Change Article XVI, Section 3, letter i, number 1, to read:
Only students who are enrolled in their high school, junior high school, or middle school band are eligible to participate in the Alabama Bandmasters
Music Performance Assessment.
Article XVI, Section 3, letter i, number 2, replace District and State Band Assessment with ABA Music Performance Assessment.
Change Article XVI, Section 4, to read: Alabama Bandmasters Music Assessment Sight-Reading.
Article XVI, Section 4, letter a, change State Concert Band Assessment to ABA Music Performance Assessment.
Change Article XVI, Section 5, to read: Alabama Bandmasters Music Assessment Ratings.
In Article XVI, Section 5, after Division IV insert the following
A band that earns straight A’s in every caption, (including Sight-Reading), will earn the rating of “Superior with Distinction”.
Change Article XVI, Section 6, to read: Alabama Bandmasters Music Assessment Awards.
In Article XIX, Fee Schedule, delete District Concert Band Assessment, change State Concert Band Assessment to ABA Music Performance Assessment
and insert: State Concert Band Assessments$1.00 per student, $100.00 school fee per band, $50.00 school fee each additional band
Proposal 2009-2 (All-State Audition Fees)
Article XIX. Fee Schedule
The following fees shall be charged for ABA events:
All-State Jazz Band $10.00 per student
$10.00 school fee
All-State Tryouts $5.00 per student
$1.00 to remain with the District
All-State Band $10.00 per student
$15.00 school fee
District Concert Band Assessment $1.00 per student
$50.00 school fee per band
State Concert Band Assessments $1.00 per student
$50.00 school fee per band
Solo and Ensemble Festival $5.00 per event with $1.00 per event retained by the District
$10.00 school fee
Jazz Band (Solo and Ensemble) $ 2.00 per student
$10.00 school fee*
* The school fee is only in the event of no other solo/ensemble entries. It is not an additional school fee. Registration is subject to a $50.00 late fee if
postmarked after the deadline.
Change Article XIX. Fee schedule to read as above except:
All-State Tryouts $10 per student, $2 to remain with the District
Rationale:
This increase in the All-State audition fee will improve the income to the ABA and District accounts from this fee source. Districts will charge each
student $10, sending $8 to the ABA and keeping $2 in the District. This change will help ABA and its Districts meet the costs of doing business that
have risen through inflation and due to the present economy. Students have become accustomed to paying higher fees for services and events. Raising
this fee will not discourage students who are motivated to audition for All-State and the fee will not place a disproportionate burden on any single school
or District.
Submitted: Harry L. McAfee, President 1/21/09
Proposal 2009 – 3 (Additions to the Cumulative List)
Change Article XVI, Section 3, letter ‘b’ to read:
b. One selection must be from the Alabama Bandmasters cumulative list for the band’s classification or higher. Directors who wish to have a
composition considered for placement on the cumulative list for the upcoming school year must submit a completed ‘Recommendation Form For
Additions To The Cumulative Music List’ and score (with a recording if available) to the ABA Vice-President by the first Friday in June. The
Vice-President and the Music Selection Committee will examine and review additions requests at the summer conference to determine permanent
placement on the cumulative list for the next academic school year. The updated cumulative list will be published on the ABA website by October 1.
Rationale:
We have an extensive Cumulative List and directors should be required to select one Assessment composition from that list. This proposal will also
clarify procedures for additions to the present list.
46 February 2009
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