2015 AMEA Conference Program Book

Alabama MUSIC EDUCATORS Association 2015 In-Service Conference January 22-24, 2015 Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center

at UAH... FROM HANDS-ON TO HI-TECH EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION. UAH Department of Music AUDITION DATES FOR 2015 Saturday, February 7, 2015, 9 AM Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 6 PM Visit uah.edu/music or scan this QR code below to request more information. The Department of Music at UAH prepares Follow us via social media musicians for careers as performers, educators, to keep up with our events! composers, church musicians, and music industry facebook.com/uah.music professionals. Noted for quality instruction by nationally and internationally renowned faculty, and an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, we offer eight music emphases, numerous ensembles, and over 150 performances each year.

TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Welcome ...........................................................................................................5 AMEA Governing Board and President’s Cabinet ...............................................................6 Get the Mobile App..............................................................................................................6 Keynote Speaker .................................................................................................................9 AMEA Presidents - Past to Present ....................................................................................9 Opening Night Reception ..................................................................................................10 Lobby Performance Schedule ...........................................................................................10 Thursday at a Glance ........................................................................................................13 Friday at a Glance .............................................................................................................14 Saturday at a Glance.........................................................................................................15 Rehearsal Schedules at a Glance.....................................................................................15 Complete Conference Schedule ..................................................................................17-28 The Alabama Winds ..........................................................................................................30 The Auburn University Jazz Ensemble..............................................................................31 The Center Point High School Chorale .............................................................................32 The Faith Academy Symphonic Band................................................................................33 The John Carroll Singers ...................................................................................................34 The Johnnie Carr Middle School Choraliers ......................................................................35 The McAdory Elementary School Orff Ensemble ..............................................................36 The Monrovia Middle School Advanced Band ...................................................................37 The Rock Quarry Middle School Orchestra ......................................................................38 The Shades Valley High School Symphonic Band............................................................39 The Sparkman High School Wind Ensemble ....................................................................40 The Troy University Concert Chorale ................................................................................41 Troy University frequency ..................................................................................................42 The Tuscaloosa County High School Wind Ensemble......................................................43 The University of Alabama Trombone Choir .....................................................................44 Posters to be Presented at the HED Research Poster Session .......................................46 Conference Clinicians ..................................................................................................48-55 AMEA Industry/Institutional Members................................................................................56 Exhibitors......................................................................................................................59-63 AMEA Hall of Fame ...........................................................................................................64 Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers in Music ....................................................64 AMEA Membership Honor Roll..........................................................................................66 Advertisers Alabama State University ...........................................................47 Southeastern Musical Services, Inc. .............................................9 Auburn University Department of Music ...................................25 The University of Alabama Bands..............................................16 Huntingdon College Bands .........................................................67 UAB Department of Music.........................................................12 Huntingdon College Department of Music...................................4 UAH Department of Music ................................inside front cover JSU, David L. Walters Department of Music .............................65 University of Montevallo............................................................57 John M. Long School of Music ..................................................11 University of Montevallo Young Musicians Camp ......................7 QuaverMusic.com .........................................................back cover UNA Department of Music and Dance.........................................8 Samford University School of the Arts.......................................58 University of South Alabama Marching Band ...........................45 Simply Sheets Fundraising, LLC................................................28 University of South Alabama Department of Music ..................29 3

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME Dear Friends and Colleagues, On Thursday evening, I invite everyone to attend the Opening Night Reception from 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm in Alabama Ballroom Welcome to the 2015 In-Service B. This association-wide event is designed to promote Conference and the great city of collaboration and mentorship across divisions and is sponsored by Montgomery. With a host of members of our music industry and business community. Earlier sessions, performances, and exhibits in the day, the Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall will feature a involving participants from Special Performance of the University of Alabama Trombone throughout the state and across the Choir. I encourage everyone to visit the exhibits and support the country, we hope you enjoy this merchants who make our conference possible. occasion to strengthen your teaching, reconnect with colleagues, make I wish to thank the AMEA officers and board members, who have new acquaintances, and welcome diligently worked to make this conference a success. And I want new educators to the profession. The to recognize Garry Taylor, who as Executive Director of the AMEA Governing Board and officers of our divisions worked AMEA spearheaded the preparation of the schedule, coordination tirelessly to organize a robust and meaningful professional of the exhibits, creation of the conference program, and development conference for teachers at all stages. I hope you will collaboration with the Renaissance Hotel and Conference be inspired to consider the possibility of integrating new ideas into management and staff. Garry's diligent service and consummate your classes, rehearsals, and performances. professionalism have impacted the professional development of Alabama music educators for nearly a decade. Thank you, Garry This year, we implemented a series of initiatives to advance deep for your dedicated service. and meaningful networking, learning, and music making. As our vision takes shape, you will notice attempts to strengthen Famous satirist Mark Twain once said, \"It usually takes me two our connections with stakeholders in the music industry, higher or three weeks to prepare an impromptu speech.\" I hope you will education, community groups, and other organizations. join me and offer sincere appreciation to the clinicians, conductors, and musicians for the time they spent preparing their presentations The highlights of this year's conference include our keynote with and performances. We are fortunate to have stellar ensembles and Dr. Robert Duke, reading band with Dr. Deborah Confredo, choral highly respected clinicians at the 2015 In-service Conference. clinics with Dr. Tucker Biddlecombe, elementary sessions with Dr. John Feierabend, and a performance of the 2015 Alabama Friends, welcome back to Montgomery! And best wishes on what Intercollegiate Band under the baton of Colonel John R. I hope is an inspiring experience for you! Bourgeois. The AMEA Awards Ceremony, including the AMEA Honor Roll, Carl B. Hancock new 2014-15 National Board Certified Teachers, Young President, Alabama Music Educators Association Composers Award, Outstanding Administrator, Outstanding Young Music Educator, Barbara Odom Distinquished Service Award and the 2015 Class of the AMEA Hall of Fame, will be presented on Friday night before the concert. Join us in the MPAC Friday night at 7:00 pm for the presentation of the 2015 AMEA awards: AMEA Hall of Fame Class of 2015: John Bradley, Bill Brunner, and Jim Duren FAME Scholarship Recipient: Patty Holley, Elmore County High School Outstanding Young Music Educator: Gene Butler, Trinity Presbyterian School Outstanding Educator: Lea Hoppe, Randolph School Outstanding Administrator: Dianne Johnson, Jefferson County Schools Barbara Odom Distinguished Service Award: Garry Taylor Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers - Class of 2014 AMEA Honor Roll - Members who have 25 years of continuous service and increments of 5 years AMEA Young Composers Competition Finalists 5

AMEA Officers and Governing Board President..........................................................................Carl Hancock President-Elect............................... ...................................Susan Smith Immediate Past President............... ................................Sara Womack Treasurer/Registrar...............................................................Pat Stegall Recording Secretary........................ ..............................Carla Gallahan Executive Director.......................... ....................................Garry Taylor ABA.President................................................................Rusty Courson AOA President........................... ...................................Sarah Schrader AVA President............................ ...........................................Carl Davis Elementary/General Pesident.......... ................................Karla Hodges Higher Education President............. ..............................James Zingara Collegiate Advisor............................ ...........................Edward Hoffman Collegiate President.........................................................Stacy Daniels Industry Membership Representative ...........................Becky Lightfoot Editor, Ala Breve Magazine................................................Garry Taylor ASDOE, Arts Education Specialist ............................... Andy Meadows AMEA President’s Cabinet Advanced Placement Theory Chair ....................................Amir Zaheri Advocacy and Government Relations Chair...................Kathy Hughes Historian ..............................................................................Frank Buck Jazz Education Chair .........................................................Mark Foster Membership Chair ..................................................................Rob Lyda MIOSM Chair..............................................................Sarah McLendon Music Reviewer - Choral ....................................................Erin Colwitz Music Reviewer - Wind Band.......................................David Ragsdale Research Chair ................................................................Jane Kuehne Special and Multicultural Education Chair ........................Ellary Draper SMTE State Representative........................................Edward Hoffman SRME State Representative.............................................Jane Kuehne Teacher Education Chair ............................................Edward Hoffman OUR EVENT HAS GONE MOBILE! Scan to download Schedule, Maps, Exhibitors, Twitter and more on your mobile device - completely free. Download Guidebook on the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace or visit guidebook.com/getit Sponsored by QuaverMusic and Praise Hymn Fashions 6

Y g M ici ’ Camp Band, choir, guitar, and piano sessions for ages 11-18 Sunday, June 14 - Friday, June 19 For more info: call 205.665.6670 or visit www.montevallo.edu/ymc 7

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Robert Duke Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music The University of Texas at Austin Robert Duke is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Elizabeth Shatto Massey Distinguished Fellow in Teacher Education, and Director of the Center for Music Learning. He is also directs the psychology of learning program at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. The most recent recipient of MTNA’s Frances Clarke Keyboard Pedagogy Award, Dr. Duke has directed national research efforts under the sponsorship of such organizations as the National Piano Foundation and the International Suzuki Institute. His research on human learning and behavior spans multiple disciplines, including motor skill learning, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. His most recent work explores procedural memory consolidation and the cognitive processes engaged during musical improvisation. A former studio musician and public school music teacher, he has worked closely with children at-risk, both in the public schools and through the juvenile justice system. He is the author of Scribe 4 behavior analysis software, and his most recent books are Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction and The Habits of Musicianship, which he co-authored with Jim Byo of Louisiana State University. He is a co-host of the NPR radio program Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT in Austin. AMEA Presidents Past to Present 1946 Yale H. Ellis 1980 Paul Hall 1948 Walter A. Mason 1982 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1950 Vernon Skoog 1984 Johnny Jacobs 1952 John J. Hoover 1986 Merilyn Jones 1954 Lamar Triplett 1988 Ronald D. Hooten 1956 Carleton K. Butler 1990 Ken Williams 1958 Mort Glosser 1992 Dianne Johnson 1960 Wilbur Hinton 1994 James K. Simpson 1962 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1996 Johnnie Vinson 1964 G. Truman Welch 1998 Michael Meeks 1966 Jerry Countryman 2000 John McAphee, Jr. 1968 Floyd C. McClure 2002 Tony Pike 1970 Jerry Bobo 2004 Becky Rodgers 1972 Frances P. Moss 2006 John Baker 1974 George Hammett 2008 Pat Stegall 1975 Frances P. Moss 2010 Steve McLendon 1976 S. J. Allen 2012 Sara Womack 1978 W. Frank McArthur, Jr. 2014 Carl Hancock 9

Join us for the Opening Night Reception Thursday, January 22 9:30 - 11:00 PM Renaissance Ballroom B Hors d'oeuvres and Cash Bar (a complimentary beverage coupon good for one beer, wine, soft drink or bottled water will be given to registered attendees and exhibitors at the door - Wear your badge!) Entertainment provided by the University of Alabama Jazz Quintet and Jazz Bones Support the Sponsors! Gold Sponsors Group Travel Network Landmark Tour and Travel Southern Performances Bronze Sponsors Eastman Music Company - Bronze Sponsor Fruhauf Uniforms - Bronze Sponsor JW Pepper - Bronze Sponsor Lobby Performances All lobby performances will be in the lobby outside Exhibit Halls B & C Thursday, January 22, 2015 10:00 a.m. University of Alabama Trombone Choir (Grand Opening of the Exhibits - inside Exhibit Hall C) 11:15 p.m. Huntsville High School Saxophone Quartet 2:30 p.m. Sotto Voce Friday, January 23, 2015 9:00 a.m. Thompson High School Chamber Wind Ensembles 1:15 p.m. Auburn Jr. High School Men’s Choir 2:30 p.m. Grissom High School Madrigal and Vocal Jazz Ensemble 4:00 p.m. Booker T. Washington Strings Ensemble 10

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THURSDAY AT A GLANCE Faith Academy Symphonic Band Concer ts MPAC 9:00 am Tuscaloosa County High School Wind Ensemble MPAC 10:30 am Johnnie Carr Middle School Choraliers David Pryor MPAC 1:00 pm Center Point High School Chorale Jed Smart MPAC 1:00 pm Christine Moore Auburn University Jazz Ensemble Vedric Shelby Ala Ballroom B 1:00 pm Rock Quarry Middle School Orchestra Michael Pendowski MPAC 3:10 pm McAdory Elementary Orff Ensemble Allison Lavender MPAC 3:10 pm HED Recital Melissa Thomason Ala Ballroom CD 4:30 pm Sparkman High School Wind Ensemble MPAC 4:40 pm David Raney John Carroll Catholic High School Singers Lee Wright MPAC 7:30 pm David Allinder Shades Valley High School Symphonic Band MPAC 8:30 pm Sessions From Singing to Saxophones... Ted Hoffman & Melinda Doyle Alabama, Ballroom E 9:00 am 9:00 am Using Classical Music To Teach Beat, Meter and Form John Feierabend Alabama, Ballroom A 9:00 am 9:00 am Do You Hear What I Hear? Anne Witt Riverview 3 10:30 am 10:30 am Music Theory - It's NOT a Four-Letter Word! Margaret Heron Alabama, Ballroom CD 10:30 am 10:30 am The Hurry-Up No-Huddle Rehearsal... Phillip Stockton Alabama, Ballroom E 1:00 pm 1:00 pm Singin' and Swingin' at the K4 Chorale Michael A. and Jill Gallinaa Alabama, Ballroom A 2:00 pm 2:10 pm Innovative Uses of Technology in the Orchestra Rehearsal Joseph Brennan Riverview 3 2:10 pm 2:10 pm Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls... Ian Loeppky Alabama, Ballroom CD 2:10 pm 2:10 pm First Steps in Creative Movement for Elementary John Feierabend Alabama, Ballroom A 3:10 pm 3:10 pm Reading Session JW Pepper Riverview 3 3:10 pm 3:10 pm Research Poster Session Robert Duke Exhibit Hall Lobby 4:30 pm 4:40 pm Teaching and Rehearsing Middle School Marches Marguerite Wilder Alabama, Ballroom B 4:40 pm 7:15 pm Student Teaching: Will You Make It or Break It? Lisa Gillespie Montgomery 5 7:15 pm Beginning Steps to Choral Success Michael A. and Jill Gallinaa Alabama, Ballroom A Saying What We Mean, Not Just Saying What We Say Tucker Biddlecombe Alabama, Ballroom CD The Lost Art of Clarinet Playing John Cooper Alabama, Ballroom E Conserve, Love, Understand, Teach: Doable Masterworks.. Tucker Biddlecombe Alabama, Ballroom CD At the Starting Gate: The First Ten Minutes Elva Kaye Lance Alabama, Ballroom B Classroom Management in the Music Room... David Newell Alabama, Ballroom E Percussion Methods Revisited: For Band Directors Luis Rivera and Matt Greenwood Montgomery 5 Becoming Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful... John Feierabend Alabama, Ballroom A Technology & The Quaver Music 6-8 Curriculum Arthur Watson Montgomery 5 Intro to Fiddle Styles for the Beginner Player Crystal Wiegman Riverview 3 Directors Commentary: Making it to the Finish Line! Danielle Todd Montgomery 5 Interactive Rhythm Dave Holland Alabama, Ballroom A Other Events AMEA Leadership Breakfast Ala Ballroom B 7:45 am Exhibits Grand Opening (UA Trombone Choir) Exhibit Hall C 10:00 am HED Luncheon Riverview 4 12:00 pm Past-President’s Luncheon Riverview 2 12:00 pm HED Research Poster Session Exhibit Hall Lobby 1:00 pm Elem/Gen Board Meeting Riverview 2 4:40 pm HED Mixer Ala Ballroom E 5:30 pm Collegiate Mixer Ala Ballroom B 5:30 pm Opening Night Reception (Registered Attendees, Clinicians and Exhibitors) Ala Ballroom B 9:30 pm 13

