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5:00-7:00 PM AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton MR 407

7:15-9:30 PM ABA Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton MR 410

7:15-9:30 PM AOA Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton MR 405

7:15-9:30 PM AVA Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton MR 403

7:15-9:30 PM Collegiate Division Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton MR 407

7:45-8:45 AM AMEA Leadership Breakfast - BJCC East 1 A-B

8:00 AM-5:00 PM Conference Registration - Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

9:00-9:30 AM Alabama Honor Choir Registration - BJCC East 3 N-O

9:00-9:50 AM ABA Concert Session - BJCC East BallroomThompson High School Jazz Band - Justin White, Conductor

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-ILearn to Travel, Travel to Learn - Deborah Baker, Clinician

Travel is a huge motivator for programs. There are also many steps in the process before a group just heads out the door. Thissession will discuss why travel, is your group ready, selecting location, and how to get started. This session is excellent for collegemusic majors, new teachers, and veteran teachers interested in broadening their perspective on travel with their programs.

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CedTPA: Unpacking the Rubrics - Michael Zelenak, Clinician

This session will provide insight into the edTPA scoring process with the intent to maximize candidate portfolio scores.Connections will be drawn between responses required for Tasks 1, 2, and 3 and their associated rubrics. In addition, thepresenter will provide examples to clarify the “thinking behind the rubrics.” This session is recommended for music educationstudents applying for certification, cooperating teachers, and university supervisors.

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DGetting the Most Out of the Bow - Robert Gillespie, Clinician

A sequence of rote teaching strategies and pedagogy for developing the bowing skills of string students in the heterogeneousschool orchestra. Session will include demonstrations of ideas for teaching bow hand shape, direction changes, string crossings,and detache, staccato, Martele, and spiccato bow strokes in the heterogeneous string class.

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumPanel - Conference Orientation for Collegiates

A panel discussion providing tips and advice for collegiates to help navigate the conference.

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BTogetherness! Achieving an Excellent Unified Choral Sound - Damion Womack, Clinician

This presentation will offer an extremely concise look into the subject of how to develop a unified healthy and artistic vocal tonein any choral ensemble regardless of size, age, and skill level. This session will also highlight some creative vocal exercises andtechniques for use in any choral setting. Other formative topics will include vocal placement and seating arrangements within thechoral ensemble. The following vocal techniques I have used have come down through the years from conductor to conductor andthe pedagogy I will talk about is consistent with the ideas of many other successful choral conductors.

9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JThe World is Your Oyster! Building Cross-Curricular Connections through Folk Music and MovementValerie Diaz Leroy, Clinician

Music is truly a universal language; one that can take students on a tour of the globe from the comfort of your music classroom. Inthis session, we’ll explore folk songs from cultures around the world, using movement, instruments, improvisation, andtechnology to extract solid cross-curricular connections in geography, history, and language - all while meeting your generalmusic objectives. Participants will walk away with activities they can implement right away to create lessons that connect everycorner of the school campus, and beyond!

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9:00-10:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 KBuild It and They Will Learn - Amanda Slay, Clinician

Cuts to middle school choir programs, decreasing instructional time in the elementary music class, scheduling conflicts,remediation...the list could go on from here. Circumstances like these and various others often make it difficult for students togain and retain any music skills before 9th grade. As a result, choir teachers are facing an increasing number of beginning levelsingers in the high school setting. In this session, participants will take away methods to build sight-singing skills that lead tosuccess in the assessment room and overall increased music literacy. Instructional strategies will be based on movable do, labased minor and rhythmic counting.

9:00 AM-4:30 PM FAME - Sheraton Forum 2 E

9:30-11:00 AM Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - BJCC East 3 N-O

10:15-11:05 AM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallSouthside High School Wind Ensemble, Matt Weaver, Conductor

10:15-11:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-IUnderstanding and Implementing the 2017 Alabama Course of Studies - Becky Halliday, Clinician

This session addresses the newly revised Alabama Course of Studies and resources that both support its structure and clarify itsimplementation. Session attendees are encouraged to bring devices that have internet access so that the online platform(INSIGHT) may also be explored.

