ala breve the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association


Features... 8


AMEA Governing Board Directory


14 ABA All-State Clinicians 16 ABA All-State Schedule 18 Celebrating 70 Years 19 What People Are Saying 20 Campus Connections 21 AMEA Membership Honor Roll 22 Assistant Executive Director Job Description 24 AVA All-State Schedule 25 AVA All-State Clinicians 26 Choral Reviews by Diane Orlofsky 28 2016 AMEA Conference Photos 29 2016 AMEA Awards and Recognition 31 Noteworthy 32 AMEA Industry Members 33 Sousa March Interpretation by John Bourgeois 36 Meet the Candidates (AMEA 2016 Election) 38 Middle School Students’ Response to Live Brazilian Music by Elisa Macedo Dekaney 42


Healthy Singing and “Pop Music” by Kenneth H. Phillips


44 AMEA Schedule of Events 47 Which Version of Band Are You Teaching -1.0, 3.0, 6.0? by Jill M. Sullivan 52 AMEA Meeting Minutes


Departments...


6 ........................President 10..............................HED 10 .....................Elem/Gen 12..............................AOA 12..............Past Presidents 14 ..............................ABA 22.......................Registrar 24.................................AVA


Advertisers Index


American College of Musicians...............37 Arts Music Shop, Inc ..................back cover AU Bands ................................................27 AU Music Department ...............................2 AWB...........................................................7 Belmont University ..................................13 FSU Summer Camps................................40 Gadsden Music Company.........................46 Huntingdon College Bands.......................23 John M. Long School of Music (Troy).....54 JSU Music ..................................................9


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Smoky Mountain Music Festival..............36 UA Bands..................................................39 UA School of Music...................................4 UAB Music...............................................53 UNA Department of Music ........................3 University of Georgia ...............................51 University of Montevallo .........................17 University of South Alabama Bands ........30 University of South Alabama Music ........55 Yamaha .....................................................11


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