winter 2006 volume 31 number 4 TRICKLE DOWN: What’s the impact of Alberta’s oil and gas boom on heritage, arts, and culture? Alberta indie rock band Big Sugar had a 2001 hit song with the refrain: “I hear tell, about a heaven in Alberta, where they’ve got all hell for a basement.” They were inspired by British author Rudyard Kipling who, a century ago, described Medicine Hat as “the town that was born lucky, with all hell for a basement.” Kipling was one of many celebrity visitors and prospective investors who were entertained by dramatic fl arings from the city’s new gas wells. He was equally intrigued by an Aboriginal legend about a medicine man (spiritual leader) who lost his war bonnet in the South Saskatchewan River. Kipling discouraged his hosts from changing the name of their town to something more conventional, insisting that Medicine Hat was uniquely memorable for both its gas and culture.

Perhaps Albertans need more visitors such as Kipling, to help us appreciate our distinctiveness, or to set us wondering about the relationship between our resource wealth and our cultural features.

What is that connection? Ten years ago, when Legacy embarked on its own unique exploration of Alberta’s culture heritage, the provincial government was in a defi cit situation, and culture funding had already been fl at for a decade. But Alberta was about to blow into an extraordinary oil and gas boom. Ten years ago crude oil sold for $20 per barrel and natural gas went for about $2 per GJ. Now oil is pushing $70 and gas is selling in the $7 to $8 range. And during the decade, a series of records set in oil and gas drilling, extraction, refi ning, and export sales—as well as all the related construction. Now that the provincial government is forecasting a surplus this year of $5.9 billion, how does the culture sector fare?