FRIDAY AT A GLANCE Concer ts MPAC 10:15 am MPAC 1:15 pm Monrovia Middle School Advanced Band Donald Dowdy MPAC 3:30 pm Alabama Winds Randall Coleman MPAC 7:00 pm Troy University frequency Diane Orlofsky MPAC 7:00 pm Troy University Concert Chorale Diane Orlofsky Alabama Intercollegiate Band Colonel John Bourgeois Sessions Frames and Games Dave Holland Alabama, Ballroom A 8:00 am 8:00 am Practice Makes Better. Practice Makes Worse... Robert Duke Alabama, Ballroom E 8:00 am 8:00 am Double Bass - Five Strategies for Building Better Technique... David Ballam Riverview 3 9:10 am 9:10 am Conducting Workshop with Colwitz and Dehning Erin Colwitz & William Dehning Exhibit Hall B Musicianship in Beginning Band... Deborah Confredo Alabama, Ballroom CD AVA Reading Session - Tucker Biddlecombe Tucker Biddlecombe Alabama, Ballroom A Do Recorders & Technology Play Well in the Classroom?... Arthur Watson Alabama, Ballroom E 9:10 am I Want A Student Teacher! Got One. What Now? Danielle Todd Montgomery 5 9:10 am Beyond Boil The Cabbage: Tips, Tricks and Cool Tunes... Crystal Wiegman Riverview 3 9:10 am Keynote Session: Beautiful Robert Duke MPAC 10:30 am Keeping In Step: Applications of the National Core Arts... Becky Halliday Alabama, Ballroom CD 1:15 pm Need a Tune-up? The Importance of Vocal Pedagogy... Melinda Doyle Alabama, Ballroom E 1:15 pm Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director Jeff Scott & Emily Wilkinson Alabama, Ballroom B 2:20 pm Using Classical Music To Develop Rhythmic and Melodic... John Feierabend Alabama, Ballroom A 2:20 pm The Quickening Art: Emotion & Pedagogy... Joshua Wine Alabama, Ballroom E 2:30 pm HED Panel Discussion: View from the Chair James Zingara Montgomery 5 2:30 pm String Intonation Accuracy Through Ghost Shifting Daniel B. Stevens Riverview 3 2:30 pm Vocal Health & Technique: Advice for Choral Directors Matthew Hoch Alabama, Ballroom CD 2:30 pm Design Considerations for Secondary Music Facilities Steve Wiese Alabama, Ballroom B 3:30 pm Hot off the Press!! New Music for Band Deborah Confredo Exhibit Hall A 3:30 pm \"I Do!\" Marrying Orff and Kodaly Methodologies Ted Hoffman & Becky Halliday Alabama, Ballroom A 3:30 pm Other Events ABA Business Meeting Ala Ballroom CD 8:00 am AMEA Business Meeting/Keynote MPAC 10:15 am Phi Beta Mu Luncheon Ala Ballroom B 12:00 pm Collegiate Luncheon Ala Ballroom A 12:00 pm ELEM/GEN Business Meeting Montgomery 5 1:15 pm AOA Business Meeting Riverview 3 3:30 pm Exclusive Exhibit Time (Prize Drawing) Exhibit Hall 4:30 pm AMEA Awards MPAC 7:00 pm 14

SATURDAY AT A GLANCE Concer ts Alabama All-State Show Choir Paul Gulsvig & Jarad Voss MPAC 9:15 am MPAC 10:30 am Alabama All-State Jazz Gold, Silver, Bronze, and MS Tom Walsh, Bob Lark, James Crumb and Sallie White Sessions Rhythm: How Can Something So Simple Be So Difficult... David Newell Alabama, Ballroom E 8:00 am 8:00 am Keeping In Step: Applications of the National Core... Becky Halliday Alabama, Ballroom A 9:15 am 9:15 am From the Podium to the Player: Two Perspectives... Jeff Grant & Jon Bowman Montgomery 5 9:15 am 9:15 am Tips to Successfully Recruit & Retain ... Marcia Neel Alabama, Ballroom B \"Ain't I Rock Candy\": Integrating Alabama Folk Materials... Robert Lyda Alabama, Ballroom A Your Movement Potential and Conducting Brian Kittredge & Sue Samuels Alabama, Ballroom CD ABA General Meeting Other Events 8:00 am AVA General Meeting 8:00 am ACDA Board Meeting Ala Ballroom B 10:30 am AMEA Governing Board Meeting Ala Ballroom CD 1:00 pm Ala Ballroom E Riverview 2 REHEARSAL SCHEDULES AT A GLANCE Alabama Intercollegiate Band All-State Show Choir All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsal Schedule Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B Renaissance Montgomery 1, 6, Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A Wednesday, Jan. 21 7 and Riverview 7 Wednesday, Jan. 21 5:30 - 6:00 P.M. - Registration 6:30-7:00 P.M.Directors Meeting Thursday, Jan. 22 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. Registration (Montgomery 7) (Saint James School) 7:00-9:00 P.M. Seating Auditions Thursday, Jan. 22 1:45 - 2:45 P.M. 9:00 A. M. - 12:00 P.M. (Saint James School) Rehearsals 2:00 - 5:00 P.M. 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. Thursday, Jan. 22 7:00 - 9:30 P.M. 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Rehearsals Friday, Jan. 23 Friday, Jan. 23 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Rehearsals 2:30 - 5:30 P.M. 7:30 - 9:30 P.M. 2:00 - 5:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. (if determined necessary) 1:30 - 4:30 P.M. Friday, Jan. 23 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. Rehearsals Saturday, Jan. 24 Dress Rehearsal Saturday, Jan. 24 8:30 - 11:30 P.M. Final Rehearsal 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center) 7:30 - 8:45 A.M. (in Rehearsal Rooms) Dress Rehearsal 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. 4:45-5:45 P.M. Performance Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:15 A.M. Performance (Montgomery Performing Arts Center) (Montgomery Performing Arts Center) Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 A.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center) Performance Friday, Jan. 23, 7:00 P.M. (Montgomery Performing Arts Center) 15

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2015 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:30 - 6:00 pm All-State Show Choir Registration - Exhibit Hall B 6:00 - 8:00 pm AMEA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 2 Carl Hancock, Presiding 6:00 - 9:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 6:30 - 7:00 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Directors Meeting - Saint James School 7:00 - 9:00 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Seating Auditions - Saint James School 8:15 pm ABA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 1 Rusty Courson, Presiding AVA Governing Board -Renaissance, Riverview 4 Carl Davis, Presiding AMEA Collegiate Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview Boardroom Stacy Daniels, Presiding AOA Governing Board - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Thursday, January 22, 2015 Sarah Schrader, Presiding 7:45 - 8:45 am 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AMEA Leadership Breakfast - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B 9:00 - 9:50 am Conference Registration - Renaissance Registration Booth ABA Performance - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Faith Academy Symphonic Band, David Pryor, Conductor William Mixon, Presiding 9:00 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Using Classical Music to Teach Beat, Meter, and Form - John Feierabend, Clinician Beth Davis, Presiding Learn wonder-full movement activities that allow students to discover beat, meter and formal structures while experiencing the rich artistry of classical music. This session features a series of activities that move students from stationary to traveling beats and from beat to meter in groups of twos and threes. 9:00 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD Music Theory - It's NOT a Four-Letter Word! - Margaret Heron, Clinician Hilen Powell, Presiding You are standing before a room full of young instrumentalists, singers or general music students with extremely diverse abilities and experiences and you have to teach so that you challenge the advanced yet retain understanding from the not so advanced. You have your performance leaders but what about assessment that is not performance-based? How do you teach lessons and give assessment that will challenge every single student at their own level of ability and allow them to advance according to their own motivation and skill? College doesn’t prepare us to teach in this manner. We have no experience learning this way nor does our education system model a non-performance based classroom. This session will show you how to implement a sequential, comprehensive program to teach theory within your performance classroom with minimum class time. This system removes boundaries from self-motivated accomplishment, establishes peer leaders, and targets individualized learning. In a world based in assessment, this will give any music educator a more concrete and summative approach to student learning and, as a result, develop better musicians. 9:00 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E From Singing to Saxophones: Choral Specialists in the Instrumental Classroom Edward Hoffman and Melinda Doyle, Clinicians Stacy Daniels, Presiding Secondary schools with limited student enrollments are often put in the difficult position of providing a music specialist for either a choral or an instrumental music program, thereby excluding the other. In times of economic uncertainty, even large schools may be forced to eliminate staff 17

Thursday, January 22, 2015 positions and consolidate teaching responsibilities. In these instances, music educators who are prepared to teach both instrumental and choral music are desirable employees and are better able to serve a comprehensive school music program. This session will provide choral music specialists with guidelines for selecting and organizing materials, strategies for rehearsal planning, and instructional approaches specific to the instrumental music classroom. 9:00 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Do You Hear What I Hear? - Dr. Anne Witt, Clinician Felicia Sarubin, Presiding Error detection is a skill that can always be improved, even for experienced educators. This session will help participants \"sharpen the saw\" in the area of critical listening. \"Real student\" mistakes will be played and participants will identify them. Scores will be provided. Dr. Witt will also share some guidelines for predicting student errors, along with techniques to help students make fewer errors. 9:00 - 10:00 am FAME - Session 1 - Renaissance, Riverview 1 9:00 am - 12:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall B 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A 10:00 am Exhibits Grand Opening - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall C - Open until 5:00 p.m. Special Exhibit Hall Performance by the University of Alabama Trombone Choir 10:30 - 11:30 am ABA Performance - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Tuscaloosa County High School Wind Ensemble, Dr. Jed Smart, Conductor Michelle Gann, Presiding 10:30 - 11:30 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Singin' and Swingin' at the K-4 Chorale - Michael and Jill Gallina, Clinicians Lori Zachary, Presiding This workshop has been designed to meet the needs of K-4 music teachers. Music for beginning vocalists, movement and dance activities, musical games, introduction to drama and story-theater, and beginning rhythms will be addressed. Free packets of educational materials will be shared with attendees. 10:30 - 11:30 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls: Getting the Most Out of Your Choir's Rehearsal Time Ian Loeppky, Clinician Michelle Reburn, Presiding Your class time never seems long enough, and there is always too much music to cover. Add sight-reading and assessment, and it seems like there's always more music than rehearsal time! Learn techniques that can have your rehearsal run like a well-oiled machine, and put the \"administrivia\" where it belongs: OUTSIDE of rehearsal time! Get the behind-the-scenes things taken care of, so that you can use your time for MAKING MUSIC! Then, in rehearsal, go beyond getting things done and get the RIGHT things done! 10:30 - 11:30 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E The Hurry-Up No-Huddle Rehearsal: How College Football Can Change Your Classroom Phillip Stockton, Clinician Samantha Anselmo, Presiding The purpose of this session is to give teachers insight on the practice of pacing in the choral rehearsal. Many college football teams have moved to a hurried pace on offense to reduce the defense's ability to react to the play of the game. This session will showcase ways that teachers can keep their students engaged, accomplish a larger number of tasks, and reduce the amount of non-musical behavior in the rehearsal. By applying the procedures given, teachers will have more successful rehearsals and will foster a greater learning environment. 10:30 - 11:30 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Innovative Uses of Technology in the Orchestra Rehearsal - Joseph Brennan, Clinician Daniel Jamieson, Presiding Using technology in the secondary string rehearsal will improve your students’ playing skills and make your rehearsals more effective. Applications and rehearsal techniques for use oftechnology in the rehearsal will be shown throughout the session. Devices such as: computer, document camera, tuners and metronomes, along with various software applications, andwebsites like YouTube will be demonstrated. Setting up your rehearsal room and how to acquire these devices will also be discussed. 10:30 - 11:30 am FAME - Session 2 - Renaissance, Riverview 1 18

Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:15 am Lobby Performance - Huntsville High School Saxophone Quartet Exhibit Hall Lobby 12:00 - 1:00 pm Past Presidents Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 2 12:00 - 1:00 pm HED Luncheon - Renaissance, Riverview 4 12:00 - 1:00 pm FAME Luncheon - Renaissance, Starlight Foyer 1:00 - 2:00 pm AVA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Jerry Cunningham, Presiding Johnnie Carr Middle School Choraliers, Christine Moore, Conductor Center Point High School Chorale, Vedric Shelby, Conductor 1:00 - 2:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A First Steps In Creative Movement for Elementary - John Feierabend, Clinician Theresa McKibben, Presiding This active session will provide participants with a structure for developing students’ movement skills. Based on the movement themes of Rudolf Laban participants will experience a wide variety of engaging activities that enrich students’ movement abilities. Those developing abilities then serve as the foundation for students to successfully use movement to reflect the expressive qualities in music (dance around the living room!) 1:00 - 2:00 pm ABA Performance - Alabama Ballroom CD Auburn University Jazz Ensemble - Dr. Michael Pendowski, Conductor Jason Smith, Presiding 1:00 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 JW Pepper Orchestra Reading Session Felicia Sarubin, Presiding 1:00 - 3:00 pm HED Research Poster Session - Exhibit Hall Lobby 1:45 - 2:45 pm All-State Jazz Bands - Registration/Check-in - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 2:00 - 5:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 2:10 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Beginning Steps to Choral Success! - Michael and Jill Gallina, Clinicians Karen Hickok, Presiding \"This workshop will provide your students with a sound vocal foundation as they begin their choral journey. Emphasizing repertoire, an effective approach to choral development will be shared using world music, classics, partner songs, choreography, and traditional two-part literature. Free packets of music will be distributed to attendees.\" 2:10 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B Teaching and Rehearsing Middle School Marches - Marguerite Wilder, Clinician Jamie Howell, Presiding Using middle school march repertoire as a foundation this musically interactive session provides practical accessible ideas for teaching the components of music. Great march music both old and new – from Level 1 to Level 3 will be used to demonstrate teaching strategies for young ensembles. 2:10 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD Saying What We Mean, Not Just Saying What We ‘Say': Feedback in the Choral Rehearsal Tucker Biddlecombe, Clinician Carl Davis, Presiding \"“Positives dissipate, negatives accumulate.” The way we communicate with our choirs in rehearsal is critical in so many ways. Often we, as conductors, are not as cognizant of the content of our feedback as we should be, especially the accumulation of negative feedback. This session will be an examination of what we say to our choirs, what we meant to say and how they perceive our feedback in the context of the choral rehearsal. 2:10 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E The Lost Art of Clarinet Playing - John Cooper, Clinician Terry Ownby, Presiding 19

Thursday, January 22, 2015 Clarinet playing has become a lost art in some places. Many schools struggle to retain enough clarinet players and many band directors don't have as strong a clarinet section as they would like to have. Wouldn't we all like to insist that our clarinet players take private lessons? This solution is not practical for most of us! This session will address problems and potential solutions from the perspective of a band director. 2:10 - 3:00 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 Student Teaching: Will You Make It or Break It? - Lisa Gillespie, Clinician Stacy Daniels, Presiding The do's and don'ts of your internship from the perspective of a practicing classroom teacher. This session will give you advice that is reality- based and may not be covered in your college classes. What kinds of things will get you hired? Keeping from burning bridges. What will get you fired? What the bosses want tell you. First and last impressions... they really do matter. 2:10 - 3:00 pm FAME Session 3 - Renaissance, Riverview 1 2:30 pm Lobby Performance - Sotto Voce Exhibit Hall Lobby 2:30 - 5:30 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A 3:00 - 5:00 pm All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 3:10 - 4:10 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 Percussion Methods Revisited: For Band Directors, Luis Rivera and Matt Greenwood, Clinicians Lori Ardovino, Presiding Auxiliary percussion instruments (tambourine, triangle, woodblock, etc.) are typically the ones that get the least attention in percussion instruction at the secondary level for a number of reasons. This session aims to demonstrate contemporary performance techniques, highlight technical points of reference for the band director, examine suitable implements for auxiliary percussion, and discuss appropriate instrument substitutions for several novelty percussion instruments commonly used in band literature. 3:10 - 4:10 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B At the Starting Gate: The First Ten Minutes - Elva Kaye Lance, Clinician Trent Burkett, Presiding This clinic will focus on developing appropriate daily procedures that maximize time, effort, and effectiveness in rehearsal from the beginning band through the high school band. Special attention will be given to warm-up methods designed to engage students in the process of developing mature tone quality, improving pitch control, and learning to self-monitor ensemble balance and blend. 3:10 - 4:10 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD Conserve, Love, Understand, Teach: Doable Masterworks for Your High School Chorus Tucker Biddlecombe, Clinician Carl Davis, Presiding This session will explore choral/instrumental works of great composers that are eminently ‘doable' for your high school chorus. We’ll explore working with an orchestra, hiring players, choosing repertoire, finding parts, and appropriate vocal demands - but moreover we’ll expole why doing these masterworks is important. If we don’t keep these works alive, then who will? 3:10 - 4:10 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E Classroom Management in the Music Classroom: Pin-drop Quiet Rehearsals - David Newell, Clinician Samantha Anselmo, Presiding David Newell’s management program is the essence of simplicity: simple to teach, simple to learn, and simple to monitor. It focuses on developing student-centered self-discipline and self-control. Ultimately, less time on management means more time dedicated to music! Immediate improvement is possible. What could be better? 3:10 - 4:00 pm FAME Session 4 - Renaissance, Riverview 1 3:10 - 4:10 pm AOA/ELEM Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Rock Quarry Middle School Orchestra - Allison Lavender, Conductor 20 Anne Witt, Presiding McAdory Elementary Orff Ensemble - Melissa Thomason, Conductor Karla Hodges, Presiding

Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:30 - 5:30 pm HED Recital - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD 4:30 - 5:30 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Becoming Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful - John Feierabend, Clinician Sharon August, Presiding In this session participants will experience vocal and movement activities intended for students in mid to upper elementary school. Canons and Songtales are great to further develop good vocal technique through vocal warm-ups, fragment singing, whole songs, and part-singing. Playground games and song-dances are great to further develop beatful skills with fun challenges to coordinate the beat with objects and other people. 4:40 - 5:30 pm ABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Sparkman High School Wind Ensemble, David Raney, Conductor Keith Anderson, Presiding 4:40 - 5:30 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Mongomery 5 Technology & The Quaver Music 6-8 Curriculum - Arthur Watson, Clinician Kelly Jo Hollingsworth, Presiding Quaver Music has been using cutting edge technology to keep your K - 5 students engaged and excited for several years now, but this year we are introducing Quaver’s Beyond Marvelous Music Curriculum for 6th – 8th grade as well. Join us for a fun and informative workshop 4:40 - 5:30 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Intro to Fiddle Styles for the Beginner Player - Crystal Wiegman, Clinician Samuel Nordlund, Presiding Add spirit and spice to your classroom, concerts and student recruitment with this “hands-on” introductory workshop of specific techniques used in teaching Bluegrass, Celtic, Old-time fiddling, and improvisation. Includes fun beginner tunes, teaching resources to motivate students, as well as advice on performing with a fiddle group. Bring your instruments! 4:40 - 5:30 pm Elem/Gen Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2 Karla Hodges, Presiding 5:30 - 7:00 pm Collegiate Mixer - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B 5:30 - 7:00 pm HED Mixer - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E 7:00 - 9:00 pm All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 7:00 - 9:30 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 7:15 - 8:15 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 Directors Commentary - Danielle Todd, Moderator Connie Hammond and Leslie Welker, Panelists Michael Holmes, Presiding \"This session’s moderated conversation will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn from the experiences of two outstanding music educators in our state who have recently retired; Dr. Leslie Welker (Hillcrest/Duncanville Middle School) and Mrs. Connie Hammond (Thompson Middle School). The intent of this session is to provide insight, guidance, and motivation for those currently in the profession whether they have taught for one year or are wrapping up a career in music education. The amount of diverse experience, ‘tricks of the trade’, and sound advice these two ladies have to share is sure to benefit anyone in attendance. In addition, the opportunity to highlight the careers of these two outstanding music educators who have served our profession and state should not pass us by. Danielle Todd, a PhD student at The University of Alabama and Alabama music educator will moderate the conversation. Dessert and coffee will be served!\" 7:15 - 8:15 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Interactive Rhythm - Dave Holland, Clinician Cliff Huckabee, Presiding An interactive rhythm making session, or drum circle, is a setting where all are welcomed and encouraged to participate regardless of background, experience or skill level. For the elementary music educator, this environment creates the perfect opportunity for experiential learning in the areas of improvisation, timbre awareness, listening skills and group interaction. Facilitated activities that are well timed, thought out and executed can add dimension, intention and fun to this unique classroom experience! 21

Thursday, January 22, 2015 7:30 - 8:15 pm AVA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center John Carroll High School Singers - Lee Wright, Conductor Ginny Hughes, Presiding 7:30 - 9:30 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall A 8:30 - 9:30 pm ABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Shades Valley High School Symphonic Band - David Allinder, Conductor Joel Henson, Presiding 9:30 - 11:00 pm Opening Night Reception - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom B University of Alabama Jazz Quintet and Jazz Bones Sponsored by Group Travel Network, Landmark Tour and Travel, Southern Performances, Eastman Music Co, Fruhauf Uniforms and JW Pepper Friday, January 23, 2015 7:30 am - 1:00 pm Conference Registration Open 8:00 - 9:00 am ABA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom CD Rusty Courson, Presiding 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Exhibit Hall B Conducting Workshop - Erin Colwitz and William Dehning, Clinicians Meg Jones, Presiding As conductors, we’re often asked to go above and beyond for our students; we’re asked to give everything to each and every performance. We all graduate and move away from our conducting teachers and then we’re “on our own”. Over the years, we – more often than not – develop bad gestural habits. There are many things we do that we know aren’t particularly clear, but we’re not sure how to fix them. Or perhaps we’re doing things that even confuse our singers, but again, we’re not sure how to fix them. Drs. Dehning and Colwitz would like to encourage conductors to apply to take part in this CONDUCTING WORKSHOP. Each conductor willhave 20 minutes to work with a demonstration choir and Drs. Colwitz and Dehning (who have45 years of conducting teaching experience between them.) We hope to see you there! 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom A Frames and Games - Dave Holland, Clinician Karla Hodges, Presiding This session introduces the elementary music teacher to the history, basic techniques and interactive possibilities of the oldest drum in the world! Through demonstration of many of the instruments in the frame drum family, and hands on activities, participants will gain a deeper appreciation for frame drums, and learn how to use them more effectively in the classroom. Participants will also come away with many fun filled activities for frame drums and small percussion they can use everyday to create intention, interaction and fun! 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E Practice Makes Better. Practice Makes Worse. Practice Does Nothing At All. - Robert Duke, Clinician James Zingara, Presiding We learn when we practice. Sometimes we learn in ways that are advantageous. Sometimes not so much. Changes in the functional capacities of our behavior are visible manifestations of changes in the physical structure of the brain. Although we seldom think of learning experiences as brain-reorganization activities, they are most certainly precisely that. We'll discuss how to optimize practice as a component of music learning, making experiences in the practice room productive, meaningful, and engaging. 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Double Bass - Five Strategies for Building Better Technique in Your Students - David Ballam, Clinician Sarah Schrader, Presiding The goal of this presentation is to inform those teaching Alabama string programs, or private lessons in the foundational methods for properly teaching and executing double bass technique. In a creative approach, I hope to present five important aspects of double bass playing technique. The salient points I plan to cover are: proper posture, the bow arm and ideal tone production, the left-hand shape and developing correct shifting/intonation. Finally, attention will be paid throughout my session to addressing common challenges facing young double bassists. 8:30 - 11:30 am Alabama Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Exhibits Open - Exhibit Hall C 9:00 am Lobby Performance - Thompson High School Chamber Groups Exhibit Hall Lobby 9:00 am - 12:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 22

Friday, January 23, 2015 9:00 am - 12:00 pm All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 9:10 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A AVA Reading Session - Tucker Biddlecombe, Clinician Carl Davis, Presiding 9:10 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD Musicianship in Beginning Band: How to Motivate and Measure Success! Deborah Confredo, Clinician Nancy Frith, Presiding Explore why students are drawn to band, how to further motivate young musicians, and discover numerous ways to extend instruction beyond the notes to help students develop a deeper understanding of music. Learn about creative assessment tools that go well beyond the traditional \"playing test\" while simultaneously developing important concepts such as musicality, critical listening, playing by ear, and more! 9:10 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E Do Recorders & Technology Play Well in the Classroom? QK-5 Curriculum Overview Arthur Watson, Clinician Tiffani Stricklin, Presiding With all the distractions that vie for your student's attention, it has never been more imperative to infuse technology into your teaching. Quaver Music has been using cutting edge technology to keep your K-5 students engaged and excited for several years now, but this year we are introducing Quaver's Beyond Marvelous Music Curriculum for 6th - 8th grade as well. Join us for a fun and informative workshop, and see why Quaver Music is the serioulsy fun music education choice for your middle school students. 9:10 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 I Want A Student Teacher! Got One. What Now? - Danielle Todd, Clinician James Zingara, Presiding Music educators express the desire to host student teachers often, yet are not always aware of the qualifications or procedures to do so. The intent of this session is to aid those wishing to host student teachers by providing information regarding requirements, qualifications, and procedures used by the universities in our state when placing student teachers. This session will also explore the roll of the teacher and the student once a placement is made in an effort to assist everyone involved to have the most successful experience. Viewpoints will be presented from university supervisors, student teachers and supervising teachers. Music educators with experience supervising student teachers will offer guidance and advice based on their own experiences regarding elementary, middle school, and high school student teacher supervision. 9:10 - 10:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Beyond Boil The Cabbage: Tips, Tricks and Cool Tunes for Authentic Fiddling in the Intermediate String Orchestra Crystal Plohman Wiegman, Clinician Samuel Nordlund, Presiding Take your fiddling to the next step by learning more techniques in fiddling. This is a “hands-on” workshop of detailed techniques used in teaching Bluegrass, Celtic, Old-time fiddling, and controlled improvisation. Includes tunes for the orchestra that wants to move well beyond “boilin’cabbage”. Bring your instruments! 10:15 - 11:45 am AMEA General Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Fanfare - University of Alabama Trombone Choir, Jonathan Whitaker, Conductor National Anthem AMEA Business Meeting, Carl Hancock Presiding Beautiful - Robert Duke, Keynote Speaker Changes in the functional capacities of learners are visible manifestations of changes in the physical structure of the brain. Although we seldom think of learning experiences as brain-reorganization activities, they most certainly are precisely that. I will discuss the reasons why formal education often fails to make substantive and lasting changes in how learners think and behave, and consider how to design learning experiences that lead to advantageous changes in cognition, affect, and behavior, all of which are components of expertise in every discipline. Monrovia Middle School Advanced Band - Donald Dowdy, Conductor Marsha Asquith,, Presiding 12:00 - 1:00 pm Collegiate Luncheon - Renaissance, Ballroom A 12:00 - 1:00 pm Phi Beta Mu Luncheon - Renaissance, Ballroom B 23