10:15-11:15 AM Interest Session - Forum 2-CDon't Stress: Helpful Tips on Literature Selection & Concert Programming as a New Choral DirectorStacy Daniels, Clinician

As new choral directors our jobs are extremely hard. Out of our many duties and tasks we have, selecting concert literature andconcert programming is the hardest and most important. This session will provide new teachers with ideas to make selectingliterature easier as well as providing a quality learning experience through selected literature for students and meaningful,engaging concert programs for audiences.

10:15-11:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BGetting the Right Job for You - Anne Witt, Clinician

Choosing the "right job for you" is very important! The goals of this session include replacing worry with plans and replacing fearwith confidence. Participants will examine their strengths and preferences, change passive resumes into "energetic" ones, andlearn from teachers who wish they had chosen a different job. In small groups, we will practice interviews, using questions thatare common. Bring a printed copy of your resume if you have one. This session is not just for new teachers; experiencedteachers are more than welcome to share their stories.

10:15-11:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DTaming the Intemperate Classroom - Tiffany Brown and Terrance Brown, Clinicians

Participants will learn how to monitor their own vocal health while being an active private and ensemble instructor. Vocalexcersises, methodologies, and healthy speech patterns used to provide better vocal amplification during lesson deliver will beexplored in the presentation.

10:15-11:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JBucketing for Beginners and Beyond - Viktoria Truesdail

This hands-on session will provide teachers with the skills necessary to feel comfortable teaching bucket drumming in theirclassrooms. Two different approaches to teaching this fun and exciting activity will be addressed. First, participants will be leadthrough ideas for using bucket drumming to enhance and expand rhythmic learning. The second approach will focus on usingthe Language Arts and teaching bucket drumming through playing syllables of words. Participants will learn how to create simplerepeated patterns and tie them together with a rocking base rhythm to compose their own pieces. This can then be taken into theclassroom and modeled for students, so they can compose their own pieces!

11:00 AM Lobby Performance: JSU Flute Ensemble - Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

11:30 AM Grand Opening of the Exhibits - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

11:30 AM-5:30 PM Exhibits Open - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom



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12:00-1:00 PM FAME Luncheon - Sheraton Forum 3 K

12:00-1:00 PM Past President’s Luncheon - BJCC East 1 A-B

12:00-1:00 PM HED Luncheon - BJCC East 1 C

12:30 PM Lobby Performance: Alabama School of Fine Arts Chamber EnsembleSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:00-2:00 PM Interest Session - Forum 2 AuditoriumMusic Teacher Educator RoundtableEdward “Ted” Hoffman, Nancy Barry, Jane Kuehne, Michael Zelenak

Lightning talks followed by a roundtable discussion for music teacher educators and other interested college and universityfaculty. Topics for conversation will include the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educator Tests, release of the 2017 AlabamaCourse of Study, and related Course of Study tools.

1:00-2:00 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DAOA Chamber Music Master Class

1:00-2:00 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BProjects for Every Process: Encouraging Students to Create, Perform, Respond AND ConnectCatherine Dwinel, Clinician

Create Perform, Respond, and Connect are the foundation of any music class. Creating simple projects that can be assessed inthese four artistic processes can be challenging and time consuming. This workshop will demonstrate great project ideas that are,fun, time saving and easy to assess. Get a head start on this week’s lesson planning with tangible tips and sample access toresources you can use right away!

1:00-2:00 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JStory Magic! Children’s Literature In The Elementary Music Classroom - Darla Meek, Clinician

Add another dimension to your classroom with the soprano recorder! There is no need to pull out music stands and studentpractice books. This child-developmental approach transforms recorder playing into an integral part of the music classroomexperience, rather than an isolated unit. The lessons are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. Comediscover how to guide your students beyond simple drill and into the realm of making art with the soprano recorder! Anextensive handout and power point materials will be made available to all participants.

