Sarah Schrader - President, Alabama Orchestra Association
As the school year comes to a close and summer is highly anticipated, I hope you can look back at your year and admire
the great accomplishments you and your students made. I am happy to say that the Alabama All State Orchestra Festival was a huge success this year. We enjoyed an amazing weekend of rehearsals and concerts! Thank you everyone who had a hand in helping make this festival such a huge success.
bringing your best self to the festival.
This Summer, AOA will be working on next year’s All State Festival, AMEA Presenters, and a new state wide Orchestra Performance Festival to be held Spring 2016. We have our 2016 conductors set for the All State Festival. Peter Bay, Music director and Conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra will conduct our Festival Orchestra.
David Pope,
Teachers, mark your calendars for January 21-23, 2016 for the AMEA conference in Montgomery, AL. We will have fantastic sessions for you to attend. These sessions will offer inspiring ideas for you music instruction in the classroom and privately. If you would like to present a session, please submit the Call for Sessions form, or if you would like your string group to be considered to play at the conference fill
distinguished string educator in Florida, and conductor for the Florida State String Summer Music Camp, will conduct the Sinfonia Orchestra.
Kirsten Marshall, Thank you students for
Director of Orchestral Programs and a violin instructor at Ithaca Talent Education in Ithaca, New York will conduct the Consort Orchestra. Teachers, students, and parents, music excerpts to audition for the 2016 All Sate Orchestra Festival will be posted in mid-August. Spread the word to prospective participants this year. The group of conductors will be amazing, so you don’t want to miss out!
out the Performance Application form found on the AMEA website.
Planning for the first annual Orchestra Performance Festival is underway. This will be a state wide festival including youth orchestras (school and community) from all over the state. The Festival will be held sometime in the spring of 2016. Your group will perform selections of music and sight reading and get feedback from other orchestra colleagues. Please look for more info to come on this in upcoming issues of Ala Breve. To make sure you don’t miss out on any information pertaining to music education in Alabama, make sure you renew your membership this Summer when it expires. This way you will receive all issues of Ala Breve and be in the loop on all upcoming events.
I hope everyone enjoys their summer vacations. I look forward to what amazing things you will accomplish through music in the next school year.
Collegiate Members, As summer is coming to a close, I hope you all are making some great summer memories and that
Thad Walker - President, Alabama Collegiate Division and informative.
learning, performing and teaching great music has been a big part of your summer break.
The Collegiate Board is now focusing on our two major events for the upcoming school year: AMEA and the Fall Summit. Both of these events will give us all a chance to learn some insider tips and get practical advice from experienced music educators from around the state. It is also a great opportunity to meet with fellow music students from colleges and universities across Alabama. Both AMEA and Fall Summit promise to be entertaining
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Whether you are a freshman just beginning your music education studies or like myself, you are nearing the end, membership in NAfME can be a valuable tool in preparing you for a teaching career. The best way to stay informed about upcoming events and opportunities is by joining our Facebook page-Alabama NAfME-Collegiate. I am also always available if you have any questions.
I am looking with anticipation toward the 2015-2016 school year and I am looking forward to working with you!
Thad Walker
President-Collegiate Division University of Montevallo
Jwalke14@forum.montevallo.edu
May/June 2015
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