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Fall Issue 2012

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PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT SECRETARY TONY GARMOE PATRICK KEARNEY BRAD LAMPE STEVEN COOK 4821 TWANA DRIVE 129 N EAST STREET COMMITTEE CHAIRS MAGAZINE EDITOR DES MOINES, IA 50310-2916 OSCEOLA, IA 50213 TREASURER DICK REDMAN AARON NUSS CONFERENCE EQ UIPMENT JAYSON GERTH NATHAN SLETTEN IBA MAGAZINE-OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE EXHIBITS vol. 71 published by Pella Printing Co., Inc., Pella, Iowa 50219 NO. 2 DAN STECKER ELECTIONS JERRY BERTRAND CONTENTS ENDOWMENT FUND President’s Message ...... 4, 7 GENE GROSS President-Elect’s Thoughts ...... 5 HISTORIAN MARY CRANDELL Meet the IBA District Presidents ...... 8-11 PARLIAMENTARIAN Mariachi ...... 12-14 FRED STARK In the Spotlight – Waukee Community Schools ...... 15-17 WEBMASTER President Elect Letter to School Administrators ...... 18 ELIZABETH FRITZ Band Talk with Bob Roussell ...... 19 COLLEGE AFFAIRS PAUL BLOOMQUIST Iowa JEI News ...... 21 CONCERT BAND AFFAIRS They Continue to Serve – John W. de Salme ...... 22 STEVE STICKNEY Band Performance Application Form ...... 23 ELEMENTARY AFFAIRS Guidelines for Selection of Performing Bands at IBA Conference ...... 24 AMY SPATARU College Corner – Musicality as the Prime Goal of Music Education, Part I ...... 26-29 I.B.A.R.D. Iowa Municipal Band Festival – Boone ...... 30 JAY NUGENT Olsons Retire from Karl King Band ...... 31-32 JAZZ BAND AFFAIRS DON STRUVE IBA Outstanding Administrator Awards ...... 32 J.H./M.S. AFFAIRS “Ya Gotta Know the Territory” – Iowa Brass Bands ...... 33-35 DENISE GRAETTINGER Band Trivia Questions ...... 35 MAJOR LANDERS Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors ...... 36-37 JIM DAVIS In Memoriam – Keith A. Altemeier ...... 38 MARCHING BAND AFFAIRS MICHAEL PETERS In Memoriam – Dr. James E. Croft ...... 39 MENTORSHIP Contest Results ...... 40 JIM FRITZ District News ...... 41-43 PUBLIC RELATIONS IBA Financial Reports ...... 44-47 MARY ANDERSEN IBA Summer Meeting Reports ...... 48-60 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CURT OHRLUND ADVERTISERS STUDENT A FFAIRS ROBBIE MEDD Bob Rogers Travel ...... Inside Front Cover TECHNOLOGY Brightspark Travel, Inc...... 10 BRIAN COLE Coe College Music Department ...... 3 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS Drake University ...... 38 NORTHWEST Graceland University ...... 54 JODY INGWERSEN IASMD ...... 42 NORTH CENTRAL Iowa State University Department of Music ...... 1 MIKE RICHARDSON Morningside College ...... 17 NORTHEAST GERALD RAMSEY Ray’s Midbell Music ...... Inside Back Cover SOUTHWEST Rieman Music ...... 51 JARROD O’DONNELL Simpson College ...... 51 SOUTH CENTRAL Star Destinations ...... Inside Back Cover ANDREW BUTTERMORE University of Northern Iowa School of Music ...... 11 SOUTHEAST DOROTHY JACOBI University of South Dakota Department of Music ...... 20 West Music ...... 25 HONORARY MEMBERS Yamaha Corporation of America ...... 7 JIM COFFIN RAY E. CRAMER MARK S. KELLY WESTON NOBLE “We are the Music-Makers” “We are the Dreamers of Dreams”

2 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 3 President’s Message By Patrick Kearney

The comedian George Gobel once asked, “Have you ever felt like the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” Frequently I feel that way when, as a music teacher, educators begin discussing the Iowa Core or the Common Core (of which the Iowa Core is our state version). I have spent quite a bit of time recently trying to formulate a strong opinion about what the Iowa Core means to my school and to my classroom. After quite a bit of time thinking about it, I think I’m still in the mood to think some more. Ultimately, I do feel a little bit like that brown pair of shoes. How many of you have heard an administrator tell you that “this initia - tive is here to stay,” only to move to the next initiative the next year and sometimes by the next professional development meeting? I spent a consid - erable amount of time working on a curriculum map for my class not that long ago. I color-coded it so that it highlighted the technology we were using and each of the HOTS (higher order thinking skills) that I was teaching among other things. It was a thing of beauty. Then came the email, “we are discontinuing our work with curriculum maps.” I saved the email just to smile at every time an administrator says, “this initiative is here to stay.” Not that long ago an administrator began discussing the Iowa Core with this statement, “this initia - tive is here to stay.” Whether or not it will stay, it is here and I assume many of you are spending time in professional development working with it. I have the privilege of working with 2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Wessling. In a recent article Sarah pointed out that the Common Core Standards “give us a common language in which to talk about common purposes.” At its best it is what the Iowa Core/Common Core does. Sarah also points out that, “Common isn’t the same: the standards are not curriculum.” She makes the point that teachers should be free to use their knowl - edge and professional judgment to meet the goals set out in the standards. Having a common language and coming to agreement about the things we think all kids should know is a good thing. With that being said, as an arts educator, I think that the Iowa Core comes with some issues. To me, the biggest problem I see with the Iowa Core is that it is very often seen through the narrow prism of the word “core.” Frequently the word “core” in education is understood to mean courses like math, language arts, science and not much more. No matter how many times I am told that the Core is much more than those subjects, I know ultimately that perception exists. There is no question that arts programs everywhere have been impacted by the pressure schools feel to improve standardized test scores in reading and math. This ultimately is where my concern with the Core lies. As long as schools feel pressure to improve test scores in a narrow range of subjects, resources will be directed to those narrow areas. While there is demonstrable evidence to suggest that schools with strong arts programs are more successful on standardized testing, there is little evidence that school districts have translated that information into more resources in the arts. What does this mean for bands in Iowa? Ultimately it is important that we continue to make clear to our administrators, our school boards, and our communities that what we teach is important. There

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4 The Iowa Bandmaster President-Elect’s Thoughts By Brad Lampe

This has been one of the most beautiful fall seasons for tree colors that I can ever remember. I find myself out on the scaffold for marching band looking at the beautiful trees instead of the feet that need correcting. Some people take time to smell the roses while I take time to enjoy the fall colors. This brings me to the subject that I would like to share with all of you in this fall letter: creating balance in our band director lives. This is my 29th year of being a band director and I work very hard to create a band program that provides my students with a respectable and quality musical experience. We have fun but we get things done. We may not always come in first place but we always work to produce the best product possible. I am continually trying and learning new things to be the best band director I can be for my students. I don’t, however, consider my career to be my top priority. The most important things in my life are my wife, my children, my family and my friends. Early in my career as a band director, I witnessed some band directors who didn’t quite share this philosophy. They spent countless hours at the school trying to be better than any other band and on a constant quest for the next trophy. The fire of competition controlled and ran their schedule and their life. They lost marriages, had distant relationships with their children, families, and friends. Competition can be helpful and motivational but I vowed then that I would work hard to be a good husband, father and friend and still be a good band director. You have to make time for the people you care about. When all is said and done, do we want to be remembered for plastic trophies attained or the loving relationships made? My wife and I are parents to three great young men. I almost said boys instead of men but our youngest son, Mitch, is a senior in high school this year. Our middle son, Joe, is a junior at St. John’s University in Minnesota. Our oldest son, Jake, is a graduate of Pitt State University, married to Emily and working in Osceola. They aren’t boys anymore. My wife, Amy, and I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. Life is good. I do not regret for one minute the time that I have spent with family and friends. I have had conversations with band directors who have regrets about spending too much time at work and not enough time making a life for themselves outside the teaching world. Your students will model and emulate what they see. My students see me work hard and devote plenty of time to our program with enthusiasm and zest, but they also know that if my wife or my kids or a friend needs me, I’m there. The band will have to wait. I treat my students like they are my own children. They understand my priorities and they hopefully transfer that modeled behavior into their own family and friend relationships. Teaching students how to work hard, have fun, and put God and family first are very important in our organization. I have always enjoyed teaching kids how to enjoy music and have great musical experiences. I have also enjoyed teaching students how to become adults through that same musical journey. I am all about creating adults that appreciate music, have good character, have a great work ethic, and know how to make priorities in life. We are fortunate that most band directors have students for more than one year and have the opportunities to make such an important impact on young lives. Enjoy the fall season, look forward to the winter season, take one day at a time and keep shaping the lives of all of those students! Keep striving to set an example by working hard and with enthusiasm. Make time for the people in your life that need you the most.

The Iowa Bandmaster 5 President’s Message (continued from page 4) is no doubt that students who have access to great music instruction develop stronger skills in critical think - ing, complex communication, creativity, collaboration, flexibility, as well as productivity and accountability. These are the universal constructs that the Iowa Core is based on and they are things that we do well. We need to continue to connect our teaching to these constructs and be clear in how we are doing it. We are fortunate that an outstanding group of music educators have created a document that lays out the essential concepts and skill sets that our students should encounter in our music programs that directly ties to the Core. This document is available on the IBA website (www.bandmasters.org) and can be found by doing a search for “Iowa Core.” I was fortunate to attend a summer symposium held by the Iowa Department of Education relating to Fine Arts in the Iowa Core. There is great work being done by fine arts educators around our state to make sure that the arts have a place in the Iowa Core. I encourage you to seek out this document and put it in the hands of your administrators and school boards. By demonstrating that our programs can be instrumental (pun intended) to improved learning in the skills that are fundamental to the Core we gain strength. The Iowa Bandmasters Association needs to continue to be supportive of the efforts of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education and others to insure that legislation relating to the expansion of the Iowa Core includes language that requires schools to make the fine arts accessible to every student. I promise that our organiza - tion will engage decision makers at all levels to advocate for the importance of what we do. As I sift through pages and pages of materials relating to educational policy, as I listen to politicians dis - parage the work of public school teachers, as I watch school districts around our state and around the country pull resources from music programs, and as I listen to people tell me that the latest initiatives “are here to stay,” I am struck with the knowledge that my students still need me to teach them music. I was in a lesson 23 years ago trying to model a good vibrato for one of my flute players and I was doing that same thing just a couple of days ago. 23 years ago I was trying to find a way to get my 20-piece band at LeMars Gehlen High School to commit to playing a long phrase successfully and I just spent quite a bit of time this morning trying to get my 180-piece band to do that exact same thing. Performing great music with passion is something our students need in their lives. We owe it to them to do all we can to become better teachers. No one knows what is better for your students than you do. Don’t let initiatives, mounds of paperwork, difficult parents, or other burdens overwhelm you. At the end of the day it is our responsibility to make great music with our students. As I begin preparing for our conference in May I am continually hoping to offer great opportunities for bandmasters at all levels to grow. I am excited that Paula Crider, Professor Emerita at the University of Texas, will be giving the keynote speech at the conference. I am also pleased to announce that the great Boston Brass will be doing some clinics and giving a concert. This will be in addition to numerous Iowa bandmasters who will be sharing ways to connect to the Iowa Core and sharing ways for us to offer more and better learning opportunities to our students. I also promise to follow up on my own initiative to provide some sessions on making ourselves healthier. After a rough visit to the doctor in August, I came back a month later having lost seven pounds and I brought my blood pressure down considerably by simply eating better and doing a little exercise; it isn’t always fun, but a little effort into healthy living is a good way to insure that you’ll be around to teach our next generation of leaders. The conference will be May 9-11 in Des Moines. Please make plans now to be there. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of service to you. I am humbled to represent the Iowa Bandmasters Association. Iowa continues to be a great place to teach and to make music.

6 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 7 Meet the IBA District Presidents Andrew Buttermore, SCIBA Andrew Buttermore is currently in his ninth year as one of two band directors at Ames High School. At AHS, he is the conductor of the 9th grade band, conductor of the 10-12 Concert Band, Jazz Band I & III, and works with the 9-12 “Little Cyclone” Marching Band. Andrew is a 1990 graduate of Ames Senior High School. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Iowa State University in 1995 and received a Master of Music degree in conducting from Southern Oregon University in 2004. Prior to teaching at Ames HS, Andrew spent one year as the conductor of the Mitchell Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary and Sawyer Elementary Bands. He was the director of Bands at Eldora-New Providence Schools from 1996-2002. During those years he taught the high school concert, marching and jazz bands as well as being actively involved with the 5th grade band program. Prior to his appointment in Eldora, Andrew was the 5-12 Instrumental Director for Clarksville Community Schools during the 1995-96 school year. Andrew is an active member of the South Central Iowa Bandmaster’s Association and the Iowa Bandmaster’s Association. He spent several years as a SCIBA high school honor band co-chair and is currently serving as president of SCIBA. He is a trombonist and also teaches private low brass lessons in central Iowa. Andrew is an active adjudicator for the Iowa High School Music Association and frequently adjudicates both solo/ensemble events as well as large group festivals. He is also an active member of the Iowa State Education Association and has served as chief negotiator for the Eldora-New Providence Education Association. He has also served two terms as president of the Ames Education Association. In his free time Andrew enjoys spending time with his family—his wife, Kelli and their two sons William and Alex. Hobbies include working on cars, riding a motorcycle or sailing on the lake. Jody Ingwersen, NWIBA Jody Ingwersen is in her 13th year of teaching instrumental music at Spirit Lake. She started teaching grades 7-8 in 2000 and added high school director to her duties in 2008. Under her direction, the Spirit Lake band program has continued its strong tradition with the high school marching band, concert band and jazz band consistently earning high ratings at state contests. The high school jazz band has attended the Iowa Jazz Championships, where in 2009 they earned 5th place in their class. In 2011, Mrs. Ingwersen made a switch within the middle school and now teaches the 6th grade band. Mrs. Ingwersen is originally from Spencer and began studying horn with Mr. Gene Gross. She then went on to the University of Northern Iowa and studied with Dr. Thomas Tritle and earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Education in 1990. She started a private piano and horn studio in 1990 and continued that studio until 2007. She currently performs with the Cherokee Symphony, Spencer Municipal Band. Mrs. Ingwersen is a member of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, Spirit Lake Education Association and Iowa State Education Association. Last year Jody received the Martin L. Crandall Award for excellence in high school teaching from the Northwest Iowa Bandmasters district. Mrs. Ingwersen’s family includes her husband, Karl, and daughter, Kaylee, who is a freshmen at the University of Northern Iowa. Dorothy Jacobi, SEIBA Dorothy Jacobi is director of bands at Solon Middle School in Solon, Iowa, where she conducts four concert bands, two jazz ensembles, and small group pull-out lessons. Her teaching experience encompasses K-12 instru - mental and vocal music for schools in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and Washington state. Her groups have per - formed for the Iowa Bandmasters Association Convention, Nebraska Music Education Association/All-State Conference, Nebraska State Bandmasters Convention, and consistently earns superior ratings at regional concert band and jazz festivals.

8 The Iowa Bandmaster She has served as mentorship chairperson for the Iowa Bandmasters Association and Southeast Iowa Bandmasters, and is now serving as President of the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association. Ms. Jacobi is highly sought as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the state of Iowa. Her teaching has been recognized by the Solon Optimist Club and the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development and has been awarded the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching as well as the Someone You Should Know Award. Ms. Jacobi is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Jamestown College. An avid runner and brain tumor survivor, running has been an important part of her recovery. Dorothy and her husband, Dan, are the parents of two wonderful children – D.J. (10 years) and Delaney (6 years). Jarrod O’Donnell, SWIBA Mr. Jarrod O’Donnell is in his fourth year of teaching at Atlantic High School, and is in his twelfth year of teaching over all. Prior to teaching at Atlantic High School, Mr. O’Donnell taught in the Nodaway Valley School District for six years, and the South O’Brien District for two years. While at Nodaway Valley, Mr. O’Donnell’s bands received their first ever Division I ratings in both concert band and jazz band, along with many superior ratings at the IHSMA State Solo/Small Ensemble Contest. While teaching at Atlantic the Trojan Guard has received 7 consecutive Division I ratings at the IHSMA State Marching Band Contest, and consistent Division I ratings at the State Jazz, and Large Grou p Festivals as well. Students under the direction of Mr. O’Donnell have received many honors, including “Best of Center” performances, Southwest Iowa Honor Band, Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band, Iowa All State Band, and many of Mr. O’Donnell’s students have gone on to study music after high school. Mr. O’Donnell graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton Iowa, where he was a student of David Gaulrapp. In 2001, Jarrod graduated from Buena Vista University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education, under the direction of Jerry Bertrand, and private instruction with Curt Ohrlund. In the summer of 2012 Mr. O’Donnell received his Masters in Music Education from Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio. Mr. O’Donnell is active as an adjudicator and clinician for both the IHSMA, and individual contests around the state. Mr. O’Donnell is a member of IBA, and SWIBA, where he is the High School Honor Band Chair, and on the Public Relations committee. Jarrod and his wife Leah of five years welcomed their first child, Colin, in December of 2011. They enjoy play - ing golf, and having play-time with Colin. Gerald Ramsey, NEIBA Gerald Ramsey received his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, and has completed coursework for a masters degree from the University of Northern Iowa. He is one of two band directors at Cedar Falls High School where he directs the Cedar Falls Wind Symphony and the second jazz band, “Jazz, Too!” Under his co-direction Cedar Falls bands have received consistent Division I ratings over the years at marching, jazz, and concert band festivals. Prior to his current position he taught for seven years in the Gladbrook-Reinbeck schools and for one year at Central Decatur (Leon). Gerald is currently serving as president of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association. In the past he has served as Jazz Chair for NEIBA. He has been the recipient of the Gold Star Award for Outstanding Teaching, awarded by KWWL and the McElroy Trust, and the NEIBA district level Karl King Award. As a performer Gerald stays active playing trumpet with the Waterloo Municipal Band as well as the Bill Shepherd Big Band. He is also active as a church musician with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Community of Christ Church. Gerald’s wife, Vivian, is a teacher for blind and visually-impaired students with the Iowa Braille School. Their daughter, Tara Lynn, is a recent graduate of Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), currently pursuing a

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The Iowa Bandmaster 9 10 The Iowa Bandmaster Meet the IBA District Presidents (continued)

masters degree in violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Their son, Steve, is a senior at Luther College majoring in music education. A Russian Blue cat and Elsa the pitbull pup keep things lively around the house. Mike Richardson, NCIBA Mike Richardson is in his 16th year of teaching. He is in his 13th year of teaching band in the Fort Dodge Community School District. He previously taught 7th-12th grade band at North Central-Manly (now Central Springs) for two years and one year as the 6th-12th grade band and choir director at the American-Nicaraguan School in Managua, Nicaragua. His current duties include being the director of the All-American Dodger Marching Band, director of the FDSH Wind Ensemble, Jazz Lab & Jazz Ensemble and assists with the bands at Phillips Middle School. During his time in Fort Dodge, Mike has taken band trips to Arizona, Florida, Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. A graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High, Mike received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from UNI in 1997 and earned his Master’s of Music degree from the American Band College (Southern Oregon University) in 2009. He has done graduate work at University of Iowa, Eastern Illinois University and UNI. Mike is also an approved adjudicator for the Iowa High School Music Association. Mike plays trombone in the Karl L. King Municipal Band in Fort Dodge and directed the bell and chancel choirs at First United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge from 2001-2011. His wife, Sara, is the Technology Integration Specialist for the Fort Dodge Community Schools. They have two children (Ben-11 and Betsy-8), three cats and one golden retriever.

