Mildred Lanier - President, Higher Education Division
Have you reflected lately on what drew you to a career in music? Have you reflected lately on the depth of creativity that has been born out of your love for music?
Have you reflected lately on the
intellectual exploration of music that has challenged how you engage in critical discourse, teaching, and performing of music? If you have not reflected lately, the sessions to be presented by the Higher Education Division at the 2020 AMEA Professional Development Conference will allow you to do just that and more.
I am excited to come together with all of you, my colleagues, from across the state to reflect, to be creative, and engage in intellectual discourse. The HED is excited to learn from presenters from around the state. We are excited about topics on music curriculum, developing singers, next generation music leaders, self-efficacy, and much, much more. You don’t want to miss any of the sessions that will allow you to reflect, refresh, and redirect to go to the next level of your personal music expression.
As we feed our musical mind at the round table session and poster session, we will also feed our body at the HED luncheon, so please make sure to reserve your seat by emailing me. And not to be forgotten, we will feed our musical soul with ensemble performances at the HED recital. These musical gatherings and sessions will provide the opportunity for holistic music reflection for spirit, soul, and body.
Now is a good time for each of us to begin to reflect on our personal “why” about music and make plans to attend the 2020 AMEA Conference in Montgomery. If you have questions or want to reserve your seat at the HED luncheon, please don’t hesitate to contact me at (
mlanier@jeffersonstate.edu).
c. HS Unassigned Personnel: HS Accepted 1 2 2 1 2 2
Piccolo Oboes
Bassoons
Eb Sop. Clarinets Alto Clarinets Bass Clarinets
Tenor Saxophones 2 Baritone Saxophones 1 Contra Bass Clarinets1 String Bass
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HS Alternate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(NOTE: MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND PICCOLO & Eb SOP. CLARINET AUDITIONS ARE HELD AT THE ALL-STATE BAND FESTIVAL.)
d. The placement of Unassigned Personnel in the High School All-State Bands will be as follows: Students with the highest scores in each section assigned to the Red Band; those with the next highest scores assigned to the White Band; those with the next highest scores assigned to the Blue band. The following special assignments will be made for piccolo and Eb soprano clarinet. All other unassigned instruments are assigned “as needed”: Piccolo: At the All-State tryouts Highest score - Red Band piccolo; Next highest score - White Band piccolo or Red Band flute; Next highest score - White or Blue Band piccolo or Red or White Band flute- depending on the selection of the higher scoring student; Next highest score - Blue Band piccolo or Red or White Band flute- depending on the selection of the higher scoring student; Next highest score - Blue Band piccolo or White Band flute - depending on the selection of the higher scoring student; Next highest score - White Band flute; Next highest score - Blue Band flute; Next highest score - Blue Band flute. *All flutes will be assigned to chairs by way of tryouts again with the flutes. Eb Clarinet: At the All-State tryouts Highest score - Red Band Eb clarinet; Next highest score - White Band Eb clarinet or Red Band Bb clarinet; Next highest score - White or Blue Band Eb clarinet or Red or White Band Bb clarinet - depending on the selection of the higher scoring student; Next highest score - Blue Band Eb clarinet or Red or White Band Bb clarinet - depending on the selection of the higher scoring student;
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Next highest score - Blue Band Eb Clarinet or White Band Clarinet - depending on the selection of the higher scoring student; Next highest score - White Band Bb clarinet; Next highest score - Blue Band Bb clarinet; Next highest score - Blue Band Bb clarinet. *Bb clarinets will be assigned to chairs by means of tryouts again with the clarinets. *Other unassigned personnel will be placed by the President as needed for the music being performed. e. No director, for any reason, will judge his own student by himself. The tryout sheet must be signed by another director other than that of the student. f. No quota system will be used for the Alabama All-State Jazz Band recorded audition. Standard big band instrumentation will be used in each of the All-State Jazz Bands. Standard big band instrumentation is as follows: five (5) trumpets, four (4) trombones, one (1) bass trombone, two (2) alto saxophones, two (2) tenor saxophones, one (1) baritone saxophone, one (1) piano, one (1) guitar, one (1) bass guitar, one (1) trap set percussionist, and one (1) vibraphone who will also serve as an auxiliary percussionist. Students who perform with the Alabama All-State Jazz Bands must be selected through the audition process. Rationale ● When the current All-State Band configuration was put in place, the number of stand-alone middle school band programs was substantially less. With the quality and quantity of our middle school band programs increasing, this proposal expands the opportunity for middle school band students to perform at the All-State level at a critically formative time in their development as young musicians. ● Under the current configuration, the odds of any given high school band student auditioning for All-State being selected to All-State is substantially greater than that of any given middle school band student auditioning for All-State being selected to All-State. This proposal closes that gap. ● This proposal eliminates the necessity of the district-teamed unassigned auditions for middle school unassigned instruments and high school string bass. Under this format, all students can now audition in their home district eliminating substantial travel for some students/parents, which can serve as a barrier to the accessibility of the All-State auditions. ● The “even split” configuration with the Middle School All-State Bands ensures that both bands will have some of the top-scoring players in each section, which will help ensure the quality of both bands. ● In order to accommodate a fifth band on the day of the concert, the author of this legislation suggests setting up three bands on the arena floor the night before or the morning of the concert, holding the Middle School All-State Bands concert in the late morning (approx. 11:00AM), and then holding the High School All-State Bands concert in the afternoon (approx. 1:30PM).
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