ala breve the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association May/June 2017


Features... 6 AMEA Governing Board Directory 8 Remembering Lacey Powell 13 AMEA 2018 15 ABA All-State Photos 19 AVA All-State Photos 25 AMEA Industry Members 27 Band Music Reviews by Randall Coleman 28 Choral Reviews by Diane Orlofsky 32 Teacher Pacing by Bradley J. Regier 36 State and District Schedule of Events 38 The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)...by Marcia Neel


Departments...


4.....................President 7............................HED 10...........................AOA 10 ..........Past Presidents 14...........................ABA 18 .............................AVA 20..................Elem/Gen 27....................Registrar ala breve


Advertisers Index


All-National Honor Ensembles ..................4 American College of Musicians ...............31 Arts Music Shop, Inc ..................back cover AU Music Department ...............................3 Faulkner University..................................27 Gadsden Music Company.........................17 Huntingdon College Bands.......................22 John M. Long School of Music (Troy).....24 NAfME.....................................................29 NAfME Academy.....................................20 Samford University ....................................2


Smoky Mountain Music Festival................7 Sunburst....................................................39 UABands..................................................43 UASchool of Music.................................23 UAB Bands...............................................41 UAB Music...............................................34 UNADepartment of Music ......................21 University of Montevallo .........................33 University of South Alabama Bands ........12 University of South Alabama Music ........43 Yamaha .....................................................11


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