1:00-2:00 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallJSU Jazz/Latin Ensembles - Andrew Nevala and Thomas McCutchen, Conductors

1:00-2:00 PM All-State Jazz Bands Registration/Check-In - BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Room Lobby

1:00-3:00 PM AVA Concert Session - BJCC East BallroomHoover High School Senior Honors Choir - John Kincaid, ConductorHewitt-Trussville High School Chamber Choir - Allen Gillespie, ConductorMountain Brook High School Chamber Choir - Charles Henry, ConductorSpain Park High School Chamber Choir- Jim Schaeffer, Conductor

1:30 PM Lobby Performance: American Christian Academy Chamber EnsembleSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:30-5:00 PM Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - BJCC East 3 N-O

2:00-5:00 PM All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsals - BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-IIt Takes 25 Miles to Turn a Cruise Ship - Jerell Horton, Clinician

After spending 14 of my 17 years of teaching in one school, I started to think back on some of the things my associate directorand I experienced that my be helpful to other. We learn quite a bit about pedagogy in our teacher education programs, but welearn very little about changing the culture of our music programs. I presented this presentation to the C-nafme chapter and Ithink this information may be interesting to any music program.



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2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CA Creative Duet: Mentoring Success for Emerging Educators - Jamila McWhirter, Clinician

The collaborative and creative nature of the music education mentoring process will be examined. Informal, formal, and organicmentoring relationships will be discussed. Creative strategies, real-life examples and experiences, and proactive preparationsteps such as developing a personal mission statement, setting a course of action, the importance of establishing a timecommitment to the mentoring relationship will be introduced and discussed. Participants will be actively engaged in exercises toassist them in shaping their own music education careers.

2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DMore Innovative Uses Of Technology In Your Orchestra Rehearsal - Joseph Brennan, Clinician

This session has been revised to include the iPad. Learn how to use technology in your secondary strings rehearsal to improve theplaying skills of your string students, increase their focus in rehearsal, as well as making your rehearsals more interesting,effective and efficient. Three areas of technology will be demonstrated: hardware, software, and the internet. Specific types ofhardware include: iPad, computers, metronomes, tuners, and document cameras. Software to be demonstrated include: freewaremetronomes and tuners, PowerPoint, Quicktime, word processing and other regularly available software applications that areinexpensive or free. Several internet sites, especially YouTube, will be demonstrated. Applications and rehearsal techniques foruse of technology in the rehearsal will be shown throughout the session. Many of the innovative uses of the technology shown,can be used right away in the rehearsal room with minimal expense, and equipment and software that is readily available; waysto set up and acquire technology equipment will be discussed.

2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumTaking Your Beginning Jazz Band To The Next Level - Mike Steinel, Clinician

You’re off to a great start with the basics of jazz but now you ask: “What’s Next?” Mike Steinel will provide rehearsal strategies todevelop: a more mature swing feel, better balance and blend, improved intonation, better sight-reading, and more characteristicjazz expression. Interpreting Latin, Rock and Funk feels will be addressed as well as improvisation concepts beyond the basicblues.

2:15-3:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JListen to the Teamwork! Rhythms of Cooperation for Elementary Music ClassroomsSteve Campbell, Clinician

Enhance the cooperative skills of your students through engaging, grade level rhythm chants and drum breaks that promoteteamwork and focus in the music classroom. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to lead several original drumarrangements for Kindergarten through 6th grade students. Each grade level has a unique rhythm chant and drum break that’sdesigned for students to play and perform successfully. Use these exciting, fun and effective drumming activities to encourageteamwork, cooperation and grade level pride in your music classroom!

