AMEA 2012 Performers
Bottenfield Middle School is located in Adamsville, Alabama. The Choral Department consists of 217 students and four choirs: 6th
Choir, and 7th
Grade Mixed Choir. All members are required to be proficient in music theory as well as in performance. Many students are also honor students and participate in many extra- curricular activities inside and outside of school. The 7th
Grade Choir, 7th & 8th
and 8th
Grade Mixed Choir has consistently received superior ratings at district and state level choral performance assessments. The choir has also competed in festivals in Atlanta, Orlando, and Panama City Beach for the past several years earning top ratings.
& 8th Grade Girl’s Choir, 7th & 8th Grade Boy’s
is entering its second year as a formal group. The ensemble is comprised of 9th
The Hillcrest High School Percussion Ensemble – 12th
grade students who are motivated by playing great literature and displaying their passion for music outside of the concert band setting. Students in the ensemble have had experiences performing in the Midwest Clinic, CBDNA Southern Division Conference, All-State Convention, and various honor bands around the state.
The Hoover “First Edition” Jazz Band is under the direction of Mrs. Sallie Vines White. First Edition performs at many school and civic functions throughout the school year. Membership in the group is by audition. The group’s instrumentation consists of 5 saxophones, 5 trombones, 5 trumpets, full rhythm section and a vocalist. The group performs a variety of music from the big band era and today. They do numerous performances for a wide variety of venues. The First Edition Jazz Band has received national recognition through its selection as a finalist in the Savannah Music Festival Swing Central Jazz Contest for the past 4 years. As part of this festival, they have had the opportunity to have clinics with internationally known artists and clinicians. These artists have included Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, Jason Marsalis, Jim Ketch,
Leon Anderson, Jack Wilkins, Terrell Stafford, and others. Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, and Leon Anderson have all come to Hoover High School to do intensive on-site clinics with the group. Prior to their selection to Swing Central they were selected into the North Texas Jazz Festival and also received Superior ratings for 6 years in a row at the Loyola Jazz Festival in New Orleans. The group is regularly represented in the Alabama All-State Jazz Band. In 2011, nine members of First Edition were represented in the Alabama All State Jazz Bands.
The Etowah Youth Orchestras
was founded in 1990 to provide the students of Northeast Alabama with major musical and educational experiences through training, development, and performance. The EYO has presented concerts throughout the United States and abroad, including Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln and Kennedy Centers for the Performing Arts, Manston and Stratford-Upon-Avon in England, and San Jose and San Ramon in Costa Rica. The EYO has become nationally recognized for its performances of contemporary music and has been recognized with the receipt of eleven ASCAP Youth Orchestra Awards, and an additional ASCAP Award for American Programming on a Foreign Tour.
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