From Elem/Gen...
Sharon August, President, Elementary/General Division
Welcome to the new school year, and The AMEA In-Service will be held
greetings from your new AMEA January 21-23, 2010. The
Elementary/General board. I am excited Elementary/General Division is thrilled to
to accept the challenge of being your new have Peter and Alice Amidon return to
AMEA Elementary/General President, Alabama and share their ideas on teaching Calendar of Events
while feeling daunted at the prospect of traditional dance and singing games to
following in the footsteps of our talented children, as well as literature and Oct. 2 - AMEA Elementary Music
and innovative past president, Dr. Sara storytelling in the elementary classroom. Festival, Wright Center, Samford Univ.
Womack. This year is possibly going to They will also be facilitating an evening
be one of the most difficult ones we will community dance for teachers. The Oct. 3 - AMEA/AOSA Workshop with
experience as teachers, with budget cuts Keynote speaker, John Feierabend, will Sue Mueller 9-3, Liberty Park
and economic woes looming. Our speak on the topic: Endangered Musical Elementary in Vestavia
challenges will be eased if we stay united Minds. John will also present sessions on
and work together. Fortunately for me, I Conversational Solfege, a music literacy glyph1197ov. 11-14 – AOSA National
know that I have tremendous support method for use in general music class, Conference, Milwaukee, WS
from the other Executive Board members and vocal development in the early years.
and you. Together we can make this a In addition, Dr. Ran Whitley will present Jan. 21-23, 2010 - AMEA Conference,
year of excitement and growth, as we a session on recorder. You won’t want to Tuscaloosa
sing, move, play, and create with our miss the great line-up of sessions found at
colleagues and with our students. this year’s conference!
Veteran teachers and new teachers alike 2009 AMEA Elementary Music
can be supported in this endeavor with the
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help of AMEA and AOSA. I would like
to encourage all of you to join both the Bear Exploration Center Magnet
local and national organizations and take Birmingham Children’s Choir
about your
advantage of the workshops we have to Brookwood Forest Elementary
offer you. A joint fall workshop between Carver Elementary Arts Magnet
the Elementary/General Division and the Childersburg Middle MENC
Alabama Chapter of AOSA will be held Coldwater Elementary
again this year to better serve the Coosa Valley Elementary
members of both organizations. This DeArmanville Elementary
membership?
year’s Festival clinician, Sue Mueller of Deer Valley Elementary
Las Vegas, will share some of her Edgewood Elementary
fabulous ideas for the elementary music Graham Elementary
classroom. The workshop will be held on Green Valley Elementary
Saturday, October 3
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from 9:00-3:00 at Greystone Elementary
Liberty Park Elementary School in Gwin Elementary
Vestavia. C.E. Hanna Elementary
Holy Spirit Catholic Regional Call
The AMEA Elementary Music Festival Liberty Park Elementary
will be held on October 2, at the Wright Lincoln Elementary
Center at Samford University. Sara will Montgomery Academy Lower
1-800-828-0229
again direct the festival as she begins her Montgomery Academy Middle
new, official position as Festival Director. Munford Elementary
Clinician Sue Mueller, a past president of Oxford Elementary
The American Orff Schulwerk Randolph School or e-mail
Association, will direct almost 300 Rehobeth Elementary
students from across the state. Sue has Riverchase Elementary
chosen an incredibly rich and varied Thompson Intermediate
repertoire of music for our students to Tuscaloosa Academy
mbrserv@menc.org
perform.
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