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2003 olume 16, Issue 1 V January/February IN THIS ISSUE NEW BOA ADDRESS! 8 Update your 39 W. Jackson Place own info in Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46225 BOA’s database! Is this newsletter 15 Frederick Fennell will be addressed to YOU? Go to Frederick Fennell inducted into first class of page 8 to learn how to BOA Hall of Fame make sure BOA has your correct contact info 14 National Concert Band Festival and National BOA News: Percussion Festival New BOA Preferred Travel Concert Schedule Partners 2 Summer Symposium 2003: Honor Band of America 2003 America’s Camp! Members 10 2003 Regional Schedule Revelli Scholarships awarded and Grand National Dates at Grand Nationals Lassiter H.S., GA BOA Indianapolis Offices 12 Grand National Finals now operational Format Change National Presenting Sponsor U.S. Army Field Band 1.800.848.2263 • www.bands.org • [email protected] Bands of America, Inc. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION 39 W. Jackson Place, Suite 150, Indianapolis, IN 46225 U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 2145 INDIANAPOLIS, IN NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER 18 NEW! Register online at www.bands.org America’s Camp: The 28th annual Summer Band Symposium presented by June 23-28, 2003 Illinois State University, Normal, IL “Learn from the best Leadership Preview Weekend: June 21-22 and get credit for it.” he Summer Band Symposium is “America’s Camp:” the ultimate summer experience for students and Directors’ Workshops T directors. The Symposium annually serves over The Bands of America Directors’ Workshop offers a 2,000 students, directors, college music education week of intensive workshops for the most majors and boosters in all areas of band. And, as comprehensive summer professional development debuts this summer, orchestra. experience in America. The workshop offers: Our faculty and staff consists of nearly 250 New for 2003 renowned educators, expert instructors, teaching Three hours of Graduate and String Orchestra assistants and other support. All are dedicated to Professional Development Credit at no Curriculum providing the most comprehensive and state-of-the-art additional cost Continuing education and (see page 5) learning experience you’ll find anywhere. professional development are important, and in many • National faculty: broaden your horizons cases mandatory, for today’s music educator. You can with learning from a world-class faculty that receive up to three hours of credit at no additional cost encourages students to grow not only as through Illinois State University. musicians and performers, but also as individuals and leaders. Directors “Free Ride” Scholarship • National student body: interact with peers from Bring 12 or more of your students and you can attend other bands and orchestras from across the country. at absolutely no cost! Bring six or more and attend • National standards mean you can tuition-free (you pay only housing and meals). be assured the very best available resources and instructors. “Peer-to-Peer” Networking Networking with • Campus experience: we offer a other directors and experts in all aspects of band, music safe, away-from-home collegiate and teaching is vital. BOA offers unparalleled experience for the college-bound opportunities for interaction and networking at the students. Symposium, and beyond. Experience the “Big “One-on-One” Directors Lounge A team of educators will again be available in the Directors Picture” of BOA Lounge, offering one-on-one consultation on While each area of camp offers programming, show design, literature, drill writing and intensive study and growth, it is more. If you’ve ever wished you could sit and talk about the overall Symposium experience your program with fellow directors from leading band that makes BOA unique and programs, this is your chance! memorable. Nowhere else do students and teachers from all parts of the country Fresh and Relevant Curriculum Directors and around the world gather for a week of build their own curriculum with choices focusing on a sharing in all areas of high school band, and now wide range of tracks and topics relevant to today’s band orchestra, education and performances. From full teacher: Rehearsal Techniques, Conducting, Literature ensembles and small groups to our world-renowned Selection, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pedagogy, evening concerts, the BOA Summer Symposium is “the Technology, Organization and Administration, a new Camp” to choose. track that will delve into programming, and more. Watch for a workshop schedule in the next newsletter and online at www.bands.org. 2 www.bands.org Words on paper can’t do justice to Go to www.bands.org and the unforgettable BOA experience. So Online visit the Summer Band Symposium we’ve put the next-best-thing area for the link to the Online Video Video Brochure online: an Online Video Brochure so Brochure See and hear On-Demand what the that you, your students and their BOA Summer Symposium has to parents can see and hear first-hand offer what the BOA Summer