Lisa Caravan- President, Alabama Orchestra Association
As I reflect on the 2014 All-State Orchestra Festival, the twist and turns the weather threw our way did not keep us from wonderful music making in the Moody Hall at University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Thank you to Dr. Blake Richardson for conducting the Festival Orchestra and thank you to Dr. Anne Witt for leading the Consort String Orchestra. Thank you to the parents for trusting that the weather would clear in time to begin on Thursday. Thank you to the teachers across the state of Alabama for keeping lines of communication open with the students and parents about the status of the festival. Thank you most of all for the talented students, who continue to amaze me every year on their dedication to work diligently during rehearsals and perform at an exceedingly high level!
I want to thank the district chairs and officers for their commitment and hard work during my term as President of the Alabama Orchestra Association. The officers are Sarah Schrader (Vice- President/President-Elect), Felicia Sarubin (Secretary), Daniel Jamieson (Treasurer), Clay McKinney (Past-President) and Julie Hornstein (Executive Director). The nine district representatives are Jacob Frank and Daniel Jamieson (Northern), Sarah Dennis and Zakaria Enikeev (Central), Roland Lister (East Central), Matthew
Grant (West Central), Felicia Sarubin (Southwest), Chin-Mei Li (South Central), and Eugene Conner (Southeast). Thank you chairs for the essential role you play in the audition process for the festival.
I am so thankful for my time as President of the Alabama Orchestra Association. Collaborating with the wonderful teachers and educators across the state and getting to know the excellent students in the area have made this a rewarding experience for me. Sarah Schrader will be taking over the presidency starting in June due to my move to the state of Pennsylvania for a teaching position at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Sarah Schrader’s love for the students in Alabama and string education will bring AOA to new heights. She is already hard at work planning the 2015 All-State Festival.
The festival will be held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on February 12- 15, 2015. Please encourage your string, wind, brass and percussion students to audition for next year’s festival. We are fortunate to bring nationally-recognized conductors and educators to work with our fine students. The conductors for the 2015 All-State festival will be Daniel Black (Assistant Conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra), Sinfonia will be led by Dr. Robert Gardner (Penn State
University), and Dr. James Mick (Ithaca College), who did not quite make it this past year, will conduct the Consort String Orchestra.
Audition excerpts will be available in August from our website:
http://www.alabamaorchestraassociation.org
Calendar of events:
Audition Excerpts Posted online: August 11, 2014
Audition Registration Deadline: September 30, 2014
Composition Contest Deadline: October 1, 2014
Deadline for All-State Scholarship Applications: October 15, 2014
Audition Results Posted: November 17, 2014
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