AMEA 2010 Clinicians and Performers
Mr. Randall Coleman is currently the Associate Director of Bands and Assistant 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 Associate Director of the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes.
Mr.
Coleman is also the Coordinator of the Crimson Music Camps held each summer at the University of Alabama. Prior to his appointment to the faculty at the University of Alabama, Mr. Coleman enjoyed a successful 25 year career as a high school band director and supervisor in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, and the Masters of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. During his teaching career in Georgia, Mr. Coleman was an active member of the Georgia Music Educators' Association, where he held the office of President, First Vice-President and State Band Division Chair. Mr. Coleman also served as Georgia State Chair for the National Band Association. He has been awarded the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on eight
occasions and was the 1992 recipient of the American School Band Directors Association's Stanbury Award for the state of Georgia and the southeastern United States. Mr. Coleman was inducted into the John Philip Sousa Foundations' "Legion of Honor" in 2004 and is also listed in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Under his direction, the Milton High School Wind Ensemble performed at the 2004 GMEA Inservice Conference, the 2004 Bands of America National Concert Band Festival and the 2006 National Convention of the Music Educators’ National Conference. Mr. Coleman holds membership in the Music Educators’ National Conference, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, the Alabama Music Educators Association and the Alabama Bandmasters Association.
directed by Kathy Hughes, is the auditioned women’s choir of Spanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort, AL.
Las Canciones, The choir
consists of students in grades 10-12 who are committed to excellence in the arts, academics, and other areas of school life. Since its formation in 2005, the choir has consistently received superior ratings at District and State Performance Assessments. In addition, choir members have auditioned and won positions in Alabama All-State Choirs. Las Canciones shares its dedication to and love of choral music with its audience. The choir is a stellar representative of Spanish Fort High School and the Spanish Fort, AL community.
Dr. Renée L. Baptiste, Associate Professor of Music at Jacksonville State University, teaches undergraduate/graduate courses in general and choral music as well as research methods. Other duties include directing Encore!, and advising CMENC. Dr. Baptiste graduated from: William Carey College (BM); Eastman School of Music (MM); and the University of Florida (Ph.D.). Her research interests include the music preferences of adolescents. Her latest publication “Folk Song Preference of Middle and Junior High School General Music Students” appears in the Kodály Envoy (Summer, 2009). She has presented at the 9th International Conference on Technological Directions in Music Learning, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Mountain Lake Colloquium for Teachers of General Music Methods, the MENC North Central Division Conference, Organization of American Kodály Educators, and several state conferences.
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