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ala breve October/November 2021 The Official Publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association AOA ABA F R O M M A N Y AVA WE ARE NE cNAfME HED ELEM/ GEN 2022 Professional AMEA Development Conference Celebrating 75 Years January 20-22 BJCC



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ala breve the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association October/November 2021 Features... 8 AMEA Governing Board Directory 11 AMEA Presidents - Past to Present 13 Capitol Tunes Information 14 FAME Scholarship Essay by Jackson Smith 17 Making the Most of Every Minute... by Sadie Hadaway Wall 19 Are You Ready? From Application to Applause... by Mike Guzman 25 2022 AMEA Conference Schedule 30 2022 AMEA Conference Information 31 2022 AMEA Performing Groups 34 2022 AMEA Featured Speakers, Performers, & Clinicians 39 2022 AMEA Conference Clinicians 46 A Music Educator’s Response to Afghanistan by Scott Sexton 48 Band Music Reviews by C. David Ragsdale 49 General Music Reviews by Deanna Bell 50 Tri-M Spotlight by John Cooper, AMEA Tri-M Chair 53 Impressions by Dr. Matt Leder 55 AMEA and Division Schedule of Events 56 Industry/Institutional Members Departments... Advertisers... 6 ........................President Arts Music Shop, Inc ..................back cover University of Alabama Bands ..................51 10.................................AOA Auburn University Music Department .......3 UAB Music...............................................59 11 .......................Registrar Birmingham Southern College .................12 UNA Department of Music ......................37 12 ..............................AVA Gadsden Music Company...........................2 University of Montevallo .........................52 13..............................HED Jacksonville State University ...................38 University of South Alabama Bands ..........9 15 .........................cNAfME John M. Long School of Music (Troy).......4 University of South Alabama Music ........57 16 .....................Elem/Gen Tri-M ........................................................58 William Carey University.........................50 18 ..............................ABA University of Alabama Honor Bands .......24 Yamaha.....................................................23 ala breve 5

David Raney, AMEA President We’re Back I hope you are off to a great start for to be inspired by his uplifting message. “As we continue the school year and your students are to move forward, engaging in productive musical I am extremely excited about our experiences. It has been so nice to see keynote performing group, Act of let’s remind many musical programs enjoying live Congress. They were scheduled to ourselves to stay performances. This simply reminds perform for our 2021 Conference and me of how important the gift of have agreed to perform for 2022 since focused on music education is to the lives of our we were unable to have performances spreading our joy young people. in person last January. If you have not yet heard of this native Alabama for music In August, the Alabama Music group, you are in for a special treat. education to Educators Association (AMEA) The first time I heard them perform I every student in Governing Board met to continue was impressed with their musicality planning for the 2022 conference. The and creative way to arrange their our classroom.” board has put a great deal of time and unique style of music. Since that time, effort into making our next I have purchased several of their conference the very best possible. albums and have become quite a fan. There is no question that everyone is You can visit their website at eager to get back to in-person clinics http://actofcongressmusic.com and and performances. We are looking find an extensive music collection forward to the opportunity to grow through iTunes. Their Christmas professionally together in January. music is exceptionally good! This year’s keynote speaker, Dr. The board has been eagerly planning Matthew Arau, is the Music Education the AMEA 75th Anniversary for quite Department Chair and Associate some time. It was decided last January Director of Bands at the Lawrence to delay the formal celebration until it University Conservatory of Music. In could be celebrated in person. Pat addition, Dr. Arau is the Founder of Stegall formed a Celebration Upbeat Global, which is an Committee and has done an organization created to inspire exceptional job making plans for this positivity through leadership and momentous occasion. Please join us music around the world. I recently during the reception scheduled on attended one of his sessions and Friday night of our 2022 conference immediately knew he was the person as we commemorate and celebrate this that is needed to address the music anniversary. educators of Alabama. Please be sure to attend his keynote address to I am proud of the work our Division AMEA at the presentation on Friday Leaders have done over the summer morning at 10:15am. Prepare yourself that has resulted in great ideas for in- 6 October/November 2021

ACT OF CONGRESS person and new events. I have seen music education. Please consider are appreciated but you are. Your the leaders of the Band, Vocal, finding a place you can serve in a enthusiasm to do your very best will Orchestra, General/Elementary, leadership role to promote music impact those around you, including Higher Education, and Collegiate education. I encourage you to get your colleagues. As music educators, Divisions collaborate in order to solve involved with your division, become a we sometimes feel very isolated due to many of the new issues we are facing future leader, and be willing to serve. our unique subject. I encourage you to in education. This work will result in take the time to check on other music additional innovated opportunities for This is an election year for AMEA. In educators in your school system and music educators that will positively January, we will share the bios of the district. You just might be the impact you and your students. nominees for the new president-elect. encouraging voice they need to hear I hope you will take the time to read today. Alabama has a rich history of about the new candidates to decide extremely gifted leaders that had a who you think should be the future In closing, I wish you all the best. I tremendously important influence on leader of our association. You will look forward to seeing you in person my career. These leaders inspired me receive a ballot in the spring for the in January at the 2022 AMEA to be a better educator by teaching me election, so please take the time to Professional Development the importance of maintaining a reflect on your decision and cast your Conference. It is my pleasure to say, professional attitude, even during the vote. “We’re Back.” hard times. You probably have leaders that you admire as well. Those leaders As we continue to move forward, let’s Best regards, all started by saying “yes” to a remind ourselves to stay focused on David Raney leadership position. There are many spreading our joy for music education local, district, regional, and state to every student in our classroom. I leadership opportunities that support know it may not always seem like you ala breve 7

AMEA Governing Board 2021-2022 President President-Elect Treasurer/Registrar David Raney Rob Lyda Pat Stegall Sparkman High School Cary Woods Elementary School AMEA Registration 2616 Jeff Road 715 Sanders Street PO Box 3385 Harvest, AL 35749 Auburn, AL 36830 Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 256-837-0331 334-663-0898 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] President, ABA Immediate Past President Recording Secretary Joel Henson Greg Gumina Carla Gallahan Pelham High School Jefferson County Schools 113 Long Hall 2500 Panther Cir. 2100 18th St S Troy University Pelham, AL 35124 Birmingham, AL 35209 Troy, AL 36082 (205) 616-7478 (205) 379-2000 (334) 670-3502 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] President, ELEM/GEN President, AOA President, AVA Sarah McLendon Daniel Stevens Randall Fields Hillcrest Elementary University of North Alabama Bob Jones High School 400 E Watts St. One Harrison Plaza 650 Hughes Road Enterprise, AL 36330 Florence, AL 35631 Madison, AL 35758 (334) 313-2116 (256) 765-4708 (256) 772-2547 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] President, HED Division President, AMEA Collegiate AMEA Collegiate Advisor Michael Zelenak Emma Tosney Meghan Merciers Alabama State University (205) 306-8365 University of North Alabama 915 S. Jackson St. [email protected] UNA Box 5040 Tullibody Music Hall Room 208 142 Music Building Montgomery, AL 36104 Industry Representative Florence, AL 35632-0001 334-604-9187 Joey Harbison (256) 765-4518 Gadsden Music Company [email protected] Alabama Department of Education 607 Broad Street Arts Education Specialist PO Box 132 Assistant Executive Director Andy Meadows Gadsden, AL 35901 Rusty Logan 50 North Ripley Street 205-910-2622 2020 Janabrooke Lane Montgomery, Alabama 36104 [email protected] Auburn, AL 36830 (334) 694-4768 (334) 663-1702 [email protected] Executive Director [email protected] Editor, Ala Breve Garry Taylor a l a b r e v eOctober_2021_AlaBreve_Layout 1 9/21/2021 8:04 AM Page 1 1600 Manor Dr. NE The Official Publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association Cullman, AL 35055 (256) 636-2754 [email protected] October/November 2021 AOA AVA MANY ARE Garry Taylor, Editor & Advertising Manager ADVERTISING & COPY DEADLINES ABA NEFROM 1600 Manor Dr. NE Fall - August/September (Back to School) issue: July 15 WE Cullman, AL 35055 Winter - October/November (Conference) issue: September 15 cNAfME (256) 636-2754 Spring - May/June (All-State) issue: January 15 HED ELEM/ De2ve0l2oJap2nmPueranBortJfyeCC2sCos0ni-of2en2raelnce [email protected] Summer - May/June (Digital Only) issue: April 15 GEN AME A Years Celebrating 75 Unless otherwise indicated, permission is granted to NAfME members to reprint articles for educational purposes. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of AMEA or the Editor. All announcements & submissions are subject to editorial judgement/revision.The Alabama Music Educators Association is a state unit of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education, a voluntary, nonprofit organization representing all phases of music education in schools, colleges, universities, and teacher-education institutions. Active NAfME/AMEA membership is open to all persons engaged in music teaching or other music education work. Ala Breve is published four times a year (August, October, February & May) by the Alabama Music Educators Association and printed by Hardwick and Son Printing in Dothan, Alabama. Bulk rate postage paid at Dothan, Alabama. 8 October/November 2021

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An AMEA performance is a clinic and experience, there does not need to be an want to hear a quality performance that professional learning situation for all obvious theme to have a cohesive will inspire and rejuvenate them, especially directors. Ensembles at The Mid-West program. One word can connect it all. For after this past year, and they want to see Band and Orchestra Clinic feature example, a “Snapshots” themed concert you, their colleague, succeed. In my literature of varying difficulty, which I could feature music your ensemble played experience when you ask another director personally enjoy because it gives me the throughout the year. However, be careful for help, they will be more than willing to opportunity to take something with me not to overemphasize a theme as it could assist you and your students. that I can use for my ensemble. In essence, lead to banal programming. Collaborations like this are what make our your performance must have something profession so special. While it can be for everyone Rehearsal Schedule. When planning a intimidating to invite other directors to performance of this significance this early your rehearsals, work, or conduct your Ensemble fit. Overprogramming must be in the semester, it is critical to think about group, it will prove to be a beneficial considered as it can lead to burnout. It is your rehearsal schedule. You want to have experience for you and your students. An critical to consider the amount of time enough rehearsals to present a polished example is having a mentor that you trust available to prepare, the performers’ and inspired performance while not come and work with you and your group. strengths, weaknesses, and endurance. A burning out the students. The number of They can offer valuable insights that will program that fits the ensemble’s abilities extra rehearsals needs to be carefully further enrich your student’s musical will be much better received than one that considered. Overscheduling of rehearsals experience. is not––“success breeds success” as is a warning sign that the program is too Tommy Brannon regularly says. difficult and will lead to burnout and an Financial Support. uninspired performance that will One can draw parallels to “polarized negatively affect students’ perceptions of As with all aspects of your program, training” in cycling where workouts the entire event. This means that the finances play a large part in making this contain intervals of high and low intensity. repertoire will have to be prepared prior to performance possible. Outside of some The same concept applies to good music the second semester to minimize over- fortunate situations, most programs do and to programming quality repertoire for rehearsing throughout the process, not have adequate funding to take AMEA, times of high difficulty and times especially in January. I try to avoid advantage of opportunities like of lesser difficulty. I avoid over rehearsals during holidays. My adage is, if performing at AMEA. It’s important to programming for the sake of my students your students aren’t ready before the break, they consider the financial impact this and my sanity. won’t be ready for AMEA. opportunity will have on your program. You should consider this endeavor an Theme. Another approach is to program Guests. You want to bring in guest investment in you and your students. It is based on a specific music period, conductors and clinicians to listen to also an investment in your school and composer, or abstract concept such as a performances and rehearsals. It’s community as it brings to light how your lineage concert (featuring composers, their important to think of this process as a community supports the arts. teachers, and their students). In my statewide effort. All Alabama directors Community funding is another instance where a parent committee can create a media package to be disseminated to garner financial support. Social media and donating via platforms such as Venmo and PayPal offer a direct way for supporters to contribute. Politicians and business owners are also eager to help. These entities want to be connected to success, and AMEA is an outstanding opportunity to make a connection. Politicians also have discretionary funds and are usually very motivated to assist in these kinds of situations. While they rarely have a surplus, administrators are adept at acquiring funds to assist worthy causes like your upcoming performance. This is an opportunity for the school to get its name out in the community and state. It is my experience ala breve 21

