Alabama Orchestra Association Clay McKinney, President
Hello! Things are moving right along for us and we have many exciting things to report. You can always check the web site at
www.alabamaorchestraassociation.org for details on everything that is going on with AOA.
The first ever district orchestra festival for our state was a great success. The Southeast District, under the leadership of AOA District Chair Eugene Conner, presented a program for Symphonic Orchestra on April 29th
at
the Cultural Arts Center in Dothan. On the program were Spirit of the Pioneer by Susan Christiansen, Slavonic Legend by Elliot Del Borgo, Finale to Mozart Symphony No. 15 arr. Sandra Dackow and Themes from Star Wars by John Williams arr. By Charles Sayre. I am especially proud of the collaboration with band directors in the area especially John Taylor who assisted with directing and organizing the honor band students from district 8 who participated in the orchestra. The AOA is immensely grateful to Eugene who made the decision to have and then organized the Honors Orchestra. His leadership is an inspiration to us all and we hope to see more district festivals
conference. It would be great if we could reverse this as it is a great time to network and share ideas with one another. It will be an exciting year for us with Gabriel Kahane performing with the Alabama Symphony as part of the schedule of events. Speaking of events, we have many talented teachers among us in the AOA. If you have a lecture or other presentation for professional development that you would like to present at the conference
please fill that out and get it submitted by June 1st
as well. We have two
big changes for All
State that we hope to implement this year. First, we are planning to change from video to audio only for the all state auditions. The rest of the logistics of Auditions will remain the same. Students will still register and audition live at a
Southeast Honors Orchestra
please fill out a proposal and get that submitted. We have many talented orchestral and other string players in our state and it would be great for us to learn from one another and share ideas. The form may be found at the AMEA website under AMEA forms. Just click on the link
Eugene Conner Clay McKinney
and collaboration around the state in future.
The annual AMEA conference will be here before we know it. I would like to challenge us all to be more present at the conference. Historically we have had a small number of us come to the
ala breve John Taylor
that says 2013 call for sessions and submit your form by June 1st
. If you know you
will be submitting something please email me and let me know. Also, you will see a form there that says Performance application. If you would like to bring your orchestra group to perform at AMEA
Thanks for all you do, Clay
location determined by the district chair, the only difference being that they will be recorded with audio only and no video. The other exciting change is that Sinfonietta will now include winds, brass and timpani. Orchestral playing is growing in our state and we see the need to raise up more advanced winds, brass and percussion students. We will keep you updated on the progress of Sinfonietta via the website. If you have any thoughts or suggestions about this new endeavor for the All State orchestra festival please e- mail those to me. Also if you have any thoughts or suggestions about clinicians for next years AMEA conference please send those to me as well. As always it is a pleasure serving as your president and together furthering orchestra education in our state. It is so vitally important that we promote our orchestra programs in the state and raise awareness of the wonderfully talented strings students in our midst.
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