Friday, January 23, 2015 1:00 - 3:00 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal - Renaissance, Exhibit Hall A 1:15 pm Lobby Performance - Auburn Junior High School Men’s Choir Exhibit Hall Lobby 1:15 - 2:15 pm ABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center The Alabama Winds - Randall Coleman, Conductor Rusty Courson, Presiding 1:15 - 2:15 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD Keeping In Step: Applications of the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) in Today's Music - Becky Halliday, Clinician Cathy Spence, Presiding Participants will be given a basic overview of the NCAS standards for K-12 music, followed by a discussion of their relevance to, and application within, today's elementary and secondary music classrooms. Resources will be provided, and upcoming professional development opportunities will be discussed. 1:15 - 2:15 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Alabama Ballroom E Need a Tune-up? The Importance of Vocal Pedagogy and the Refinement of Vocal Production in the Choral Rehearsal Melinda Doyle, Clinician Mildred Lanier, Presiding This session will explore the importance of the “choral director as the voice teacher” within the choral setting. Discussions will include the necessities of proper vocal technique and the basics of tone production to create healthy vocal sound. In addition, the session will give insight on choral singing vs. solo singing. Music examples will be provided to incorporate the techniques that are being addressed. Following the presentation, the session will conclude with Q &A. 1:15 - 2:10 pm Elementary/General Business Meeting - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 1:30 - 4:30 pm All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 2:00 - 5:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 2:20 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A Using Classical Music to Develop Rhythmic and Melodic Literacy - John Feierabend, Clinician Kristi Howze, Presiding This session will share wonderful classical selections for developing melodic and rhythmic listening/reading/writing skills in elementary aged children. Participants will sing/dance/play/laugh their way to music literacy with this excellent music literature. 2:20 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director - Jeff Scott and Emily Wilkinson, Clinicians John McCombs, Presiding This clinic focuses on the essential \"building blocks\" that create an environment of musical success in any program, including recruiting, evaluation and placement of students, retention, and creating a positive image of your music program. Presented from the band perspective, this clinic will be useful to any teacher trying to build a program. 2:30 pm Lobby Performance - Grissom High School Madrigal and Vocal Jazz Ensemble Exhibit Hall Lobby 2:30 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD Vocal Health & Technique: Advice for Choral Directors - Matthew Hoch, Clinician Daniel Massey, Presiding \"One of the choral director’s most important responsibilities is the nurturing of their singers’vocal health and technique. This session will prescribe specific exercises that can be utilized in a group setting and integrated into the choral rehearsal. Topics explored will include posture, breath management, resonance, vowel tuning, flexibility, onset and release, and registration. A list of resources for further exploration will be provided. The technical concepts discussed will be universal and applicable to all genres and styles. \" 2:30 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E The Quickening Art: Emotion & Pedagogy in the Performance Class - Joshua Wine, Clinician Tucker Ratcliff, Presiding \"We all chose this profession for a reason, one that can rarely be put into words, but one that typically stems from emotional experiences. This clinic, geared toward young and experienced directors alike, discusses the need to reexamine the role of emotional awareness and integration in our field and pedagogy. We know that in the case of “millennial” students who live in a tech- saturated world, social learning is on the rise, yet struggles are beginning to form in the area of forming robust face-to-face interpersonal connections. This clinic offers practical tips and personal experiences on how preparing, selecting literature, and teaching with emotional awareness and passion could be the solution. All of this can be achieved, while maintaining professionalism and responsibility. Band, orchestra, choir, and classes like them may be thekey in uniting future citizens in empathy and respect.\" 24

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Friday, January 23, 2015 2:30 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 HED Panel Discussion: View from the Chair - James Zingara, Moderator Panelists: Sara Lynn Baird, Dr. Kathryn Fouse, Dr. Alan Goldspiel and Dr. Charles Snead This panel will feature four chairs of music departments from around the state of Alabama who will answer and discuss questions submitted by the HED membership. Topics will include the hiring process, tenure/promotion, research/creative activity, technology and the future of music in higher education. HED President Dr. James Zingara will serve as moderator. 2:30 - 3:20 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Riverview 3 String Intonation Accuracy through Ghost Shifting - Daniel Stevens, Clinician Daniel Jamieson, Presiding Intermediate string musicians struggle with intonation in upper positions. This session focuses on improving string musician intonation through accurate shifting. Helpful advice is included for high school students auditioning for all-district and all-state orchestras. 3:30 - 4:20 pm AVA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Troy University frequency - Diane Orlofsky, Conductor Jody Powell, Presiding 3:30 - 4:30 pm ABA Reading Session - Exhibit Hall A Hot off the Press!! New Music for Band - Deborah Confredo, Clinician The Alabama Winds, Demonstration Group Gene Butler, Presiding With the help of the fine musicians of the Alabama Winds, we will introduce new releases from FJH music. We’ll perform music ranging in difficulty from grade 0.5 through 5 as we feature various styles and composers from FJH. There’s bound to be something for everyone in this session. 3:30 - 4:30 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A \"I Do\" Marrying Orff and Kodaly Methologies - Becky Halliday and Edward Hoffman, Clinicians Mai Yamane, Presiding \"This session provides participants with an introduction to the concepts and principles associated with Orff Schulwerk and Kodály methodologies in the elementary music classroom. Materials and teaching strategies for successful integration of techniques related to both approaches will be presented. Conferences, meetings, workshops, and courses leading to certification will be announced.\" 3:30 - 4:30 pm Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B Design Considerations for Secondary Music Facilities - Steve Weise, Clinician Pat Stegall, Presiding You will be able to calculate the acoustically optimum, dimensions and square footage for music rehearsal spaces, examine the affects for acoustical treatment for walls and ceilings, and consider the impact of mechanical systems on these critical listening spaces. You will evaluate the unique floor plan requirements, assess key adjacencies and consider traffic flow requirements. 3:30 - 4:30 pm AOA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 3 Sarah Schrader, Presiding 4:00 pm Lobby Performance - Booker T. Washington String Ensemble Exhibit Hall Lobby 4:30 - 5:00 pm Exclusive Exhibit Time (Prize Drawing) - Exhibit Hall C 4:45 - 5:45 pm Alabama Intercollegiate Band Dress Rehearsal - Montgomery Performing Arts Center 6:30 - 8:00 pm All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 7:00 - 9:00 pm All-State Show Choir Rehearsal - Exhibit Hall B 7:00 - 9:15 pm AMEA General Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center AMEAAwards 26 Troy Concert Chorale - Diane Orlofsky, Conductor Ginny Coleman, Presiding Alabama Intercollegiate Band - Colonel John R. Bourgeois, Conductor Sue Samuels, Presiding

Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:30 - 8:45 am All-State Show Choir Dress Rehearsal - Montgomery Performing Arts Center 8:00 - 9:00 am ABA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom B 8:00 - 9:00 am AVA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom CD 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A Keeping In Step: Applications of the NCAS in Today's Music Classroom - Becky Halliday, Clinician Kristi Howze, Presiding Participants will be given a basic overview of the NCAS standards for K-12 music, followed by a discussion of their relevance to, and application within, today's elementary and secondary music classrooms. Resources will be provided, and upcoming professional development opportunities will be discussed. 8:00 - 9:00 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom E Rhythm: How Can Something So Simple Be So Difficult to Teach? - David Newell, Clinician Mai Yamane, Presiding Rooted in his unshakable belief that students of all ages can confidently solve their own rhythm problems, David Newell presents new, outside-the-box, visionary, classroom-proven teaching strategies teachers can implement immediately. Less time teaching parts naturally results in more time teaching MUSIC. 9:00 - 10:00 am All-State Jazz Bands Final Rehearsal Gold Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 7 Silver Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 1 Bronze Band - Renaissance, Montgomery Meeting Room 6 Middle School Band - Renaissance, Riverview Meeting Room 7 9:15 - 10:00 am AVA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center All-State Show Choir - Paul Gulsvig and Jarad Voss, Clinicians Jane Powell, Presiding 9:15 - 10:15 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom A \"Aint I Rock Candy\": Integrating Alabama Folk Materials in the Elementary Classroom - Rob Lyda, Clinician Tiffani Stricklin, Presiding Alabama has a rich and diverse folk music, stories, and traditions that have been studied and preserved. In this session, particpants will use a variety of media (speech, singing, playing, and movement) to experience selected folk music, games, and stories for integration in grades K-5. Participants will also learn ways to use folk materials for cross-curricular teaching that meets Alabama's College and Career Readiness Standards. 9:15 - 10:15 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom B Tips to Successfully Recruit & Retain Instrumental Music Students - Marcia Neel, Clinician Chris Lindley, Presiding Based on \"best practices\" from highly successful instrumental music educators, the Music Achievement Council has compiled several tools that cover every aspect of recruiting and retaining instrumental music students. Because it covers the fundamentals in great detail, this information is great for new teachers, young teachers or even experienced teachers. It not only provides sample forms and letters that are ready-to-use, but also shares retention ideas that can be implemented at any stage of the school year. Copies of this book will be provided to all attendees loaded onto complimentary flash drives provided by the Music Achievement Council. 9:15 - 10:15 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Ballroom CD Your Movement Potential and Conducting - Brian Kittredge and Sue Samuels, Clinicians Mildred Lanier, Presiding Many aspects of conducting relate closely to dance and acting, believe it or not! Rudolf von Laban, Hungarian dancer and theorist of the 20th century, was responsible for a great deal of study and development in the area of movement - understanding and explaining why various gestures communicate different ideas, moods, emotions, or - as in music - styles. Co-presented by Brian Kittredge (Director of Choral Activities at UAB) and Sue Samuels (Director of Bands at UAB), this session will be an abbreviated explanation of some of the Laban movements that can be directly applied to your conducting in order to give more expressive clarity and meaning. 27

Saturday, January 24, 2015 9:15 - 10:15 am Interest Session - Renaissance, Montgomery 5 From the Podium to the Player: Two Perspectives on Symphonic Percussion - Jeff Grant & Jon Bowman, Clinicians Taylor Cash, Presiding Intended for band and orchestra directors whose primary instrument is something other than percussion and who also do not have a percussionist on staff, this session will provide useful and practical teaching strategies to obtain a musically sound percussion session in the concert ensemble setting. Using symphonic literature examples, the presenters will address problems encountered by directors/conductors as it relates to blending the percussion section with the rest of the ensemble. Technical and musical issues from the percussion section will be addressed from the conductor’s perspective and the solutions to these issues will be given from the player’s perspective. All of the standard orchestral percussion instruments will be addressed with regards to proper technique, sound production, timing, balance and blend, and mallet and instrument selection while keeping in mind time and budget constraints. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm ABA Performance Session - Montgomery Performing Arts Center Mark Foster, Presiding All-State Middle School Jazz Band - Sallie Vines White, Clinician All-State Bronze Jazz Band - James Crumb, Clinician All-State Silver Jazz Band - Bob Lark, Clinician All-State Gold Jazz Band - Tom Walsh, Clinician 10:30 - 11:30 am ACDA Business Meeting - Renaissance, Ballroom E 1:00 - 3:00 pm AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Renaissance, Riverview 2 Carl Hancock, Presiding Visit the Exhibits! Grand Opening - Thursday, 10:00 AM featuring the University of Alabama Trombone Choir Exhibit Hours: Thursday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Phone: (800) 248-0054 Email: [email protected] Website: simplysheetsfundraising.com 28

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ALABAMA WINDS Alabama Winds was organized in the summer of 2013 and began its first season in the fall of 2013. Comprised of 85 band directors, music teachers and professional musicians, Alabama Winds seeks to foster and promote the appreciation of high quality wind band music through performance. We seek to provide our audiences with memorable concert experiences, to promote adult community ensembles through recordings, publications, commissions and performances throughout the state, to support the growth of music education of young people through performances, clinics and scholarships and to provide our members with an opportunity for musical expression, growth and fellowship. Randall Coleman, Conductor and Artistic Director of the Alabama Winds, is currently Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Alabama where he serves as the conductor of the Alabama Symphonic Band, the Associate Conductor of the Alabama Wind Ensemble, and the Co- Director of the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at the University of Alabama in 2007, Mr. Coleman enoyed a successful 25-year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Friday, 1:15 pm MPAC Concert Program Alabama Fanfare ……………… ..............................…………………………….Robert W. Smith (approx. 2:30) Premier Performance Festive Overture …… .....................................…Dmitri Shostakovich, transcribed by Donald Hunsberger (5:45) Divertimento for Band………………............................…………………………….……….Ira Hearshen (3:00) III. Mambo Loco O Magnum Mysterium …...................................…Morten Lauridsen, transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds (6:30) Olympia Hippodrome March …………………………..............................…………….Russell Alexander (2:30) A Grainger Set………………………………… ...........................…………………………Percy Grainger (7:15) Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon Molly on the Shore TBD with Tom Malone (7:00) Eternal Father, Strong to Save……………… .............................…………………..…….Claude T. Smith (7:00) 30

AUBURN UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE The Auburn University Jazz Ensemble features the best in big band jazz, with contemporary arrangements by composers such as Gordon Goodwin, Lyle Mayes, Maria Schneider and Tom Kubis, as well as music from the libraries of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Buddy Rich. Dr. Michael Pendowski, internationally known jazz composer, leads the exciting nineteen- member band. The ensemble performs on campus and throughout the state. The group is selected by open audition from the entire student body and currently includes students from many different majors. The ensemble performs throughout the region at numerous festivals and jazz venues. Dr. Michael Pendowski is the Director of the Jazz Ensemble and Instructor of Saxophone at Auburn University. Previously he has taught at Eastman School of Music, VanderCook College of Music, Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Harper Community College. His professional career has included composing movie scores, industrial and commercial recording and composing, has numerous published compositions and has appeared as a performer, composer or musician on over twenty albums. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with a doctorate in Jazz and Contemporary Media, and also holds degrees in Conducting and Music Education from Northwestern University. Concert Program Thursday, 1:00 pm Ballroom CD Bebop Charlie ......................................................................................................................... Bob Florence (7:15) I Love You .............................................................................................. Cole Porter, arr. Mike Pendowski (4:30) Uncle Heavy's Pork Chop Revue...............................................................................................Keith Foley (5:00) Body and Soul ............................................................................................... John Green, arr. Marty Paich (6:00) But Not For Me ...................................................................... George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Bob Mintzer (6:00) The Mooche............................................................................. Edward \"Duke\" Ellington and Irving Mills (4:00) West Side Story ................................................................................. Leonard Bernstein, arr. Bill Reddie (10:15) GET THE MOBILE CONFERENCE APP! Scan to download Schedule, Maps, Exhibitors, Twitter and more on your mobile device - completely free. Download Guidebook on the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace or visit guidebook.com/getit Sponsored by QuaverMusic and Praise Hymn Fashions 31