that a strong effort to assist with finances is usually made. Another option is grants. Some school systems have a grant writer on staff to assist with applying to fund expenses associated with a performance such as yours. Reach out to your school officials and discuss all funding options available. It is critical to reach out to them not only with your needs but also with possible solutions and ideas. This collaboration will prove to be the most effective way to raise the funds necessary for AMEA. Active vs. Passive Fundraising. The community. These individuals have director to focus on the students. It is very final fundraising opportunity to consider is experience planning major performances important to communicate this to all an “active” fundraiser. These involve a and thinking through trip logistics. While stakeholders, so they see the benefit of significant number of manhours to be it is tempting to take this on yourself, you taking this course. profitable. “Passive” fundraisers require must think of the welfare of the students little time and effort. While this seems and how the burden of administrating a Up Next. The acceptance has been straightforward, it can be a slippery slope trip will affect your teaching. celebrated, stakeholders informed, because undertaking a fundraiser that will repertoire selected, and funds raised but only benefit a certain group of students Another option is recruiting boosters to there is much more to do to make this will not be popular. Instead, promote the assist you. While they might not be versed performance a reality. Managing your fundraiser as a full program effort as this in band logistics, there may be parents that student personnel and what happens on performance will highlight the excellence are adept at doing some of the things the day of the performance are still to of the entire program. This will increase necessary for the trip. One example would come. Most importantly, what happens the motivation to participate. It is be parents that are travel agents or event after the performance and how it will important to consider the load that planners. These individuals are used to affect the continued growth of your “active” fundraisers place on students and working on these types of events and can program. parents’ time, as you will be demanding be helpful. Creating a committee of more of it; always be mindful to not parents with these skills will lighten the Editor’s Note: Stay tuned for Part 2 of stretch the students and parents too thin. load and make it a more pleasurable this article in the February/March issue However, there are several types of experience. As always, the director needs of Ala Breve. “passive” fundraisers that require little to be involved in the decision-making time and effort but provide significant process and make sure the boosters are Mike Guzman is financial assistance. Examples are online complying with all school and director Director of Bands at donation platforms or large item sales regulations. Hewitt-Trussville High such as mattress sales. School in Trussville Finally, the last option to consider is Alabama and doctoral AMEA Trip Planning enlisting the help of a travel agent. While student in Music this is the costliest approach, it can lighten Education at The With all the excitement of being accepted the load on the directors, parents, and University of Alabama. and setting up your performance, it is easy students. Although a travel agent cannot He holds degrees from to get caught up in the music and ignore help you with the logistics of the The University of Miami the logistics. It is important to start the performance, they can help with the time- and Florida International trip planning process early. Acquiring consuming and daunting process of University. Mr. Guzman buses, hotel rooms, and equipment trucks acquiring buses, hotels, and other logistics. is an adjudicator, can be time-consuming and frustrating. This approach saves time and allows the clinician, and conductor There are ways of distributing the throughout the southeast. workload while getting everything situated and not taxing you or your students and detracting from the process of making music. First, consider planning the trip by recruiting the directors in your school 22 October/November 2021

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2022 AMEA Conference Schedule Wednesday, January 19, 2022 5:00-7:00 pm AMEA Governing Board Meeting, Sheraton Forum L 5:00-7:00 pm AVA Scholarship Audition, Sheraton Forum F 7:15-9:30 pm ABA Board Meeting, Sheraton Forum C 7:15-9:30 pm AOA Board Meeting, Sheraton Forum D 7:15-9:30 pm AVA Board Meeting, Sheraton Forum F 7:15-9:30 pm Collegiate Board Meeting, Sheraton Forum E Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:30 am -5:00 pm Conference Registration Open, Sheraton Forum Registration Desk 8:00-9:00 am AMEA Leadership Breakfast, BJCC East A-B 9:00 am - 4:00 pm FAME, Sheraton Forum E 9:15-10:15 am ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater Hewitt-Trussville High School Wind Ensemble, Mike Guzman, Conductor 9:15-10:15 am AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum A-B May the (Tuning) Forks Be With You: Independent Musicianship Through Audiation - Matt Carey, Clinician 9:15-10:15 am HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Technology Overload: Stepping Back to What We Really Need - Jane Kuehne, Clinician 9:15-10:15 am ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum Theater This Isn't What We Played in College: Literature Considerations for the New Band Director Craig Aarhus, Clinician 9:15-10:15 am AOA, Collegiate, and Elem/Gen Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Supporting All Learners in the Music Classroom - Morgan Soja, Clinician 10:30 am-5:30 pm Exhibits Open, BJCC East Ballroom 11:00 am-12:00 pm AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum A-B Building & Maintaining a Thriving Choral Program: The Things You Didn’t Learn in College Megan Rudolph, Clinician 11:00 am-12:00 pm HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Infusing Diversity into the Curriculum: Developing Open Educational Resource Materials Carly Johnson, Clinician 11:00 am-12:00 pm AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D Intonation is Not Something Students Get for their 14th Birthday! - Anne Witt, Clinician 11:00 am-12:00 pm ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum Theater Strategies for Inspired Rehearsal - David Ragsdale, Clinician 11:00 am-12:00 pm Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Gesture Matters! An Interactive Gesture Refresher - Cameron Weatherford, Clincian ala breve 25

1Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:00 am-12:00 pm Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Music as Early Intervention in the Early Years - Andrea Cevasco-Trotter, Clinician 12:00-1:00 pm HED Luncheon, BJCC East A-B 12:00-1:00 pm Past Presidents Luncheon, BJCC East C 12:00-1:00 pm FAME Luncheon, Sheraton Forum H-I 1:00-2:00 pm ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater Thompson Middle School Symphonic Band, Michael Chambless, Conductor 1:00-2:00 pm AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum A-B Eves & Adams: Suggestions & Strategies for Teaching Treble Choirs - Phillip Stockton, Clinician 1:00-2:00 pm HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Including English Learners in Music Classrooms - Julie Bannerman, Clinician 1:00-2:00 pm Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Innovative Rehearsal Techniques from Around the Country - Gary Stith, Clinician 1:00-2:00 pm Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Pop Rhythms - Carrie Cruz, Clinician 1:00-2:00 pm Elementar/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum K Creating Meaningful Movement Opportunities - Leslie Dennis, Clinican 1:00-2:00 pm AOA Exclusive Exhibit Time, BJCC East Ballroom 2:00-2:45 pm ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater Pelham High School Wind Ensemble, Justin Ward, Conductor 2:15-3:15 pm HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Beyond your Music Classroom: Supporting Transition for Students with Disabilities - Ellary Draper, Clinician 2:15-3:15 pm AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D Advocacy: Why Strings? - Joanne May, Clinician 2:15-3:15 pm Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Mentoring First-Generation Music Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds Carly Johnson, Clinician 2:15-3:15 pm Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J That Gal's Not Even from Alabama! - Becky Halliday & Rob Lyda, Clinicians 2:15-3:15 pm AVA Exclusive Exhibit Time, BJCC East Ballroom 3:30-4:30 pm HED Recital, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom 3:30-4:30 pm ABA Interest Session, BJCC Theater Teaching Musicality to Every Student from Beginners \"To Infinity and Beyond\" Bill Connell, Clinician with the Bob Jones High School Wind Ensemble, Leigh Thomas, Conductor 3:30-4:30 pm Collegiate Exclusive Exhibit Time 26 October/November 2021

3:30-4:30 pm Thursday, January 20, 2022 3:30-4:30 pm AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Mini Breath Boot Camp: Breathing Work and Biomechanics for Singers 3:30-4:30 pm Alexix Davis-Hazel , Clinician 3:30-4:30 pm 4:30-5:30 pm AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D 5:30-6:30 pm Ensemble Rehearsals that Incorporate Language Arts: Not Mission Impossible! 7:00-7:45 pm Richard Cangro, Clinician 7:00-8:00 pm 7:00-9:00 pm ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Clarinet Set-up Made Simple - Meghan Merciers & Jessica Hood, Clinicians 8:00-9:00 pm 9:00-10:00 pm Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Sing, Say, Dance, Play...Ukulele Style - Tiffany English, Clinician 7:30 am - 1:00 pm 8:00-8:50 am Exhibit Hall Reception, BJCC East Ballroom 8:00-8:50 am 8:00-8:50 am HED/Collegiate Mixer, BJCC East A-B 8:00-8:50 am 8:00-8:50 am ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater 8:00-8:50 am Bob Jones High School Wind Ensemble, Leigh Thomas, Conductor ala breve Elementary/General Evening Session, Sheraton Forum J Ukulele Jam Session - Tiffany English, Clinician AVA Concert Session, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Hoover High School 9/10 Treble Choir - Amanda Slay, Conductor Grissom High School Chamber Choir - Tucker Ratcliff, Conductor University of Montevallo Concert Choir - Dr. Melinda Doyle, Conductor Samford University Acappella Choir - Dr. Philip Copeland, Conductor ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater Albertville High School Wind Ensemble - Dr. Taylor Cash, Conductor AOA President’s Reception, BJCC East C Friday, January 21, 2022 Conference Registration Open, Sheraton Forum Registration Desk ABA Business Meeting, Sheraton Forum A-B Joel Henson, Presiding AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Choral Music as Collaborative Artistry - Joshua Cheney, Clinician AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D What If I Have to Teach Orchestra?! Strings for the Non-String Player - Joanne May, Clinician HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum E edTPA From the Inside Out - Morgan Soja, Clinician Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Getting the RIGHT Job for You - Anne Witt, Clinician Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Teachers as Facilitators: Orff Schulwerk & Classroom Management - Tiffany English, Clinician 27

Friday, January 21, 2022 9:00-9:50 am ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum A-B Taking the Fear Out of the Mystery....an approach to sight reading at Music Performance Assessment 9:00-9:50 am Jon Bubbett, Clinician 9:00-9:50 am 9:00-9:50 am AVA Business Meeting, Sheraton Forum C 9:00-9:50 am Randall Fields, Presiding 9:00-9:50 am 9:00-9:50 am AOA Master Class, Sheraton Forum D 9:00-9:50 am 10:15 am - 12:00 pm AOA Master Class, Sheraton Forum E 12:00-1:30 pm Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G 12:00-1:30 pm Creating Obsessed Students: How to Have a 90%+ Retention Rate - Allison Wilkinson, Clinician 1:00-2:00 pm Elementary/General Business Meeting, Sheraton Forum J 1:00-2:00 pm Sarah McLendon, Presiding 1:00-2:00 pm HED Exclusive Exhibit Time, BJCC East Ballroom 1:00-2:00 pm 2:15-3:15 pm ABA Concert Session, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Jacksonville State University Jazz Ensemble I, Dr. Andy Nevala, Conductor 2:15-3:15 pm 2:15-3:15 pm AMEA General Session, BJCC Theater AMEA Business Meeting, David Raney Presiding Keynote: Matthew Arau Featured Performance - Act of Congress Collegiate Luncheon, BJCC East A-B-C Phi Beta Mu Luncheon, Sheraton Forum H-I AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C The Process of Programming: A Path to Inspirational, Affordable & Achievable Concerts Joshua Cheney, Clinician AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D We All Perform On the Same Stage - Improving the Ensemble Skills Of Your Secondary String Players Joseph Brennan, Clinician Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Orff Schulwerk & Children's Lit: A Natural Fit! - Tiffany English, Clinician ABA Exclusive Exhibit Time, BJCC East Ballroom ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum A-B Making the Engine Work: \"The Care and Feeding of Your Jazz Band Reading Session David Allinder, Clinician AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C Best Practices in Program Administration for New Choral Directors - Joshua Cheney, Clinician AOA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum D Warm Ups for Orchestra Using Rolland String Pedagogy - Joanne May, Clinician 28 October/November 2021