2:30 PM Lobby Performance: Hillcrest High School Saxophone Quartet Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

3:30-4:20 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallHoover First Edition - Sallie White, Conductor

3:30-4:30 PM HED Recital - BJCC East Ballroom

3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-ISinging with Others: Authentic/In-Context Assessment in the Choral Classroom, Marvin Latimer, Clinician

Music educators, like all teachers, are tasked with assessments that are used for student feedback, grading, program assessment,and more. However, performance focused ensemble classes present unique challenges, including limitations in rehearsal time,personnel, resources, and valid assessment tools. The assessment strategy presented in this session allows students to submitreal-time documentation of their singing in an ensemble setting, a context that is authentic to the way in which choral studentsregularly perform. Discussion questions will include: Is this strategy a valid and reliable way to assess choristers? And how doteacher evaluations using this strategy compare to student self-evaluations? Please join us to learn more about this usefulassessment strategy and engage in a meaningful discussion about the assessment and evaluation of choristers as they "sing withothers.”

3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumDress Your Ankle Bones For Success - Joshua Meyer, Clinician

For a job interview, parent-teacher conference, or even a first date, visual impressions are vital. Except for the most vocal of us,we are typically seen before we are heard. As a result, “dress for success” has become a common thread of sage advice. This clinic



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will provide a variety of visual tools that will help you apply this same public image principle to your marching ensemble.Whether it be teaching great posture or lining a perfectly straight marching field, this session will address a variety of avenues toachieve a more professional visual presence, and as a result, a more professional sound.

3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DThe Art of Motivating Students: How Do I Get Them to Buy Into What I Want Them To Do?Robert Gillespie, Clinician

Motivating our clients: pre-adolescents and adolescents. Why do they do what they do? What do we know from research aboutthem and how do we use it to get them moving our way!

3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BComposition in the 21st Century Classroom - Adriana Janse van Rensburg, Clinician

How do I teach composition? I never had composition instruction at college! I don’t compose! This session will provide a wayforward through hands-on activities, ideas, inspiration, and a “how to” guide for introducing or expanding composition in theclassroom. Twentieth Century techniques, Media Poems, technology, graphic notation, soundscapes, triad-melody technique,multimedia projects, traditional notation, Aleatoric music, Video Fun, iPads, and more will be explored.

3:30-4:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum - 3 JMore Stories That Sing - Jeanette Shorey, Clinician

Cross curricular teaching is all the rage right now, and it's not just for classroom teachers! Channel your inner reading teacherand learn the skills necessary to integrate literacy skills without sacrificing your curriculum. This workshop uses children'spicture books to help students learn music skills like dynamics, rhythm, timbre, and much more. Lessons are geared towardsPreK through 5th grade and usually involve several extensions, allowing for multiple applications. Jeanette has a specialization inliteracy and can help music teachers speak the literacy lingo. In just a few easy steps, she can integrate reading skills into anytraditional music lesson. This workshop is full of good, usable information that music teachers will be able to take back to theirclassrooms and use right away.

3:30 PM Lobby Performance: University of Montevallo Saxophone QuartetSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

4:30-5:30 PM Exhibitor’s Reception - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

4:30 PM Lobby Performance: Shades Valley High School Chamber EnsemblesSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

5:00-5:30 PM All-State Jazz Bands Dinner - BJCC East Meeting Room H

5:30-6:30 PM HED/Collegiate Mixer - Sheraton Forum 3 K

5:30-7:00 PM All-State Jazz Bands Clinic with Wycliff Gordon - BJCC East Meeting Room H

7:00-9:00 PM All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

7:00-9:00 PM AMEA General Session - BJCC Concert HallAMEA Awards Alabama Symphony Orchestra


7:30 AM-1:00 PM Conference Registration Open - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

8:00-9:00 AM ABA Business Meeting - Sheraton Forum 3 G-I

8:00-9:00 AM AVA Business Meeting - Sheraton Forum 2 C

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DMindfulness and Visualization for Musicians: Developing a Powerful Pre-Performance RoutineTravis Baird, Clinician

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cultivate confidence on stage, and develop a personalized pre-performance routine. Participants will learn and practice a series ofresearch-based techniques, including performance visualization, mindfulness meditation, and breathing exercises. No prior experience with meditation or visualization is necessary. No props or special clothing are required. Musicians will learncrucial techniques for reducing performance anxiety, remaining focused on stage, and performing with confidence. Musicteachers of all levels will leave the workshop with enough introductory knowledge and experience that they will be able to sharewhat they’ve learned with their students.

