ABA All-State 2007 Clinicians
James Barnes White Band
Currently serving as the Division Director for Music Theory and Composition at the University of Kansas, Professor James Barnes teaches music composition, orchestra- tion, arranging and wind band history/repertoire courses. At KU, he served as Staff Arranger, Assistant, and later, Associate Director of Bands for 27 years. His numerous publications for concert band and orchestra are extensively performed world-wide. His works (including five symphonies) have been performed at such venues as Tanglewood, Boston Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow and the Tokyo Metropolitan Concert Hall. Barnes twice received the coveted American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Award for outstanding contemporary wind band music. He has been the recipient of numerous ASCAP Awards for composers of serious music, the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Medal and the Bohumil Makovsky Award for Outstanding College Band Conductors, along with other numerous honors and grants. The world-famous Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra has recorded three compact discs of his music. Southern Music Company has released three albums of his compositions, including Symphonies, a double CD set featur- ing four of his symphonies for band. Over the years, Mr. Barnes has been commissioned to compose works for all five of the major American mili- tary bands in Washington, DC. Mr. Barnes has traveled extensively as a guest composer, conductor and lectur- er throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore. He has guest conducted in Japan over 35 times. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Bandmasters Association and numerous other professional organizations and societies. Since 1984, his music has been exclusively published by Southern Music Company, San Antonio, Texas.
Lloyd Jones
Blue Band Mr. Lloyd E. Jones is Director of Bands at the University of North Alabama. His is con- ductor of UNAWind Symphony and Symphonic Band, and he directs the Jazz Band, Studio Lab Band, Jazz Combo, and the "Pride of Dixie" Marching Band. In addition to these performing organizations, Mr. Jones teaches saxophone and clarinet students, Music Fundamentals, Band Arranging & Drill Writing, and conducts the Miss UNA Pageant Orchestra at the university. As a professional musician, Mr. Jones has performed regularly throughout the southeast and continues to be an active saxophonist. He has served as an adjudi-
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cator and clinician at numerous contests, festivals, and honor bands throughout Alabama and Tennessee.
He is an active composer, music
arranger, and show designer for over 50 universities and high schools in the Southeast and Mid-Western United States. He is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the Alabama Music Educators Association, the Alabama Bandmasters Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the National Band Association. Mr. Jones holds a BFA in Graphic Design, a Bachelor of Music Education Degree, Master of Arts in Education Degree, and is currently pursuing a PhD in music education. He and his wife, the former Amy Gist, reside in Greenhill, Alabama, with their two-year-old twins, Lloyd Edward IV and Katherine Elizabeth. For further information contact Mr. Jones at
lejones@una.edu.
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