AMEA 2007
The Gardendale Elementary School Choral Program consists of three choirs that include over 250 students, which is 2/3 of the pop- ulation of the eligible grades.
These before and
after school elective ensembles have performed at Birmingham Barons games, Birmingham Southern Basketball games, the Galleria, Brookwood Mall, the Jefferson County Music Festival, Six Flags, Universal Studios and Disney World. The Rockin' Rockets Show Choir is an auditioned group of 4th and 5th grade students who perform entertaining medleys and show choir tunes with choreography.
Clinicians and Performers
Don Bowyer is Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he teaches jazz and music technology. He has taught at every level from pre-kindergarten through collegiate in the United States, the Virgin Islands, and Sweden. He is the creator of Dolphin Don's Music School, an educational computer game that teaches music theory and ear training for children. As a trombonist, Bowyer has performed in nearly 40 countries on five continents, includ- ing eleven cruise ships in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Gulf of Alaska. The first ten didn't sink.
The University Singers, conducted by John Ratledge, is the University of Alabama School of Music's premier choral ensemble and consists of 30-40 voices selected by audition.
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