The Iowa Bandmaster 11 M! ariachi!

by Ruben Newell, Denison High School

If you pull out a yearbook from the 1960’s and look up the band section, what will you see? A marching band, a con cert band, small groups and maybe a stage band. Take out a yearbook from the 1980’s and you will probably see the same thing, except the stage band has likely changed its name to “jazz band.” What about your 2011-2012 yearbook? Still a marching band, a concert band and jazz band? That’s how the yearbooks look at Denison High School. The problem is that while the students have changed dramatically in Denison over the last 50 years, the instrumental music program has been made of the same three major components: concert band, marching band, jazz band. When the 2012-2013 yearbook comes out, something will have changed. There will be marching band, concert band, jazz band, and mariachi. What do you know about mariachi? Maybe I should ask that in a different way: What do you THINK you know about mariachi? If you are like I was two years ago, you think you know what mariachi is. If you are also like I was two years ago, you are probably wrong. Over the last two years, I have learned that I didn’t know anything about mariachi. I learned that mariachi is a very passionate genre of music. I learned that the musicians that make up these mariachis are outstand - ing musicians with a wealth of knowledge about theory and technique. I learned that the top musicians in mariachi were almost all classically trained, and some hold degrees in composition or performance from major schools of music. I also learned that there was a population of our student body with a cultural connection to mariachi that I was not fully serving. Denison, the home of Donna Reed, has changed considerably over the last 20 years. If you look up the 2010 census, you will find that Denison had a population of 8,300, and was one of the few rural Iowa cities to grow in population from 2000. That growth is centered around the 40% of our community that is of Hispanic descent. They are the fami lies having more kids, which is why our school district of 2,200 students is 57% Hispanic. Our high school is around 775 students, and around half are Hispanic. I know that Denison’s story is similar to the story of many towns in Iowa. The increasing diversity in our student body is what makes our school special, but also provides challenges when planning curriculum and deciding what extra-curricular activities should be offered. When I first saw the ethnic breakdown of our district, the first thing I thought was, “Are we engaging as much of our student body as possible in music?” Thanks to a very strong middle school band program, directed by Patti Bekkerus, the instrumental music program in Denison serves a large portion of our student body. In fact, while the percentage of Hispanic students has risen in Denison, the instrumental music program involvement has not declined. It was not a question of could we involve more students in music – rather could we involve more students deeper in music? In the fall of 2010, it came to my attention that there were a growing number of mariachi programs in the southern and western United States. The more I looked into them, the more I wanted one here in Denison. For six months, I looked up school districts on-line and contacted directors from around the country, but came to find that there were no school mariachi programs in Iowa. I knew I wanted to start a mariachi at DHS, but without a contact or colleague near - by to consult with, the outlook looked grim. Then, I received my 2011 IBA Conference magazine. There, staring me in the face, was a session on starting a mariachi program. That day in May at IBA changed the course of the instrumental music program in Denison. West Music, out of Coralville, had brought in Marcia Neel from Las Vegas to talk to us about what mariachi is and where we could go to get some training. That training was in June in Las Vegas, and West Music, along with Yamaha and Wenger, were offering some financial assistance to an Iowa director who wanted to start a program at their school. I left the clinic, found Patti and said, “We’re going to Vegas this summer.” We lined up a meeting with our superintendent and I braced myself to tell our boss that we wanted to go to Las Vegas and learn how to start an entirely new program at Denison. Our superintendent, Michael Pardun, was enthusiastic about the idea. He committed to sending us to Vegas for a week and buying the instruments we needed to get our mariachi program started in the fall of 2011. We had a meeting with our building principals, and it was all given a green light. Just like that, in the span of a couple of months, we went from a dead end to a new program. Patti and I spent a week in Las Vegas in late June, 2011, meeting some outstanding music educators and learning how to play new instruments (as well as a much-needed refresher from our college string methods class). We learned about the history of mariachi and worked with other band and orchestra directors who were also trying to start mariachi programs in their schools. During that week, our vision for a mariachi program was clarified and we started forming our plan for getting our program off the ground. When we returned to Denison, we had another meeting with our superin - tendent, and the next week, all our new instruments were ordered. In September, we decided to start our first mariachi with members of the eighth-grade band. We took a period to give the eighth-grade band a presentation about mariachi, followed by a short survey from each student concerning

12 The Iowa Bandmaster Mariachi Picoso (March, 2012) – Row 1: Lisette Patino, Sydney Gunderson, Alyssa Carritt, Brittney Luis Perez practicing the Fredericks, Samantha Vazquez. Row 2: Bryan Pena, Jocelyn Moran, Amber Hrabik, Ethan Carlyle, Gustavo vihuela before the March debut Flores. Row 3: Aris Castellanos, Jessica Cantu, Haley Gehlsen, Luis Perez, Emma Meseck, Dakota Conner. of Mariachi Picoso. their interest in being in a mariachi. We had to limit the number of students, based on the number of instruments we had. By the middle of September, violin and guitar lessons had started. For a few months, the violins and guitars learned in separate classes, twice a week for 30 minutes. Out of the guitar class, we chose two students who were excelling to make the switch to vihuela (a smaller, five-string guitar) and guitarron (the bass instru - ment of the mariachi). Eventually, the flutes and trumpets were added to the guitar class. Since we were using the eighth-grade band members for our first mariachi, we did not need to start trumpets or flutes. For the guitars and violins, we used the Gustavo Flores playing the Jocelyn Moran and Jessica Cantu sing “Simplemente Mariachi” beginner method. When the guitarron before the March “De Colores” at the March, 2012 debut violins reached lesson 16, they had the tools to play debut of Mariachi Picoso. of Mariachi Picos. through the first full arrangement, “De Colores.” At that point the entire mariachi was put together to start 2012 Level II rehearsing for our first performance. The group Training at rehearsed twice a week for 30 minutes. the National Mariachi By winter break, Denison Middle School had its first Workshop mariachi, and they had a name: Mariachi Picoso. The in Las students picked it out themselves because “picoso” means Vegas –Ruben spicy, and they thought they were pretty spicy. Their Newell, Eric debut performance was in late March, and Mariachi Ramirez, Picoso performed three songs. One of them fea tured a Patti member’s father as a vocalist. The perform ance went well, Bekkerus. and was well received by the community. That first performance brought us some attention, including a journalist in Des Moines, who came out to DMS to interview us and a few students. The result was an article in numerous papers across Iowa about what appeared to be Iowa’s first school mariachi program. Thanks to that coverage, we spent the rest of the 2011- 2012 school year learning three more songs out of “Libro Acompanante” book series in preparation for two perfor - mances in Des Moines that June at educator conferences. Later in June, Patti and I returned to Las Vegas to get level two training and brought back plans for expansion of our mariachi program into the high school. National Mariachi Workshop in Las Vegas –Patti Bekkerus, Maestro Today, as I write this, Denison Community Schools Jose Hernandez, Ruben Newell, Robin Walenta. t continued page 14

The Iowa Bandmaster 13 ! has two mariachis – one at the middle school and one at the high school. It involves about 50 students: a number that is limited by the number of instruments the school owns. The school has purchased three vihuelas, two guitarrons, fif - teen guitars, and fifteen violins. We also have trumpet and flute players in both groups, as well as a few violin and guitar players who own their own instruments. Our middle school group is made up of a new batch of eighth-grade band members, and have just started violin and guitar classes. Our high school group, which is primarily made up of our first group of eighth-graders from last year, will be presenting at IMEA this November, thanks to Robin Walenta at West Music and Marcia Neel from Music Ed Consultants in Las Vegas. They will get the chance to perform with Maestro Jose Hernandez, who is one of the most well-known mariachi leaders/musicians/composers/arrangers in the world. Our students now have these opportunities in instrumental music thanks to the help of some very important educa - tors, administrators and business professionals. Robin Walenta, the CEO of West Music, has been a great support throughout this process. Robin has made it a priority for West Music to be a leader in the mariachi move ment. They carry the instruments and supplies we need to keep our program moving, and they have even developed an entire line of student instruments for mariachi programs. We are lucky that West Music calls Iowa home! If you want to talk to someone who is passionate about mariachi and has seen first-hand the difference it can make in a school, you need to contact Marica Neel from Music Ed Consultants in Las Vegas. As a former music supervisor for the Clark County School District, she saw the beginning of what is now one of the biggest mariachi programs in the nation. Her company has also overseen the development of the “Simplemente Mariachi” beginning method and continues to work with the best musicians in the country to get out the word about mariachi. Lastly, without some of the best colleagues I have ever had the privilege of working with, Denison would not have a mariachi program right now. Our administration has been incredibly supportive, and I would even call them brave. They took a chance with Patti and myself starting a new pro - gram in an area of the nation where these programs don’t already exist. Our superintendent Michael Pardun, middle school principal Pat Roush and high school principal Lynn Torr, deserve special thanks for seeing our vision and helping it come to realization. Of course, nothing new in the music department is possible without the professional support of the rest of my department colleagues. The Denison vocal/general music teachers, Perry Bekkerus, Tylor Schulte and Ann Platt have been very supportive and helpful, particularly with our vocalists in the group. Ultimately, our instrumental music program has begun this evolution because Patti Bekkerus is dedicated to the music education of the students of Denison. When the crazy high school band director said “we’re going to Vegas,” she said “OK.” As you look at your band program in your school, ask yourself if you are reaching the students with the same three major components that have been around for generations. If you are, then great, but maybe there’s something else out there that could enhance the music education of your students. Maybe a mariachi program doesn’t fit your school’s population. Is there something else that would fit better? For Denison, it was mariachi, and I know there are directors out there reading this that think a mariachi program would fit into their school, too. If so, give Patti or I a call and we will tell you all about how we got the courage to follow through with this program, and you can, too. In spring of 2011, when Marcia Neel told me to stop worrying about it and just do it she said that it would be a great addition to the band program and that it would be well-received by everyone. She was right. If you can’t tell, I am excited about our mariachi program. If you want to know more, or want to hear about how our kids have taken to it, sit down with Patti and I and you’ll get an earful! Some of the most rewarding educational experiences I have had have come over the last two years as a part of our mariachi program. Is it scary starting something new? Yes – but it is so rewarding. Have I questioned we were doing the right thing? At the beginning, I did, but I clearly remember the day when those doubts were put to rest. Right after we got the first group together for the first time after sectional rehearsals, I had them get out a piece called “Duermense.” About two measures into the song, one of the violin players stopped, perked up and said “my mom used to sing this to me at bed time.” At that moment, I knew we had something special – we had found a way to connect our instrumental music program more intimately with a large part of our student body. We had made a personal connection with them through music. In the end, that’s what really matters. For more information about Denison’s mariachi program, you can visit their web-site: www.MonarchBand.org. ------Patti Bekkerus and Ruben Newell are the band directors for Denison Community Schools. Mrs Bekkerus has been teaching instrumental music for 26 years, including 19 years in Denison. Her current teaching duties include 6th grade band, 7th grade band, 8th grade band, DMS Jazz Band, Middle School Marching Band, mariachi and 6-8 lessons. She is currently the Middle School Honor Band Chair for southwest Iowa, as well as Past-President of the Southwest Iowa Bandmasters Association. Mr. Newell is in his 13th year teaching instrumental music, including 4 years in Denison. His current teaching duties include the Denison High School Concert Band, two jazz bands, pep band, the Monarch Marching Band, Mariachi, and all 9-12 lessons. He is currently the webmaster of the Southwest Iowa Bandmasters Association. Both instructors are members of IBA and are active clinicians and adjudicators in southwest Iowa. Mrs. Bekkerus and Mr. Newell are also staff members for the Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band.

14 The Iowa Bandmaster In the Spotlight Class 4A Band Program Waukee Community Schools

The Waukee Community School District instrumental music program serves approximately 1,000 students in grades 5-12. With forecasted continued growth in the district and the current tidal wave of beginning band students in fifth grade (435), the total number of students involved in the band program will grow significantly in the coming years. In the last five years, our district has built a new middle school, three new elementary buildings and renovat - ed our high school building. Future growth in our district includes the addition of an elementary building as well as another middle school to serve students in grades 8 and 9.

Fifth Grade Elementary Band Instrumental music education in Waukee begins in the fall of the fifth grade year. Band directors Janice Cunningham, Rob Graziano and Rebecca Meyer serve our six current elementary schools. Each six-day cycle, fifth grade band students have two 45-minute full band rehearsals during the school day and a twenty-minute small group lesson. Each band performs a concert in December and on their schools’ Fine Arts Night held in the high school auditorium in April. Fifth grade band students also prepare solos for solo nights hosted at each Rob Graziano and a 5th grade band elementary school in February.

Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Middle School Band Waukee Middle School bands are led by Mary Crandell and Deb Dunn. South Middle School bands are under the direction of Todd Woodard and Josh Deutmeyer. Each middle school band department serves approximately 320 students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Each middle school facilitates two sixth grade bands, one or two sev - enth grade bands, and one eighth grade band. The number of students dictates the number of ensembles in each school. All concert bands meet for 42 minutes every other day. Students receive one, twenty-minute lesson per eight-day cycle. All students are required to participate in solo contest in the spring

Ninth Grade Prairieview Band

Wayne Page and the Prairieview concert band

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The Iowa Bandmaster 15 In the Spotlight (continued from page 15)

Band students at Prairieview are under the direction of Wayne Page. Ninth grade band students participate in all activities related to high school marching band and are an integral part of the Waukee Warrior Regiment. The Ninth Grade Concert Band has re - ceived four consecutive Division I ratings at State Large Group Contest. Ninth grade band students receive one lesson every six Waukee Warrior Regiment days, participate in solo & ensemble contest, and perform at one concert band contest: Adventureland/Drake Relays or Worlds of Fun, in addition to IHSMA Large Group Contest.

Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Waukee High School Band

Jeff Patterson and the Waukee High School Symphonic Band

Instruction continues at Waukee High School with tenth grade students under the direction of Marty McDonald, and eleventh and twelfth grade students under the direction of Jeff Patterson. The fall is occupied with ninth through twelfth grade students participating in the Waukee Warrior Regiment under the direction of Marty McDonald, Jeff Patterson and Wayne Page. The Regiment competes in many local and regional marching band contests, along with hosting the IHSMA State Marching Festival and the Waukee Marching Invitational. Waukee also participates in the IHSMA All-State Music Festival. “Terror on University” is an all-volunteer pep band that plays at home basketball games and state tournament games. Waukee High School Concert Bands consistently receive Division I ratings at Large Group Contest. Waukee High School hosts its own solo and ensemble festival in April every year. Band members have the opportunity to perform in a pit ensemble with the annual musical production. The high school drum line, under the direction of Marty McDonald, produces a spring show, “Drummin’ With The Monkey” which is a multiple performance sell-out annually.

Jazz Bands Jazz education begins in the sixth grade at the middle school level. During the sixth grade year, all students receive an introductory jazz unit during the band period. Sixth grade students also have the opportunity to participate in jam sessions during the month of May in preparation for their involvement in the seventh grade jazz band the following year. Middle school jazz bands are made up of a seventh grade jazz band and an eighth grade jazz band at each middle Jazz I school who meet for fifty minutes twice a week before

16 The Iowa Bandmaster school. They begin rehearsing in October. In 2010, the WMS eighth grade Jazz Band was selected to play at the Iowa Bandmasters Conference. The Waukee High School Jazz Program consists of three auditioned groups, which are comprised of ninth through-twelfth grade students. The Waukee Jazz Project-Director Rob Graziano, Jazz II-Director Jeff Patterson and Jazz I-Director Wayne Page continue to have great competitive success within their given classifications. Jazz II has received Division I ratings at state contests since 2008 and Jazz I has received Division I ratings at State Contest since 2000. Waukee Jazz I has finished 3rd, 2nd, or 1st in the last five years in class 4A at the Iowa Jazz Championships with a win in 2012. The jazz season culminates with a Spring Showcase of all the jazz bands in the district.

Waukee Community School Staff

Elementary staff, left to right: Middle school staff, left to right: Mary Crandell, High school staff, left to right: Marty Rebecca Meyer, Rob Graziano, Deb Dunn, Todd Woodard, Josh Deutmeyer. McDonald, Jeff Patterson, Wayne Janice Cunningham. Page

The Iowa Bandmaster 17 I am sending this letter out to all of the superintendents and principals in the state of Iowa. The purpose of this letter is to provide our administrators with information about our I.B.A. Conference. Hopefully, this will make it easier for your administrators to approve professional leave so that all of you can have the opportunity to attend this event. If you are already able to obtain professional leave easily for the conference, this document could be used in an educational portfolio if some of you are in that process. – I.B.A. President-Elect Brad Lampe

Iowa Bandmasters Association, Inc. “World's Finest Bandmasters Organization” http://www.bandmasters.org/

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18 The Iowa Bandmaster BAND TALK with Bob Roussell

After being retired for twelve years, I was greatly surprised to receive a request from Dick Redman to write this article. What do I have to offer current directors after being away from teaching for such a long time? I can’t even remember the alternate fingerings on most of the instruments! However, having taught for 33 years, I still recall that Iowa band directors always accept the challenge and strive to share their thoughts and ideas with their peers. I was extremely fortunate to work with two of the finest directors of their era as I began my career. I taught at Vernon Middle School in Marion, Iowa from 1967-1970. The high school director there was IBA Past President Paul Wright. Paul was an outstanding concert band director and one of the finest lesson teachers I have ever known. He taught me much about concert band literature and the critical listening skills that define a unique concert band sound. I then moved on to Monticello and was able to team teach with IBA Past President Ray Stumbaugh. Ray had developed a very complete band program during his tenure in Monticello. He was an expert in community relations and understood what it took to maintain a strong band program in a smaller community. These two men were wonderful mentors well before mentoring was a formal activity. After Ray retired we assembled a team of directors that included middle school director and IBA Past President Dwayne Johnson and Linda Ballou, the elementary director and flute specialist throughout the program. We team taught lessons in grades five through twelve, each teaching our own areas of expertise. We were able to work together on a daily basis to form a cohesive unit that would best educate our students. I highly recommend this system of team teaching if your departmental structure will allow it. Communication is possibly the most important part of your job. Parents, administrators and your students always appreciate being informed. Technology now provides wonderful forms of communication, but remember that the best way to convey your true thoughts is in a face-to-face conversation! It is the director’s job to maintain a balanced program for the students. I found that by including every student in our solo and ensemble program, not only did their performance level improve, but I was able to establish a great personal relationship with the kids. It’s really important that the third-part players understand that they are every bit as important to the ensemble as the student that is first chair! Solo and ensemble contact as well as pep band and jazz band are great tools to really get to know your students. Listening skills are extremely important. Successful directors listen carefully to judge tone quality, intona - tion, correct notes and rhythms. They also listen to their peers, administrators, students and their community. It’s very easy to feel comfortable in what you are doing and not pay attention to new ideas. Take advantage of the IBA Conference, district meetings and conference director meetings to become aware of new trends and concepts. Enhance your students’ education by welcoming guest clinicians to your rehearsals. It’s also important to expose your students to college and professional ensembles. We are fortunate in Iowa to have so many outstand - ing college programs. Take your students to hear their performances and discuss them at future rehearsals. The students need to be able to form an opinion about what qualities are necessary to create a great performance. The yearly IBA Conference is an incredible learning experience for all directors. Attend every concert and clinic that you can schedule. You are able to hear the best literature for all levels of performance, and it is a great tool for selecting literature for your band. The clinics expand your knowledge of teaching techniques, and you always can find at least one golden nugget at every session that will improve your teaching. Programming your concerts requires great thought. You need to select literature that will stimulate your best students and still provide opportunity for your second- and third-part players to feel success. Remember that you are playing for an audience and select literature with that in mind. Audiences not only enjoy marches and patriotic music but can also appreciate a great chord progression that lands in a beautiful place! Always expect the best from your students! Come to your rehearsals fired up and ready to teach. Students can sense your excitement to get to work and will want to do their best. I am very proud to have been a band director! I loved going to work each day and working with great kids. I wish the same for each of you.