2:15-3:15 pm Friday, January 21, 2022 3:30-4:30 pm ABA/Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G 3:30-4:30 pm Analyze, Diagnose, and Prescribe: Finding Solutions to Playing and Sound Issues in Band Rehearsal 3:30-4:30 pm Dr. Mark Walker, Clinician 3:30-4:30 pm 3:30-4:30 pm ABA Concert Session, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom 3:30-4:30 pm Austin High School Percussion Ensemble, Clay Sloan, Conductor 4:15-4:45 pm Collegiate/HED Lesson Planning Competition, Sheraton Forum A-B 4:30-5:30 pm 7:00-9:00 pm AOA Business Meeting, Sheraton Forum D Daniel Stevens, Presiding 9:30-11:00 pm ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G 8:00-9:00 am Five Techniques to Make Your Flutes Sound Better Today - Ginger Zingara, Clinician 8:00-9:00 am Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J 8:00-9:00 am The Sound of Success, Phil Wilson, Clinician 8:00-9:00 am 8:00-9:00 am Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum K 9:15-10:15 am Mentoring Beginning Music Teachers Through Music Education Organizations in Alabama Morgan Soja, Clinician ala breve AVA Concert Session, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom All-State Show Choir - Ly Wilder & Ellie Jordan, Clinicians Exclusive Exhibit Final Hour, BJCC East Ballroom AMEA General Session, BJCC Theater AMEA Awards Alabama Honor Choir - Jenna McLean, Clinician Oak Mountain High School Wind Ensemble - Kevin Ownby and Dr.Travis Bender, Conductors AMEA President’s Reception, Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Saturday, January 22, 2022 AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C An Introduction to Vocal Function: Exercises to Promote Vocal Health in the Choral Classroom Michelle DeBruyn & Joshua May, Clinicians ABA Business Meeting, Sheraton Forum Theater Joel Henson, Presiding Collegiate/HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Performance Anxiety: Coaching Students Against the Invisible Enemy - Joshua Meyer, Clinician Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J The Music & Movement of Brazil in the Elementary Classroom - Edwin Anderson, Clinician AOA Reading Session (Strings), BJCC Theater AVA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum C High School Vocal Repertoire: A Scaffold Approach Promoting Vocal Health & Musicianship Skill Building Michelle DeBruyn & Joshua May, Clinicians 29

Saturday, January 22, 2022 9:15-10:15 am HED Interest Session, Sheraton Forum E 9:15-10:15 am HR 101-Understanding the Hiring Process in Higher Education - Gabriel Woods, Clinician 9:15-10:15 am 9:15-10:15 am ABA Interest Session, Sheraton Forum Theater 9:15-10:00 am How to Gain Support for Your Program - Jessica Hood & Daniel Seay, Clinicians 10:30 am-12:00 pm 10:30-1:30 pm Collegiate Interest Session, Sheraton Forum G Bridging the Gap: Finding Ways to Link Music and Art - Brett Richardson, Clinician 1:00-3:00 pm 1:00-3:00 pm Elementary/General Interest Session, Sheraton Forum J Gotta Move! - Tiffany English, Clinician AOA Reading Session (Full Orchestra), BJCC Theater Lightning Round, Sheraton Forum Theater ABA Concert Session, BJCC Theater 10:30 am - All-State Middle School Jazz Band - Craig Cagle, Clinician 11:15 am - All-State Bronze Jazz Band - James Crumb, Clinician 12:00 pm - All-State Silver Jazz Band - Steven Roberts, Clinician 12:45 pm - All-State Gold Jazz Band - Alan Baylock, Clinician ABA Adjudicator’s Clinic, Sheraton Forum G Chris Lindley & Terry Ownby, Clinicians AMEA Governing Board Meeting David Raney, Presiding AMEA Professional Development Conference January 20-22, 2022 BJCC/Sheraton Hotel Register today: https://myamea.org/amea- conference-registration/ Book a room: https://book.passkey.com/go/ AMEA2022Conference 30 October/November 2021

2022 AMEA Performing Groups The Albertville High School Wind Ensemble is the premier ensemble of the Albertville Band Program. The Wind Ensemble performs at four concerts per year, and has never received less than a Superior Rating at the Alabama Bandmasters Association State Music Performance Assessment. The Wind Ensemble consists of a select group of students who perform grades 4, 5, and 6 level Wind Band Literature. The Albertville Wind Ensemble is under the director of Dr. Taylor Cash. The Austin High School Percussion Ensemble is composed of percussion students from the Austin High School Band. It is one component of the Austin High School band program, which also includes the Pride of Austin High Marching Band, the Symphonic Band, and the Jazz Band. The purpose of the Austin High School Percussion Ensemble is to help students grow musically through the performance of quality percussion literature in a variety of musical styles and genres. By utilizing the flexible instrumentation of the modern percussion ensemble, the group can perform musical selections that range from a full ensemble of 15-20 students to chamber works that utilize only a few players. This flexibility allows each student to be a con- tributing member of the ensemble at his or her own ability level. The Austin High School Per- cussion Ensemble performs multiple times throughout the year and also hosts the annual North Alabama Percussion Festival. This event provides percussion ensembles from throughout the area the opportunity to perform for and receive feedback from world-class percus- sion educators. Through the years the ensemble has performed for clinicians such as Thom Hannum, Dr. Iain Moyer, Dr. Jason Baker, Dr. Tony McCutchen, Neal Flum, Edward Freytag, and Scott Brown. The Bob Jones High School band program consists of a football marching band, competition marching band, varsity and junior varsity winter guards, indoor drumline, percussion ensemble, concert band, wind ensemble, and jazz band. The competition marching band most recently placed 3rd at the Alabama State Championship in 2019 and also performed and competed in the Outback Bowl band and parade competitions in Tampa, FL in early 2020. The winter guards and indoor drumline compete in SCGC and WGI events throughout the southeast and have traveled to Dayton, OH for World Championships. Most recently, the indoor drumline was named 2021 SCGC Scholastic A gold medalists. Both the wind ensemble and concert band received straight superior ratings at the Virtual Music Performance Assessment in 2021. Additionally, the wind ensemble was a feature performance at the 2017 Alabama Music Educators Association State Conference and the 2019 University of Alabama High School Honor Band Festival. The percussion ensemble was a featured performance at the 2019 Alabama Music Educators Association State Conference. Grissom Choir has held a standard of excellence for the vast majority of its active years at Grissom High School.  Upwards of 120 Grissom High School students are current members of one or more of the 4 curricular choirs: The Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Concert Choir, and top auditioned ensemble: The Chamber Choir.  Grissom Choir is consistently known for its dedication to classical choral singing, as well as its inclusion of vocal jazz/pop repertoire.  Every year, each choir in the department scores overall Superior & Excellent ratings at State Choral Performance Assessment, as well as individual Superior ratings at the Alabama Solo & Ensemble Festival. Many of our students are involved in Huntsville’s All-City Choral Festival, as well as Alabama’s All-State Choral Festival each year.  During the 2020-2021 School Year, Grissom Choir and its students persevered through challenges and limitations, resulting in performance opportunities that were not achieved by other choral departments across the state: an outdoors Fall Concert, an indoors socially distant Winter Concert, as well as a traditional Spring Concert. The Chamber Choir was established in 2018 and is the auditioned, advanced ensemble open to students in 10th-12th grade at Grissom High School.  Students must maintain a level of music proficiency that would enable them to be a contributing member of the ensemble.  During its 3 1/2 years of existence, the ensemble has grown exponentially in character, morale and skill.  The Chamber Choir learns anywhere between 20-25 songs each school year, performing Concert Choir repertoire alongside their Chamber Choir repertoire.  These students are not only involved in choir and its respective extracurriculars such as All-City, All-State, and Solo & Ensemble, but also other areas of the school community such as Band, Dance, Theatre, Sports, AP Courses and more. ala breve 31

2022 AMEA Performing Groups Hewitt-Trussville High School is located in Trussville, Alabama and is part of the Trussville City School System. The school has more than 1500 students in grades nine through twelve. The Hewitt-Trussville High School Marching Husky Band is an integral part of the Friday night experience during football season. Each year, students and staff spend countless hours preparing for their Friday night performances. The Marching Husky Band competes in several marching competitions each fall and consistently earns Superior ratings at these competitions. For concert season, students are placed into one of three ability-based performing groups. The HTHS Wind Ensemble, Symphonic and Concert Bands are under the direction of Mike Guzman. The Concert Jazz Band is under the direction of Mike Guzman and performs at several community events throughout the school year. 9/10 Treble Choir is a non-auditioned ensemble made up of 9th and 10th grade students. This ensemble has been meeting as a class at Hoover High School since the 2017-2018 school year. This ensemble is co-taught by John Kincaid and Amanda Slay, with Mrs. Slay serving as the lead conductor/teacher. The 9/10 Treble Choir works to sing the best of choral repertoire for treble voices that is as fun as it is diverse and educational. In addition to a heavy emphasis on building healthy tone and vocal production, members of the choir switch voice parts for each song in order to build range, develop aural skills, and overall musicianship. We strive everyday to create a positive and uplifting environment where each student can take risks, grow and learn. During the 2020-21 school year, having a normal rehearsal schedule was out of the question. While other schools were unable to perform (even other music areas at JSU), JSU Jazz Ensemble I managed to rehearse and release three videos on Youtube, two of which featured guest artists. Mike Williams, the former lead trumpet player with the Count Basie Orchestra, joined us on “Come Fly With Me’, and Darren Kramer, trombonist, and Ableton Live artist, joined us on one of his original compositions, “Oban Wan Kenobi”.We were also able to produce our 2021 Jazz Festival virtually, which featured JSU Jazz Ensembles I, II, III, the JSU Latin Ensemble, Hoover High School First Edition, Thompson High School, Gadsden State Community College, the JSU Jazz Faculty featuring Chris Fryar, and the new Alabama Jazz Collective. JSU Jazz Ensemble I was selected to perform at the 2020 JEN International Conference in New Orleans and won a Downbeat Award in 2015. I can say, without hesitation, that no other jazz program in the state of Alabama (or the entire Southeastern Region) was able to accomplish more than the JSU Jazz Program did this past year, both in the quantity of work released to the public and quality of work. With the new Jazz Performance Degree coming next year, we are establishing ourselves as one of the premier schools for Jazz in the region, and a performance opportunity at AMEA would be a great award to our students, who have accomplished so much in this difficult time. The Oak Mountain Wind Ensemble is made up of seventy-three ninth through twelfth- grade students at Oak Mountain High School. Membership in the band is determined by individual audition. Since the school’s inception, the ensemble has continued to push the boundaries of high school musicianship by performing literature in the advanced realm of the wind band repertoire. Students in this ensemble regularly pursue roles in the Alabama All- State Bands and Orchestras. From 1999 to 2012, the ensemble was under the direction of Jim Duren. Now, under the direction of Kevin Ownby, the OMHS Wind Ensemble has continued a tradition of excellence, consistently receiving superior ratings at adjudicated competitions and assessments. The ensemble has twice been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the spring of 2016, the ensemble performed as a featured band at the Music for All National Band Festival in Indianapolis. The ensemble has been invited to perform at the Alabama Music Educators’ Association Conference five times since the school’s opening and will be performing at the University of Alabama Honor Band as a guest ensemble in 2018. 32 October/November 2021