CENTER POINT HIGH SCHOOL CHORALE In the past five years, the Center Point High School Chorale has excelled in vocal performance. The Chorale is the school’s premiere singing aggregation and is comprised of students in grades 10 - 12. They sing a variety of vocal literature. The choir’s goal is to perform for various city, state and national events, which have religious, political, academic or cultural significance. The choir participates annually in the State Choral Performance Assessment scoring superior and excellent ratings. On the state level, the Center Point Chorale performed for the Alabama Nutrition’s Association State Conference in Montgomery, Al., leaving the event with high accolades and invitations to perform during future events. A concert invitation from local colleges, churches and medical facilities fills the choral calendar annually. Since the fall of 2009, the choir has been featured on WVTM Channel 13 for an annual holiday performance. On a national level, the choir performed for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) National Convention recently held in Birmingham, Alabama. They are strong ambassadors for their school and city. The choir has been awarded grants from Channel 42 “One Class at a Time”, Alagasco “Glee for All Show Choir Competition” and Wells Fargo-Center Point Branch for its “Grand Opening”. It is the mission of the Center Point High School choir to exalt the human spirit through the performance of innovative and engaging musical programs. In addition, the Center Point High School Choir encourages people of all ages to sing. Vedric E. Shelby earned a scholarship in music to Alabama A&M University and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal/Choral Music Education. While matriculating at AAMU, he conducted the University Choir on a major tour of Chicago and Detroit in the absence of the choral director. Alongside his professor and mentor, the late Richard F. Tucker, Shelby arranged choral selections for the University Choir winter and spring concerts. A charter member of the Omicron Delta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, Shelby was the first black undergraduate student to hold a state office which afforded him the opportunity to perform in a “select” chorus with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He also held the position of Mr. Alabama A&M University. Currently, he is the Director of Choral Activities at Center Point High School. His choirs have scored superior ratings during contests and festivals. They are featured annually on local television and are in high demand for concert performances throughout the city. His first position was at Challenger Middle School in Huntsville, Alabama where the choir scored superior ratings during district festival for three consecutive years, the male chorus scored superior during state assessment and achieved the first place trophy and Best in Class at the Music in the Parks Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. A product of the Jefferson County School system, he returned and started the first choral program at Pleasant Grove High School. He is a proud, active member of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, where he is a member of the Progressive and Sanctuary Choirs. Recently, he was appointed the Director of the Evelyn S. Hardy Men of Distinction Male Chorus and the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church Youth Choir. American Idol winner Ruben Studdard will perform spirituals arranged by Shelby on a project entitled Normal Hill’s Jubilee. Mr. Shelby holds membership in the National Association for Music Education, Alabama Vocal Association and the Alabama Education Association. He is an active member of the Greater Birmingham Area Alumni Association of Alabama A&M University, Business Manager of the Birmingham Booster Club Alabama A&M University and has been given the name “Maestro” by both organizations. He is a Life Member Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity and a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Thursday, 1:00 pm MPAC Concert Program I. All Earth Be Glad ........................................................................................................ Walter Rodby, Neil A. Kjos Publisher Alleluia ................................................................................................................Andrew Miller, Hope Publishing Company Exsultate, Jubilate ....................................................................................................... Brian Lewis, Alfred Music Publishing Deo Dicamus Gratias................................................................................................... Victor Johnson, Heritage Music Press Lift Every Voice and Sing..................................... J. Rosamond Johnson, arr. Roland M. Carter, Marks Music Corporation II Lightning .......................................................................................................................... Greg Gilpin, Heritage Music Press III Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts from the Gospel Mass ...............................................Robert Ray, Hal Leonard Corporation Zakez Jones, Tenor Sherman Starks, Tenor Paxton Andrews, Tenor In Dat Great Gittin Up Mornin’ .................................................................arr. Jester Hairston, Bourne Company Publising Zakez Jones, Tenor Paxton Andrews, Tenor 32

FAITH ACADEMY SYMPHONIC BAND The Faith Academy Band program began in the fall of 1997. The program continues to maintain an enrollment of over 200 band members each year. There are ten major instrumental ensembles in the program. The instrumental program has been under the direction of Mr. David Pryor for the past eighteen years. He is the founding director of the program. David Pryor is celebrating his 26th year of teaching. He has been at Faith Academy for the last eightteen. He has taught in Louisiana, Missouri and Alabama.Mr. Pryor is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, La. He studied conducting under Dr. Lacey Powell, Dr. Joseph Hebert and the late Dr. Joe Barry Mullins. At Loyola University, he was the Student Conductor of the Concert Band and Wind Ensemble from 1987-89. He also assisted with the band program at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, LA.Mr. Pryor served as Director of Bands at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School from 1989-1994. Under his direction the program grew from 42 members to over 100 in five years. The band was one of the top three bands in District VII. in placing students named to the Alabama All-State Bands. The 1993-94 McGill-Toolen Band was the most awarded band in the history of the program.Mr. Pryor was named Music Director at St. Dominic High School in O’Fallon, MO from 1994-97. Under his direction the Choral and Band Programs grew from 48 to over 200 in just three years. It was also recognized as one of the top two Music Programs in the St. Louis Archdiocese Schools. Mr. Pryor also expanded the program by starting the Chamber Singers, Jazz Band and the Symphonic Percussion Ensemble. All three groups were awarded top state and national honors in their two years. In the spring of 1997 Mr. Pryor was named Music Director at Faith Academy in Mobile, AL. Mr. Pryor directed all Choral Ensembles and began what has now been recognized as one of the top band programs in the state of Alabama. Under Mr. Pryor’s direction the Faith Academy Choir Program grew in numbers and quality. The program added ensembles and was awarded the First Superior Rating at the Alabama Vocal Association under his direction. The choral program grew from 70 to nearly 150 students in just three years. In the fall 0f 2000 Mr. Pryor was officially named Director of Instrumental Music and Music Department Chairman. In June 2013 Mr. Pryor and the Faith Academy Band Program were featured in “The Instrumentalist” Magazine.Mr. Pryor has been guest conductor/ clinician for many District and State Honor Bands. He is also ABA District VII. Chairman.Mr. Pryor has been actively involved in his parish church. He is past Vice Chairman of St. Mary Catholic Parish Council (Mobile, Al.). He was head of Religious Education for the Parish.Mr. Pryor is a member of the Mobile Singing Children Staff. He teaches music theory to the Preparatory and Intermezzo Choirs.Mr. Pryor is a member of ABA, AMEA, NAfME, NBA and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He was awarded the “Citation of Honor” in 2005 from the NBA. He was also awarded Faith Academy “Teacher of the Year” in 1998. In April of 2013 Mr. Pryor was awarded the “Award of Distinction” by the “Fiesta-val” Invitatational Music Festivals in Atlanta, GA.Mr. Pryor also was Band Chairman for the AISA Band Directors Association from 1998 – 2007. Under his direction the Faith Academy band hosted the AISA State Band Festival for nine years. Mr. Pryor is happily married to Caroline Pryor and they have one daughter, Virginia, who attends Faith Academy in the seventh grade and is also a member of the Faith Academy Band. Concert Program Thursday, 9:00 am MPAC The Star Spangled Banner ............................. Orchestrated by John Philip Sousa/ ed. Keith Brion, Willow Blossom Music The Sinfonians Symphonic March .....................................................Clifton Williams, Edward B. Marks Music Company “Allelujah” aus der Motette: Exsultate” .....................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ trans. Wilhelm Strasser, Bovaco Music Miss Stephanie Roca, Soprano Soloist Symphony No. 3 “JFK” Andrew Boysen, Jr., Kjos Music Company I.P.T. 109 II.Ask Not What Your Country… III.November 22, 1963 IV.John, Jr. On An American Spiritual ........................................................................................................ David Holsinger, TRN Music Dr. Joseph Hebert, Guest Conductor Concertino for Four Percussion & Wind Ensemble ...........................................David R. Gillingham, C. Alan Publications 33

THE JOHN CARROLL SINGERS The John Carroll Singers is in its thirty- fourth year of existence as the premier choral ensemble at John Carroll Catholic High School. The choir has consistently received superior ratings at district, state, and national choral festivals and competitions. This past year, the John Carroll Singers finished 2nd at the World Strides Heritage Performance in Chicago, IL. Lee Wright is in his twelfth year as choral director at John Carroll Catholic High School. Mr. Wright is a member of the American Choral Director Association, National Association for Music Education, and the Alabama Vocal Association. He has a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Montevallo. Lee has been married to his wife Amanda for five years and they have a wonderful son named Felix Lee Wright, who was born May of 2011. Mr. Wright also sings at St Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham under the direction of Dr. Jim Dorroh, and is active in the community as a conductor, singer, and bassist. Maria Wilson, Assistant Choral Director and Accompanist Concert Program Thursday, 7:30 pm MPAC Laudate nomen Domini ..............................................................................................................Christopher Tye (1:30) Cpdl Lamb of God.......................................................................... arr F. Melius Christiansen (1:30) Augsburg Publishing House If Ye Love Me ................................................................................................................................ Thomas Tallis (2:00) Cpdl The Waits’ Carol............................................................................................. Hugh Thomas (3:00) Oxford University Press Zion’s Walls, Aaron Copland ..........................................................................arr. Glenn Koponen (2:00) Boosey & Hawkes Locus iste .....................................................................................................................................Anton Bruckner (3:00) Cpdl This Marriage......................................................................................................................Eric Whitacre (3:00) Hal Leonard Three Sara Teasdale Poems...................................................................................................Ed Robertson (4:00) Manuscript Stand By Me ................................................................................................ Ben E. King, arr. Mac Huff (3:00) Hal Leonard Earth Song...............................................................................................................Frank Ticheli (3:30) Hindon Publications Dwijavanthi.............................................................................................................................Ethan Sperry (4:20) Earthsongs It Takes a Village ................................................................................ Joan Szmyko (3:30) Santa Barbara Music Publishing Gaelic Blessing..................................................................................................................John Rutter (2:00) Hinshaw Music 34

JOHNNIE CARR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHORALIERS The Choraliers is comprised of 60 7th and 8th grade students who have a desire to sing. The diversity among the students brings cohesiveness and musicianship within the organization which helps them to appreciate making music. The choir has been featured in a radio segment of Artsation at WVAS radio station on the campus of Alabama State University, and has made television appearances on Today in Alabama at WSFA and the Alabama News Network on WAKA television stations to promote upcoming events and concerts. Under Mrs. Moore’s’ leadership the choirs have participated in numerous choral festivals and competitions scoring superior ratings. In 2013 the choir tied first place in division 4 at the annual Peanut Festival in Dothan, Al. The choir has a very active schedule as they present several concerts throughout the year. They are committed to providing community service by performing at school functions and visiting nursing homes, hospitals and other community sponsored events throughout the year. Christine Moore is a native of Montgomery, Al. She received her B.S. in music education from Alabama A&M University and her Master of Music Education from Alabama State University. She also completed studies at Boston University in Music Education. Mrs. Moore has 27 years of teaching experience as an elementary, secondary and college educator. In addition to her teaching duties, she serves as a music facilitator with Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts, Adjunct music instructor teaching Music Appreciation and Music Methods for Elementary Teachers at Alabama State University and is a musician at several local churches. Mrs. Moore has been the choral director at Johnnie R. Carr Middle School in Montgomery since 2009. Mrs. Moore had the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Johnnie Carr and was inspired to compose the school’s alma mater in her honor. Mrs. Moore serves at the Department Chair of Electives and she was appointed the IB (International Bacculerate) Coordinator from 2012-2014. Under her tenure, Johnnie Carr Middle has been officially approved as an IB School. Mrs. Moore assisted in implementing Montgomery Public Schools 1st choral Festival in 2014 which highlighted the talents of local middle and high school choirs in the city. Her passion for music is expressed by insuring that all of her students successful and happy. Mrs. Moore is married to Calvin Moore and they have two adult sons, Calvin Jr. and Christopher who are also musicians. Concert Program Thursday, 1:00 pm MPAC Mr. Darrian Stovall- Accompanist Greetings .................................................................................................................................... Mr. John Johnston, Principal Sing A Joyful Song...................................................................................................................... Mary Lynn Lightfoot (2:15) Follow the River .....................................................................................................................................Joseph Martin (3:30) This is a Celebration .................................................................................................................................... Jerry Estes (2:00) Shout For Joy............................................................................................................ Sally K. Albrectch, Jay Althouse (2:00) Taint What Cha Do .............................................................................................................................. arr. Kirby Shaw (2:00) Batoto Yetu.................................................................................................................. Roger Emerson, John Jacobson (4:30) Climbin’ Up the Mountain ....................................................................................................................Rollo Dilworth (3:40) For Everything There is a Season ..............................................................................................................Jay Althouse(3:15) 35

