Joshua Meyer ­ President, AMEA Collegiate Division


2017 AMEA Professional Development Conference Highlights for Collegiates:


Clinics Chosen especially for the Collegiate Division: l Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle: Resources and Ideas for Pronunciation, Comprehension, and Memorization of Sung Texts ­ Tiffany Bostic Brown and Ian Loeppky, Clinicians


l The ‘Few Good Men’ in a Choir of Women: How to Employ Quality Repertoire and Teaching Strategies ­ Greg Lefils, Clinician l Learning from the Great Maestros: Five Principles We Can Apply to our Daily Conducting ­ Blake Richardson, Clinician l Developing Part­Singing Skills in School­Age Musicians ­ Georgia Newlin, Clinician l Copyright ­ Barry Morgan, Clinician l Communication with Parents ­ Anne Witt, Clinician l Congratulations! You Got Hired! Now, Don’t Get Fired ­ Lisa Gillespie, Clinician l Get Organized!: Time Management for Music Educators ­ Frank Buck, Clinician l Woodwind Repair: I Can Do All THAT By Myself? ­ Dave Lawson, Clinician l 0­5: The Developmental Years of a Band Director ­ What I Needed to Know but Didn't ­ Russ Thompson, Clinician


Plus 49 other clinic sessions of interest to music educators and future music educators


Performances: l Alabama Intercollegiate Band l The Huxford Symphony Orchestra l Alabama All­State Show Choir l Alabama All­State Jazz Bands l 22 Invited Performing Groups (bands, choirs, percussion ensembles, jazz bands) representing Elementary, Middle School, High School and College


Special Events and other Conference Highlights: Collegiate Luncheon Collegiate/HED Mixer Keynote Speaker: Scott Lang Conference Exhibits Networking


1946 Yale H. Ellis 1948 Walter A. Mason 1950 Vernon Skoog 1952 John J. Hoover 1954 Lamar Triplett 1956 Carleton K. Butler 1958 Mort Glosser 1960 Wilbur Hinton 1962 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1964 G. Truman Welch 1966 Jerry Countryman 1968 Floyd C. McClure 1970 Jerry Bobo


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Don’t miss the 2017 AMEA Professional Development Conference. To pre­ register and learn more about the conference visit the conference page of AMEA’s website, myamea.org


AMEA Presidents ­ Past to Present


1972 Frances P. Moss 1974 George Hammett 1975 Frances P. Moss 1976 S. J. Allen 1978 W. Frank McArthur, Jr. 1980 Paul Hall 1982 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1984 Johnny Jacobs 1986 Merilyn Jones 1988 Ronald D. Hooten 1990 Ken Williams 1992 Dianne Johnson 1994 James K. Simpson


1996 Johnnie Vinson 1998 Michael Meeks 2000 John McAphee, Jr. 2002 Tony Pike 2004 Becky Rodgers 2006 John Baker 2008 Pat Stegall 2010 Steve McLendon 2012 Sara Womack 2014 Carl Hancock 2016 Susan Smith


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