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The Association of Concert Bands Fostering Adult Concert, Community, Municipal, and Civic Bands April 25-29
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The Texas Bandmasters Association Meeting the Needs of Texas Bandmasters and Students Since 1948 July 20-23
MusicFest Canada began in 1972 with a handful of Canadian musicians who created the country's first jazz band festival. Now, in its 40th year, this small group has grown to embrace 4 Festival Divisions, the original Canadian Stage Band Festival Jazz Division, the Choral/Vocal Jazz Division(1981) the Concert Band Division (1986) and the Orchestra/String Division (2008).[read more]
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western music. His career spanned more than half a century. He continued to lead the Ellington band until shortly before his death in 1974.[read more]
SIERRA VISTA, AZ (Tucson News Now) -It's a tune you might be familiar with. Dr. Duane Chun is showing students how to hit the right note to the Stars and Stripes. Chun is the band director at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, the same school he graduated from 30 years ago. He grew up in a military family and can relate to his students. [read more]
A Johannes Brahms Festival, the return of pianist Lang Lang in recital, Gustav Mahler's large-scale Symphony No. 3 and Giuseppe Verdi's sweeping Requiem are among the highlights for the classical subscription 2012-13 San Antonio Symphony season, the organization announced last week.[read more]
He enjoys playing the saxophone, and the Holmes Middle School student was all for a trip to Riley Upper Elementary School last week to get younger students excited about being a part of the band.What the eighth grader wasn't cool with was putting on a t-shirt his teacher had made for the students to wear to the event. [read more]
When the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced last year that it was eliminating the stand-alone Grammy Award for Tejano album, along with several other categories, fears arose that it would be tougher for Tejano artists to win a Grammy. The new reality is sinking in. [read more]
Dan Kinkle, who has been teaching music at Maywood Middle School for 22 years, was thrilled to receive a donation that will help him develop music theory to his students."The school was given 30 Guitar Wheels that teach guitar on one side and music theory on the other side," he said.[read more]
A Colorado high school student says he quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric "there is no truth except Allah" made it into the repertoire.James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, put his objection to singing "Zikr," a song written by Indian composer A.R. Rahman, [read more]
He has barely begun learning guitar, but already six-year-old Xcaret Gonzalez is dreaming big.He aspires to play well enough some day to form his own band -- one playing the mariachi music that is an important part of his Mexican background, and which has been declared part of world cultural heritage.[read more]
Consider the impact of modern media's distortion of information with Howard Rheingold at his session on Monday, March 12 at 11:00 am at the Austin Convention Center. Learn what is necessary to improve the accuracy of online information and how to view online information more effectively. [read more]
“I tell you what,” Breithaupt said. “If I were in Tascosa’s shoes, I would appeal. You can’t get what you want if you don’t ask.” Breithaupt figures to be asked plenty Wednesday, when he is scheduled to visit Amarillo to talk with school officials about Tascosa. Parents are invited to attend.[read more]
The new list of possible cuts includes eliminating all field trips, charging each student up to $100 to ride the school bus and cutting out all travel for the band, drill team and cheerleaders to out-of-town football games.The district started charging students up to $25 to participate in extracurricular activities this year. The district is now considering quadrupling the fee to $100 for high school students.[read more]
The Texas Aggie Dance Team made headlines more than two decades ago as a groundbreaking gang at old G. Rollie White Coliseum. It was the first time females had danced as a group at a Texas A&M athletic event.At the same time, they were facing headlines - literally - as a form of fan protest[read more]
With the spring semester now in full swing, it's time to list all concert band, choir, orchestra festivals and contests coming up in the next couple of months.All will be free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.The Socorro Independent School District has two concert-playing competitions scheduled in March. The first is a concert bands contest March 13-14 at Socorro High School. It will include both concert and sight-reading events. The public is encouraged to attend the concert portions of all the contests, but sight-reading is done without an audience.[read more]
Tenor Saxophone built in his honor by the L.A. Sax Co., Barrington, Illinois. Peter LaPlaca, CEO/President of L.A. Sax, made the presentation to Clinton in the Oval Office on May 16, 1994. Witnessing the presentation were (left to right) Congressman Tim Johnson (D-SD), Senator Larry Pressler (R-SD), and John Hilbert, Vice President for University Relations, University of South Dakota. [read more]
JOLIET — The storied band program in the Joliet Township High School District is observing its centennial this year, and the district is proud to be celebrating.The community can get involved in a number of ways. Around 120 alumni — from a variety of years and from throughout the country — will perform a centennial concert for the community July 29 at Joliet Central High School.The concert will include alumni from the Joliet Central, West and East campuses and the old Joliet Township High School.[read more]
The rooftop of a suburban high school is not a location that companies usually consider prime advertising real estate. But in Humble Independent School District, it may be. The district’s high school is directly in a flight path for Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport.[read more]