MCADORY ELEMENTARY ORFF ENSEMBLE The McAdory Elementary Orff Ensemble, led by director, Melissa Thomason, is an after school auditioned group consisting of fourth and fifth grade students. These students, through the teaching method developed by Carl Orff, learn rhythmic, melodic, and improvisational skills using both pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments. The group has performed for many local, community, and school events, including the Birmingham Earth Day Festival and the Bessemer Music Club. They are very excited to have the opportunity to perform for the AMEA membership! Melissa Thomason has been the elementary music specialist at McAdory Elementary School in the Jefferson County School System for 18 years. She teaches over 1000 students a week along with directing the McAdory Elementary Orff Ensemble, the McAdory Elementary Choir, and the McAdory Kindergarten Ring-Dingers. Her groups have performed in the Canterbury Children’s Choir Festival in Canterbury, England, the Birmingham Museum of Art annual Gala, the Birmingham Earth Day Celebration, the Bessemer Music Club, and other local, community, and school events. She and the art specialist at her school recently won a $19,000 grant from the Alabama Arts Initiative to integrate art, music, physical education, and character education using found sounds, movement, and drama. Melissa received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Montevallo and holds a Level III certification in Orff-Schulwerk. She is also the very proud mom of two. Thursday, 3:10 pm MPAC Concert Program Double Drums ........................................................................................................................................Lamb, Shawnee Press from Island Fun with Orff and Drums Jamaica Jazz .................................................................................................................Holl/Bailey, Beatin’ Path Publications from Wood Songs Dance ......................................................................................................................Kriske/Delelles, Kid Sounds Publications from Strike It Rich Variations on Chopsticks.........................................................................................McRae, Memphis Musicraft Publications from Playtime One Step at a Time ............................................................................................................Solomon, Belwin-Mills Publishing from Conga Town **the instruments used in this piece were purchased with money from the Alabama Arts Initiative Grant won by McAdory Elementary School incorporating the fine arts with character education. The instruments were painted and designed by 4th grade students. Tick Tock Shock ......................................................................................................................Holl, Beatin’ Path Publications from Ensemble Clubbin’................................................................................................................................Nissly, Jason Nissly Publications from Mallet Magic Evan’s Song ..............................................................................................................................................................Thomason Papa Haydn’s Music Box........................................................................................McRae, Memphis Musicraft Publications from Playtime William Tell Overture ........................................................................................................arr.Edwards, Heritage Music Press from To Bach and Beyond 36

MONROVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED BAND The Monrovia Middle School Bands currently have 291 members within its three ensembles. The Advanced Band has consistently received Superior ratings at Music Performance Assessment and has won first place at Music Showcase Festivals and Music in the Parks Festivals in Pigeon Forge, TN nine of the past eleven years. The Monrovia Bands have also placed many students in the All-State Bands and three of its students have eventually won the state “Super Solo” competition. Donald Dowdy has taught both in Georgia and Alabama and has directed the Monrovia Middle School Bands since the school’s inception in 1998. He holds degrees from Berry College, VanderCook College of Music, and Troy University and is a National Board Certified Teacher. He has served as clinician in both Georgia and Alabama and is also Music Director at Central Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Huntsville. He is a member of NAfME, AMEA, and Phi Beta Mu. Concert Program Friday, 10:15 am MPAC Spirit of the Hawk..........................................................................................Steve Humphries, manuscript, grade 2.5 (3:00) Call of the Wild ................................................................................. Brian Balmages, FJH Music Company, grade 3 (4:30) As the Moon Whispers ........................................................................................Benjamin Yao, Barnhouse, grade 2.5 (4:00) Legacy March .............................................................................................................Steve Hodges, Alfred, grade 1.5 (2:45) Adagio e Tarantella ....................................Ernesto Cavallini, ed. David Hite, manuscript, grade 2.0 (solo: grade 6) (5:40) Jenny Maclay, clarinet soloist Overture in B Flat .......................................Caesar Giovannini, ed. Wayne Robinson, Dorabet (Sam Fox), grade 3.5 (4:40) God Bless the U.S.A ...............................Lee Greenwood, arr. John Edmondson, MCA Music Publishing, grade 1.5 (3:00) Visit the Exhibits! Grand Opening - Thursday, 10:00 AM featuring the University of Alabama Trombone Choir Exhibit Hours: Thursday, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 37

ROCK QUARRY MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The Strings in Schools program was founded in 2005 under the leadership of Dr. Anne C. Witt.All middle and high schools in the Tuscaloosa City Schools have a string program within the school day, making TCS a comprehensive music school district. All six middle schools have strings and all three high schools have orchestras. The leadership of Superintendent Dr. Paul McKendrick and Principal Andrew Maxey has made it possible for the Strings in Schools program to flourish. Additional support from Arts Coordinator Dr. Jeffrey Schultz and TCS band, choral and elementary teachers has been significant. Rock Quarry Middle School was founded in 2008, and has a population of 500 students this year. The strings program began with 35 that first year and has now grown to 110. In 2013, the Disney Festival was their first competition; the Rock Quarry Orchestra won top honors, including all Superior ratings, the Gold Award and Best in Class. In addition to regular concerts, Rock Quarry string students are in demand for small group performances. They have played for UA gymnastics meets, church events, private parties, community clubs and the Rotary club. By special invitation of Mayor Walt Maddox, Rock Quarry Strings played for the Installation of the City Council and City School Board members. The AMEA concert will be presented by all of the 7th and 8th grade string players. Students are not selected from the classes – all are participating. Mrs. Allison Lavender is the founding director. Allison Lavender earned her undergraduate degree in Music Education from the University of Mississippi in 2007. During her time in college, Allison was concert master of the Lafayette Oxford University Symphony as well as a finalist in the music school’s concerto competition in both 2003 and 2005. After graduation, Mrs. Lavender accepted a job with the Tuscaloosa City Schools teaching string orchestra. In her seven years with the Tuscaloosa City Schools, Mrs. Lavender has taught both middle and high school orchestra. In 2012 and 2014 she took her students to Festival Disney in Orlando, FL, where her groups placed first in their division and earned all superioir ratings. Her orchestra students participate in a number of after school activities including, Alabama All-State, All-City Orchestra, ASTA Honor Strings Festival, and Solo/Ensemble Festival. Her students receive frequent invitations to play at community events in Tuscaloosa. Currently Mrs. Lavender teaches grades 6-8 orchestra at Rock Quarry Middle School. Thursday, 3:10 pm MPAC Concert Program 7th/8th combined: Episode K. 216 ...........................................................................................................................Mozart, Arr. Sandra Dackow Be Thou My Vision ....................................................................................................................................... arr. Robert Frost British Grenadiers ................................................................................................................................... arr. John Caponegro 8th grade performance: Minuet ............................................................................................................................................Handel, Arr. James Brown March, Judas Maccabaeus ..............................................................................................................Handel, Arr. James Brown Gloria in Excelsis Deo...................................................................................................................Vivaldi, Arr. Don Brubaker Soloists: Violin I - Alexandra Wright, Violin II - Jakai Cooper, Viola - Caoline MacVicar, Cello - John Niiler Spartacus..........................................................................................................................................................Brian Balmages 38

SHADES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND Shades Valley High School was established in 1948 in Homewood, AL and moved to its present location in Irondale, AL in the fall of 1996. The Shades Valley Symphonic Band is the top performing ensemble in a larger overall program that offers experiences in marching band, AP music theory, guitar and numerous chamber music ensembles. Band seniors each year average over 3.5 million dollars in scholarship opportunities in the areas of academics, leadership and musical achievement. The Symphonic Band has been a past performing group for the Alabama Music Educators State Conference, the University of Alabama Honor Band Festival, the 2009 Music for All National Concert Band Festival and the 2013 Southeastern United States Concert Band Festival. They have twice been named an Honor Ensemble at the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational Concert Band Festival. Quality literature serves as the curriculum and chamber music participation as the foundational cornerstone of this outstanding ensemble. 2015 will mark the sixth appearance since 2008 of an ensemble from the Shades Valley Band program at the Alabama Music Educators’ Association State Conference. David Allinder began his tenure as Director of Bands at Shades Valley High 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. 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 works at Hunter Street Baptist Church as a staff musician and is the Birmingham area director of Camp Jam, a rock and roll music camp for students. Mr. Allinder is a recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence and was awarded National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification in 2008. Mr.Allinder was a 2009 district finalist for state teacher of the year. He has been a cooperating teacher for a number of successful student interns and a Candidate Support Provider for teachers seeking NBPTS Certification. He is a member of the Phi Beta Mu honorary band fraternity and the National Band Association. David currently resides in McCalla, Alabama with his wife Jennifer and their children, Tanner and Mackenzie. Concert Program Thursday, 8:30 pm MPAC Jubilateo ..........................................................................................................................................................Samuel R. Hazo Flag of Victory March......................................................................................................................................Franz Von Blon Varitions on a Korean Folk Song ............................................................................................................John Barnes Chance Chroma ........................................................................................................................................................... Carl Strommen Elegy on an Evening Hymn.......................................................................................................................David R. Holsinger 39

SPARKMAN HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE Sparkman High School is located in Harvest just outside Huntsville, Alabama and is part of the Madison County School System. The Sparkman High School Band program consists of 221 nine through twelfth grade musicians that make up two concert bands and a premiere wind ensemble during the spring semester. During the fall semester, Sparkman has an audition only competition band consisting of 162 members and a 247 piece Marching Band that performs at football games. The program also maintains two winter guard units and an indoor marching drumline during the spring semester. The Sparkman Marching Band has earned several grand champion awards throughout the state of Alabama and competes across the southeast including regional and super regional Bands of America Competitions. The Sparkman Winter Guard has earned the title of SCGC Class SAAA Champions and state champions for the past 4 years in class SAAA and SA.The Sparkman Indoor Percussion Ensemble is a 2014 WGI Scholastic A Finalist, two time WGI Mid- South Percussion Championship Scholastic A Finalist, and three time SCGC Percussion Scholastic A champion. The Sparkman Wind Ensemble has earned superior ratings with distinction at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment every year since the group was established in 2011. The Sparkman Concert Band and 9th Grade bands have also earned superior ratings at MPA every year since 2011 with both groups earning distinction honors during this time. David Raney received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of North Alabama. He is currently in his 16th year of teaching with the last 5 years as director of bands at Sparkman High School. With the Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mr. Raney has served on the ABA Music Selection Committee, ABA District 1 Chairman and is currently developing the abafest.com<http://abafest.com> website. Mr. Raney has served as a guest conductor across North Alabama including the University of North Alabama Honor Band and has served as an adjudicator at various marching competitions across Alabama and Tennessee. He continues to perform as the bass trombonist for the Ed Jones Orchestra. David is married to Regina Raney who is the director of bands at Cedar Ridge Middle School and has two children, Allison and Ashley. Jack Albert currently serves as assistant band director and director of percussion at Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama. Jack’s duties at Sparkman include co-directing the Sparkman High School Marching Senators, conducting the Sparkman Concert Band, and directing the Sparkman Indoor Percussion Ensemble. These high achieving groups perform in the WGI and BOA arenas, as well as state and national concert band festivals. Jack is a graduate of the University of North Alabama (B.S. in Music Education) where he served as percussion section leader and principal percussionist. Jack is also an alumnus of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps where he was a member of the snare line. In addition to teaching, Jack is a highly sought after band and percussion arranger/designer, and serves as a staff arranger for the University of North Alabama Band Program. Jack currently resides in Priceville, Alabama with his wife Allison, and son Sawyer. Thursday, 4:40 pm MPAC Concert Program Burn ..........................................................................................................................Roland Barrett, Belwin Band Publishing Blue Shades ................................................................................................................Frank Ticheli, Manhattan Beach Music Invincible Eagle ............................................................................................................................Sousa/Sparke, Anglo Music American Hymnsong Suite.....................................................................................Dwayne Milburn, Neil A Kjos Music Co. Dance of the Jesters .............................................................................................Tchaikovsky/Cramer, Curnow Music Press 40

TROY UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHORALE The TROY University Concert Chorale is one of the premier vocal ensembles in the TROY University John M. Long School of Music. This smaller mixed choir performs chamber, classical, traditional, and contemporary choral literature and membership is open by audition. Students in the Concert Chorale represent a wide variety of majors and most are studying at the undergraduate level. Diane Orlofsky became the Conductor of the TROY University Concert Chorale in the spring of 2006. In 2006-2007, Orlofsky served as interim Coordinator for the Choral Department and conducted both the Concert Chorale (then Chamber Choir) and the Collegiate Singers in the spring of 2007. She founded the vocal jazz group, frequency, in 2009 and currently serves as Director of University Choirs, conductor for the Concert Chorale and musical director for frequency. Orlofsky was recently named the 2014 recipient of the Wallace D. Malone Distinguished Faculty award which recognizes scholarship, teaching, leadership and service. She is also the recipient of the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Scholar award, and the A.A.T.E. Outstanding Teacher Educator Award. Orlofsky is best known for her work with learning theorist Jerome S. Bruner and her book Redefining Teacher Education: The Theories of Jerome Bruner and the Practice of Training Teachers (2002). Her latest multi-media project, The Joyous Exchange: Meditations on the Choral Arts explores the mystery and power of the choral arts. Orlofsky is an active clinician, conductor and researcher and was named an American Fellow in 1997 by the American Association of University Women. Concert Program Friday, 7:00 pm MPAC The Ancient and the Eternal: Invocations and Remembrance Program to be selected from the following: Cry Out and Shout ................................................................................................Knut Nystedt, Alfred Publishing Company Canticle of Praise ..............................................................................................................John Ness Beck, Theodore Presser Jesu Dulcis Memoria .........................................................................St. Bernard of Clairvaux (attrib.),Vatican Antiphonale Confessions.............................................................................................................Eric William Barnum, Tragic Hero Music Jesu Dulcis Memoria.....................................................................Tomás Luis de Victoria (attrib.), Oxford University Press Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12..................................................................................................Camille Saint-Saëns, C. F. Peters 6. Quare? Elijah, Op. 70.........................................................................................................................Felix Mendelssohn, G. Schirmer 9. Blessed Are the Men Who Fear Him Entreat Me Not to Leave.............................................................................................................Dan Forrest, Hinshaw Music The True Knowledge: Four Mystical Poems .........................................................Eric William Barnum, Tragic Hero Music 4. The True Knowledge Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85 .............................................................................Ludwig V. Beethoven, G. Schirmer 14. Hallelujah I Can Tell the World......................................................................................................................Moses Hogan, Hal Leonard 41

