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PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT SECRETARY BRAD LAMPE JACQUELYN MEUNIER MICHAEL GoLEMo STEVEN CooK 145 S SHERRYLYNN BLVD. 2316 RED oAK DR. COMMITTEE CHAIRS MAGAZINE EDITOR PLEASANT HILL, IA 50327 AMES, IA 50014 TREASURER DICK REDMAN AARoN NUSS CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT JAYSoN GERTH IBA MAGAZINE-OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION NATHAN SLETTEN VOL . 73 published by Pella Printing Co., Inc., Pella, Iowa 50219 NO. 2 CONFERENCE EXHIBITS DAN STECKER ELECTIONS JERRY BERTRAND CONTENTS HISTORIAN President’s Message ...... 6 MARY CRANDELL President-Elect’s Thoughts ...... 7 PARLIAMENTARIAN FRED STARK Past President’s Report ...... 9 WEBMASTER Meet the IBA District Presidents ...... 10-11 ELIZABETH FRITZ In the Spotlight – Lisbon Community Schools ...... 12-13 MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR How Did It Begin? – Iowa All-State Music Festival ...... 14-17 JIM FRITZ ELEMENTARY AFFAIRS Band Talk with Mike Green ...... 18-20 ERIC LINS Iowa JEI News ...... 21 J.H./M.S. AFFAIRS They Continue to Serve – Ross Leeper ...... 22-23 ANN KAMP Karl King Performances ...... 24-25 CONCERT BAND AFFAIRS STEVE STICKNEY IBA Audition Repertoire from Selected Honor Bands ...... 26-28 MARCHING BAND AFFAIRS Band Performance Application Form ...... 30 MICHAEL PETERS Guidelines for Selection of Performing Bands at IBA Conference ...... 31 JAZZ BAND AFFAIRS RYAN ARP Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors ...... 34-35 COLLEGE AFFAIRS Maquoketa’s Timber City Band ...... 36 JoAN DeALBUQUERQUE Iowa Municipal Band Festival 2014 ...... 37-38 I.B.A.R.D. JAY NUGENT Iowa Alliance for Education ...... 38-39 MAJOR LANDERS In Memoriam – John Peter Kassler ...... 40 DALENE o’BRIEN Contest Results ...... 41 MENTORSHIP CHRIS EWAN District News ...... 42-45 ENDOWMENT FUND IBA Financial Reports ...... 46-54 GENE GRoSS IBA Summet Meeting Reports ...... 55-64 PUBLIC RELATIONS MARY ANDERSEN ADVERTISERS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DANIEL GALYEN Bob Rogers Travel ...... Inside Front Cover STUDENT AFFAIRS Cedar Valley Fundraising ...... 11 BRENT MEAD Graceland University ...... 57 TECHNOLOGY Grand View University ...... 60 CHAD CRISWELL IASMD ...... 44 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS Iowa Lakes Community College ...... 8 NORTHWEST CoLLEEN HECHT Iowa State University Department of Music ...... 33 NORTH CENTRAL Morningside College ...... 51 KURT KISSINGER Ray’s Midbell Music ...... 60 NORTHEAST Rieman Music ...... 33 STEVE SHANLEY Simpson College ...... 32 SOUTHWEST DoN STRUVE Star Destinations ...... 32 SOUTH CENTRAL University of Iowa ...... 29 JAYSoN GERTH University of Northern Iowa School of Music ...... 1 SOUTHEAST University of South Dakota Department of Music ...... 4 MYRoN M cREYNoLDS Wartburg College ...... Inside Back Cover HONORARY MEMBERS West Music ...... 3 JIM CoFFIN Yamaha Corporation of America ...... 5 RAY E. CRAMER MARK S. KELLY WESToN NoBLE “We are the Music-Makers” “We are the Dreamers of Dreams”
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Festivals & Workshops Outstanding Faculty — Exceptional Teaching 12th Annual USD All State Chorus Workshop Dr. Jonathan Alvis Dr. Rolf Olson Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Colton Recital Hall Low Brass, Director of Athletic Bands Director of Bands, Brass Choir, Trumpet Contact Dr. David Holdhusen, 605-677-5275 [email protected] Timothy Campbell Dr. Gary L. Reeves Voice, Choral Associate Director of Bands, Horn 32nd Annual Quad State Field Marching Competition Dr. Darlene Fett Dr. Richard Rognstad Saturday, October 18, 2014, DakotaDome Music Education Orchestra, Double Bass Contact Dr. Jonathan Alvis, 605-677-5727 [email protected] Dr. Marie-Elaine Gagnon Dr. Larry Schou Cello, Rawlins Piano Trio Dean, College of Fine Arts, Organ South Dakota Vocal Arts Festival Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland Dr. Susanne Skyrm Thursday, November 13, 2014 Voice, Opera Piano Contact Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland, 605-677-5719 [email protected] Dr. Susan Keith Gray Dr. Darin Wadley 15th Annual Quad State Honor Band Piano, Rawlins Piano Trio Percussion Dr. Brandon Hendrickson January 25–26, 2015 Voice, Opera ADJUNCTS Contact Dr. Rolf Olson, 605-677-5726 [email protected] Dr. David Holdhusen Mike Hilson Interim Chair, Director of USD Graduate Student Auditions Guitar Saturday, February 14, 2015 Choral Activities Dr. Eunho Kim Dr. John Klinghammer Contact Dr. Dave Moskowitz, 605-677-5716 [email protected] Clarinet Violin, Viola, Rawlins Piano Trio USD Music Scholarship Auditions Dr. Christopher Kocher Stephanie Kocher Flute Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 21, 2015 Saxophone, Jazz Saturday, February 7, 2015 – West River Dr. Paul Lombardi Lorrie Thomas Bassoon Contact Dr. David Holdhusen, 605-677-5275 [email protected] Music Theory/Composition Dr. David Moskowitz 21st Annual John and Genevieve Truran Music History High School Piano Competition Director of Graduate Studies Saturday, February 14, 2015, Colton Recital Hall Contact Dr. Susan Keith Gray, 605-677-5724 [email protected] 20th Annual USD Spring Orchestra Festival Friday, March 6, 2015 Contact Dr. Richard Rognstad, 605-677-5722 [email protected] 40th Annual USD Coyote Jazz Festival +B[[&OTFNCMFTt4IPX$IPJSTt7PDBM+B[[&OTFNCMFT Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Contact Dr. Christopher Kocher, 605-677-5728 [email protected] Entry fee due February 1, 2015. No refunds after March 1, 2015.
4 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 5 President’s Message By Jacquelyn Meunier
The President’s Message has taken on many forms over the years, each president met with a similar challenge: to offer our membership valuable and worthy thoughts to ponder regarding the world of band. The wealth of knowledge that has been shared is truly remarkable. The goal of keeping up is daunting, but one I am honored to attempt to meet each time I sit down and face the blank page. As I find myself pondering the multitude of subjects on which I would like to write, I am interrupted by the sound of a new notification chime on my computer. I cave to my curiosity and while reading the message, the direction of my article becomes clear. The message contained a health update regarding a close friend and music colleague who had recently been in a tragic accident. Today, she had opened her eyes and looked around after being unresponsive for several days. What a miracle! A number of our music colleagues have recently experienced unfortunate and life- altering events. Those who are traveling tough roads need to know that we are here and that we support them. I believe we have a duty to look out for our members and to reach out as much as possible. Whether it is an illness, a job loss, or an automobile accident, these types of occurrences should give us all pause. They should encourage us to take time to consider the most important elements of our daily lives. I know that I have a tendency to take the freedoms given to me for granted. It is human nature to not see our everyday burdens as blessings. What if we did? What if the first and last thing we did each day was to visualize our days stripped of every freedom? Would we approach that needy student differently? Would the same wrong notes being played over and over by our bands affect us the same way? Would the paper work that has nothing to do with teaching bother us as much? How about those frustrating e-mails? How would we respond to those? This time of year can bring about a high level of stress. Many of us are in the thick of the competitive marching band season, preparing students for All-State auditions, holding jazz band auditions, and preparing for pep band to begin. Not to mention preparing for our first concerts! It is easy, during this utter chaos, to lose sight of what really matters: the “impor - tant elements” in our lives. I have often considered trying to find a perspective partner. our responsibility would be to hold each other accountable for keeping focus on the important elements of life and reminding each other that tomorrow is promised to no one. I think that this would be a great idea for all of us to try. If you decide to do so, I would love to know how it goes! Business notes… The planning for the 2015 IBA Conference is coming along nicely. The dates of the conference are May 14-16, 2015. I am excited to announce our Young Conductor’s Clinician and Keynote Speaker will be Jack Stamp, Professor of Music and Director of Band Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Stamp is world renown and an exemplary conductor and musician. You will not want to miss the opportunity to watch him work and listen to him speak! The conference will feature a variety of clinics that will cover a wide range of subject areas for all grade levels. Please look for new clinics entitled “Skull Sessions.” These sessions will be designed for members to visit with a clinician about anything that they choose. I believe these will present some of the best learning opportunities for our membership. Have your questions, pencils and paper ready! I continue to receive requests for clinics. The deadline for clinic applications is November 1st, 2014. our annual fall business meeting will be held on Saturday, November 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Scheman Building at the Iowa All-State Music Festival. The Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and District Presidents will present reports. Progress made by our Standing Committees will also be reported at this meeting. If you have an item of interest that you would like to have included on the agenda, please contact me at [email protected]. The 2nd Annual Iowa Band Conductors Forum will be held at Iowa State University on January 23-24, 2015. If you are looking for a FREE opportunity to get yourself rejuvenated and your spirits uplifted in the dead of winter, you will want to attend this event. Last year, the University of Northern Iowa hosted the forum. The response of those who attended was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees came away from the experience feeling refreshed and excited to tackle the rest of the school year. Contact Michael Golemo for more information at [email protected]. Last, but not least, please remember IBA Conference Performance application forms for the 2015 IBA Conference are due December 12, 2014, and all recordings are due January 21, 2015. Recordings should be addressed and sent to Michael Golemo. Mailing and contact information will be outlined in Michael’s President-Elect article. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the Conference Band Selection Guidelines. They can be found under the Pre-Conference Forms section on the Iowa Bandmasters website. I wish you all a wonderful fall semester! Take time to consider what truly matters and try hard not to lose sight of what is most important in life! I look forward to seeing you in November.
6 The Iowa Bandmaster President-Elect’s Thoughts By Michael Golemo
Greetings from Ames! I hope that you are having a successful year. There is always a certain rhythm and ritual to each school year, and now is the time we make the transition from marching band to concert band. Remind your students to continue to play with energy and intensity, but with an “indoor” focus on tone, intonation and dynamics. If you are interested in having your band perform at this year’s Iowa Bandmasters Association conference, know that your application form must be postmarked by December 12, and that your performance recording must be postmarked by January 21. The application form and the guidelines for the selection of performing bands, which includes information regarding the actual recording requirements, are available on the IBA website. Look on the left side of the webpage, and under “Conference” you’ll see a link for “Pre- Conference Forms.” Follow that link and you’ll find two separate files that will provide you with the forms and the guidelines. Please send your application forms and recordings to me at 2316 Red oak Dr., Ames, IA 50014, and please contact me with any questions or concerns about the process. Also, you’ll want to reserve the dates of January 23-24 to be with us in Ames for the second annual “Iowa Band Conductors Forum.” This is a FREE workshop for all band conductors to refine our skills, learn repertoire, share ideas, attend masterclass sessions, and have the opportunity to conduct an ensemble with a critiqued video recording. In short, our focus is on music making and how to do that better. Last year was the “inaugural event” at the University of Northern Iowa, and Ron Johnson truly pulled out all the stops and hosted a sensational forum. This event was the brainchild of Professor Johnson, and it will be challenging to make this year’s event as successful as what he provided last year. The “Iowa Band Conductors Forum” will be rotated among four state institutions. These include the University of Northern Iowa (Ron Johnson), the University of Iowa (Richard Mark Heidel), Drake University (Robert Meunier), and Iowa State University (yours truly). This is a unique event, supported by our four institutions, in an attempt to reach out and help improve everyone in our profession in the state of Iowa. Please “save the dates” of January 23-24 and plan to be with us. Details regarding this event will be sent through IBA district presidents and school email lists. Lastly, remember to take advantage of the resources that IBA provides. Attend meetings, read our magazine, visit our website, and encourage those band directors that you know who are not members of IBA to support us (and themselves!) and become a member. A larger and more active IBA membership creates a stronger IBA membership. I look forward to seeing you at the annual IMEA conference. Best wishes to you and your bands!
Don ’t Forget to Make Reservations for the Annual IBA Spring Conference May 14-16, 2015
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Past-President’s Report By Brad Lampe
What a difference a year makes. At this time last year I was knee deep in IBA emails and conference scheduling logistics and planning. The IBA Immediate Past President role is more of an advisory position and the pace of the office is far less hectic! I do, however, miss the hustle and bustle of the president position. It was a very rewarding time for me. Thanks again for the opportunity to be able to serve the IBA membership in that capacity. our band is about to embark on our “competition weekends” for band and I have had some thoughts about competition that I would like to share with you. I am constantly telling my band that our intent is not to try and beat another band. We have to improve ourselves and reach the highest level of musicianship and performance that we can. If that lands us in a high placing at a competition, great! If it doesn’t, we have to reassess and reevaluate our own performance and product and try to make improvements. We can learn from other bands whether they place ahead or behind us. I tell them to watch other bands and learn something from their performance be it good or bad. Competition is the vehicle to motivate us to reach our highest potential. I also tell the band that judges are doing the best that they can. Some judges are better at their job than others. All judging is subjective. Subjective judging can cause us to place well at one competition and not very well at the next. Such is the nature of subjective judging of musical performances. We can whine and complain about judging but I don’t think that we teach good coping skills to our students when we allow whining and complaining about judging into our instruction or teaching. The sooner students learn that life isn’t always fair, the better off they will be. I always listen to the judge’s comments. I then take the comments that I think will be most helpful and constructive for our band, and I try to make the changes or improvements that they suggest. I don’t always play all of the judge’s comments for the students. I let them listen to the judges that are constructive and helpful without being condescending or demoralizing. I try to use competition as a vehicle towards curriculum achievement and musical excellence. If our prime reason for competing is to bring home trophies, I think we have missed the mark. I don’t want my students to feel like they have failed if we don’t win or we place lower than we expect. I want the band to assess our own performance and feel good about their individual effort. They need to enjoy and focus on the process and the journey rather than being focused on the final product and contest results. Don’t get me wrong. It’s rewarding and nice to place high or receive a high rating. I enjoy it when we do! But I try not to make it the focal point of what we do and how we do it. Traveling to a competition fosters teamwork, camaraderie, and responsibility as well as pushing our groups toward musical goals. Many freshman band members learn a great deal about the logistics of travel in our first excursions. our senior band members and band officers are responsible for loading and unload - ing the equipment trailer, attendance and behavior monitoring at these events so student leadership is extremely important on these trips. I think our students learn a great deal about individual responsibilities. They discover that every person is important to our success. I'm a pretty competitive person so making sure all of my competitive personality traits stay educational is a challenge for me. I have found over the years that competitive juices can be effective if used in the right way. They provide the drive we need to excel and strive for excellence but if left unchecked can result in an “ends justifies the means” mentality. The ends do not justify the means and will not result in a long-term positive memory for your students. The character development and musical experiences they receive from focusing on the process and journey is what will give your students the memories and successes that we are all striving to achieve. Use competitions in a way that will benefit you, your program, and most importantly, your students. Competitions can be educational!
The Iowa Bandmaster 9 Meet the IBA District Presidents Jayson Gerth, SCIBA, President Jayson Gerth, co-director of bands at Southeast Polk High School, leads the jazz program, concert band, and shares the directorship of the marching band. Prior to comin g to Southeast Polk, he was the director of bands at Saydel High School in Des Moines, Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming, and the Guttenberg, Iowa Community Schools. Jayson holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drake University and a Master of Music degree in Tuba Performance from the University of Wyoming. Jayson is former principal tubist of the Wyoming Symphony orchestra. He has received the 2000 Casper (WY) Star-Tribune “Star Teacher” Award, and was recognized by the Natrona County School District as an “outstanding Educator” in 2002 and 2004. Further, Mr. Gerth has served as the Executive Director of the University of Wyoming Summer Music Camp and was head marching instructor for the Wyoming All-State Marching Band during their appearance at the 2004 Rose Parade. Bands under Jayson's directon have appeared at the IBA Conference and at the JEN (Jazz Education Network) National Conference. In 2013, he was nominated for the Grammy Music Educator Award. He lives in Ankeny with his wife Krista, daughter Abby, and sons Tyler and Nathan.
Steve Shanley, NEIBA President Steve Shanley is in his fourth year as an assistant professor of music at Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA), where he coordinates the music education and jazz study programs, teaches music education courses, and directs the jazz band. He is also the music director and conductor of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, a professional ensemble that performs over 20 concerts each year. Prior to his full-time appointment to Coe, Shanley spent 11 years teaching middle and high school music in the Cedar Rapids Community School District. In addition to teaching, he frequently plays keyboard for touring Broadway shows, local theatrical productions, jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras, rock bands, and other ensembles. Shanley has an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator and accompanist, and he is also in demand as a composer and arranger. over 1,000 of his works have been performed by marching bands, jazz bands, con - cert bands, orchestras, brass bands, and choirs throughout the United States, Asia and Europe. Shanley is currently Vice President of the Jazz Educators of Iowa (JEI), President of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association, and Co-Chair of the Iowa Jazz Championships. In addition, he served as an exam reader for College Board Advanced Placement Music Theory and was the founding president of JEI.
Kurt Kissinger, NCIBA President Kurt Kissinger is in his second year as the NCIBA District President. He is in his fifth year as the Director of Instrumental Music at Algona Community Schools. His teaching assignment includes high school concert band, marching band, jazz band, pep band, small ensembles and individual lessons. He also teaches all 5-12 percussion lessons, a high school guitar class, and the middle school jazz band. Prior to Algona he taught instrumental music at the Lake Mills Community School for three years. Kurt earned his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2007. He earned his Master of Music Education Degree from the University of Northern Iowa in 2011. He has performed as a percussionist in several notable ensembles, including the St. Cloud Symphony orchestra, Minnesota Brass Incorporated Drum & Bugle Corps and the North Iowa Concert Band. Kurt is the Worship Music Director at Grace Church in Algona. Kurt is blessed to be married to his wife, Abby, since 2006. He has three beautiful children: David, Paul and Evelyn.
10 The Iowa Bandmaster Don Struve, SWIBA President Don Struve was born in Audubon, Iowa and graduated from high school in 1968. He then attended Northwest Missouri State University where he received his bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music Education. Upon graduation, Don became a professional trumpet player and spent the next 24 years traveling over a million miles “on the road.” He left the road to spend more time with his wife and children and in 1994 became the band director in Walnut, Iowa, where he spent the next eight years. Don then became the band director at IKM-Manning and is beginning his thirteenth year as their 5-12 grade band director. one of the highlights for Don is that he was the first trumpet player to play “Taps” at the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) in Washington D.C. in 1982. Don Struve has been married to his wife, Brenda for 34 years. Brenda is a para-educator at IKM- Manning. Their son, David, is currently teaching history and economics at the Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. Their daughter, Kelli, is a senior at Northwest Missouri State University and is majoring in Elementary Education and Special Ed.
Colleen Hecht, NWIBA President Colleen Hecht is in her 5th year as director of bands at Newell-Fonda Community Schools. During her 27 years in music education, she has taught at Rockwell City- Lytton, Manson Northwest Webster, St. Lawrence, East Greene and Preston. Colleen graduated from Western Illinois University with a BA in Music Education and Music Therapy. Professional affiliations include IBA, NWIBA, JEI, ASBDA, ISEA and NFEA. Colleen and her husband, Evan, have two sons: Ben, a junior Ag Systems Technology Major at Iowa State and Zach, a senior at Newell-Fonda High School.
The Iowa Bandmaster 11 In the Spotlight Class 1A Band Program Lisbon Community Schools Jennifer Tiede, Director
The Lisbon Community School District is located in Linn County, 20 miles east of Cedar Rapids, serving 695 students from grades PK-12. Lisbon Community Schools is proud to offer “World Class opportunities with Community Pride.” Students are given opportunities to connect with the world through a 1:1 computing initiative with grades three through eight with ipads, and high school students with MacBook Airs to support their learning. This year, each classroom has been equipped with projectors and apple TVs to enhance learning. The instrumental music program receives great support from the school and benefits from many music perform - ance opportunities. The Lisbon High School band students represent nearly every extra-curricular activity within the school, with many who excel in other activities, athletics and academics. Lisbon is proud to have a strong and well- supported music program. The 5-12 band program is currently under the direction of Jennifer Tiede, who is in her third year at Lisbon. Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Band: Band instruction at Lisbon begins in the fall of fifth grade with every student receiv - ing the opportunity to test out instruments. Group band meets every other day for 25 minutes and 35 minutes for sixth grade. Both bands perform three concerts per year. Each student receives an individual 15- minute band lesson once every six school days. Students work to achieve a newly- implemented “Band Karate” system where “belts” are earned with progression through lesson books. Fifth and sixth grade band members have additional playing opportunities with local honor bands and the junior high jazz band. All band students in sixth grade perform a solo for the Lisbon Solo Contest and as an ensemble at the NEIBA Middle School Large Group Festival. Seventh and Eighth Grade band: The junior high band is a combined band of seventh and eighth grade students. This group meets every other day for 50 minutes. Students receive a 15- minute individual band lesson every six school days and work on major scale memorization with the goal of being a part of the “Pie Club,” requiring memorization of 12 major scales and the chromatic scale. All band members perform a solo at the Lisbon Solo Contest and participate annually in the NEIBA Middle School Large Group Festival. Any student is welcome to join the junior high jazz band, which meets before school for 30 minutes, twice a week. Many students learn to double on a secondary instrument in order to participate in jazz band. The jazz band performs at the Pops Concert in February and the NEIBA District Jazz Festival. Honor band opportunities include the NEIBA District Honor Band, Tri-Rivers Conference Honor Band, and other local honor bands.
