AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers
The University of Montevallo Chamber Singers is an auditioned group of approximately twenty-four singers representing a variety of majors and disciplines. Auditions are held eachAugust and are opened to the entireUMstudent body. The ensemble performs on and off campus for a variety of functions.
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 theAlabamaWind Ensemble and the Associate Director of the “Million Dollar Band.” He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and wind band literature classes. Mr. Coleman joined the faculty at the University ofAlabama in 2007 after 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 his Masters of Music Education egree fromGeorgia StateUniversity inAtlanta,Georgia.Mr. Coleman has served as a clinician and conductor ross theUnited States and in Europe. Bands under his direction have performed at theNational Convention
of theMusic Educators’National Conference in Salt Lake City,Utah, the Bands ofAmericaNational Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Georgia Music Educators’ Association Inservice Conference Savannah, Georgia. Professional memberships for Mr. Coleman include the College Band Directors
National Association, the National Band Association, Music Educators National Conference, Phi Beta Mu, the Alabama Music Educators Association and the Alabama Bandmasters Association.
Thompson High School
is located in Alabaster, AL (south of Birmingham) and is a part of the Shelby County School System. The high school has 1600 students in grades 9 - 12. The Thompson High School Wind Ensemble was formed in 2001, the result of tremendous growth in the Thompson High School Band program that allowed for the creation of another performing ensemble. The Wind Ensemble is 75 members strong with the majority being juniors and seniors. Since the inception of the Wind Ensemble they have earned straight superior ratings at all Alabama Bandmasters Association District and State Evaluations. In addition, they have also earned straight superior ratings fromother regional competitions throughout the southeast, most recently Festivals of Music in South Carolina, SmokyMountainMusic Festival in Tennessee, the Alamo Music Festival in San Antonio, Texas, and the Dixie Classic National Adjudicators Invitational in St. Louis,MO. Most notably, the Wind Ensemble was selected as a guest performer for the SoutheasternUnited States Concert Band Clinic held on the campus of TroyUniversity, Troy,ALin February 2007. Membership into theWind Ensemble is through an audition / selection process. While the members are serious and dedicated to the performance of outstanding symphonic wind literature, few students actually study privately. TheWind Ensemble consistently has members selected for the Alabama Bandmasters Associations All State Music Festival and for the many university sponsored honor band festivals throughout Alabama. Other performing ensembles at Thompson High School include the 200 member “Marching Southern Sounds”, the 90 member Symphonic Band and the 19 member “Southern Knights” Jazz Band.
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