October/November 2014


ala breve the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association


2015 AMEA In-Service Conference... 22 31 31 32 37


Clinicians Quick Facts


Performing Groups Hotels


Schedule


Features... 43


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Programming for Band: The Continuing Quest for Quality and “Fit” by Rodney Dorsey


Your Mentors Are For Life by Virginia Wayman Davis


Music Literacy and Language Literacy: Parallel Connections by Shelly Cooper


Orchestra as a Vehicle for Social Change: Providing Opportunities and Teaching Perseverance by Rebecca McLoed


Capturing Our History: What You Can Do To Help by Frank Buck


Departments...


6 ....................President 9....................Collegiate 10 .........................HED 13 ..........................AVA 14 ............................AOA 17 ..........................ABA 21 ...................Elem/Gen 51 ..Campus Connections 50.......Industry Members 51..........Meeting Minutes 56 ............................Jazz 56...................Research 58 ....Schedule of Events


ala breve Forms...


12......2015 AMEA In-Service Conference Pre-Registration Form 46.......................................................FAME Registration Form


Advertisers Index


American College of Musicians...............18 Arts Music Shop, Inc ..................back cover AU Music Department ...............................2 AWB/Wayne Broom.................................42 Gadsden Music Company.........................16 Huntingdon College Bands.......................62 Jacksonville State University ...................35 John M. Long School of Music (Troy).......8 Join NAfME/AMEA ................................15 NAfME Broader Minded..........................14 NAfME Collegiate................................... 25 QuaverMusic.com ....................................20


RowLoff Productions................................11 Samford University School of the Arts ....36 Smoky Mountain Music Festival................6 Troy Graduate Studies..............................30 UA Bands..................................................63 UAB Music...............................................60 UNA Department of Music ......................45 University of Montevallo .........................19 University of South Alabama Bands ........49 University of South Alabama Music ........57 Vanderbilt Universtiy Blair SOM.............13 Yamaha .......................................................5


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