ala breve the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association News/Features


5....................................................................................................AMEA Directory 9 ...................................................A Letter from the Alabama Symphony Orchestra 12 ......................................................................AMEA Presidents - Past to Present 17 ......................................................................................ABA All-State Schedule 17 .....................................................................................ABA All-State Clinicians 19 ............................................................................Phi Beta Mu “Tips That Click” 21........................................................................Alabama Arts Advocacy Coalition 23 .......................................................................................AVA All-State Schedule 24......................................................................................AVA All-State Clinicians 26.......................................................................................2013 Conference Photos 27......................................................................................................AMEA Awards 28 .......................................................AMEA State and District Calendar of Events 30......Detecting and Rewriting Alto Clarinet Lines Into Soprano and Bass Clarinet Parts 34.........St.Paul’s Episcopal Chamber Strings Perform in Austria and the Czech Republic 37 ......................UNA Pride of Dixie Band Performs for BOA Super Regional in Atlanta 39........................................................Doing Good Things...Remembering We Did Them 41...........................................................................................................................Legacies 42 .......................................................................................Conference Evaluation Results 46..............................................................................Sound of the South - A Family Affair 48.....................How One Parent Led Our Community and Changed the New Hope Band


Departments


6.................................................................................................................President 11......................................................................................................................HED 11..............................................................................................................Collegiate 12..........................................................................................................................Elem/Gen 14.................................................................................................................................AOA 16......................................................................................................................ABA 22......................................................................................................................AVA 39 ..............................................................................................................Historian 42......................................................................................................President-Elect


Forms Visit the AMEA website(www.alabamamea.org) to download the following forms:


 AMEA Hall of Fame  Outstanding Music Educator  Outstanding Young Music Educator  Outstanding Administrator  Call for Sessions


American College of Musicians.............14 Alabama State University.......................37 Arts Music Shop, Inc................back cover AU High School Summer Camp............10 AU Middle School Summer Camp.........49 AU Music Department............................51 AWB/Wayne Broom...............................16 FSU Summer Camps..............................35 George Parks Drum Major Academy.....32 High Note Festivals..................................8 Huntingdon College Bands....................50 Jacksonville State University Music......36 John M. Long School of Music (Troy)...40


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 Young Composer Competition  Performance Application  Lobby Performance Application  FAME Registration Form  NAfME Registration Form


Index to Advertisers


Lee University.........................................44 NAfME Collegiate..................................41 NASPAAM.............................................20 QuaverMusic.com..........................13 & 15 UNA Department of Music....................43 UA School of Music.......inside front cover University of Mobile................................6 University of Montevallo.........................7 University of South Alabama Bands.......38 University of South Alabama Music.......33 Vivace.....................................................18 Yamaha.....................................................3


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