2022 AMEA Performing Groups The Pelham High School Band has a rich tradition of musical excellence dating back to the program’s inception in 1974. The Pelham High School Band Program is composed of two concert ensembles, a jazz ensemble, a marching band, two per- cussion ensembles, a color guard, a winter guard, a dance team, majorettes, and nu- merous chamber ensembles. The Pelham Wind Ensemble, the premier performance group at Pelham High School, has performed at numerous state and regional con- ferences and competitions including the Music for All National Festival, Southeast- ern United States Concert Band Clinic (SEUS), Grand National Adjudicators Invitational, The Atlanta International Band & Orchestra Conference, Southern In- strumental Conductors Conference, and the Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference (1990, 1994, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2018). Under the direction of Justin Ward, the Pelham Wind Ensemble has been invited and performed as a featured ensemble at the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic (2015), The University of Alabama Honor Band Festival (2016), the Kennesaw State University Concert Band Invitational (2017), the UAB Concert Band Invitational (2017), the Alabama Music Educator’s Association In-Service Conference (2018 & 2022), and the Music For All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival (2019). The Samford University A Cappella Choir was founded in 1939 and serves as the flagship choral ensemble at Samford University. Under the direction of Philip L. Copeland, the choir has received invitations to perform most recently at the National Collegiate Choral Organization in 2013 and the 2022 Southern Regional Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Louisville, KY. The choir travels internationally every two years and frequently participates in international choral competitions, sweeping all of the top awards at the 2018 Laurea Mundi competition in Budapest, Hungary, and the 2016 ŠIAULIAI CANTAT in Lithuania. For the past eleven years, the choir’s campus performances have been centered around a monthly service of Vespers, a worship event that formally combines Samford University’s sacred spaces and Christian mission. The Thompson Middle School band program serves 290 students in grades six through eight. Sixth-grade students are placed in the beginning band program where they receive group and individualized instruction. Mr. Chambless teaches the beginning band woodwind and percussion classes, and Mrs. Greene teaches the beginning band brass classes. Each beginning band class meets every day for 48 minutes. In the seventh and eighth grades students are placed in one of three ability-based performing bands. The top ensemble, Symphonic Band, and third band, Concert Band 2, are under the direction of Michael Chambless, and Concert Band 1 is under the direction of assistant director, Meredith Greene. Concert Band 1 and 2 meet every day for 52 minutes, and the Symphonic Band class meets every day for 65 minutes. The Thompson band program has received many awards as well as earned consistent superior ratings at the yearly Alabama Bandmaster’s Music Performance Assessment festivals. The Thompson Middle School Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the 2018 University of Alabama Middle School Honor Band Festival. The success of our program is due to the support of the administration at TSGC and TMS, the parents, the community, the educators, and the hard work of our students. The CONCERT CHOIR is the premier choral ensemble at the University of Montevallo and is among the most highly regarded choirs in the southeast. Under the direction of Dr. Melinda Doyle, this auditioned ensemble comprised of both music majors and non-music majors performs a diverse repertoire ranging from choral masterworks to spiritual arrangements. The choir tours annually, making appearances throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee, and has performed featured concerts for the American Choral Directors Association and the Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. Recent highlights include the choir’s debut performance at Carnegie Hall for the 2019 Gotham Sings Choral Showcase in New York City and a featured performance for the 2019 Louisiana American Choral Directors State Conference in New Orleans. In summer 2015, the choir performed in some of the world’s best-known musical venues on their inaugural European Performance Tour of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Austria. More recently in summer 2018, the choir embarked on their second international invitational tour to the United Kingdom and France with performance highlights at the King’s College Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, and Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Most recently, in March 2020, the Concert Choir was one of only twenty choirs selected from over 120 applications from across the eleven-state division to perform at the American Choral Directors Association Southern Region Conference. The choir has also performed several major works with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, including recent performances of Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” and Orff ’s “Carmina Burana.” In addition to concerts on campus each semester, the Concert Choir is frequently featured in concerts throughout the Birmingham area and presents the annual “A Montevallo Choral Christmas” at the Lucille Ryals Thompson Colonial Chapel at the American Village in December. The choir has also recently recorded new manuscripts for Hinshaw Music, an international choral music publishing company. ala breve 33

2022 Conference Featured Speakers, Performers, & Clinicians Keynote Speaker: Matthew Arau Dr. Matthew Arau is an Assistant Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Education Department and Associate Director of Bands at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. He conducts the Lawrence Symphonic Band and student and faculty chamber groups, guest conducts the Lawrence Wind Ensemble, supervises student teachers, and teaches Conducting and Instrumental Methods and Rehearsal Techniques I & II. Arau has presented clinics on student leadership, rehearsal techniques, and unlocking potential at the following: The Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Conference, the Western International Band Clinic, the American Band College of Sam Houston State University, the Conn-Selmer Institute, the Pan-Hellenic Wind Band Conference in Cyprus, the Colorado, Oregon, and Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Midwest Music Seminars, and universities and high schools around the country.  He teaches student leadership at the Metro-Capitol Leadership Academy in Sherwood, Oregon and the Colorado State University Band Leadership Academy in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and he is a Conn-Selmer Education Clinician. He conducts honor bands and honor jazz bands of all levels, is an active concert band, jazz band and marching band clinician, and has continued to be an active jazz and classical saxophonist throughout his teaching and academic career. Arau earned a DMA in Instrumental Conducting and Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder, a Master of Science in Music from the American Band College at Southern Oregon University, and a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance, Jazz Studies and Music Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Prior to pursuing his doctoral degree, Arau was the Director of Bands at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colorado from 2005-2012 where he established the Leadership Symposium for the development of student leaders. The Loveland H.S. Wind Symphony was featured at the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) in Seattle and two times at the Colorado Music Educators Association Convention. The Loveland Marching Band won the Colorado 4A State Marching Band Championship and the Class AA Championship at the Bands of America Super Regional in San Antonio, Texas. Arau began his teaching career in 1997 as the Director of Bands at Walt Clark Middle School in Loveland, Colorado. The Walt Clark Honor Band was featured at the Colorado Music Educators Association Convention in 2003. Mr. Arau’s professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. He is a past Western Region Representative of the American School Band Directors Association and Instrumental Representative of the Colorado Music Educators Association. His writings on music and music education are published in Conn-Selmer Touchpoint, Bandworld Magazine, and The Saxophone Journal. Dave Higgs of NPR proclaimed, “Act of Congress is one of the freshest sounding, exuberant bands in all of the known acoustic universe.”  The organic sound of Act of Congress is consistently voted one of the “Must See Live Acts of Alabama.” AOC has completed five tours as U.S. Cultural Ambassadors, led by the U.S. State Department. AOC has performed in countries including Thailand, Oman, Palau, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Philippines, Timor Leste, Bali, Liberia, and Jordan. Highlights from recent trips include Independence Day entertainment for Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Liberian government, and a feature performance at Jordan’s celebrated Jerash festival.  Act of Congress was selected artist for “Keep Alabama Beautiful,” and is currently performing original music at live venues, festivals, and national symphonies; including five performances with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.  AOC has backed up country music star, Sara Evans and American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks.  AOC’s current licensing catalog includes Showtime and Google. Act of Congress has released two full-length albums, two acclaimed Christmas EPs, a live CD/DVD, and the documentary “A Week In The Life.”   AOC has performed for the likes of Paste, SXSW, Disney, NPR, and Billboard. They have opened Live Nation VIP areas for John Mayer and Edwin McCain and were featured on the nationally syndicated Rick & Bubba Show and Woodsongs Radio on  XM  Radio.  Act of Congress has also won the  IMWS  Disc Maker’s Grand Prize and Colgate Country Showdown Regional Competition. AOC’s full concert from the International Newgrass Festival has been released in national rotation on public television.  34 October/November 2021

2022 Conference Featured Speakers, Performers, & Clinicians Alabama Honor Choir Clinician: Jenna McLean Jenna McLean is a jazz vocalist and Lecturer in Music and Entertainment at the University of Memphis Lambuth in Jackson, TN. As an accomplished performer, vocal technician, songwriter, and educator, she finds her artistic drive in bringing new twists to timeless standards of the Great American Songbook as well as pop, funk, and soul tunes. With a love and devotion for jazz, opera, R&B, and folk music, she maintains the belief that all music is good music as long as it speaks to the soul and grooves. Jenna has a Doctor of Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado where she completed a dissertation entitled “A Study in Effective Teaching Methods in Jazz Voice Technique in Higher Education”. She has completed a secondary emphasis in vocal pedagogy studying under Dr. Melissa Malde. She also completed her Master of Music Degree in Jazz Studies at UNC and has a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Wyoming. During her career, she has studied with Julia Dollison, Kerry Marsh, Ben Markley, Steve Kovalcheck, Maureen Boddicker, Larry Hensel, and others. She has participated in masterclasses with Dawn Upshaw, Martin Katz., Rodney Whitaker, Karrin Allyson, and Carmen Bradford. Jenna is a member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) and JEN (Jazz Education Network) and is certified in Level I of Somatic Voicework™ with Jeanie LoVetri.  Jenna was the 2019 winner of the Downbeat Student Music Awards Graduate Vocal Soloist Category, and a 2019 recent recipient of the Pathways to Jazz Grant. She performs regularly at renowned Colorado Jazz Venues including Dazzle and  Nocturne and has performed and presented multiple times at the Jazz Education Network conference and the Five Points Jazz  Festival in Denver. She has had the pleasure of performing alongside renowned musicians such as Bobby McFerrin, Aubrey Logan, and the New York Voices, and also performs regularly with incredible Denver-based jazz musicians such as Steve Kovalcheck, Ben Markley, Eric Gunnison, Tom Amend, Dawn Clement, Annie Booth and others. All-State Show Choir Vocal Clinician: Ly Wilder As a contemporary vocal artist and educator, Ly Wilder exhibits an infectious energy and knowledge of style and technique that engages students and audiences alike in jazz and popular music. She has been featured as a vocalist with combos, big bands, and orchestras, as a studio singer for choral demos and as a performer at Walt Disney World singing with legendary artists Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Dianne Reeves, and Diane Schuur. A prolific arranger, Wilder’s works have been performed by university and high school groups world-wide. She is in demand as an adjudicator/clinician for festivals throughout the nation and has conducted All-State Vocal Jazz Ensembles and Show Choirs in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Washington, and Wisconsin. Ly has taught on the staff of Showchoir Camps of America since 2003 and at the Steve Zegree Vocal Jazz Camp. She serves as the Vocal Director of Bloomington Expressive Arts Training (BEAT), which she co-founded with choreographer Brennan Wilder in 2012. Under their direction, this extracurricular community show choir program has expanded to feature five ensembles (including Syncopation and Amplitude) with students from pre-K through 12th grades. Among her varied musical adventures, Wilder has taught on faculty at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (2013-2017) and on the staff of Purdue Musical Organizations at Purdue University (1997- 2003). She holds a BM in Studio Music and Jazz from the University of Miami and a MM in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University. All-State Show Choir Choreographer: Ellie Jordan Ellie Jordan is a freelance choreographer based in Chicago, Illinois. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Her technical training is in Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap, and Hip-Hop. Ellie was a member and part of the creative team for the Hip-Hop ConneXion-Michigan Dance Company. She has been busy this year as an adjudicator and clinician at various show choir competitions and has enjoyed choreographing for many award winning high school and middle school show choirs across the country. Ellie is a past FAME Aspire award winner. Her choreography has also been featured at Six Flags Great America, as well as in the musicals, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Bring It On, Phantom of the Opera, Godspell, West Side Story and Singin’ In the Rain. Ellie also spends her summers as a choreographer for Showchoir Camps of America. ala breve 35