12 The Iowa Bandmaster High School Band: The high school instrumental program at Lisbon consists of the Pride of the Lions marching band, concert band, jazz band and pep band, with the concert band as the core of the program. Membership in the band is welcome to anyone in grades 9-12. Approximately 25 percent of the high school student body is involved in band. The band meets every day for 45 minutes. Individual lessons are scheduled on a six-day rotation during students’ study halls, or before or after school. Lessons are co-taught by Jennifer Tiede, full-time band instructor, and Julie Stulken, the 4-12 vocal teacher and band assistant. The band will participate this year in the Lisbon Music Department trip to New orleans which occurs every four years to various locations.
Concert Band: The high school concert band, made up of 47 students in grades 9-12, per - forms three home concerts per year, in addition to Commencement, the Memorial Day parade, and the IHSMA Large Group Band Festival, in which they have earned consecutive Division I ratings since 2001. Most recently, the band was selected as the 1A high school concert band to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Conference in May 2014. This was the second time the band has been selected to perform at the conference. Participation in the IHSMA Solo and Ensemble Festival is strongly encouraged, with over 90% of the band members participating each year.
Marching Band and Pep Band: During the fall semester, all high school band students are members of the Pride of the Lions Marching Band, performing a show at home football games and local competitions. They rehearse during band class, with an addi - tional 30 minutes before school, two to three times per week and have recently implemented a band camp in August. In 2009, they began performing at the IHSMA State Marching Contest. During the winter months, the Lisbon pep band performs at home basketball games.
Jazz Band: The Lisbon High School band program includes an active jazz band, which rehearses two mornings a week before school and a few evenings throughout the year, bringing in two or three guest clinicians to work with the band. The Lisbon jazz band regularly qualifies for the Iowa Jazz Championships and recently earned first place in Class 1A in 2013 and third place in 2014. Several students have earned outstanding Soloist awards at IJC. The band performs annually at the IHSMA State Jazz Festival, UNI Tallcorn Jazz Festival, Coe Jazz Summit and the NEIBA Jazz Festival, receiving first place in Class 1A at these events the past two years. Several students are select - ed each year for the NEIBA Honor Jazz Band and the All-State Jazz Band. The Jazz Band is proud to have been invited to be a part of KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project.
Jennifer Tiede is in her third year as director of bands at Lisbon. Prior to Lisbon, she held positions at Fort Madison and Faithful Shepherd Catholic School in Eagan, Minnesota, teaching elementary and middle school band and general music. She received a Bachelor’s degree in music education and jazz studies from the University of Northern Iowa and a Masters of Arts in instrumental music education from the University of St. Thomas. She currently serves as secretary on the Jazz Educators of Iowa executive board. She has been married to her husband Dave Tiede for five years and welcomed their first child, daughter Isla Marie, in August of 2014.
The Iowa Bandmaster 13 HOW DID IT BEGIN? Iowa All-State Music Festival
This year the Iowa Bandmaster magazine will feature articles that chronicle the roots of specific Iowa band activities. This second installment topic is the Iowa All-State Music Festival. I have asked Alan Greiner (Executive Secretary, IHSMA), Jerry Kinney (member of the first Iowa all-state band, band director and all-state adjudicator), and Clara Mortiboy to share their perspectives and memories. Clara Mortiboy – I remember that Mort (F.E. Mortiboy) had started a tri-city festival including Davenport, Ottumwa and Burlington. Paul Behm (Mason City) also had a festival similar to that at the time. They got together at IBA and decided there should be a statewide program like they were sponsoring in their local areas. I know that Paul Nissen was involved shortly after the initial meeting. Alan Greiner – On May 24, 1947, Mr. Paul Nissen (Mason City, clinic director for IHSMA) and Mr. F. E. Mortiboy (Davenport, President IMEA) were members of the IHSMA committee authorized to plan for an all- state conference but not spend more than $1,000 for such a conference. The date selected for the first concert was January 2 and 3, 1948 in conjunction with the Iowa Music Conference sponsored by the Iowa Music Educators Association and the Iowa High School Music Association. The band rehearsal was at the Hotel Fort Des Moines, the orchestra rehearsal was at the Hotel Savery, and the choir rehearsal was at the Drake University Auditorium. Clinics, panel discussions, meetings, a banquet and a performance by the Ottumwa All-City Junior High School Chorus were offered at the conference. An interesting fact — The All-State Band played the marches Our Director, Washington Post, Footlifter, Glory of the Trumpets , and The Thunderer directed by Raymond Jones (Missouri Valley), Maurice Wright (Burlington), Frank Piersol (West Waterloo), Dick Simpson (Red Oak) and Bob Bagley (Des Moines) at the Friday night Iowa State –Drake University basketball game. (Editor’s Note: this would make this the first Iowa All-State Pep Band.) The Saturday night Grand Concert in the Des Moines Coliseum featured the All-State Chorus directed by Stanford Hushizer, the All-State Orchestra directed by Leo Kucinski, and the All-State Band directed by Carelton Stewart. The All-State Chorus and Orchestra combined to end the concert with Battle Hymn of the Republic. Jerry Kinney - I was a member of the first two All-State Bands. Auditions were held at Atlantic. Jamaica had no band director (war time), so the superintendent of schools gave the information he received to my parents, and they took me to the tryouts. Bob Bagley was my adjudicator. Auditions consisted of major scales, chromatic scale and parts of a solo, similar to the present, but also included sight-reading. In the beginning All- State judges were instructed to ask the same three scales from each student, ostensibly to give each student an equal opportunity. However, those students who played early often told their classmates, or friends, which ones were being asked and those students went back to the practice area and worked on them. This obvious unfair - ness was discarded for the drawing of cards to determine which scales would be played. Each of the six district audition sites were assigned the same number of instruments, i.e. each site would have the same number of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, etc., regardless of entries. If there were two spots to be filled and there were two entries, they were picked. With a smaller number of entrants than currently is the case, following the auditions those selected had a rehearsal on the All-State music. Bob Bagley directed the rehearsal at Atlantic. The “Victory Garden Suite” played for the concert was a Harold Walters tune that was written during wartime when victory gardens were encouraged by the government to help with food production. Two of the three movements were (1) Boogie Woogie Broccoli, and (2) Carrot Capers. At the All-State concert in Des Moines, the band and orchestra were seated on the basketball floor facing each other; the chorus was seated in the north balcony. Chorus members were not auditioned, instead they were chosen by director recommendation which resulted in an extremely unbalanced chorus. I recall one school submitted 20 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names, and all were selected. Audience seating was at a premium, the sideline bleachers made up the audience area.
14 The Iowa Bandmaster Alan Greiner – In June 1948, the IHSMA decided to appropriate an amount not to exceed $1,000 sponsor - ing an All-State Music Festival, November 26-27, following Thanksgiving. Member schools would be informed as to what qualifications must be met to participate in the All-State Festival, and admittance to clinics of the Festival as programmed by the IMEA. In 1949, the IHSMA decided that the All-State Festival groups be spon - sored by both the IHSMA and IMEA. All programs and advertising should carry the statement that both music organizations were sponso r ing the State Festival. IHSMA would furnish the financing of the festival and IMEA would prepare the program. Jerry Kinney - The second All-State concert was also held at the Des Moines Coliseum, located near the Des Moines River; the building has since burned down. The Coliseum was the site of ice shows, sports competi - tions, etc. similar to what Veterans Auditorium later housed. A separate set of auditions were held, these were at Boone; F.E. Mortiboy of Davenport was my judge. After the initial audition, Mortiboy called all the trumpet players into his center, named six students to come to the front of the room. He had each of us play some sight-reading material, then announced the following decisions: 1st-Ken Bloomquist, Boone (later to become Director of Bands at Michigan State University); 2nd-Dick Strasburg, Des Moines, East; 3rd-Ray Roberts, Manning; 4th-Jerry Kinney, Jamaica, then added, “Where the hell is Jamaica?” Alvin Edgar, the All-State Band conductor, was a Revelli-type director. He had taught at Des Moines, Roosevelt, and was currently at Iowa State University. I remember that when rehearsing the Holst “Second Suite in F Major,” he became quite incensed at the percussion section. He verbally chastised them, and told them if the percussion section rushed the beginning of the Suite, the band would NOT play the remaining movements at the concert. Well, they did rush, and he did NOT conduct the last movements. Alan Greiner – In 1950, the All-State Music Festival had moved to KRNT Theater and by 1958 had the first sell-out audience. In 1960, the three high school administrators on the IHSMA board were not adequate to supervise all of the properties and floor levels. The Housing Committee was charged with meeting with the hotel managers and a solution to be developed. (This resulted in employed police personnel until the early 1980s when the IMEA committee was included into the supervisory staff.) In the early 1960s, Mr. Leo Grether (Executive Secretary, IHSMA) was empowered to proceed with arrangements with the Century Recording Company to provide recordings of the finale concert. Schools would be assigned within their own district, which coincided with the districts as set up, by the IMEA for audition. In 1966, Don Lomen, President - IMEA, indicated it was quite likely the IMEA conference would be moving to the 3rd or 4th weekend in January. He indicated it would not be necessary to provide concert tickets to members of the IMEA but rather tickets could be issued to partici - pating directors when they registered their students. The All-State Music Festival remained being scheduled in later November. Jerry Kinney - When the festival was held at KRNT Theater, the procedure was as follows: The All-State Chorus sat in the theater seats on the main floor of the Theater, the guest conductor stood on the stage to conduct them. Hence, the audience (primarily balcony with a few seats in the back and in the corners) had a good view of the conductor and accompanist, but did not see the students. When the program began, one of the instrumental groups, All-State Band or All-State Orchestra was seated on the stage in concert formation. The two groups alternated being first or second, string basses were left backstage and secured when the orchestra was ready to perform. When the initial instrumental group finished performing, they filed up into the seats in which the other group had been seated at the outset of the concert. It was really necessary to have students seated in proper order because, as the group having just concluded their portion of the program moved off stage to the left, and then up into seats in the back, the other instrumental group came down the steps on the right side and filed into their concert seating positions. I believe the Executive Secretary (normally Leo Grether) tried to secure other venues for the All-State Festival, but for some other reason, none were available (might have been too expensive). Tickets for the concert were at a premium. Alan Greiner – In 1972, the festival moved to the fieldhouse at Valley High School, West Des Moines as a result of the condemnation of KRNT Theater. The next year had the festival rehearsing in Des Moines and then moving to Ames for the performance. Jerry Kinney - For one year only, Valley High School was the site of the All-State Concerts. The KRNT Theater was being, or had been, torn down; Leo Grether contacted all of the Des Moines Metro schools to see if they would host the event. All said "No," so as a last resort, he called me to see if Valley would do so. He ‰ continued on page 16
The Iowa Bandmaster 15 How Did It Begin? (continued)
presented it this way, "If you can't, or won't, host the festival we will cancel it for this year." I contacted my prin - cipal, Sherwin Sankey, he asked if I thought we could do so. Unfortunately, I said I thought we could, so the fes - tival for that year was held in the Valley gymnasium. At that time it was one of the larger gyms in the area, so we did as Drake University had done, put the orchestra on one end of the floor, the band on the other, facing each other, and put the chorus on the bleachers on the stage. The audience sat on the spectator side of the floor. It was cramped, miserably hot (body heat raised the temperature), and it was not the most pleasant per - formance of an All-State Festival. I recall at the IHSMA meeting the next fall some director stood up and said, "let's never have the festival at Valley again," and Leo Grether went ballistic. He said if I hadn't volunteered to have the festival it would NOT have been held, and railed on and on about the Des Moines schools that refused to host same, complimented Valley for having done so, etc.
Alan Greiner – In the 1980s, Dr. Erwin Schneider noted a need for identification of the IMEA at All-State events and expressed their desire to cooperate in the chaperoning of the motels. Judi Tabarel requested permis - sion to recognize the IMEA Exemplary Program Award winner at the 1987 All-State Festival Finale concert. In 1989, IMEA proposed moving their January conference to coincide with the November All-State Music Festival. The Executive Secretary of the IHSMA was directed to negotiate with the Ames Convention Bureau in hopes of obtaining sufficient rehearsal facilities and lodging in that community to move the entire 1991 All-State operation to that community.
Jerry Kinney - The following are TRUE ACCOUNTS of All-State incidents involving my students, or that happened while I was judging. 1.) William Revelli conducted two All-State bands. One of my Valley alto saxo - phonists won the first chair at auditions for chair placement. After playing a short solo, which was contained in one of the selections, Revelli endeared himself to her and to me by saying, “You sound like someone blowing their nose.” Revelli #2: After an initial run through of one number, he singled out the timpani player, a young lady, berated her for her lack of ability, and told her he did not want her to touch the timpani during the time he was conducting. The girl went and sat down; Revelli asked if any of the snare drummers had played timpani. One young man raised his hand and said he had done so. Revelli said, “You are my timpani player for this concert.” Later on the young man whom he had drafted was absent from part of the afternoon rehearsal, as his high school band had been chosen to play a concert for the directors while the rehearsal was being held. The young lady, who was the original timpanist in the absence of the young man, meekly went to the timpani and began playing. Revelli finally saw her, threw down his baton, and raged, “I thought I told you I didn't want you near the timpani.” The young girl left the Hotel Fort Des Moines ballroom in tears. I found her sitting in the mezzanine with tears streaming down her cheeks. I sat down, talked with her, and calmed her down, and after a 15-minute session, she returned to her normal self. It took me six weeks to convince my alto saxophone player that band could be fun and rewarding. I received a letter the week following the All-State concert from Phil Sehman, who was the girl's high school director, thanking me for taking my time with his student. 2.) At a district audition site, it was the time of year when insects were annoying, as they flew quite sluggishly, lit and stayed in place, etc. A young man playing flute was playing a part of his material when he stopped, and asked, "Sir, is it all right if I stop and remove the fly from my eye?" I assured him it was permissible. He then asked, "Could I possibly start over?" and I allowed him to do so. 3.) Everett Johnson assigned me Eb clarinets, alto clarinets, contrabass clarinets, bass clarinets, bassoons, oboes, etc. There were six bass clarinets assigned, and I was to pick one (as per rules). I had told the adult lady who was assisting me of my frustration at judges who would not pick someone for All-State. The first five bass clarinet players came in and played and were terrible. I looked at the lady, and said, "I guess I am going to have to eat my own words!" Number six, obviously a farm girl with the “farmer's tan” came in and sat down. I was still writing on the previous student, and suggested she go ahead and warm up. She placed the bass clarinet at her side, ala saxophone, and proceeded to squeak and squawk like an injured chicken. My heart sank, but after finishing my previous score, I said to her, "Why don't you try that again?” She did so, if possible squeaked even more. I gave her one more chance, same result. I asked her, “Jane (or whatever her name was) do you always play with the horn at your side?” She said, “No.” I said, “Then why are you doing it today?” She said, “My mother says I am wearing a skirt and I can't put the horn between my legs.” Then she heaved a big sigh and said, “Who the hell cares?” hiked her skirt about halfway up between her knees and her waist, and proceeded to play the best audition I heard all day!
16 The Iowa Bandmaster Friday, January 2nd 9:00 A.M. – Registration – Mezzanine Floor, Hotel Fort Des Moines Frank Piersol, Secretary-Treasurer, IMEA Visitation of Exhibits, Hotel Fort Des Moines 9:30 A.M. – Organization rehearsal of All State Band – Grand Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel (Closed) 9:30 A.M. – Organization rehearsal of All State Orchestra, Ballroom, Hotel Savery (Closed) 9:30 A.M. – Organization rehearsal of All State Chorus, Auditorium Drake University (Closed) Friday, January 2nd 1:15 P.M. – First General Session, Grand Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel L. E. Watters, Chairman Ottumwa –All City Junior High School Chorus, Director Miss Jeanette Johnson, Assistant Music Supervisor, Ottumwa Go Tell It On the Mountain ...... Spiritual If With All Your Hearts ...... Mendelssohn Carol of the Bells ...... Ukranian Christmas Carol Father William ...... Irving Gifford Fine Address – Miss Lila Belle Pitts, Columbia University, New York, Past President of the Music Educators National Conference 2:30 P.M. – Demonstration of Band Tuning by Forrest Jacobs, Mason City, All State Band members used as laboratory group – Grand Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel 3:00 P.M. – Rehearsal, All State Band, Fort Des Moines Ballroom 3:00 P.M. – Rehearsal, All State Orchestra, Ballroom, Hotel Savery 3:00 P.M. – Rehearsal, All State Chorus, Auditorium Drake University 6:30 P.M. – Conference Banquet, Grand Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel Co-Chairmen: Miss Mayme Lyons, Des Moines, and Paul Nissen, Mason City Presiding: F. E. Mortiboy, Davenport, President IMEA Program: To be announced
NOTE: All State Band will play at Iowa State-Drake University Basketball game, Drake Field House. Members should be at Field House by 7:15. Each member is responsi - ble for bringing the part which he is playing in the All State Band for the following marches: Our Director, Washington Post, Footlifter, Glory of the Trumpets, Thunderer. Directors: Raymond Jones, Missouri Valley, Maurice Wright, Burlington, Frank Piersol, West Waterloo, Richard Simpson, Red Oak, Robert Bagley, Des Moines. Band members wear uniforms.
Saturday, January 3 ALL STATE ORCHESTRA 8:30 A.M. – All State Band Rehearsal, Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel Leo Kucinski, Director Orpheus Overture ...... Offenbach All State Orchestra Rehearsal, Ballroom, Savery Hotel 2nd Movement from the Nordic Symphony ...... Hanson All State Chorus Rehearsal, Coliseum Adagio Pathetique ...... Goddard 9:00 A.M. – Visit Exhibits, Mezzanine Floor, Hotel Fort Des Moines American Salute ...... Gould 10:30 A.M. – Second General Session, Fort Des Moines Hotel Ballroom ALL STATE BAND Paul Nissen, Mason City, Presiding Carelton Stewart, Director Miss Maybelle Glenn, Kansas City, a Demonstration Lecture on Concert Overture ...... Hadley Teaching of Elementary Music Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ...... Kerns-Leidzen 10:30 A.M. – The Marching Band and the Marching Band Contest Landsighting ...... Grieg-Henning The Seafarer ...... Wood Mr. L. A. Logan, Shenandoah, Presiding Victory Garden Suite ...... Walters Mr. A. R. Edgar, Iowa State College, Ames, Discussion Leader, Purple Carnival March ...... Alford South Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel ALL STATE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA COMBINED 12:00 Noon Luncheon Meeting of Iowa Bandmasters Association, Ballroom, Battle Hymn of the Republic ...... Arr. Wilhousky Savery Hotel. Mr. Raymond Jones, President IBA, Presiding Committees 1:30 P.M. – Third General Session, Grand Ballroom, Fort Des Moines Hotel, General: Co-Chairmen, F. E.Mortiboy, Davenport, President IMEA; Paul Nissen, Mason A. B. Grimes, Presiding City, Clinic Director for IHSMA; Des Moines Chairman, L.E. Watters, Des Moines Panel Discussion – Topics: Orchestra: Chairman Dorothy Baulme, Burlington; B. G. Schaefer, Davenport; Konrad 1. Teaching of Theory in High School Scholl, Boone; Ferdinand DiTella, Dubuque; L. E. Watters, Des Moines; J. B. Snyder, 2. Mortality Between High School and College Music Groups Des Moines Chairman Band: Chairman Raymond Jones, Missouri Valley; Richard Simpson, Red Oak; Frank 3. Recruiting and Training of Public School Music Teachers Piersol, West Waterloo; Robert Bagley, Des Moines; Maurice Wright, Burlington; Moderator: Miss Lila Belle Pitts Robert Bagley, Des Moines, Chairman Panel Members: P. E. Lapham, Supt. of Schools, Charles City; Chorus: Chairman Clayton Hathaway, Fort Dodge; Ivan Kortkamp, Nevada; Ralph Delinda Roggensack, Cornel College, Mt. Vernon; Paul S. Ray, Hart, Burlington; Mayme Lyons, Des Moines; Paul Nissen, Mason City; Robert Coe College, Cedar Rapids; A. R. Edgar, Iowa State College, Hoffeldt, Des Moines Chairman Ames; Frank Hill, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls; Banquet: Co Chairmen –Miss Mayme Lyons, Des Moines; Paul Nissen, Mason City L. E. Waters, Director of Music Education, Des Moines; Mayme Officers of Iowa High School Music Association: President, P. C. Lapham, Super - Lyons, Des Moines; Paul Nissen, Mason City intendent of Schools, Charles City; Vice-President, L. A. Logan, Superinten dent of Schools, Shenandoah; Secretary-Treasurer, A. B. Grimes, Superintendent of 1:30 P.M. – All State Band Rehearsal, Coliseum Schools, Boone; Paul Nissen, Mason Citiy; F. E. Mortiboy, Davenport 2:45 P.M. – All State Chorus Rehearsal, Coliseum Officers of Iowa Music Educators Association: President F. E. Mortiboy, Davenport; 3:45 P.M. – Chorus and Orchestra combined rehearsal, Coliseum Vice-President Clayton Hathaway, Fort Dodge; Secretary-Treasurer Frank Piersol, 4:00 P.M. – All State Orchestra rehearsal West Waterloo (All rehearsals above are closed) Credits: The use of the Coliseum is made possible through the support of the 8:00 P.M. – Grand Concert, Coliseum Convention Bureau of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the Des Moines Music Dealers Association. ALL STATE CHORUS – Stanford Hushizer, Director Lacrymosa ...... Mozart General Heavenly Light ...... Kopylow-Wilhousky The All State rehearsals on the first morning and the final rehearsals on Saturday Psalm 150 ...... Lewandowski-Wilson afternoon are closed. Auditors are invited to the other rehearsals, but asked to remain away from the first and last rehearsals. Russian Picnic ...... Harvey Enders In all fairness to the fine group of boys and girls in the all state groups, we should Wyoming ...... Arr. by Ringwald make every effort to have a large crowd attend the Grand Concert. This concert is free Country Style ...... Arr. by Simeone to the public. Schools within driving distance of Des Moines would do well to encourage Mrs. Helen Nelson, Fort Dodge, Accompanist their students together with their parents to attend this concert.