For a few kiss-blowing moments, Jasmine Weiss felt like Justin Bieber. The ninth-grader from Orem’s Lakeridge Junior High had just finished playing a movement from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 4 at Libby Gardner Concert Hall when she received some adoration from the crowd.[read more]
RESTON, VA (February 15, 2012) – The National Association for Music Education presents The Concert for Music In Our Schools Month (formerly the World’s Largest Concert® or WLC®) in March 2012. The World’s Largest Concert has been a highlight of Music In Our Schools Month® (MIOSM®) since 1985. A sing-along concert linking students around the world through music, the World’s Largest Concert reached an estimated 6 million students, teachers, and music supporters in recent years.[read more]
Texas Music Educators Association will recognize upper-level school administrators (e.g., superintendents, deputy superintendents, principals) across the state who have been instrumental in preserving quality music education programs on their campuses and in their districts. [read more]
As teachers we know that music incorporates so many amazing benefits to our children such a s encouraging creative thinking, developing math and reading skills and boosting self - confidence. But try telling this to a student and their eyes glaze over. In fact they don’t even care about the benefits they just want to have fun! [read more]
Championship Fathering is an effort to change the culture for today's children and the children of coming generations. We're seeking to reach, teach and unleash 6½ million dads, creating a national movement that can reverse the negative trends in our society. This movement is characterized by men who will fulfill their commitment to Love their children, Coach their children, Model for their children, Encourage other children, and Enlist other dads to join the team. [read more]
It was love at first note for Steve and Tiffany. And nearly 12 years later, the loving notes keep soothing, just down the road from each other. Steve Lisko is associate band director at McKinney Boyd High School, while his wife, Tiffany, directs the band at Boyd's main feeder, Dowell Middle School.[read more]
Anyone who believes that standardized testing in Texas public schools couldn't get much worse should wake up and sharpen their No. 2 pencils. The latest mess spilling out of the process has to do with what the Legislature really meant five years ago when it called for end-of-course exams in grades 9-12 and specified that the test results should count for 15 percent of each student's final grade. [read more]
For South Korean teacher Chaoak Kim, the biggest adjustment coming to American schools came at lunch. Kim and Ji-hyang Park, both of whom teach English, finished a two-week stay in Abilene as part of the Fulbright Program. They related their experiences to McMurry University education students Monday at a reception at Furr Welcome Center.[read more]
The Museum's music collections contain more than 5,000 instruments of American and European heritage. These include a quartet of 18th-century Stradivari stringed instruments, Tito Puente's autographed timbales, and the Yellow Cloud guitar that belonged to Prince, to name only a few. Several of these rare instruments can be heard in performances of the Smithsonian Chamber Players and in other public programs.[read more]
Amarillo Independent School District has filed an appeal asking the University Interscholastic League to drop Tascosa High School to Class 4A rather than remain in the geographically huge District 2-5A.Superintendent Rod Schroder announced the decision Monday at a meeting with about 200 Tascosa High School parents to explain why Tascosa was left in Class 5A.[read more]
PLANO – Budget cuts threaten to end a nearly two-decade tradition in Plano schools: the annual school field trip to the symphony."This was a legacy," said fourth-grade parent Julie Truex. "Fourth graders in Plano go to the symphony. It’s the way it’s almost always been!"[read more]
A request to drop the mandatory marching requirement for band at Carrboro and Chapel Hill high schools is under consideration. The concern is that the marching requirement discourages some students from taking band classes. Dropping the requirement is a greater concern to many more students. Most families are wary at first of what will be required of them in terms of time commitment and money.[read more]
Iowa Central Community College announced this week that it will add an athletic band program in fall 2012. This will include marching band in the fall and pep band in the winter, with the marching band performing at football games and pep band performing at basketball games. Jeremy Smith has been tabbed as the director of the bands. [read more]
On Friday, February 17th during a live webcast the annual Georgia Tech Guthman Musical Instrument Competition will be available for all to watch. Each year this eclectic mix of new and strange musical instruments takes the stage to see whose design will win what some people have gone so far as to call the X-prize for music. In reality it is quite a bit less than that, with the top prize only being $10,000. [read more]
TBME was established primarily to preserve, protect and foster the continued development of all music along with the legacy of those who composed, recorded, performed, and taught the music. It provides both educational and performance opportunities for all persons interested in celebrating the musical heritage.[read more]
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach
All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! ~Thomas Carlyle [read more]
Adjusting woodwind reeds is as old as the instruments themselves, and much has been written on this subject. All methods of adjustment warn against doing much with the tip of the reed, because it is very delicate and vital for sealing with the mouthpiece. However, at certain times the tip must be adjusted for it can be too thick to produce the desired tone. Thinning the tip can be done using Dutch rush or 600 grit sandpaper. But at other times the tip can be too thin or too weak making it useless .[read more]