2022 Conference Featured Speakers, Performers, & Clinicians Alan Baylock, All-State Jazz Gold Band James Crumb, All-State Jazz Bronze Band Alan Baylock is One of the most respected and James Arthur Crumb Jr. was introduced to music sought-after jazz composers and educators in the and the Saxophone at Norwood Elementary by industry today. He is the director of the Grammy- Mrs. Debora Mayes, Director. He continued his nominated One O’Clock Lab Band at the high school musical training at Phillips High University of North Texas and previously served School under the direction of Mr. John McAphee, 20 years as Chief Arranger for the USAF Airmen where he developed a desire to someday lead his of Note in Washington, D.C. The Alan Baylock own band program. Crumb’s career in music Jazz Orchestra recorded three critically-acclaimed CDs and performed education started at Carver High School, where throughout the United States for 15 years. Baylock graduated from he was Director of Bands from 2000-2005. His bands consistently Shenandoah University (BME 1990), where he later became Jazz earned superior ratings at the district, state, and national levels. The Composer-in-Residence, and the University of North Texas (MM 1994). Carver High School Marching Rams won the National High Stepping Alan is on faculty at the National Jazz Workshop (NJW) and directed the Marching Championship in 2003. Carver’s Symphonic band was NJW All-Star Big Band in performances on the East and West Coast. He honored with the privilege of performing at the 2004 AMEA is an active member of the Jazz Education Network (JEN) where he conference. Crumb has served as a Clinician and Honor Band conductor mentors recipients of the annual Young Composers Award and is a throughout the Southeast Region. He served as the Alabama All-State guest clinician for the JENerations Jazz Festival. His eclectic talents have Bronze Jazz Band clinician in 2015 and jazz clinician at the 2017 also led him to write music for Roy Clark, Lee Greenwood, Wynonna, Alabama Bandmasters Association Summer Conference. Crumb is also Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Spyro Gyra, Ronan Tynan, and an accomplished jazz musician as the featured artist in the N’Fusion Jazz symphony orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. His Quartet and has also been nominated as Alabama’s Male Jazz Musician music is published by Alfred Music and ProJazzCharts.com. Baylock of the year 2017 & 2018. Crumb is currently serving as the Fine Arts lives in Denton, Texas with his wife, cellist Maria Baylock. In his spare Consultant for the Birmingham City School’s System where his goals time, Alan is an avid table tennis player. and aspirations are to assist with all fine arts programs to reach a level of continuous superior performances. He is married to Desire Taylor Dr. Steven Roberts, All-State Jazz Silver Band and has two beautiful daughters, Jazmin Alexis and Nadia Corinne. James also has two nieces, Lashaundra and Jaylin, in which he has helped Dr. Steven Roberts is associate professor of jazz raise as his own daughters, and a great-nephew, Marley Joshua, “Uncles’ studies and trumpet at the University of Alabama Man”. Crumb’s proud parents are James Sr. and Nellie Crumb. at Birmingham. Previously, he was assistant professor of trumpet and jazz at Mars Hill College Craig Cagle, All-State Jazz Middle School Band after holding a similar position at Iowa State University. He is an active teacher and freelance Craig Cagle is the director of bands at Spain Park musician and has performed with Kirk Whalum, High School in Hoover, Alabama. There, he leads Vincent DiMartino, Ryan Anthony, Jon Faddis, Allen Vizzutti, Cecil and the Pride of the Park Marching Band, Shades of Deedee Bridgewater, Chip McNeill, Jim Pugh, Charo, and many others. Blue Jazz Band, and the Chamber Winds. Mr. His group “The Roberts Jazz Project” released their album Let’s Fall in Cagle was the Director of Bands at Mortimer Love in 2012. This album features Roberts on both trumpet and Jordan High School in Kimberly, AL from 2006 keyboard. He is also music director for Unity Church of Birmingham to 2021. The Mortimer Jordan Symphonic Band and Saint Junia United Methodist. As director of the UAB Jazz was a featured performing ensemble at the 2020 Ensemble, Roberts has led the group to first place in the Alabama Jazz AMEA Convention. Before his appointment at Mortimer Jordan, Mr. Hall of Fame competition three out of the last four years. Roberts has Cagle served for five years as Assistant Director of Bands in the Alice, premiered arrangements for trumpet ensemble at two International Texas Independent School District. There, his duties included directing Trumpet Guild conferences, and in October 2012 premiered an original the middle school and high school concert bands, assisting with the brass quintet arrangement on an Eastern European quintet tour. In the competition Marching Band, directing the Jazz Band I, and assistant summer of 2014, Roberts toured Europe for a month splitting time with director of the Mariachi bands. While in south Texas he was also lead the UAB Faculty Brass Quintet, the rock band “Downright”, and trumpet with the Sound of Swing Big Band, under the direction of Fred completing the tour with his group “The Roberts Jazz Project.” Dr. Junkin. He also played first trumpet with the Corpus Christi Wind Roberts received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in trumpet performance Symphony, Bryce Taylor, conductor, and with the Corpus Christi and jazz at the University of Illinois (U.C.) in 2005, where he also Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Cagle received his BMEd and MM degrees received his Master’s degree in 2001. He was a soloist with the University from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1999 and 2001, of Illinois Wind Symphony, served as principal of the University respectively. There, he studied conducting with Dr. Thomas Fraschillo Orchestra, and filled the jazz chair in the top jazz band. At Illinois, he and Dr. Gary Adam. As a graduate student, he served as conductor of studied trumpet from Ray Sasaki, Michael Ewald, and Ronald Romm, the USM Trumpet Ensemble. Mr. Cagle served from 2017 to 2021 as and jazz from Chip McNeill, Vern Sielert, Ron Bridgewater, and Thomas the Alabama Bandmasters Association Jazz Chair and is a National Wirtel. Board Certified Teacher. Mr. Cagle is a product of the state of Alabama and is a graduate of Buckhorn High School. He is married to Emily Cagle, who is the music teacher at Bryan Elementary School in Kimberly. They have three daughters, Clara, Madeline, and Sofia, and reside in Gardendale. He is an active member in the community and church, where he sings in the choir and serves as director of the handbell choir. 36 October/November 2021



David L. Walters Department of Music JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY » Friday, February 4, 2022 » Saturday, February 5, 2022 » Friday, February 11, 2022 » Saturday, February 12, 2022 /JacksonvilleStateUniversity /JSUnews #JacksonvilleState David L. Walters Department of Music 201 Mason Hall Music 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL 36265 Phone: 256.782.5559 /JacksonvilleStateUniversity

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Dr. Craig Aarhus is Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Mississippi State University. At MSU, he co-directs the Famous Maroon Band and basketball pep bands, conducts the Concert Band and Campus/Community Band, teaches courses in the Department of Music, and currently serves as the Area Coordinator for Music Education. As a member of the band faculty, Dr. Aarhus has been part of a team that has helped lead the band program to unprecedented growth, making it currently one of the largest bands in the Southeast.  He holds degrees in music education and conducting from Auburn University and The University of Iowa. David Allinder began his tenure as Director of Bands at Shades Valley/Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School in 2001. Under his direction, the Shades Valley Symphonic Band has performed for the Alabama Music Educators Conference, the University of Alabama Honor Band Festival, the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational, The Southeastern US Band Festival, and the Music for All National Concert Band Festival. The marching program is a multi-year class winner at the Vanderbilt Marching Invitational and a participant in the Bands of America Regional and Super-regional Championships. In 2019, Mr. Allinder served our state as the Wind Caption head for the Alabama Bicentennial Marching Band. Mr. Allinder has served the Alabama Music Educators Association in numerous leadership capacities including his current role in the President’s Cabinet as Harmonizing Instrument Chair. Mr. Allinder is a multi-year recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence and was awarded the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification in 2008. Mr. Allinder was a past finalist for Alabama Teacher of the Year. He is a member of the Phi Beta Mu Honorary Band Fraternity and the National Band Association. David performs at Hunter Street Baptist Church as a musician and was director of Camp Jam Birmingham, a rock and roll music camp for kids. Mr. Allinder received graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Alabama and has served on the faculties of UAB and Birmingham-Southern College. David currently resides in Helena with his wife Jennifer and children, Tanner and Mackenzie. Ed “Tite Palmares” Anderson is the music teacher for Triangle Elementary School in Mt. Dora, Fl. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Mr. Anderson has been active educator and clinician in steel drum education and capoeira. Ed has presented clinics and concerts at both the Florida Music Educators’ Association Annual State Conference, Florida Music Educators’ Summer Music Institute, FMEA Multicultural Summer Workshop, Illinois Music Educators Conference, and in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2019, he founded Mt. Dora Capoeira, Lake County, Florida’s only capoeira academy. He created a special capoeira program for kids with disabilities and to date has graduated approximately 90 kids into the capoeira ranks. Mr. Anderson holds the rank of Instructor in Capoeira and currently studies the capoeira Angola tradition with Mestre George Palmares, Mestre Nozinho, and berimbau with Grand Mestre No of Capoeira Angola Palmares. Dr. Julie Bannerman is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and coordinatesthe PreK Music Partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools. A former public school music teacher, she specializes in general music education at all levels. Dr. Bannerman’s research and clinical interests include sociocultural issues in music education, policy issues in music education, and music teacher education. She is published in the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, and Journal of Research inMusic Education. Dr. Bannerman serves on the editorial board of Contributions to Music Education and is a member of the Music Educators Journal Advisory Committee. Dr. Bannerman regularly presents research and clinical sessions at regional and national conferences. Joseph Brennan received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from Temple University studying violin and playing trumpet.For 35 years, Joe has been the orchestra director at Haverford Middle and High Schools in suburban Philadelphia and is the Music Department Co-Chair. In 2006, Joe was recognized by PMEA with the Citation of Excellence Award. Joe is a former President of the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of ASTA and in 2018 was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for an Individual by the chapter. Joe has twice been chosen to attend the Juilliard School’s “Conductors Workshop for Music Educators”. Jon Bubbett, received his BMEd from Troy State University and a MMEd from VanderCook College of Music. His thirty eight year career closed with twenty six years atThompson High School in Alabaster, AL. His bands have performed for the Music for All National Concert Band Festival (2011, 2015) and the Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference (1997, 2009, 2014, 2019). He has served as a clinician participant for the Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference and the Midwest Clinic. Mr. Bubbett has concert band music published through Excelcia Music Publishing, RWS Music and Eighth Note Publishing companies. ala breve 39

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Richard M. Cangro, Ph. D., is a Professor and Program Coordinator for Music Education at the Western Illinois University School of Music. He was formerly a public school band and orchestra director for 15 years in Connecticut. A two-time Fulbright Specialist grant award recipient, he has presented at numerousmusic educator events throughout the US and has presented professional development sessions in Canada, China, Ecuador, England, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Musically, he is a member of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony and the music director/conductor of the Monmouth CivicOrchestra and the Quincy Area Youth Orchestra. Matthew Carey is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Originally from Washington state, Dr. Carey taught high school vocal music for 4 years after receiving his undergraduate degree from Western Washington University. He holds a Master of Music from the University of Oregon and a DMA in Choral Conducting from Texas Tech University. His conducting teachers include Leslie Guelker-Cone, Sharon Paul, María Guinand, Hirvo Surva, and Richard Bjella. Prior to Coming to UAH, Dr. Carey served as conductor of the University of Oregon’s award-winning Chamber Choir, preparing the ensemble for their inaugural season as participants in the Oregon Bach Festival. The UO Chamber Choir performed under the batons of Helmut Rilling and Matthew Halls, as well as serving as the ensemble for the Conductor’s Showcase concert. Dr. Carey was also the Director of Choirs and Vocal Studies at Oklahoma Panhandle State University before joining the faculty at UAH. Dr. Carey has been performing nationally both as an oratorio soloist and as a professional chorister for over a decade. He is a ten-year member of the Berwick Chorus of the Oregon Bach Festival, and recently joined the Helmut Rilling Ensemble, based in Germany. He resides in Madison, AL, and is a fan of sailing, cinema, and cats. Andrea Cevasco-Trotter is the Director and Professor of Music Therapy at the University of Alabama. She researches the effects of neurological music therapy interventions on premature infants’ physiological and behavioral parameters. She is a Fellow of the National Institute for Infant & Child Medical Music Therapy. She is a part of research team systematically investigating the role of music therapy on preschoolers’ behavior, executive functioning, and social emotional skills. Dr. Cevasco-Trotter’s work has been published in the Advances in Neonatal Care, Pediatric Nursing, Journal of Music Therapy, and Music Therapy Perspectives. Joshua Cheney, a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, and Coordinator of Worship Leadership at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. At Gardner- Webb he conducts the Concert Choir, the Men’s Chorale, and the Handbell Ensemble. Joshua is also responsible for teaching conducting and courses in the Worship Leadership program. Joshua holds the B.A. in Music Education from Campbell University, the M.M. in Choral Conducting and Church Music from Mercer University, and the D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Bill Connell is an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville where his assignments include an advanced music education class for aspiring band directors and supervisor of instrumental music interns. Previously Mr. Connell taught in public schools for 44 years as a high school, middle and elementary school band and orchestra director. He was Director of Band at Grissom High School in Huntsville from 1986 to 2018. The bands under Mr. Connell’s leadership are well known for their exceptionally musical performances in concert and marching. Mr. Connell attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Music Education Degrees, both with high honors. While at UTK Mr. Connell was drum major of The Pride of the Southland Band for two years. Mr. Connell is in high demand as a band performance evaluator and clinician throughout the United States. He has been an adjudicator in 30 states in concert, marching and jazz band and served as a guest conductor for numerous all-state, clinic and honor Bands. Mr. Connell is a mentor for numerous young band directors throughout the United States. Bill Connell is happily married to his wife Jodie who have 3 children, Brandon Rutherford, Laura Beth and Brooke plus Ian and Kristin from a previous marriage. He is humbled and honored to be a session clinician at the 2022 AMEA Professional Development Conference. Carrie Cruz is a general music teacher at Hueytown Primary School in Jefferson County, AL. She has taught PreK general music through middle school band and has been with Jefferson County for 16 years. Carrie earned her Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Auburn University in 2001 and her Master of Education from Arizona State University in 2003. She recently completed another Master of Education in Vocal Music from Auburn University in the summer of 2021. Carrie was awarded National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2009 and renewed in 2018. She received Orff Levels I, II, and III Certification from Samford University and Kodály Levels I, II, and III Certification from the University of Montevallo. Carrie has won thousands of dollars of grant money for her classroom and for the Alabama Chapter of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association. She was on the executive board of directors for the Alabama Chapter of AOSA for ten years and served as President in 2018-2021. Carrie enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, playing trombone and eating tacos. She is a member and guest conductor of the Birmingham Wind Ensemble, and board member of the Birmingham Community Concert Bands Association and the Hueytown Arts Council. 40 October/November 2021

