinnati, Ohio and sings for the National Collegiate Choral Organization Convention. Other notable performances include a solo performance at the Southern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in 2006.

Scott Phillips is Assistant Professor of Music Technology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also a Sibelius Ambassador and an Educational Consultant to SoundTree. He holds the B.A. from Brigham Young University, M.A. from the University of Central Florida and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He teaches courses in computer music, directs the computer music ensemble, and supervises the music technology internship program. Prior to coming to UAB, Dr. Phillips taught for six years at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. While in Kentucky, he also served on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Music Educators Association as Technology Chair. His research interests include use of technology in music teaching, curriculum development in music technology at the university level and the role of technology in the development of music attitudes among middle school students. Dr. Phillips has presented at the National Conferences of the National Association of Music Education (MENC), the Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), and the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME). He has also made presentations at state and regional conventions in Iowa, California, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, and Florida.

Rudy Barraca teaches chorus and music appreciation at Russell County Middle School in Seale, Alabama. He is also an adjunct instructor at Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City, Alabama. During his 27-year career in music education, he has been a high school and middle school band director and an elementary music teacher. He also played French horn in the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. He has a Bachelor of Art’s Degree from the University of West Florida (Pensacola) and a Master of Music Education Degree from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge). He is a member of the Alabama Music Educators Association and the Alabama Education Association.

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In an industry where originality is a highly prized commodity, recording artist, performer, producer, inventor and Emmy-winning composer Mark Wood is truly an original. He began his career with a full scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and had the privilege of studying under Maestro Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Program.

Mark is currently starring in a national television ad campaign for Pepsi. The music track is a Kanye West produced hip hop version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (featuring the rapper Nas). As an electric violinist, Mark Wood is a highly acclaimed international recording artist who has released six CDs of his highly original music, showcasing his unique approach to the electric violin playing on his own line of patented instruments; he has toured and recorded with many of the industry's most prominent performers. Mark is also lead electric violinist and an original member of the multi-platinum-selling symphonic rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and has performed in front of millions of people with the group since their inception over 10 years ago. He received his first Emmy award for music he composed for CBS-TV’s coverage of the 2002 Tour de France bicycle race, and has received three additional Emmy nominations; for music for the Winter Olympics on CBS-TV and a documentary for ABC-TV; the most recent nomination for music for the 2003 Tour de France. He has composed several concertos for electric violin and orchestra; the 15-minute groundbreaking piece entitled “Innocence to Enlightenment” had its debut in August 2003, and “Viper Vs. Orchestra” premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2007 with the Etowah Youth Orchestra.

As an inventor, Mark established Wood Violins, a company whose mission is to make Mark's incredible instruments available to the general public. Priding themselves on being the only electric violin company run “by string players, for string players”, Wood Violins has established a formidable reputation in the electric string world with its hand-crafted custom instruments, ranging from the 4-string fretless Stingray all the way to the 7-string fretted Viper. In early 2008, Mark was elected to the board of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), where he will have the opportunity to affect the future of progressive string education in our country on a truly grand scale. In January 2008, Cherry Lane and Hal Leonard published “Electrify Your Strings,” the definitive electric violin method book written by Mark Wood. This is the first in a series of books that Mark is working on and is geared towards students and educators alike.

Dr. Steven Roberts is assistant professor of jazz studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Previously, he was professor of trumpet and jazz at Mars Hill College after holding a similar position at Iowa State University. He is an active teacher and freelance musician and has performed with such greats as Jon Faddis, Cecil and Deedee Bridgewater, Chip McNeill, Jim Pugh, and Charo. He has been a member of the Steve Roberts Jazz Quartet, various jazz ensembles aboard Holland America and Royal Caribbean cruise ships, the Mountain Empire Brass Quintet, the Johnson City Symphony, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony and Sinfonia da Camera.

Dr. Roberts received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in trumpet performance and jazz at the University of Illinois (U.C.) in 2005, where he also received his Masters degree in 2001. He was a soloist with the University of Illinois Wind Symphony, served as principal of the University Orchestra, and filled the jazz chair in the top jazz band. At Illinois he studied trumpet from Ray Sasaki, Michael Ewald, and Ronald Romm, and jazz from Chip McNeill, Vern Sielert, and Thomas Wirtel.

