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ASHEVILLE 828.299.3000 www.TheMusicCenterInc.com MORE THAN A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE GREG CHAPMAN EDDIE LITTLE JIM STONE RICK STAPLETON MARCUS WICKLE JESSICA WILLIAMS LENOIR 828.758.5253 THE TRADITION CONTINUES... 800.222.6324 Over forty years ago, THE MUSIC CENTER was born out of one man’s HICKORY 828.322.4366 love for music...and his commitment to complete service. BOB LOVE built 866.218.9451 on that foundation of service...quality instruments THE MUSIC CENTER MORGANTON and accessories...private music instruction...school band support...and 828.437.7443 highly skilled maintenance and repairs. More than four decades later, we’re STATESVILLE 704.872.4521 continuing to build on that same foundation with the best and most experienced GASTONIA repair team you’ll find anywhere! BOB LOVE established a standard of 704.861.1037 excellence in maintenance and repair skills that has resulted in a repair staff 888.484.2040 that brings over a century of experience to our clients. ASHEVILLE 828.299.3000 www.TheMusicCenterInc.com NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/WINTER 2015 3 The North Carolina Music Educator Volume 65 - Number 4 - Spring 2015 Official Publication of the NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION Voting Members District 8: Brian Barfield Teacher Education: Cindy Wagoner EXECUTIVE OFFICERS [email protected] [email protected] President: Richard Holmes District 9: Jonathan Chesson Technology Chairs: [email protected] [email protected] Amy Koo Immediate Past President: District 10: Pauline Reimers [email protected] Sonja Z.M. Williams [email protected] Justin Barrett [email protected] District 11: Angela Mangum [email protected] NEW President-Elect: [email protected] Tri-M: Windy Fullagar Marching James Daugherty District 12: Altrovise Terry [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Young Professionals: Lisa Qualls Recording Secretary: District 13: Mary Sumner [email protected] Percussion Susan Trivette [email protected] [email protected] District 14: Gregory Shreckengost AWARD, GRANTS & Member-at-Large: [email protected] SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS 30 years of marching percussion Theresa Kennedy District 15: Jenifer Hutson Awards: Jane Williams history and leadership in [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] design is now coming to life. Member-at-Large: Honor Administrator Jonathan Matthews Non-Voting Members Music Education Advocate [email protected] STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS NCMEA Hall of Fame Award Yamaha proudly introduces a new Advocacy: Jonathan R. Drye Grants: lineup of marching percussion featuring SECTION CHAIRS [email protected] NCMEA Mini Grant: maple shells. Years of industry-leading Band: Alice Aldredge Constitution: Maribeth Yoder-White Sonja Z.M. Willams research with the world’s top drum and [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Band Section Delegate: Finance: Sonja Z.M. Williams NCMEA Summer Professional bugle corps have led to the development Brent Harris [email protected] Development Grant: of marching percussion instruments [email protected] Membership: James Daugherty Christie M. Lynch Ebert with improved hardware performance, Collegiate NAfME: Rosalee Bailey [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Publications: Kim Justen Scholarships: John Corey III increased tone projection, and Elementary: Jazzmone Sutton [email protected] [email protected] exemplary articulation, demonstrating why [email protected] Bill McCloud Scholarship Yamaha is the number one High School Choral: Ed Yasick COMMISSION AND Barbara Bair Scholarship [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS Ruth Jewell Scholarship brand of marching percussion in Higher Education: Gloria Knight Exceptional Children & the United States. [email protected] General Music: Rue S. Lee-Holmes EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Jazz Education: David Wortman [email protected] Collegiate NAfME Advisor: [email protected] Government Relations: Jane McKinney Jazz Section Delegate: Christie M. Lynch Ebert [email protected] TBA [email protected] Editor: Kim Justen [email protected] Assistant Conference Chair: [email protected] Middle School Choral: Libby Brown Executive Director: Pat Hall Stephanie Peo [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Professional Development Historian: Dr. John Henry, Jr. Orchestra: Margot Holloman Conference Chair: [email protected] [email protected] Barbara Geer Music Industry Representative: Orchestra Section Delegate: [email protected] Barry Carroll, Jr. Donald Walter Mentoring: TBA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Representative from the State Department 9300 Series Multi-Cultural Awareness: of Public Instruction: DISTRICT PRESIDENTS Kiyoshi Carter Christie M. Lynch Ebert Marching Snare Drums District 1: James Markey [email protected] [email protected] Available in Blue Forest, Black Forest, [email protected] Music In Our Schools Month Red Forest and White wrap. District 2: Patty Fayssoux Angela Mangum NCMEA OFFICE [email protected] [email protected] Executive Director District 3: Wendy Cooper Music Program Leaders: Pat Hall [email protected] Janae Copeland [email protected] District 4: Helen Sigler [email protected] 883-C Washington Street [email protected] Research: Suzi Mills Raleigh, NC 27605 District 5: Janet Berry [email protected] 919-424-7008 YamahaCorpUS [email protected] www.ncmea.net District 6: Monica Adams Retired Membership: David S. Albert Visit 4wrd.it/MS93NCME for complete details [email protected] [email protected] ©2015 Yamaha Corporation of America. All rights reserved. District 7: Alice McIntyre Student Activities: James Daugherty [email protected] [email protected] Updated 12/1/14 4 NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/WINTER 2015 NEWMarching Percussion 30 years of marching percussion history and leadership in design is now coming to life. Yamaha proudly introduces a new lineup of marching percussion featuring maple shells. Years of industry-leading research with the world’s top drum and bugle corps have led to the development of marching percussion instruments with improved hardware performance, increased tone projection, and exemplary articulation, demonstrating why Yamaha is the number one brand of marching percussion in the United States. 9300 Series Marching Snare Drums Available in Blue Forest, Black Forest, Red Forest and White wrap. YamahaCorpUS Visit 4wrd.it/MS93NCME for complete details ©2015 Yamaha Corporation of America. All rights reserved. NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/WINTER 2015 5 6 NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/WINTER 2015 NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/WINTER 2015 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 12 NOTES FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 14 TECHNOLOGY SECTION Technology Update .................................................................................................................................................14 Using Technology for Assessments on the Go ...................................................................................................... 16 20 JAZZ SECTION Tips for the New Jazz Ensemble Director ..........................................................................................................20-22 24 HIGHER EDUCATION SECTION Preparing Future Music Teachers in Your High School Music Program ...........................................................24-25 26 BAND SECTION Band Section Chair ............................................................................................................................................26-27 28 ELEMENTARY SECTION Elementary Section Chair ....................................................................................................................................... 28 29 ORCHESTRA SECTION Orchestra Section Chair ..........................................................................................................................................29 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHORAL SECTION Middle School Choral Section Chair .................................................................................................................30-31 32 HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL SECTION High School Choral Section Chair ..........................................................................................................................32