The Iowa Bandmaster 19 20 The Iowa Bandmaster Iowa JEI News

by Chris Merz, President

Greetings to you all, It is with great pleasure that I address the IBA membership for the first time as president of JEI. Following in Rod Pierson’s footsteps is nothing new for me—way back in 1984 I replaced him as the lead alto player in JCL when he left school to join the Glenn Miller Orchestra. I look forward to leading JEI for the next two years and developing useful programming for the fine band directors of the state. The following is a list of resources and opportunities offered by JEI this coming year. • Our newsletter will continue to be distributed electronically. It has served to inform and keep the JEI membership current with jazz happenings around the state. Thanks to the Advisory Board contacts and other key contributors to the newsletter as we continue to offer this valuable resource. You must be a member of JEI to receive the newsletter so please take a moment to join if you haven’t already done so. A membership form can be printed from the home page on our website and mailed with a $20 membership dues payment to Treasurer Myron Peterson at the address listed on the form. • www.jeiowa.org continues to be updated regularly with new information. The website serves as our main communication tool regarding the All State Jazz Ensembles, classroom resources, and available resource panel clinicians, and will continue to develop to better serve your needs. Friend us on Facebook to share ideas and contribute to the dialog. We rely on you to give feedback and offer sugges - tions for improving these valuable resources. • We’re pleased to announce this year’s All State Jazz Ensemble Directors; 1A/2A Ensemble – Dr. Christopher Buckholz, Professor of Trombone at UNI, and 6-year member of the US Army Jazz Ambassadors; 3A Ensemble – John Wojciechowski, saxophonist and band director at St. Charles North High School in Chicago; 4A Ensemble – Thomas Matta, trombonist and composer/arranger, and Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. Read more about these fantastic Jazz educators through links provided on our website. Audition etudes and reference recordings are available along with instructions for submitting student audition recordings and registration materials. Take full advantage of this streamlined process and consider providing your students with an opportunity of a life - time. • Plan on attending the following clinics sponsored by JEI, West Music and P. Mauriat at this year’s IMEA conference scheduled for Friday, November 16th in Ames. Both events will be held in Benton Auditorium: Friday 11/16 6:00 PM “Lead Trumpet in the Jazz Ensemble...discipline and techniques” – Mike Williams, Count Basie Orchestra Friday 11/16 7:00 PM “Your Eyes are Hurting Your Ears: What the Industry Doesn't Want You to Know” – Bob Reynolds, John Mayer Band Stop by the booth and bring a friend! Looking forward to assisting you all this year, Chris

The Iowa Bandmaster 21 They Continue to Serve

By Jerry Kinney “Texas’ loss is Iowa’s gain!” Those five words are an accurate and appropriate description of the accomplishments of the subject of this “TCTS” article, John W. de Salme. Originally from, and schooled (K-12) in, Corpus Christi, Texas, John graduated from Roy Miller High School in 1963. He attended Del Mar College (Phi Beta Kappa) and performed at various stages of his career with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra. He also attended the University of Texas in Austin, and studied with J. Clifton Williams and Laurence Chidester. As a senior he transferred to the University of Iowa, graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Music degree. An interesting sidelight, he was a member of the first UI band for its first trip to the Rose Bowl (1957). Judging by recent and current UI football teams, not many band members will be able to make that statement. The next step in his jaunts between Texas and Iowa took him to Orange Grove, Texas, where he directed all ensembles, elementary through high school. A return to the University of John W. de Salme Iowa for more study resulted in his receiving a Master of Arts degree in 1960 as a student of William Gower. After accepting a position in the Iowa Valley (Marengo) schools, he continued his graduate work, and subsequently became the band director at Central Junior High School in Iowa City, in addition to being named band manager of the Iowa City Community Band. In 1967, he was granted a Master of Fine Arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Iowa as a student of John Hill. When Iowa City West schools opened in 1968, he became Director of Bands for the junior-senior high school, a position he held for twenty-five years. John’s bands were active in all IHSMA events, and also traveled extensively, i.e. the Worlds of Fun Festival (Kansas City), Great America’s Music in the Parks (Chicago), World of Music Festival (Minneapolis), the Opryland American Music Festival (Nashville) and the Six Flags Music Festival (St. Louis). A highlight of his career was the Gateway Festival of the University of Missouri in St. Louis in 1980, at which the Iowa City West band received three Division I ratings and was named “Best in Class” while also being given the Sweepstakes Award for all competing bands at the Festival. Directors should note that the band traveled in “old yellow school buses” to and from the festival (money was tight in those days, too). He spent his last four years teaching in Iowa City elementary schools and retired from public school teaching in 1997. In 1991, he was named director of the Eastern Iowa Brass Band. During his ten-year tenure, the group performed 25 concerts annually in Iowa and the Midwest. The band won many honors, including three first-place finishes at the North American Band Association Championships. He recalls his “initiation” as the E.I.B.B. director as follows: At his first concert the featured performer was a tuba soloist. When John gave the downbeat for the tuba solo, the instrument gave out a sound he describes as being similar to a “leaking sewer pipe.” Seeing the confused look on Mr. de Salme’s face, the first cornet player, a co-conspirator, went over to the tuba, reached down into the bell and retrieved a sizeable, stuffed fish, much to the delight of the audience! Reacting quickly (ala magazine editor Redman), John turned to the crowd and mumbled something about the soloist having had troubles lately with his “scales,” which evoked more groans and laughter from those in attendance. The whole story sounds “fishy” to me, but I decided to include it just for the “halibut!” Continuing to serve after retirement, John conducted the E.I.B.B. for several years, retiring from the conductor’s podium in 2001. He then accepted a position as vice president and controller of the North American Brass Band Association for six years, hiring judges, securing conductors, organizing contests, etc. He has also mentored many first- year teachers in eastern Iowa for IBA. Professional organization of which he has been, or is currently a member, include IBA (IBARD), SEIBA, NEA, ISEA, MENC, ASBDA and NABBA. Young directors should note that Mr. de Salme is a bow hunter (12-point trophy buck hanging in his den, complete with DNR patch on it), and hunts deer with a muzzleloader rifle. He is a philatelist (stamp collector to us peasants), specializing in music issues of all countries; first rode RAGBRAI in 1976, and plays racketball in his spare time. He is an avid canoeist, having taken trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and has canoed on the Current River in Missouri to the Bow River in Canada. All of the above while developing one of the finest band programs in Iowa! John’s wife, Peg, currently teaches instrumental music in the Iowa City School District. He has three adult chldren, the oldest of which will be retiring from the Army Blues jazz band in Fort Meyer, Virginia, this fall. One of the highlights of John’s career was the opportunity to have his two sons play in the I.C. West High School band during his time there. In closing, I would add a personal note. In my 55 years of instrumental music adjudication, I can recall only one band to which I have given a perfect 40 score, and that was John de Salme’s Iowa City West High School band at an IHSMA state large group contest at Cedar Rapids, Washington High School. He is yet another IBA icon who has helped raise the number of extremely fine bands in our state to the level we now enjoy!

22 The Iowa Bandmaster BAND PERFORMANCE APPLICATION FORM Iowa Bandmasters Association – 86th Annual Conference Des Moines Downtown Marriott May 9-11, 2013

School Director Address City Zip Code

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 Adult/Community _____ College _____ High School _____4A _____3A _____2A _____1A Junior High/Middle School _____4A, 3A Feeder _____2A, 1A Feeder Elementary/Beginning 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 _____

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 14, 2012 to: Send your recording postmarked by January 23, 2013 to: Brad Lampe, IBA Pres.-Elect 129 N East Street, Osceola, IA 50213 email: [email protected]

The Iowa Bandmaster 23 GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF PERFORMING BANDS AT The Iowa Bandmasters Association 86th Annual Conference May 9-11, 2013

1. Deadline Information • Band Performance Application Form postmarked by December 14, 2012 • Audition recording postmarked by January 23, 2013 • Mail application and recording to: Brad Lampe, 129 N. East Street, Osceola, IA 50213 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 2012-2013 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. • At least one elementary band • Elementary bands can consist of any combination of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students. 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.

24 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 25 COLLEGE CORNER

Musicality As the Prime Goal of Music Education

Dr. Robert E. Lee, Professor Emeritus at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, earned a B.A. degree from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 1950, an M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1956 and a Ph. D. degree from the University of Iowa in 1966. Lee’s teaching experience includes eight years in public schools and 37 years as Director of Bands at Wartburg College. Retirement was followed by fifteen years as a volunteer at Waverly-Shell Rock Schools as coach of students preparing for All-State Auditions and Solo and Ensemble Contests.

Retirement allows time for reflection and as I look back on my 45-year career of teaching music, plus 15 additional post-retirement years of volunteering at the local high school, I believe I have learned a few principles of teaching instrumentalists that may be of interest to band directors—especially young band directors. Experienced band directors know well the ideas I want to share; but because most of these ideas were completely unknown to me as a young band director, today’s young band directors may find some of them worth considering. Experienced band directors may be reminded of things forgotten.

As a young high school band director in a small town in Wisconsin my bands at contest competed successfully with the largest schools in the state, that is, in Class A. When at thirty years of age I became Director of Bands at Wartburg College I naively expected my bands to again be compared favorably with bands of larger institutions. This was not to be, but I realized there was an essential trait of music in which parity could be immediately attained and that was Musicality. My small college band could perform as musically as any college or university band. I resolved to make musicality-as-the-norm the primary goal of my professional career as a band director. It was a good choice. MUSICALITY The following remarks are my strong beliefs concerning musicality. They are ideals, the pursuit of which was my pas - sion and joy. Some of the ideas presented here are my own, discovered serendipitously. Most of the ideas come from a lifetime of searching for concepts of musicality from books, periodicals, seminars, discussions with peers, and observation of master teachers and conductors. In instances that I remember, I have credited the source. In a sense there is nothing new here. Most all band directors who were teaching during the years of my teaching career learned similar musical precepts. Musicality is a top-tier goal of most band directors. A definition of musicality in Merriam Webster’s New World Dictionary , Second College Edition is: fond of, sensitivity to or skilled in music (italics added). We band directors believe we personally are musical and we expect our students to perform musically—and some - times they do. However, my accusatory question is, and the main thrust of this paper is: shouldn’t we expect our students to perform musically more frequently—even customarily? My answer is: yes! Acquainting our students with musicality is not only one of the more important goals of music education, it could be considered the prime goal of music education. Why? Because within musicality lies the aesthetics of music education. Aesthetics is defined by Dictionary.com as: the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty (italics added). The steps leading to musicality more frequently lie in the definitions of the words musicality and aesthetics, namely, sensitivity and emotions. These are the qualities that lead not only to musicality but to what, in special situations, lead to what I call beyond musicality , but more on that subject later. I take the words sensitivity and emotions to imply the use of the right brain. Dictionary.com defines right- brained as: having the right brain dominant, therefore being more. . .creative and emotional than logical and analytical. The “right brain/left brain” theory is applicable to musicality. The right brain is concerned mainly with emotions and sensitivity in musical performance, whereas the left brain is concerned mainly with technique. I believe it is when technique is embellished with emotions and sensitivity that musical thrills or goose flesh or soulfulness or the aesthetics of

26 The Iowa Bandmaster music are manifested. Musicality is initiated with the technical prowess provided by the left brain and is completed with the addition of sensitivity and emotion provided by the right brain. The ideal musician incorporates use of both sides of the brain. Unfortunately, I believe, we band directors tend to under-emphasize the importance of the right brain—wherein lies the aesthetics of musicality. I contend that more emphasis on aesthetics in music education will bring a balance that creates not only more thrilling performances, but also more appreciation of music both as a performer and as a listener later in life. I believe aesthetics too often take a back seat to technique in our public school music programs because we band directors tend to view our programs as performance oriented rather than music-education oriented . This and other criticisms of music education in our public school are not a blanket indictment of the members of our profession, but many of us need to be aware of what I believe is a natural tendency of band directors: we are competitive —only slightly less competitive than coaches. We want winning bands ! Given this natural tendency, in both private and class lessons, the vast proportion of student’s playing time is likely to be spent on technical aspects—even with song-like material. This is not completely a problem as adequate technique is crucial for musical performances. Note that the definition of musicality and aesthetics include both skill as well as sensitivity, and both mind and emotions respectively. The same technical emphasis occurs in rehearsals. We spend so much rehearsal time correcting notes and rhythms for upcoming performances that little time remains to explore musicality. Thus we become note teachers instead of music teachers . I heard William Revelli, former director of University of Michigan Bands, say “love Music; hate Notes”—an overstatement, but we know what he meant. A similar statement is the message printed on my most recent t-shirt purchase which reads, “play the music, not the instrument.” We hope every student will continue playing after high school. However, despite our goal of inspiring our students to continue using their hard-won technical skills later in life, many will not do so. Therefore, an appreciation of the elements of musical aesthetics might well be a music teacher’s prime concern! Why?--because an appreciation of the aesthetics of music will remain with all of our former students for a lifetime not only as performers but as listeners to music. I do not minimize the absolute necessity and desirability of adequate technique in the quest for musicality. Astounding technique in itself can thrill and overpower listeners. Besides, the challenge of technique in performance is one of the great joys of a performer. In the quest for technique, an important aesthetic component of musicality that can be overlooked is that of tone quality necessary for soulfulness. I heard Frederick Fennell say “dazzle me with your tone—not your technique.” This has been a mantra of mine ever since. I believe beautiful tone quality is next only to musicality as the most greatly desired quality in a performance—given adequate technique. Every band director knows the characteristic tone quality of every wind instrument and should unrelentingly encourage every student to achieve that freely resonant sound—the sound of optimum resonance . This is a Winston Churchill “never, never, never give up” situation. Every technical exercise is a resonant tone exercise. Every warm-up exercise is a resonant tone exercise. Every playing situation is a resonant-tone-consciousness, optimum-resonance situation. Characteristic resonant tone quality adds more than beautiful sound to musical performance. When traditional resonant tone quality is produced by members of an ensemble, problems of out-of-tune playing are greatly reduced. The “tune-up” mantra should be changed to a “TONE-UP” mantra. Another essential component of musicality and music education that needs attention is the use of characteristic vibrato in enhancing characteristic resonant tone quality. I believe all students, down to the last chair player of the section, should be taught as if they will be life-long players. This means that all students should be able to play with both a characteristic resonant tone quality as well as with a characteristic vibrato and, of course, adequate technique. A caveat is that the student must have a solid resonant tone quality before learning vibrato so vibrato serves to enhance beautiful resonant tone and not serve to cover up a poor tone quality. Another essential component of performance – crucial in a student’s education --- is a method of rhythmic counting. I believe neglect in teaching this technique is a teacher’s “musical mortal sin.” If sight-reading is important in a student’s future performance opportunities, and it is, then learning a method of rhythmic counting is essential. CONTRAST IN MUSICALITY Musicality in performance is largely about the application of Contrast in its many guises. It might well be said that the notes on the page are not the music. The music is above and below the notes on the page. No band director is ignorant of the desirability of observing these interpretive markings. They form the basis of achieving musical performances because they provide the all-important element of Contrast. Professor H. E. Nutt of Vandercook College of Music had a phrase I used when my players performed with insuffi - cient contrast. I would announce with vigor: “ONE RULE IN MUSIC?”. 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The Iowa Bandmaster 27 Musicality as the Prime Goal (continued from page 27) “MAKE IT SOUND GOOD!”. My next vigorously expressed question was “HOW?”. Band members would respond with vim: “CONTRAST!”. This playful discourse always brought better Contrast results. Be aware that young players tend to be unexpressive. I, therefore, request that they exaggerate every dynamic mark on the page. The most important musical concept that I gleaned in all of my graduate study I learned from University of Iowa Professor Dr. Tom Turner. This simple and obvious concept covers, for me, the entire meaning of what music is: MUSIC IS TENSION AND RELAXATION!—from which I extrapolate that the basis of Musicality is TENSION AND RELAX - ATION! This corroborates H. E. Nutt’s philosophy of making music sound good by use of Contrast. The basis of Weston Noble’s notable success as a consummate musician is his concept of “lead weak to strong.” Renowned conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, concurs with his belief that “music is in the pickup.” Both advocate TENSION AND RELAXATION. All of the indications for musical contrast found above and below the notes in the score entail directions for Tension or Relaxation. For instance, tension is indicated by accents, crescendo, accelerando, sfz and forte ; relaxation is indicated in directions for decrescendo, ritardando, subito piano and pianissimo . EVERY marking on the page indicates a degree of variety in Tension or Relaxation, resulting in Contrast. The composer’s use of dissonance and consonance provide Tension and Relaxation as does their use of contrasting sections of slow-fast or fast-slow-fast or other contrasting movements of a composition. There are many additional opportunities for added Tension and Relaxation not marked in the score that when sensed and applied to the performance result in a deeper sense of musicality than that of merely intellectually applying the mark - ings on the score. Prior to the time of J.S. Bach interpretive markings in the score were a rarity. Performers were expect - ed to sense appropriate artistic opportunities to apply Musical Contrasts. Therein lie the final essential one or two percent of musical artistry. Such a performance produces a thrillingly aesthetic experience as a result of adding right-brained sensitivity to the left-brained intellectual performance. The most obvious none-marked opportunities for added musicality are crescendo or diminuendo and accelerando or ritardando, which I have found to be the simplest means of providing musical thrills when sensitively applied. Application of these contrasts can obviate the boredom of repeated phrases. Furthermore, any tension note of a phrase should, in a subtle manner, be longer and stronger than surrounding notes. For instance, the highest note of a phrase is the tension note of the phrase and should be performed with slightly added length and strength, as if marked with a tenuto sign—which means to sustain the note as long as possible without distorting the rhythm. Or, the tension may even be lengthened to slightly break the rhythm. Johannes Brahms believed that any note within a measure may be slightly lengthened or shortened rhythmically as Tension or Relaxation is sensed in the music. CONTRAST IN STYLE There are crucial Tension-Relaxation properties in the elements of Style. There is Tension in staccato style and there is Relaxation in legato style. Quicker tempos call for staccato articulation and slower tempos, for more legato articulation. Incidentally, Staccato does not mean short—it means detached or sepa - rated. Separation is one of the most neglected aspects of style for young performers and young band directors. For instance, most notes in a march or other up-tempo piece should be separated one from another. In the performance of marches, an effective Tension and Relaxation stylistic device is the separation and slight accent of every off-beat note as they are syncopated notes. Syncopated notes need a slight push. In two-four time syncopated notes occur on count “2”, as well as on “1-&” and “2-&”. John Philip Sousa omitted accent marks and other contrast markings in his published scores which he added in his own performances—they were his “trade secret.” Sousa’s band members report that Sousa’s march performances varied considerably from the printed page. His changes provided interesting Contrasts. The bass drummer is the most important member of my band when playing marches and must have been Sousa’s most important player as well. Gus Helmcke, Sousa’s bass drummer, was the only band member not dismissed when band members went on strike. On marches my bass drummer and I have the music memorized and we, eye-ball to eye-ball and soul to soul, add joy - ful ad lib accents as directed with my left hand. Incidentally, when not specifically conducted, the bass drummer should “play the melody” by ear, paying no attention to the printed score. Sousa used the style of volume contrast to telling effect. To the remark that his band played louder than any other band, Sousa replied that his band only seemed louder because his band played softer than other bands. For instance, in