Dr. Roberts received his Bachelors in Music in 1999 from Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied classical music from members of the Cleveland Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Al Couch and Bill Lucas respectively, and studied jazz from Kenny Davis, Robin Eubanks, Wendall Logan and Neal Creque, freelance musicians from Cleveland and New York.

Brent Coleman is in his fifteenth year as the Choral Director of Pizitz Middle School in Vestavia Hills where over 400 students currently participate in the choral program. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Auburn University. Mr. Coleman’s choirs have consistently been awarded superior ratings at the District, State and National level festivals during his tenure. In 2006, the Pizitz Girls’ Choir was selected to perform at the Southern Division ACDA conference in Charleston, West Virginia. His students have participated in the Alabama All-State Festivals and the Alabama Young Voices Festivals. Mr. Coleman has served as a clinician and a judge for many festivals across the southeast. Mr. Coleman is a member of MENC, AMEA, AVA, ACDA, and is also listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002 and 2005.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

The Mortimer Jordan High School Chamber Choir is the premier vocal performing ensemble of the Choral Department. Members audition every year and the choir consists of students in grades nine through twelve. The choir has received superior scores at both District and State Festivals since its formation in 2000. The Chamber Choir has won first place in various national competitions including San Antonio, New York, Williamsburg, Orlando, Anaheim, and Toronto. They have been invited to perform in various ACDA Invitational events and AVA Conferences.

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

The Smiths Station High School Chamber Choir is an auditioned choir of 35 students in grades 10 through 12 which began 7 years ago under the direction of Faye K. Haag. This is the Premiere Performance Choir at Smiths Station, singing a capella and accompanied selections in various languages each year. Last year they performed in 6 different languages and musical styles from the renaissance to contemporary. The Chamber Choir has performed for the National Peanut Festival Choral Competition 5 years and have been named Best in Festival in 2006 and 2007. They performed at AMEA in January 2006 with the SSHS Symphonic Band. They performed for the ACDA Invitational Choral Festival in 2008 at UAB. This Choir has consistently received Superior Ratings at District and State Evaluations as well as other regional competitions. They have also performed at Epcot and Disney World, singing in the Candlelight Processional 3 times. Most of these students are involved in many other school activities such as: band, cheerleading, honors classes, and sports teams. They are committed to excellence and represent themselves and our school very proudly each time they sing.

AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers

Charles Robinson

is Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where his teaching opportunities include the Conservatory Concert Choir, choral conducting and literature, and choral methods. Dr. Robinson currently serves as Chair of the Music Education/Music Therapy division of the Conservatory of Music and Dance. Dr. Robinson earned bachelor and doctoral degrees in choral music education from Florida State University and master degree from California State University, Long Beach. He taught choral and general music in middle schools and high schools in Florida, and has worked with singers of all ages from children through senior citizens. Dr. Robinson is an active conductor/clinician for elementary, junior high and high school honor choruses throughout the United States, and is often invited to provide workshops for music educators. Most recently, he has conducted all-state choruses in Indiana, Maine, Florida, West Virginia and North Dakota and presented workshops at the Wyoming Music Educators Association and the Illinois Choral Directors Association. An active member of the American Choral Directors Association, he has served as Southwestern Division chair for Ethnic & Multicultural Perspectives, College/University Choruses and has served as President of the Missouri Choral Directors Association. The Missouri Choral Directors Association presented Dr. Robinson with the 2000 Luther T. Spayde Award of Excellence for significant contributions to choral Music in Missouri.

