AMEA 2010 Clinicians and Performers Dr. Chip Crotts,
Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Samford University, has been an on-call artist for the Disney Company and has performed and recorded throughout the US and Europe. A GRAMMY nominated performer, Chip has toured and performed with international artists such as Boston Brass, Rhythm and Brass, Ray Charles, The Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole and Maynard Ferguson. Chip is also in frequent demand as a freelance musician throughout the United States and is a first call player for many national touring companies and artists. Dr. Crotts is very active in the marching arts, having served as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International and Bands of America. Chip currently teaches during the summer and has been on the staff of Spirit and Phantom Regiment, and marched as a member of Phantom and the Blue Devils. He is currently in his first season on the brass staff of the 13-time DCI World Champion, Blue Devils. Dr. Crotts received a Bachelor of Music Business degree from East Carolina University and a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Penn State University. Chip also holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trumpet Performance and Jazz Studies from The University of Texas at Austin. Chip currently performs with groups such as the Alabama Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, SuperJazz Big Band and the Night Flight Big Band. He is also an associate member of The Tuscaloosa Horns, with whom he performs regularly with artists such as the Temptations, Four Tops, OJ’s, and Mary Wilson and the Supremes. Previously, Dr. Crotts served on the faculty of Jacksonville State University and is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
The Alabama Symphonic Band is one of four concert ensembles housed within the University Bands and the School of Music.
The Alabama
Symphonic Band is an auditioned group of both graduate and undergraduate music majors and non- music majors that rehearses two times per week during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Elva Kaye Lance
is Director of Bands at Mississippi State University, and with her appointment in 2002, she became only the eighth person in the band’s one hundred and seven year history to hold that position. A veteran music educator of 32 years, her current responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, providing leadership for the Famous Maroon Band and administering all aspects of the band program. Now in her eighteenth year at Mississippi State, Ms. Lance teaches methods classes within the Music Department and assist with supervision of the student teachers. Prior to joining the faculty at MSU, Ms. Lance served as a director at the junior high and high school levels in the state of Mississippi where her bands consistently received superior ratings in all categories. Ms. Lance maintains an active schedule as a clinician and adjudicator for both concert and marching band events throughout the country. The MSU Wind Ensemble recently completed a concert tour of Ireland and England in May, 2008. Professionally, she is a member of the National Band Association, Mississippi Bandmaster’s Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Beta Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, Music Educator’s National Conference, College Music Society and the College Band Director‘s National Association.
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