TROY UNIVERSITY FREQUENCY frequency is Troy University’s auditioned, select vocal jazz ensemble and is devoted to the performance of traditional and contemporary a cappella and accompanied ensemble vocal jazz. frequency is designed to provide a quality performing experience for advanced students of all undergraduate majors utilizing excellent repertoire from a wide variety of challenging contemporary vocal jazz genres. This group performs without a conductor and a high level of group synergy is required. Since 2009, frequency has had the privilege of working with Greg Jasperse, Kerry Marsh, Christine Guter and Julia Dollison during on-campus residencies. Diane Orlofsky became the Conductor of the TROY University Concert Chorale in the spring of 2006. In 2006-2007, Orlofsky served as interim Coordinator for the Choral Department and conducted both the Concert Chorale (then Chamber Choir) and the Collegiate Singers in the spring of 2007. She founded the vocal jazz group, frequency, in 2009 and currently serves as Director of University Choirs, conductor for the Concert Chorale and musical director for frequency. Orlofsky was recently named the 2014 recipient of the Wallace D. Malone Distinguished Faculty award which recognizes scholarship, teaching, leadership and service. She is also the recipient of the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Scholar award, and the A.A.T.E. Outstanding Teacher Educator Award. Orlofsky is best known for her work with learning theorist Jerome S. Bruner and her book Redefining Teacher Education: The Theories of Jerome Bruner and the Practice of Training Teachers (2002). Her latest multi-media project, The Joyous Exchange: Meditations on the Choral Arts explores the mystery and power of the choral arts. Orlofsky is an active clinician, conductor and researcher and was named an American Fellow in 1997 by the American Association of University Women. Friday, 3:30 pm MPAC Concert Program Program to be selected from: New Day.............................................................................. Carol Welsman/arr. Jennifer Barnes, Sound Music Publications Fields of Gold .............................................................................................................. Sting/arr. Greg Jasperse, Hal Leonard A Quiet Place............................................................................................ Ralph Carmichael/arr. Jerry Rubino, Hal Leonard Words .................................................................................................................................... Anders Edenroth, Walton Music A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ................................ E. Maschwitz & M. Sherman/arr. Gene Puerling,Hal Leonard Travels ............................................................................... Pat. Metheny, Julia Dollison/arr. Kerry Marsh, KerryMarsh.com Stoned Soul Picnic ............................ Laura Nyro/ arr. Peter.Eldridge,EMI Music Publishing & Darmon Meader Germany First Train Home ...................................................................................... Imogen Heap/arr. Kerry Marsh, KerryMarsh.com Woods ........................................................................................................ Justin Vernon/arr. Kerry Marsh, KerryMarsh.com Pass Me the Jazz ..................................................................................................................Anders Edenroth, Walton Music 42

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE Tuscaloosa County High School is located in Northport, Alabama and is part of the Tuscaloosa County School System. The high school has 1,700 students in grades 9-12. This is the second year of The Tuscaloosa County High School Wind Ensemble as exponential growth within the band program has allowed for the creation of another performing ensemble. The group has a set number of forty-eightwinds and percussion. Membership into the ensemble is based on yearly audition. Approximately sixty-percent of the ensemble studies privately in some capacity. Founded in 1926, The Tuscaloosa County High School Band is one of the oldest high school bands in Alabama in continuous existence. The strong support from the alumni, community, parents, and administration ensure that the future of the County High Band is bright for generations of musicians to come. The Tuscaloosa County High School Marching Band has appeared in parade performances in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., London and San Antonio, Texas. Other performing groups at Tuscaloosa County High School include the Symphonic Band, the Chamber Winds, Woodwind Quintet, Trombone Choir, and our jazz band – The Velvet Blue Orchestra. Jed Smart is the Director of Bands at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama. He holds degrees from the University of Alabama, Troy University, and Boston University. Bands under his direction have consistently been rated superior, and he serves as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the Southeastern United States. Smart is a three time recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence. Recent engagements include the University of Alabama Honor Band Festival, Alabama Music Educators Conference, the Georgia Independent School Association All State Band Festival, and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Alongside conducting and clinic engagements, Smart has written articles for The Instrumentalist, Teaching Music, and School, Band, and Orchestra Magazine. Currently, Smart is working with a collective to create useful study resources for students studying for the AP Music Theory Examination. Jed resides in Aliceville, Alabama with his beautiful wife, Abby, and precious daughters, Waverly Mae and Lola. Michael Guzman is Associate Director of Bands at Tuscaloosa County High School and also serves as Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Black Warrior Winds, an adult community band serving the West Alabama area. He holds degrees from the University of Miami and Florida International University, in Music Education and Wind Conducting, respectively. For much of the last decade, Guzman has been a sought out musician and teacher in the Miami-Dade County Area. Mr. Guzman has previously served as Associate Director of Bands at Miami Coral Reef High School and Director of Bands at Southwest Miami Senior High School.Mr. Guzman currently maintains a large private studio in Tuscaloosa County, where he works with low brass players from grades 6-12. Bands under his instruction in both Florida and Alabama have been consistently rated superior and he has served as an adjudicator and conductor throughout the Southeast. Aside from his teaching experience, Mr. Guzman has served as a freelance musician, playing with such groups as the Miami Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas, Walenstine Symphony, Alhambra Orchestra, Miami’s Top Brass and various other groups in the Miami area. Mr. Guzman lives is Vance Alabama with his wife, Ada, daughter, Abby Grace, and their dogs. Concert Program Thursday, 10:30 am MPAC Gavorkna Fanfare..............................................................................................................................................................Jack Stamp, Kjos Sol Y Sombra ..................................................................................................................................George Gates/arr. Van Ragsdale, SMC Michael Guzman, Conductor Dum Spiro Spero ..................................................................................................................................Chris Pilsner, Nox Tenebrae Music Rhythm of the Winds ..........................................................................................................................Frank Erickson, Carl Fischer Music Rick Teel, Conductor The Klaxon March ..........................................................................................Henry Fillmore/arr. Frederick Fennell, Carl Fischer Music Variations for Euphonium and Band...............................................................................Jerry Owen/arr. David Werden, Cimarron Music Demondrae Thurman, Soloist Tommy Brannan, Conductor Mannin Veen.................................................................................................................................Haydn Wood, Boosey & Hawkes Music 43

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TROMBONE CHOIR The University of Alabama Trombone Choir is designed to serve as a pedagogical extension of the Trombone Studio, giving students the opportunity to apply skills learned in lessons to a musical setting. The choir is a very active part of the School of Music at Alabama, performing regular concerts on campus as well as several outreach concerts a year, including performing at UA athletic events. The Trombone Choir has performed at the 2010 Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC, the 2011 International Trombone Festival in Nashville, TN and the 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, GA. Dr. Jonathan Whitaker joined the faculty of the University of Alabama in the fall of 2009. At Alabama, Whitaker’s students have been tremendously successful in national and international solo competitions including the Eastern Trombone Workshop National Solo Competition, the International Trombone Association’s solo competitions and the Alessi Seminar. The University of Alabama Trombone Choir has given performances at the 2010 Eastern Trombone Workshop, the 2011 International Trombone Festival in Nashville, TN and the 2013 International Trombone Festival in Columbus, GA. Dr. Whitaker has also appeared as a performer and clinician at the Eastern Trombone Workshop twice and two International Trombone Festivals. He is in great demand as a guest artist and has appeared at some of the most prestigious music schools in the country including The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Yale University, Indiana University and many more. As a soloist, Whitaker can be heard on numerous recordings including the 2013 release of his debut solo recording entitled “Nature’s Gift” with pianist Kevin Chance. He is a featured soloist on two recordings with the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble that include Anthony Barfield’s “Red Sky” and David Maslanka’s Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble. These recordings are available at www.jonathanwhitaker.com.In 2013, Whitaker gave the world premiere of James Stephenson’s Three Bones Concerto commissioned for the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble along with Joseph Alessi and Peter Ellefson. He also performed the work at the 2013 Eastern Trombone Workshop with the United States Army Band “The Pershing’s Own”, again with Alessi and Ellefson. In 2012, Whitaker made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist at the New York Wind Band Festival. He has appeared as a soloist with all of the wind groups at Indiana University, the Augustana College Symphonic Band, the Purdue University Symphony Orchestra, the Henderson State University Wind Ensemble and performed a premier performance of John Mackey’s Harvest: Concerto for Trombone with the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble in the fall of 2010. He also performed the American premier of Johan de Meij’s T-Bone Concerto with the Murray State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.Whitaker has performed with the New York Philharmonic on two separate occasions. In 2012, he performed on the orchestra’s Opening Gala that was broadcast on Live from Lincoln Center on PBS with music director Alan Gilbert. In 2011, he performed on concerts featuring Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. Whitaker is currently Principal Trombone of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. He performs regularly with the Alabama Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony (PA), Mobile Symphony (AL) and has also held positions and performed with the Arkansas Symphony, Pine Bluff Symphony (AR), Shreveport Symphony (LA), South Arkansas Symphony, Duluth-Superior Symphony (MN), Owensboro Symphony (KY), Evansville Philharmonic (IN), Richmond Symphony (IN), Jackson Symphony (TN) and the Paducah Symphony (KY). As a chamber musician, Whitaker can be heard on Dee Stewart’s CD entitled D+ (Dee Plus) performing with the Indiana University Trombone Faculty and on two recordings by the Stentorian Consort Trombone Quartet. Whitaker serves on the faculty of the Alessi Seminar. In 2005, he was selected as one of sixteen participants for the Seminar and was a featured soloist twice that year. From 2005-2013, Whitaker served as the chief administrator for the Seminar and is honored to now be on the faculty. Dr. Whitaker holds degrees in trombone performance from Murray State University and the University of Minnesota and the Doctor of Music degree in Brass Pedagogy from Indiana University where he served as Associate Instructor of Trombone from 2001-2004. Dr. Whitaker’s primary teachers include Ray Conklin, Tom Ashworth, M. Dee Stewart, Peter Ellefson and Joseph Alessi with additional studies with Arnold Jacobs, Edward Kleinhammer, Michael Mulcahy, Charlie Vernon and Douglas Wright. Jonathan Whitaker is an Edwards Performing Artist and plays Griego Mouthpieces. The University of Alabama Trombone Choir will perform at the Grand Opening of the Exhibits, Thursday at 10:00 am in Exhibit Hall C and again at the beginning of the Keynote Session, Friday at 10:15 am in the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. 44

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Posters to be presented at the HED Research Poster Session, Thursday, January 22, 2015, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall Lobby Students’ Perceptions of Effective Instruction during College Level Applied Lessons, Studio Instruction, and Private Lessons E. Danielle Todd, University of Alabama Participating, Interacting, and Practicing IEP Goals: Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Elementary Music Classrooms Ellary A. Draper, University of Alabama How Quickly are Researchers Citing the Psychology of Music? A Bibliometric Analysis of a Journal Serving Multiple Disciplines Carl B. Hancock, University of Alabama and Harry Price, Kennesaw State University Grade 6-12 String Performers’ Perceived Meaning of School and Community Youth Orchestra Experience Katherine Lanier King, Auburn University Examining Self-Efficacy, Music Achievement, and Music Class Enrollment Among Secondary School Instrumental Students Michael S. Zelenak, Alabama State University Are We Going About Music Teacher Education Backwards? Moya Lao Nordlund and Brian Viliunas, Samford University Can We Develop Expert Mindset in Novice Music Educators? Moya Lao Nordlund and Brian Viliunas, Samford University A Comparison of Instrumental Music Majors’ Person-Organization Fit at Two Ethnically Diverse Universities Corinth D. Lewis and Carl Hancock, University of Alabama Effects of Length of Instruction on Rhythm-Reading Learning and Retention Kelly J. Hollingsworth, Auburn University Factors Affecting Participation in the Alabama Vocal Association Khristina S. Motley, University of Alabama An Analysis of Popular Song Characteristics and Music Sales From 1960 to 2011 Russell J. Greene, University of Alabama The Effect of Musical Score Format on the Perception of Performance Quality Meredith Reaves, University of Alabama Evaluation of the Development of Competencies for a NASM Self Study Brian Viliunas and Moya Nordlund, Samford University Characteristics of Tenacious Teachers in Alabama: A Comparison And Measurement of Band Directors’ Grit and Self-Efficacy in Low, Medium, and High SES Schools Michael Aycock, New Hope High School/University of Alabama A Content Analysis of ACDA National Conference Interests Sessions: 1960 to 2011 Donna T. Ferretti, University of Alabama Teacher Perceptions of Music Education in Rural America Edward Ted C. Hoffman, III, University of Montevallo and Lance D. Nielsen Music Education in 1963: The Major Cultural, Political, and Professional Influences that Led to Reform in the United States Brian J. Coates, University of Alabama Javier Busto Bi-Vocational Journeyman, Medical Doctor and Musician: An Interview John Ratledge and Marvin Latimer, University of Alabama The American Choral Directors Association’s Sixty Years of Leadership in Choral Music Education, Performance, Composition, and Advocacy: A Preliminary Study Marvin Latimer, University of Alabama A Nation At Risk and the School Reform Movement Lauren Nicole Brown, University of Alabama The Effect of Non-performance Variables on Alabama Vocal Association Choral Performance Evaluation Ratings: A Replication and Extension Marvin Latimer and Carl B. Hancock, University of Alabama 46

Dr. Edward H. Cleino: The Father of Music Education at the University of Alabama Beth A. Davis, University of Alabama A Review of Choral Journal Featured Articles: 1959 - Present Donna Ferretti, Krystal Stark and Carlos Vieira, University of Alabama Civil Unrest to Music Education Kaitlyn Burnside Traylor, University of Alabama Changes in Education: 1964 - 65 Emily Christine Gray, University of Alabama A Content Analysis of Choral Journal Feature Articles: 2001 - 02 Krystal Stark, University of Alabama Strategies in Music Education for Recruiting and Retention in Low Socioeconomic Rural/Urban Schools Shane E. Colquhoun, Loachapoka High School/Auburn University Finding the Right Metaphor: Strategies to Optimize the Educational Value of Virtual Anatomy Software in the Voice Studio Susan E. Williams, University of Alabama and Daniel R. George, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine Two Music Education Initiatives Timothy Heath, University of Alabama Effects of Direct Teaching Experiences with At-risk Elementary Students on Pre-service Music Educator Ratings of Experiences and Feelings Jane M. Kuehne, Auburn University A Comparison of Music Compositional Process and Product of Two Groups of Secondary Students: Using Only Acoustic Instruments Versus Using Acoustic Instruments and iPads Robert L. Lyda, Notasulga High School/Auburn University Take a closer look at the Department of Music at Alabama State University! Bachelor of Arts in Music ŶBachelor of Music Education ŶMaster of Education in Music Ensembles University Choir • Gospel Choir • Frederick Douglass Hall Choir • Chamber Singers • Wind Ensemble Mighty Marching Hornets Marching Band • Symphonic Band • Jazz Ensemble • Jazz Combo Trumpet Ensemble • Tuba Ensemble • Saxophone Ensemble • Opera Workshop Scholarships are available for music majors and selected ensembles. AUDITION DATE: February 28, 2015 Please visit our website for 2015 High School Honor Band & Honor Choir Festival dates. For more information, please visit www.alasu.edu/music, email [email protected] or call 334-229-4341. 47