The Etowah Youth Orchestras was founded in October of 1990 to complement the established strings program in the Gadsden City Schools by offering beginning strings in selected Etowah County and Attalla City Schools; to establish an intermediate string orchestra and an advanced full orchestra; and to offer and promote private string instruction in Etowah County, Alabama. Under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Michael R. Gagliardo, the Orchestras have presented concerts throughout the United States and abroad, including Carnegie Hall in New York City (two appearances); the Lincoln Center in New York City; the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (in a performance which was broadcast live over the internet, and is archived at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage website). The Orchestras’ have become nationally recognized for their performances of the music of contemporary composers. Since 1992, the EYO has performed the World Premieres of works by Mark Wood, Daniel Dorff, Julia Scott Carey, Terry Williams, James Woodward, Miriam Lense, Sheridan Seyfried, Stella Sung, James Curnow, Philip Koplow, Paul Hanks, Alan Moss, Julius Williams, John Wilson, James Grant, Ralph Whitfield, Ryan Fraley, Mike Gagliardo, Kevin McMahon, Paul Pierce, Johnny Mathis Jr., and Max Chain. The EYO’s commitment to new music has been recognized by the American Symphony Orchestra League with the receipt of ten ASCAP Awards “for excellence in the programming and performance of contemporary orchestral music,“ and an additional ASCAP Award in 2006 for American Programming on a Foreign Tour. In addition, in January of 1999 the EYO was selected to represent the State of Alabama in the Continental Harmony Project. The program, which was sponsored by the American Composers Forum and funded by the National Endowment For The Arts, was an initiative to create 50 new works of music for the millennium. The EYO’s unique approach to programming and performance has led to concerts with Grammy-winning artist Bruce Hornsby and his band (April 2001); as the opening act for James Taylor at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham (August 2001); with blues harmonica legend Jerry “Boogie” McCain (November 1996 & June 1997); and many other unique performing opportunities, including three live “silent-movie” style performances of How The Grinch Stole Christmas (December 2000, 2001, and 2004).

The EYO has also been a part of two documentaries filmed by Alabama Public Television, and has been the subject of two feature articles in Band & Orchestra Product News magazine.

Kye Brackett

hails from Los Angeles and is both an NAACP Image Award recipient for Best Actor in a musical for Five Guys Named Moe and recently an Emmy award winning choreographer for Barry Manilow’s Music and Passion in which he serves as both choreographer and featured singer. He has performed in the musical RENT and Dreamgirls as well as The Tap Dance Kid and Hey, Mr. Producer. His talents as a singer, dancer, choreographer, songwriter and motivational speaker have given him an amazing platform for sharing his passion for life and for music.

When visitors come to MENC for meetings, the sit-downs often take place in the boardroom, which displays portraits of all of MENC’s past national presidents.

first floor houses the publications department and the library, where music education books and state music education journals are filed.

MENC Headquarters in Reston, Virginia is designated: “The National Center for Music Education.” As a service and opportunity to MENC members, the National Center for Music Education is available for activities that support MENC’s mission and goals. For more information or to schedule an activity at the center, call (703) 860-4000.

For visitors to 1806 Robert Fulton Drive in Reston, Virginia, the front desk is the first stop.

The

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Open to High School Juniors and Seniors

Thursday, January 22, 2009

9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Four Points Sheraton Ballroom

Applications are due no later than November 1, 2008 Student_________________________________________Grade______

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Teacher Phone________________ Teacher Email__________________

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Mail this application by November 1, 2008 to:

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Wednesday, January 21

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. - AMEA Governing Board

Pat Stegall, Presider BCC, Smith

8:15 p.m.

ABA Governing Board

Harry McAfee, Presider

BCC, Smith

AVA Governing Board

Damion Womack, Presider

BCC, Morgan

AOA Governing Board

Penney Adair, Presider

Moody, 173

Thursday, January 22

204

9:45a.m.-10:45 a.m. Elem/GenInterestSession

Catching Songs in Alabama: Folk song Collectors and the Treasures They Found

Joyce Cauthen

BCC, Rast

ABAInterest Session

Wasting Away in Obsolete-a-ville: Changing Attitudes about Technology in the Instrumental Rehearsal Room