The Iowa Bandmaster 17 BAND TALK with Mike Green
As I was checking the social media streams recently (specifically several band oriented sites), there was a constant stream of questions about starting beginners. Most of the questions were “how to” for instruments the director felt uncomfortable with. The director would preface the question with “I’m a first-year teacher,” “I am a brass person,” “WW player,” “percussionist,” etc., then proceed to ask how to go about starting the youngster on a specific instrument. Some strategies I have used with beginning woodwind students over 42 years of teaching instrumental music follow. These are by no means supposed to be the last word for beginning woodwinds, but they have served me well over the years. FLUTE
EMBoUCHURE: Use just the head joint to form the embouchure. Using two hands, I ask my beginners to set the mouth plate against the natural curve between their lower lip and chin, with the mouth plate right at the lower lip. Then roll the head joint up so the student can feel the hole in the mouth plate with the upper and lower lip. Gently roll the head joint back toward the chin, still feeling the edge of the hole with the lower lip, and gently blow across the hole. Remind the student the opening of the flute embouchure is very tiny (“tip of a well sharpened pencil”) and to blow across the hole, not into it. The visual thought of the pencil point keeps the embouchure set. once a tone is produced, experiment with the different tones available with just the head joint. 1. Gentle air produces a medium tone 2. Block the end of the head joint with the palm of the right hand, blow gently for a low tone, blowing a faster stream of air to produce a high tone. 3. For fun, have the student take the right index finger, moving it in and out of the hole at the end of the head joint, the student will enjoy making a slide whistle sound. 4. Do not puff the cheeks out I suggest getting the students used to producing these tones prior to putting the rest of the flute together. RIGHT HAND PoSITIoN: once the student has learned to put the instrument together properly, check the position of the right thumb. It should be between the index and second finger on the underside of the flute. Finger tips should be on the three right hand keys. Use the fingertips for the left hand keys also. Don’t let the student slide the flute body past the fingertips of the right hand. LEFT HAND PoSITIoN: The last knuckle area of the left hand index finger is used as a “fulcrum” of a hori - zontal lever. Push the head joint into the embouchure with the right thumb for stability. PoSTURE and FLUTE ANGLE: Young players will come up with all kinds of angles to hold the flute. Insist the student sit forward in their chair, so their feet are flat on the floor, sit with good posture, with the head squarely on the shoulders facing forward. Students need to be constantly reminded, “bring the instrument to your embouchure, don’t move the embouchure (head) to the instrument.” The angle of the flute in relation to the student’s head and embouchure should be 90 degrees. CLARINET
EMBoUCHURE and ToNE PRoDUCTIoN: I start clarinets on a 2½ strength reed. Have the student take the tip of their right thumb, placing it behind their top teeth with the rest of the thumb resting on the chin. Gently push the thumb straight up behind the top teeth. This is the “feel” (outward pressure behind the upper teeth) of the clarine t embouchure. After explaining how the reed is secured to the mouthpiece with the ligature, attach the barrel and the upper joint with a twisting motion. The lower lip is slightly pushed over the bottom teeth; the top teeth make contact with the top of the mouthpiece; the lips then make an airtight seal around the mouthpiece. Remind the student to keep firm pressure with the lower lip on the center of the reed and strong teeth contact on the top of the mouthpiece.
18 The Iowa Bandmaster I have the students hold the MP/barrel/upper joint with the thumb and index finger of the right hand wrapped around the barrel. Using the technique previously mentioned about embouchure and tone production, I have the students test and experiment with producing a second line G (no right hand fingers needed). Never allow students to puff their cheeks, as this compromises the tone production control and the embouchure. PoSTURE: Have the student sit forward in their chair so their feet are flat on the floor. Keep the head looking straight ahead, bring the clarinet (MP/barrel/upper joint) to their embouchure. Don’t let the student dip their chin to get to the MP. The angle of the clarinet is important to good embouchure and tone production. Holding just the upper half of the clarinet with the right thumb/index finger (forming a circle around the barrel) and feeling the pressure pushing out behind the upper teeth allows gravity to put the clarinet at just the right angle naturally. FINGERING: By using only the upper half of the clarinet, this allows the student to get comfortable putting the fingers of their left hand on the upper joint. Clarinet players must seal the holes completely to produce good notes. Have the student hold the left hand in the shape of the letter ”C”. This is how the left hand (and right hand when adding the lower joint/bell) should be held when the student starts adding fingers to the clarinet. Use the “fattest” portion of the finger pad when sealing the holes. After the fingers are placed on the upper joint hole, squeeze the fingers and then look at the finger pads. If the fingers are placed correctly, the student will see complete circles impressed on their fingers. Practice moving the fingers on the upper joint, producing good tone (NoTE: “C” below the staff will be out of tune until the lower joint is added). This is a trade-off to make sure the upper joint fingerings are secure before adding the lower joint. Using just the upper half of the clarinet, to start with, will allow the student to gain stability in holding the clarinet and using a good embouchure for tone production. I add the lower joint/bell when the lesson book starts using low B/Bb fingerings. When you add the lower joint, the right thumb becomes responsible for pushing the mouthpiece up behind the upper teeth. Use the letter “C” (obviously backwards) for finger placement. Place the right thumb under the thumb rest. Thumb placement should be where the cuticle of the thumb is located. Do NoT let the student use the joint where the thumb attaches to the hand (basically placing the body of the clarinet into the fleshy portion of the right hand, between the thumb and index finger. This will cause all of the fingers of the right hand to be out of place in reference to the holes of the lower joint. The clarinet is held by the right thumb pushing upward and the top teeth securing the mouthpiece. Some students may find using a clarinet neck strap an extra help if they feel unsteady with just the thumb and top teeth. SAXOPHONE
EMBoUCHURE and ToNE PRoDUCTIoN: I start saxophones on a 2½ strength reed. The saxophone embouchure is similar to and different from the clarinet embouchure. Similar in placing the reed on the mouthpiece with the ligature, similar in placing the lower lip over the bottom teeth and placing the top teeth on the top of the mouthpiece. What is different is the angle at which the mouthpiece goes into the mouth. Unlike the clarinet (mouth - piece goes into the mouth, putting outward pressure from behind the upper teeth), the saxophone mouthpiece goes straight in, pushing the lower lip slightly over the lower teeth, place upper teeth directly on the top of the mouth - piece, then sealing the lips around the mouthpiece. Keep upward pressure on the reed with the center of the lower lip, while keeping the top teeth firmly on the mouthpiece. Seal the lips around the mouthpiece and blow firmly through the center of the mouthpiece/reed. of course, like the clarinet, never let the student get away with puffing their cheeks while blowing. PoSTURE: Saxophones must use a neck strap for stability and proper horn angle. To determine the proper length of the neck strap, have the student sit forward in their chair with feet flat on the floor, carefully hook the saxophone to the neck strap, sit up straight and let the instrument hang along the right leg. If the neck strap is adjusted properly, gravity will put the mouthpiece of the saxophone right at the student’s mouth. If not, adjust the length of the neck strap until it does. HAND/FINGER/ INSTRUMENT PLACEMENT: It is important to use the letter “C” technique for the hands of the saxophonist because the saxophone has “palm keys” for both hands along both sides of the instrument. To get good notes, these keys must not be opened at this time. Use the provided fingering charts in the student’s lesson book for finger placement. The left thumb should comfortably rest on the thumb pad below or around the octave key. The right thumb should go under the thumb rest in a similar fashion as the clarinet right thumb (using the cuticle of the thumb as your guide). ‰ continued on page 20
The Iowa Bandmaster 19 Band Talk (continued) The saxophone rests along the outside of the right leg. Using good posture, proper neck strap adjustment and proper right thumb placement push the saxophone along the right leg toward the knee. This should force the saxo - phone player to sit up straighter and allow the student to easily produce a good sound. The saxophone is held by the right thumb, the neck strap and the top teeth of the embouchure. DOUBLE REEDS OBOE
EMBoUCHURE/ToNE PRoDUCTIoN: I start oboists on a medium soft or medium strength reed (I like real reeds over the plastic ones). After soaking the reed, place it in the mouth, half way down the reed toward the string. Press the lips firmly together in the center of the lips. You do not want a double reed to buzz like a single reed, rather you want the student to produce a “crowing” sound in the middle of the reed, not the tip. Remember, this is not a “buzz,” the “crow” is produced inside the mouth cavity toward the back of the throat. The lips press together tightly to help control the “crow.” I suggest teachers get a double reed and practice producing the “crowing” sound. The angle of the oboe is higher away from the body unlike the clarinet. The bell of the oboe should be held higher. As with the other woodwind instruments, do not puff your cheeks. FINGER PLACEMENT: Use the letter “C” technique discussed earlier (this isn’t as hard to accomplish with the oboe as the body of the instrument is slender). Use the fingering charts provided in the beginning oboe book. BASSOON EMBoUCHURE/ToNE PRoDUCTIoN: As with oboists, I start bassoonists on a medium-soft or medium- strength reed (real reeds here too). The bassoonist has a unique embouchure. After soaking the reed, place it in the mouth so the student can feel the reed wire with the upper lip. The chin of the bassoonist is pulled down. The proper bassoon embouchure is really an overbite. The double reed “crowing” sound is the proper tone for the bassoon. I prefer a #2 bocal (the metal tube between the reed and the bassoon body) for good tone production. FINGER PLACEMENT: Use the fingering chart available in the beginner bassoon book. A beginning bassoon student should have hands that are good sized with very flexible fingers. The finger spread on the bassoon finger - ings are more spaced out, more than any other woodwind instrument. The right hand must use a “crutch” to help with proper finger placement. For maximum flexibility in holding the bassoon properly, I suggest the use of a seat strap over a neck strap. RESoURCES: Young band directors have many options available to answer questions concerning teaching strategies. I encourage them to continue the conversations/questions on social media. Do not forget the great resources available to IBA members. The Iowa Bandmasters Association of Retired Directors (IBARD), the Iowa Chapter of the American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA) and the mentors of the Iowa Arts Council are great resources for having your questions answered. I encourage you (young band directors) to talk to; ask questions of any members of these professional organizations. I also encourage members of IBARD, ASBDA (active and retired), as well as active older members of IBA, to reach out to the younger generation and help them through the early years of their careers. Instrumental music teachers, active and retired, remember what it is like to be a new teacher. We are dedicated to the success of young teachers and their programs across the state and nation. All you have to do is ask…we are willing to help.
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20 The Iowa Bandmaster Iowa JEI News
by Kyle Engelhardt, President
Greetings from Jazz Educators of Iowa! I hope your year is off to a great start, and that as the marching season winds to a close, you are considering all of the options available for your students in a variety of jazz offerings across the state. If you are not yet a member, please consider joining this great organization for only $20/year. Benefits include unlimited access to the advisory panel, discounted entry fees for students who want to try out for All-State Jazz, and a quarterly newsletter. For more information on how to become a member, please go to the JEI website (www.jeiowa.org). our newly elected executive board met this summer, and one of the biggest areas of discussion was the participation levels for All-State Jazz. JEI will continue to offer three ensembles this year – a 1A/2A Jazz Band, a 3A Jazz Band, and a 4A Jazz Band. Fiscally, it costs quite a bit more to run three bands instead of two, and we have some concerns about the financial viability of continuing to run three groups versus consolidation of classes and running two groups (previous all-state jazz model). In order for us to continue to offer three bands, we are asking for your help and encouragement in getting students to make recordings.
The recording process is very simple, and all of the music and etudes will be available online for free at the JEI website. Wind players only have to record the etude and send it in – improvisation is encouraged, but completely optional. For rhythm section players, please follow the specific instructions listed for each instrument. one of the biggest concerns for participation was not having all of the parts filled last year. We would hope to fill every slot in every band with the most qualified individual in each class, but last year we ended up short in some classes and used the alternates from other classes to fill in. Included below is a table showing participation levels in each class by instrument:
Band Class: Alto Tenor Bari Trumpet: Trombone: Bass Guitar: Piano: Vibes: Bass: Drum Total by Sax: Sax: Sax: Bone: Set: Class:
1A/2A - 2014 682 5 7 0 2 0 3 4 5 42
3A - 2014 651 11 812230645
4A - 2014 10 94 9 14 14 2157 66
The all-state jazz process is a worthwhile endeavor, and I believe we are providing the jazz students of Iowa with an incredible opportunity to work with three outstanding jazz educators at the all-state jazz festival. All three of this year’s directors have Iowa ties and are excellent teachers. The conductors of each band are: 1A/2A – Mr. Bob Long, Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Missouri Western State College; 3A – Dr. Anthony Williams, Professor of Trombone at the University of Northern Iowa; and 4A – Mr. Paul McKee, Professor of Jazz Trombone and Jazz Composition and Arranging at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Paul McKee has also been commissioned to write an original work for big band, with the premiere to be at the All-State Jazz concert at IBA in May.
As always, if you have any questions, or are looking for resources for jazz ensemble, improvisation, literature recommendations, or any materials to help your students, head to the JEI website and look through the wealth of information available online. or, if you have some specific questions for anyone in JEI, we are happy to help via email or phone. Best wishes for a successful year with your jazz program.
Kyle Engelhardt, President Jazz Educators of Iowa
The Iowa Bandmaster 21 They Continue to Serve
By Jerry Kinney
Let’s begin this article with a multiple choice question for band directors! Would you rather be remembered for: (a) serving as the director of, arguably, one of the finest junior high/middle school instrumental music programs in the state of Iowa; or (b) conducting a high school band that was in the top echelon of Iowa bands; or (c) organizing, administ ering and overseeing a well-respected college instrumental music curriculum, complete with an excellent performing band or (d) all of the above? If you answered (d) you have correctly recognized the sub - ject of this ‘TCTS” tribute, Mr. Ross Leeper! Ross was born and raised on a farm near Earlham, Iowa. His two sibling sisters were Iola (deceased), wife of IBA member Franklyn Mapes, and Janet, a Ross Leeper retired bank vice president, now a member of the trumpet section of the Hot Springs, Arkansas Community Band. His elementary education, ala Abe Lincoln, was at Penn #5, a one-room school in Madison County, Iowa. He graduated from Earlham High School in 1951, attended Simpson College (1951-53) and Drake University (1953-55) and received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the latter in 1955. In 1960, he was awarded a Master of Music Education, also from Drake University. Ross’s teaching career began in Exira, Iowa, 1955-56, where he taught band and choir, grades 7-12. After a two-year stint in the United States Army, 440th Army Band, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, his next teaching position found him at Eagle Grove, Iowa, where he taught junior high band from 1958-1989. It was then that he joined the faculty at Simpson College, utilizing his expertise and energy as Director of Bands from 1989-2000. He climaxed his career on the podium at Knoxville High School, 2001-2012, retiring on the latter date. When asked what he intended to do in retirement, he said, “I plan to be a profes - sional bull rider, as at age 79 I don’t want to make any long-term commitments, and where else can success be achieved in eight seconds!” At my request, Ross listed only his “outstanding Awards,” as printing costs are quite high, so here goes: 1979 - State of Iowa “MAC” award; 1980 - National President, American School Band Directors Association (ASBDA); 1980 - Distinguished Bandmaster of America Award from First Chair of America; 1983 - President, Iowa Bandmasters Association; 1985 - Iowa Middle Level Teacher of the Year; 1986 - Karl L. King Distinguished Service Award, Active, Iowa Bandmasters Association; 1988 - Edwin Franko Goldman Awards, ASBDA; 1995 - Excellence in Teaching Award, Simpson College. His Robert Blue Middle School Band (Eagle Grove) performed four times for the IBA Conventions (before it became a Conference) and twice for the Iowa Music Educator’s Association Conventions. After missing two weeks of school in 1960 (mumps), Ross did not take, or need, a day of sick leave for the remainder of his teaching career (over 50 years), a record that will never be broken! He has had the book, “Karl L. King” by Thomas Hatton reprinted for the ASBDA Education Foundation, said book being described as the “definitive book” on Karl King. It can be purchased directly from Ross, contact him at the address listed in the IBA directory. No Iowa band director’s library is complete without this biography of Dr. King! Buy it, read it, enjoy it!!! owner of a myriad of musical memories, Ross has the following jewels in his crown of successes, all of which contribute to his legacy: Fort Dodge Area Symphony, director and conductor (1978-1985); Fort Dodge Choral Society, conductor (1985-1988); founding member and chairman of the ASBDA Education Foundation; ASBDA Chairman in charge of convention planning for over 20 years; guest conductor of dozens of regional and conference honor band festivals; clinician at (1) MidWest Clinic, Chicago, Illinois,
22 The Iowa Bandmaster (2) Iowa Bandmasters Association Conventions and (3) ASBDA National Conventions; produced “Sounds of Karl L. King” recording and the accompanying booklet telling how Dr. King interpreted his music; 1st alto saxophonist and soloist with the Karl King Band of Fort Dodge, 1960-1990; promoted the Iowa House of Representatives to pass HF 120 declaring May 9-10 as “Iowa Band Days.” An interesting sidelight: Mr. Leeper has maintained a hobby through the years of collecting antiques and antique autos. He currently owns a 1935 Cadillac convertible, one of three known to exist; a 1961 Thunderbird that has never been snowed upon, and a 1970 Mustang convertible. It is a safe bet his trans- portation needs will always be met in style! Ross “continues to serve” in a variety of ways. He has been the lead alto sax player with the Al Welsh Band since 1960 (54 years), and is presently a member of the Iowa Military Veterans Band. He often pops up in various community bands and territory dance bands. If you ever need a good alto sax player, call him (I did)! He continues to do a limited amount of adjudicating and guest conducts an occasional band festival. Ross’s immediate family consists of his wife of 58 years, Shirley, and two children, Kristen, who is a housewife and mother of five grandchildren; all of whom are involved with music, residing in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Jeffrey, an optometrist, living in Decorah, Iowa. Jeff’s daughter, Hannah, is a sophomore vocal music major at Luther College, and daughter, Rachel, who received a bassoon perform- ance degree from the University of Iowa, and currently is completing her master’s degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. I’ll bet the Leeper family reunions are full of music, music, music!! I recall a conversation with Ross at an IBA Convention while we sat in the coffee shop at the Hotel Fort Des Moines as he prepared to assume his duties at Simpson College. He asked, “What can I do for the band directors of this state?” Since the central Iowa area already boasted a number of high school honor bands, I suggested that he might consider hosting a junior high/middle school honor band festival, and ‘Voila!’ the orpheus Middle School Honor Band Festival was born! The event continues to flourish, involving students from the entire state of Iowa, as well as surrounding states, thanks to the foresight and leadership of Ross Leeper. Ross sums up his illustrious career as follows: “My goals and objectives for my bands and the students in them have been very simple – work hard, have fun, make music!” Shakespeare couldn’t have said it better! If you cross paths with Ross Leeper in the future, do us all a favor and thank him for his love affair with Iowa bands!!!
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The Iowa Bandmaster 23 King Band Performed at National Convention
The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, IA was invited to open the Circus Fans Association of America National Convention on September 17, 2014 in Dubuque, IA. This performance started at 7:00 pm, and there was no admission charge. It was held at the Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School Auditorium, and was open to the public. This five-day convention is held annually at various sites throughout the United States. The 2013 Convention was held in San Diego, CA in February, while the 2015 convention will be in West Springfield, Massachusetts next July. Dubuque was chosen in part because it is close to McGregor IA, where the famous Ringling Brothers were from, and close to Baraboo WI, where the Ringling Bros. first circus performance was held, and currently the home of Circus World Museum. These brothers teamed up with Yankee Robinson there, who died and was buried in Jefferson, IA. Karl King’s second year with the circus band was with the Yankee Robinson Shows. In addition, Iowa became the home of circus musicians C.L. Barnhouse, Russell Alexander, Fred Jewell and many others. The mission of the Circus Fans Association of America is to support the circus in all its many forms, whether under a big top, in an arena, a stadium, or anywhere “children of all ages” gather for one of America's greatest cultural institu - tions. This association is a hobby group of 2,000 or so folks who love the circus. CFA members, including performers and circus personnel, share all facets of the circus, swap tales of experiences and observations, trade posters and memora - bilia and attend performances. The Karl L. King Municipal Band was honored to have been chosen to represent the greater Fort Dodge area, as well as the state of Iowa, at this national convention. It was due in part to the role Karl King played with various circuses and the fact that he lived in Fort Dodge for 50 years while directing the municipal band and publishing his music, along with the national reputation that the band continues to maintain. Conductor Jerrold P. Jimmerson had planned a program, titled “Trouping with Karl King,” that reflected on King’s travels with four different circuses as a baritone player, and his five years as conductor of the top two circus bands in the land. Through the use of King’s compositions, along with program notes and anecdotes, the audience made that same journey as Mr. King did from the start of the 1910 season with Robinson’s Famous Shows to the close of the 1918 season with the Barnum and Bailey Circus. Along the way, the audience heard about such people as John Ringling, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, lion tamer Clyde Beatty, aerialist Lillian Leitzel, bandmaster Woody Van, and all the other interesting personnel that were such an exciting part of this American way of life.
