AMEA 2011 Clinicians and Performers


The University Chorale of the University of SouthAlabama is a highly select ensemble of voices that performs challenging choral literature of diverse styles and periods. The Chorale is themost visible representative of the university’s choral area, and its members are students of the highest musical caliber. In addition to two campus concerts each semester, the University Chorale also performs for schools and civic organizations in the greater Mobile area and Gulf Coast region. In each of the last two years, they have performed with the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra. The University Chorale is pleased to be performing at the Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference in January 2011. The University Chorale is directed by Dr. LauraMoore.


Dr. Patricia Corbin has been the Director of ChoralActivities since 1999. She received a Bachelor ofMusic Education from the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Arts in Music Education fromMontclair State University,Montclair, New Jersey, and the Doctor ofMusic in Choral Conducting fromIndianaUniversity. She has studied conductingwith BrockMcElheran, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Porco, Thomas Somerville, andHelmuth Rilling. Prior to her joining the JSUmusic facultyDr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. In Irvington she began teaching K-4 general music, then was transferred to teach the 5th- 8th grade Musically Gifted and Talented program that she taught for eleven years. Her last six years were spent as a high school choral director.As the Director of ChoralActivities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs theA Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches applied voice, conducting and choral literature. She is the Alabama ACDA College Repertoire & Standards Chair and is also the Organist/


Choirmaster of St.Michael andAllAngels Episcopal Church inAnniston,Alabama. Dr. Corbin is the College and University R & S Chair of the Alabama Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the NationalAssociation of Teachers of Singing, theAmerican Guild of Organists and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.


The UNA Studio Jazz Band is one of the most popular ensembles within the UNA Band Program. This 36-member group consists of a traditional Big Band instrumentation which is augmented with a section of flutes (4), clarinets (5), French horns (4), a tuba, and an extra percussionist. The ensemble performs a wide variety of popular music from straight-ahead jazz to swing, to fusion and bebop, and even Broadway suites and Third Stream Jazz. The UNA Studio Jazz Band performs concerts eachwinter and is a part of theUNAPresident’s Concert each spring. Additionally, the group has toured Alabama and southern Tennessee. Famed record producer, Jimmy Johnson (Muscle Shoals Sound Studios), produced a CD of the group entitled, “Live!” - recorded at the Princess Theatre in Decatur, Alabama. The concept of the Studio Jazz Band (originally called a Lab Band) beganwithin the Elemore County Band in the 1960s with Dr. Edd Jones - assistant director to Truman Welch. The primary purpose of this ensemble is to experiment with additional tonal colors by augmenting the traditional jazz band instrumentation to include additional instruments. The educational value of the Studio Jazz Band transcends that of the conventional jazz/stage band by allowing more students to participate in a specialized area.


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