AMEA 2022 Clinicians American mezzo-soprano Alexis Davis-Hazell is a clinician, presenter and singing actor of opera, concert and musical theatre repertoire. She regularly collaborates on contemporary works and co-presents concerts blending classic and contemporary music, through her production company Jazzoperetry, Inc. Alexis has also toured, participating in over 130 performances of Porgy and Bess, in Europe and North America. Dr. Davis-Hazell’s research interests include: the legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy in contemporary voice performance practice, vocal repertoire by African American women composers, and advocacy for Russian art song studies through improvement of curricula for lyric diction pedagogy. Dr. Davis-Hazell is Assistant Professor of Voice and Lyric Diction at The University of Alabama School of Music. She holds degrees in Voice Performance Studies from Temple University (B.M. Hons.) and Arizona State University (M.M., D.M.A.) Dr. Michelle Murphy DeBruyn is an artist-teacher dedicated to the highest level of musical performance and the 41 encouragement of young vocalists and Professor at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State Uiversity. Ms. DeBruyn is a highly accomplished performer, pedagogue, and musical director, which issupported by awards in each area of specialty. Dr. DeBruyn has completed her Advanced Yoga Teaching Certification and is teaching yoga classes and workshops targeting the special needs of musicians and performers. She has written the chapter on “Meditation” for So You Want To Sing With Awareness, a NATS collaboration published in 2020. Ellary Draper is Associate Professor of Music Therapy at The University of Alabama. She holds degrees in music education from Westminster Choir College, music therapy from Florida State University, and music and human learning from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to attending The University of Texas, Dr. Draper worked as a music therapist with a variety of ages and populations. She also has experience as an elementary general music teacher. Dr. Draper’s research interests are in the areas of children with disabilities, particularly in inclusive music classrooms. Currently, she serves as the Chair of Special Education for the Alabama Music Educators Association and on the Board of Directors for the Certification Board for Music Therapists. A regular presenter at national and regional music therapy and music education conferences, her research is also published in the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, imagine, and Ala Breve. Tiffany English is the music specialist at Sugar Hill Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Georgia. She holds multiple degrees from the University of Georgia and Piedmont College. Her education also includes post-Level III Orff Schulwerk teacher education and Level I Kodály training. Tiffany has served the American Orff-Schulwerk Association as Region IV representative on the National Board of Trustees, vice president and president of AOSA, chair of the Professional Development Committee, president of the Atlanta Area Orff Chapter, and co-chair for the 2014 and 2021 AOSA Professional Development Conferences. Tiffany has been named the Teacher of the Year three times in her career and was honored as the Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year in 2007. She presents at numerous conferences and workshops throughout the United States and is a frequent honor chorus clinician. Tiffany has mentored 15 student teachers in her career and frequently hosts elementary music education methods course observations in her classroom. She was awarded the Athens P-20 Collaborative Mentor Award from the Georgia Colleges of Teacher Education in 2021. Dr. Becky Halliday is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo. She has presented research findings at regional, national, and international conferences, and is an active clinician and conductor. In addition, she is the founding Director of the University of Montevallo Kodály Institute (UMKI) is and a co-Director of the University of MontevalloYoung Musicians’ Camp. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of OAKE and the Council of General Music Education for NAfME. Dr. Halliday earned her Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Southern Mississippi and both her MMed and BMUS from The University of Georgia. She holds certifications in the Orff-Schulwerk Approach and the Kodály Concept, and is the recipient of the 2021 Lacey Powell Outstanding Music Educator Award. Michele Hobizal is a retired elementary music teacher who has taught for 31 years in Texas. Hobizal earned a BME from Texas State University. She is a past conductor of the Katy ISD District Elementary Honor Choir with performances at the 2007 and 2011 TMEA conventions. She has served two terms as the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Elementary VP. Hobizal is also a Past Elementary VP for the Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA). She is acadre member of the Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA), an experienced clinician throughout Texas and was on the 2013 Fine Arts TEKS Review Committee for Kindergarten through 2nd grade music. Hobizal is a very proud Quaver Instructional Coach andClinician! ala breve

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Jessica Palmer Hood is the Associate Director of Bands at Muscle Shoals High School in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama for her undergraduate degree and the University of North Alabama for her master’s degree. Hood has taught for 6 years, during which her students and ensembles have continuously grown and achieved. Hood is serving as the Past Chairman for the Shoals Area Band Directors Association and is an active judge, clinician, and conductor; other professional affiliations include ASBDA, NAfME, AMEA, ABA, and WBDI. Jessica resides in the Shoals with her husband Griffin Hood Dr. Carly Johnson serves as Chair of the Department of Music at Alabama State University. She has been twice nominated for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at ASU, and currently serves as President-Elect for the Higher Education Division of the Alabama Music Educators Association. Dr. Johnson received her Doctor of Music Arts in Trumpet Performance from The Ohio State University, the Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from the University of Florida, and the Bachelor of Music Education from the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. Jane M. Kuehne, Ph.D. earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Ph.D. in music education Florida State University, where she also earned certificates in Computers and Music and in College Teaching. Dr. Kuehne teaches undergraduate and graduate music education courses, leads research and field work with both graduate and undergraduate students, and serves as the Graduate Program Officer for the Department of Curriculum & Teaching at Auburn University. Her research areas include sight-singing, diversity and inclusion, technology in music education, and more recently the effects of early and often field teaching experiences, through the program she and Dr. Kathy King created, Learning to Teach: Teaching to Learn (LTTL). Chris LindleyChris Lindley retired from public education in 2020 after 25 years, most of those at Albertville High School where he led the 300-member Albertville High School Band in internationally televised parade performances in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California (2011, 2018). In 2017, Chris was inducted into the Rho Chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, and in 2018 was the recipient of the Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Bandmaster of the Year Award for Alabama. In 2019, Chris was tapped by AMEA to lead the Alabama Bicentennial All-State Marching Band for their performance in the Bicentennial Parade. In 2020, Chris was an education inductee into the Jacksonville State University Hall of Fame. Rob Lyda is the music teacher at Cary Woods Elementary in Auburn, AL. Dr. Lyda has completed studies in Kodály, World Music Drumming, TI:ME, is an Orff-Schulwerk (Levels I-III and Master Class) certified teacher. Dr. Lyda regularly presents sessions and research on technology integration, creativity, and general music education at state, regional, and national conferences. Currently, Dr. Lyda serves as the Chair of NAfME’s Council for General Music Education, President-Elect of the AMEA, and Advocacy Chair of the AMEA. Joanne May, retired Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Orchestras at Elmhurst University, founded the annual Elmhurst World Music Festival, assisted in writing the course String Improvisation for Educators, sat on search committees for four new string faculty members to the department, and was string advisor to the Music Performance degree development committee. She conducted the Elmhurst University Philharmonic for 10 years, including performances at the Illinois Music Education Conference and in Chicago’s Millennium Park for the Chicago World Music Festival. She also led tours with the orchestra for annual performances in several states. Before teaching at Elmhurst University, May retired with 33 years of public school teaching of strings, orchestra, band, and general music. She has served as President of the Orchestra Division for ILMEA, Illinois ASTA President, National Chair of the ASTA Student Chapter Committee, and National Chair of the Orchestra Council for NAfME. Her awards include the Mary Hoffman Award for Teaching Excellence by Illinois Music Educators Association, Educator of the Year and Distinguished Service Award fromthe Illinois American String Teacher’s Association, and Teacher Recognition Award for the Presidential Scholar Program in Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Joshua May, tenor, is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Activities at theSchwob School of Music at Columbus State University. He has performed and premiered works throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. As a voice educator, he has presented his research with the National Opera Association, College Music Society, National Association of Teachers of Singing, New Voice Educators Symposium, and the Lilly Conference. He holds a D.M.A. in Voice Performance from the University of Connecticut, an M.M. in Vocal Performance and an M.M. in Vocal Pedagogy both from the New England Conservatory of Music. 42 October/November 2021

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Meghan Merciers is Executive Director of the School of the Arts and Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama. She is an active soloist and collaborative musician and has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Dr. Merciers is principal clarinetist of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and frequently performs recitals and lectures with her chamber ensembles, Una Duo, Trio Leo, and Devil Sticks, championing the music of underrepresented composers.  She is a Silverstein Pro Team Artist and Yamaha Performing Artist. Dr. Merciers serves on the Alabama Music Educators Governing Board as AMEA Collegiate Advisor and is co-sponsor of the UNA Collegiate NAfME Chapter.  Joshua Meyer is currently the Band Director at Ashford High School, where he teaches 6th-12th grade band, as well as Class Guitar. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama, holding a Bachelor’s in Instrumental Music Education. During his time at the university, he served as a soloist for the Million Dollar Band, was an active member of Phi Mu Alpha, and served on the state governing board for the Alabama Music Educators Association. He was named the Outstanding Senior for the School of Music’s 2017 Graduating Class. Mr. Meyer began his teaching career at Auburn Early Education Center, teaching K-2 General Music. He has since been a middle school assistant band director, a visual technician for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, and is currently spending his summers pursuing his Master of Music Education degree at Florida State University. Mr. Chase Moore earned a bachelor’s in music education from the University of Alabama and is currently completing a master’s in music education at Auburn University where he also serves as a graduate teaching assistant with the Auburn Bands. Prior to attending Auburn, Mr. Moore was the director of bands at Duncanville Middle School where he also served as his school’s technology coordinator. While at the University of Alabama, Mr. Moore marched with the Million Dollar Band where he also served on the leadership team, played in all of the bands on various instruments, played with The University of Alabama Trombone Choir, and was treasurer for the University of Alabama Trombone Studio. Mr. Moore is a frequent performer and is a member of the Alabama Winds and Black Warrior Winds where he plays oboe and bass clarinet.  Terry S. Ownby retired June 1 of 2021, after 30 years of teaching instrumental music. Mr. Ownby was the Director of Bands at Florence High School where he oversaw the marching, concert and jazz bands and served as the Secondary Fine Arts Academic Leader. Prior to his appointment at Florence, he served as a professor of music at Wallace State Community College, where he taught Symphonic Band, Music Theory, Music Appreciation and the Brass studio. He held the position of Director of Bands at Muscle Shoals Middle School and Assistant Director of Bands at Muscle Shoals High School for 22 years and also was instrumental in restarting the Muscle Shoals Jazz band program, which he directed for 9 years. He holds a Bachelors of Music in music education and a Master of Arts in Education degree from the University of North Alabama. He serves as a guest Clinician/Conductor and Adjudicator throughout the Southeast. Dr. C. David Ragsdale is Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Dr. Ragsdale teaches courses in music education and conducting. In 2015, Dr. Ragsdale was named the UAH Collegeof Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of the Year. He currently serves AMEA as the wind band music reviewer for Ala Breve. In demand as a clinician and conductor, Dr. Ragsdale has conducted numerous All-state and district honor bands as well as recent university conducting engagements at Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Winthrop University, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Georgia. Additionally, he has led a diverse array of performersin orchestral settings, including Grammy winners Wynonna Judd, Lee Greenwood and the Indigo Girls, American Idol Ruben Studdard, newgrass band Act of Congress, and Broadway star Ivan Rutherford. He is a frequent presenter at music educator conferences, the College Band Directors National Association, a contributor to the “Teaching Music Through Performance” textbook series, and serves as Vice Chair of Region 8 of the National Association of Schools of Music. Dr. Ragsdale resides in Huntsville, Alabama with his wife Jennifer Ragsdale, Head of Middle School at Randolph School, their daughters, Ella (15), Anna (12), and dog Rudy (7). Dr. Brett A. Richardson serves as Coordinator of Music Education/Director of Bands and associate professor of music at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, TX. He is also the Conductor and Artistic Director of the San Antonio Harmonie Ensemble, a community chamber winds group. Richardson holds a Doctor of Music degree in Wind Conducting from the world-renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is in demand nationally as a conductor and clinician. Recent honors include the 2019 UIW Provost’s Legacy in Teaching Award and election into Phi Beta Mu International Honorary Bandmasters fraternity. ala breve 43

