AMEA 2013 Clinicians
Score Study: Techniques for Improved Rehearsal and Performance - Friday, 8:00 - 9:00 am A Systematic Method for Literature Selection - Friday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Dr. Mark J. Walker serves as Director of Bands, Coordinator of Winds and Percussion and Associate Professor of Music at Troy University where he conducts the Troy University Symphony Band, the nationally renowned “Sound of the South” Marching Band, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting, marching band techniques, measurement and evaluation, and music education. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Walker serves as Chairman of the Southeastern United States Clinic and Honor Bands, Executive Director of the Middle School Southeastern United States Band Clinic and Honor Bands, and is the Director of the “Sound of the South” Summer Music Camp and Director’s Clinic. He also
serves as Co-Chair, along with Dr. John M. Long, of the National Band Association’s Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Directors. Dr. Walker is a published author, whose articles appears in state and national music education publications and is the principal author and editor of the forthcoming book The Art of Interpretation of Band Music to be published by GIA in late 2012. He is a contributor to The Euphonium Source Book, published by Indiana University Press. He received his master’s and doctorate degrees in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during which time he studied euphonium with Mark Moore, conducting with James Keene and research methods under Drs. Deborah Sheldon and Gregory DeNardo. Dr. Walker is also the recipient of the prestigious A.A. Harding Award from the University of Illinois Bands. Dr. Walker is married to Jessica Walker, who teaches sixth grade at Goshen Elementary, and resides in Troy with their daughter, Emily and their American Bulldog, Millie.
We Don't Just Play Rhythm Sticks: Why We Really Are Choral Directors! - Friday, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Dr. Michele Champion is currently the music specialist at Pearl Upper Elementary School in Pearl, MS. Prior to her appointment at PUE, she was a member the Department of Music faculty at Augusta State University (Augusta, GA). Michele received her Bachelor of Arts in music and Master of Music from Mississippi College in Clinton, MS. Her Doctor of Arts in music was earned at the University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), where she studied Kodály and Orff Schulwerk music education. She has presented elementary/general music workshops throughout the south.
Oldies But Goodies: Strategies & Repertoire for Incorporating Early Music into your 4th - 12th Grade Choral/Vocal Program Thursday, 4:40 - 5:30 pm
Dr. Patricia Corbin joined the David L. Walters Department of Music at Jacksonville State University as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 1999. A native of New York, she received a Bachelor of Music Education from the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Arts in Music Education from Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, and the Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University. She has studied conducting with Brock McElheran, Joseph Flummerfelt, Robert Porco, Thomas Somerville, and Helmuth Rilling. Prior to her joining the JSU music faculty Dr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. In Irvington she began teaching K-4 general music, then was transferred to teach the 5th- 8th grade Musically Gifted and Talented program that she taught for eleven years. Her last six years were spent as a high school choral director. As the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, and Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches Applied Voice Advanced Choral Conducting, Choral Literature and Class Recorder. Her research interests include the late masses of Czech Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) as well as the choral music of Alabama composers. Dr. Corbin is the Organist/ Choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, Alabama. She is the Alabama College & University R & S Chair and is also a member of MENC, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the American Guild of Organists.
Re-Voicing for SSA & TTBB: Tips, Tricks, and Time Savers - Friday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Dr. William C. Powell, professor and director of choral activities at Auburn University, holds degrees from Alabama State University, Westminster Choir College, and Florida State University. He conducts the Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Men's Chorus, and Gospel Choir; and he teaches choral-related courses. His guest-conducting engagements include performances in Italy, at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney World, and for various choral festivals. Powell has also presented sessions for American Choral Directors Association, Intercollegiate Male Choruses, College Music Society, etc. His choral arrangements are published by Hal Leonard, Gentry Publications, and most recently Oxford University Press (Spirituals for Upper Voices, 2011).
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