28 The Iowa Bandmaster softer strains Sousa would omit cornets, trumpets, trombones and percussion and move clarinets to the chalumeau register resulting in tremendous Contrast with the fortissimos that followed. To learn more about Sousa’s effective march style search Google. CONTRAST IN PHRASING AND DYNAMIC PHRASING Phrasing in musical performance is as crucial an element in expressing a meaningful message as is phrasing in speech. A musical phrase may be considered as a meaningful grouping of notes. Meaningful phrasing adds a feeling of motion either leading to the high point of the phrase or falling away from the high point of the phrase. Every phrase should be treated as either coming or going! In this essay I will use the term Dynamic Phrasing for the deliberate search for Tension and Relaxation in phrasing. Dynamic Phrasing can be well explained with an understanding of Dr. Weston Noble’s idea of “lead weak to strong” which provides the essential element of a feeling of motion in music. “Leading weak to strong” is most easily understood as a two-note phrase where, for instance, the first note of the phrase is an eighth-note pick-up to the second note of the phrase which is the down-beat across the bar line. The first note, the weaker of the two, leads to the second note, the stronger of the two. A renowned pianist declared that anyone, even an amateur, could play one note as well as he could -- but not two suc - cessive notes. I believe his reasoning was that an amateur will not play the two notes as a musical phrase. The amateur will likely play the two note phrase without Relaxation and Tension, in the following manner: “ta-dah”. The artist, however, will perform the two-note phrase with Dynamic Phrasing, as in the following manner: “ta- DAH”, leading weak to strong by performing “ta” as a pickup to “DAH”, the note across the bar line. Of course the phrasing sound would be reversed to “DAH-ta” if the DAH occurs on the beat and “ta” is an after beat. H.E. Nutt explained the importance of proper phrasing with this humorous example: “Do not put the ac-CENT on the wrong syl-LA-ble”. Also, he explained how phrasing or pulsing can greatly alter the meaning of the phrase: “were you there that night?”, as in: WERE you there that night? Were YOU there that night? Were you THERE that night? Were you there THAT night? or, Were you there that NIGHT? Pick-ups, leading weak to strong, abound in music, providing continual opportunities to create the all important feel - ing of motion in music. Consider the frequent pick-up opportunities in these folk melodies: Auld Lang Syne, Happy Birthday and Irish Tune from County Derry. Also consider the many pick-up notes in Gustav Holst’s beautiful chaconne theme in the first movement of his First Suite in Eb. A device that adds to the feeling of motion in phrasing, leading weak to strong, I learned recently from Swing Dancing. It involves a slight variation from the usual rhythmic counting of 1-e-&-ah, 2-e-&-ah. A greater feeling of motion in phrasing is provided by counting: &-ah-1--&-ah-2--&-ah-3, where the “e” is omitted. This “silent” beat gives the effect that a new phrase is to begin after the silence of the omitted “e” and adds to the feeling of motion to a phrase. Maybe Lawrence Welk had it right? Incidentally, but importantly, the “&-ah-1--&-ah-2--&-ah-3,” etc., counting also adds a feeling of flow to the hand and arm in conducting technique. Try it—it’s magic! Previous to the above discovery I used similar non-traditional methods of counting to provide a feeling of movement across the bar line. This also calls for a change in the traditional method of rhythmic counting: Think of counting back - wards starting on the second count of the measure as in: four-three-two/ONE—four-three-two/ONE, with the slightest pause after count ONE and a slight crescendo throughout each phrase. The gist of Dynamic Phrasing is that phrases begin on a weaker beat and end on a stronger beat, such as the down beat—or could end on any beat of the measure. Dynamic Phrasing provides the much desired feeling of motion, which results in moving performances. CONTRAST IN PULSE Dynamic Phrasing automatically provides pulse. Pulse is a crucial element of a moving musical performance. Young band members customarily perform with a weak musical pulse. Consider that a person without a pulse is dead. So too, music without a pulse is dead. This is again a case of Tension and Relaxation. It might well be said that music is song and dance! Ideally, every conductor should be a singer and a dancer. The desirability of singing tone in instrumental music performance was demonstrated by consummate conductor Arturo Toscanini who would repeatedly yell “contabile, contabile!” at rehearsals to exhort his orchestra members to deliver a “singing” tone. In the dance vein, Wartburg College distinguished choral conductor Dr. Paul Torkelson, would continually admonish his choir members in rehearsal to “make it dance.” Similarly, Sousa believed pulse in a march should be strong enough to make a man with a wooden leg “step out.” (to be continued in next issue)

The Iowa Bandmaster 29 Iowa Municipal Band Festival 2012 by Jay Kahn July 14th, 2012 marked the 21st anniversary of Boone's Iowa Municipal Band Festival, traditionally held on the second Saturday of July. While the Herman Park Pavilion usually provides an amazing amount of respite from any inclement weather, this year the historic venue was thoroughly tested by intense heat, followed at midday by a torrential rain storm, which was followed in turn by more heat. Despite the rough weather, the audience remained steadfast in its attendance and enthusiasm. The concert goers were also treated to some bands making their debut appearance at the festival, including two extremely unique organizations: a true company band and a true family band. Heartland Senior Band Tri-County Community Band was the band's first appearance at the Iowa Don DoBell, Bandmaster Pete Wyatt, Bandmaster Municipal Band Festival. Formerly the Heartland Senior Services Another return engagement from this National Emblem Marc h...... Edwin E. Bagley Band of Story County, the band now oper - group headquartered in Durant. Do not let Jupiter ...... Gustav Holst/arr. James Curnow ates independently of Heartland Senior the ensemble's small size fool you; there's a Georgia On My Mind ...... Hoagy Carmichael Services and the name was changed accord - lot of polish in this group's performances. James DCamp, conductor ingly. This was the band's first appearance Attention Guiness record keepers! Tri- Paul D’Camp, trumpet solo at the Iowa Municipal Band Festival. County was looking to beat its old record of The Typewriter ...... Leroy Anderson performing Prestissimo Galop in 1 minute, The Star Spangled Paul D’Camp, conductor 29 seconds. They made it by 1 second! Banner ...... arr. James Swearingen Hannah & AJ DCamp, duet Oklahoma ...... Rogers and Hammerstein/ Iowa Band Law ...... Karl King The Vikin g (March) ...... Karl King arr. Johnnie Vinson Give My Regards To David DCamp, conductor The Syncopated Clock ...... Leroy Anderson/ Broadway ...George Cohan/arr. Chris Sharp God Of Our Fathers ...... George W. Warren arr. Philip Lang Teddy Bear's Picnic ...... John W. Bratton arr. Claude W. Smith Basin Street Blues ...... Spencer Williams/ Yorkshire Ballad ...... James Barnes Dr. Charles Groeling, guest conductor arr. Jerry Nowak Dance of the Sugar Plum Fair y.....Tchaikovsky Kristine DCamp, flute solo Don't Get Around Much Anymore ...... Duke arr. Robert W. Smith & Michael Story Music Man Highlight s...... Meredith Willson/ Ellington/arr. Toots Camarata An Irving Berlin Salute ...... arr. Paul Jennings arr. Alfred Reed West Side Story ...... Leonard Bernstein/ Liberty Bell (March) ...... John Philip Sousa Dr. Michael Golemo, guest conductor arr. Ted Ingram Looking Past The Shadow s.....Richard Saucedo Armed Forces Salut e...... arr. Robert Lowden American Collag e...... arr. Michael Story Prestissimo Galop ...... Karl King The Stars and Stripes Forever It’s a Small World ...... Robert and Richard (March) ...... John Philip Sousa Sherman/arr. Johnnie Vinson Rockwell Collins Band A String of Pearls ...... Jerry Gray Jim Jezek, Bandmaster Eastern Iowa Brass Band Liberty Bell March ...... John Philip Sousa/ Once a common situation across the Keri Speidel, Bandmaster arr. by Paul Lavender United States, the Rockwell Collins Band is Iowa's very own award-winning competi - Anything Goes ...... Cole Porter/ now the ONLY company band in Iowa, and tive brass band! Mixing the British tradition arr. by Douglas Wagner one of very few across the country. with American style, the Eastern Iowa Brass From Sea to Shining Sea ....arr. Warren Barker Consisting of Rockwell Collins employees Band consistently presents professional level and family members at the Cedar Rapids performances at every concert. This was the New Horizons Band of Des Moines facility and subsidized by the company, this Ron Rieckmann, Bandmaster group’s first appearance at the Iowa marked the debut performance of the band at Municipal Band Festival. One of several New Horizons bands in the Iowa Municipal Band Festival. Ravenswood Iowa (as well as the entire country), the Des (March) ...... William Rimmer The Thunderer (March) .....John Philip Sousa Olympic Fanfare and Theme Moines group is sponsored by Rieman Music...... John Liberty Bell (March) ...... John Philip Sousa Williams/arr. Darrol Barry National Emblem (March) ..Edwin E. Bagley Russian Circus Music ...... Ray Woodfield The Ames Municipal Band Midway March ....John Williams/arr. John Moss Boone Municipal Band Festival Toto: Africa ...... David Paich & Jeff Great Escape March ...... Elmer Bernstein/ Porcaro/arr. Chris Wormald Michael Golemo, conductor arr. Robert W. Smith Alex Brosseau, vocalist Ground Force ...... Jim Parker America The Beautiful ...... Bates and Ward/ Cornish Cavalie r.....William Edward Moyce Jive for Five - Brass Quintet arr. Jack Bullock John Burnett-Larkins, emcee An American Trilogy ...... Mickey Newberry The Incredibles ...... Michael Giacchino/ & Elvis Presley/arr. Goff Richards Anyone seeking a professional concert arr. Paul Murtha Meet The Flintstones ...... Hanna, Barbera, & band performance reminiscent of Sousa, Sing, Sing, Sing ...... Louis Prima/ Curtin/arr. Goff Richards Goldman, and Pryor need look no further arr. Prime & Magro MacArthur Par k..Jimmy Webb/arr. Alan Fernie than the Ames Municipal Band. Could it be The Strenuous Life ...... Scott Joplin/ that their concerts are better than ever arr. Alfred Reed Boone Municipal Band St. Louis Blues because the band is now cooler in their new ...... W.C. Handy/ David Richardson, Bandmaster summer uniforms? arr. Andrew Balent The Stars and Stripes Anyone who doesn't stay for the host The Star Spangled Banne r....Francis Scott Key Forever ...... John Philip Sousa band's performance at this festival is missing Arsenal ...... Jan Van der Roost out on the grand finale. How can a band On Stage With Cole DCamp Family Band from a small town like Boone sound like a Porter ...... arr. Johnny Warrington band from a major city? Kudos to Dave Alex Brosseau, vocalist Dr. Charles DCamp, Conductor Richardson and his musicians! The Sandpaper Ballet ...... Leroy Anderson The subject of local legend in the Quad Funiculi-Funicula Fantasy ...... arr. Yo Goto Cities, the DCamp Family Band has per - Florentiner (March) ...... Julius Fučik Jump Swing Fever Medley ....arr. John Wasson formed for over 60 years at venues in Iowa, By Loch and Mountain ...... Robert W. Smith Jive for Five Brass Quintet Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan. DCamp Annie Laurie ...... Scottish Ballad A Glenn Miller Medley ...... arr. Scott Ramsey family members hail from eight different Stephen Foster Fantasy ...... arr. Burden Jive for Five Brass Quintet states, making any concert by this excellent The Magnificent Seven ...... Roy Phillippe The Free Lance March ...... John Philip Sousa group a very special occasion indeed. This Evita .....Andrew Lloyd Weber/arr. John Moss

30 The Iowa Bandmaster Olsons Retire from Karl King Band

When the Karl King Band hit the downbeat for the first concert of the past summer season, two familiar faces and one familiar voice were absent. After decades of faithful service Nancy Drommer Olson and Duane “Oley” Olson retired from the Karl King Band. Nancy Drommer joined the band as a 15-year-old clarinetist from Pomeroy and was one of the first women to play in the band. She knew she was playing for a world famous band director and felt honored and chal - lenged by the opportunity. Besides playing under the direction of Karl King, she remembers the high degree of skill and musicianship of profes - sional musicians playing classical band music much more difficult than she experienced as a high school student. This early experience and opportuni - ty influenced her to major in music in college. Oley Olson was born and raised in Fort Dodge and his earliest memo - ries are of the family attending weekly band concerts in the City Square and Oleson Park. He began playing trombone when he entered junior high school and played throughout high school. Duane “Oley” and Nancy Olson At the age of 15 he was invited to join the Karl King Band. Following 18 months of playing in army bands in Korea during the war, he returned to Iowa, rejoining the Karl King Band and attending Buena Vista College where he majored in music. In 1955, the baritone player in the King Band, who was also the announcer, moved to California and Karl King asked Oley if he’d switch to baritone and take over the announcing duties. Among his fondest recollections are playing in the fairs and expositions, including the State and Spencer Fairs. Fair bands were different from the bands that played weekly concerts in Fort Dodge. They were smaller bands made up of select musicians from the band and professional musicians from throughout the state. It was a heady experi - ence for a young musician to play in such a high caliber band, playing for world famous circus acts. In addition it was a profitable opportunity as all the musicians were paid union scale wages and provided hotel accommodations. If a musician saved his checks from the fairs, it would finance a year of college. Dozens of skilled young musicians were able to attend college from having the opportunity to play the fairs with the King Band. King retired from the fairs in 1959 and continued to direct the band in Fort Dodge until he passed away in March 1971. W.B. Green, bandmaster at Buena Vista College and long-time King band member, succeeded Karl King as band director. Green died during a band rehearsal in June 1977 of a massive heart attack. After his death, the admin - istration of the band was re-organized with a board of directors of which Oley was elected chairman of the board and band manager, a post he held for 31 years. Accomplishments during his tenure included the first commercially available recordings of the Karl King Band. In 1991, the 100th anniversary of Karl King’s birthday, a concert was presented which featured a world-famous soloist and distinguished guests from several states. The concert was recorded by Iowa Public Television and broad - cast statewide. In addition to playing the regular city concerts, the band continued playing for musical and educational groups, including state conventions, three national music conventions and four appearances at the Iowa Bandmaster’s Association Conference. State Senator Daryl Beall offered a resolution requesting that Karl King be recognized on a U.S. postal stamp. As part of the ceremony the King Band performed in the capitol rotunda and Oley was honored to address the State Senate. Harlan Pfaff, businessman, prominent Rotarian and community leader, came to Oley and Nancy with his dream of erecting a bronze statue of Karl King in the Karl King Memorial Park (aka City Square). He proposed raising the funds but requested Oley and Nancy’s help in selecting a sculptor and providing photos and historical materials to create an accurate likeness of King. In 1996, the band was chosen to be one of the groups representing Iowa at the Smithsonian Summer Folk Life Festival, a two-week fair on the Washington Mall which was attended by more than 250,000 visitors. The invitation came on short notice and it was a scramble to raise matching funds and put together a quality band reminiscent of the fair bands. t continued on page 32

The Iowa Bandmaster 31 Tom Hatton, a member of the band in his younger days, wrote a sequel to his earlier biography of Karl King. The book “Hawkeye Glory,” which had lain dormant and unpublished for several years, was resurrected, edited and pub - lished through Oley’s efforts. In gratitude for their work, Tom dedicated the book to Oley and Nancy. Oley and Alan Spohnheimer, band director, musician, professional historian and archivist, collaborated to set up a Karl King website, with Alan as webmaster. The website has attracted attention from all over the world. It is highly respected by music scholars, musicians, and circus fans (www.karlking.us). In 1971, shortly before King’s death, a disastrous fire in downtown Fort Dodge destroyed the music library, extra uniforms, stands and equipment. For the next few years the band used the high school band facilities. Oley was a fre - quent speaker at service clubs, communitiy organizations and city council meetings where he always stressed a need to find a permanent home for the Karl King Band. Mayor Will Patterson spearheaded that effort when the new library was being considered, and along with Oley and long-time band member Keith Altemeier, were successful in having a band office and rehearsal room included in the new library. Oley credits this as the most meaningful accom - plishment during his tenure. Although retired from the band, Oley and Nancy continue to serve as historians and archivists for the wealth of materials left to the band by Mrs. Ruth King and others. Four composers have honored their careers with composi - tions dedicated to them: “All the King’s Men” by John W. Erickson; “Spirit of Fort Dodge” by Dan Shideler; “Festive Dance From Faust” arranged by Andrew Glover; “Oley Speaks” by Richard Johnson. Oley was presented a plaque this past July commemorating his long involvement in the Karl King Band and his dedication to promoting the legacy of Karl King. He played trombone and euphonium for 64 years, announcer for 56 years and Chairman of the Board and Band Manager for 31 years. IBA Outstanding Administrator Awards

Outstanding Superintendent – Denison: Mike Pardun Outstanding High School Principal – Ames: Spence Evans with band directors Ruben Newell and Patti Bekkerus. with band directors Andrew Buttermore and Chris Ewan.

Remember to let new teachers know about all the benefits of being an IBA member. We need new members to keep the IBA

Outstanding Elementary/Middle School Principal – growing and strong. Jefferson-Scranton: Karen Younie with band director Becky Greiner and husband Alan Greiner.

32 The Iowa Bandmaster “Ya Gotta Know the Territory”

IOWA BRASS BANDS

by Frank Heath

The late 1800s are called the Golden Age of Bands and in that currency Iowa proves especially rich. Towns sponsored bands and so did families, churches, lodges, manufacturers and Professors of Music. A shooting society near Dyersville had its own band in 1874. Burlington had a Boat Club Band and as early as 1847, a Temperance Brass Band. The Catholic Order of Foresters sponsored a band and so did the Farmers Mutual Protective Association in Rising Sun. Farmers formed the Association to protect against rustlers who may have ended up at the Iowa Industrial School, a correctional facility where there was both a band and an orchestra. Cigar companies sponsored bands and the resulting name was obvious. Bands played concerts in town squares and intersections, in parades, at fairs, picnics, festivals, reunions, land sales, serenades, firemens’ conventions, band competitions, baseball games, sociables, horse races and skating rinks. In 1887, the Western Band Association held a carnival in Storm Lake. There were 45 bands in the Association and at least 40 showed up. The sound of band music was everywhere. That has made my own Iowa Town Band Search especially rewarding. Driving across the state in the past few years visiting libraries, museums, newspapers, town halls and individuals, I’ve collected photos of more than 300 Iowa bands with multiple photos of some. The Keota Ladies Band, for instance, must have had its own staff photo - grapher. The nicely-gowned ladies peer out from pictures in several different locations. Searches in microfilm and on-line show that bands started, flourished, dissolved, in at least one case ‘from want of wind,’ and were reorganized and reorganized again. They sometimes named themselves after the person who gave the most money for uniforms or horns—an early example of naming rights. Strong directors or profes - sors carried some bands for many years. I. L. Moen led the band in Lake Mills for 30 years. The band in Grimes had the same instructor, a blind man from Des Moines, from 1905 to 1925. No town, regardless of size, could be ‘up and coming’ without a band. A town without one, without music, was simply not as good as others. No parade or festival was complete without band music, and certainly no political gathering, though the politicians didn’t always pay. A band account book shows that one time in New Vienna, however, the Democrats did tip more than the Republicans. During the William Jennings Bryan era and the gold/silver controversy, the Laurel Cornet Band tailored their concert list to the party paying them. ‘Silver Threads Among the Gold’ should have been safe. Looking at Iowa town bands means looking at Iowa history itself and that’s one of the things that started my band search. I’m an amateur historian and, perhaps just as important, a trombonist, though I begin to think eight of ten people in Iowa do play trombone. I’ve played in community bands and dixieland bands from here to New England, including the Chatfield Brass Band in Minnesota and the Harmonious Marching Irregulars and Jug Wine Society in Killingworth, Connecticut. Now I play with the Prairie Jewel Dixieland Band in Grinnell. I have friends in legitimate Civil War era bands and I have a small collection of old brass instruments, including a Jay sousaphone, a Kenny BB b tuba, and a beautiful little Pan American E b tuba, along with seven or eight trombones. Put all this together and the richness of Iowa band history has proved irresistible. Many small town libraries, open only a couple hours a day, may still hold a photo of the local band and clues to others. The librarian at

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The Iowa Bandmaster 33 “Ya Gotta Know the Territory” (continued)

Keota Ladies Band, 1911 Buxton Band

Eddyville provided a photo of the Eddyville Cornet Band posed on the bank of the Des Moines River and then asked what I knew about Buxton. Nothing, at that point, but the Buxton Band, which traveled to Council Bluffs and as far as New Orleans, is proving to be one of the most intriguing and elusive groups. I’ve only found one photograph of the band, probably taken after a concert. Buxton, though, is only one example of bands that flourished then disappeared when the town died. Cincinnati, another coal town where the flame has dwindled, put almost 60 players on their bandstand. A photo of the Dows band shows far more band members than town population now. The Welcome Center in Dows displays a pot belly stove that warmed a barn loft where the band rehearsed. At least one other band rehearsed in a room over a blacksmith shop and as smiths held an important place in towns, they were also prevalent in town bands. In one concert the band in Denmark played the ‘Anvil Chorus’ from Faust, using three genuine blacksmith anvils. The newspaper commented “The audience said it was a pretty number except they couldn’t hear anything but the anvils.” Cornets, fortunately, were far more prevalent than anvils, and bands automatically took the name, though many took a step up to Silver Cornet Bands. Those cornets were E b in the early years. In 1869, the leader of the Glenwood Cornet Band bought an E b silver horn from Isaac Fiske of Worcester, Mass. for over $65. Band mem - bers in Orange City held their instructor in high regard and presented him with a Conn Wonder B b cornet, silver- plated with gold mountings. The Carbon Band of 1897 purchased a new cornet from Lyon and Healy of Chicago and in 1900 spent $70 for a Boston Musical Instruments 3-Star model. Cornet soloists were the superstars of the time. Bohumir Kryl, before he formed his own band, toured as the ‘greatest cor - netist the world has ever known.’ Miss Alice Raymond performed at band fundraisers as ‘the greatest lady cornet player.’ There is no evidence of a play-off. The Kendall brothers of Grinnell were remembered after the Civil War ‘because of their aptness in acquiring the difficult art of triple-tonguing—as practiced by Levy and Arbuckle, about the only cornet players at that time who could turn the difficult trick.’ Eddyville Band (courtesy of the Eddyville Public library)

34 The Iowa Bandmaster In 1895, the Peterson band performed a concert including a Triple Tongue Cornet Solo. Audiences had come to expect musical showmanship and expertise from first cornet players. But they had their own expectations; one account said the 1st cornet got all the girls. Band instructors and conductors also had high expectations. Concert programs of the time show an emphasis on the classical repertoire, with compositions by Verdi, Suppe, Donizetti, Wagner, Gounod and Rossini. Never mind what they may have sounded like with a bunch of beginning brass players. The SIOUX COUNTY HERALD said in 1901, “Ragtime and bobtail melodies lent a transient charm, and served their purpose in the musical world but after all, true art is fostered by the study of the masters and their immortal works.” In 1903, the GLENWOOD OPINION pro vided some counterpoint: “The Institute band plays a combination of patriotic airs that is novel. Many of the cornets play the air of Yankee Doodle while one cornet plays variations and at the same time the trombones play the air of The Star Spangled Banner . The harmony horns have parts that fit in with both airs. It is a novel arrangement and the band plays it creditably.” The Institute of Glenwood is a fascinating piece of history all by itself and the study of early bands leads to many more; the settlement of towns across the state, the oyster supper fundraisers, the beautiful bandwagons and ornate bandstands, the elaborate band uniforms and moustaches. The entire band of instruments were purchased at one time because, in part, they were more apt to blend with each other, low pitch and high pitch sometimes a relative thing. Some say bands were popular because they were the only music available, that merchants supported them to bring people to town on concert nights, that only a brass band could prevail over a crowd and that may be. But it all came down to a blacksmith or harness maker or farmer who traded a wagonload of corn for a cornet, who built a tree house to practice in, who just wanted to play a horn or a drum and make music with the band. It’s a wonderful Iowa tradition.

