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From the UNA Department of Music...
We would like to welcome Dr. David McCullough to our campus as our new Chair of the Department of Music. David McCullough is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and holds the B.S. and M.Ed. degrees in music education from Auburn University (1974, 1975), theM.M. degree inmusic performance (horn) fromFlorida State University (1980), and the D.M.A. degree in music performance (horn) from the University of Georgia (1990).
Bands.Dr. Blackstock teaches applied percussion and percussion methods and conducts the percussion ensemble. In addition, he serves as the instructor/arranger for the Sound of the South percussion section. Dr. Blackstock holds a DMA from the University of Kansas.
Annual Event Reminder 2008-09
December 4-6 Middle School Band Clinic and Honor Bands (Middle School SEUS, contact Dr. MarkWalker)
David McCullough
Prior to joining theUniversity ofNorthAlabama faculty as Chair of the music department in 2008, Dr. McCullough served as Director of Bands at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, KY (1991-2008), Director of Bands at West Georgia College, now the State University ofWest Georgia, in Carrollton, GA (1981-1986) and as Band Director at Madison County High School in Gurley, AL (1975-1978). Dr. McCullough has the distinction of having founded the marching bands at Campbellsville University (1992) and atWest Georgia (1982).
Dr. McCullough is active as a conductor, performer, clinician and adjudicatorwithin his areas of specialty and has served three times as conductor of the Kentucky Baptist All-State Youth Orchestra (2000, 2003 and 2007). He is founder of the National CivilWar Band Festival and directed the 2000 and 2003 sessions of theNCWBF held on the campus of CampbellsvilleUniversity.
Dr. McCullough’s honors include his selection by the CampbellsvilleUniversity Board ofAdvisors as theUniversity’s 1994 Distinguished Professor for Academic Excellence, his selection by the Kentucky Music Educators Association as the 1996 College/University “Teacher of theYear” and his selection in 2000 to the Robert E. Lee High School (Montgomery) Hall of Fame.
From The John M. Long School of Music, Troy University...
We are grateful toAMEAfor providing this opportunity to share information and opportunities with our music colleagues and music students across the state.
New Faculty Dr.Adam Blackstock has joined our School of Music faculty as Assistant Professor of Percussion and Assistant Director of
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January 16-17 High School Choral Clinic and Honor Choir (Choral SEUS, contact Dr. Michael Hix)
February 5-7
High School Concert Band Clinic and Honor Bands (High School SEUS, contact Professor Carla Gallahan)
February 20-21 TROYUniversity Brass Symposium (contact Dr. Jim Zingara)
March 28 April 3-4
TROYUniversity Clarinet Day (contact Dr. Tim Phillips)
TROYUniversity Music Industry Showcase (contact Professor RobertW. Smith)
Scholarship information, audition dates, and additional concert dates are listed on our website. We invite you to “visit” us at
music.troy.edu or in person soon.
From the UAH Department of Music...
TheDepartment ofMusic atUAHuntsville is proud to introduce two new faculty members: Dr. Erin Colwitz, Director of Choral Activities, andDr. Sarkis Baltaian,Artist/Teacher of Piano. Prior to earning herDMAfrom the University of Southern California, Dr. Colwitz had extensive experience as a public school choral director and as a member of the DaleWarland Singers. She has sung for Robert Shaw, Edo de Waart, and Hugh Wolff. Dr. Baltaian has aDMAfromtheUniversity of Southern California, where he was the teaching assistant to John Perry for four years. He has appeared as guest artist in numerous festivals including theAspen InternationalMusic Festival,HollandMusic Sessions, Bad BertrichKlaviersommer, and Plovdiv International Chamber Music Festival in Bulgaria. Hewas featured as a chambermusic performer in Carnegie Hall in September.
Dr. Don Bowyer, Chair of the Department of Music at UA Huntsville has been very active as a composer this year. Six different compositions of his have been performed across the United States and in Europe in a four-month period, at two
October 2008
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