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 ESecondary General Music Classes for the Other 80% - Shane Colquhoun, Clinician

Research suggests that in the United States, traditional large ensembles focusing on western classical music dominates musiceducation in secondary schools (eg. Williams, 2007 and Bates, 2011). The purpose of this session is to provide participants with(1) ideas for courses and lessons for secondary general music classes, and (2) to provide music educators with ideas to targetstudents who do not participate in band, choir, or orchestra ensembles.

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BHow to Put Together a Fabulous edTPA Portfolio - Patty Nelson, Clinician

A National scorer with more than 100 portfolios scored for Pearson, will show how to put together an edTPA portfolio which willhelp the scorer see that the candidate has fulfilled all the required elements.

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JAn Intro to Ukulele - Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Pull back the veil of mystery surrounding classroom implementation of the ukulele by presenting beginning skills for the teacherwith little ukulele experience. Acquire basic chords, strumming patterns, and techniques for your musicality. Discover great appshelpful tricks aimed as practical aid for the music class.

8:30 AM Lobby Performance: Alabama School of Fine Arts String OrchestraSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

8:30 AM-5:30 PM Exhibits Open - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom

9:00-11:00 AM Alabama Honor Choir Rehearsal - BJCC East 3 N-O

9:00 AM-12:00 PM All-State Jazz Bands Rehearsal - BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-ICoffee Talk for Band - Brandon Peters, Leah Seng, and David Caddell, Clinicians

Three middle school band directors (Brandon Peters, Hewitt-Trussville Middle School; Leah Seng, Pizitz Middle School; and DavidCaddell, Echols Middle School) with three different perspectives and viewpoints will offer insight into teaching middle school band.With a common belief that each of us share what we do best it makes us all better teachers and raises the bar of excellence forour programs and for bands in the state of Alabama. We will discuss Personal & Professional Responsibilities ranging fromexpectations to communication to social media. We will also touch on Culture & Climate within the middle school band programthrough relationships, classroom management, motivation, and recruiting. Finally we will discuss Rehearsal Strategies &Techniques through pacing, structure, planning, literature, and student engagement. This clinic is interactive. We will invite theaudience to join our conversation on Twitter by using a specific hashtag. They will be prompted to answer questions and guideour topics via Poll Anywhere. The audience conversation will be projected and visible for all attendees during the session. Thisclinic will be similar in style and concept to a session at Midwest 2015 entitled, Let's Talk Band, by four prominent band directorsin the state of Texas.

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CBasic Knowledge of Audio Physics, Wireless Mics and Sound Systems - Brian Stith, Clinician

Ever wonder why you have issues with your field or battery powered PA system? This session will answer that question andmany more by teaching you the basic physics of sound. You will also learn how to minimize wireless issues, and how to choosethe best equipment for your needs. This informative session can help you get the best use of the equipment you already own.This seminar is for any music educator who uses wireless and/or battery powered PA systems, and especially for those teacherswho use this equipment for outdoor ensembles / marching bands.

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DEssential Elements for Orchestra - Robert Gillespie, Clinician

Presenting the always developing, latest resources for teaching strings through Essential Elements for Strings Interactive—the




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most used string method series in the world. No, you do not have to be a computer guru. Easy, user friendly for both you and yourstudents. Come and see the latest new features. Always free if you use EE for Strings!

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 EUniversal Design: Creating Classrooms Where Everyone Learns and Everyone BelongsEllary Draper, Clinician

Children in music classrooms vary greatly in their backgrounds, capabilities, interests, and levels of motivation. Teachers who usea universal approach consider individual learning needs and create music learning environments that benefit all of their students.This session will include practical strategies to design accessible, equitable, and flexible programs that consider student'sindividual strengths and needs through multiple ways to relate information, motivate students, and increase their success,enjoyment, and participation.