Band Trivia Questions

by Fred and Jay

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Suzanne Lary, Centerville X David Larsen, Alcester SD XX David Law, Marion XXXX XXX XXX Steve Lawson, Harlan XXXXX Robert E. Lee, Waverly XXX Roger Lueders, Cedar Rapids XXXX Robert Manson, Cedar Rapids XX Alan Mattison, Belmond XXXXXX Steve McCombs, Pella XXXXXXXXX Gary McCurdy, Washington XXXXXX 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 XXX Lee Nelson, Harlan XXX XX X Steve Neve, Creston XXX Thomas Nehls, Ames X Dave Newport, Grinnell XXXXXXXXX Jay Nugent, Urbandale XXXXX Gary Pease, Cedar Falls XXXX X Mary Peterson, Ames X James Priebe, Burlington XXX Arnold Rabe, West Burlington XX XXXXX Dick Redman, Pella XXXXX Doug Robbins, Manchester XX X X XX Bob Roussell, Monticello X Jack Ryan, Spencer XXXXXXXXX Kenneth Sabers, Rock Valley X Robert Sadilek, Cedar Rapids Al Sergel III, Platte City, MO XXX Rod Shedenhelm, Sioux Rapids XXX XXX X Robert Soule, Keokuk XXXXXXX Brian Stevens, Hampton XXXXX XX Gaylin Sudik, Creston X Helen Thiesen, Manilla XXX Richard Thimmesch, Ankeny XXXXXXXX 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 XXX Paula Welter, Holy Cross XX X XX Michael Wilder, Carmar XX Hans Willadsen, Ocheyden XX Sandra Willman, Rockford XXX Allan Yeager, Ida Grove XXXX XXX XX

The Iowa Bandmaster 37 In Memoriam Keith A. Altemeier Keith A. Altemeier, 81, of Fort Dodge, died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center. A service honoring Keith's life was held on Wednesday, October 3, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with the Rev. Lyle Hansen officiating. Interment was at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Marshalltown with military honors being presented. A reception followed the inter - ment at The Embers in Marshalltown. The visitation was on Tuesday at the Gunderson Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Keith is survived by his wife Janet; his children, Janine (Brad) Niemeyer, Fort Dodge; Tara (Mike) Murphy, Des Moines; Sara Altemeier, Ankeny; David Altemeier, Des Moines; two grandchildren, Dalton and Annie Niemeyer; his sisters, Marilyn Hupfeld, Marshalltown; Lorraine Stueck, Dysart, Beverly White, Altoona; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Keith A. Altemeier, the son of Leroy E. and Grace A. (Allen) Altemeier, was born April 3, 1931 in Laurel, Iowa. He graduated from Liscomb High School in 1948 and received his B.A. degree in music education from Iowa State Teachers College in 1952. Keith served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954 and taught radio school while serving in Japan. Following his discharge, he taught music in Jamaica, Iowa from 1954 to 1959. On August 2, 1959, Keith was united in marriage to Janet McCollum in Churdan. Keith completed his Masters Degree from Drake University in 1960 and he and Janet lived in Carlisle where he taught until 1962 when they moved to Fort Dodge and have since lived. Keith taught music at Fort Dodge Senior High until retiring in 1990 following 28 years of service. He continued a lifelong advocacy for youth and music education. Keith was past president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, and American School Band Association. He was active in the Iowa Music Education Association and with the Music Educators National Conferences. Keith served as treasurer of Hawkeye Theatre and was past president of the Fine Arts Council. He was a member of the Karl King Band since 1960, serving as assistant conductor from 1963 to 2007 and also as secretary and librarian for the band. He was the light technician for the Fort Dodge Civic Glee Club for 30 years. Memorials may be directed to the Karl King Scholarship Fund.

38 The Iowa Bandmaster In Memoriam Dr. James E. Croft James Croft received the BME degree from Cornell College, an MA from Northern Iowa University, and his doctorate from the University of Oklahoma. He taught for 21 years in the public schools in Iowa and Wisconsin, the last 18 of which were spent in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where his groups were invited to appear at numerous state, regional and national conventions, clinics and festivals. In 1972, he joined the faculty of the University of South Florida as Director of Bands, remaining there until assuming a position as Professor of Music at Florida State University in 1980. He became Director of Bands at FSU in 1981. He retired from the faculty in the summer of 2003 after taking the FSU Wind Orchestra to perform for the World Association of Symphonic Band Ensembles convention in Sweden. Widely sought as a guest conductor, lecturer, adjudicator and clinician, he has appeared in 46 states, Europe, Great Britain, Mexico, Canada, Israel and Australia. These appearances include the National Music Camp (Interlochen), the Royal Academy of Music (London), the Royal Marine School of Music (Portsmouth), the Central Army Orchestra (Budapest), the Ensemble Barrundeum (Prague), the Royal Central Air Force Band (London), the Matan Music Camp (Israel), conducting symposia at the University of Calgary and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Band Conductors Art (University of Michigan), The Art of Wind Band Teaching (University of Minnesota), the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, the World Association of Symphonic Band Ensembles, and the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic (Chicago). He annually serves on the conducting faculty of Canford (England) School of Music. A past president of both the National Band Association and the College Band Directors National Association, he also serves as a contributing editor for The Instrumentalist , and as a consulting editor for Research Perspectives in Music Education. He is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association and Phi Beta Mu. In 1966-67, The School Musician selected him as one of the nation's ten Outstanding Music Educators. Both Cornell College and the University of Oklahoma have recognized him as a Distinguished Alumnus. In 1997, he received a Florida State University Teaching Award, and was recognized as the University Educator of the Year. He is the recipient of the Makovsky Memorial Award and the Distinguished Service Medal from Kappa Kappa Psi; the Florida Collegiate Educator of the Year award from the Florida Music Educators Association; the Mid-West Clinic's Medal of Honor; and was inducted into the Florida Bandmasters Association Roll of Distinction in 2002. Dr. Croft has shared his life, his career, and his abundant successes with his beautiful wife, Diana. Dr. Croft passed away, Thursday morning, September 6, 2012 in Tallahassee, Florida. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to — Croft Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund, College of Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1180. Dr. Croft established this scholarship fund years ago as a tribute to his father. The family, of course, now con - siders it a memorial to Jim as well.

Don ’t Forget to Make Reservations for the Annual IBA Spring Conference May 9-11, 2013

The Iowa Bandmaster 39 Contest Results Edited by Denise Graettinger

State Marching Sioux Center 2A II Solon 3A II Band Results Southwest Valley, Corning 2A II South Tama County, Tama 3A I Sumner-Fredericksburg 2A II Spencer 3A I School Name Class Rating Treynor 2A I Spirit Lake 3A II Belle Plaine 1A II Tri-Center, Neola 2A I Storm Lake 3A I Belmond-Klemme 1A II Underwood 2A I Union, LaPorte City 3A II Bishop Garrigan, Algona 1A I Wapello 2A Vinton-Shellsburg 3A I Earlham 1A I West Branch 2A Washington 3A II East Buchanan, Winthrop 1A I West Burlington 2A Webster City 3A II Gehlen Catholic, LeMars 1A I West Liberty 2A West Delaware, Manchester 3A II Lenox 1A II West Lyon, Inwood 2A I Williamsburg 3A II Lisbon 1A II West Marshall, State Center 2A II Winterset 3A I Lone Tree 1A III Wilton 2A Ankeny 4A I Mount Ayr 1A II A-D-M, Adel 3A I Bettendorf 4A New London 1A Albia 3A II Burlington 4A Nishnabotna, Farragut 1A II Algona 3A I Cedar Falls 4A I North Mahaska, New Sharon 1A I Anamosa 3A II Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 4A I Northwood-Kensett 1A II Atlantic 3A II Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 4A I Springville 1A I Benton, Van Horne 3A I Cedar Rapids, Washington 4A I Woodbury Central, Moville 1A II Bondurant-Farrar 3A I Clinton 4A Alburnett 2A III Carlisle 3A I Council Bluffs, A Lincoln 4A I Aplington-Parkersburg 2A II Center Point-Urbana 3A II Council Bluffs, T Jefferson 4A I Beckman, Dyersville 2A II Centerville 3A II Davenport, Central 4A Bellevue 2A II Central Clinton, DeWitt 3A Davenport, North 4A Camanche 2A Charles City 3A I Davenport, West 4A Cardinal, Eldon 2A II Clarke, Osceola 3A I Des Moines, East 4A III Cascade, Western Dubuque 2A II Clear Creek-Amana 3A I Des Moines, Lincoln 4A I Central Lee, Donnellson 2A Creston 3A I Des Moines, Roosevelt 4A I Clarinda 2A I Crestwood, Cresco 3A I Dowling Catholic, Colfax-Mingo 2A III Dallas Center-Grimes 3A I West Des Moines 4A I Denver 2A II Davis County, Bloomfield 3A I Dubuque, Hempstead 4A I Des Moines Christian 2A I Decorah 3A I Dubuque, Senior 4A I Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 2A I Estherville-Lincoln Central 3A I Epworth, Western Dubuque 4A I Highland, Riverside 2A II Forest City 3A I Fort Dodge 4A I Jesup 2A II Fort Madison 3A Indianola 4A II Lake Mills 2A I Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 3A I Iowa City, City High 4A II Louisa-Muscatine 2A Glenwood 3A I Johnston 4A I Manson Northwest Webster 2A II Grinnell 3A I Lewis Central 4A I Maquoketa Valley, Delhi 2A III Harlan 3A I Linn-Mar, Marion 4A I Mid-Prairie, Wellman 2A I Independence 3A I Marshalltown 4A I Mount Vernon 2A II Keokuk 3A Muscatine 4A Nashua-Plainfield 2A II Knoxville 3A I Newton 4A I North Polk, Alleman 2A I LeMars 3A II Ottumwa 4A II North Union 2A CO Maquoketa 3A II Prairie, Cedar Rapids 4A I Northeast, Goose Lake 2A Marion 3A I Sioux City, East 4A I North-Linn, Troy Mills 2A I MOC-Floyd Valley 3A CO Sioux City, West 4A I Ogden 2A I Mount Pleasant 3A Southeast Polk 4A I PCM, Monroe 2A II Nevada 3A II Urbandale 4A I Pekin 2A II Norwalk 3A I Valley, West Des Moines 4A I Pocahontas Area 2A II Oskaloosa 3A I Waterloo, East 4A I Sheldon 2A I Pella 3A I Waterloo, West 4A I Shenandoah 2A II Red Oak 3A II Waukee 4A I Sibley-Ocheyedan 2A I Saydel 3A I Xavier, Cedar Rapids 4A I

40 The Iowa Bandmaster District News Edited by Elaine Menke

The American Colors March ...... Panella The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore NWIBA Fantasy on When Johnny Comes Marching Home ...... Robert Starer June 17, 2012 LeMars Municipal Band Sue Ashenfelter - piccolo Fanfare ...... Montenegro/Tatgenhorst Jerry Bertrand, Conductor A Cohan Salute ...... arr. Ades A Festival Prelude ...... Alfred Reed June 13, 2012 American Civil War Fantasy ...... Bilik Concertino for Tuba and Fanfare and Fourishes ....James Curnow December 7, 1941 ...... James Ployhar Band ...... Curnow First Suite in Eb ...... Gustav Holst Lest We Forget ...... James Swearingen Rumanian Dance No. 2...... Ionel/Calkin Benny Goodman: Memories The Stars and Stripes Josh Calkin, tuba soloist of You ...... arr. Kidd Forever ...... John Philip Sousa The Girl I Left Behind Me ...... Anderson Batman ...... Elfman & Prince/Sahashi Master Sgt. Ken Drefke USAF - clarinet July 11, 2012 On A Hymnsong of Fantasy on American Wings of Peace ...... Karl L. King Sailing Songs ...... Clare Grundman Lowell Mason ...... David Holsinger Declaration Overture ....Claude T. Smith Let Me Call You Lerner and Loewe Beelzebub ...... A. Catozi in Concert ...Lerner & Loewe/Barker Sweetheart ...... arr. Yoder Corbet Butler - tuba Beguine for Flutes ...... Eric Osterling Noble Men ...... Fillmore/Foster Three Spanish Dances ...... Moszkowski The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore National Emblem March ....E. E. Bagley The Barnstormers March ....Nick Brown The Golden Age of Broadway ...... Barker Dublin Dances ...... Jan Van der Roost Men of Ohio March ...... Henry Fillmore June 24, 2012 Wild Dance ...... Douglas Akey Procession of the The Waltzing Cat ...... Leroy Anderson June 2 0, 2012 Nobles .....Rimsky-Korsakov/Leidzen Belle of Chicago ...... John Philip Sousa Old Ironsides March ...... Sousa Arutunian Concerto for Trumpet ...... Alexander Arutunian Sea Songs ...... R. Vaughan Williams July 18, 2012 Richard Bogenrief, trumpet soloist Concerto for Trombones ...... Leyden Klar zum Gefecht (Ready Jamaican Rumba ...... Benjamin/ Vance Shoemaker, Curt Ohrlund and for Action) .....Hermann Blankenburg Morgenstern Jeff Burwitz - trombones Chorale and Alleluia .....Howard Hanson I Dreamed A Dream ...... Schoenberg/ Of Sailors and Whales ...Francis McBeth Lucy Long ...... A. F. Godfrey Boubu, arr. Longfield Mvts. 1, 2, 4, and 5 Rick Lacy - bassoon Easter Monday on the White House Fantasia on British Sea Songs ...... Wood Small Town Sketches ...... David Moore Lawn ...... Sousa/ Gore Gilbert and Sullivan: Symphonic Puenteareas ...... Reveriano Soutullo Trumpet Fiesta ...... Andre Waignein Suite ...... arr. Ricketts Greek Folk Song Trumpet Quartet – Russian Sailors’ Dance ...... arr. Curnow Suite ...... Franco Cesarini Robert Gibson, David Bohnert, The Glory of the Yankee Big Band Showcase ...... Bob Lowden Jerry Bertrand, Mike Prichard Navy ...... Sousa/Fennell Vashti ...... Henry Fillmore Civil War Suite ...... arr. Walters Goodnight ...... Lawrence Welk June 27, 2012 Looney Tunes Overture ....arr. Holcombe The Boys From Liverpool (A Lennon Aviation Tournament March ...... King Sioux City Municipal Band & McCarthey Montage) ...... arr. Bilik Concerto ...... Alexander Arutiunian Grandview Park Bandshell – The President’s March ...... Fillmore Richard Bogenrief - trumpet Kucinski Music Pavilion ed. Foster Montego Bay ...... Sammy Nestico Lawrence Mitchell, Conductor The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore Celebration Tribalesque ...... Standridge Robert Gibson, Asst. Conductor Invercargill ...... Alex Lithgow Dave Madsen, Host Texas Promenade ...... David Holsinger July 1, 2012 An Appalachian Set ...... Paul Whear June 10, 2012 National Emblem ...... E. E. Bagley Oklahoma ...... Rogers/Leidzen His Honor ...... Fillmore/ed. Fennel Four Colonial Country Dances .Curnow Go ...... Will Huff All Creatures of Our God Concertino for Clarinet and Band and King ...... Claude T. Smith Dr. Holly Haddad, clarinet soloist July 4, 2012 A Cohan Broadway Festival ...arr. Werle The Clarinet Boogie ...... arr. Reed Semper Fidelis ...... J. P. Sousa Shield of Liberty ...... Richards/Glover Clarinet section feature Broad Stripes and Bright Red, White, & Halls of Honor ...... David Gorham Stars ...... Robert Longfield Brass ...... Wright & Norris/Moss American Folk Song Suite ...Frackenpohl

The Iowa Bandmaster 41 Mancini !...... Mancini/Bullo Samb-Adagio ...... Safri-Duo July 29, 2012 The Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Dr. Darin Wadley, percussion soloist Second Suite in F ...... Gustav Holst The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore The Best of Miami Sound Rose Variations ...Robert Russell Bennet Machine ...... arr. Murtha Robert Gibson, trumpet soloist July 8, 2012 The Man from Snowy Galop from Genevieve Olympic Fanfare River ...... arr.Bocook de Brabant ...... Offenbach/ Bourgeois and Theme ...... Williams/Curnow An American in Paris ...... Gershwin Mas Que Nada ...... arr. Brown Incantation and Dance ...... J.B. Chance Beguine for Band ...... Glenn Osser An Irish Ayre for I Dreamed A Dream ...... arr. Brown Where No Man Has Gone Winds ...... Warren Barker Put On A Happy Face ...... arr. Barker Before ...... arr. Jennings Pastime: A Salute to Baseball ...... Stamp Diana Wooley, vocal soloist Monahan Post March ...... K. L. King The Shadow of Your La Roquina ...... W. B. Green The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore Smile ...... arr. Whitcomb Trail of Tears ...... James Barnes Hollywood Milestones ...... arr. Higgens Porgy and Bess July 22, 2012 Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite ...... King Medley ...... Gershwin/Lowden Symphonic Suite ...... Clifton Williams The Star-Spangled The Gallant Seventh ...John Philip Sousa Three Klezmer Miniatures ...... Sparke Banner ...... Key/Moore The Star-Spangled Funiculi Funicula ...... arr. Lang Banner ...... Key/Moore Wapawekka (White Sands) ..Alfred Reed The Cowboys ...... Williams/Bocook NCIBA July 15, 2012 Suite from Man of Esprit De Corps ...... Robert Jager La Mancha ...... arr. Williams Karl L. King Municipal Band Suite of Old American Dances ...Bennett The Fairest of the Fair ...... Sousa North Lawn Cemetery Comedians’ Gallop ...... Kabalevsky/ The Star-Spangled Banner ...Key/Moore Jerrold P. Jimmerson, Conductor Leidzen Dr. David Klee, Assistant Conductor