KARL L. KING MUNICIPAL BAND – Fort Dodge, Iowa Jerrold P. Jimmerson, Conductor, Dr. David Klee, Assistant Conductor In concert at the Circus Fans Association of America 2014 National Convention – Dubuque, Iowa September 17, 2014 “TROUPING WITH KARL L. KING” Opening March: C.F.A. (1931) ...... Merle Evans 1914-1916 – Sells-Floto Buffalo Bill Shows ...... Sells-Floto Dedicated to The Circus Fans of America Triumphal March - Western Suite Karl L. King Monologue ...... Larry Mitchell, Fort Dodge I. Wyoming Days The remaining compositions were all written by Karl L. King II. On The Warpath and published by C. L. Barnhouse, Oskaloosa IA or K. L. III. Passing Of The Red Man King Music House, Fort Dodge IA 1917-1918 – Barnum and Bailey Circus Sarasota March - 1910 – Robinson’s Famous Circus ...... Robinson’s Grand Directed by Dr. David Klee Entrée March In Old Portugal Waltz - Directed by Dr. David Klee 1911 – Yankee Robinson Circus ...... Woody Van’s March Spanish Romance Intermezzo 1912 – Sells Floto Circus ...... Princess Of India Overture Ung-Kung-Foy-Ya Chinese Intermezzo 1913 – Barnum and Bailey Circus ...... Ragged Rozey The Big Cage Galop Solo Feature (Published 1910) ...... The Devil and the Deep Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite March Blue Sea (Mike Short, Tuba Soloist) CLOSING SELECTION ...... The Star-Spangled Banner
24 The Iowa Bandmaster Karl King Tribute Concert
by the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, October 5, 2014
A tribute concert featuring Iowa’s premier composer of band music and one of America’s finest was held on Sunday, October 5, in the Grand Hall at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines. Located at 1011 Locust Street, the program began at 2:00 pm, and admission was free. Performing was the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, based in the Des Moines area. Karl L. King was born in Paintersville, Ohio in February, 1891. He spent his youthful years in Ohio, mostly in the Canton area. At the age of 19, he left home to join the circus as a baritone player. He traveled with four different circuses for four years, reaching the top of his profession as a player with the Barnum and Bailey Circus Band in 1913. The next year, he was appointed director of the Sells-Floto Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, a position he held for three years. He again reached the pinnacle of his profession, when he became the conductor of the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth band during the 1917 and 1918 seasons. During these nine years with circuses, he composed a wealth of music for some of the finest circus acts in the world. In 1921, he came to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to lead the municipal band. He continued to compose band music for schools, colleges and professional groups, and established his own publishing company. He remained the conductor of the band for 50 years until his death at age 80 in March 1971. Jerrold P. Jimmerson, conductor of the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, was the guest conductor for this hour-long concert. Jimmerson has been a member of the Karl King Band for 55 years. He was hired by Karl King while still in high achool to play bass clarinet in the municipal band. His 43-year playing career in the band included 11 years under the baton of Karl King. He is now in his 12th season as conductor of the Fort Dodge group. Conductor Jimmerson selected a program that included the march Mr. King felt was the finest of nearly 200 that he composed, “ Emblem of Freedom, ” and his finest non-march work of nearly 100 other composi - tions, the “ Golden Dragon Overture. ” Also included was his wife’s favorite serenade, “ A Night in June, ” his last published composition, “ The Home Town Boy March, ” which he dedicated to Meredith Willson, and one of King’s favorite program pieces, “ Rush Street Tarantella, ” by Paul Yoder. In addition, circus selections comprised the remainder of the program, including the beautiful aerial waltz “ In Old Portugal, ” “ The Big Cage ” galop, and King’s masterpiece, “ Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite March, ” written at 22 years of age. Featured soloist for the concert was Dan Cassady on trombone. Mr. Cassady was a long-time member of the King Band who taught at Fort Dodge Senior High, Iowa Central Community College, and St. Edmond High School. Mr. Cassady currently lives in North Liberty, and is active performing and teaching in eastern Iowa. He was featured on the classic trombone solo, “ Atlantic Zephyrs, ” and then joined the rest of the trombone section for King’s ragtime selection, “ Mournful Maggie. ” Featured vocalist was Robert Patton from Gowrie. Mr. Patton graduated from Gowrie High School, attended the University of Northern Iowa, and spent 20 years with the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants in Washington DC, performing extensively on the east coast. He returned to Gowrie to operate the family newspaper, the fourth generation of his family to do so. He is now retired, but still active performing with many groups throughout the Midwest, including the King Band. He sang highlights from George Gershwin’s musical, “ Porgy and Bess, ” along with “ Climb Ev’ry Mountain ” from The Sound of Music . The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble was founded in 2003 by a group of local music educators. It still maintains a strong contingent of music educators along with talented musicians from a wide variety of other professions. This ensem ble is dedicated to performing advanced wind band repertoire with inspired artistry. The aim is to share this wonderful medium with general audiences while also demonstrating to younger instrumentalists that the opportunity to perform in a band goes beyond one’s formal education. This group has performed at the Iowa Music Educator’s Conference, Drake University, various high schools in Des Moines and the surrounding area and the Iowa Bandmasters’ Conference.
The Iowa Bandmaster 25 Iowa Bandmasters Association Audition Repertoire from Selected Honor Bands
The following list represents literature recorded as audition pieces by ensembles selected to perform at the IBA Conference. It is not a complete list and primarily reflects ensembles selected between 2007 to the present. The project is under the guidance of the IBA Concert Band Affairs Committee and is intended to be used as a partial resource guide of literature used successfully in conference honor band application recordings, and as an example of what IBA caliber programs are performing in December/January. Directors of IBA honor bands whose literature titles are not listed are invited to send the titles of their audition selections to their district CBA representative for inclusion. Selections recorded more than once in a classification are notated with the number of performances in parentheses following the title. Class Title Composer Arranger HS- 1A A Klezmer Karnival Sparke, Philip HS- 1A Air for Band Erickson, Frank HS- 1A Canonic Fantasy Calhoun, Bill HS- 1A Cantique De Noel Davis, Chip Longfie, Robert HS- 1A Critical Mass Stalter, Todd HS- 1A Encanto Smith, Robert W. HS- 1A Greensleeves Reed, Alfred HS- 1A Into the Clouds Saucedo, Richard HS- 1A Lexington March King, Karl Swearingen, James HS- 1A on a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss Holsinger, David HS- 1A Polly oliver Thomas, Root HS- 1A The Lords of Greenwich Sheldon, Robert HS- 1A West Highlands Sojourn Sheldon, Robert HS- 2A A Festival Prelude Reed, Alfred HS- 2A Chorale and Shaker Dance Zdechlik, John HS- 2A Encanto Smith, Robert W. HS- 2A English Folksong Suite (2) Williams, Ralph Vaughan HS- 2A Fantasia in G Mahr, Timothy HS- 2A First Suite in Eb Holst, Gustav HS- 2A In the Forest of The King LaPlante, Pierre HS- 2A Little Suite No. 1 Arnold, Malcolm HS- 2A New Mexico March Sousa, John Philip HS- 2A The Music Makers (3) Reed, Alfred HS- 2A The orange Bowl Fillmore, Henry HS- 2A Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra (Mvt. 3) Reed, Alfred HS- 3A A Festival Prelude Reed, Alfred HS- 3A Albanian Dance Hanson, Shelley HS- 3A Brighton Beach Latham, William P. HS- 3A Chester overture Schuman, William HS- 3A Chroma Strommen, Carl HS- 3A Country Gardens Grainger, Percy Aldridge Karrick, Brant HS- 3A Divinum Mysterium Tom Wallace HS- 3A Dusk Bryant, Steven HS- 3A First Suite for Band Reed, Alfred HS- 3A From Whom All Blessings Flow Huckeby, Ed HS- 3A Goddess of Fire Reineke, Steven HS- 3A Groove Music Balmages, Brian HS- 3A Homage Van der Roost, Jan HS- 3A Incidental Suite Smith, Claude T. HS- 3A Jubilatéo Hazo, Samuel R. HS- 3A Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis Smith, Claude T.
26 The Iowa Bandmaster Class Title Composer Arranger HS- 3A Symphonic Sketches Gorham, David HS- 3A The Universal Judgement De Nardis, Camille HS- 3A Westminster Carol Horsay, James HS- 3A Windsprints Saucedo, Richard HS- 4A American overture for Band (2) Jenkins, Joseph Willcox HS- 4A American Salute Gould, Morton HS- 4A Blessed are They Brahms, Johanne Buelman, Barbara HS- 4A Cenotaph Stamp, Jack HS- 4A Festivo Gregson, Edward HS- 4A Full Tilt Saucedo, Richard HS- 4A Geometric Dances Cichy, Roger HS- 4A Irish Tune from County Derry Grainger, Percy Aldridge HS- 4A Let us Break Bread Together Root, Thomas HS- 4A Lux Aurumque (2) Whitacre, Eric HS- 4A Metroplex (2) Sheldon, Robert HS- 4A No Shadow of Turning Gillingham, David HS- 4A october (2) Whitacre, Eric HS- 4A overture to Candide Bernstein, Leonard HS- 4A Pageant Persichetti, Vincent HS- 4A Pas Redouble Saint Saens, Camille Frankenpohl, Arthur HS- 4A Rest Ticheli, Frank HS- 4A Scherzo for Band Rossini, Gioachino Schaefer, William HS- 4A Tempered Steel Young, Charles HS- 4A The Saint and The City de Haan, Jacob HS- 4A Variations on America Ives, Charles HS- 4A Wedding Dance Press, Jacques HS- 4A Windsprints (2) Saucedo, Richard HS- 9th Quad City Stomp Sweeney, Michael HS- 9th Triumphant Fanfare Saucedo, Richard HS- 9th Voices of The Sky Hazo, Sam HS- Jazz A Penthouse Dawn Nelson, oliver HS- Jazz And Another Thing Garling, Tom HS- Jazz Bang Bang Cuba, Joe HS- Jazz Bird Count Schneider, Maria HS- Jazz Black and Tan Fantasy Ellington, Duke HS- Jazz Bluesiando Mossman, Michael Phillip HS- Jazz Brand New Year Levy, Jeremy HS- Jazz Count Bubba's Revenge Goodwin, Gordon HS- Jazz Dream of the Return Metheny, Pat Curnow, Bob HS- Jazz Giant Steps Coltrane, John Washut, Bob HS- Jazz Goin' on Carter, Benny HS- Jazz I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good Ellington, Duke oatts, Jack HS- Jazz Imagine My Frustration Ellington, Duke HS- Jazz Jumpin Punkins Ellington, Duke Berger, David HS- Jazz Legacy (now called Taskmaster) Washut, Bob HS- Jazz Moten Swing Wilkins, Ernie arr. HS- Jazz Nardis Davis, Miles Stone, George HS- Jazz of Courage and Spirit Washut, Bob HS- Jazz one Mint Julep Toombs, Rudolph Quincy, Jones HS- Jazz Passion Flower Strayhorn, Billy HS- Jazz Pyramid Ellington, Duke HS- Jazz Quintessence Nestico, Sammy HS- Jazz Red Clay Taylor, Mark HS- Jazz Rockin Rhythm/Kinda Dukish Ellington, Duke Berger, David ‰ continued on page 28
The Iowa Bandmaster 27 Repertoire from Selected Honor Bands (continued) Class Title Composer Arranger HS- Jazz Spin Cycle Baylock, Alan HS- Jazz Sultry Sunset (2) Ellington, Duke HS- Jazz The Cheese That Time Forgot Gaily, Dan HS- Jazz The Mooche Ellington, Duke HS- Jazz Three and one Jones, Thad HS- Jazz Vine Street Rumble Carter, Benny HS- Jazz You Got It (2) Foster, Frank MS- 6th Actium McGinty, Anne MS- 6th African Folk Trilogy #2 McGinty, Anne MS- 6th As the Eagle Flies Swearingen, James MS- 6th Banana Split Martin, David MS- 6th Celebration for Winds Edmondson, John MS- 6th Character Clark, Larry MS- 6th Chesapeake Serenade Balmages, Brian MS- 6th Consensus Clark, Larry MS- 6th Danza Africana Lopez, Victor MS- 6th Flying High owens, William MS- 6th Fum, Fum, Fum Story, Michael MS- 6th High Steppers on Parade Seward, Nancy MS- 6th Legends Clark, Larry Feldstein, Sandy MS- 6th Midnight Sky Balmages, Brian MS- 6th Temple of Darkness Grice, Rob MS- 6th The American Spirit Story, Michael MS- 6th The Soaring Spirit Grice, Rob MS- 6th Tribal Drums Schaeffer, David MS- 7th/8th A Distant Light Swearingen, James MS- 7th/8th A Kind and Gentle Soul Swearingen, James MS- 7th/8th Alamo King, Karl Swearingen, James MS- 7th/8th Brandenburg Gate Concert March Jennings, Paul MS- 7th/8th Brentwood Pass Williams, Jerry MS- 7th/8th Brick Street Encounter Saucedo, Richard MS- 7th/8th Brookpark overture Swearingen, James MS- 7th/8th Christmas Proclamation Court, Douglas MS- 7th/8th Clouds That Sail in Heaven Stalter, Todd MS- 7th/8th Cumberland Cross Strommen, Carl MS- 7th/8th Dedication, March, Celebration Swearingen, James MS- 7th/8th Firebrooke Prelude Curnow, James MS- 7th/8th Hadrian's Wall Smith, Robert W. MS- 7th/8th Highlights from "Carmen" Bizet, Georges Williams, Mark MS- 7th/8th In the shining of the Stars Sheldon, Robert MS- 7th/8th Into the Clouds Saucedo, Richard MS- 7th/8th o Little Town (3) Reed, Alfred MS- 7th/8th Prelude and Dance Del Borgo MS- 7th/8th Regimental Honor Moss, John MS- 7th/8th Remember Donohue, Melanie MS- 7th/8th Shore to Shore Curnow, Paul MS- 7th/8th The Big Circus March Foster, Robert MS- 7th/8th Three Christmas Classics Del Borgo, Elliot MS- 7th/8th Triumphant Fanfare (3) Saucedo, Richard MS- 7th/8th We Five Kings Williams, Mark MS- 7th/8th Where the Sun Breaks Through the Mist Sweeney, Michael MS- Jazz Bellavia Mangione, Chuck Lopez, Victor MS- Jazz In a Sentimental Mood Ellington, Duke Taylor, Mark MS- Jazz Manteca Gillespie, Dizzy owen, Steve
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The Iowa Bandmaster 29 BAND PERFORMANCE APPLICATION FORM Iowa Bandmasters Association – 88th Annual Conference Des Moines Downtown Marriott May 14-16, 2014 School ______Director ______Address ______City ______Zip Code______E-mail ______Phone ______
Please check the appropriate category and classification CONCERT BAND Number of members ______Circle the grades represented in the band: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Collegiate Adult High School _____4A _____3A _____2A _____1A Junior High/Middle School _____4A, 3A Feeder _____2A, 1A Feeder Elementary/Beginning Band _____ (Circle one) Adult/Community _____ Small College, 9th Grade/2nd Band
JAZZ BAND Number of members ______Circle the grades represented in the band: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Adult High School _____ Junior High/Middle School _____ Adult/Community _____ n (Check for consideration) If not selected as an IBA conference honor band, I would be interested in having my ensemble participate as a conference clinic band. This application is submitted with the full approval of the school and/or community administration and in compliance with all policies set forth. Further, I acknowledge that the recording submitted is a performance by this ensemble recorded during this school year. The director has reviewed the submitted recording and accepts full responsibility for its authenticity.
School official Signature ______
Director Signature ______
Return this form postmarked by December 12, 2014 to: Send your recording postmarked by January 21, 2015 to: Michael Golemo, IBA Pres.-Elect 2316 Red oak Drive, Ames, Iowa 50014 [email protected]
30 The Iowa Bandmaster GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF PERFORMING BANDS AT The Iowa Bandmasters Association 88th Annual Conference May 14-16, 2015
1. Deadline Information • Band Performance Application Form postmarked by December 12, 2014 • Audition recording postmarked by January 21, 2015 • Mail application & recording to: Mike Golemo, 2316 Red oak Drive, Ames, Iowa 50014 2. All elementary, junior high/middle school and high school bands are eligible for consideration, except those who have appeared at an IBA Conference in the past three years. (IBA Conference Resolution #5) Performing groups selected as IBA Honor Bands will not be considered to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in that capacity more often than once every three years (e.g., a musical group performing at the 2000 IBA Conference cannot perform again until 2003). A performing group may be chosen as a clinic or demonstration band at the discretion of the IBA President. Such participation will not negate or interrupt the performing group’s eligibility to be selected as an IBA Honor Band as outlined above. (1983) (1997) (2009) 3. The band director must be a current active member of the Iowa Bandmasters Association and their respective district association. 4. Audition recording • Must be of the 2014-2015 band • Should be approximately 15 minutes in length • Should not include any speaking • Each recorded selection cannot be altered or edited in any way. No excerpts permitted. • It is recommended that all audition recordings be submitted on CD for optimal recording quality; however, cassette tapes will be accepted. • Each recording should be identified only on a removable tray card, not on the recording itself. • Recordings will not be returned unless otherwise requested. 5. Music literature choice • High School Concert Band: It is strongly recommended that one piece be selected from the IHSMA Concert Band Required Music List or be of similar quality. Additional selections should represent contrasting styles of music. • Junior High/Middle School & Elementary: should represent contrasting styles of music. • Jazz Band: should include three pieces with contrasting styles, similar to IHSMA rules. 6. Recording suggestions • The order of your music on the recording is important. First impressions are always important. • Consider showcasing a specific strength in your ensemble. • Plan enough time for your recording schedule to meet the deadline. our winter weather is unpredictable! 7. Concert bands will be selected as follows: • one high school band of each class - 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A • The class category of a band is determined by the IHSMA classification of school enrollment. • Two junior high/middle school bands • The class category of a band is determined by the IHSMA classification of school enrollment. • A band will be considered “Middle School/Junior High if it meets the following criteria: Contains any combination of 6th-8th grade students, plus 9th grade students under the following circumstances: 9th grade members do not make up a majority of the band, and 9th grade musicians in the district do not participate in Iowa High School Music Association sanctioned activities. • At least one elementary band An elementary band is defined as an ensemble whose members have no more than two years of band experience by the date of the IBA performance and be in grade 6 or below. 8. Jazz bands will be selected as follows: • one high school jazz band and/or one junior high/middle school jazz band 9. The selection committee will consist of a minimum of four IBA members, including one elementary director, one junior high/middle school director, one high school director teaching in a 1A or 2A program, and one high school director teaching in a 3A or 4A program. 10. The selection committee reserves the right to select no bands in a particular classification when, in the opinion of the committee, the quality of bands does not meet the standards of an IBA honor band. 11. Community bands, college bands, high school second bands, and 9th grade bands are encouraged to submit record - ings. Bands in these categories will be selected as performance spots are available on the conference schedule. High school second bands and 9th grade bands may also choose to apply within their IHSMA classification as well.
The Iowa Bandmaster 31 MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP DAYS November 8, 2014 February 15, 2015 February 7, 2015 February 27-28
IMPORTANT DATES Single Reed Symposium November 8, 2014 Junior High Honor Band January 20, 2015 High School Honor Band January 22, 2015 Jazz Festival January 29-30, 2015
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32 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 33 Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors A questionnaire was distributed to all IBARD members which identifies those who wish to remain active in these categories: Year 2014-2015 e e n l m l t a d a b c b i r i n c r g m p i a m t m t r i e o r e n s d u n B o g h i r i i s n s
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John Aboud, Algona XXX XXX Bernie Allgood, Albia XX XX Dan Anderson, Eldridge XXXXXXX Donna Angell, Iowa City XXXX XX X Dave Ballman, Emmetsburg XX X XX Jim Bawden, Blue Grass XXXXX Bernie Bjorklund, Nora Springs X Guy Blair, Pella X? XXX XX Diana Blake, Waverly XXX Dee Bradt, Johnston XXXXXXX Paul Brizzi, Ankeny XX X XX XX Craig Bullis, Keokuk XXXX Dan Cassady, North Liberty XX XX XX Ron Coberly, New London XXXX XX Cheryl Crandell, S.Sioux City, NE XX George Curtis, Denver XXX Becky Curtis, Iowa City XXXX XX XX Linda Cutshall, Corwith XXX XX XX Ragene Darling, Logan XXXX X Charles Dcamp, Davenport XXXXXXX John Devlin, Le Grand XXXX XX John DeSalme, Solon X Earle Dickinson, Shellsburg XXX Dan Djuren, Clear Lake XX XXX Jon Engelhardt, Adel XX XXXX Lynette Evans, Iowa Falls X?X XXX X Marilyn Fee, Clinton XXXX X Luci Ferrin, Sibley XX X Dennis Frazier, Griswold XX Jim Fritz, Decorah XXXXX XX Bobbi Garringer, W. Des Moines XX XX XX John Gosnell, Ankeny XX XXXXX Michael Green, Bettendorf XX XXXX Arden Greener, Elgin XXX Gene Gross, Ames XXXXXXX Dennis Hanna, Guttenberg XXX X Terry Hanzlik, omaha, NE XX X XXX XX Tom Haugen, Decorah XXXXXXXX Frank Hoskins, Monroe XXXXXXX Gary Huxford, Marengo X?XXXX XX Judy Huxford, Marengo X?XXXX XX Cheryl Irwin, Des Moines XX X X Pete Jacobus, Glenwood XXXXXXX Greg James, West Union XX X X Harold Jansen, Des Moines XXXX Roland Jensen, Humboldt XX XXX Jerrold Jimmerson, Manson XXXX XX Carl Johnson, Urbandale XXXX X Dwayne Johnson, Cedar Falls XXXX X Larry Joiner, Cresco XX XXX John Keller, Urbandale XX X Jack King, Davenport X Kenneth Kirby, Calmar X Curtiss Klein, Fort Dodge XXXX XXX XXX Leon Kuehner, Hampton XXXX XXX XX Fred Lange, Ankeny XX X
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Lynn Lange, Ankeny XX Suzanne Lary, Centerville X David Larsen, Alcester SD X David Law, Marion XXXX XXX XXX Steve Lawson, Harlan XXXXX Robert E. Lee, Waverly XX Roger Lueders, Cedar Rapids XXX Bard Mackey, Waverly XXXX XX X Robert Manson, Cedar Rapids X Alan Mattison, Belmond XXXXXX Steve McCombs, Pella XXXXXXXXX Gary McCurdy, Washington XXXX X Kris McKlveen, Prairie City XX Kathy McMillen, Davenport XXXXXXX Andy Meredith, Lake View X Bob Meyer, McGregor X Larry Mitchell, Vermillion, SD XXXXXXX Donn Modlin, Indianola X Trish Moe, Albert City XX Clara Mortiboy, Davenport X Steve Neve, Creston XXX Thomas Nehls, Ames X Dave Newport, Grinnell XXXXXXXXX Jay Nugent, Urbandale XXXXX Dalene o’Brien, Boone XXXX X oscar ortiz, Monterey, CA XXXX XX X Laura Paarmann, Iowa City XX X Mary Peterson, Ames X James Priebe, Burlington XXX Arnold Rabe, West Burlington XXXXXXX Dick Redman, Pella XXXXX Doug Robbins, Manchester XX X X XX Bob Roussell, Monticello X Dawn Rutt, Forrest City XX X Jack Ryan, Spencer XXXXXXXXX Tracy Ryan, Malvern XXXX Kenneth Sabers, Rock Valley X Robert Sadilek, Cedar Rapids X Tom Sandholm, Grinnell XXXXXX Rich Scheffel, Maynard XXXX XX XX Al Sergel III, Platte City, Mo XXX Rod Shedenhelm, Sioux Rapids XXX XXX XX Robert Soule, Keokuk XX X Brian Stevens, Hampton XXX X Craig Swartz, Adel XXXX XX Helen Thiesen, Manilla XXX Richard Thimmesch, Ankeny XXXX XX XXX John Turnage, Pleasantville X David Twombley, Urbandale X Leonard Upham, Cedar Falls XXXXXXX Joanna VanDeBerg, Sumner X Katy VanNote, Urbandale XX Charles Vetter, Chillicothe, IL XX John Wagner, Grinnell XX Myron Welch, Coralville XXXX Paula Welter, Holy Cross XX X XX Michael Wilder, Carmar X Hans Willadsen, ocheyden XX Sandra Willman, Rockford XX Randy Winkey, Aplington X?XXXX XX Allan Yeager, Ida Grove XXXX XXX XX
The Iowa Bandmaster 35 Maquoketa’s Timber City Band Jay Kahn, Director OUR 40th SEASON!