9:15-10:15 AM Elementary Division Business Meeting - Sheraton Forum 3 J

9:15-10:15 AM AVA Concert Session - BJCC East BallroomBragg Middle School Mixed Choir - Debbie Gray, ConductorJames Clemens High School Mixed Choir - Harris Gessner, Conductor

9:30 AM Lobby Performance: Troy University Trombone Quartet 1 - Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

10:30 AM-12:00 PM AMEA General Session - BJCC Concert HallFeatured Performing Group - VoctaveKeynote: Inspired Teaching: Is It Talent Or Is It Genius? Peter Boonshaft, Clinician

A poignant and uplifting description of what is at the heart of being a music teacher: the essence of what we do and why we do it.

12:00-1:00 PM Phi Beta Mu Luncheon - BJCC East 1 A-B

12:00-1:00 PM Collegiate Luncheon - Sheraton Forum 3 K

12:30 PM Lobby Performance: Auburn Jr. High School Chamber EnsemblesSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

1:00-2:00 PM AVA Concert Session - BJCC East BallroomAlabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus - Trey Holladay, ConductorIndian Springs School Concert Choir - Andrew Dibble, Conductor

1:00-3:00 PM HED/Research Poster Session - Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom Lobby


1:15-2:05 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallHillcrest High School Wind Ensemble, Kevin Thomas, Conductor

1:15-2:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumYour Elementary Choral Toolkit: Technique, Technology, and Transformation! Valerie Diaz Leroy, Clinician

Discover exciting new techniques for developing vocal independence in your students through a combination of solid pedagogyand the integration of engaging technology. Who says you can’t teach an old song with new tricks? Participants will unpack avariety of folk songs, partner songs, canons and more as they learn to target the variety of skill levels in an elementary choir andwalk away with a printed Octavo and sample access to adaptable rehearsal tools they can use in their classroom right away fromthe engaging and educational world of QuaverMusic.com. Quaver Choral Resources equip Elementary Music Specialists to cover avast breadth of musical concepts, vocal techniques, and transferable skills to take their singers into middle school and beyond!

1:15-2:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JThe Rhythm is Here! A World Music Journey in Rhythm and Song! - Steve Campbell, Clinician

Travel the world to learn rhythms and songs from Africa, South America, the Caribbean and the USA! In this interactive session,participants play arrangements for drums and xylophones that showcase some of the signature styles and sounds of these fourgeographic and cultural regions of the globe. An all-encompassing finale piece brings these regions together with a choralarrangement accompanied by drums, xylophones and movement. Enhance the multi-cultural offerings in your music classroom toshow your students that the rhythm is here, the rhythm is there, the rhythm of the world is everywhere!



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1:15-3:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DJW Pepper Orchestra Reading Session


2:00 PM Lobby Performance: Troy University Flute Ensemble - Sheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

2:00-3:00 PM Interest Session - BJCC East BallroomVoctave Session for AVA

2:30-3:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-IWarm-up and Ensemble Development Exercises that Work! - Peter Boonshaft, Clinician

This session offers specific exercises you can use to develop ensemble performance. These focused warm-ups isolate and targetimprovement in the areas of balance, blend, intonation, rhythm, rhythmic subdivision, listening, articulation, dynamics andvirtually every aspect of large ensemble playing. Useful for band conductors and teachers of any level: elementary school, middleschool and high school.

2:30-3:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BGuitar for Children of All Abilities: ChordBuddy makes playing easy and fun! - Deanna Bell, Clinician

ChordBuddy is excited to welcome the Vestavia Hills Elementary East performers. Music Teacher Deanna Bell will use our guestperformers to demonstrate key strategies of success for an elementary guitar classroom. Come learn how to incorporateformative assessments, garageband, and standards-based assessments during our session! ChordBuddy is the fastest way to teachguitar to children of all abilities.