Memorial Day Program May 28, 2012 University of North Dakota March ...... Karl L. King Brigadier General March ...... Karl L. King International Favorites March ...... King Hymn of All Nations ...... arr. Walters This Is My Country ...... Raye & Jacobs America, The Beautiful ...... arr. Walters March On America ...... arr. Walters God Bless America ...... arr. Cofield Salute To America’s Finest ...... arr. Lavender The Star-Spangled Banner ...... F. S. Key United Nations March ...... Karl L. King

Father’s Day Concert June 17, 2012 Fanfare for the Common Man ...... Copland/Longfield The Man of the Hour ...... Henry Fillmore The Impresario ...... Mozart/Barnes Theme from Lawrence of Arabia ...... Jarre/Reed The Old Home Down on the Farm ...... Fred P. Harlow T.D. – That Sentimental Gentleman ...... arr. Schive Dan Cassady, trombone soloist Dull Razor Blues ...... G.H. Huffine The Ohio Special ...... Karl L. King Directed by Dr. David Klee

42 The Iowa Bandmaster Let Freedom Ring ...... arr. Bierschenk July 8, 2012 Big Band Dixie ...... arr. Lowden Kenny Bierschenk, Guest Conductor Phillipian Festival ...... Karl L. King Featuring Dr. Michael Golemo with the March and Procession Inglesina (The Little King Band Dixieland Combo of Bacchus ...... Delibes/Osterling English Girl )...Delle Cese/Bourgeois Royal Hippodrome ...... Karl L. King Excelsior ...... Karl L. King The Italian in King Cotton ...... John Philip Sousa Greater Canton ...... Karl L. King Algier ...... Rossini/Moses-Tobani The Star-Spangled The Star-Spangled Carnival of Venice ....Briccialdi/Coppola Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key The Whistler and His Dog ...... Pryor Dr. David Klee July 29, 2012 June 24, 2012 Flute & Piccolo Soloist Sarasota ...... Karl L. King Military Life ...... Karl L. King A Festival Prelude ...... Alfred Reed Fort Dodge Messenger ...... Schive The Southerner ...... Russell Alexander In Old Portugal ...... Karl L. King Nabucco ...... Verdi/Cailliet March Militaire Esprit du Corps ...... Sousa/Foster Jive For Five ...... Nagle/Golemo Francaise ...... Saint-Saens/Lake Pilgrim’s Chorus ...... Wagner/Lake Dixieland On Stage ...... arr. Lowden Alpine Sunset ...... Karl L. King Directed by Dr. David Klee Featuring Jive For Five Directed by Dr. David Klee Walsenburg ...... Karl L. King Brass Quintet Pie-In-The-Face Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band ...... Seitz Spanish Romance ...... Karl L. King Polka ...... Mancini/Vinson The Star-Spangled The Campus Call ...... W.B. Green Featuring the Clarinet Section Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key The Walking Frog ...... Karl L. King Light Cavalry ...... von Suppe/Fillmore Directed by Dr. David Klee Robinson’s Grand July 15, 2012 Cole Porter: A Medley ...... arr. Bennett Entrée ...... Karl L. King Trouping Days ...... Karl L. King Emporia ...... Karl L. King Conducted by Dr. Timothy Rhea, King of Terror ...... Chambers/Bourgeois Auld Lang Syne ...... Karl L. King Texas A & M University New World Symphony – The Star-Spangled Satchmo ! (A Tribute to Finale ...... Dvorak/Leidzen Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key Louis Armstrong )...... arr. Ricketts Beguine For Band ...... Glenn Osser Shoutin’ Liza Trombone ...... Fillmore Hallelujah! From “Hit Circus Days ...... Karl L. King the Deck ”...... Youmans/Teague Lights Out ...... McCoy/Roth Directed by Dr. David Klee SCIBA The Star-Spangled An American In Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key Paris ...... Gershwin/Krance The Sacred Heart Sax ’n Brass Purple Pageant ...... Karl L. King Band, under the direction of Jerry Independence Day Concert Directed by Andrew Glover Kinney, accepted an invitation to par - July 1, 2012 Sinatra !...... arr. Bulla ticipate in the Korean War 60th An American Fanfare ...... Rick Kirby The Temple of Apollo At Delphi (from Anniversary Recognition Ceremony Emblem of Unity ...... J.J. Richards “Oresteia”) ...... Taneyev/Glover held at Drake University’s Knapp Operation Freedom ...... W.B. Green Go !...... Fred Jewell Center on July 14th. The band’s 75- Land of Liberty ...... C.L. Barnhouse Directed by Andrew Glover minute concert prelude to the ceremo - America, The Samson ...... Karl L. King Beautiful ...... Ward/Dragon The Star-Spangled ny itself included patriotic tunes ( God Bugler’s Holiday ...... Leroy Anderson Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key Bless America , arr. Chrysler), marches Featuring a Trumpet Trio: (Billboard , arr. Klohr), and popular Tim Miller, Dave Swaroff, July 22, 2012 favorites ( Highlights from the ‘The and Harlan VandeBerg Cle Elum Eagles ...... Karl L. King Music Man’ , arr. Reed), for the 3000 Salute To The Colors ...... Anthony/King The Purple Carnival ...... Harry L. Alford plus Korean War Veterans and their The Phantom Regiment ...... Anderson First Suite in Eb for families in attendance. The Sax ’n Directed by Dr. David Klee Military Band ...... Gustav Holst Brass opened the formal program A Tribute to Glenn Miller ...... arr. Gass Arabian Nights ...... Karl L. King honoring Iowa’s Korean servicemen Duty, Honor, Country ...... Harold Waters Flight of the Bumblebee ...... Rimsky- and women with an Armed Forces Narrated by Paul Bloomquist Korsakov/Davis Medley , arr. Buckley, and followed Armed Forces Salute ...... arr. Lowden Gabriel’s Oboe (from ‘The the presentation of the colors with our Rough Riders ...... Karl L. King Mission’ )...... Morricone/Longfield National Anthem , arr. Chrysler. The Stars and Stripes Dr. Michael Golemo Forever ...... John Philip Sousa soprano saxophone The Star-Spangled George Landers’ March .....C.W. Dalbey Banner ...... J.S. Smith & F.S. Key Belle of the Ball ...... Leroy Anderson Directed by Dr. David Klee

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Iowa Bandmasters Association Meeting adjourned at 12:22 a.m. mit ment to replace the missing bells was Annual Summer Meeting MMS Kearney/Lampe made and the board will discuss from Marriott Hotel - Des Moines where the money will be budgeted to IBA Advisory Board Meeting cover the cost. Board of Directors Meeting: July 22, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. Conference Exhibits Report: (see Thursday, July 21, 2012 Marriott Hotel – Windows on 7th written report on following pages). Chair President Patrick Kearney called the I.B.A. President Pat Kearney called Dan Stecker presented his written report. meeting to order at 10:30 P.M. the Board of Director's/Advisory Board Election Report: (see written report Present: Patrick Kearney, Steve Cook, meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. President on following pages). Chair Jerry Bertrand Aaron Nuss, Dick Redman, Tony Kearney issued a welcome to those in presented his written report. Bertrand Garmoe, and Brad Lampe. attendance and thanked them for taking noted that the same procedures for Secretary Cook presented a brief the time to attend the meeting. Kearney elections will be followed for the coming Secretary’s r eport. introduced those present and made open - year. Treasurer Nuss presented a detailed ing remarks about the forthcoming year Parliamentarian's Report: Parlia - financial report. Nuss noted that the Secretary’s Report: (see written mentarian Fred Stark noted his role in biggest differences were in the credit card report on following pages) Secretary assuring the meeting runs smoothly and fees and the exhibitor component for the Cook presented his written report. MMS that parliamentary procedure is followed. website (the reason for the large increase (Liz Fritz/Jerry Bertrand) to approve the Historian's Report: (see written in that line item amount). The board Secretary’s Report as presented. Motion report on following pages). Chair Mary expressed concern with the proposed passed. Crandell was not in attendance. President decrease in the IAAE (Iowa Alliance for Treasurer's Report: (see written Kearney presented her written report. Jay Arts Education) and RCF (Risk Contin - report on following pages) Treasurer Kahn noted that the project to recognize gency Fund) fund amounts. It was noted Nuss presented his written report. MMS directors prior to the beginnings of IBA that if the conference continues to make (Steve Stickney/Paul Bloomquist) to had been completed. money, the amounts for the IAAE and accept the Treasurer's report as presented. Webmaster Report: (see written RCF will be funded at their previous Motion passed. report on following pages). Chair Liz amounts. The board decided to pull back Treasurer Aaron Nuss gave a detailed Fritz presented her written report. contributions to IAAE, Iowa Public explanation of the fiscal budget for Public Relations Report: (see written Television, Music Mentors, and CMP to 2012-2013. MMS (Steve Stickney/Paul report on following pages). Chair Mary ensure a balanced budget for the coming Bloomquist) to approve the projected Anderson was not in attendance. year. budget for 2011-2012. Motion passed Secretary Cook presented her written Discussion was held on the following unanimously. report. topics: Magazine Editor's Report: (see writ - Elementary Affairs Report: (see Liz Fritz joined the meeting to discuss ten report on following pages). Editor written report on following pages). Chair the latest developments concerning host - Dick Redman presented his written Amy Spartu presented her written report. ing the IBA website. Liz proposed that report. Junior High/Middle School Affairs we continue our relationship with August President Kearney recognized David Report: (see written report on following Knight for web hosting and web develop - Law as the new director of the IAAE. pages). Chair Denise Graettinger presented ment. After discussion, the board voted David worked with 46 districts to support her written report. to accept Liz’s recommendation and con - music programs this past year. David Concert Band Affairs Report: (see tinue with August Knight on a month to thanked IBA for their continued support written report on following pages) Chair month basis. Liz also presented informa - of IAAE Steve Stickney presented his written tion on the continued development of the report. exhibitor registration component for the Committee Chair Reports: Marching Band Affairs Report: (see website. The board was in support of the Major Landers Report: (see written written report on following pages). Chair expenditure, but wanted to gather more report on following pages). Chair Jim Michael Peters was not in attendance. information before making a decision on Davis was not in attendance. Dalene Brett Lee presented Peters’s written funding. O’Brien presented his written report. report. A change of district request from Conference Equipment Report: (no Jazz Band Affairs Report: (see writ - Gladbrook-Reinbeck was discussed. The written report submitted). Chair Jayson ten report on following pages). Chair matter will be forwarded to the districts Gerth noted no new activity since the Don Struve presented his written report. according to the IBA Resolutions. May IBA Conference. Gerth noted that a College Affairs: (see written report on Selection of bands performing at the set of bells from SE Polk was stolen dur - following pages). Chair Paul Bloomquist IBA Conference was discussed in detail. ing the conference. The board felt that the presented his written report. No formal action was taken. equipment should be replaced. A com - Student Affairs Report: (no written

48 The Iowa Bandmaster report submitted). Chair Robbie Medd Progress is being made with the final goal of $50.00 - $60.00 per year for that was not in attendance. No written report of creating a book on the history of Iowa p rivilege. submitted. No report given. Bands. IBA Conference Honor Band I.B.A.R.D. Report: (see written • President Kearney called for a lunch Selection – The suggestions to update the report on following pages). Chair Jay recess at 12:22 p.m. criteria for selection as recommended by Nugent presented his written report. • President Kearney reconvened the the Concert Band Affairs and Middle Mentorship Report: (see written meeting at 12:59 p.m. School Affairs Committees was accepted. report on following pages). Chair Jim March Project – President Kearney President Kearney will update the criteria Fritz was not in attendance. Liz Fritz noted that he hopes it continues to grow to reflect those recommendations. presented Jim Fritz’s written report. as a resource for Iowa directors. Research and Development Report: Iowa Core – Liz Fritz noted that work New Business: (no written report submitted). Chair Curt is progressing on developing a document President Kearney noted that were no Ohrlund was not in attendance. Secretary which lists the essential concepts and items of new business that require action Cook noted an e-mail which said no skills for the fine arts. The committee is at this time. Information updates will be meeting has been held since Curt working to develop professional develop - presented as part of his President’s report. assumed the role as R & D committee ment activities for the Iowa Core. Past President's Report: (see report chair. Additional information and documents on following pages) Past President Tony Endowment Fund Report: (see will be available on the IBA website. Garmoe had to leave the meeting early. financial report on following pages). President Kearney presented his written Chair Gene Gross presented his written District President Reports: report. report. North Central District Report: (see President Elect Report: (see written written report on following pages). report on following pages) President Project Reports: NCIBA President Michael Richardson Elect Brad Lampe presented his written Young Conductors Project – Credit presented his written report. report. to Tony Garmoe for the idea. Very posi - Northeast District Report: (see writ - President's Report: (see written tive experience for all involved. Six ten report on following pages). NEIBA report on following pages) President Pat young conductors were given the oppor - President Gerald Ramsey was not in Kearney presented his written report. tunity to work with Lowell Graham. Idea attendance. Liz Fritz presented Ramsey’s Motion by Dan Stecker, seconded by behind the project was not only to devel - written report. Don Struve to adjourn at 2:00 p.m.; op young conductors, but to also develop Northwest District Report: (see motion passed by acclamation. young leaders for IBA. Burton Hable, written report on following pages). An audit committee consisting of Brad one of the young conductors, shared his NWIBA President Jody Ingwersen pre - Lampe, Patrick Kearney, and Steve experience. President Kearney noted that sented her written report. Cook, was appointed to audit the IBA he will continue the project and track the South Central District Report: (see Treasurer's books for the past four progress of the young conductors. written report on following pages). quarters. The audit committee found the IBA Honor Band Project – Credit to SCIBA President Andrew Buttermore Treasurer's books to be in order. A copy Tony Garmoe, Darin Haack, and Paul was not in attendance. Secretary Cook of their certification is on file with IBA Brizzi for making the IBA Honor Band a presented his written report. Secretary Steve Cook. reality. President Kearney noted that Southeast District Report: (see writ - Paul and Darin will share more details at ten report on following pages). SEIBA Respectfully submitted: a later date. Positive experience for both President Dorothy Jacobi presented her Steve Cook, IBA Secretary the young conductors, students in the written report. band, and directors who observed the Southwest District Report: (no writ - Secretary's Report rehearsals. Darin noted that the vision to ten report submitted). SWIBA President I spent the first few weeks of June include students from all across Iowa was Jarrod O’Donnell presented his written going through conference registrations important as the group moves forward. report. and updating the computer database. I Things to think about for the future are to ask that District Presidents remind their see the ensemble conducted by the guest Old Business: members to send in address changes and conductor (Lowell Graham), and Website – President Kearney re - to pay 2012-2013 dues prior to the possibly some type of clinic/concert viewed the problems IBA has experi - September 15th directory deadline. performance opportunity. Concerns for enced with the Webspark Development Anyone who has not paid 2012-2013 the future are student supervision and and the direction that IBA will take con - dues by September 15th will not be transportation. cerning the website. Liz Fritz presented a included in the membership directory. History of Iowa Bands Project – Jay proposal from August Knight concerning There will be a “dues reminder” mailing Kahn and Fred Stark presented informa - the hosting, development, and service sent out in early August. Please remem - tion on the progress made to date. Fred contract for the IBA website. Fritz ber that in order to participate in district noted that he and Jay have been traveling recommended that each district hosting events, directors must be current mem - the state searching for information. on the IBA website pay a minimal fee bers of both I.B.A. and their respective

The Iowa Bandmaster 49 district. District Presidents: please check and/or Major Landers performers. The Allard, Denise Graettinger, Elaine the membership database posted on the IBA Middle School Honor Band Concert Menke, and Jerry Kinney for their assis - Internet (http://207.165.180.100/iba/) and seated approximately 800 parents, rela - tance with the Iowa Bandmaster maga - notify me of any discrepancies. tives, and family members. 405 members zine. A new section to the magazine will An I.B.A. Registration Deadline Card and 66 non-member guests pre-registered be furnished by Jay Kahn and Fred Stark will be included in the summer issue of for this year's conference. supporting the Iowa Band History Project the Iowa Bandmaster magazine. The card My records indicate 416 (-6) tickets and entitled “Ya Gotta Know the will be printed on card stock and perfo - were sold for district luncheons. The Territory.” rated for easy removal. Please encourage breakdown by districts are: NW - 40 (+2), District Presidents: Please remem - your members to post this in a prominent NC - 43 (-7), NE - 87 (-3), SW - 4 (+/-0), ber that it is your responsible to notify the place. Registration deadlines continue to SC - 127 (+6), SE - 73 (-4). In addition, magazine editor of an IBA member that be strictly enforced. 199 (+23) tickets were disbursed for has passed away in your district. Submit This year’s official document color is Friday nights I.B.A. Banquet. Banquet a picture and obituary when possible. I blue. Because some districts reproduce attendance was up by 23 members from also need all of the district presidents to their own copy of the membership infor - last year. send me a picture and bio for inclusion in mation card; please try to use some shade Our final membership totals as of June the fall Iowa Bandmaster by October 5. of blue paper for this and use the current 15, 2012 are as follows: New IBA committee chairs are asked to version of the membership information NW 121 (+/-0) submit a picture and bio to me for the card (a .pdf version is available on the Active 784 (+12) winter issue. You may email me a Word I.B.A. website). Dues for 2012-2013 NC 123 (+3) document and picture in jpg. format to remain unchanged: Active - $50.00, Associate 104 (+11) [email protected]. The dead - Associate - $30.00, Retired - $15.00, and NE 286 (+24) line dates for this year’s magazine are: Student - 10.00. Student 84 (+10) Fall issue = October 5 SW 76 (-3) Winter issue = January 4 Final I.B.A. Conference attendance for Retired 190 (+7) Conference issue = March 8 2012. SC 296 (+6) I am presently in the process of 405 Pre-Registered Members (+43) Honorary Life 5 (-1) designing a new cover for the magazine. 197 Registered Members (Thursday) (-69) SE 198 (+10) 47 Registered Members (Friday) (+15) High School 5 (+1) Respectfully submitted, 649 Registered Members Total (-11) OS 71 (+/-0) Dick Redman, IBA Magazine Editor 66 Pre-Registered Guests (+16) Total 1,172 (+40) 47 Registered Guests (Thursday) (+/-0) Total 1,172 (+40) PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT 6 Registered Guests (Friday) (+1) July 22, 2012 119 Total Registered Guests (+17) Our total conference attendance was IBA Summer Meeting up by 72 attendees this year as compared SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF 38 Non-Member VIP's (-5) to last year. Pre-registrations were up by IOWA SCHOLARHIP 162 Registered Exhibitors (-12) 43 members. Total I.B.A. membership The 2012 recipient is Solveig 200 Total VIP's/Exhibitors (-17) this year is up 40 members from last year. Orngard, flautist from Southeast Grand We begin 2012-2013 with 494 (+41) High School. Solveig will be attending 968 Total Registered Members, VIP's, members paid for the coming year. Luther College to major in anthropology Exhibitors and Guests (-11) and music. She will receive a $1,000.00 Respectfully submitted, scho larship and perform at the SAI con - 1,265 Guest Band Members (0) Steven Cook, I.B.A. Secretary ference on August 8 at the Polk County 83 IBA HS Honor Band Convention Complex in Des Moines. (New for 2012) IBA Summer Business Meeting The scholarship had only two appli - 75 Guest Soloists/Ensemble Members/ Magazine Editor’s Report cants this year. I asked Alan Greiner of Lobby Concerts (0) The Iowa Bandmaster magazine will IHSMA for the stats on how many stu - 1,423 Total Guest Band Members feature many of the same kinds of articles dents could be applying. There were 20 (+83) that were published this past year. The seniors who qualified for the IHSMA deadline dates for the magazine are solo/ensemble honors recital by receiving 2,391* Total 2012 I.B.A. Conference published in each issue as well as the an Outstanding Soloist award at contest. Attendance (+72) tear-out section of the summer Iowa The vocal teachers video those perform - Bandmaster issue. All members are ers at the recital and view the videos to *The total listed above does not encouraged to submit articles or sugges - decide their award. The committee will include the many chaperones, parents, tions for topics that would be beneficial be discussing if we think that method relatives, friends, and others who were in to the membership. might be better. One of our committee attendance to hear one of the guest bands I want to recognize and thank Chad members, Joan Philgreen, is the coordi -