2014 Season Repertoire Opener: Great Race March , Henry Mancini Star Spangled Banner , Department of Defense Edition March: Way Down South , W. Paris Chambers Overture: Jubilant , John Francis Galuska March: Leviathan March , John Francis Galuska Clarinet Solo: Luisa di Montfort (Finale) , Michael Bergson / arr. Andrew Glover featuring Micki Marolf, clarinet Tuba Solo: Largo Al Factotum , Giacchino Rossini / arr. Marc oliver featuring Gregg Marolf, tuba Polka Feature: Clarinet Polka, Traditional / arr. Henry W. Davis featuring the clarinet section Lyric: Celtic Ballad , Wesley Kennedy Folk Fantasy: Overture On A Minstrel Tune , Daniel Decatur Emmett / arr. Pierre LaPlante Rag: Warm Doughnuts , Frank Hoyt Losey Show Medley: Music from FROZEN, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez/ arr. Johnnie Vinson Show Medley: Star Spangled Spectacular , George M. Cohan / arr. John Cacavas March: The Pride of the Wolverines , John Philip Sousa / ed. Frederick Fennell March: The Washington Post , John Philip Sousa / ed. Keith Brion and Loras Schissel March: The Stars and Stripes Forever , John Philip Sousa / ed. Keith Brion and Loras Schissel Finale: May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You , Meredith Willson / arr. Howard Cable Founded as the Austin Avenue Band in 1973 by Maquoketa teachers Edd and Judy Scheer, the name was changed to the Timber City Band in 1986 when the band became too large to fit in the parlor of the Scheer’s home on Austin Avenue, forcing a move to larger quarters. (There was a Timber City Band at the turn of the last century in Maquoketa. The “new” band has revived the name.) The Timber City Band rehearses at Maquoketa Middle School, but in fact it is a regional band, boasting members not only from Jackson County, but also from the Dubuque area, Bellevue, Clinton and the Quad Cities. A recent addition to the Timber City Band's summer appearances is the annual 4th of July concert at the Tabor Winery in Baldwin, Iowa. It’s a lovely setting with the band playing in a large porch attached to a barn, overlooking the extensive grape vines which cover the surrounding rolling hills. Everyone in the band gets a free bottle of wine!
36 The Iowa Bandmaster Iowa Municipal Band Festival 2014 by Jay Kahn The 23rd annual Iowa Municipal Band Festival was held in Boone on July 12th. once again, the festival managed to beat the odds, as the participating bands and enthusiastic audience enjoyed nearly picture-perfect weather. The festival welcomed new participants, as well as bands which have become old friends. There was also a very special once-in-a- lifetime concert.
New Horizons Band of Des Moines Highlights from “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” ...... Meredith Ron Rieckman, Bandmaster Willson/arr. Alfred Reed This was the band's third appearance at the festival. American Collage ...... arr. Michael Story Highlights from “The Wizard of Oz” ...... arr. Michael Story Star-Spangled Banner ...... arr. Henry Fillmore Armed Forces Medley ...... arr. Bob Lowden Home Town Boy ...... Karl King Highlights from “Jersey Boys” ...... arr. Michael Brown Circus Days Galop ...... Karl King American Anthem from “The War” ...... arr. Michael Brown Kentucky 1800 ...... Clare Grundman Big River Brass Band Just A Closer Walk With Thee ...... arr. Johnnie Vinson Brian Burke, Bandmaster Fiddler On The Roof ...... arr. John Moss Phyllis Miller, Coordinator Mount Health y...... Gus Beans (Henry Fillmore) Based in Moline, Illinois, the Big River Brass Band is an Urbandale Community Adult Band Americanized version of the British brass band. That is, it plays Janna Rutledge, Bandmaster brass band arrangements, but does not adhere strictly to the This was the band's 13th appearance at the festival. traditional British competition instrumentation. Although the BRBB makes many appearances all year in the Quad City area, Prestissimo Galop ...... Karl King/James Swearingen this performance is its first appearance at the Iowa Municipal Blue Ridge Reel ...... Brian Balmages Band Festival, and also marks the greatest distance it has Variations On Russian Sailors traveled from its home base. Dance ...... Reinhold Glière/David Bobrowitz That Old Hound Dog Rag ...... Randall Standridge Raiders of the Lost Ark America The Beautiful ...... Samuel Ward/Bill Calhoun Shenandoah Danse Carnivale ...... Randall Standridge A Night In June Yankee Fanfar e...... Travis Weller Fantasia Voyage To The Edge of the World ...... Larry Neeck MacArthur Park God Bless America ...... Irving Berlin/arr. Frank Cofield Moorside Suite (Mvt. III - March) The Golden Helmet of Cortez
Ballard Community Band Greater Des Moines Community Band Scott Keese, Bandmaster David Liljedahl, Director This was the band's 12th appearance at the festival. The group is active year-round. It also has two violins playing the oboe parts! The Ames Municipal Band Gaslight Gaeities ...... James Ployhar Michael Golemo, Bandmaster Beguine Festival ...... Glenn osser Colonel John Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), guest conductor Cheerio ...... Edwin Franko Goldman Gerald Guilbeaux, guest conductor Chris Johnson, vocalist James Bovinette, trumpet soloist John Burnett-Larkins, emcee
The Star Spangled Banner ...... Francis Scott Key Broadway One-Step March ...... Karl King Light Cavalry Overtur e...... Franz von Suppé Colonel John Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), guest conductor I Dreamed a Dream ...... Claude Michel Schonberg Chris Johnson, vocalist Solamente Una Vez ...... Aguirre Agustin Lara Let It Go (from Disney’s Frozen) ...... Anderson-Lopez & Lopez Gerald Guilbeaux, guest conductor Manhattan (Movement I) ...... Philip Sparke James Bovinette, trumpet I’ve Heard That Song Before ...... Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn Chris Johnson, vocalist; James Bovinette, trumpet Col. John R. Bourgeois, USMC (ret.) directs the National The Liberty Bell March ...... John Philip Sousa Community Band at the 2014 Iowa Municipal Band Festival in John Bourgeois, guest conductor Boone. ‰ continued on page 38
The Iowa Bandmaster 37 Iowa Municipal Band Festival (continued)
NATIONAL COMMUNITY BAND Marching Along (A Parade of Sousa Marches) ...... John Philip Col. John R. Bourgeois, USMC (ret.), Bandmaster Sousa/compiled by John R. Bourgeois Gerald Guilbeaux, Coordinator Selections from "The Music Man" ...... Meredith Willson/ arr. Philip J. Lang Sponsored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, the National Barnum and Bailey's Favorite ...... Karl King/ Community Band is made up of community band musicians special edition by Thomas G. Leslie from around the country. It presents a concert every summer Bacchanale from "Samson et Dalila" ...... Camille Saint-Saëns/ in a different location. The appearances this year at Iowa arr. P Egner State University and the Iowa Municipal Band Festival were The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... John Philip Sousa truly "once-in-a-lifetime" events. The “guest” director for the NCB since its inception has been Col. John R. Bourgeois, BOONE MUNICIPAL BAND former Director of “The President's own,” the United States David Richardson, Bandmaster Marine Band. The program shown below is the complete repertoire for 2014. The concert presented in Boone did not The band played all original pieces commissioned by the band, include all of these selections. as well as pieces arranged or composed by band members. Pavilion March ...... Frank Piersol The Star Spangled Banner ...... official Department of Boone Festival ...... James Goodwin, Defense Edition Director of Iowa Military Veterans Band The Royal Welsh Fusiliers ...... John Philip Sousa March for Lyl e...... Paul Clark, Christopher Columbus Overture ...... Richard Wagner/ Boone grad and retired BD at Center Point arr. by John R. Bourgeois Stripes March ...... Dave Swenson, American Suite (Mvts. I & V )...... Antonín Dvořák/ member of Boone Muni Band arr. John R. Bourgeois Overture-Wheels of Time ...... Christof Zirngibl, Songs My Mother Taught Me (From “Gypsy German composer and friend Songs”) ...... Antonín Dvořák/arr. Anthony LaBounty Sea Wise March ...... C.Y. Younger, In The Miller Mood ...... arr. Warren Barker member of Boone Muni Band Danse Diabolique ...... Joseph Hellmesberger/ America the Beautiful ...... arr. Carmen Dragon transcribed Tohru Takahashi (traditional Boone concert ending)
IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION “Advancing the He art of 21st Century Skills” Save the Date
On Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE) will be hosting the second annual Fine Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in Des Moines. Anyone interest - ed in participating in this event should contact the IAAE Executive Director, Leon Kuehner at: [email protected]. The purpose of the event is to advocate for Fine Arts education in Iowa and ask for legislative support of a bill to add Fine Arts to the Iowa Core. Fine Arts advocates will be scheduling per - sonal visits with legislators. As part of the advocacy material given to the legislators, the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education is hoping to collect statements of support for Fine Arts education from Iowans of differing age levels and occupations from all 99 counties. IAAE is inviting you to respond to the following question: How has fine arts education impacted your life? You may respond to this question on the IAAE website link: www.iowaalliance4artsed.org If you have any questions, please contact Leon Kuehner, IAAE Executive Director, at: [email protected]
38 The Iowa Bandmaster “Advancing the He art of 21st Century Skills” Membership Form Name: ______E-Mail: ______Address: ______Phone:______Cell Phone: ______
Basic Membership Levels: n $10: Student Member n $35: Individual member n $50: Friend n $100: Business/Community & School organizations n $______: Additional Contribution Additional Levels of Membership: n n $250: Bronze Level $2,500: Platinum Level n n $500: Silver Level $5,000: Diamond Level n n $1,000: Gold Level $______: Additional Contribution All members will receive a monthly update on activities of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education and recognition of membership level contributions on the IAAE website If paying by mail, please make checks payable to IAAE and send to: Martha Kroese, IAAE Treasurer, 2102 Minnetonka Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 If paying by credit card, membership forms/payment details are available on-line at: www.iowaalliance4artsed.org IAAE Needs You! The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education has had a very successful year impacting Fine Arts instruction in the areas of advocacy, mentorship and professional development. During the past year IAAE: • hosted a very successful Fine Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in Des Moines to advocate for Fine Arts instruction and to ask for legislative support to add Fine Arts to the Iowa Core, testified for Senate Education Committee, • continued implementation of the Iowa “Model of Excellence” mentoring program for first and second year Fine Arts teachers in our state • presented a Leadership Training Institute for young Fine Arts teachers in our state • provided advocacy information to schools across the state facing staff reduction/cuts • maintained a positive working relationship and collaborated with the Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs on several projects affecting Fine Arts instruction in Iowa. During the next school year, IAAE is planning to: • host a Fine Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol on January 28, 2015 to complete the legislative work to add Fine Arts to the Iowa Core • advocate for a full-time Fine Arts Consultant at the Department of Education • secure funding for the “Iowa Model of Excellence” mentoring program so it can continue • advocate for tax-credits for student-related expenses related to Fine Arts instruction • continue collaboration with Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Arts Council and Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to provide quality professional development for the Fine Arts teachers of Iowa. If you are a current member of IAAE, we thank you for your continued support. If you are not a member yet, we need your help. Your membership is vital in allowing us to communicate the essential place the arts have in every student’s education. With that in mind, we ask for your financial support available for the IAAE. Please use the above form and send your membership today. Together WE can make a difference! Please join us as we work for Fine Arts Eduction for the students of Iowa!
The Iowa Bandmaster 39 In Memoriam
John Peter ("PetJe"o) Khanss lePr weats eborr nK Daecsemsbleer r30 ,( 1199332, 2in -Ce 2da0r R1a4pi)ds , Iowa, the son of Esther Louise (Porter) and Carl Joseph Kassler. Upon their marriage, his mother, a homemaker, and his father, proprietor of Marion Electric Company, and a WWI veteran, built a house in Marion, Iowa, where John resided before attending college. John was active in high school football, basketball, track and softball, as well as all-school musical activities at Marion High School. He spoke many times of throwing the winning basket in a close game with a rival team in the WaMac Conference. During his senior year he peformed in a clarinet trio which was the only instrumental ensemble entry from Marion High School to earn a division I rating at state music contest that year. His future wife, Leota, was one of the members of that trio. Upon graduation from high school John attended the University of Iowa. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1955, and later received a Master of Music degree from the same institution. John was drafted into the United States Army five days after graduating from college. He was stationed at Fort Holabird in Baltimore, Maryland, where he served in the Counter Intelligence Corps. On September 3, 1955, he married his high school sweetheart, Leota Marie Hay. John began a 35-year career as a public school instrumental music educator upon his discharge from the Army in 1957. His first teaching job was at Kanawha, Iowa. He also enjoyed tenure in the Winfield-Wyman school system and the Iowa Valley (Marengo) school system. From 1966-1992 he was the high school band instructor at Chariton Communnity High School. Under John's leadership, the high school band and its members enjoyed many successes, receiving top ratings at state music contests, record numbers of individual division I ratings at state solo and ensemble contests, numerous students selected for the Iowa All-State band and other noted honor bands, and a summer pro - gram that included concerts on the Chariton Court House lawn. Many of his students received music scholarships to various colleges and universitites. Teaching and music were highlights of John's life. He took great pride in the accomplishments of his students. Many of John’s students continue to play and enjoy music and have pursued careers as music educators and profes - sional musicians because of his influence and encouragement. In his later years, John always enjoyed hearing about past students, their lives and their success. For many years John conducted the Aeolian Singers, a choral ensemble that had a long tradition of musical theater productions and concerts of classical choral music. John has also conducted the Chariton United Methodist Adult Choir and Handbell Choir. In his retirement John enjoyed golfing, playing clarinet in the Russell Town Band and Charition Community band, the IBARD retired band directors’ band, and adjudicating Iowa High School Music Association music contests. He also had several private students. He was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church. He also volunteered with the SHIIP program and greatly enjoyed helping people with their needs. He is survived by his wife, Leota, daughter Barbara (Michael) Wells of Storm Lake, Iowa; son David Kassler of Rochester, Minnesota; grandson Benjamin Wells, of Decorah, Iowa; sister Kay Micheletti of Colorado Springs, Colorado; niece Cindy (Tony) Catanese of Lakewood, Colorado; and nephews James (Marcia) Noxon of Ames, Iowa and Robert Noxon of Colorado Springs, Colorado. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Chariton Public Library, the First United Methodist Church, or the Legacy Lodge Hospice House.
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40 The Iowa Bandmaster Contest Results Edited by Denise Graettinger
State Marching Sheldon 2A I Pella 3A I Band Results Shenandoah 2A II Saydel 3A I Sibley-ocheyedan 2A I Solon 3A I School Name Class Rating Sioux Center 2A II South Tama County, Tama 3A II Bedford 1A II Southwest Valley, Corning 2A II Spencer 3A I Belle Plaine 1A II Sumner-Fredericksburg 2A II Spirit Lake 3A II Bishop Garrigan, Algona 1A I Treynor 2A I Union, LaPorte City 3A II Cardinal, Eldon 1A II Tri-Center, Neola 2A I Vinton-Shellsburg 3A I Central City 1A III Underwood 2A I Washington 3A I Don Bosco, Gilbertville 1A I Wapello 2A SC West Delaware, Manchester 3A I East Buchanan, Winthrop 1A II West Branch 2A SC Williamsburg 3A I Gehlen Catholic, LeMars 1A I West Burlington 2A SC Winterset 3A I Iowa Valley, Marengo 1A III West Central Valley, Stuart 2A II Xavier, Cedar Rapids 3A I Lenox 1A II West Liberty 2A SC Ankeny 4A I Lone Tree 1A III West Lyon, Inwood 2A I Ankeny Centennial 4A I Mount Ayr 1A II West Marshall, State Center 2A I Bettendorf 4A I Nashua-Plainfield 1A II Wilton 2A I Burlington 4A SC Nishnabotna, Farragut 1A II A-D-M, Adel 3A I Cedar Falls 4A I North Mahaska, New Sharon 1A I Algona 3A I Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 4A I Riverside, oakland 1A II Anamosa 3A II Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 4A I South o Brien, Paullina 1A I Atlantic 3A II Cedar Rapids, Washington 4A I Springville 1A I Benton, Van Horne 3A I Clinton 4A SC Woodbury Central, Moville 1A I Bondurant-Farrar 3A I Council Bluffs, A Lincoln 4A I Albia 2A III Carlisle 3A II Council Bluffs, T Jefferson 4A I Alburnett 2A III Center Point-Urbana 3A I Davenport, Central 4A SC Alta-Aurelia 2A II Centerville 3A II Davenport, North 4A SC Aplington-Parkersburg 2A I Central Clinton, DeWitt 3A SC Davenport, West 4A SC Bellevue 2A II Charles City 3A I Des Moines, East 4A III Belmond-Klemme 2A II Clarke, osceola 3A II Des Moines, Lincoln 4A I Camanche 2A SC Clear Creek-Amana 3A I Des Moines, Roosevelt 4A I Cascade, Western Dubuque 2A III Creston 3A I Dowling Catholic, Central Lee, Donnellson 2A SC Crestwood, Cresco 3A I West Des Moines 4A I Cherokee, Washington 2A II Dallas Center-Grimes 3A I Dubuque, Hempstead 4A I Clarinda 2A I Davis County, Bloomfield 3A I Dubuque, Senior 4A I Des Moines Christian 2A II Decorah 3A I Epworth, Western Dubuque 4A II Earlham 2A I Estherville-Lincoln Central 3A I Fort Dodge 4A II Eddyville-Blakesburg- Forest City 3A I Indianola 4A I Fremont 2A I Fort Madison 3A SC Iowa City, City High 4A I Highland, Riverside 2A II Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 3A II Johnston 4A I Jesup 2A SC Glenwood 3A I Lewis Central 4A I Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 2A III Grinnell 3A I Linn-Mar, Marion 4A I Lake Mills 2A I Harlan 3A I Marshalltown 4A I Louisa-Muscatine 2A SC Humboldt 3A II Muscatine 4A I Mediapolis 2A I Independence 3A I Newton 4A I Mid-Prairie, Wellman 2A I Keokuk 3A SC Norwalk 4A I North Polk, Alleman 2A II Knoxville 3A I ottumwa 4A II North Union 2A III LeMars 3A I Prairie, Cedar Rapids 4A I Northeast, Goose Lake 2A II Maquoketa 3A I Sioux City, North 4A I North-Linn, Troy Mills 2A I Marion 3A I Sioux City, West 4A I ogden 2A I Mount Pleasant 3A SC Urbandale 4A I PCM, Monroe 2A I Mount Vernon 3A II Valley, West Des Moines 4A I Pekin 2A II Nevada 3A II Waterloo, East 4A II Pocahontas Area 2A I oelwein 3A II Waterloo, West 4A I Red oak 2A I oskaloosa 3A I Waukee 4A I
The Iowa Bandmaster 41 BOONE PUFFERBILLY DAYS – Parade Band Results Sweepstakes Award: Participating Bands: Ames High School Boone High School (host band) Chris Ewan, Director Chris Truckenmiller, Director Junior High Band Award: Carroll Kuemper Junior High ogden Junior High Kate Tomaszkwicz, Director Jeremy Britten, Director District News Edited by Elaine Menke
E Pluribus Unum ...... Fred Jewell Americans We ...... Fillmore/Fennell NWIBA Star Spangled Spectacular ...... Cacavas The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Key/Moore LeMars Municipal Band Lest We Forget ...... James Swearingen 2014 Summer Season The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa June 15, 2014 Jerry Bertrand, Conductor Overture Jubiloso ...... Frank Erickson July 9, 2014 The High School Cadets June 11, 2014 The National Game ...... Sousa March ...... Sousa/Gore Riders of the Flag ...... John Philip Sousa Prelude Siciliano and Rondo ...... Arnold Der Heyser Bulgar (The Academic Procession ...... Clifton Williams Morceau Symphonique ...... Guilmant Warm Bread) ...... Trad./Rager Oliver’s Birthday ...... Bruce Broughton David Moore, Euphonium Clarinet Escapade ...... Russell Ward Michael Prichard, Trumpet Laredo ...... Clifton Williams Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, On A Hymnsong of Promenade ...... Leroy Anderson Symphonic Suite ...... Kamer/Lavender Philip Bliss ...... David Holsinger The Teddy Bear’s Picnic ...... Bratton/ Caribbean Rondo ...... Pierre La Plante Satiric Dances ...... Norman Dello Joio Kennedy The Music of Disneyland ...... arr. Brubaker El Palo Duro ...... Charles Wiley Sea Medley ...... Philip Lang For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow ...... Trad. American Riversongs ...... Pierre La Plant An Ellington Portrait ...... Floyd Werle Good Night Ladies ...... Trad. Tribute to Irving Berlin ...... Warren Barker Prestissimo ...... Karl L. King Audience Sing-Along Circus Days ...... Karl L. King Band of American March ...... Paul Lavalle July 16, 2014 The Star-Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moore June 18, 2014 Ernst August March ...... Blankenburg Knightsbridge March ...... Eric Coates March and Procession June 22, 2014 Sinfonia Nobilissima ...... Robert Jager of Bacchus ...... Leo Delibes Where the Black Hawk Soars ...... Smith Der Heyser Bulgar ...... Krakauer/Rager Dixieland Jam ...... Bob Lowden Concerto Opus 8 for Horn Dr. Deborah Check-Reeves, Clarinet Roger Venaas, clarinet; Ed Mortensen, and Band ...... Strauss/Yeago As Summer Was Just Beginning ...... Daehn trumpet; David Moore, euphonium; Curt Dr. Gary Reeves, horn soloist Aguero ...... Jose Franco Ohrlund, trombone; Caught By the Horn s...... Hardin Irish Salute ...... Frank Cofield Corbet Butler, tuba Mercury March ...... Jan Van der Roost The Irish Washerwoman ...... Anderson Jamaican Rumba ...... Arthur Benjamin Selections from Phantom of Man of La Mancha ...... arr. Erickson Chant and Jubilo ...... W. Francis McBeth the Opera ...... Webber/Barker Diamond Jubilee March ...... Sousa May The Good Lord Bless And Farandole from “L’ Arlesienne Suite Keep You ...... Meredith Willson No. 2 ”...... Bizet/Longfield June 28, 2014 Sandpaper Ballet ...... Leroy Anderson Sketches of Spain ...... David Black The Rifle Regiment March ...... Sousa Bricusse and Newly On Fascinating Rhythm ...... Gershwin & Tancredi Overture ...... G. Rossini Broadway ...... Warren Barker Gershwin/Del Borgo Manhattan ...... Philip Sparks Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ...... King I’m Looking Over a Four Richard Bogenrief – Trumpet Goodnight ...... Lawrence Welk Leaf Clover ...... Harry Woods Chorale and Capriccio ...... Giovannini It’s a Grand Night for Second Prelude ...... Gershwin/Krance Singing ...... Rogers & Hammerstein Scottish Rhapsody ...... William Rhoads Audience Sing-Along SWSIioBuxA City Municipal Band Oliver Selections ...... Bart/Leyden Basses On A Rampage ...... Huffine/Glover The Goldman Band March ...... King Grandview Park Bandshell The Star-Spangled Banner Dr. Lawrence Mitchell, Conductor ...... Key/Moore Robert Gibson, Asst. Conductor July 4, 2014 June 29, 2014 Dave Madsen, Host Sabre and Spurs March ...... Sousa King Duncan’s March from June 8, 2014 The Spirit of ’76 ...... Clare Grundman Macbeth There’s No Business Like ...... Verdi/Smith Tubby the Tuba ...... Tripp/ The Calif of Bagdad Show Business Kleinsinger/ Roach ...... Berlin/Iwai Overture American Pageant ...... Boieldieu/Zamecnik Kris Ohrlund, Tuba ...... Thomas Knox Jungle Fantasy A Cohan Broadway Festival ...... arr. Iwai Curt Ohrlund, Conductor ...... arr. Werle Among the Clouds America’s Finest (A Musical Tribute to ...... Brian Balmages Erin Ohrlund, Narrator A Tribute to Elvis the Armed Forces) ...... arr. Christensen Brassmens Holiday ...... Armengol/Nestico ...... arr. Bocook Marching Through Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Trumpet Trio - Richard Bogenrief, Georgia ...... Sousa/Brion Oak Tree ...... Levine/Brown Ed Mortensen, Michael Prichard Lassus Trombone ...... Fillmore/ Schissel God Bless America ...... Irving Berlin Iowa Centennial ...... Karl L. King Porgy and Bess Medley ...... arr. Lowden God of Our Fathers ...... Claude T. Smith Audience Sing-Along
