ala breve Official Publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association News/Features 6 8


5 ...............................................................AMEA Governing Board Directory 6 ..............................................................................MENC Gets a New Name 8 ......................................................................Phi Beta Mu “Tips That Click” 13 14 17


20 ...................................................................................AMEA Past Presidents 24 ...........................................................................Call for Research Abstracts 26 .....................................................................................Campus Connections 22 22


....................................................AMEA Governing Board Meeting Minutes


....................................................................AOA All-State Quick Info Guide ...............................................................................AOA All-State Clinicians ...........................................................Assessing Music Teacher Preparation


......................................Conference Keynote Speaker Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser


.........................................................................................Conference Hotels 29-34 ....................................................................................Conference Clinicians 34


36 ..................................................................................................In Memoriam 39-42 ..................................................................................Conference Performers 44-48 ......................................................................................Conference Schedule 54-55 .........................................................................................Schedule of Events 52 59


...........................................................................................Legislative Issues .....................................................................................Music Industry News 60 ....................................................................Three Critical Concerns (Part 2)


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6 ...............................................................................................................President 9.......................................................................................................................ABA 9........................................................................................................................AJE 10 ....................................................................................................................AVA 12 ...................................................................................................................AOA 17................................................................................................Collegiate Advisor 18.............................................................................................................Collegiate 20.............................................................................................Elementary/General 24 ...............................................................................................................................HED 52.....................................................................................Immediate Past President


Departments Forms


11...............................................ACDA Thomas R. Smith Award Nomination Form 23 ..............................................................................................FAME Application 43 ..................................................2012 AMEA Conference Pre-Registration Form 51 .....................................................................AMEA/NAfME Membership Form 56-57....................................................Young Composers Competition Application


Advertisers


American College of Musicians....................20 Arts Music Shop..............................back cover Auburn University Music.............................27 Auburn University Jr. High Honor Band......50 Auburn University Sr. High HonorBand......37 AWB Apparel/Wayne Broom........................10 Earlene Rentz Online Publications...............18 Huntingdon College......................................28 Jacksonville Staate University......................25 Jefferson CVB...............................................38 John M. Long School of Music.....................49 Kennesaw State University...........................21


Mississippi State Choral Activities...15 Mississippi State Choral Activities...62 Samford University...........................19 UAB Music........................................3 UAH Music......................................58 UNA Department of Music...............63 University of Mobile........................36 University of Montevallo.................35 USA Marching Band..........................2 USA Department of Music...............16 Yamaha...............................................7


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