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The Iowa Bandmaster 51 nator for this recital. Our current applica - A special thanks to Tony Garmoe and the honor band chair next year. tion process does not result in many the rest of the board for an extremely well Additionally, next year we will be scholarship candidates, but it does run conference. implementing a new 6-year sequence encourage them to do some work in order Again, I could not have done this job for distribution of honor band music. to potentially receive the award. without the help of our friend, Gaylin All felt that this method would be Sudik. Thanks for the countless hours more equitable and simplify the PUBLIC RELATIONS PROJECTS answering my many questions and giving process. We also will be working on This year the public relations commit - me support. more specific delineations of roles tee provided a press release for the 8th I am looking forward to the 2013 con - within the committee in order to help grade All Iowa Honors Band on the web - ference. meet the challenges of organizing and site that could be copied and used by running the event. teachers for their local news media. Respectfully submitted, II. New Committee Members. We wel - Dan Stecker, IBA Exhibits Manager come three new committee members Respectfully submitted, next year. Mary Andersen, chair IBA Elementary Affairs Report • SC –Christa Miller, will be replac - Public Relations Committee Members: Summer 2012 ing Dana Andrews, whose term NC Joan Philgreen (12) 1 Stacie Pepin chaired a meeting of the expires NE Burton Hable (14) 1 Elementary Affairs May 10th during the • SW –Johnny Kurt, will be replacing NW Tiffany Wurth (14) 2 2012 IBA conference. As a group, it Patti Bekkerus, whose term expires SC Jennifer Williams (12) 1 was decided to focus on literature for • NC –Jon Jensen will be replacing SE Mary Andersen* (13) 1 young bands (grades .5 – 1.5) at next Ann Byersdorfer, who moved out SW Jarrod O’Donnell (13) 1 year’s (2013) conference, possibly hav - of district ing directors bringing selections that they III. Classification rewording for Summer IBA Board Meeting have enjoyed using and having a selection of conference bands Last June 22, 2012 directors’ band play through the music. year MS affairs and HS affairs, repre - Conference Exhibits At this year’s conference (2012), the sented by their committee chairper - The 2012 IBA Conference Exhibits Elementary Affairs committee sponsored sons, discussed a proposed wording were outstanding. This year we had 59 two sessions – the beginning band meth - change in the conference selection companies in 79 booth spaces. There ods petting zoo and recruiting beginning guidelines pertaining to the classi - were 13 new exhibitors and 9 exhibitors percussionists – which were well attend - fication of 9th grade bands. We from 2011 did not return. ed and very informative. continue to seek updates and a reso - Recommendations for the 2013 lution of this matter. Conference: Respectfully submitted, The proposal was as follows: • Exhibit days and times should remain Amy Spataru MIDDLE SCHOOL AFFAIRS PRO - the same. POSED WORDING IBA MS Affairs Summer Report • I strongly recommend we continue to A band will be considered “Middle June 22, 2012 schedule a 10-15 minute period in School/Junior High” if it meets one of the The Iowa Bandmaster's Association following criteria: every hour for directors to visit the m exhibits. Middle School Affairs Committee is It consists of any combination of dedicated to providing the leadership students in grades 6-8 • I recommend the required associate m member fee again be included in the necessary to support and strengthen It contains any combination of 6th- cost of the first booth space. That fee Iowa’s middle school band directors and 8th graders, plus 9th graders only their programs. The committee will under the following circumstances: shall be for the year following the con - m ference. Fees for additional booths accomplish this by providing meaningful 9th graders do not make up the educational opportunities to students and majority of the band shall be adjusted accordingly. m • Online exhibitor registration possibili - serving as a professional resource for The 9th grade musicians in the ties are being considered and should directors. district do not participate in IHSMA I. All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band: be available for the 2013 conference. sanctioned activities Freeman Decorating and the Marriott The guest composer/conductor for • The class category of a band is deter - were very professional and great to work the 2012 All-Iowa Honor Band was mined by the IHSMA classification of with. Dr. Gary Gilroy. The event ran very school enrollment. Thanks very much to all directors who smoothly and attendance at the con - IV. MS Literature Survey took time to visit the exhibits. Traffic cert was standing-room only. Many We are in the final stages of develop - flow was very good on both Thursday thanks to Mr. Dana Andrews (SC) for ing an online literature survey. The goal and Friday. his hard work coordinating this year’s is that it be a searchable, informative Thank you to IBARD for their help on event. Next year’s guest music resource. Directors will be encour - Thursday in assisting exhibitors during composer/conductor will be Larry aged to submit recommended pieces. All lunch hour. Neeck. Ann Kamp (SE) will serve as Iowa directors will be able to search the

52 The Iowa Bandmaster database listing music other directors the CBA to discuss with Alan Greiner to the pressure districts are under to r ecommend. The next step will be to col - at a scheduled meeting in March, and increase test scores. It was noted that laborate with our webmaster and get it to present to the membership at the research studies have shown that posted. spring meeting. academic success was not affected by 4. IBA High School Honor Band initia - students who participate in pull-out Respectfully submitted, tive by IBA President, Tony Garmoe lessons. Denise Graettinger, and IBA President-Elect, Patrick —Eliminating the All-State audition ceil - MS Affairs State Chair Kearney. To feature one or two rela - ing per school from 28 tively small high school honor bands Alan Greiner is in favor of raising the Concert Band Affairs Report representing the best high school cap and has proposed the idea to the Summer Business Meeting - musicians in the state of Iowa at the IMEA board. Since the board is made up Friday, June 22, 2012 2013 IBA conference. An open meet - primarily of vocal directors, and since CBA committee discussions from ing took place during the IMEA many vocal programs use the All-State their fall meeting – November 2011: Conference to clarify their vision and music as their fall classroom curriculum, 1. CBA recommended clarifications to they are interested in soliciting input there is a feeling that the number of vocal the IBA board on honor band classifi - and answering questions from mem - entries would overwhelm the process. cations for th e spring conference: bers. Largest challenges to the initia - There is still discussion of potentially • An elementary band is defined as an tive are: funding, securing rehearsal going from a ceiling of 28 to 36, or by ensemble whose members have no and performance locations at desired using the Concert Band Affairs proposal more than two years of band experi - times, and building support within our of buying scratches – but nothing con - ence by the date of the I.B.A. membership. crete had been decided with no changes performance and be in grade 6 or for next fall. There should be more to below —The CBA committee met with IHSMA report at our winter meeting. • A band will be considered “Middle Executive Director Alan Greiner in School/Junior High” if it meets the Boone, Iowa on Monday, April 23, 2012. Respectfully submitted, following criteria: The following items were discussed: Steve Stickney, CBA Chair • Contains any combination of 6th- 1. What constitutes an emergency waiver 8th grade students, plus 9th grade for students to perform without their Jazz Affairs students under the following cir - accompanist at state solo contest with - I went to attend the Jazz Affairs meet - cumstances: out penalty? Alan Greiner will clarify ing during the IBA Convention, but the • 9th grade members do not make up in IHSMA guidelines and will consid - meeting was cancelled due to a conflict the majority of the band and er a wavier on a case by case basis. with the Jazz All-State Performances. I • 9th grade musicians in the district 2. All-State audition breakdown for 2011 was not able to attend the meeting that do not participate in Iowa High Wind/Perc Wind/Perc. had the proposed changes in the IHSMA School Music Association sanc - Classification Totals Percentage State Jazz Contests, but here are the tioned activities. 1A 105 6.0 % changes that were made by the IHSMA Regarding the 9th grade/open class, 2A 257 14.6 % that apply to the State Jazz Contest. the committee has chosen not to con - 3A 561 31.8 % Changes : sider it at this time due to many addi - 4A 840 47.6 % 1. Remove the sight-reading component tional questions and concerns raised Total 1763 from the festival and instead hire two during our discussions. The committee clinicians that would rotate working would like to leave the door open for 3. All-State Accepted breakdown for with each band for 20 min. following consideration at a later date. 2011 their performance. This change will 2. CBA members have created a docu - Wind/Perc Wind/Perc. occur next year (2012-2013 school ment that outlines a well-defined Classification Totals Percentage year). The clinician room would have process for future IBA presidents to 1A 6 1.9 % rhythm section instruments provided. consider when creating listening pan - 2A 34 10.7 % Rationale: Sight-reading is a barrier els and selecting ensembles to perform 3A 78 24.6 % for many smaller bands (and some at the IBA conference. The document 4A 199 62.8 % larger ones). The clinics would pro - is based on “best practices” used by Total 317 vide an early educational opportunity past IBA Presidents for selecting for bands as they are working into the ensembles for the IBA conference. Discussion points: Jazz Band season. The committee recommends that the • Staff reductions and/or job consolida - 2. Move to a north/south date format documentation be included in the IBA tions when a director retires or leaves (this change would NOT take place Operations Manuel. a position have created huge chal - until the 2013-2014 school year – we 3. A proposal (see back) that would allow lenges. need to give schools plenty of time to schools to “buy” scratches for All- • It has become increasingly difficult for adjust their calendars). Rationale: The State auditions is being developed by programs to have pull-out lessons due current format requires many schools

The Iowa Bandmaster 53 to travel very long distances, so much you can regardless of approved IBARD REPORT so, that it’s become a barrier for some s tatus). June 2012 bands. This philosophy: a north date 5. Change the personnel regulation to IBARD members continue to be (all classes) and a south date (all read “minimum of 7 performers” and involved in helping Iowa’s band classes) would greatly reduce the dis - eliminate maximum number of per - programs. This past school year IBARD tance required for all bands statewide. formers. Co-Chairs Jay Nugent and Guy Blair 3. The dates for the coming year’s jazz 6. Change the corresponding regulation worked closely with IBA mentoring chair contests will be the corresponding to read “Directors are encouraged (not Jim Fritz to assign 39 IBARD members dates from last year. required) to turn in four lists of to serve as mentors to IBA first- and 4. Hire judges with specific jazz know - soloists prior to their performance.” second-year teachers. ledge – not necessarily judges that In addition, 110 IBARD members appear on the IHSMA Approved Respectfully submitted, volunteered to serve in one or more of the Adjudicator list (hire the best panels Don Struve, Jazz Affairs Chair following activities: • Judge district solo and ensemble contests – 65 members • Serve as guest conductor – 44 members • Serve as a music program consultant – 43 members • Serve as a concert band clinician – 56 members • Serve as a jazz band clinician – 22 members • Serve as a marching band clinician – 16 members • Serve as a solo/ensemble clinician – 61 members • Serve as a private instructor – 46 members IBARD members look forward to once again forming the IBARD/Past Presidents Band to perform at the IBA Conference this coming spring.

Submitted by: Jay Nugent, IBARD Chair

Major Landers Report from IBA Conference 2012 Competition held in Waterloo Room, chaired by Jim Davis Auditors for this year’s contest: Greg Dowe Michael Green Ross Leeper—Head Judge Final Results as follows: Winner - Emily Bickneese - North Fayette Runner-up - Brent Mead - Mason City Finalists listed alphabeticly Matt Dutton - Davenport North Kalli Kistenmacher - Holstien Victoria Piper - Southeast Polk

Chairman’s comments: The progress that has been made this year can be summed up as uniformity

54 The Iowa Bandmaster across the state. Those being as follows: 2. IBA Student Chapter Constitution who attended the IBA conference and All districts are now using the a. Encourage more students to join received reimbursement for their expenses s tandard application form. Items that IBA and districts. through the Mentorship Grant adminis - were missing were students address for b. Get students involved with honor tered by IAAE. These individuals had the mailing pur poses and the most important bands and other activities on the opportunity to network with their more one, the article 9 stating that the applicant district level exper ienced colleagues, attend clinics to will be attending an Iowa college or uni - c. Other ideas? (see items 5 and 6) improve their skills, and socialize with versity to pursue a career to be a school 3. Reach out to other college instrumen - peers. This is a great opportunity for band director. This was an area of tal music programs in your respective these young teachers. question this year. districts by emailing the directors of Our committee had a meeting at the Reimbursement of mileage and stipend to those programs throughout the year. IBA Conference in which we discussed the district candidates for their attendance 4. Create a list of the colleges in each dis - possible ways to enhance our offerings as at the IBA conference. I strongly feel that trict so the committee members know well as provide similar services to new we need to treat these candidates like the which schools they are responsible for teachers in each district. The use of the honored guests that they should be. They contacting. state-wide Google doc was helpful. The are the future of our business. I’ve sug - 5. Contact and connect with the challenges that we are struggling with gested the $25 stipend along with the Mentorship Committee and/or now are the many jobs that are being mileage that the IHSMA is currently IBARD (retired directors) Committee consolidated and often include some using. person from each district and begin a hybrid of band and vocal/general music. I will put language in the communica - working relationship with them to The overlap between other music organi - tions to inform the state finalists that the help foster future music educators. zations causes a bit more challenge to winner, parents and accompanist will be 6. Work with the Iowa Alliance for Arts efficiently place mentors with the proper guests of IBA at the banquet. Any addi - Education (IAAE) www.iaaementor.org experience sets. tional family members/guests that wish to a. Contact Leon Kuehner or Liz Fritz In early June I met with members of attend will have to be paid by themselves. with IAAE: Leon Kuehner - the IAAE Iowa Model of Excellence – [email protected], Liz Arts Mentor Program planning commit - Respectfully submitted, Fritz – [email protected] t e e a t N e w t o n t o p r e p a r e f o r t h e F a l l Jim Davis, Major Landers Chair Symposium for First Year Teachers. The Respectfully submitted, 2012 Fall Symposium will be held on COLLEGE BAND AFFAIRS Paul Bloomquist, College Affairs Chair Saturday October 27th at Iowa Central IBA Summer Meeting Community College in Fort Dodge. Friday, June 22, 2012 Mentorship Committee Report I have already begun compiling the Committee Members IBA Summer Meeting names, addresses, etc. of all new first NW Tim McGarvey (14) Friday June 22, 2012 year teachers across the state. I will be [email protected] I am happy to report that the mentor - assigning IBARD mentors again as I did NC Paul Bloomquist (13)-2 ship committee has never had a busier last year. I would appreciate any assis - [email protected] nor more fruitful year than the one that tance to learn about recent hires. Please NE Joan deAlbuquerque (13) has just passed. Many thanks go to contact me directly. I also would like to [email protected] IBARD Mentors, IBA Mentorship encourage all IBARD Observation SW Doug Babic (15) Committee Chairs and Co- Mentors to be sure to fill out all the [email protected] Administrators of the Iowa Model of paperwork following their mentor visits SC Mike Eckerty (14) Excellence Mentor Program: Leon and return them to Leon Kuehner. Even if [email protected] Kuehner and Liz Fritz the IBARD member doesn’t want the SE Mark Heidel (15)-2 This year I collated the contact infor - reimbursement, it is critical for the future [email protected] mation of 33 first-year teachers and 34 of the mentorship grant that we have The following ideas were shared and second-year teachers. Out of this group I accurate information on visits. discussed at the committee meeting at the received requests from 54 of them for Finally, I would like to encourage IBA Conference in May (and are part of IBARD mentors and assigned these men - President Pat Kearney and all future IBA the purpose of this committee) tors. I am very pleased to report that there Presidents to plan for and clearly indicate 1. Small College Bands Audition for were 172 IBARD Mentor visits to these specific Conference sessions for first- Performance at IBA first/second year teachers. This compares and second-year teachers. It helps to a. There will be a place on the audi - to only 89 visits in the 2011-12 school focus their energies as well as provide a tion form for small college bands to year……nearly double the amount! I am good reference for our college members, apply. confident that these interactions with new which we hope to continue to encourage. b. Audition Timeline? – Original pro - teachers and their veteran mentors will posal suggested “One full acade - have a lasting, positive effect on music Respectfully submitted, mic year before the conference” – education in our state! James L. Fritz, NBCT Rationale? There were nine first-year teachers IBA Mentorship Chair

The Iowa Bandmaster 55 Endowment Fund Committee Report would be similar to how we currently pass SWIBA Spring Meeting IBA Summer Planning Meeting on our hosting services to the districts. May 11, 2012 - IBA Conference June 22, 2012 2. I have also been in discussions with Joe regarding a component for Committee Reports 1. Current remaining terms for Endow - exhibitors. A. Concert Band Affairs – Jason Heeren ment Committee members are as My recommendation is to move 1. Meet on April 23rd and had 2 items follows: ahead with this aspect of development that were discussed: NC John Aboud 1 year now, have it ready for the 2013 confer - a. option for bands who have more SW Chuck Teutsch 1 year ence and have Aaron budget this cost. than 28 students interested in NE Doug Herbon 2 years 3. We have also been discussing better auditioning for All-State to buy NW Cheryl Crandell 2 years ways to collect data for projects the scratches the of All-State audi - SC Gene Gross 3 years standing committees. tions SE Myron Welch 3 years There are a couple of form compo - i. Alan Greiner proposed that Ex-Officio IBA President Patrick nents for Joomla. If you would like, I can they are looking at raising the Kearney find the best component, install/configure audition cap for all three disci - Ex-Officio IBA Treasurer Aaron Nuss it on the website, and walk you through it plines from 28 to 36. 2. The annual meeting with our financial either over the phone or with a tutorial b. Alan Greiner suggested to review advisor will take place in Cedar Falls video. the policy and wording in the during February at a date and time to My recommendation would be to IHSMA Bulletin regarding what be determined. consider this idea and use the money to do if an accompanist has an 3. At this point there appears to be no budgeted in the 2 hours of development emergency situation and is unable need for a fall business meeting (All- each month. to perform at Solo and Ensemble State). If a need develops there may This form (once developed) might be Contest be a change, but as of this time, there a way for districts to also use our site i. Any emergency circumstances will be no fall business meeting for the more effectively. (Festival registrations, should be communicated EF committee. 8th grade Honor Band, etc.) directly to Alan Greiner and he 4. Dorothea Dean’s address, et al: 435 W. 4. My discussions about budget for the will deal with each on a case- Starin Rd., Whitewater, WI 53190- website have included having districts by-case basis. 1133, (262) 472-0534, who use the website for a hosting pur - ii. A wording change will be ap - Email: [email protected] pose also financially contribute to the proved and added in sections 9) 5. There is no further business to report cost of these services. “Comments Only” performanc - at this time. My recommendation is to propose a es and 12) Accompaniments- yearly fee ($50-$60) to all districts using Accompanists Gene Gross, Chair the IBA site as their host. Currently NW, B. Marching Band Affairs – Peter IBA Endowment Fund Committee SE, and SC are using the IBA site as a Carlson host. 1. Meet last month – NO report. Webmaster Report – Synopsis Additionally, we can be more aggres - C. Jazz Affairs – Paul McEntaffer Summer Meeting 2012 sive with our advertising on the website. 1. Meet Feb. 12th Web Hosting and Development 5. Ongoing projects on the site a. New Format for State Jazz 1. We will be initiating a new web host - • Still working on being only “1- 1. Next Year - no sight reading ing agreement, to be decided during click” away. part and replaced with a clinic these summer meetings. When I con - • I will be continuing to “dress-up” 2. 2 years that are moving to tacted these companies I used the fol - the IBA March Project pages. north/ south areas for perform - lowing Specs: Php site (Joomla). We • I will continue to send an ances use custom modules and components, eNewsletter each month. i. using Monday of week 30 for need ftp, email is not a huge issue. • Website ads can be purchased for festivals 2,000 MB available storage $30 per month. Persons interested ii. using judges with more jazz 20,000 MB monthly bandwidth in communicating specific events background static IP with SSL may purchase advertising on the iii.numbers change for smaller 2 hours development service per month IBA website to promote their event. groups to play At this point, my recommendation is • All committee chairs should check iv. limited number of groups to stay with August Knight out the operations manual v. no longer need to turn in solo • We have two options to consider • Submitting articles. sheets early • Complete package or separate devel - • See the new video about how to b. LeMars will be hosting the dis - opment and managed hosting submit an article on the site. trict jazz festival next year to help When he offers us hosting services he save money. We had a major loss is just passing on the relationship he uses Respectfully submitted, again this year. The Sioux City for hosting to us at a reduced rate. This Liz Fritz, IBA Webmaster Conven tion Center has been

