AMEA 2007
TheUABWind Symphony is the select concert band organiza- tion of the UAB Department of Music. The group is comprised of the finest wind and percussion stu- dents from across the University. Both music majors and non-majors participate in this fine musical ensemble where they perform the highest quality wind band literature available.
The UAB Wind
Symphony performs 2 major con- certs each semester in the beautiful Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts on the UAB Campus.
Additionally, the UAB
Wind Symphony performs annually for the participants in the UAB
Middle School and High School Honor Bands as well as on an annual spring tour across the state of Alabama. Members of the UAB Wind Symphony also participate in many other musical ensembles of the UAB campus including the Marching Blazers, the Jazz Ensembles, the Blazer Band, and various chamber music ensembles. The group consists of approxi- mately 35-40% music majors.
Maggie Snyder,
violist, has performed as a soloist and in orchestras throughout the United States as principal violist, solo concerto player and under well-known conductors. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, and has played internationally as violist with the Metropolitan String Quartet, and nationally with The Rafferty/Snyder Duo. As an orchestral player, she has performed under leading conductors and at such festivals as the Aspen Music Festival. She currently serves as Principal of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra viola section and of the Meridian Symphony Orchestra in Mississippi. In the summer of 2004, Ms. Snyder enjoyed a three-week residency with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in Daejeon, S. Korea. In 2002, Ms. Snyder was appointed as the viola faculty at the University of Alabama. She has given master classes, clinics at youth symphonies, and performances at universities and top music schools throughout the country. She earned a Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from The Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she was Assistant to Victoria Chiang and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Memphis. Her principal teachers have been Victoria Chiang, Heidi Castleman, and Lenny Schranze. She is soon to be pub- lished by the University of Alabama Press. In the summer of 2006, Ms. Snyder joined the faculty of the Lutheran Summer Music festival as viola teacher and member of the Omega String Quartet. Ms. Snyder has been awarded a number of rep- utable awards and grants and is currently the President of the Alabama Orchestra Association, and is on the board of the Alabama Music Educator's Association, the state chapter of Music Educator's National Conference. head of the String Area at the University of Alabama.
Ms. Snyder is the
Denise Gagne has taught band, choir and classroom music from pre-school to College. She is cur- rently teaching part time K-4 music, and conducts the Red Deer Children’s Choir. She has degrees in music and education, as well as certification in Kodaly and Orff training. Her choirs and bands have won many awards at Music Festivals and have performed for local and national sporting events, on national radio and even for the Queen. Denise has authored many elementary music publications including the Musicplay K-6 textbook.
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