Joel Mason

Moody, Recital Hall

AOA Interest Session

Stringing the Blues: A Beginners Guide to Improvising With an Eye

Toward Swing Jazz

Chip Gulbro

Moody, 181

Choosing Excellence is Easy: Maintaining it is the Key to Success

Tim Lautzenheiser

Moody, 258

AVA/Higher Ed Interest Session

Teaching Kids to Read Music: Beginning Sight Reading

Jane Kuehne

Moody, 180

FAME - Welcome and Session 1

Hotel Capstone, Ballroom

Moody, 204

Hotel Capstone, Ballroom

Mortimer Jordan High School Chamber Choir

University of Montevallo Chamber Singers

Moody, Concert Hall

ABA/AOA/CMENC/Higher Ed Interest Session

Rehearsal Techniques You May Not Have Considered

Ken Ozzello

Moody, Choral-Opera Room

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Program Success - A Careful Blend of Content and Context

Tim Lautzenheiser

BCC, Rast

AMEA 2009 2009

Thursday, January 22

1:00 p.m.-2:00p.m. FAME Visit Exhibits

BCC, Sellers Exhibit Hall

ABA Concert Session

Discovery Middle School Band

Moody, Concert Hall

Technology Session

The Sibelius Educational Suite

Scott Phillips

Moody, Recital Hall

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Bullfrog Jumped: Children’s Folksongs from the Byron Arnold Collection

Joyce Cauthen

BCC, Rast

Higher Ed Interest Session

Learning Style, Concept and Musical Imitation through Homogeneous Group Rehearsals

James Zingara

BCC, Birmingham Room

All-State Jazz Band Registration

Moody, 201

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. All-State Show Choir Rehearsal

Moody, 204

All-State Jazz Band Rehearsal

Moody, 201

Conference Schedule

2:15p.m.-3:15p.m.

Elem/Gen Concert Session

Paine Intermediate School Recorder Karate All-Stars

Moody, Concert Hall

AOA Business Meeting

Moody, 181

CMENC Interest Session

Classroom Management for Secondary Student Teachers

Moya Nordlund

Moody,258

Session 4

Hotel Capstone, Ballroom

ABA/CMENCInterest Session

Gosh, I Thought There Would Have Been More People

Chris Walker

Moody, Concert Hall

AVA Interest Session

One World, Many Voices: Multicultural, Ethnic, and World Music in the Choral Classroom

Ian Loeppky

BCC, Birmingham Room

Elem/Gen-Higher Ed Interest Session

Achieving National Certification in Music

Beth Davis and Regina Yates

BCC, Rast

2:15p.m.-3:15p.m.

ABA Interest Session

Essential Elements 2000

Tim Lautzenheiser

Moody, Recital Hall

FAME Session 3

Hotel Capstone, Ballroom

AVA Interest Session

Revolution Means Turning the Wheel

Charles Robinson

BCC, Birmingham Room

Hotel Capstone, Ballroom

Interest Session

Making Expressive Music

Charles Robinson

Moody, Choral-Opera Room

ABA Concert Session

Enterprise High School Band

Moody, Concert Hall

Elem/Gen Board Meeting

Sara Womack Presiding

BCC, Rast

Thursday, January 22

4:45p.m.-5:45 p.m. Higher Education Mixer Alumni Hall

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Montevallo Alumni and Friends Reception

Hotel Capstone, President’s Room

Samford Alumni and Friends Reception

Alumni Hall

UNA Alumni Reception

Hotel Capstone, Governor’s Room

BCC, Sellers Exhibit Hall 9:00

All-State Jazz Band Rehearsal Moody, 201

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal Moody, 204

Preparing the Band for District/State Performance Assessment

Lacey Powell

Moody, Recital Hall

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

AMEA Concert Session

Moody, Concert Hall

Presentation of AMEA Honor Roll

Clay-Chalkville High School

Chamber Choir

Auburn High School Honors Band

7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. All-State Jazz Band Rehearsal

