AMEA 2006
Clinicians and Performers
The Etowah Youth Orchestras were founded in October of 1990 to complement the estab- lished strings program in the Gadsden City Schools by offering beginning strings in selected Etowah County and Attalla City Schools; to establish an intermediate string orchestra and an advanced full orchestra; and to offer and promote private string instruction in Etowah County, Alabama. Under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Michael R. Gagliardo, the Orchestras have pre- sented concerts throughout the United States and abroad, including Carnegie Hall in New York City; the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City; the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC (in a performance which was
broadcast live over the internet, and is archived at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage website); Manston and
Stratford-Upon-Avon in England; Chicago; St. Louis; New Orleans; Philadelphia; New Haven; and Boston. The ensem- bles have also performed for Jacksonville State University's 1997 Kaleidoscope Arts Series; the Alabama Music Educators Association Conference in 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2004; the American Honor Orchestra Conference at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997; the Arts Advocacy Day Conference in Washington, DC, in 2000; the 2005 ASTA w/NSOA National Conference; and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum's summer teacher's institute in 2000. The ensem- ble of the EYO will return to present an encore performance at Carnegie Hall in June 2007. The EYO has also been a part of two documentaries, one specifically on the collaboration with "Boogie" McCain, filmed by Alabama Public Television, and has been the subject of two feature articles in Band & Orchestra Product News magazine.
Dr. Russell L. Robinson has been on the faculty at the University of Florida since 1984, where he is Professor of Music, Area Head of the Music Education Department and teaches under- graduate and graduate courses in choral music and music education. Dr. Robinson holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, and the Masters and Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Miami. Well-known for his innovative and practical teaching techniques and frequently in demand, Dr. Robinson has made over 300 appearances as a conductor and clinician at festivals, workshops, state, regional and national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), all state choirs and honor choirs throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Far East. His conducting venues have included prestigious performances at Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral, the White House, Linz (Austria) Festival and Boston's Symphony Hall. His schedule keeps him in contact with some 20,000 students and teachers per year. He is a past President of the Florida Music Educators Association, past National Collegiate Chair for MENC and is the current MENC Choral Adviser. Dr. Robinson's video, Creative Rehearsal Techniques for Today's Choral Classroom, his book, Songwriting Made Easy! and Warm Ups by the Dozen! (Sets I and II) were recently released by Warner Bros. Publications, and he has a new DVD Jazz Style and Improvisation for Choirs that will be released by Alfred Publishing in 2005.
The 7th and 8th grade Girls Choir of Riverchase Middle School has been performing together for 4 years. This non-auditioned choir meets in two separate classes dur- ing each class day-then gets together to perform at concerts and festivals. The students from this choir live in the com- munities of Helena and Pelham in Shelby County. This choir has consistently received Superior Ratings at District Performance Evaluation both in performance and sight-read- ing.
The Girls Choir has also performed at the Smokey Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg in 2003, Busch Gardens in Williamsburg in 2004, and at Magic Music Days in Disney World in 2005.
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