56 The Iowa Bandmaster r aising prices each year we have Old Business F. New Business – Emily did a nice job been there. A. MS/JH Honor Band – Russ Nagel with the new conductor sessions D. Elementary Affairs – Rich Nicklay no B. HS Honor Band – Casey Kingdon – G. Storm Lake Concert at IBA report Michael Albarracin H. USD Director Session E. Middle School/Junior High Affairs – 1. Dress Code – going away from the Barb Wells band uniform, a dress code will be Motion to adjourn. 1. Great concert Gary Gilroy and he drafted and presented at the fall Motion approved –1:29 p.m. did a nice job. Little breaks so they meeting worked really hard. He had great 2. MS/JH Honor Band position will Respectfully submitted, things to say about how IBA is run need to have a year behind their Jody Ingwersen, NWIBA President 2. Changes for next year – quote ses - name for that position to show a sion for placements because parts term length. NCIBA Report for IBA Summer are written differently. No longer 4 C. Commissioning New Works Meeting – Friday, June 22, 2012 horn parts or 3 trumpets – each year 1. David Shaffer piece is a grade 3 and Des Moines Marriott Hotel 1st parts will be moved between dis - the Steven Melillo piece is a grade I. Elected Officers 1 tricts in different instruments. One 4 to 4 ⁄2 a. President-Elect is Kurt Kissinger year 1st part then the next year 2/3 a. each piece will cost around $5000 from Algona H.S. part. (mike). b. Secretary/Treasurer is Janel Harms 3. No longer going to have one person 2. HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND. from West Hancock-Britt do everything – they will be split up b. Tim McGarvey (Northwestern) II. Reaffirmed Committee Chairs between more people in the com - Myron Welse (U of I) next year a. Research and Development (Chris mittee, but one person still the head conductors of Honor Band Sauke) 4. Rob Griese will be next year’s con - b. Public Relations/Nominations (Joan ductor. NEW BUSINESS Philgreen) F. College Affairs – David Lambert – No A. Elections III. New Appointed Committee Chairs Report 1. College Affairs – Tim MaGarvey a. JH/MS Affairs (Jon Jenson) G. Student Affairs – Sarah Chandler – No (Northwestern), nominations sec - b. Student Affairs (Ben McCartney- Report onded, approved Iowa Central Community College) H. Research and Development – Ryan 2. Marching Band – Dustin Bliven, IV. Spring Meeting Meyer – No Report nominations closed a. Changed the amounts of the Karl I. Public Relations – Tiffany Wurth – No 3. Jazz Band Affairs – Casey Kingdon, King Scholarship to $500 for 1st Report nominations closed place, $400 for 2nd place and $300 J. Technology – Corbet Butler 4. Research and Development – Curt for 3rd place 1. Finalized the info on the website Orlund, nominations closed b. Provide the accompanist for the from last meeting 5. Secretary – Colleen Hecht, second - Karl King Scholarship winner with 2. Good website for doc but really nothing else ed, approved a $100 honorarium to travel to Des a. make our website more stream - B. Independent study for band – they will Moines and play for the Major line so more information is easily be able to still audition for NWIBA Landers Competition found (IJC, IHSMA, etc) Honor Band. c. Started a committee to commission b. Security changes – members C. Iowa march project you can send in a piece of music for a future honor information not so public recordings. band K. Endowment – Cheryl Crandell D. Changes to jazz festival – moved to V. Fall Schedule L. IBARD – no report LeMars Presidents day – possible clin - The fall schedule is set and the first M. Mentor meeting this morning - using it ics in the future – new way to register event is the Fall Cruise on the “Lady more and the grant has been renewed online and it makes it possible to track of the Lake” in Clear Lake on N. Membership – No Report who has paid and if you are a member Wednesday, September 5 at 6:30 p.m. O. Major Landers – E. Dates for next year 1. 3 candidates $500, it was rough this 1. MS/JH Honor Band Auditions – NCIBA Calendar of Events 2012-2013 year, they need to audition in Jan. October 13th Friday, August 31, 2012 – Fall Cruise but get that information to Tom 2. HS Honor Band – November 3rd attendance notification early so they can get things organ - 3. MS/JS Honor Band Festival – Wednesday, September 5, 2012 – Fall ized. November 3rd Cruise Event 2. Theory – we have a study guide – 4. HS Honor Band – January 5th Wednesday, September 12, 2012 – IBA don’t let that scare them 5. District Jazz Festival – February Dues Deadline 18th (remember this is not the cor - Friday, September 14, 2012 – IBA & Presidents Report – Michael Prichard responding date from previous NCIBA Dues Paid Deadline for MS A. Thank you, I had a good time. years) HB participation

The Iowa Bandmaster 57 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 – MS Friday, May 10, 2013 – NCIBA Our HS honor band site will be mov - Honor Band Registration Deadline Business Meeting (Convention ing for next year. For over 30 years, the Wednesday, September 26, 2012 – MS Luncheon) SCIBA HS honor band has been held at Honor Band Selection Night Drake University. Due to the addition of Friday, October 5, 2012 – HS Jazz Respectfully submitted, a “J” (January) term, Drake is unable to Festival Registration Deadline Mike Richardson, NCIBA President guarantee that the facility will be avail - Saturday, October 6, 2012 – HS State able. Next year’s honor band will be held Marching Band Festival NEIBA President’s Report at Ames High School. Membership also Saturday, October 20, 2012 – District IBA meeting, June 22, 2012 approved a motion in May to increase the Auditions, All-State Music Festival Since our May meeting at the IBA honorarium amount that we pay guest Friday, October 26, 2012 – HS Honor conference Eric Lins has replaced Stacie conductors for the HS Honor band. The Band Registration Deadline Pepin as NEIBA Elementary Affairs amount was increased from $350 to Thursday, November 1, 2012 – HS Chair. Stacie is moving out of NEIBA. $500. Concert Band Clinic Registration The mission of the mentorship initia - SCIBA is commissioning a work for Deadline tive continues to be a priority for NEIBA our 7th grade honor band for the fall of Saturday, November 10, 2012 – MS with great participation by our new 2013. Our last completed commission Honor Band Event in Forest City - teachers and veteran teachers. We have was for the 11-12 honor band this past NCIBA Business Meeting also seen increased involvement by our January. Joshua Reznicow was the com - Thursday, November 15-17, 2012 – All- college student members as they have poser. State Music Festival @ Ames volunteered their assistance with music Friday, November 30, 2012 – Karl King festivals and band programs in NEIBA. Respectfully submitted Scholarship Registration Deadline Plans are on track for our 50th annual Andrew Buttermore, SCIBA President Saturday, December 1, 2012 – HS Jazz NEIBA honor band in December of 2013. Festival Event at Webster City This event will feature commissioned Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Friday, January 4, 2013 – MS Jazz works and guest-conducting by Timothy Association Summer Business Festival Registration Deadline Mahr, Andrew Boysen, Jr., Travis Cross, Meeting Report – June 22, 2012 Saturday, January 5, 2013 – HS Honor and Corey McBride. Another aspect of Upcoming year looking very similar Band Event at ICCC - NCIBA this project is a mentorship component, to the past in regards to our solo & Business Meeting pairing up each of the younger composers ensemble festivals, concert band festi - Saturday, January 5, 2013 – Karl King with one of the veteran composers. vals, jazz festivals and corresponding Scholarship Auditions dates. Calendar may be found online. Saturday, January 12, 2013 – State Jazz Respectfully submitted, New for the SEIBA Membership this Band Festival 3A, 1A Gerald Ramsey, NEIBA president fall will be a SEIBA Network Gathering Friday, January 25, 2013 – MS Concert on Friday, August 17th in Iowa City. This Band Clinic Registration Deadline Report for IBA Summer Meeting is in conjunction with our new directors Saturday, January 26, 2013 – State Jazz Friday, June 22, 2012 meeting. Band Festival 4A, 2A Marriot Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, February 9, 2013 – MS Jazz Travis Cross from Virginia Tech will Festival Event at Clear Lake SCIBA membership recently ap - write the commissioned piece for the Tuesday, February 19, 2013 – MS proved a motion to purchase 24 digital high school honor band. Working on Concert Band Clinic at Forest City voice recorders for use in district festi - establishing a composer for Junior High Friday, February 22, 2013 – MS Concert vals/events. Previously we had been honor band in 2014. Band Clinic Event at Fort Dodge renting recorders from IHSMA. New admission fees for the 2013 Friday, March 1, 2013 – HS Concert The new recorders will be able to Honor Band will be $5.00 for Adults and Band Clinic Event at NIACC record in mp3 format allowing for much $4.00 for students and senior citizens. Saturday, March 23, 2013 – State Music faster transfer rates on days of festivals. A mission statement for our honor Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 3A The past year we updated our district band is still a work in progress. Saturday, April 6, 2013 – State Music bylaws. We also changed our meeting Registration for SEIBA Honor Bands Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 2A minutes to an online approval and posting will be online next year. Saturday, April 13, 2013 – State Music process so members can see and review Digital Recorders – Enough money to Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 4A, 1A the minutes in a more timely manner. purchase 10 more recorders. Friday, May 3, 2013 – State Music This fall we will be investigating if Finally thank you to the new SEIBA Festival, Large Group, 3A, 1A directors who are non-members should committee chairs: Jim DePriest – Major Saturday, May 4, 2013 – State Music continue to receive SCIBA email updates Landers, Christ Saito – Technology and Festival, Large Group, 4A, 2A throughout the year. At the very least, Jerry Zinn - IBARD Thursday, May 9-11, 2013 – 85th non-members should not be voting on the Annual IBA Convention – Marriott approval of meeting minutes that are sent Respectfully submitted, Hotel via email. Dorothy Jacobi, SEIBA President

58 The Iowa Bandmaster Past-President’s Report I wish Patrick Kearney good luck all of his hard work and expertise in put - Summer 2012 (actually he will not need luck) as he ting this year’s conference together. I It has been my honor and privilege to begins his term. Patrick was an important know that it is a professional highlight of serve as the 2011-2012 President of the source of support during my time as my school year as I’m sure it is for many Iowa Bandmasters Association. I share President and his willingness to act as a of you. with the entire IBA membership my sounding board and serve in any manner I look forward to working with Pat sincere thanks and appreciation for the requested will remain a highlight of my Kearney to help him bring his own support and encouragement afforded time as President. I look forward to his unique flavor to the IBA Conference of during my tenure! I would like to recog - tenure as IBA President and am confident 2013. I am fortunate to have such an nize the 2011-2012 IBA Board of his vision, leadership and direction will energetic and dynamic leader to emulate. Directors, Rob Medd, Past-President; help move our organization forward. I Pat’s creativity, knowledge and flair will Patrick Kearney, President Elect; Dick remain ready to support the Iowa surely lead to another professionally sat - Redman, Magazine Editor; Steve Cook, Bandmasters Association in the manner isfying and entertaining conference that Secretary; and Aaron Nuss, Treasurer, for deemed suitable. Specifically, I have none of us will want to miss this spring. their, guidance and direction. It is impos - discussed with President Kearney an I am trying to figure out how all of this sible for me to overstate my debt of grat - openness to be involved in the following. works and Pat has been most patient with itude to the IBA Board of Directors and • Young Conductors Project (exploring me as I ask question after question. I have I send my most heartfelt thanks. The interface with Mentorship Committee, signed the contract with the Marriott for embodied organizational memory and organizational structures, financial the Conference in 2014 so one of my big - wisdom of this group is truly remarkable development, and curriculum) ger tasks has been accomplished and I and fundamental to the professional well- • Assisting Exhibits Chairperson (solic - thank Pat for his guidance in helping me being of our organization. iting new exhibitors) figure out the logistics of that situation. The Advisory Board, including District • Iowa Band History Project (support The folks at the Marriott were very Presidents, Presidential Appointees, and assist Fred and Jay, but not get in accommodating and helpful in this Committee Chairs and Endowment Fund the way) process as well. I feel like we are in good Committee represents the “Grass Roots” • IBA March Project (website interface, hands with good people. of our organization. The multiple perspec - awareness, publicity, march identifica - As I start to formulate my own ideas tives and input resources the Advisory tion) for the Conference of 2014, I encourage Board brings to IBA helps us ascertain I hope all will find time to relax, all of you to feel free to communicate any and help meet the needs of our diverse reconnect with family and friends, and ideas that you might have. It is such a membership. Thanks to all! enjoy a refreshing summer. I wish each great conference that I will definitely Kudos go out to Liz Fritz, IBA of you the best and hope we will have the need help in trying to maintain the quali - Webmaster, for her vision and execution opportunity to see each other, soon. ty and standard of excellence that has of all things, “IBA Webiste.” Her com - been established. I can think of no better mitment in this area is important to the Respectfully submitted, way to help keep it great than by gather - current and future organizational founda - Tony Garmoe, Past-President ing ideas and information from all of you. tion of IBA. A big “Shout Out” to Jayson One of the goals I have for the near Gerth and Nathan Sletten, Equipment Iowa Bandmasters Association future is to include a letter to all Chair persons, and Danny Stecker, Summer Meeting 2012 Administrators in the State of Iowa Conference Exhibits Chairperson, for President-Elect Report explaining how our conference works their tireless and unwavering commit - It’s hard to believe that I am writing and what it entails. Hopefully this letter ment in their respective areas. Special this President-Elect Report for our June will provide some needed information to thanks to Darin Haack and Paul Brizzi for 22 Summer IBA Meeting, 2012. The school leaders making it easier for our their organizational and philosophical school year seemed like it came to a band directors to obtain professional support of the IBA Young Conductors screeching halt. Most of you are like me leave in order to attend. I know that this Project and Honor Band. This was a huge in that you try to bring some closure to has been a problem for some band direc - undertaking and could not have been the different facets of the program so you tors and maybe this communication will brought to fruition without their time, can have a little down time in the sum - improve their situation. commitment, and dedication. mer. Bringing some of those areas to a I am also interested in starting a coun - Special thanks to all who supported satisfying conclusion sometimes takes seling panel through IBARD. I hope to the IBA Conference, especially the honor more time than expected (i.e. library talk with the IBARD leaders and get their bands, honor band conductors, speakers, work and filing!). input and advice with this idea. This clinicians, panel members, registration Tony Garmoe did a great job of bring - service would provide our membership desk staff, moderators, exhibitors, music ing our professional lives some needed with phone numbers and e-mail address - store representatives, sponsors, and spark and energy through a fantastically es of IBARD members who would be donors. Without the collaborative efforts presented conference. The Marriott was willing to counsel us through difficult of everybody the IBA Conference would buzzing with excitement and a great time times and situations. We have a great not be a possibility. was had by all. I want to thank Tony for mentorship program going for our new

The Iowa Bandmaster 59 band directors but I feel like the rest of us I am excited to begin my term as IBA be a leader in making sure that every could use some mentorship at times also. President. Thankfully our organization s tudent in Iowa has access to a great What better folks to give advice and a is in great shape. It is my hope to use my e ducation in the arts. friendly ear than our IBARD members term as president to maintain this I also hope to spend this year building who have already experienced much of tradition of excellence and to offer my on our strong tradition of offering profes - what we are going through. leadership in a couple of important areas. sional enrichment to all of our members. I am honored and excited to continue First and foremost I believe that the issue Through the magazine, our web site, and my work as President Elect of IBA. I will of advocacy for music education is going through the 2013 IBA conference (May do my best to represent this organization to have to be an important part of what 9-11), I hope that all of our members will with integrity and hard work. Have a we do in the next year. It is my impres - find value in being a member of IBA. I great summer and make sure that you sion that support for music education in hope that members in all types of teach - find time to spend with family and our state is very wide, but maybe not as ing situations, whether you teach elemen - friends to help rejuvenate and prepare deep as it should be. Everyone is for tary, middle school, high school, college, you for the up and coming school year. music education, but when the difficult teach privately, or are one of our valuable decisions about staffing, resources, and IBARD members, that you are able to Respectfully submitted, curriculum emphasis within school dis - become involved in IBA. This organiza - Brad Lampe, President-Elect tricts are being made I think that the tion is strong because our membership support begins to erode. I have told many represents bandmasters of all types. President’s Report people recently that education trends are Please let me know if there are ways that Iowa Bandmasters Association like a pendulum and that the pendulum is IBA could serve your needs and let me 2012 Summer Meeting currently swinging towards the “basics” know if there are ways that you would be This report has to start off with a word and increased emphasis on using the test - willing to serve your fellow bandmasters. of congratulations to Tony Garmoe. The ing of those basics to determine much of I know that our membership has great 2012 IBA conference was well organized what we do with resources within our ideas and I am eager to get more people and provided many hours of great schools. I believe we, as an organization, involved in the leadership of our organi - performances and opportunities for pro - need to be proactive in making sure that zation. fessional development. Tony is also to be schools, school leaders, school boards, Lastly, I am going to continue to congratulated for thinking big and taking and legislators understand that music encourage our membership to be healthy. on some really big challenges during his education is part of a core curriculum for I recognize that I am probably not the presidency. He will continue to play an the students of Iowa. We need to help poster boy for healthy living, but I recog - important role during this next year as he these people recognize that increased nize that our jobs are stressful in ways helps to continue many of the initiatives emphasis on STEM (science, technology, that few people outside of our profession that he started in the last year. engineering, and math) must not come at understand. I want all of us to continue I also want to thank the rest of the the expense of the arts. Governor to take some time every day to do some - 2011-2012 IBA Board of Directors as Branstad’s recommendations for Iowa thing healthy for ourselves. It could be as they welcomed me to my leadership posi - schools included the statement, “This simple as taking a walk or calling a friend tion. Rob Medd has been a great leader proposal also would work to expand the to cheer them (and ourselves) up. We all for our organization and I have learned a Iowa Core into other areas that have been need to find ways to reduce stress and great deal from him. Steve Cook, Aaron neglected for too long, such as music and enjoy our lives more. Creative people Nuss, and Dick Redman are incredibly other fine arts, foreign languages, entre - sometimes neglect themselves in the pur - valuable assets to the Iowa Bandmasters preneurial education, physical education, suit of creating beauty around them. Be Association. This organization could not applied arts, and character education.” I good to yourselves and be healthy. operate without the work that they do. I applaud him for this sentiment and I I am really looking forward to my year am just now beginning to appreciate the especially applaud the many educators as IBA President. I have had the pleasure hard work that they put in and the invalu - who have worked to push the Iowa Core of meeting many great bandmasters dur - able experience that they provide. to include the fine arts. With that being ing my year as President-Elect and I am I am also excited to welcome Brad said, we must push the Governor, our looking forward to meeting many more Lampe to the role of President-Elect. legislators, and the Department of of you this year. We are blessed to teach Brad is an outstanding band director who Education to back up those words with music. We need to be excited to share our always puts his students first. Brad is action. Schools must feel obligated to love of music with our students and we respected by music educators around the provide their students with access to the need to be passionate about making sure state for being a first class person and I best possible music education. We must that many generations of Iowa young know he will provide a great perspective do all we can to help our state recognize people will be able to experience the life- to our organization in the next couple of that music education is not a “frill,” but changing power of making great music. years. I have always relied on Brad’s rather a necessary part to a complete advice and that will become particularly curriculum. I believe that the Iowa Respectfully submitted, true over the course of the next year. Bandmasters Association can and should Patrick J. Kearney, IBA President

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