2:30-3:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CHow to Survive Your First Year Teachering - Patrick Moore, Clinician

Teaching is a fun but scary thing, and there are many unknowns to look forward to. The first year of teaching can be the mostdifficult one of them all. Here I will outline ten things that I found very important during my first year of teaching that help madeit a success. Clinic topics will include, networking, managing your surroundings, planning ahead, and more

2:30-3:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JForm and Function: Ukulele and the Blues Form - Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Incorporate movement, elemental music, and the ukulele with the blues form culminating in a performance-ready piece whilepresenting numerous elementary music concepts, including improvisation and the blues pentatonic scale. Participants willexperience a possible ukulele sequential process discussing ways to adapt and differentiate to the needs of the student to enablestudent success.

3:15-4:15 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumCreating A Unison For Beginning Boys - Dan Davison, Clinician

Dan Davison discusses methods for helping young male singers to tune in choir. Topics include: voice testing, matching pitcheswith male teachers, matching pitches with female teachers, what to do with the unchanged voice, what to do with the VERYchanged voice, using competition to your advantage

3:30 PM Lobby Performance: Wicksburg High School Saxophone EnsembleSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

3:45-4:35 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallRedstone Brass, Bill Connell, Conductor

3:45-4:45 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-ICreating Creative Musicians - Greg LeFils, Clinician

Conductors often confidently exclaim that singing in choir breeds the development of creativity, problem-solving skills, and criticalthinking. Evidence however points out that our students are more frequently obedient direction followers. This session willexplore ways in which conductors can create more opportunities to foster ingenuity, musicianship, student leadership, enhancingperformance, musical literacy, and rehearsal engagement.

3:45-4:45 PM AOA Business Meeting - Sheraton Forum 2 D

3:45-4:45 PM Music For All “I65 Summit” - BJCC East 1 C

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4:00-4:45 PM Elementary Concert Session - BJCC East BallroomMitchell Elementary Honor Chorus - Doris Day, Conductor

4:30 PM Lobby Performance: Huntsville High School Chamber EnsemblesSheraton, Birmingham Ballroom Lobby

4:30-5:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 AuditoriumFinding and Adapting Literature To Fit The Ranges Of Your Boys - Dan Davison, Clinician

Dan Davison will give suggestions on finding music for boys. Topics include: how to pinpoint the ranges of your boys, how tofind music that caters to your needs, ways to avoid lumping all boys into one section, when to use octave displacement, how todecide when to rewrite a section, looking at SATB music by looking at TB first, how to decide on how much "license" to take inrearranging, arranging your choir configurations so as to make music selection easier.

6:30-7:15 PM Alabama Honor Choir Dress Rehearsal - BJCC Concert Hall


7:30-8:15 PM AVA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallAlabama Honor Choir - JD Frizzell, Clinician

8:30-9:30 PM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JElementary/General Evening Session - Steve Campbell, Clinician

8:30-9:30 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallPelham High School Wind Ensemble - Justin Ward, Conductor

8:00-9:00 AM ABA Business Meeting - Sheraton Forum 3 G-I

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CNew Media: Tips for Creating Web and Print Projects to Market Your Music Programs and EventsSean Murray, Clinician

This session will examine strategies for marketing your program via video, social and print media. We will also give basictutorials on using computer programs to create graphic design projects for use on websites, in social media and in publications.

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BThe Craft Behind the Art: Foundational Techniques for Healthy SingingIan Loeppky and Tiffany Bostic-Brown, Clinicians

The participant will discover ways to combat common challenges with the maturing voice to enable their students to sing withgreater accuracy, confidence, and ease. The basics of vocal pedagogy will be covered with a focus on specific problems in thesinging classroom, such as registration, projection, and body use. Vocal exercises, warm-ups, and other resources (both in printand online) will be provided and discussed.

8:00-9:00 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JJourney Around the Globe with Recorder! - Darla Meek, Clinician

Add another dimension to your classroom with the soprano recorder! There is no need to pull out music stands and studentpractice books. This child-developmental approach transforms recorder playing into an integral part of the music classroomexperience, rather than an isolated unit. The lessons are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context. Comediscover how to guide your studentsbeyond simple drill and into the realm of making art with the soprano recorder! An extensive handout and power point materialswill be made available to all participants.