42 The Iowa Bandmaster Iowa Corn Song ...... Riley & Botsford The Bass in the Ballroom ...... Newsome June 15, 2014 Take Me Out to the Michael Andersen, tuba soloist Karl L. King Band Shell Ballgame ...... Norworth/Von Tilzer Themes from 007 ...... arr. Lowden Flag Day Audience Sing-Along Chit Chat Polka ...... Johann Strauss Vanguard of Democracy ...... Karl L. King The New Colonial March ...... Hall/Boyd Suite from Man of La Riders for the Flag ...... Sousa/Fennell The Star-Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moore Mancha ...... Darion & Leigh/Williams Broad Stripes and Bright Supercalifragilistic- Stars ...... Robert Longfield July 6, 2014 expialidocius ...... Sherman & Sherman The Homefront: Musical Memories of Joyance ...... Claude T. Smith The Sound of Music ...... Rogers & World War II ...... arr. Christensen Oliver’s Birthday ...... Bruce Broughton Hammerstein Flying With the Colors ...... W.B. Green Mike Prichard, trumpet soloist Audience Sing-Along Second American Folk Liberty Bell March ...... Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Rhapsody ...... Clare Grundman Sinatra ...... arr. Bulla The Star-Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moore Directed by David Klee Songs of Aloha ...... arr. Ford Arlington (Where Giants March Gate City (Atlanta) ...... Weldon Lie Sleeping )...... Paul Murtha Artistry Jumps ...... Kenton/Iwai NCIBA Armed Forces Salute ...... arr. Lowden When Johnny Comes Humboldt Big Band God Shed His Grace on Thee ...... Glover Marching Home ...... Gilmore/Brown February 7, 8, 9 2014 The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Abba ...... arr. Brown Rollie Jensen, Director The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key American Patrol ...... F.W. Meacham Armed Forces Salute ...... arr. Lowden Western Standard Time June 22, 2014 Audience Sing-Along Yesterday, When I Was Young Karl L. King Band Shell The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Witchcraft Salute to Iowa The Star-Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moore Just a Closer Walk With Thee Land of Plenty ...... C.L. Barnhouse JUMP Iowa Centennial ...... Karl L. King July 13, 2014 Freebird Conducted by Dr. Brad Williamson, First Suite in Eb ...... Holst Go Tell It On The Mountain University of Wyoming, Laramie WY Buglers Holiday (tuba trio) ...... Anderson Columbus Stockade Blues Finale from The New World Tuba trio - Mike Anderson, Pick Yourself Up Symphony ...... Dvorak/Leidzen Charles Dibley, Josh Calkin Get Back Highlights from Porgy Jesus Christ Superstar Liberty Bell March and Bess ...... Gershwin/Yoder Medley ...... Webber/Mancini & Moss Lady Madonna If I Were a Rich Man (from Fiddler on Parade from Viva Mexico ...... Morrissey the Roof) ...... Bock/Davis The Presidents March ...... Henry Fillmore Karl L. King Municipal Band Bob Patton, Vocalist El Cumbanchero ...... Hernandez/Iwai Jerrold P. Jimmerson, Conductor The Iowa Band Law ...... King Russian Sailors’ Dance ...... Gliere/Leidzen Dr. David Klee, Assistant Conductor In A Moonlit Garden ...... King Conducted by Dr. David Klee Symphonic Highlights May 26, 2014 The Music Man Highlight s...... Willson/Lang from Frozen ...... arr. Bulla North Lawn Cemetery Prestissimo ...... King Sioux City Sue ...... Dick Thomas Memorial Day Program The Fort Dodge Messenger ...... Schive Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days American Heroes ...... Frank Simon The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key of Summer ...... arr. McClain Brigadier General ...... Karl L. King Audience Sing-Along National Glory ...... King July 6, 2014 Ponderoso ...... King America Exultant ...... Al Hayes Karl L. King Band Shell The Star-Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moore Remembrance ...... King Independence Day God Bless America ...... Berlin/Cofield Strike Up The Band July 20, 2014 ...... Gershwin/Moss Flight Commander ...... W.B. Green Salute to Camp Harrison Skyliner March ...... King ...... Harry L. Alford You’re A Grand Old American Overture for Band Overture to Die ...... Jenkins Flag ...... Cohan/Walters The King Dances Fledermaus ...... Joseph Blaha ...... Strauss/Calliet Salute to America’s Fines t...... arr. Lavender Conducted by Dr. Joseph Blaha, Roanoke Summertime ...... George Gershwin The Star-Spangled Banner ...... F. S. Key College, Salem VA I Love Sioux City ...... Kline/Barker Aces of the Air ...... King Featuring Jive for Five Brass Quintet Diana Wooley, vocal soloist Glenn Miller Selection Nordic Trilogy June 8, 2014 ...... arr. Golemo ...... Erickson, Davis, Reed Featuring Jive for Five Brass Quintet Claire De Lune ...... Debussy/Stuart Karl L. King Band Shell The Liberty Bell La Bamba De Vera ...... Sousa Frontier Days The Fourth of July Cruz Yellowstone Trail ...... arr. Cacavas ...... Tucci/Hunsberger ...... Karl L. King Conducted by David Klee And The Band Played O n...... Vaquero Palmer & Ward ...... Sammy Nestico American Flourish Bill Bailey Light Cavalry ...... Robert W. Smith ...... Hughie Cannon ...... von Suppe/Fillmore Rough Riders Audience Sing-Along The Blue-Tail Fly ...... King ...... Clare E. Grundman Within These Hallowed Tony Bennett Unplugged Sabre and Spurs ...... arr. Ippolito ...... Sousa Halls ...... King Cotton On The Trail (from Grand Canyon Swearingen ...... Sousa Narrated by T.H. Hoefing The Star-Spangled Banner Suite ...... Key/Moore )...... Grofe/Bennett The Stars and Stripes Forever Conducted by David Klee ...... Sousa The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key July 27, 2014 How The West Was Won ...... arr. Hawkins Four Colonial Country Dances ....Curnow Paint Your Wagon ...... Lerner & July 13, 2014 Introduction, Theme Loewe/Cacavas Karl L. King Band Shell and Variations ...... Rossini/ed. Glazer The Midnight Fire For the Young at Heart Holly Haddad, clarinet soloist Alarm ...... Lincoln/Krance Entry of the Gladiators ...... Fucik/Seredy The Music-Makers ...... Alfred Reed Gallant Zouaves ...... King Mother Hubbard ...... Sousa/Jimmerson Our Director March ...... F. E. Bigelow The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key William Tell ...... Rossini/Leidzen
The Iowa Bandmaster 43 Casey at the Bat ...... Randol Alan Bass July 27, 2014 Symphonic Band Paul Bloomquist, Narrator Karl L. King Band Shell Russ Kramer, Conductor The Wizard of Oz Robinson’s Grand Entrée ...... King Suite for Band ...... Timothy Mahr Fantasy ...... Harburg & Arlen/Yoder Sarasota ...... King **World Premiere** Valiant Youth ...... King The Princess of India ...... King Spangled Heavens ...... Donald Grantham The Toy Trumpet ...... Scott/Briegel Elsa’s Procession to the Concerto Cannonball ...... Scott McAllister Tim Miller, Soloist Cathedral ...... Wagner/Cailliet Mike Giles, Alto Saxophone Directed by David Klee Conducted by Dr. David Klee **Iowa Premiere** The Teddy Bear’s Picnic .....Bratton/Yoder The Missouri Bandman ...... King Amazing Grace ...... Frank Ticheli Disney at the Oscars ...... arr. Moss Conducted by Andrew Glover March from “Symphonic Meta- The Big Cage ...... King Field Ayres ...... Trad./Richard & Sheffler morphosis ”...... Hindemith/trans. Wilson Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ...... King Sandpaper Ballet ...... Leroy Anderson The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key Featuring the Percussion Section Pochontas Community Band Somewhere A Voice is Calling ..arr. Glover Rialto Theatre July 20, 2014 Slavonic Dance June 27, 2014 Karl L. King Band Shell No. 3 ...... Dvorak/Laurendeau Rollie Jensen, Director Woody Van’s ...... King Conducted by Andrew Glover Seventy-Six Trombones Basses on a Rampage ...... G.H. Huffine Irving Berlin It Had Better be Tonight Second Suite in F ...... Gustav Holst Showstoppers ...... Berlin/Higgins Vandercook Polka In Old Portugal ...... King Royal Hippodrome ...... King Luke Yoakam, trumpet soloist – Triad ...... J.J. Richards Auld Lang Syne ...... King Major Landers Scholarship winner Bugler’s Holiday ...... Leroy Anderson The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key It Don’t Mean a Thing Featuring a Trumpet Trio Bring Him Home Ung-Kung-Foy-Ya ...... King Mason City High School Onward Christian Soldiers Colossus of Columbia ...... Alexander Spring Concert Moon River – Roger Netz-Vocal Georgia On My May 11, 2014 Pennsylvania Polka Mind ...... Carmichael/Higgins In The Mood – Sax Feature Directed by Dr. David Klee Concert Band “ONE” from A Chorus Line Ragged Rozey ...... Karl L. King Mike McEniry, Conductor Softly As I Leave You Clarinet Polka ...... arr. Bennett Blue Ridge Reel ...... Brian Balmages National Emblem March They’re Off ...... Fred Jewell Sweet Like That ...... Theofanidis God Bless America Washington Post ...... John Philip Sousa Hostrauser’s March ...... Chambers/Walters Lawrence Welk Closing Theme The Star-Spangled Banne r...... Smith & Key Symphony No. 4 ...... Andrew Boysen, Jr. Pochontas Community Band County Fair July 17, 2014 Strike Up The Band Dallas Soul Bossa Nova Washington and Lee Swing When I’m 64 Swing March-Mancini Joshua Torch of Liberty – Karl King Puttin’ On The Ritz New World Symphony Stand Up For Jesus Day Tripper Ghost Riders in the Sky This Is My Country Star Spangled Banner
NTEafIt MBidA dle School, Cedar Rapids october, 16 2014 Randy Atkinson, Directo 7th Grade Band March of the Crusaders ...... Swearingen More Cowbell ...... Mark Williams Future Force ...... Larry Neeck Hang on Sloopy ...... arr. Sebesky 8th Grade Band March of the Chinchillas ...... Kevin Paul Crunch Time !...... James Swearingen Pinnacle ...... Rob Grice Viva La Vida ...... arr. Waters
44 The Iowa Bandmaster Tri-State Wind Symphony Emblem of Freedom ...... King July 3, 2014 Eagle Point Park Band Shell Lucy’s Sextette (A Ragtime The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit Travesty) ...... Donezetti/Alford Overture to May 29, 2014 The Unsinkable Molly “Candide ”...... Bernstein/Grundman First Nights Brown ...... Willson/Reed Reflective Mood ...... Sammy Nestico Star Spangled Banner ...... Smith The Waltzing Cat ...... Anderson/Lang Dr. Anthony Williams, Trombone Soloist Poet and Peasant Stars and Stripes Gallant Marines March ...... Karl L. King Overture ...... von Suppe/Takahashi Forever ...... Sousa/Brion & Schissel Dixieland Festival ...... arr. Warrington Burnished Brass ...... Cacavas Old Scottish Melody ...... arr. Wiley Americans We March ...... Henry Fillmore Hebrides Suite ...... Grundman Patriotic Sing-A-Long ...... James Ployhar On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss .....Holsinger Waterloo Municipal Band Lucinda Lear, Song Leader The Wearing of the Green, from the Bill Shepherd, Conductor In the Miller Mood ...... arr. Barker Irish Suite ...... Anderson/Wagner June 5, 2014 Armed Forces, Pride of Under the Sea, from the America The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit ...... Clark/Gilpin Little Mermaid ...... Menkin/Nowak Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Czardas Poet and Peasant ...... Waignein America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa/Brion & Schissel Overture ...... von Suppe/Takahashi Intermezzo from July 10, 2014 June 12, 2014 Pagliacci ...... Leoncavallo/Glover Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit Italian Job The Footlifter March ...... Filmore/Balent Procession of Nobles ...... Rimsky- Star Spangled Banner ...... Smith Victory At Sea ...... Rodgers/Bennett Overture to “The Barber The Thunderer Korsakov/Leidzen March ...... Sousa The Mayors March of Seville” ...... Rossini/Duthoit The Ramparts Concert ...... William Shepherd Powhatan ‛s Daughter Largo Al Factotum ...... Rossini/oliver Overture ...... Clifton Williams March Gregg Marolf, tuba soloist Bombasto March ...... o.R. Farrar ...... Sousa/Schissel T.D. ‛s Boogie Woogie Il Bersagliere (Italian Riflemen) .....Boccalari Big Band Spectacular ...... arr. Higgins ...... arr. Clark Five Seasons Concert March Sextette from “Lucia di Lammer- America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon ...... Piersol moor ”...... Donizetti/Bartino & Katz The Complete Harry Lucy’s Sextette (A Ragtime June 12, 2014 Potter ...... arr. Brubaker Travesty) ...... Donezetti/Alford The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit Recorded by Sinatra ...... arr. Barker Tripoli ...... A.D Anna/Hastings Overture to Nabucco ...... Verdi/Caillet America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon Great Themes from Great Stardust ...... Carmichael/Nestico Italian Movies ...... arr. Cacavas Canton Aero Club March ...... Karl L. King July 17, 2014 Funiculi, Funicula ...... Denza/Reed Tony Bennett Unplugged ...... arr. Ippolito The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams June 26, 2014 March ...... Karl L. King Guest Conductor - Jason Weinberger, A Star Spangled Spectacular – Iowa Style! Amazing Grace ...... Frank Ticheli Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Liberty Fanfare ...... Williams/Bocook Washington and Lee Swing Ireland: Legend and Lore ...... Smith Star Spangled Banner ...... Smith March ...... Allen/Sheafe Fairest of the Fair Armed Forces Salute ...... arr. Lowden Gershwin Medley ...... Gershwin/Bennett March ...... Sousa/Brion/Schissel Emblem of Freedom ...... King America The Beautiful...... Ward/Dragon Bring Him Home ...... Boublil/Schonberg/ In the Miller Mood ...... arr. Barker Claude/Vinson The Blue and the Grey ...... Dalby June 19, 2014 Lucinda Lear, Soprano Soloist Unsinkable Molly Brown ...... Willson/Reed The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit The Iowa Band Law March ...... King Thumbs Up, U.S.A...... King William Tell Overture ...... Rossini/Fry I Dreamed A Dream ...... Shonberg/Brown Rushmore ...... Sousa/Brion & Schissel Circus Days March ...... Frank Piersol Lucinda Lear, Soprano Soloist “Beguine” Again ...... Glenn osser The Rolling Stones On Tou r...... arr. Roszell July 17, 2014 The Federal March ...... Sousa/Rhea Scenes from… Fluffy Ruffles ...... Green/Cahn Lennon ...... arr. Barrett Matt Andreini, Xylophone Soloist Star Spangled Banner ...... Smith The Sound of Musi c....Hammerstein/Bennett The Purple Carnival ...... Alford Teddy Trombone ...... Henry Fillmore Jubilee Concert Marc h...... George Kenny The National Emblem Scenes from “The Louvre” ...... Dello Joio Ol ‛ Blue Eyes, Sinatra Exultation ...... Sparke March ...... Bagley/Schissel Medley ...... arr. Brubaker America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon With Each Sunset Comes the America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon Promise of a New Day ...... Saucedo In the Storm ...... R.W. Smith June 26, 2014 July 24, 2014 Lord of the Rings “The Fellowship The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit The Star Spangled Banner ...... Key/Moffit of the Ring” ...... Shore/Lopez Overture to “West Side March and Procession Highlights from Story ”...... Bernstein/Duthoit of Bacchus ...... Delibes/Clark “Frozen” ...... arr. o’Loughlin Cousins ...... Herbert L. Clark Washington Post March ...... Sousa/Byrne Video Games Live ...... o’Donnell/Ford Jim Vaux, Trumpet; Concert Etude, Sedona ...... Reineke Bard Mackey, Trombone Op. 49 ...... Goedicke/Marlatt 136th U.S.A. Field Scott Muntefering, Trumpet Soloist July 31, 2014 Artillery March ...... Sousa/Foster Semper Fidelis March .....Sousa/Bourgeois The Player’s Season Favorites Les Misérables ...... Schonberg/Barker Beguine For Band ...... Glenn osser Star Spangled Banner ...... arr. Stamp The Big Cage March ...... King/Glover Walking Frog Two-Step ...... King/Foster Sedona ...... Reineke The Pink Panther ...... Mancini/Mortimer Benny Goodman: The King Thumbs Up, U.S.A...... King The Boy Scouts of America of Swing ...... arr. Murtha On a Hymnsong of March ...... Sousa/Schissel We ’ve Come To Thank Philip Bliss ...... Holsinger Cole Porter On Broadway ...... arr. Barker You March ...... Les Aldrich Hebrides Suite ...... Grundman America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon America The Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon
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Iowa Band masters Association gest a $500.00 yearly contribution, contin - Committee Chair Reports: Annual Summer Meeting gent upon the IBA Conference coming in Major Landers Report: (see written Marriott Hotel - Des Moines with a profit, at the November meeting. report on following pages). Chair Dalene The board was asked to consider an o’Brien presented her written report. Board of Directors Meeting: increase in the amount of funding for Conference Equipment Report: (no Friday, June 27, 2014 IAAE. After considerable discussion, the report submitted). Chair Jayson Gerth noted President Jacquelyn Meunier called the board recommended that the IAAE that he had nothing to report at this time. meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. amount be approved at the current level. Conference Exhibits Report: (see Present: Jacquelyn Meunier, Michael Increasing the amount put into the Risk written report on following pages). Chair Golemo, Steve Cook, Aaron Nuss, Dick Contingency Fund was discussed. No Dan Stecker was not in attendance. Secre - Redman, and Brad Lampe. action was taken. tary Cook presented his written report. Treasurer Nuss presented a detailed Meunier noted that Ann Kamp has been Election Report: (see written report on financial report. Nuss reviewed the IBA asked to chair the Middle School/ Junior following pages). Chair Jerry Bertrand Conference revenue and noted that the High Affairs Committee. presented his written report. IBA Conference did well financially. Nuss The board encouraged Meunier to seek Historian's Report: (see written report also noted that the five-year review of our additional funding for the IBA Conference on following pages). Chair Mary Crandell bonding insurance was due this year. The from the Endowment Committee. Meunier was not in attendance. Secretary Cook pre - bonding company has reviewed our proce - said she would speak to Gene Gross and sented her written report. dures and renewed the bonding insurance. the Endowment Committee in the near Parliamentarian's Report: Parlia - Meunier noted that she is investigating future concerning additional funding. mentarian Fred Stark noted his role in a possible change in the district luncheons. Meunier noted that the next Executive assuring the meeting runs smoothly and She is investigating “plated at table” Board meeting would be held at 2:00 p.m. that parliamentary procedure is followed. lunches to help open up more exhibit on November 22, 2014, in the Scheman Webmaster Report: (no report submit - space. The current practice uses valuable Bldg. at Iowa State University. ted). Chair Liz Fritz was not in attendance. space having members go through “get Meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m. MMS Secretary Cook reported on an e-mail from your food” lines to get their lunches. If Golemo/Meunier Fritz noting that she had nothing to report plated lunches are waiting at the tables, at this time. those lines would be eliminated and the dis - Advisory Board Meeting : Mentorship Coordinator: (see written tricts could begin their meet ing sooner I.B.A. President Jacquelyn Meunier report on following pages - part of the since the food would be waiting at their called the Board of Director's/Advisory mentorship report). Mentorship Report: tables. Samples of possible lunch options Board meeting to order at 10:04 A.M. (see written will be served to the executive board and President Meunier issued a welcome to report on following pages). Chair Chris board of directors for lunch today. Ewan presented his written report. those in attendance and thanked them for Meunier will ask for feedback after lunch. I.B.A.R.D. Report: (no report was sub - taking the time to attend the meeting. Secretary Cook presented a brief mitted). Chair Jay Nugent was not in atten - Meunier made opening remarks about the Secretary’s report. dance. No report. forthcoming year. Honorariums were discussed. The Public Relations Report: (see written Secretary's Report: (see written report majority of the discussion focused on the report on following pages). Chair Mary on following pages) Secretary Cook pre - honorariums for the two equipment chairs. Anderson presented her written report. sented his written report. MMS (Jerry No action was taken. Elementary Affairs Report: (see writ - Bertrand/Jayson Gerth) to approve the Electronic voting for IBA Elections ten report on following pages). Chair Eric Secretary’s Report as presented. Motion was discussed. Meunier noted that Chad Lins presented his written report. passed unanimously. Criswell would be making a presentation Junior High/Middle School Affairs Treasurer's Report: during the board of directors meeting con - (see written Report: (see written report on following cerning the possible options for moving to report on following pages) Treasurer Nuss pages). Chair Ann Kamp presented her electronic voting for IBA elections. presented his written report. Nuss also written report. Mary Crandell, IBA Historian, submit - presented the projected budget for 2014- Concert Band Affairs Report: (see ted a cost analysis of updating the Hall of 2105. MMS (Colleen Hecht/Mary written report on following pages). Chair Fame display to include recently inducted Andersen) to accept the Treasurer's report Steve Stickney presented his written members. The cost for the update would and projected budget as presented. Motion report. be $290.38. MMS Aaron Nuss/Steve Cook passed unanimously. Marching Band Affairs Report: (no to approve the update to the Hall of Fame Magazine Editor's Report: (see writ - written report submitted). Chair Michael display in the amount of $290.38. Motion ten report on following pages) Editor Dick Peters was not in attendance. Cook noted passed unanimously. Redman presented his written report. an e-mail sent by Peters which said ballots Discussion on IBA’s contribution to the IAAE Report: (see written report on and rubrics were sent to the IHSMA for Conductor’s Forum. It was suggested that following pages) Leon Kuehner presented review and adoption. IBA consider a yearly set dollar amount to a report on Iowa Alliance for Arts Jazz Band Affairs Report: (no written Conductor’s Forum. The suggestion was Education activities, an update on the Iowa report submitted). Chair Ryan Arp was not made that a set amount could be allocated Core, and STEM to STEAM initiative. in attendance. No report. contingent upon the IBA Conference com - Secretary Cook read a letter from College Affairs : (see written report ing in with a profit (similar to the amounts David Law encouraging membership in on following pages). Chair Joan De for IPTV and IAAE). The board will sug - IAAE. Albuquerque presented her written report.