AMEA 2015 Clinicians Dr. David Ballam, instructor of double bass and music appreciation has taught at Auburn University since 2013. Prior to joining the faculty at Auburn, he performed extensively in central Texas and Chicago, IL including with the Austin Symphony, the Austin Lyric Opera, and baroque bass with Ensemble Settecento. As a passionate educator and private instructor, Dr. Ballam was active in many Texas public schools teaching lessons, sectionals, and large group classes to middle school and high school bassists. Dr. Ballam is also currently involved with the International Society of Bassists Summer Convention - Young Bassists Program working with many talented students. Tucker Biddlecombe, (Ph.D) is Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he serves as conductor of the Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir. In addition, he has recently been named Director of Blair's five-year Bachelor of Music/Teacher Education degree program offered in conjunction with the Peabody College of Education. Over the course of a ten year career as a public school music educator, he achieved National Board Teacher Certification and was awarded ‘Teacher of the Year’ at Lawton Chiles High School (FL). Ensembles under his direction have performed to acclaim at state and division conventions of the American Choral Directors Association. He is a sought-after clinician and adjudicator, and has recently conducted honor choirs in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New York, and Tennessee, including the Florida All-State Men’s Chorus. He has prepared choruses for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and recently served as a guest director for the professional early- music ensemble, Music City Baroque. Professor Biddlecombe holds the PhD in Music Education and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Music degree, with majors in Vocal Performance and Music Education, from SUNY Potsdam. He is a native of Buffalo, New York, and resides in Nashville with his wife Mary Biddlecombe, Artistic Director of the Blair Children’s Chorus. Jon Bowman is in his sixth year as Director of Bands at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, one of the largest music programs in the southeast. Prior to Lowndes High School, he served as Director of Bands at Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama where he directed the “Pride of Prattville” Marching Band, the Prattville High School Wind Symphony, the Symphonic Band, Concert Band and the Jazz Ensemble. Mr. Bowman also served as Director of Bands at Tallassee High School in Tallassee, Alabama and Beauregard High School in Opelika, Alabama where he also served as the assistant baseball coach. During his tenure at Lowndes High School, the membership in the band program has increased to over 480 students. He has also overseen the development of the concert band program at Lowndes with 350 students participating in three concert ensembles. During this time, the concert bands at Lowndes have never received less than superior ratings. Mr. Bowman earned both his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education in 2000 and a Masters of Music in Education in 2002 from Auburn University. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha, a past member of the Alabama Bandmaster’s Association, the Music Educator’s National Conference, and the National Band Association. Joseph Brennan received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Music Education from Temple University studying violin while also playing trumpet. For 28 years, Joe has been the orchestra director at Haverford Middle and High Schools and is the Music Department Co-Chair. He was recognized by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association with the Citation of Excellence Award. Joe has presented at ASTA NAfME, Midwest, and state conferences in Texas, Ohio, and others. Joe has conducted String Festivals; his string chamber ensembles and orchestras have frequently performed at PMEA conventions. Being a kidney donor, Joe, is an advocate for organ donor awareness. Erin Colwitz holds a B.M. from the University of Minnesota and an MM and DMA from the University of Southern California. Dr. Colwitz taught choral music in the public schools in Minnesota while singing with the Dale Warland Singers. Dr. Colwitz is currently the Director of Choirs at the UAH. She conducts two choirs and teaches courses in field of education. Dr. Colwitz is an active adjudicator and clinician. She serves on the AL-ACDA board as the R & S Chair for Community Choirs and is also a national board member for the NCCO. Deborah Confredo (formerly Sheldon) is Professor of Music Education at Temple University. Conductor and founder of the Night Owls Campus/Community Band, her specialties include instrumental conducting, rehearsal techniques, music psychology, and informal music learning. Her numerous articles are published in the Journal for Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education (CRME), Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal for Music Teacher Education, Music Educators Journal, Journal of Band Research, Instrumentalist, Contributions to Music Education, and The Woman Conductor. A past editor for CRME, and editorial board member for CRME and the Journal of Research in Music Education, Confredo is editorial board member for the International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Performance, and Education. She co-authored The Complete Woodwind Instructor: A Guidebook for the Music Educator and Lessons in Performance (FJH), and is editor of Superior Bands in Sixteen Weeks, and Chorales and Rhythmic Etudes for Superior Bands. Lead author of the band method, Measures of Success™ (FJH), and its companion online video tutorials, she is in demand as clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator. Confredo plays saxophones and keyboards in the South Jersey based jazz quartet, West River Drive and the classic-rock band, Nasty Habits. 48

AMEA 2015 Clinicians John Cooper is in his sixteenth year at Austin High School in Decatur, Alabama. After placing first and second in the Alabama All State Red Band during his last two years in high school, he played in both the LSU Wind Ensemble and the “Golden Band from Tigerland” for 4 years. He has taught clarinet privately for four decades and placed numerous students in all the All State Bands. In the fall of 2007, Mr. Cooper became a National Board Certified Teacher. Mr. Cooper is a member of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity and past- president of the Alabama Bandmasters Association. William Dehning was Chairman of Choral and Sacred Music at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music from 1992- 2007, where he conducted the USC Chamber Choir and taught choral conducting in a department of 20 resident graduate students, and prepared choruses for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For twenty years prior to his appointment to USC, Dehning was Director of Choirs at the University of the Pacific, where he was recipient of the university's Distinguished Professor Award and its Commencement speaker in 1991. He has lectured at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik and appears on occasion as a guest conductor and clinician both in the U.S. and abroad. He has worked numerous times with professional choruses in Korea, including the National Chorus. He appeared at divisional and national conventions of ACDA six times in the 1990's, and has won seven prizes in international competitions, including Grand Prizes in Tours, France, and Varna, Bulgaria. He is the author of Chorus Confidential, and A Matter of Choice: Interpreting Choral Music. The Thornton School honored him with the first annual Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, and awarded him the Ramo Award, the school’s highest honor, upon his retirement. Melinda S. Doyle is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montevallo where she conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and University Chorus and also teaches undergraduate conducting and choral methods. In 2010, Dr. Doyle was Instructor of Choral Music at Louisiana State University where she conducted Schola Cantorum and taught undergraduate choral literature and conducting. In addition, she served as the Director of Music and Worship at the University United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. Dr. Doyle received the Bachelor of Vocal Performance (1995), Master of Music (Vocal Performance, 1997) and Graduate Certificate in Advanced Music (Choral Conducting, 2003) from the University of South Florida, and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University. Frequently in demand as a clinician and adjudicator, she has conducted choirs both at the junior high, high school and collegiate level. Currently, Dr. Doyle serves as the R & S Chair for College and University Choirs for Alabama ACDA. She has also served as R & S Chair for High Repertoire for the Florida ACDA and remains an active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Florida ACDA, Alabama Music Educators Association, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), and Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA). John Feierabend is considered one of the leading authorities on music and movement development. A Professor of Music and the Director of the Music Education Division at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford he is a past President of the Organization of American Kodály Educators as well as a NAfME Lowell Mason Fellow. Dr. Feierabend continues to be committed to collecting, preserving and teaching the diverse folk music of our country and using that folk music as a bridge to help children understand and enjoy classical music. Dr. Feierabend’s research has resulted in two music curricula; First Steps in Music, a music and movement program for infants through early elementary aged children and Conversational Solfege, a music literacy method for use in general music classes. Dr. Feierabend’s teaching has provided thousands of teachers and their students with the skills necessary to build community through music by evoking enthusiastic participation of all people. To that end his approach strives for all people to become tuneful, beatful and artful through research based and developmentally appropriate pedagogies that use quality literature. In the summer of 2012 a group of dedicated and like-minded teachers led by Dr. Sandra Doneski honored Dr. Feierabend’s 30 years of work with the formation of the Feierabend Association of Music Education. For more information go to: www.feierabendmusic.org and www.giamusic.com/feierabend. Dr. Michael and Jill Gallina have achieved national prominence as award winning composers of musical plays and choral music for youth in elementary, middle, junior, and senior high schools. Their clever creations in story and song have consistently won awards from the Parents Choice Foundation, American Library Service and ASCAP. Their music has been featured and performed on the Disney Channel, The World's largest Concert, PBS, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Sing for the Cure, The New York Philharmonic, The Boston Pops, and in a documentary on children's rights for the United Nations. In addition, the Gallinas are recipients of the Stanley Austin Alumni Award from the College of New Jersey for their many accomplishments in the field of composition. Both Michael and Jill received B.A. degrees in music from the College of New Jersey. Jill was an elementary school music teacher before becoming a full time composer. Michael completed a Masters degree in music from the College of New Jersey as well as a Doctorate in Administration and Supervision from Rutgers University. In addition to his writing collaborations with Jill, he is the former elementary principal of the Angelo L.Tomaso School in Warren, New Jersey and author of the books \"Making the Scene,\" and “Setting the Stage for Success.” Both are illustrated \"how to\" books for building sets, props and scenery, etc., for musical productions. Michael and Jill also collaborated on the book “Puttin’ on the Kidz.” More information regarding the Gallinas and their music can be obtained by contacting them at [email protected] or www.halleonard.com Lisa Gillespie teaches band, choir and general music at Kitty Stone Elementary in Jacksonville, AL. She has performed with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, as a member of the touring ensemble Chix with Stix and as a recording artist for Turner Network Television. Ms. Gillespie received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in music education at Jacksonville State University. She was named Teacher of the Year in Jacksonville in 2011 and has hosted over 40 student teachers and practicum students. Lisa endorses Innovative Percussion Inc. and resides in Jacksonville with her husband Clint and her son William. 49

AMEA 2015 Clinicians Dr. Jeff Grant is in his first year as the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Percussion at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Dr. Grant holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in performance and music theory from The University of Southern Mississippi as well as a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree from Columbus State University and the University of Louisville respectively. He has performed with a variety of ensembles including the Spirit of Atlanta and Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera, the Lagrange Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, and Atlanta Symphonic Band. Dr. Grant is an active arranger, adjudicator, and clinician. His articles have appeared in Percussive Notes, and he has presented clinics at the University of Louisville Percussion Symposium, Northwest Missouri State University music camps, National Conference of Percussion Pedagogy, The Alabama Music Educators Association State Conference and the Mississippi Bandmasters State Convention. Dr. Grant is also the co-founder of the Southeastern Percussion Festival (SEPF). Dr. Grant has served on the Board of Directors for the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit (SCGC) and is the former President–Elect of the Alabama Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He is a member of Delta Chi, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, The Percussive Arts Society, MENC, and BMI. Dr. Grant is proud to endorse and support Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Sabian cymbals, and Yamaha drums. Matthew Greenwood serves as Adjunct Instructor of Percussion at the University of South Alabama where he assists with the USA Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band, World Music Ensemble, and the Jaguar Drumline. He holds a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Louisville. An active performer, Matt has given masterclasses at the Alabama Day of Percussion, AMEA Conference, Southeast Percussion Festival, and the Treasure Coast Percussion Camp in Vero Beach, Florida. He currently performs with the Mobile Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestras, and Mobile and Pensacola Operas. Becky Halliday is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo. Prior to this appointment, she spent 15 years teaching elementary music in Georgia and Mississippi. Halliday has conducted numerous clinics and workshops in the Southeast. In addition, she has presented research findings at the AOSA annual conference, the AERAAnnual Meeting, the International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education conference, and the NAfME Research and Teacher Education Conference. Halliday earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and her BMUS and MMEd from The University of Georgia. She holds certifications in Orff Schulwerk and Kodály. Margaret Heron is the Choral Director and AP Music Theory Instructor at Mortimer Jordan High School and Choral Director at North Jefferson Middle School in the Jefferson County School System. For her first seven years, Mrs. Heron also taught Jr. and Sr. High Band. She graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Instrumental Music Education and is a summa cum laude graduate of University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Master of Arts in Choral Music Education. She received National Board Certification in Choral Music in 2008. Under her direction, her choirs have consistently received Superior ratings at District, State, national and international festivals and have been invited to perform at several AMEA, AVA, and ACDA conferences. Her choirs have performed in New York, Orlando, Williamsburg, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Asheville, and Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Heron serves on the staff of Birmingham Girls Choir as the director of Una Vocé. She has been the Choral Clinician and adjudicator for various honor choirs, camps & festivals throughout the south. She has served as the High School R&S Chair for the Alabama Choral Directors Association and the State Board of Alabama Vocal Association District III Chair. She was selected two years ago to be an AP Reader of Music Theory, for which she travels to Cincinnati every summer to score AP Tests from around the world. Matthew Hoch is Assistant Professor of Voice at Auburn University and Choirmaster and Minister of Music at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn. He has sung with many professional choirs, including the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Conspirare, the Crossing, and the Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. His book, A Dictionary for the Modern Singer, was published in 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Hoch holds the BM from Ithaca College, the MM from the Hartt School, and the DMA from the New England Conservatory. He is a lifetime member of NAfME. Dr. Edward C. “Ted” Hoffman, III, is Assistant Professor of Music and Head of Music Education at the University of Montevallo, AL. He earned the Ph.D. in Music from the University of Nebraska, the Master of Education degree in Music from Auburn University, and bachelor’s degrees in both music performance and music education, magna cum laude, from the University of Southern Mississippi. Additionally, Hoffman holds certifications in music technology from the Technology Institute for Music Educators, World Music Pedagogy from the Smithsonian Folkways Institute, and Kodály teaching methods from the Organization of American Kodály Educators. At Montevallo, Dr. Hoffman coordinates the undergraduate music education programs, teaches graduate coursework in the Master of Education program, directs the summer Young Musicians’Camp, and is faculty advisor to the Montevallo chapter of NAfME Collegiate. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Hoffman taught PreK-8 general music and directed a variety of elementary, middle, and high school vocal and instrumental ensembles. He continues to work with PreK-12 music educators and students, maintaining an active schedule as a festival adjudicator, clinician, guest conductor, and consultant for elementary and secondary school music programs. Dr. Hoffman’s advocacy and research agendas focus on music technology, student assessment in the ensemble setting, small and rural school music programs, and the inclusion of students with special needs in music classes. He maintains active membership in a number of state, national, and international associations and currently serves on the Executive Governing Board of the Alabama Music Educators’Association and as the state advisor for AL-NAfME Collegiate. 50