Ethan Lolley - President, Collegiate AMEA Fellow NAfME Collegiate Alabamians,
I write to you now amidst a very productive and eventful marching band season here at the University of North Alabama! My senior year has proven to be quite the season to remember. The "Pride of Dixie" was able to share halftime with two other Alabama collegiate marching bands and there is nothing quite like friendly competition at halftime. What variety our bands here in Alabama have! The JSU "Marching Southerners" and the Miles College "Purple Marching Machine" both put on equally entertaining shows with their trademark styles. This past weekend, we hosted our annual Marching Band Extravaganza with almost 500 high school marching band members in attendance. Five of those members were stellar high school drum majors with whom I had the opportunity to invest
conducting tips, routines, and servant leadership opportunities.
time through I even
reconnected with many George N. Parks Drum Major Academy students and witnessed the success of their hard work on the field. What a network of music we have here in Alabama!
Part of my job as your president is to constantly look for ways to improve communication but I need your help. Many chapters of NAfME have heeded the call
from my last article and sent in contact information for their officers.
If you
haven't already done so, I encourage you to! This way, you and your chapter can constantly be "in the loop" of upcoming events and learn from other chapters concerning
productivity, service
opportunities, and projects that might be beneficial for your chapter. Our chapter at UNA is now hard at work planning an All- State instrumentalist workshop that will include etude study, audition tips, and group lessons in tone, technique, and scales for local high school students. Not only are we preparing musicians for their audition, we are also gaining hands-on experience teaching students of like instruments. We also plan to do the same in the spring for Choral All-State.
Finally, the Collegiate Summit 2013 has been finalized. It will take place at the University
I promise it will be engaging, of Montevallo Music
Department on November 10th at 3:00 p.m. Plan ahead for your whole chapter to attend.
informational, and practical. Dinner will also be provided and all of this is free to you as an Alabama Collegiate NAfME member. Three officers, myself included, are working hard to make sure your experience in Montevallo will be well worth the drive! It will feature a speaker on the Alexander technique in which any
Annual Collegiate AMEA State Summit -
November 10, 2013 University of Montevallo
AMEA In-Service Conference January 23-25, 2014
Renaissance Montgomery
musician can greatly benefit. We will also have a panel of both instrumental and choral music educators in their first one to two years of teaching experience who will participate in an open forum. They will discuss tips to better prepare you for your first year of teaching. Being a senior myself, I can't wait to ask questions that have been on my mind concerning that approaching first job. From interviewing
to classroom
management to budgetary concerns, there is plenty from which to learn. Most importantly, the summit gives us all an opportunity to make connections with our future music colleagues. Until then, may your musical ensembles have a productive and memorable fall semester and for those with a senior recital in sight, may the practice room be your best friend!
ala breve
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