Symposium is all about. Leadership Preview Concert Band Weekend The Concert Band track at BOA June 21-22, 2003 offers your students more than just a setting of full band rehearsals. Who should attend: Exposure to unique learning Section leaders, band opportunities for students of all officers, drum majors, and levels is a strength of the Concert all students with Band track. Students receive: aspirations to become • Exposure to, and training from, leaders of their bands and Steve Steele nationally-renowned conductors in life. Illinois State University • Chamber music or music theory What you’ll learn: BOA Concert Band • New quality literature to stretch The Student Leadership Color guard Instructor Academy and Coordinator the students’ abilities. Workshop focuses on: • Master classes with inside info Drum Instructor Academy • Attitude development and tips for better performance on their instrument • Communication Skills These unique development and learning opportunities including: effective use of practice, tone quality, ear • Personal responsibility for your staff and instructors (at all levels) provide training, sight-reading/how to sight read, instrument • Positive role modeling intensive workshops for color guard and percussion care, reed choice and reed-making for reed • Sensitivity in working teaching professionals. Learn from the best as we offer instruments, proper embouchure, breathing and with peers premier experts with proven track-records of success. much more. • Understanding of self- “DIA” and “CIA” participants are also eligible to receive • Chance to play with different students from around motivation up to three hours of graduate credit. the nation, sharing their love and joy for music- • Responsibility making. assessment • Some members of the top ensemble will also get a • Developing action plans full orchestra experience with members of the Student Divisions to achieve group goals Orchestra Track. Imagine a place where your students can spend a week The emphasis is on self- with professional educators in all areas of band: your Jazz Band development, essential to students seem more confident and positive, more properly lead others to a enthusiastic, eager to help their fellow students. How The Jazz Division at BOA delivers hands-on learning: techniques that higher level of group do you put a value on that? attainment. While many Directors choose Bands of America because of our 27 students and directors can put to immediate good use upon returning leadership workshops year history of nurturing excellence in students of all dwell on the leader's levels. home. Our Master Classes not only deal with specifics to each control over the followers, instrument, but how to focus time the BOA Leadership Leadership: The Bands of America workshop encourages the Philosophy in the practice room, and Dr.Lou Fischer techniques that are proven to growth of the group by As with everything we do, the Summer Symposium Capital University immediately improve individual nurturing agreed-upon creates a “positively life-changing experience” that BOA Jazz Coordinator performance. Ensemble Rehearsals organizational values that focuses on individual character building and leadership, emphasize how to accomplish establish a solid in addition to musical development and performance musical results through focused time-management and foundation for positive skills. Each division’s curriculum is designed to offer a collective learning concepts. Improvisation and theory growth in every aspect of balanced variety of learning for all students. Students of resources presented are specific to a participating the band program. all levels of proficiency are nurtured and encouraged to student's level, and designed to enable our students to Student leaders will grow and succeed. continue the learning process well beyond the camp work with a staff of Every student will participate in leadership and experience. Our jazz division addresses the three perennial motivational and personal development workshops both inside the essential learning skills: aural/oral, visual and tactile. Jazz leadership educators, classroom and in interactive personal development and Music has been proclaimed by Congress to be America's including Fran Kick, team-building sessions. No matter the division, only true art form! The music is loaded with excitement, Tim Lautzenheiser, leadership development is a part of the curriculum. and like our students, Jazz is culturally diverse. Our Frank Troyka and students hail from all parts of the nation. Bands are led Frank Crockett. by Doug Beach, Ron Carter, Ron McCurdy and other leading jazz educators. Jazz is FUN at BOA! Come explore it with us. 3 NEW! Register online at www.bands.org “It has made me become a “It is probably the greatest “It helped me reignite my “The entire camp opened my “The most valuable part of more confident & aggressive time I have ever had in my passion for music. It also mind about different tech- my week was being able to player, but more important- life because everyone was as greatly enhanced my skills niques and even different work with the instructors.