AMEA 2011 Clinicians and Performers
Daniel Jamieson is a native of Florence, Alabama. He attended Bradshaw High School (later to become Florence High School). He holds a B.S. in CommercialMusic and aM.A. inMusic Education, both from the University of NorthAlabama. He comes from a family with strong musical roots. He began his formal music education in the 3rd grade on piano.He played saxophone and guitar through high school. In college, he learned to play the ‘cello.He has also had extensive experience in choirs throughout childhood, high school and college. After graduating college, he realized that he was being called to music education. Shortly, thereafter he took the post of orchestra director with Florence City Schools. Mr. Jamieson serves as treasurer of the Alabama OrchestraAssociation (AMEA/MENC) and is an activemember of theAmerican String TeachersAssociation. He is currently a member of the Shoals Symphony at UNA, and is active in the music ministry of his church as a ‘cellist and guitarist.He also offers private instruction and performs atweddings, etc. He ismarried toAbbe Jamieson and has two kids, Jonah andMaddie.
The PizitzMiddle School Symphonic Band ismade up of ninety-two of the top seventh and eighth grade musicians at Pizitz Middle School. This auditioned group has consistently made superior ratings at District Contest andMusic PerformanceAssessment. The band has performed at Festival Disney and the All-Star Music Festival, in Orlando, Florida. Most recently, they received all superior ratings at the Heritage Music Festival in St. Louis, MO, and a special invitation to performat theHeritage Festival of Gold. Many of the students are active participants in
Solo and Ensemble Festival, All-State, and honor bands throughout the state. Pizitz Middle School is located in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The band programhas 242 students in grades six through eight. Performing groups include the Beginning Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band.
Dr. John Feierabend is considered one of the leading authorities onmusic andmovement development in early childhood. He is a Professor of Music and the Director of Music Education at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford and is a past President of the Organization ofAmerican Kodály Educators. In addition to serving as the lead scriptwriter for theVan Cliburn Foundation’s “MusicalAwakenings” programof classical concerts for children, Dr. Feierabend promotes music education through frequent presentations in the United States and abroad. He is the author of more than 60 books, recordings, and DVDs, many of which served as the inspiration for the PBS children’s television series Lomax: The Hound ofMusic. Dr. Feierabend has been honored as a Lowell Mason Fellow by the National Association for Music Education (MENC); named University Educator of the Year by the Connecticut Music Educators Association; received the Outstanding EducatorAward fromthe Organization ofAmerican Kodály Educators, the James BentAward for outstanding achievement in scholarship and creativity from the University of Hartford, and was the first U.S. recipient of the LEGO Prize, an international award given annually to “an individual who has made a distinctive contribution to the betterment of children.”
Originally fromWinnipeg,Manitoba, Canada, Ian Loeppky is anAssociate Professor andDirector of Choral Activities at the University of North Alabama since the fall of 2003. His studies began at the University of Manitoba, continued at the University of Minnesota, and finished at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. He has also studied with Helmuth Rilling, DaleWarland, Frieder Bernius,Martin Isepp, Charles Bruffy, and Bobby McFerrin. He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music EducatorsNational Convention, theNational Collegiate ChoralOrganization, theAlabamaVocalAssociation, the International Federation for Choral Music, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He is currently the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Multicultural Choral Music for the Alabama chapter of ACDA. He has worked as a singer, scholar, conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger in Canada, the United States, and Portugal. He directs all four choral ensembles at UNA and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, choral techniques, and graduate choral literature. In addition, he directs the choir at Trinity
Episcopal Church, is founder and artistic director of Florence Camerata, and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the region and internationally. He conducted the premiere performance of Haydn’s The Creation in Varna, Bulgaria, and will lead the World Voices Festival in Costa Rica with Kingsway International in the spring of 2011. He is a frequent contributor to the Choral Journal and the Alabama Reprise. ala breve
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