The Iowa Bandmaster 55 Student Affairs Report: (see written Meunier encouraged district presidents Registration deadlines continue to be report on following pages). Chair Brent to take the information shared by Chad strictly enforced. Mead presented his written report. Criswell back to their district membership This year's official document color is Research and Development Report: and receive feedback on the electronic vot - yellow. Because some districts reproduce (no report submitted). Chair Danny Galyen ing proposal. Meunier asked the district their own copy of the membership was not in attendance. No report. presidents to present the information at information card; please try to use some Endowment Fund Report: (see fi - their district meetings and via their district shade of yellow paper for this and use the nancial report on following pages). Chair newsletters. Meunier requested that the current version of the membership Gene Gross presented his written report. district presidents report back before the information card (a .pdf version is avail - Technology: Report postponed to old fall meeting so that additional discussion able on the I.B.A. website). DUES Business – Electronic Voting and a possible vote on implementation AMoUNTS FoR 2014-2015: Active $55, Project Reports: could be held at the fall meeting. Associate $30, Retired - $20, and Student History of Iowa Bands Project – Fred New Business: $10. Stark presented information on the Meunier noted the next IBA Meeting Final I.B.A. Conference attendance for progress made to date. Fred noted that Jay would be held at 3:00 p.m. on November 2014. is setting up a website to help share infor - 22, 2014, in the Scheman Building at Iowa 547 Pre-Registered Members (+182) mation. Progress is being made with the State University. 124 Registered Members (Thurs. -137) final goal of creating a book on the history Meunier noted the 88th annual IBA 23 Registered Members (Friday -16) of Iowa Bands. Conference will be held at the Des Moines 694 Registered Members Total (+29) Iowa Core Update: (no written report Marriot Hotel on May 14-16, 2014. submitted) Leon Kuehner did not have any Past President's Report: (see report on 51 Pre-Registered Guests (+4) additional information to report. He noted following pages). Past President Brad 55 Registered Guests (Thursday +/-0) that at the present time the plan is to go Lampe presented his written report. 5 Registered Guests (Friday -2) back to the original legislation for approval. President Elect Report: (see written 111 Total Registered Guests (+2) District President Reports: report on following pages). President Elect North Central District Report: (see Mike Golemo presented his written report. 45 Non-Member VIP's (+12) written report on following pages). NCIBA President's Report: (see written re port 196 Registered Exhibitors (+3) President Kurt Kissinger was not in atten - on following pages) President Jacquelyn 241 Total VIP's/Exhibitors (+15) dance. Secretary Cook presented his writ - Meunier presented her written report. ten report. MMS Jayson Gerth/Don Struve to 1,046 Total Registered Members, VIP's, Northeast District Report: (see writ - adjourn; motion passed by acclamation. Exhibitors and Guests (+46) ten report on following pages). NEIBA An audit committee consisting of Iowa President Steve Shanley presented his writ - Bandmasters Association members Mike 1,265 Guest Band Members (0) ten report. Golemo, Jayson Gerth, Brad Lampe, and 83 IBA HS Honor Band (0) Northwest District Report: (see writ - Steve Stickney were appointed to audit the 75 Guest Soloists/Ensemble ten report on following pages). NWIBA IBA Treasurer's books for the past four Members/Lobby Concerts (0) President Colleen Hecht present ed her quarters. The audit committee found the 1,423 Total Guest Band Members (+/-0) written report. Treasurer's books to be in order. A copy of South Central District Report: (see their certification is on file with IBA 2,469* Total 2014 I.B.A. Conference written report on following pages). SCIBA Secretary Steve Cook. Attendance (+46) President Jayson Gerth presented his writ - * The total listed above does not include ten report. Respectfully submitted: the many chaperones, parents, relatives, Southwest District Report: (no written Steve Cook, IBA Secretary friends, and others who were in atten dance report submitted). SWIBA President Don to hear one of the guest bands and/or Major Struve presented his written report. Secretary's Report Landers performers. The IBA Middle Southeast District Report: (see writ - I spent the month of June going through School Honor Band Concert seated ten report on following pages). SEIBA conference registrations and updating the approximately 800 parents, relatives, and President Myron McReynolds was not in computer database. I ask that district presi - family members. 547 members and 51 attendance. Secretary Cook presented his dents remind their members to pay 2014- non-member guests pre-registered for this written report. 2015 dues prior to the September 15th year's conference. old Business: directory deadline. Anyone who has not My records indicate 458 (+31) tickets Electronic Voting - Technology Chair paid 2014-2015 dues by September 15th were sold for district luncheons. The Chad Criswell shared research his commit - will not be included in the membership breakdown by districts are: NW - 38 (-7), tee did concerning online voting for IBA directory. There will be a “dues reminder” NC - 52 (-8), NE - 100 (+30), SW - 43 (-2), elections. Criswell demonstrated the site mailing sent out in early August. Please SC - 154 (+14), SE - 71 (+4). In addition, recommended by the technology commit - remember that in order to participate in dis - 187 (-2) tickets were disbursed for the tee (Associationvoting.com – see full tech - trict events, directors must be current Friday night I.B.A. Banquet. Banquet nology report from IBA conference meet - members of both I.B.A. and their respec - attendance was down by 2 members from ing). Criswell demonstrated the election tive district. last year. process in detail, and answered several An I.B.A. Registration Deadline Card our final membership totals as of June questions. one question, which was left will be included in the summer issue of the 15, 2014 are as follows: unanswered, concerned “write-in” candi - Iowa Bandmaster magazine. The card will NW 116 (-9) dates. Criswell said he would check into be printed on card stock and perforated for NC 109 (-10) the matter and report back as soon as he easy removal. Please encourage your mem - NE 297 (+14) had an answer. bers to post this in a prominent place. SW 73 (+5)
56 The Iowa Bandmaster SC 313 (+6) a confirmation vote for the IBA 5. District presidents are further encour - SE 184 (-5) Treasurer. Voting timelines will remain aged to submit Hall of Fame candidate oS 72 (+7) the same as in previous years. The vot - information anytime BEFoRE the Total 1,164 (+8) ing procedure electronic vs. paper ballot January 9, 2015 deadline. is yet to be determined. Active 753 (-7) 2. Election information, including Hall of Respectfully submitted, Associate 92 (+1) Fame criteria will be posted on the IBA Jerry Bertrand, IBA Elections Chair Student 108 (-1) website. Retired 200 (+9) 3. Candidates will find information forms PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT Honorary Life 4 (+/-0) on the IBA web site. Summer IBA Meeting - June 27, 2014 High School 7 (+6) 4. District presidents or the district elec - Total 1,164 (+8) tions chairpersons are strongly encour - oUTSTANDING ADMINISTRAToR our total conference attendance was up aged to have their candidates meet the AWARDS: by 46 attendees this year as compared to deadline for submitting biographical The following recipients were presented last year. Pre-registrations were up by 182 information to the election chair for the awards during the banquet at the IBA con - members. Total I.B.A. membership this IBA magazine by January 9, 2015. vention in May: year is up 8 members from last year. We begin 2014-2015 with 519 (+74) members paid for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted, Steven Cook, I.B.A. Secretary Graceland MAGAZINE EDITOR’S REPORT June 27, 2014 The Iowa Bandmaster magazine will feature many of the same kinds of articles UniversityUniivvveersity that were published this past year. The deadline dates for the magazine are pub - lished in each issue as well as the tear-out section of the summer Iowa Bandmaster We wantn music-makers!m issue. All members are encouraged to sub - mit articles or suggestions for topics that would be beneficial to the membership. I want to recognize and thank Chad Allard, Denise Graettinger, Elaine Menke, and Jerry Kinney for their assistance with the Iowa Bandmaster magazine. District Presidents: Please remember that it is your responsible to notify the magazine editor of an IBA member that has passed away in your district. Submit a pic - ture and obituary when possible. I also need all of the district presidents to send me a picture and bio for inclusion in the fall Iowa Bandmaster by october 3. New IBA committee chairs are asked to submit a picture and bio to me for the winter issue. You may email me a Word document and Music scholarships and performance picture in jpg.format to dredman@iowat - elecom.net. The deadline dates for this opportunities for music and non-music majors! year’s magazine are: Fall issue = october 3 FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO Winter issue = January 2 Conference issue = March 6 Summer issue = June 5 www.graceland.edu/Music
Respectfully submitted, Dick Redman, IBA Magazine Editor 1 UniversityUniversity PPlace,lace, LLamoni,amoni, IA 5501400140 IBA ELECTION REPORT 866-472-2352866-472-2352 (866-GRACELAND)(866-GRACELAND) 1. The slate of candidates for the 2015 election will include: President-elect, [email protected]@graceland.edu Karl King Distinguished Service Award active and retired candidates as well as
The Iowa Bandmaster 57 Elementary/Middle School Principal • online exhibitor registration was used the same fashion as the Middle School Mr. Bruce Potts, Sudlow Intermediate again this year and received many Committe for directors to submit music School, Davenport – nominated by Terry positive comments from exhibitors. suggestions for others to utilize. This Reiter • This year there were four companies on would be a valuable central resource for High School Principal our waiting list. Because of this, discus - directors to submit and review literature No nominations this year – it was sug - sions with the Marriott will be needed to from experienced directors. gested in future years to contact schools explore options to extend the exhibit • Starting a beginning jazz band in 6th from the previous year’s nominations to spaces outside the Des Moines Room. grade. Utilize video segments of a direc - see if they may want to nominate again Congratulations to Brad Lampe and the tor working with a 6th grade jazz band Superintendent rest of the board for an excellent confer - on the first day and intermittently Dr. Joel Pedersen, Cardinal Com mu nity ence. through the first couple months high - Schools – nominated by Luke Miller Pat Kearney has agreed to help with lighting foundational teaching points School Administrators of Iowa Exhibits again next year. The Exhibits that are essential for beginner jazz Scholarship process has become more time consuming students. I again video recorded eligible candi - throughout the years and Pat’s organiza - • How to use the concepts from a “flipped dates at the IHSMA honors recital in Ames tional skills have been a welcome asset. classroom” in the band room with one- on May 14. The application deadline was Freeman Decorating and the Marriott to-one technology resources (theory, May 19. Applicants who were unable to were very professional and great to work music analysis, etc.) perform at the recital could still submit with, as usual. • Tips for the Traveling Teacher – organi - their own recording prior to the deadline. Thanks to all directors who took time to zational, being a part of the staff, getting Electronic submission was the norm; no visit the exhibits – you make the exhibitors to know all of the kids DVDs were received. The recipient will feel welcome and they really appreciate it. • Recruitment – Tricks from the pros receive a $1,000.00 scholarship and per - Traffic flow was outstanding on both • Aptitude testing and instrument selec - form at the SAI conference on August 7, at Thursday and Friday. tion – starting bands that will benefit the the Polk County Convention Complex in Thanks again, for the help of our friend, program Des Moines. This year’s recipient is Alisa Gaylin Sudik. Thanks for the count less • Picking music – avoiding pitfalls, and Ryan, flute, of Williamsburg High School. hours answering my many questions and building great bands – This would be a giving me support. good clinic to combine resources with PUBLIC RELATIoNS PRoJECTS: I am looking forward to the 2015 the junior high committee. The committee is always open to sug - conference. • Beginner or JH private instruction – how gestions for press release templates to share on the website. Respectfully submitted, to work with the lesson instructors to Dan Stecker, IBA Exhibits Chair make sure the student is getting what Respectfully submitted, they need. Mary Andersen, chair As a committee, we will continue to ELEMENTARY AFFAIRS REPORT have discussions about upcoming clinic First, thank you for the opportunity to ideas and opportunities for elementary Public Relations Committee Members: serve in the capacity of State Elementary NE Ashton Reams (14) 1 directors and students. Affairs Chair. I am looking forward to Thank you President Meunier and IBA NC Joan Philgreen (15) 2 serving the band directors in our state, and NW Tiffany Wurth (14) 2 Board for your continued support of clinics working with you all to continue to provide and opportunities for elementary directors. SE Mary Andersen (16) 2 great opportunities for the IBA member - SC Jennifer Williams (15) 2 ship. Respectfully submitted, SW Jarrod o’Donnell (16) 2 We met as a committee at the May con - Eric Lins, Committee Chair ference and discussed general feedback CONFERENCE EXHIBITS REPORT from the clinics and plans for this upcom - The 2014 IBA Conference Exhibits ing year. MIDDLE SCHOOL AFFAIRS were outstanding. This year we had 59 • Combining some clinic topics with the The Iowa Bandmaster’s Association companies exhibiting in 82.5 booth spaces, MS committee worked well and was Middle School Affairs Committee is which was full capacity and the most booth received well, as many directors teach dedicated to providing the leadership nec - spaces sold since IBA has been held at the both elementary and middle school essary to support and strengthen Iowa’s Marriott. grades. This is something we would like Middle School Band directors and their Recommendations for the 2015 con - to continue in the future. programs. The committee will accomplish ference: • The reading band was a success. We this by providing meaningful educational • Exhibit days and times should remain received positive feedback about the opportunities to students and serving as a the same. usefulness and application of the professional resource for directors. • I strongly recommend we continue to material presented. one idea was to only 8th Grade All-Iowa Honor Band schedule a 10-15 minute period in every have a reading band at the conference on The 2015 IBA All-Iowa 8th Grade hour for directors to visit the exhibits. years that the IBARD band performs to Honor Band will be under the direction of • I recommend the required associate avoid having to find an outside ensemble Kevin Mixon. We are happy to an nounce member fee again be included in the cost to come and perform, and to give them that we have Randall Standridge as our of the first booth space. That fee shall be another opportunity to perform. composer/director for the 2016 Honor for the year following the conference. Ideas for the upcoming year: Band. Fees for additional booths shall be • We would like to have a Literature Literature Review Clinic adjusted accordingly. Submission form on the IBA website in MS affairs would like to do another
58 The Iowa Bandmaster clinic reviewing literature during the 2016 and is planning to meet as a committee taking so long. When the contract with conference. with Alan Greiner in the fall. the Marriott is negotiated, would it be online “MS Recommended Literature possible to include one hour of wired List” Respectfully submitted, internet service to the Waterloo Room This is online and available for directors Steve Stickney, Committee Chair during the Major Landers theory test? to access. Through the IBA website, Iowa 4. My committee would like to explore MS directors will be able to: 1) MAJOR LANDERS SCHOLARSHIP changing the weighting of the different Recommend pieces and 2) be able to The results of the 2014 Major Lander components (i.e. theory test, sight read - peruse the list and search for literature Scholarship competition held at the annual ing, interview, solo performance) of the ideas. In addition to the usual information, state conference are as follows: competition. Would this require board this list has an additional layer in which Winner ($2000) – NCIBA - Lucas approval, if the committee deemed a directors can access more detailed informa - Yoakum, trumpet, Humboldt change would be beneficial? tion about a piece. Runner-up ($1500) – NEIBA - Trey 5. My committee has requested a time-line Hill, bari sax, Cedar Rapids Jefferson for district reps and I will work on this Respectfully submitted, Finalists ($1000 each) – NWIBA - Dan in the coming year. Ann Kamp, Committee Chair Benson, tuba, Carroll Even with the theory test delays, I think SWIBA –Nathan Jones, tuba, Clarinda the competition went pretty smoothly this CONCERT BAND AFFAIRS SCIBA –Jasmine Mobley, alto sax, year. I look forward to maintaining and All-State Audition Excerpts Greene County improving this wonderful program benefit - Proposal : The IBA Concert Band SEIBA –Joel Knipe, trombone, Fort ing future band directors and exceptional Affairs Committee has recommended that Madison young people in our state. Thank you for the All-State chair, Chris Crandell, and his I hope you all had the pleasure of hear - the privilege. committee, select which portion of each ing Lucas perform the Arutunian trumpet etude will be used for each instrument dur - concerto at the banquet. Respectfully submitted, ing the first round of auditions, and post This year’s auditors were: Dalene o’Brien, Major Landers Chair the selected sections at the same time as the Bobbi Garringer, Des Moines orchestra and choir excerpts are posted. Denise Lawrence, Tripoli COLLEGE AFFAIRS REPORT Chris is currently seeking feedback from Mike McEniry, Mason City College band directors met at the IBA several All-State adjudicators. From my own experiences after the first Conference in May 2014. The state board Justification for the proposal : Since year as chairperson and from a meeting I was asking how do we get more college All-State participants scheduled later in the held with the district reps, I have several band directors to become members of morning/afternoon have an opportunity (by items of which to inform you and/or bring IBA? Some suggestions discussed are listening through the door) to learn before - up for discussion. below: hand what portions of the etudes they will 1. our committee would like to see the • Many of my colleagues liked that they perform, participants who audition first or Major Landers application form put on were invited by Brad to come and early in the morning can be at an unfair dis - the state website. This would provide present at the conference this year. advantage. The change should also reduce uniformity between all districts. I visit - • Like Mid-West Band and orchestra the traffic around each performance center. ed about this in passing with Liz Fritz. Clinic: allow college directors to submit IBA March Project If I understood her correctly, the com - a proposal for a session? Tony Garmoe and Immediate Past- pleted forms could then be sent to the • offer a slot for small colleges to per - President Brad Lampe have asked the CBA respective district reps and to the state form? They would submit a recording in committee to consider overseeing the IBA chairperson automatically. May after the IBA convention. There is March Project. This project was developed 2. I would like to have a time and place more time in the summer for the board to by Tony during his tenure as IBA President reserved for a district rep meeting at the choose and it’s much better for colleges with the following premise: conference and have it published in the to know if they are selected before Members are invited to submit a record - conference program. school begins in the fall as the IBA ing of a march(s) from a prescribed list for 3. At the request of Carol Ayres, our Conference often falls during final consideration to be placed in a position online theory test coordinator, I asked exams. of honor on the Iowa Bandmasters the Marriott earlier this spring about the Association Website. Those recordings possibility of the Waterloo Room being Student chapters in colleges chosen as the most outstanding and repre - wired for internet access during the • Help with festivals – Contact your dis - sentative of quality march-style will have competition this year. I was quoted a trict college affairs rep or let me know if their recording posted with a short bio and price of several hundred dollars. I knew you have an upcoming event and need photo of the band, short bio and photo of that wouldn’t be possible so we went help. the conductor, and accompanied by a short with wi-fi. As Carol feared, the students history of the march. IBA honor bands are had to wait an inordinately long time for Respectfully submitted, not eligible for this honor. each page of the test to load. It put us Joan deAlbuquerque The CBA committee agreed that bands behind on that portion of the competi - College Affairs Chair in Iowa need to be playing more marches tion process. (As an aside, was anyone as part of their performance curriculum, else surprised and disappointed that STUDENT AFFAIRS REPORT but at this time did not feel that this was an internet access in our hotel rooms was Current Student Involvement appropriate project for the committee to not free?) I will say the Marriott did I emailed some student representatives administer. Instead the committee would their best to accommodate me when I from a couple chapters across Iowa but did like to revisit incorporating marches into asked for an additional room to contin - not receive any responses. Currently, the the prescribed music list for large groups, ue the competition because the test was University of Northern Iowa chapter of
