2017 Conference Schedule Wednesday, January 18, 2017


5:00­7:00 PM 5:30 ­ 6:00 PM 6:00­9:00 PM 7:15­9:30 PM 7:15­9:30 PM 7:15­9:30 PM 7:15­9:30 PM


7:45­8:45 AM


8:00 AM­5:00 PM 9:00­9:50 AM


9:00­9:50 AM 9:00­9:50 AM 9:00­9:50 AM 9:00­9:50 AM 9:00­9:50 AM


AMEA Governing Board Meeting ­ Renaissance, Riverview 2 All­State Show Choir Registration ­ Exhibit Hall B All­State Show Choir Rehearsal ­ Exhibit Hall B


ABA Governing Board Meeting ­ Renaissance, Riverview 1 AOA Governing Board Meeting ­ Renaissance, Riverview 3 AVA Governing Board Meeting ­ Renaissance, Riverview 4


Collegiate Division Governing Board Meeting ­ Renaissance, Riverview Boardroom Thursday, January 19, 2017


AMEA Leadership Breakfast ­ Renaissance, Ballroom B Featured Speaker: Lynn Tuttle, NAfME Director of Content and Policy


Conference Registration ­ Renaissance Registration Booth ABA Concert Session, MPAC


Tuscaloosa County High School Velvet Blue Jazz Band ­ Mike Guzman, Director


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom A How Do We Do Acapella Pop?! ­ Megan Rudolph, Clinician


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom E


The ‘Few Good Men’ in a Choir of Women: How to Employ Quality Repertoire and Teaching Strategies to Keep Them Singing ­ Greg Lefils, Clinician


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom CD Composition in the General Music Classroom ­ Roger Sams, Clinician


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Montgomery 5


In Defense of Music Education: Developing Alabama’s Voice for Advocacy ­ Rob Lyda, Clinican Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Riverview 3


Sight Read It: Developing Music Reading Skills in Young String Players ­ Andrew Dabczynski, Clinician


9:00 AM­12:00 PM All­State Show Choir Rehearsal ­ Exhibit Hall B 9;00 AM­12:30 PM Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal ­ Exhibit Hall A 9:00 AM­4:00 PM 10:00 AM


FAME, Riverview 1 Grand Opening of the Exhibits ­ Exhibit Hall C 10:30­11:30 AM 10:30­11:30 AM 10:30­11:30 AM 10:30­11:30 AM


Featured Performance by the 151st Army National Guard Jazz Combo Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom A


Sing, my Tongue, the Glorious Battle: Resources and Ideas for Pronunciation, Comprehension, and Memorization of Sung Texts ­ Tiffany Bostic Brown and Ian Loeppky, Clinicians


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom CD Rondo Rendevous ­ Andrea and Joey Coleman, Clinicians


Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Ballroom E


I Don't Play the Guitar, But I Want to Teach Guitar! Come and Learn How! ­ Travis Perry, Clinician Interest Session ­ Renaissance, Riverview 3


Fixing Broken Baroque: Approaching the Baroque in the Beginning and Intermediate String Class Andrew Dabczynski, Clinician


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