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Dr. Megan Rudolph is in her 27th year of teaching choral music. Her teaching experience includes teaching all levels of choir and teaching collegiate method classes. Currently, she is the choral director at Vestavia Hills High School where she oversees ten choirs. Her choirs consistently receive superior ratings at state,regional, and national festivals. Choirs under her direction have performed at theACDA National Conference (2019), Alabama State Music Educators’ conference(2019, 2015), and the Choir Nationals for Top Choirs in Carnegie Hall (2017, 2015). Dr. Rudolph is an active presenter, adjudicator, and mentor to young teachers. She is Nationally Board Certified (2013, 2003) and Orff Level I Certified. She has served as the ACDA Southern Division R&R for Vocal Jazz and is the Past President of Alabama ACDA. Additionally, she is a dedicated wife and mother of four children (Alexis13, Austin-11, Zach-8, and Max-6). Mr. Daniel Seay is in his third year as the band director at Muscle Shoals Middle School in Muscle Shoals, AL. Prior to his current position Mr. Seay served as the band director at L.F Addington Middle School and J.J. Kelly High School in Wise, VA from 2004-2006. He was also the band director at Brooks High School in Killen, AL from 2006-2018. Mr. Seay graduated from Brooks High School in 1999. He graduated from The University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education in 2004 and completed his Masters Degree from The University of North Alabama in the summer of 2017. He served as ABA District 3 Vice Chairman from 2017-2019 and as chairman from 2019-2021. His professional affiliations include National Association for Music Education, Alabama Bandmasters Association, Phi Kappa Phi, American School Band Directors Association and Pi Kappa Lamda (Theta Theta Chapter). Mr. Seay received the National Band Association Citation of Excellence in December of 2018 and was also recognized by the University of North Alabama as a “2020 Distinguished Teacher Mentor’’ in Secondary Education. Mr. Seay is married to Amy Muse Seay of Wilsonville, AL. The couple have four daughters: Caroline, Annalise, Elizabeth, and Emalia. Dr. Morgan Soja is the Director of Music Education at Samford University. She earned her PhD and MM in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and her BM in Music Education from Bowling Green State University. She has certificates in Kodaly levels I and II, Orff Level I, and GIML Introductions to MLT and Elementary General Music coursework. Soja has served on the Higher Education Board of NCMEA, and is an active participant in the Supporting Beginning Music Teachers area of strategic planning and action of SMTE. She has presented frequently at state and national NAfME conferences. Gary Stith is Professor & Conductor Emeritus at the Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College (NY) and also adjunct professor of music education at Ithaca College. He holds degrees from the Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music. He taught instrumental music in the Holland and Williamsville (NY) Central Schools for a total of thirty years, including serving as Instructional Specialist for the Fine and Performing Arts in the Williamsville schools from 1993 – 2002. Gary is author of Score and Rehearsal Preparation: A Realistic Approach for Instrumental Conductors and The Conductors Companion: 100 Rehearsal Techniques, Imaginative Ideas, Quotes and Facts both published by Meredith Music Publications, a division of GIA. Dr. Phillip Stockton, Associate Director of Choral Studies at Mississippi State University, conducts the Schola Cantorum, a 90 voice un-auditioned women’s choir. Stockton has workedwith treble choirs of all ages throughout his career. Dr. Stockton completed the Bachelor of Music Education at Auburn University, the Master of Music Education at Florida State University and the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Mississippi. While at the University of Mississippi, Stockton was a graduate conductor and student of Dr. Debra Spurgeon, a leading pedagogue of women’s choirs. Dr. Mark J. Walker is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Troy University. He conducts the Symphony Band and directs the “Sound of the South” Marching Band. Dr. Walker teaches courses in conducting, wind literature, marching band techniques and measurement/assessment. He has adjudicated and conducted honor bands throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Walker is the editor of the book, The Art of Interpretation of Band Music published by GIA. He also serves as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Band Research. Dr. Walker is in demand as a clinician throughout the United States, and has appeared as guest conductor with the United States Air Force Band, the United States Navy Band, and the Royal Hawaiian Band, among several others. Dr. Walker is a member of American Bandmasters Association, Alabama Music Educators and Alabama Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu, CBDNA, NAfME, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha among many others. 44 October/November 2021

AMEA 2022 Clinicians Dr. Cameron Weatherford serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Music at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee where he conducts the Choral Union, Men’sChorus, and teaches courses in the undergraduate and graduate choral music curriculum. Prior to coming to Lee, he served as the Chair of the Division of Fine Arts and Director of Choral Activities at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana wherehe directed the Louisiana College Chorale, Voices of LC, The Louisianians, The LCWomen’s Chorus and taught courses in the choral music education curriculum. In March 2017, Dr. Weatherford won first place in the National ACDAGraduate Conducting Competition in Minneapolis Minnesota. In 2016, he wasawarded the Young Music Educator Award by the Louisiana Music EducatorsAssociation. He has been featured as a session presenter in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ohio conferences including LMEA, MMEA, ACDA, and the Kettering National A Cappella Conference. Dr. Weatherford holds a B.M. in Church Music from Louisiana College, a M.M. in Choral Conducting from The University of Southern Mississippi, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky. He lives in Cleveland,Tennessee with his wife Caroline and their three children, Hudson, Annie, and Scout. Allison Wilkinson is the CEO and founder of the I Am School of Music and the Making Musicians Training Program. Each year, she teaches thetools of Applied Music Psychology tomusic educators from around the world, from Australia to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between. A veteran teacher with more than 15,000 hours of direct teaching and many more in research, Allison is also the mother of four children and the favorite aunt of twelve more. Phil Wilson graduated from Troy (State) University in 2001 with a B.M.E. and completed his Master of Music Education from Auburn University in 2007. In 2010, Phil became a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2010, and renewed in 2019. Phil earned a Ph.D. from Auburn University in December of 2020. Phil is the 2019-2020 recipient of the Max Federal Credit Union Life Changer Award, and the 2010-2011 Alabama State Teacher of the Year. Dr. Anne C. Witt teaches Music Education classes, string academic classes and private cello lessons at the University of Alabama. She taught middle school and high school strings in Austin, Texas for 15 years and played cello in the Austin Symphony for 22 years. Anne served as President of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association, President of the Alabama ASTA chapter, and National President of ASTA. Her degrees were earned at the University of Alabama and the University of Texas at Austin. She founded the Adult Strings program in the Community Music School at UA, and started an annual Adult Strings Weekend for amateur adults. She also teaches Music Appreciation courses in the OLLI program for retired adults. Dr. Witt has presented educational sessions at many AMEA and ASTA conferences. She enjoys guest-conducting orchestras, and is the author of A Rhythm a Week for band and strings classes. After returning to her hometown of Tuscaloosa, AL in 2004, she organized a community initiative to fund the start-up of a school string program, named Strings in Schools. After 15 years, over 1700 students have participated, and several alumni have become music teachers. Five full-time string teachers teach daily classes in all middle schools and high schools of the Tuscaloosa City Schools. She is Past President of Chamber Music Tuscaloosa, and continues to play cello professionally in a string quartet called “Four Strings Attached.” Dr. Gabriel Woods Currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Savannah State University and Coordinator of 45 Music and Music Education. Dr. Woods earned his B.A., M.M. Ed., and D.M.E. from Liberty University. Georgia. Dr. Woods has served as a music educator and administrator in the K-12 sector. Dr. Woods is a member of the College Music Society National Association for Music Education Georgia Music Educators Association and the Professional Association for Georgia Educators He has presented at several state music educatorconferences. His honors include Adjunct Professor of the Year twice at (Ogeechee Technical College), Teacher of the Year. Ginger Zingara is presently assisting at Birmingham area schools, maintaining a flute studio and is Adjunct Professor of graduate music education at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Previously, she was Director of Bands at Birmingham Southern College, Professor of Instrumental Music and Director of Bands and Orchestra at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas, Music Education Instructor at Troy University in Troy, Alabama, as well as Conductor for the Music South Orchestra, Tri-State Community Orchestra in Dothan, Alabama. She taught middle school and high school bands and orchestras in Georgia and Alabama to high acclaim, including such highlights such as having one of only 16 bands from the United States selected to perform at the Lord Mayor’s Millennium Parade in London, England in front of 2 million + viewers and the Queen of England and royal family, receiving the John Philip Sousa Foundation “Sudler Flag of Honor”, and Director of the Alabama All-Star Band at the 100th Anniversary of the Lions Club. ala breve

A Music Educator’s Nationals Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Association (UNESCO), which in turn Potential Response formed the International Music Council in 1946 (McCarthy, p. 40, 1995). The to Afghanistan by Scott Sexton International Music Council became the International Society for Music in 1953, and In August 2021, the world watched helplessly climate, there is potential to implement similar one of its goals was to promote music as the as the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan’s music projects in our music classrooms to universal language and use it as a tool to capital city. The existing government fell, the promote peacebuilding to address current advocate for world peace. Even though we are United States withdrew its troops, and the events. almost eighty years away from the end of Taliban retook the majority of the country. World War II, we can certainly apply these Unfortunately, this event was proceeded by We are in a unique situation where the philosophies from the music education field over forty years of civil wars, foreign situation in Afghanistan has affected our in the 1940s and 1950s to our current invasions, and failed governments. The case country in a number of ways. There are international situation. for the prosperity of the nation of millions of displaced Afghans around the Afghanistan in modern times has been a tragic world due to decades of ongoing conflict in Unfortunately, there are several one. With this tragedy, our initial images of Afghanistan. There are thousands of Afghan misconceptions surrounding Afghan culture Afghanistan are often filled with war and refugees in the United States, and due to the and Afghanistan among Americans. Many terrorism. However, have we as music recent events in the Summer of 2021, that people only vaguely understand the purpose educators ever looked beyond the war-torn number will continue to grow. Because of our of America’s involvement in Afghanistan, the rubble to discover the humanity in a rich nation’s twenty-year involvement in role of religion (Islam versus Islamic culture? Can we not counter these images of Afghanistan, it is likely that you and your Extremism), or even more simple things such misery and despair with beautiful stories and students have military family members and as the country’s geographic location and its memories of the once music-filled tea houses friends that have served deployments to this customs. Introducing some Afghan music to of Kabul and Afghan children joyfully singing region (or maybe even you as the music your students can help dispel these in the homes and schools of their villages? educator have served). Unfortunately, you and misconceptions. There are several things that Music educators have the potential to address your students likely know people that lost music educators can do when it comes to the events of Afghanistan by facilitating their lives in military service to our country in learning music from another culture. First, it is peace, cultural understanding, and acceptance the Afghanistan War. In addition to the important that the music teacher learn a little in their music classrooms. thousands of American lives lost in the about the background of a culture and/or Facilitating Peace conflict, thousands of Afghan civilians also country. It might be useful to learn a few facts perished in their country as a result of war. about Afghanistan’s rich history and the There have been several examples in the We must also acknowledge the pain of underlying causes to the wars of the 1970s, literature of music and peacebuilding among millions of Afghan citizens abroad, as they 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. refugees, immigrants, displaced persons, and have had to helplessly watch their beloved Second, create spaces in your classroom and populations affected by war traumas. Pettan homeland descend in chaos from afar. One curricula to include this music in a meaningful (1996) investigated a cross-cultural project in cannot begin to imagine the trauma that all the and authentic manner. If you are not Norway between Norwegians and Bosnian aforementioned groups have experienced as a comfortable in leading an Afghan song, allow refugees in the aftermath of the Bosnian war. result of the conflict in Afghanistan. Music your students the opportunity to hear a In this project, Norwegians were taught to educators have the opportunity to facilitate recording of Afghan musicians. If possible, sing and play some of the music traditions of peacebuilding and incorporate the sharing of you can strengthen your music program’s Bosnia and ensembles of Norwegians and Afghan music cultures in their classrooms. community connections by engaging a culture Bosnian refugees performed this music Sharing these music cultures allows music bearer from the Afghan music tradition. Invite throughout refugee centers in Norway. educators to create space to promote cross- a culture bearer to speak to your class, Similarly, Balsnes (2016) examined a network cultural understanding and address cultural whether in-person or virtually via an online of multicultural gospel choirs in Norway. misconceptions that have been perpetuated by video conferencing platform. Perhaps you can These choirs primarily consisted of refugees the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. collaborate with teachers from other content from conflict regions around the world. Both areas to create a cross-curricular unit on music project examples had strong Cultural Understanding and Acceptance Afghanistan. Even only offering your students collaborations with the host population, while It should be noted that there are several a glimpse of other music cultures has the providing the refugees a safe space for them events in the history of music education that potential to erase a few misunderstandings to begin to assimilate into their new cultures attempted to address the use of music to and prejudices from the younger generation. and homes and a place for them to share and address cultural understanding. After World work through previous war traumas. These War II, there was an emphasis among music The final thing we can do as music educators groups were able to experience the healing educators to build bridges between cultures in is to demonstrate enthusiasm and respect for power of music by sharing the nostalgia and an effort to better understand one another teaching new music cultures in our classroom. pride of their music cultures while learning and to promote world peace. The newly- If you are excited and truly interested about music from their new cultures. In our present founded United Nations formed the United learning about new cultures, you students will emulate that same excitement and interest. In addition to generating excitement, you are showing your students that are creating space 46 October/November 2021

