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International Association of Jazz Educators


Back Into the Swing Randall Key, President, Alabama IAJE


I hope everyone had an outstanding summer and this new school year will be your best. As I prepared for this year’s half time show I surveyed several indi- viduals throughout my small community as to what they would like to hear this year. Almost everyone I talked with said “play something jazzy". Most indi- viduals truly appreciate a form of jazz, whether it is the pleasing sounds of a jazz combo or the exciting sounds of a big band. Jazz maintains a great enter- tainment value for the audience and students enjoy performing it.


As with the beginning of the year it is time to start preparations for All-State Jazz Band. The audition requirements can be found at http://bama.ua.edu/~twolfe/ and downloaded at no cost. Tom Wolfe has done an outstanding job main- taining this informative site and it is a great resource for directors and students. Please take advantage of this information on Tom's web site. Remember if a student wants to audition for All-State Jazz Band their director must be a member of IAJE.


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AUDITION DATES


December 3, 2005 • January 27 & 28, 2006 February 10 & 11, 2006 • February 17 & 18, 2006


For more information:


Dwayne Sagen, Assistant Dean for Admissions Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37212-3499 PHONE (615) 322-7679 WEB: www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair E-MAIL: Dwayne.P.Sagen@vanderbilt.edu


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Please visit their website to attain membership at http://www.iaje.org. If you are a musician, educator or enthusiast and would like to join the IAJE you are certainly welcome. IAJE is a great organization pro- moting a true American art form.


IAJE now stands for the International Association for Jazz Education. This is a small adjustment in wording but a significant change in meaning. The name change more accurately reflects its global membership now exceeding over 8,000 in 42 coun- tries.


Lastly I would like to extend my sincere apprecia- tion to IAJE past-president Steve Sims. Steve did an outstanding job as Director of Bands at Fairhope High School and presided over our IAJE Alabama Chapter with great class. Many thanks for your years of dedication and service to AMEA and IAJE.


I hope everyone gets "back into the swing" of things and has an excellent school year!!!!!!!


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