AMEA 2013 Performing Groups
The Jacksonville State University A Cappella Choir was founded in September of 1960 by Malcom J. Griffin, who was a member of the voice faculty. In May 1961 this newly formed ensemble was awarded the Bromberg Bowl in a statewide competition. In 1962 Malcom Griffin left Jacksonville State to take a position at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Thomas Warren, who directed A Cappella for one year, followed him. In 1963 Bayne Dobbins, a graduate of Louisiana State University, joined the JSU music department to teach French Horn and direct the A
Cappella Choir. During his 30 years as director of the A Cappella Choir the choir appeared at several music conventions, and performed regularly throughout Calhoun County. The A Cappella Choir Christmas Concert became a Calhoun County tradition that attracted large crowds year after year until Bayne Dobbins retirement in 1993. In 1993 Dr. Joel Knapp joined the JSU music faculty as Director of Choral Activities. Under his direction A Cappella Choir toured throughout the southeastern United States as a primary recruiting tool for the JSU Choral Department. The choir appeared at several music conventions also toured Europe for two summers. In 1999, Dr. Knapp left the JSU faculty to take a position at the University of Southern Illinois. Dr. Patricia Corbin joined the JSU Music Department as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 1999.
A select group of 65 singers, the UNA Collegiate Singers is the premier choral ensemble on campus, which represents the University on tour every year. Recent tours haven taken the choir to Mobile, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Texas, and Orlando. Every year, they represent the University in the state-wide Birmingham Collegiate Choral Festival to great acclaim. They most recently performed Vivaldi’s timeless Gloria with the Shoals Symphony at UNA. A small group chosen from the Collegiate Singers, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble explores the uniquely American idiom of jazz as well as pop and world music. Most often, the VJE sings acappella or with a little percussion (either real or "vocalized"!). They perform in concerts on and off campus, touring in the spring with Collegiate Singers. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble has been featured often at the W. C. Handy Festival in Florence and the Panoply Festival of the Arts in Huntsville. The Chamber Choir is an elite group of singers chosen from the best of the Collegiate Singers, and perform in a wide variety of concerts and events from madrigal dinners to chamber works. The choir performs on and off campus as well as on tour with the Collegiate Singers. In the spring of 2009, they had the privilege of representing the University of North Alabama in Italy on the Department of Music and Theatre’s first international tour, and toured to Costa Rica in the spring of 2011. Most recently, they shared in a concert with the UAH Concert Choir and Huntsville Youth Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of Tarik O’Regan’s Martyr. They will tour to Ireland as part of the UNA Study Abroad program in the spring of 2013.
The Alabama Symphonic Band is one of six large instrumental ensembles housed within the University of Alabama School of Music, and one of three ability-based groups in the University of Alabama Band Department. In addition to the Alabama Symphonic Band, the University of Alabama Band Department also houses the world-renowned Alabama Wind Ensemble and the Alabama Concert Band. The Alabama Symphonic Band is comprised of both music majors and non-music majors, with approximately 85% of the players being music majors. The Alabama Symphonic Band rehearses year-round two days each week and for 90 minutes per day. The band has had the honor of performing as a demonstration group for the Alabama Music Educators Association Inservice Conference in both 2009 and 2010 highlighting both new wind band literature and lesser-performed classics of the wind band repertoire. The band also performed an invitational concert at the Alabama Band Directors’ Associations’ 2010 State Music Assessment.
Homewood City School Percussion Ensembles Showcase - Percussionists from Homewood High School, Homewood Middle School, Edgewood Elementary, Shades Cahaba Elementary, and Hall Kent Elementary will be performing a variety of percussion ensemble music & elementary music showcasing Homewood City School's goal of cross curricular education and teachers willingness to work together to move our students through our music programs. This showcase will be performed in a prism style concert, that will conclude with a finale piece featuring all percussion ensembles. Homewood City Schools currently have 56 percussionist at the high school level, 65 at the middle school level, and 20 at each of our three elementary schools. Music teachers are Darren Holbrooks and Alex Hinson- Homewood High School, Chris Cooper and Terrance Cobb- Homewood Middle School, Theresa McKibben- Edgewood Elementary, Haley Pepper- Shades Cahaba Elementary, Ann Bell Alford- Hall Kent Elementary School, and Ron Pence- Homewood City Schools Fine Art Chairman/Homewood High School Director of Bands.
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