for the numerous cultural identities in your lesson plans for global music. One set of published by Riverhead Books. This book is classroom. Sandoval (2016) argued that lesson plans features this Afghan stringed fictional account of a young boy set in the peacebuilding in music education can only instrument. The lessons would be perfect for midst of real-life events in Afghanistan. The begin the cultural identities of all students can a middle and high school general music class storyline weaves through a period of Afghan be valued and recognized in the music and integrates some of the national standards history, from times of peace, to the Soviet curricula. I believe that exploring Afghan for music education. invasion, until the rise of the Taliban. The music in the classroom can affirm numerous https://folkways.si.edu/afghan-rubab-lion- author is Afghan-American and has authored cultural identities, whether you have an instruments/kabuli/music/tools-for-teaching other novels that are set in Afghanistan. The Afghan child refugee in your class, or a child /smithsonian book and film provide a context to the of an American military parent that served in timelines of events in Afghanistan from the Afghanistan. Qu Qu Qu Barg-e-Chinaar: Children’s Songs late 1970s to 2000, but it should be noted the from Afghanistan, by Louise Pascale, book and film have drawn some controversy Conclusion published by the National Geographic Society. due to a brief inclusion of sexual violence in I want to offer the disclaimer that I am not This songbook features 16 songs collected by its plot. Afghan, nor do I have Afghan heritage. Dr. Louise Pascale during her time as a Additionally, I am not a member of the Fulbright Scholar to Afghanistan in the 1960s. References American military, nor have I visited In the early 2000s, she began The Afghan Afghanistan. This brief article came from my Children’s Songbook with the mission of Balsnes, A. H. (2016). Hospitality in love of sharing global music and using music returning music to the children of multicultural choral singing. International to address current events. After a quick search Afghanistan. Through this organization, over Journal of Community Music, 9(2), 171-189. about Afghan music, I spent many hours 50,000 Afghan songbooks were distributed. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm.9.2.171_1 reading articles and books about Afghan The songs are perfect for elementary and music and culture. One thing that stood out middle school students. A CD is included in Campbell, P.S. (2018). Music, education, and in my research was the fact that the Taliban the book with Afghan-Canadian children diversity: Bridging cultures and communities suppressed culture in many ways during its singing the songs. afghansongbook.org (J.A. Banks, Ed). Teachers College Press. first rule (1996 to 2001). One of the things the Taliban banned during this time was Books/Films/Documentaries: McCarthy, Marie. “Canticle to Hope: music. Because of this ban and the decades A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Widening Horizons in International Music of war in Afghanistan, there are not many Story, by Qais Akbar Omar, published by Education, 1939-1953.” International Journal English-language music education resources. Picador. Omar’s memoir of his time growing of Music Education 25 (1995): 38–49. At the end of the article, I have included of up in Afghanistan in the early 1990s, from the resources that may help you start to learn period after the Soviet invasion until the civil https://doi.org/10.1177/025576149502500 more about the music, culture, and history of war of the 1990s. 105 Afghanistan. This resource list is definitely not exhaustive. Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Pettan, S. (1996). Making the refugee Afghanistan, by Tony O’Brien and Mike experience different: ‘Azra’ and the Bosnians Campbell (p. 19, 2018) stated “Collaborations Sullivan, published by Bloomsbury USA in Norway. In R. Kirin & M. Povrzanović among musicians assert that music bridges the Children’s Books. The book is a photo project (Eds.), War, exile, everyday life: Cultural divides that have arisen artificially from consisting of youth from all over Afghanistan. perspectives (245-255). Institute of Ethnology diverse races and ethnicities, religions, and Each photo is accompanied by a little story and Folklore Research. political beliefs.” I charge music educators to about the youth and includes the youth’s explore the use of Afghan music in your dreams for the future. Sandoval, E. (2016). Potential contributions classroom so that we might foster of music education to peacebuilding: collaboration among our young musicians, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If Curricular concerns. Journal of Peace promote cultural understanding, and You’re a Girl), documentary directed by Carol Education, 13(3), 238-251. incorporate peacebuilding in our music Dysinger and produced by Elena Andreicheva 17400201.2016.1234647 instruction. that won 2020 Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short Subject. The Scott Sexton is a Lecturer of Choral Music at Troy Resources documentary highlights Skateistan, an University, where he teaches courses in choral music, Music: organization that started a skate school in private voice and piano, and Kabul for underprivileged girls to learn to supervises music education Afghanistan National Institute of Music- This skateboard, read, and write. interns. His previous experience includes teaching elementary is the only music school in Afghanistan. The The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, by Gayle music and middle/high school Tzemach Lemmon, published by Harper choir in public and private school teaches both Western music and Collins Publishers. The true story of Kamila school settings. His research Sadiq and how she became a seamstress to interests focus on the intersection Afghan traditional music. The website has support her family during the rise of the first of music education, Taliban government regime. peacebuilding, and photos of many traditional instruments and ethnomusicology. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, costumes, as well as videos of Afghan youth performing traditional music. https://www.anim-music.org Afghan Rubâb: The Lion of Instruments: The Smithsonian Folkways Institute has a series of ala breve 47

Band Music Reviews Always withstand whatever flexibility of by C. David Ragsdale personnel and instrumentation this season Grateful may continue to warrant. One of the great all composers who provide us, through outcomes of the pandemic for our entire their music, our very curriculum. And As you might guess, these articles in Ala profession was the increased focus by sometimes these composers are teachers, Breve are actually written months ahead of composers on “flex” scoring and adaptive too. I will close with a nod to one such publication. That’s an eternity, I’m arrangements. Even before the pandemic, composer-teacher in District 1 who has learning, within the context of a few programs had the luxury of recently published his third work for band. pandemic! For instance, in the August consistent and appropriate Patrick Harper of Hazel Green High issue of Ala Breve, this column was naively instrumentation. And certainly, by now, School composed “Semper Gratus” in brimming with optimism for emerging many more programs are confronting the honor of long-time band director, James from the pandemic, shedding the masking new realities of the post-Covid Champion. “Semper Gratus” begins and and distancing narrative, and recapturing instrumental music education paradigm ends with exuberant, fanfare-esque themes the joy in our return to the classroom where budget and instrumentation flanking a middle section characterized by under almost-normal conditions. Yet, at challenges are even more dire. lush, reedy, lyrical writing. The grade the time of this writing, (like you, I three, 4.5-minute overture explores several suspect) I have a considerable number of Many of our composer colleagues have keys, styles, and colors, with solid scoring students missing from rehearsal due to not only embraced this challenge but and substantial percussion writing – all various quarantine measures as schools transformed the industry through their culminating in an accessible concert and universities continue to grapple with creative and vibrant re-scoring of both opener with plenty of opportunities for best practices for controlling the spread new and standard repertoire alike. These great sounds. “Semper Gratus” is Latin of the virus within our campus efforts have resulted in significantly more for “always grateful.” Today, I’m grateful communities. By the time you read this, I and better repertoire for ensembles of all for all composers who continue to fear we will all have more students, not sizes and abilities, regardless of advance our profession through their fewer, quarantined or otherwise missing instrumentation. Alabama’s own Robert powerful and creative contributions to our from our Fall rehearsals and W. Smith has added a significant number literature. performances. of flex and custom resources to his website, as has Randall Standridge, Tyler Dave Ragsdale As such, I am - in my own programming - Grant, John Mackey, and a host of other Professor and Chair seeking performance repertoire which can composers on whom we all depend for Department of Music quality literature. In fact, a quick search of JW Pepper’s website reveals 450 adaptive The University of arrangements in the Concert Band Alabama in Huntsville category alone! We are grateful for the creative power of 48 October/November 2021

General Music Reviews by Deanna Bell Here is a sample lesson from the book: “ Also, remember to check your folk song collection to make Just Five: Collection of Pentatonic Songs compiled sure they do not include songs with a questionable past. Here by Dr. Robert E. Kersey” is a link to a working document of songs we should remove from our collections. “Just Five is a valuable collection of more than 80 folk songs https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfi based on the five-note pentatonic scale. This compilation is UZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/mobilebasic excellent for any music teacher who wants to use authentic, cross-cultural folk tunes as a teaching tool. Tone sets for Kodály instruction are given for each song.” The book includes: Deanna Bell • Natural chants and games of children and folk songs of Music Teacher,Vestavia Hills Elementary East different cultures Adjunct Professor, UAB • The book is in a natural sequence beginning with so-mi, and so-mi-la. • Designed to provide supplementary material for teachers using the pentatonic approach. ala breve 49

John Cooper, AMEA Tri-M Chair Tri-M National Music Honor Society Spotlight on the Gardendale High School Tri-M Chapter The Tri-M National Music Honor The Gardendale chapter is involved in Congratulations, Gardendale High School Society at Gardendale High School has other activities to serve their school and Tri-M chapter students and advisors! been active since 2004. Currently, Cara community. They prepare goodie bags Thomas and Jesse Taylor serve as co- for teachers, staff, and administration and If your chapter is up and running and advisors for the chapter. One of the they conduct fundraisers by using penny beneficial to your overall program, I focuses of this chapter is to promote drops. would like to highlight some of the support for all the arts programs at activities of your chapter. There is Gardendale. One of the most important According to Ms. Thomas, the primary enough bad news going around - let’s ways that they do this is to have students benefit of Tri-M is to create “a share some good news! I can be reached from other arts programs serve as ushers community of arts students who all have at: [email protected]. Please and distribute printed programs at any a love for music in any form. It allows send me an email and I will try to share school concert. In the past they have them to flourish in a way that is not some of the great things going on in Tri- taken trips to enjoy local music always possible throughout the normal M in Alabama. professionals of all kinds - and they hope school day.” to return to this more as conditions Ready to start your chapter? Go to: allow! https://nafme.org/start-your-tri-m- chapter-today/ 50 October/November 2021