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60 The Iowa Bandmaster IBA is working on a curriculum for a jazz using the position of IBA Mentorship Tom Burchers, $25.00 in memory of combo/class for instrumental music educa - Coordinator as a liason between our com - John Holeman tion students without jazz experience. mittee and the IBARD Committee. A big Luman Colton, $20.00 in memory of Hopefully, this combo/class will help thank you to IBA mentorship coordinator John Holeman future educators understand jazz better so Jim Fritz for seeing that these committees Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of they can feel more comfortable directing a have served our organization’s newest John Holeman jazz band. members. A complete updated record of memor - As Jim wrote in one of his emails to our ials will be published in the summer Goals committee, “If we want bands in Iowa to magazine. This year, I hope to continue my prede - continue to flourish, regardless of budget 4. The Endowment Fund Committee cessor’s work on developing a contact list cuts, declining enrollments, etc., we have approved a contribution in the amount for the college IBA members. Leah started to insure the next generation of band direc - of $1,000.00 from the R. W. and a Google Doc of members that showed up tors are successful. The last thing I want to Dorothea Dean Endowment Fund, to be to the student meeting at the IBA confer - have happen is for an administrator to used for the 2015 IBA Conference. ence in May. I want to get a list of emails make an “easy out” decision to simply cut 5. The annual meeting with our financial of all of the IBA student chapter presidents the program because they couldn't find a advisor will take place in Cedar Falls and keep updating it so any IBA member quality teacher.” during February, at a date and time to be can easily contact any university’s chapter. We met as a committee at IBA and all determined. Additionally, I’d like to start compiling agreed that it is important to stress that we 6. At this point there appears to be no need a list of educational resources for future are looking for motivated Active Mentors for a fall business meeting (All-State). band directors. I’ve already started a list of to help our 1st and 2nd year teachers. We If a need develops there may be a websites such as vicfirth.com that have also need to work for consistent mentor change, but as of this time, there will be educational videos that would be useful for experience throughout the state. We need no fall business meeting for the EF band directors. This list would include to find active members that want to get committee. textbooks, websites, novels, CDs, and involved and help new teachers. Jim Fritz 7. Congratulations to Brad Lampe from the anthologies that cover different areas and Leon Kuehner will develop a list of Endowment Fund Committee on an including jazz methods, concert band duties and a check list for each mentor to excellent state conference and for methods, solo literature, instrument tech - complete, thus making the mentor experi - assigning sponsorship of the Robert W. nique, conducting, educational pedagogy, ence more consistent across the state. and Dorothea Dean Fund to promote the and musicality. If you’d like to contri bute, We have already begun compiling the concert band via the Young Directors recommendations and suggestions for this names, addresses, etc. of all new first year Clinic sessions. resource list can be emailed to mead - teachers. I would appreciate any assistance [email protected]. in learning about recent hires. In August Submitted by: Gene Gross, Chair Finally, I’d like to see more involve - our committee will collect all of their con - IBA Endowment Fund Committee. ment between IBA chapters and more stu - tact information as well as their adminis - dents involved in IBA. As future educators, trator’s contact information so our IBARD NWIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT it’s important for students to develop a net - mentors can contact them for site visits and NWIBA Calendar Dates for next year: work of band directors. Not only could our Active Mentors can be assigned. September 3 – Fall Meeting @ Danny's these college students benefit from a net - Sport Stop, Cherokee work, but chapters could also get new ideas Respectfully submitted, September 27 – Star Fest in Sioux City from other chapters on how to run meet - Chris Ewan, IBA Mentorship Chair october 18 – Middle School Honor Band ings, what to do during meetings, and what Auditions @ Storm Lake Elementary they can do to improve their chapter as a ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE November 1 – High School Honor Band whole. I’d like to see chapters in each dis - REPORT Auditions @ Storm Lake trict get involved and have a meet and greet 1. Current terms for Endowment Fund November 1 – Middle School Honor Band for each district. College is busy for every - Committee members are as follows: @ BVU Storm Lake one but I think this could be useful for IBA NE Doug Herbon 3 years January 10 – HS Honor Band @ students. NW Cheryl Crandell 3 years Morningside College NC John Aboud 2 years January 10 – Winter Meeting @ Conclusion SW Chuck Teutsch 2 years Morningside College All in all, I’d like to see the students of SC Gene Gross 1 year January 12 – Strong Foundations 6th IBA become more active. There were SE Myron Welch 1 year Grade Honor Band Festival at Sioux around ten students who showed up to the Ex-officio IBA President Jacquelyn City West MS student meeting at the conference. Per - Meunier February 4-6 – Morningside College Jazz sonally, I hadn’t met any IBA students Ex-officio IBA Treasurer Aaron Nuss Festival (4th: Class 1A, 5th: Class 2A, from other chapters until that meeting. The 2. officers for 2014-15 are: John Aboud, 6th: Class 3A, 4A) college student members of IBA could Secretary; Doug Herbon, Treasurer and February 16 – Jazz Festival @ Le Mars benefit to be more involved in this organi - Gene Gross, Chair. February 28 – BVU Middle/High School zation. 3. Memorial contributions to the Endow - Honor Band Festival ment Fund for 2013-14 were: March 14 – BVU Grade/Middle School Respectfully submitted, IBA, $100.00 in memory of John Solo/Ensemble Contest Brent Mead, Student Affairs Chair Holeman March 20 – Middle School Jazz Festival IBA, $50.00 in memory of Tory at Morningside College MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE Antimuro April 6-7 – Tri-State Trombone Festival at We are entering into our second year of IBA, $50.00 in memory of Ken Hoyne Morningside College
The Iowa Bandmaster 61 Storm Lake High School is under going The 2014-2015 NCIBA Calendar has Vote will be taken for expanding the judg - construction. During the next two years, been set and distributed to the membership. ing panel to six and adoption of new ballot. district events (and all state auditions) will It is included on the other side of this Education of judges and matching judge to still be held in Storm Lake. We plan to use report. demographic of the site will be empha - the middle school, elementary school and sized. Fees will rise gradually. Committee BVU. Respectfully submitted, thinks this will bring Iowa up to date. A 6th grade Honor Band Festival was Kurt Kissinger, NCIBA President Football/volleyball may be moved a week started this year in our district. It was held earlier, talk to your AD’s if you are on Monday, January 12 at Sioux City West NEIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT concerned. Middle School. Guest directors were Bard Membership Jazz Band Affairs – Dan Schoening: Mackey and Duane Johnson. It was a suc - NEIBA currently has 216 members. announced IJC qualifiers and individual cessful day and will be continued in 2015. Summer Meeting award winners. Many good jazz clinics at Guest directors in 2015 will be Mary The NEIBA summer business meeting IBA. Crandell and John Smith. is scheduled for July 15 in Cedar Falls. Public Relations – Jarrod o’Donnell: our district jazz festival was a success 2014 IBA Karl King Service Awards Selected two administrators for awards. even though we had to delay the start for Steve Stickney from Linn-Mar High The committee will be selecting an SAI three hours due to weather. There was School received the Karl King active scholarship winner from senior solo/ens. increased participation this year. The award. Dwayne Johnson from Cedar Falls outstanding performance winners. An online registration process for both honor received the Karl King retired award. advertising idea is being developed to pro - bands and this jazz festival worked well Tom Burchers mote the arts. and will be continued. Tom Burchers respectfully requested to Mentorship – Pete Jacobus: Discussed The Storm Lake HS Band, under the retire from his position as secretary of helping 1st year directors. We are often direction of Jason Heeren, will perform at NEIBA. Tom served both NEIBA and IBA unaware of new directors. Should we rein - the ASBDA Conference in July in Cedar with distinction throughout his career as a state County Chairs or contact all superin - Rapids. band director and well into his retirement. tendents asking if they have new directors? He was instrumental in provid ing financial Want to solidify what mentors do so all Respectfully submitted, support for the commission project held to new directors receive similar help. Email Colleen Hecht, NWIBA President honor the 50th anniversary of the NEIBA Jacobus if you are willing to mentor. Want Honor Band Festival in December of 2013. IBARD mentor and IBA mentor to work NCIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT Tom worked tirelessly for the band direc - together. The 2014-2015 school year marks my tors of our district and state, and he did so Major Landers – Mark Mendell: con - second year as the NCIBA President. without ever seeking recognition for his gratulated Nathan Jones (this year’s Joining me again this year will be our efforts. Tom Burchers is a role model for SWIBA Vic Woods/Major Landers con - Secretary/Treasurer, Jared Barnes, now at all who serve in IBA leadership positions. testant) and wished him good luck. Trying Northwood-Kensett Schools. At our spring New NEIBA Board Members and to get applications online so all statewide district meeting, Jeff Griffin from Garner- Committee Chairs info is the same. Hayfield Ventura High School was elected Kevin Makinster is President-Elect. Research and Development – Mike President-Elect and will take my place at Laura Engelhardt is Secretary. Jones: Reviewed research project on pull the beginning of the 2015-2016 school Danny Kleinheinz is Public Relations out lessons. Majority of schools do it, but year. Chair many are experiencing pressure to drop it. In addition to voting for elected posi - Brent Mead is Student Affairs Chair Next project will be on collaboration in tions, our spring district meeting consisted Jill Dobel is JH/Middle School Affairs schools for music education. of routine reports from various committee Chair HS Honor Band – Jarrod o’Donnell: chairs. our district also voted to recom - For additional information pertaining Working on an 11-12 director. Struve will mend the addition of percussion and guard to the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters direct 9-10. Jan. 20 or 13 will be honor ballots to the IHSMA State Marching Band Association, please visit our website at band. Checking if Red oak is available. Festival. www.neibandmasters.org. MS Honor Band – Patti Bekkerus: Newly appointed NCIBA Committee Dates are set. Give ideas for conductors. Chairs are as follows: Respectfully submitted, 8th grade percussion audition will be • Marching Band Affairs – Benjamin Steve Shanley, NEIBA President changed so students will audition on snare, Faugstad from Lake Mills Community mallets, and timpani. School SWIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT Southwest Iowa Honor Marching • High School Honor Band – Jeff Concert Band Affair s – Andy Walters: Band – Ruben Newell: encourage kids to Kirkpatrick from osage Schools (new) List of literature performed at IBA will be follow through on audition. Numbers are and Thom Mahler from Aplington- made available. All-State: Cuts from the encouraging. Make sure you pay. Have Parkersburg High School (returning) etudes will be posted to level the playing administrator sign that students are in good • Mentorship – Bruce Jolivette from field at auditions. Iowa March Project: standing. Let o’Donnell know ASAP if a Garner-Hayfield Schools concert band affairs committee has inherit - Monday date is needed. Auditions will be • Karl King/Major Landers Scholar ship – ed this. Would you like to have marches held at the Atlantic Middle School on Laura Giebler from Estherville Lincoln on-line for listening or marches on the list? Saturday, May 31st. Central Schools • Student Affairs – Ica McMahon from Solo/Ensemble entries are dropping, President’s Report – Mark Mendell: A Iowa Central Community College Greiner is encouraging more participation recommended music site for young bands • IBARD – David Ballman (retired) from in this event. is being developed. Emmetsburg Community Schools Marching Band Affairs – Mike Peters: old Business – Dick Bauman Jazz Band
62 The Iowa Bandmaster sites and dates, suggest keeping 1A/2A accepted student to cover the costs of pur - PAST PRESIDENT’S REPORT – same (Feb. 17), making 3A/4A on Feb. chasing music used in the festival to put Summer Meeting – 2014 16, Presidents Day. Motion (Craig/ Struve) SCIBA in compliance with copyright law. I would like to thank everyone for such made and passed. High School Honor Band an enjoyable experience as President of the New Business – Host for the 2015 High School Honor Iowa Bandmasters Association. I was 1. Interest in a 6th grade honor band Band is Ankeny High School. The concert blessed with many wonderful people with (Andrea King) Email King if interested. date is Jan 10. 2015. Auditions on which to work and I am honored to have 2. Approval of the new Marching Band December 4 will be held at Roosevelt High been able to serve in this capacity. I will Ballot and six-person panel. School. We have increased the limit each miss it! school may send to auditions from 14 stu - I would like to convey a few of my SWIBA officers/chairmen for 2014-15: dents to 15 students for each of the two thoughts on the direction of our organiza - President: Don Struve honor bands. tion. I think we should continue to push for President:Elect: Ryan Meyer SCIBA District Jazz Festival more legislation that includes music educa - Past President: Mark Mendell SCIBA Membership voted to increase tion in the Iowa Core and in the S.T.E.M. Secretary/Treasurer: Bob Hoffmann Jazz Adjudicator and Clinician pay by $50 program (change to S.T.E.A.M. to include Marching Band Affairs: Mike Peters for the district Jazz festival held each year the arts). We as an organization tend to hit agreed to a 2nd term in December. items with full force and then back away College Affairs: Ron Gann elected SCIBA Business Meeting waiting for things to happen. We need to Student Affairs: Ron Gann will work to The SCIBA New Member/Fall Business keep pushing! Through emails, phone find a student rep. Meeting is scheduled for September 2 at calls, and letters, we must continue to pur - Vic Woods/Major Landers: Mark Mendell the Des Moines Spaghetti Works sue the goal of equity for the fine arts. agreed to a 2nd term Restaurant. Leon Kuehner and the IAAE cannot do this Concert Band Affairs: Courtney Sommers alone. Membership in IBA, IAAE and elected Respectfully submitted, IMEA is not enough. Each person needs to Public Relations: Jarrod o’Donnell Jayson Gerth, SCIBA President continue to find ways to make a difference Webmaster: Ruben Newell and make an impact. HS Honor Band Chair: Jarrod o’Donnell SEIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT We also need to continue to emphasize MS Honor Band Chair: Patti Bekkerus The upcoming year is looking very sim - the importance of our elementary and mid - Jazz Band Affairs Chair: Dan Schoening ilar to the past in regards to our solo and dle school music programs. The high Elementary Affairs Chair: Bob Hoffmann ensemble festivals, concert band festivals, school and college programs tend to get the Middle School Affairs Chair: Dr. Johnny jazz festivals and corresponding dates. limelight and the publicity while the pro - Kurt Calendar may be found online. grams that feed the high school and do the Research & Development Chair: Mike SEIBA will again host a membership grunt work to prepare the students for high Jones get together, at a time and location yet to be school and college, tend to be taken for Technology Chair: Jamie Craig determined. This is in conjunction with our granted. It is nice to see that the IBA Mentorship Chair: John Hewett new directors’ meeting. Conferences are becoming more diverse IBARD Chair: Steve Lawson The commissioned piece for 2015 will and well-rounded so elementary and mid - SWIHMB Director: Ruben Newell be for the SEIBA Honor Jazz Band. The dle school directors have just as much rea - SWIHBA Asst. Director: Jarrod composer and director of the SEIBA 2015 son to attend the Conference as the high o’Donnell Honor Jazz Band will be Tom Garling who school directors. has worked with Buddy Rich, Maynard This is also true for smaller school Respectfully submitted, Ferguson and is a composer for Kendor directors who may have multiple facets of Don Struve, SWIBA President Publications. the music program that they have to teach Stephanie Nuss and Rebecca Curtis will and cover. This is not an easy gig! Iowa SCIBA PRESIDENT’S REPORT direct the middle school honor bands for has many small schools that are doing fan - our spring business meeting took place 2015. Ronnie Wooten, from Northern tastic things in music education. Let’s on May 16, 2014 at the Des Moines Illinois University, will direct the High make sure we recognize this fact and keep Marriott Hotel in conjunction with the IBA School Honor Band. smaller schools and their directors in the loop when we are making district or Conference. Registration for SEIBA Honor Bands statewide decisions. The health of music IHSMA Marching Band Ballot will again be online next year, with minor education in our State is depen dent on all The SCIBA District gave its approval changes to make the process more stream - areas of music education including the for the revised IHSMA State Marching lined. continued strength of instruction and pro - Band Ballot. Plans are being finalized for the first grams in our small schools. SCIBA Middle School/Junior High annual Elementary Honor Band to be held Iowa has some of the best music educa - Changes in Washington, Iowa. The event will take tion programs in the country but this will The Junior High Honor Band Festival place on Saturday, April 25, 2015, with not continue if we rest on our laurels. We will once again be held at Knoxville High Dorothy Jacobi serving as guest conductor. have to find ways to improve, find ways to School. The date for the event is Finally thank you to the new SEIBA reinvent, and find ways to strengthen our November 4, 2014. Conductors for the committee chairs: Amy Spartaru – cause. We can do this by working hard to three bands are Jason Pentico, Jay Nugent, Research and Development/Historian and improve our own programs but also sup - and Rene Bernard. Junior High audition Carl Collins – Concert Band Affairs porting each other in all areas of music materials are undergoing a review for the education. Let’s make sure that we show 2015-16 school year. The membership Respectfully Submitted, that support through any means appropri - voted to increase registration fees by $3 per Myron McReynolds, SEIBA President ate and possible. If we make the effort, the
The Iowa Bandmaster 63 status will continue to improve and music participating in our conference. There tee was about to take place, the subcom - education in the State of Iowa will contin - are a number of them who have con - mittee meeting was cancelled and any fur - ue to be strong. firmed their interest in participating ther action on Iowa Core was blocked by either as presenters, exhibitors and/or House leadership. Subsequent attempts to Respectfully submitted, sponsors. I continue to solicit ideas for move this bill forward were unsuccessful. Brad Lampe, Past President clinics and performing groups from our IAAE is going to continue this effort dur - membership. I look forward to hearing ing the 2015 legislative session, and plan - PRESIDENT’S REPORT those thoughts as well as ideas about ning for this effort has already begun. Summer Planning Meeting future needs and directions of our IAAE would like to thank all the IBA Friday, June 27, 2014 organization. members who emailed and called legisla - 1. Congratulations to Past-President, Brad 6. our next IBA Annual Fall Meeting will tors to support the Iowa Core/Fine Arts Lampe, for organizing an outstanding be on November 22, 2014, in the legislation. 2014 Iowa Bandmaster’s Conference. Scheman Building at Iowa State IAAE secured a matching grant from Brad’s passion for teaching and dedica - University. The room and time is yet to the Iowa Arts Council and sponsored a tion to our profession was evident be determined. Fine Arts Leadership Institute on June 16- throughout every aspect of the event. 17 in Des Moines. This was done in coop - The clinicians and speakers were Respectfully submitted, eration with the Iowa Department of extremely informational, the perform - Jacquelyn Meunier, President Education. Thirty fine arts educators, nom - ances were wonderful and the exhibit inated by their respective professional organ - hall was full and busy at all times! IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS izations, took part in two days of leader - Everything ran smoothly and was EDUCATION REPORT ship training which will benefit them per - presented with a high level of pro - It has been a very eventful year for the sonally, as well as the local school districts, fessionalism. Iowa Alliance for Arts Education. During communities and state-wide organizations 2. As I begin my year as president of IBA, the strategic planning session in June 2013, they represent. IBA members who partici - I remain deeply committed to continu - the IAAE Executive Board decided on four pated were: Jayson Gerth, Aaron Nuss,, ing the outstanding reputation of our objectives for the 2013-14 school year. Brandon Borseth, Andrew Buttermore, Jen organization, and to helping it move 1. Implementation of a Fine Arts Tiede, Aaron Anderson and Dan Black. into the future. I look forward to contin - Advocacy Day to advocate for Fine Arts During May and June of 2013, IAAE uing with initiatives brought to us by education in k-12 education and to members collaborated with Rosanne past-president Lampe, and to contribut - solicit legislative support to add Fine Malek and the Iowa Department of ing my ideas for ways in which we can Arts to the Iowa Core Education to present ten Iowa Core Fine continue our growth. I also look for - 2. Sponsorship of a Fine Arts Leadership Arts workshops across the state of Iowa. ward to working with the continuing Institute in June of 2014 These one-day sessions were presented at members of the board of directors, 3. Continuation of professional develop - ten different AEA sites across the state and Steve Cook, Aaron Nuss and Dick ment workshops for Fine Arts teachers serviced approximately 500 teachers. A Redman, and with our newest member, 4. Continuation of the IAAE “Model of final workshop in this series was presented Michael Golemo. I sincerely thank Excellence” mentoring program on June 13 at North Iowa Area Community each of you for the wisdom and IAAE has completed the following counsel that you provide to our actions during the 2013-14 school year to College in Mason City. organization. achieve these goals. The IAAE “Model of Excellence” pro - 3. The Past Presidents luncheon on May on January 28, 2014, IAAE coordinat - gram is completing another excellent year. 17th was well attended and allowed us ed a Fine Arts Advocacy Day at the State 221 mentor visits so far have been invoiced an opportunity to honor their many Capitol in Des Moines. IAAE, in coopera - for the current school year, a new record. years service to IBA. Each president tion with NAMM, trained approx i mately Funding for the 2014-15 school year has offered a few words of advice for me to 50 advocates to contact and speak to all been secured. This will complete the final consider as I enter my term as IBA pres - 150 Iowa legislators on the importance of year of a five-year grant. IAAE is current - ident. I am thankful for their expertise Fine Arts education and to ask for their ly pursuing funding sources so the mentor - and support. Thank you also to Bob support for a bill to add Fine Arts to the ing program can continue. Presentations on Rogers Travel, once again this year, for Iowa Core. Simon Estes was our special the Iowa “Model of Excellence” mentoring sponsoring the event. guest for the day. Mr. Estes sang at the program have been given at the Iowa 4. Thank you to all of our outgoing state opening of both the Iowa House and Department of Education and to a repre - committee chairs for all of the work Senate. He also testified, along with Leon sentative of the Iowa Talented and Gifted you have done and service you have Kuehner, IAAE Executive Director, on the Association. A presentation is also sched - provided to the IBA. You have served importance of Fine Arts education to the uled at the national convention of the our organization with passion and Senate Education Committee. As the polit - American School Band Directors Asso - integrity. Congratulations and wel - ical reality of the “core” process became ciation on July 11, 2014. come to all the new chairs, committee evident, IAAE modified the legislation to IAAE would like to thank the Iowa members and district presidents! I create a task force to study and make a rec - Bandmasters Association for its incredible look forward to working with all of ommendation to the 2015 legislature con - support of the organization and its ongoing you and hearing the thoughts and ideas cerning the Iowa Core/Fine Arts projects. This vote of confidence is greatly you will bring to our organization. legislation. This revised bill passed the appreciated. 5. The dates for the 2015 IBA Conference Iowa Senate by a bi-partisan vote of 42-7. are scheduled for May 13-16. I continue IAAE had secured backing in the House Respectfully submitted, to make contacts with clinicians and for passage of this task force legislation. As Leon Kuehner, Executive Director exhibitors regarding their interest in voting in the House Education subcommit - Iowa Alliance for Arts Education
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