Moody, 201

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal

Moody, 204

Friday, January 23

7:15a.m. – 8:00a.m. Leadership Assembly Breakfast

Hotel Capstone, Governor’s Room

AVA Concert Session

Smiths Station High School Chamber Choir

Jacksonville State University Chamber Choir

Moody, Concert Hall

AOA Interest Session

Jazz: Improvisation in the Classroom

Chris Kozak

Moody, 181

CMENC Interest Session

1st Year Teacher Panel

Moody, 258

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

ABA General Meeting

Harry McAfee, Presiding

Moody, Recital Hall

AVA Interest Session

The Right Piece for the Right Group at the Right Time

Charles Robinson

BCC, Birmingham Room

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Play… And Develop Ensemble

Teaching Skills

Jim Solomon

BCC, Rast

Higher Ed/Research

Poster Session

Moody, 180

Higher Ed Business Meeting

Mark Walker, Presiding

Moody, 180

Keynote Address – Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser

UAB Concert Choir

Moody, Concert Hall

ASTA Luncheon Hotel Capstone

Luncheon/Meeting Hotel Capstone, President’s Room

Friday, January 23

1:30p.m.-2:30p.m. ABA Concert Session

Hueytown High School Band

Moody, Concert Hall

1:30p.m.-2:30p.m. AVA/ Higher Ed Interest Session

Choral Riser Spacing and Choral Sound: Why There is a Connection

Marvin Latimer

BCC, Birmingham Room

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Drum Performances

Jim Solomon

BCC, Rast

CMENC Interest Session

Show Me the Money: A Music Educator’s Guide to Financial Matters

Carl Hancock

Moody, 258

AOA Interest Session

Concerts that Rock: Programming for a Wider Audience

Michael Gagliardo

Moody, 181

1:30p.m.-4:30 p.m. All-State Jazz Band Rehearsal

Moody, 201

All-State Show Choir Rehearsal

Moody, 204

2:45 p.m. – 3:45p.m. ABA Interest Session

Gas Prices Eating Up Your Music Budget? Get Good Mileage from Chosen Gems Already in Your Library

Elva Kay Lance

Moody, Recital Hall

AVA Interest Session

Meaningful Relationships,

Meaningful Work, Meaningful Life

Charles Robinson

BCC, Birmingham

Elementary/General Meeting

BCC Rast

2:45 p.m. – 3:45p.m. AOA Interest Session

Mark Wood Presents: Electrify Your Strings

Mark Wood

CMENC Interest Session

Recruiting 101

Brent Coleman, Diana Mayhall, Gary Packwood

Moody, 258

HED Performance Session I

Moody, Choral-Opera Room

ABA Concert Session

Thompson High School Band

Moody, Concert Hall

AVAInterest Session

Strategies and Repertoire for Building Your Choral Program

Patricia Corbin

BCC, Birmingham Room

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Recorder Jam

Jim Solomon

BCC, Rast

HED Performance Session II

Moody, Choral-Opera Room

Alabama Wind Ensemble Moody, Concert Hall

Hand Drumming

Jim Solomon

Saturday, January 24

BCC, Rast

8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. ABA Board Meeting

Moody, 180

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Elem-Gen/CMENC Interest Session

On World, Many Voices: Multicultural, Ethnic, and World Music in the Choral Classroom

Ian Loeppky

BCC, Rast

8:00 a.m.-9:30a.m. All-State Show Choir Dress Rehearsal

Moody, Concert Hall

8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. ABA General Meeting Moody, Recital Hall

9:15 a.m. – 10:15a.m. ABA/CMENC Interest Session

Old and New… The Right Mix for You

Randall Coleman

Moody, Choral-Opera Room

AMEA Governing Board Meeting

Minutes

August 23, 2008

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

General Meeting

Moody, Recital Hall

Elem/Gen Interest Session

Strategies and Repertoire for Building Your Choral Program

Patricia Corbin

BCC, Rast

The AMEA Governing Board met at the University of Alabama on August 23, 2008. The meeting was called to order at 12:00 noon by AMEA President, Pat Stegall. Present at the meeting: John Baker, Garry Taylor, Cindy Pass, Carla Gallahan, Penney Adair, Harry McAfee, Carl Hancock, Damion Womack, Nathan Tucker, Mark Walker and Steve McClendon.

The minutes from the June meeting were read and approved.

The Treasurer’s Report was read and approved.