8:00-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 DAOA Chamber Music Master Class

9:00-10:00 AM All-State Jazz Bands Final Rehearsal - BJCC East Third Floor Meeting Rooms D, F, J, and L

9:15-10:15 AM AVA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallAlabama A&M University Choir - Horace R. Carney, ConductorUniversity of Alabama University Singers - Andrew Minear, Conductor


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9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 G-INew Literature for the Middle/High School Jazz Ensemble - Andrew Nevala, Clinician

Sponsored by J.W. Pepper & Son, this session will present new Jazz Ensemble music for the Middle, Jr. High, and High School JazzEnsemble. Each attendee will be given a booklet with the scores of each piece performed; each piece performed will also bedescribed before it is performed, informing the listener about the style, ranges, key passages, and difficulty level. The Ensemblewill consist of State of Alabama Jazz Educators, including Collegiate, High School, and Middle School Directors. Participants alreadycommitted include: Dr. Andy Nevala (Director of Jazz Studies at JSU), Dr. Tony McCutchen (Department Chair at JSU), Chris Kozak(Director of Jazz Studies at U of A), Steven Roberts (Director of Jazz Studies at UAB), Demondrae Thurman (Samford), Sallie White(Hoover HS), Kim Bain (Pizitz MS), and many more to complete a full Jazz Ensemble. J.W. Pepper & Son will provide all the music,as well as the booklet of scores handed out to the conference attendees.

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 CSolo & Ensemble; How to Make it Work in Your Band Program and Reap the BenefitsDavid Pryor, Clinician

Many directors find it difficult to make Solo & Ensemble Festival work in their band program. I will show not only how it canwork, but will show the steps that can actually make it easier years down the road. I will go through the organizational part ofgetting it going and making it become a priority in the program. Discussion on music, especially for the younger player, will becovered and how it can help motivate your young band members to become better players.

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BAround the World in 60 Minutes: Multiple Stops to Explore International Band MusicJoe Brashier, Clinician

There are a plethora of international publishers and composers whose music is not readily available in the United States. FromBoris Pigovat to Chen Qian, learn the Ps and Qs of wind band repertoire from an international perspective.

9:15-10:15 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JProcess! Process! Process! - Roger Sams, Clinician

What is it that makes a lesson go beautifully in our classrooms? It is the teaching process and the way in which the learningactivities are sequenced to take the students incrementally through the process of learning and music making. Roger will modellessons with clear process and lead small group discussions about teaching process and the importance of paying attention tohow you sequence lessons.

10:30-11:45 AM Lightening Round Session - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BTen-Minute Presentations on Multiple Topics by Multiple Presenters

Timothy Beattie - Make Your Marching Band Better With Data (or prepare for Friday Night like a football coach)Jeremy Benson - Teaching and Improving Vibrato on the Front RowDavid McCullough - Why Teach Music?Andrew Lynge - A Practical Approach for Developing the Concert Buzz Roll Within Your High School StudentsMary McGowan - Teaching Tips from the Trenches Jim Schaeffer - Bringing Your Classroom Walls to Life with AurasmaJason Sulliman - More than just a Game: Cultivating Music Practice Habits from the Industry of Online Gaming

10:30-11:30 AM Interest Session - Sheraton Forum 3 JFolk Songs and Games with a Twist of Ukulele - Lorelei Batislaong, Clinician

Explore folk song tradition infused with ukulele. Experience ways to make the ukulele a truly integrated part of the general musicclassroom in a process-based and sequential way that makes it accessible to the student and the teacher. Let’s sing, say, dance, andplay the ukulele!

10:30 AM-12:30 PM ABA Concert Session - BJCC Concert HallAll-State Jazz Bands

1:00-3:00 PM ABA Adjudicator’s Clinic - Sheraton Forum 3 G-I

1:00-3:00 PM AMEA Young Teachers Seminar - Sheraton Forum 2 A-BA Music Teacher’s Guide to Survive and Thrive! - David Vanderwalker, Clinician

1:00-3:00 PM AMEA Governing Board Meeting - Sheraton Forum 3 K

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