AMEA 2015 Performing Groups
Alabama Winds was organized in the summer of 2013 and began its first season in the fall of 2013. Comprised of 85 band directors, music teachers and professional musicians, Alabama Winds seeks to foster and promote the appreciation of high quality wind band music through performance. We seek to provide our audiences with memorable concert experiences, to promote adult community ensembles through recordings, publications, commissions and performances throughout the state, to support the growth of music education of young people through performances, clinics and scholarships and to provide our members with an opportunity for musical expression, growth and fellowship.
The Auburn University Jazz Ensemble features the best in big band jazz, with contemporary arrangements by composers such as Gordon Goodwin, Lyle Mayes, maria Schneider and Tom Kubis, as well as music from the libraries of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Buddy Rich. Dr. Michael Pendowski, internationally known jazz composer, leads the exciting nineteen-member band. The ensemble performs on campus and throughout the state. The group is selected by open audition from the entire student body and currently includes students from many different majors. The ensemble performs throughout the region at numerous festivals and jazz venues.
In the past five years, the Center Point High School Chorale has excelled in vocal performance. The Chorale is the school’s premiere singing aggregation and is comprised of students in grades 10 - 12. They sing a variety of vocal literature. The choir’s goal is to perform for various city, state and national events, which have religious, political, academic or cultural significance. The choir participates annually in the State Choral Performance Assessment scoring superior and excellent ratings. On the state level, the Center Point Chorale performed for the Alabama Nutrition’s Association State Conference in Montgomery, Al., leaving the event with high accolades and invitations to perform during future events. A concert invitation from local colleges, churches and medical facilities fills the choral calendar annually. Since the fall of 2009, the choir has been featured on WVTM Channel 13 for an annual holiday performance. On a national level, the choir performed for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC) National Convention recently held in Birmingham, Alabama. They are strong ambassadors for their school and city. The choir has been awarded grants from Channel 42 “One Class at a Time”, Alagasco “Glee for All Show Choir Competition” and Wells Fargo-Center Point Branch for its “Grand Opening”. It is the mission of the Center Point High School choir to exalt the human spirit through the performance of innovative and engaging musical programs. In addition, the Center Point High School Choir encourages people of all ages to sing.
The Faith Academy Band program began in the fall of 1997. The program continues to maintain an enrollment of over 200 band members each year. There are ten major instrumental ensembles in the program. The instrumental program has been under the direction of Mr. David Pryor for the past eighteen years. He is the founding director of the program.
The John Carroll Singers is in its thirty-fourth year of existence as the premier choral ensemble at John Carroll Catholic High School. The choir has consistently re- ceived superior ratings at district, state, and national choral festivals and competi- tions. This past year, the John Carroll Singers finished 2nd at the World Strides Heritage Performance in Chicago, IL.
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