AMEA 2011 Clinicians and Performers
The University of Montevallo Concert Choir is the premier choral ensemble on the University of Montevallo campus. It is open, by audition, to all students on campus. The Concert Choir performs atmany University functions as well as regular concerts and a tour to area high schools annually. The Choir has performed with both the Alabama Symphony and the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra. Other performances include the annual UM High School Choral Festival. The Choir’s repertoire includes the finest examples of choralmusic across the historical and genre spectrum.
Dr. Marc Reed is Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Assistant Director of Bands at The University ofAlabama at Birmingham. His responsibilities include teaching applied trumpet, conducting the symphony band, teaching brass skills; and assisting with theMarching Blazers, wind symphony, and Blazer Basketball Band. He also serves on the faculty at Blue Lake FineArts Camp as Instructor of Trumpet, and as substitute trumpet with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is an artist/clinician for the Bach Trumpet Division of the Conn-Selmer Corporation. Dr. Reed holds a Doctor ofMusicalArts Degree in Trumpet Performance and Brass Pedagogy from the University of North Texas,Master ofMusic Degree in Trumpet Performance from The University of North Texas, and Bachelor’s Degrees in bothMusic Education and Trumpet Performance (with a jazz emphasis) from Drake University. Dr. Reed studied trumpet with Keith Johnson, John Holt,
RichardGiangiulio, andAndrewClassen. He studiedwind conducting as his related field of study at TheUniversity ofNorth Texas with Eugene Corporon andDennis Fisher.Hewas also a two-time semi-finalist at theNational Trumpet Competition inWashington, D.C., and is a contributing member of the International Trumpet Guild Journal’s Recording Review and Book Review staffs. Dr. Reed can be heard on over a dozen recordings on the DJMusic,Mark, Klavier, and GIAWindworks labels. He is in demand as a performer, conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and pedagogue throughout the country.
The Eagleaires Chorus consists of third and fourth graders from Montgomery Academy’s Lower School. Students choose to participate in the chorus and rehearse before school twice aweek in two separate groups. The two groups combine for performances both on and off the school campus. Over 90% of all third and fourth grade students participate in the Eagleaires chorus. They perform two school concerts each year and also perform with the first grade for the annual Christmas Pageant. In addition, they sing each year at the Holiday Market sponsored by the Junior League of Montgomery.
Daniel Pittman is a Professor of Music at Georgia Southern University, where for sixteen years he was Director of Bands, after which he served for one year as Interim Director of the Center for International Studies. He led theMusicDepartment’s StudiesAbroad PrograminMusic,which combined European concert tours by the performing ensembles with academic music classes. More recently, Dr. Pittman was appointed a Fulbright Senior Specialist in service to Payap University in ChiangMai, Thailand for the summer of 2010. In that service, he lectured on wind band rehearsal techniques and was guest conductor of the Chiang Mai Youth Philharmonic Band. Dr. Pittman’s dissertation, “Percy Grainger, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Wind Band Compositions”, provided the origin of his life- long fascination with the life and music of Percy Grainger.
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