Campus Connections


Colleges and universities are encouraged to submit newsworthy material and announcements for publication in Ala Breve Professor Carla Gallahan)


The John M. Long School of Music Troy University


As this new school year begins, we are once again grateful to AMEA for providing this opportunity to share information and opportunities with our music colleagues and music students across the state.


Troy University Percussion Ensemble Wins PASIC Competition The Percussive Arts Society has announced that the


March 30 TROY University Clarinet Day (contact Dr. Tim Phillips)


April 9-12 TROY University Limelight - Music Industry Showcase (contact Professor Robert W. Smith)


Troy University Percussion


Ensemble (T.Adam Blackstock, Director) has won the International Percussion Ensemble Percussion Competition (Collegiate Division). The Troy University Percussion Ensemble will be a featured performer at PASIC 2012, which will be held in Austin, Texas in November 2012.


New Faculty Dr. Bret Woods joins our School of Music faculty as


Ethnomusicology. Dr. Woods comes to Troy University from


Assistant Professor of The Florida State


University where he completed a Ph.D. in Musicology (Ethnomusicology). Dr. Woods has a music education background and is a specialist in world music.


Dr. Christine Amonson joins our School of Music faculty as an Assistant Professor of Voice.


Dr. Amonson comes to Troy University from the University of Arizona where she completed a DMA in Voice and Theater. Dr. Amonson is a specialist in vocal education/performance.


Annual Event Reminder 2012-13


December 6-8


Middle School Band Clinic and Honor Bands (Middle School SEUS, contact Dr. Mark Walker)


January 18-19


High School Choral Clinic and Honor Choir (Choral SEUS, contact Dr. Diane Orlofsky)


February 1-2


High School Concert Band Clinic and Honor Bands (High School SEUS, contact


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Scholarship information, audition dates, and additional concert dates are listed on our website. We invite you to “visit” us at music.troy.edu or in person soon.


Auburn University


The Music Department at Auburn University is thriving and can boast of outstanding and active faculty.


We offer exciting


opportunities for performance and music education majors, as well as for students majoring in other fields who wish to participate in classes and ensembles. The department strives to achieve and sustain excellent standards of performance, creativity, pedagogy, research and scholarship in music. Many of our talented faculty members have achieved national recognition for their accomplishments. We appreciate the opportunity offered here by AMEA to share information with you.


I am delighted to welcome our newest faculty member for this academic year. Dr. Matthew Hoch, Assistant Professor of Voice will teach voice, diction, vocal literature, and direct the Opera Workshop. Matt comes to Auburn from Shorter University where he was on the voice faculty. He holds degrees from Ithaca College, the Hartt School, and the New England Conservatory. A baritone, he has performed as a Bach soloist with many professional organizations and holds a number of opera credits as well. Dr. Hoch is a member of several honor societies, ACDA, MENC, SRME, AMS, and SEM, and an active member of NATS, MTNA, SMT, AAM, AAUP, AGO, SETC, the International Phonetic Association, and the Voice Foundation. We are delighted to welcome him to Auburn.


At Auburn we provide a nurturing atmosphere that provides opportunities for individual attention and regular performance for students. Our department is growing and the quality of students continues to improve. Encourage your students who are interested in Music or Music Education degrees to schedule an audition through our website at: www.auburn.edu/music. Audition dates are: Feb. 9 and 23, 2013. Contact the Department of Music at 334-844-4165 if you have questions about our degree programs or offerings.


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AMEA Presidents Past to Present


1946 Yale H. Ellis 1948 Walter A. Mason 1950 Vernon Skoog 1952 John J. Hoover 1954 Lamar Triplett 1956 Carleton K. Butler 1958 Mort Glosser 1960 Wilbur Hinton 1962 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1964 G. Truman Welch 1966 Jerry Countryman 1968 Floyd C. McClure 1970 Jerry Bobo 1972 Frances P. Moss 1974 George Hammett 1975 Frances P. Moss 1976 S. J. Allen 1978 W. Frank McArthur, Jr. 1980 Paul Hall 1982 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1984 Johnny Jacobs 1986 Merilyn Jones 1988 Ronald D. Hooten 1990 Ken Williams 1992 Dianne Johnson 1994 James K. Simpson 1996 Johnnie Vinson 1998 Michael Meeks 2000 John McAphee, Jr. 2002 Tony Pike 2004 Becky Rodgers 2006 John Baker 2008 Pat Stegall 2010 Steve McLendon 2012 Sara Womack


August/September 2012


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