From Higher Ed... Timothy Phillips, President, Higher Education Division
less, to focus on my own creative activities more, and to relax a bit. It has been a refreshing time for me and I hope your summer has been equally renewing.
Greetings fellow collegiate educators of Alabama!
This is my first contribution to Ala Breve and the AMEA website as President of the Higher Education Division of AMEA. I am in my fifth year as the clarinet professor at Troy University. In addition to clarinet, I also teach music history, class woodwinds, clarinet choir, and I organize the annual
Troy
University Clarinet Day on our campus. I’m originally from Missouri and I obtained my BME from the University of Colorado at Boulder. After that, I completed masters and doctoral degrees in clarinet performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I look forward to serving as President of the Higher Ed Division of AMEA.
I am very grateful to be joined on the Higher Ed committee by Vice President, Dr. Gary Packwood, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montevallo; Research Chair, Dr. Carl Hancock, Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; and Secretary/Treasurer, Dr. Lori Ardovino, Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone, music history and chamber music at the University of Montevallo. Each of these individuals brings a wealth of knowledge to the table and they allow the Higher Ed Division to function smoothly. I am deeply grateful for their work and their support.
Of course, as I write this journal entry, I am in the midst of my summer break. This summer, I have had the opportunity to teach a little
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We are very much looking forward to the AMEA Conference in January of 2011. This will be held at the Renaissance Hotel at the Convention Center in Montgomery. This event will feature performances by numerous university faculty members from throughout the state, research presentations from many of our colleagues, and of course performances from many university ensembles… and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Our conference will also have numerous other music education presentations and performances not directly associated with the Higher Ed Division that will be of great interest. Also, we are very pleased to support the creation of the Alabama Intercollegiate Band that will rehearse and perform at
the AMEA Conference.
It is my hope that many of our talented Alabama university professors will attend the conference and find a way to be involved in this fantastic organization. As university professors, we can certainly bring our own unique perspectives to these events; and I also think that we benefit greatly from interacting with our colleagues from throughout the state, whether they are elementary, secondary, or collegiate teachers.
I look forward to the coming years as President of the Higher Ed Division of AMEA. If I can be of any assistance to you at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best wishes for a great start to your academic year!
Did You Know? The AMEA website is loaded with
useful information, such as...
Calendars of state and district events Clinic handouts
Forms - awards, session & performance applications, MENC membership, FAME, etc. Complete conference Info when it becomes available, including on-line pre-registration AMEA Constitution and By-laws Minutes and reports from meetings On-line digital version of Ala Breve
Division pages of each of our 6 divisions (ABA,AOA,AVA,CMENC,Elem/Gen, and HED) AMEA Strategic Plan AMEA Hall of Fame
AMEA Governing Board contact info Officer and Committee Chair handbook Much, much more!
www.alabamamea.org August 2010
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