Old Business

Ron Bearden will serve as the On-Site Coordinator for the 2009 Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference.

The deadline for submission of materials for

the October Ala Breve is September 1, 2008. Garry Taylor encouraged the membership to submit articles.

Proposals for recording the events at the 2008 AMEA were reviewed and discussed. ProCat was selected to provide the recording services.

New Business

A discussion occurred concerning a peer review option for articles in the Ala Breve. Carl Hancock (Mark Walker) presented the motion for a peer review option in article submission for the Ala Breve. The Ala Breve submission process will include a peer review option for article submissions made by in/out of state higher education faculty and graduate students. Peer review will be conducted by the Higher Education Division Chair, Research Chair, and additional higher education AMEA members recommended by the Higher Education Division Chair.

All-State Show Choir

Moody, Concert Hall

Moody, 173

BCC, Cavalier Room

Pending approval of the peer reviewers, articles will be forwarded to the Ala Breve Editorial Committee for final approval.

Applications for the Hall of Fame, Outstanding Administrator, Outstanding Music Educator, and the Barbara Odom Award were reviewed.

Planning for the 2009 AMEA In-Service Conference occurred and the schedule was finalized.

The next meeting of the AMEA Governing Board will be held at 6:30 pm on January 21, 2009 at the University of Alabama.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:34pm by AMEA President Pat Stegall.

Respectfully submitted, Carla Gallahan, Recording Secretary

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Technology

SMART Boards in the General Music Classroom

by Jennifer Gilbert Mercer

This article first appeared in Triad, the official publication of the Ohio Music Educators Associaiton. It is reprinted here with permission from Triad Editor Karen Smith and author Jennifer Gilbert Mercer.

It was not that long ago, as I a young girl, sat in one of Mrs.Gallahue’s general music classes, in the Edon Northwest School District. I watched her accompany our class on the autoharp and piano and model good singing technique. We skipped around the room to Froggy Went a Courtin and played Hot Cross Buns on our flutaphones. We learned how to sing and keep a steady beat, but above all gained a love of music through those fun experiences. Oh, those were the days! Those memories help keep me rooted in the pedagogy of music education as I learn new teaching techniques through technology. It is always important to remember that great music teaching includes elements of instruction from our past while integrating methodology of the future. One should not be sacrificed for the other.

Technology continues to create wonderful opportunities for innovative teaching practices in the general music classroom. Some teachers choose to embrace it while others proceed without interest. One of the newest buzz words in technology is the interactive SMART board. Its implementation in elementary, middle, and high school settings has opened the door to diversified instruction and has met our students head on with the technology many of them have come accustomed to at home. The fear of technology should not keep music educators from exploring new ways to teach traditional concepts. However, before jumping too quickly into the unknown, a few questions need to be addressed to provide a comfort level for technology integration. These questions include:

“What is a SMART board?”

“Why should I have interest in one?”

“How can I use it to enhance my general music lessons?”

“How do I get one?”

In many cases, SMART boards appear in regular education classroom settings before special area classrooms. It is important therefore, that general music teachers are able to justify having a SMART board in their classroom, when most of us are at the bottom of a long list of recipients.

What is a SMART board?

A SMART board is an interactive white board that combines the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of a computer. The touch-sensitive display connects to your computer and digital projector to show your computer image. You can then control computer applications directly from the display, write notes in digital ink and save your work to share later. http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards /

Practical Applications

I have used technology in my classroom this year through Finale Notepad student compositions, burning accompaniment CDs for concert performances, downloading songs from iTunes for classroom use, and utilizing various music education websites. The SMART board has changed the way I prepare lesson plans and will continue to as I use them over the coming years. I have the free SMART board software installed on both my home and school computers, making lesson planning more easily. Once lessons have been created, they are permanently saved into grade level or theme oriented folders. I can access them at anytime and alter them with ease. Never again will I be searching through file folders and boxes for that one lesson plan I did three years ago. It will be saved for years to come.

Why should I have interest in one?

The SMART board helps meet the needs of all learners in the music classroom through differentiated instruction. It enhances lessons with visual and auditory stimuli in an interactive presentation. If you have the added bonus of seeing every child in the school grades K-5, having a SMART board in the music room would give every student in the school the opportunity for this experience.

The SMART board can be used to meet reading and writing building goals, specifically in the area of music literacy. This technology will increase student engagement and learning in the general music classroom through interactive curriculum and hands-on music experiences. This can be achieved by integrating music notation composition software (Finale Notepad), interactive CD-roms, websites, smart notebook, iTunes, pod casting, and Music Ace and Making Music programs.

The following academic content standards can be addressed through using the SMART board:

• Improvising melodies, variations and accompaniments

• Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines

• Reading and notating music

• Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

• Evaluating music and music performances

• Understanding music in relation to history and culture

Now that I know what a SMART board is…How do I get one?

The first step to acquiring a SMART board is being well educated on the topic and not being afraid to ask questions. Get

online and research SMART boards in the general music classroom. Make a list of reasons why you should have one in your classroom and how it will be used. Once you are able to justify having one, put your ideas into a proposal format. Solicit staff members in your building and other music colleagues for resources, ideas, and cross-curricular lessons. The more prepared and knowledgeable you are, the better your chances are of getting funded.

Next, find out what finances and resources are available to you. Arrange a meeting with your principal and/or technology coordinator and ask if there are technology monies, grants, or budgeted funds available for you to have a new projector and SMART board in your classroom. In addition, get online and research funding opportunities. Many times school districts have a talented grant writer on staff that will assist you or lead you in the right direction.

Finally, utilize an existing SMART board in your

How

Finale Notepad

The students compose music on a music staff in front of the class. This is then played, and or modified. Music can be arranged to meet specific needs, solos, choral music, recorder pieces, piano accompaniment, and Orff arrangements. Midi arrangements can also be produced and saved.

Interactive cd roms

There are many wonderful interactive music cd roms on the market right now. The Nutcracker CD rom is one example of an interactive music experience. The program allows students to hear classical music excerpts, identify instruments of the orchestra by sight and hearing, and manipulate rhythmic and melodic elements.

Websites

There are hundreds of music education websites that teach elements of music. One example of this is NY Philharmonic Kidszone. This website includes; Composing games, instrument family identification, percussive memory games, note identification, orchestration changing games, composers, puzzles, quizzes, and make your own household instruments. www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

building. Sign out the “community SMART board” in your building, and experiment with it. Don’t feel like you have to reinvent the wheel. Everyday there are more music education postings, power points, and software programs available on-line. Borrow these great ideas and then post your own. Create a network of music technology ideas with other general music educators and watch the creative ideas flow. The more we share ideas within our community, the faster technology will grow in our profession.

Music education websites compatible with the SMART board: http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/ http://musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLab.asp?pageid=4 http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/music/music.htm

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/mu sic/piano/index.htm

http://www.pppst.com/creativearts/music.html

Jennifer Mercer is a general music teacher with the Springfield Local School District in Toledo, Ohio. She received her Bachelor’s of Music Education and Master’s of Curriculum and Teaching from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. She became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2007 and teaches music history at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio. She can be contacted at spdo_jgb@nwoca.org.

Music Ace Maestro and Making Music programs

These programs are comprehensive introductions to the fundamentals of music. They explore pitch recognition, key signatures, basic ear training, single staff and grand staff notation, and sharps and flats. Making music integrates music and art in which students paint musical phrases.

Smart Notebook

This is a program that comes with the SMART board. This digital notepad can be used to show notes, rhythms, or a variety of other things.

iTunes and pod casting

Music excerpts and other relevant visual and aural media from accompaniments to videos can be utilized. Student performances can be podcasted for student evaluation, exposure, and enjoyment.

United Streaming

Technology at your fingertips! Many school districts have United Streaming available. This gives teachers access to age appropriate educational videos on a variety of subjects. A five minute video clip on authentic African drumming would add another dimension of understanding to a multicultural lesson.

can the SMART board be used with other music technology?

“This technology will increase student engagement and learning in the general music classroom through interactive curriculum and hands-on music experiences.”