Some of the recent corporate prosperity is fi nding its way into culture. EnCana, one of Alberta’s largest pipeline corporations, recently announced a $750,000 contribution to the museum in Medicine Hat’s new Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre. Elsewhere, Fort Saskatchewan area residents are enjoying new musical and theatrical opportunities provided by the Shell Theatre at the Dow Centennial Centre. The Royal Tyrrell Museum is adding an educational centre with $1 million of ATCO assistance. Enbridge supports Alberta Ballet and, for a decade, Syncrude has funded the Gallery of Aboriginal Culture at the Royal Alberta Museum. The Glenbow Museum is supported by a who’s who of major oil and gas companies: BP Canada, Chevron Texaco, Petro-Canada, Shell, Imperial Oil Foundation, and others. Indeed, Glenbow was founded and funded by Eric Harvie who, after making an over-night fortune in the Leduc oil boom of 1947, became one of Alberta’s more generous arts and heritage philanthropists.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd A1A1 33/30/06/30/06 11:37:5711:37:57 AMAM 7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd A2A2 33/30/06/30/06 11:37:5811:37:58 AMAM ABA BOARD OF DIRECTORS INDEX 2004/2005 President’s Message ...... 2 Director’s Message ...... 3 Laurendeau, Jim President Music Monday ...... 3 [email protected] Editor’s Page ...... 4 Sherman, Steve Past President Ask An Expert ...... 5 [email protected] National Youth Band ...... 6 Thorlacius, Brian Vice President I (Programs & Services) Midwest Clinic ...... 7 [email protected] Musicamp Alberta ...... 8 Snow, Sue Vice President II (Programs & Services) ABA Awards ...... 9 [email protected] Trickle Down (continued from front cover) ...... 10 Robb, Don Vice President III (Finance) Library Update ...... 13 [email protected] Calendar of Events ...... 14 Grimstead, Cecilia Vice-President IV (Advocacy) [email protected] Share the Music: Concert Programs ...... 16 Baril, Roberta Director Community Band Corner ...... 17 [email protected] ABA Program Updates ...... 18 Hastings, Kim Director Festival of Bands/Syllabus 2006 ...... 19 [email protected] Fundamentals and the Beginner Band (Brent Pierce) ...... 20 Mann, Jennifer Director FOCUS ON: Bearspaw School ...... 21 [email protected] JAZZ JUNCTION with Jeff Graham ...... 22 Paulson, Duane Director Northern Junior High Honour Band ...... 24 [email protected] Southern Junior High Honour Band ...... 26 Speers, Rob Director YOUR TURN: C.A.D.M.E.A...... 28 [email protected] Corlett, Neil Managing Director © 2006 Alberta Band Association. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted without advance written [email protected] permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Association. Articles and contributions may be edited for content with permission of the author. MUSICOM is published quarterly by the Alberta Band Association, Suite 206, 10612 – 124 Street, EDMONTON,AB. T5N 1S4. ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION is a non-profi t provincial service organization. ABA gratefully acknowledges the fi nancial support of the Alberta ZONE COORDINATORS Foundation of the Arts. Zone 1 Grand Prairie Duane Paulson [email protected] Zone 2 Fort McMurray Earl Clayton [email protected] ADVERTISING RATES, DATES AND DEADLINES 2006 Zone 3e Rural Edmonton East Bob Bailey [email protected] OUR READERSHIP: Over 350 members of the Alberta Band Association Zone 3w Rural Edmonton West vacant School Band Directors Community Band Directors Music education students Zone 4 Red Deer and Area Erin Bodnar Community Band members Private Teachers Post-secondary music students [email protected] Professional Musicians University and College Band Directors Zone 5s Rural Calgary South Martin Kennedy [email protected] Publication Dates: Advertising Deadline Publication Date Zone 5n Rural Calgary North Rob Billington January 31 February 28 [email protected] May 1 June 1 Zone 6 Lethbridge and Area Ken Rogers November 1 December 1 [email protected] Zone 7 Medicine Hat and Area Bill Wahl Format: 8.5” x 11” booklet, B&W, 60lb. stock, 500 copies/issue [email protected] Zone 8 Edmonton Rob Speers Advertising Rates: Per Issue 3 Issues [email protected] Back Cover $450.00 $1280.00 Zone 9 Calgary Earl Paddock Full page - interior $420.00 $1200.00 [email protected] Half page - vertical or horizontal $220.00 $627.00 Brent Pierce Quarter page - vertical or horizontal $120.00 $342.00 [email protected] Business Card $60.00 $171.00 Tara English [email protected] PLEASE CONTACT: If you have some information that you’d like to share, pass Kim Hastings: [email protected] Alberta Band Association it on to your area coordinator! Deadline for the 403 845-3410 (home) Suite 206, 10612 - 124 Street next issue is January 26, 2006. We would love to hear 403 845-2468 (school) Edmonton, AB T5N 1S4 Phone: (780) 488-2263 Toll Free: 1-877-687-4239

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B1B1 33/30/06/30/06 11:37:5811:37:58 AMAM A Message from the President Alberta has long been a fast-paced place, Music is worthy of learning and mastering for its own sake. We’ve all where entrepreneurship, persistence and our had that shiver as performers and educators: a time when, far beyond now-famous can-do attitude have driven us to the correct pitches and rhythms, we created something truly moving be one of the most economically successful – that shiver is the feeling of an antidote for the pace of life we have regions in North America. From fur trading created for ourselves here. to agriculture to oil, Albertans have for generations succeeded through hard work So as we refl ect on our 50th Anniversary, let us celebrate the fact that and ambition. our purpose is to off set all of that oil and steel and glass and concrete and “I’m triple booked” and “I’m running late” and $64 a barrel and... with There has always been, however, a strong music, the most pure and amazing form of the human experience. and equally persistent group of people who have believed that economic prosperity and We are the caretakers, the anchor, the sanity. And over the next 50 wealth are meaningless and empty by themselves – a full daytimer is not years, we will be every bit as hard-working and tenacious as those in success. Over the past 50 years, we at the Alberta Band Association government and business that we aim to balance. The Alberta Band have been (and continue to be) proud to support to our members who Association and its members will continue to bring beauty here. bring meaning and beauty to life in Alberta. Enjoy your time in this upcoming festival and tour season, and know We live in a time when we are forced to have a justifi cation of our that you are doing very important work. Now, go create something existence coiled up and ready to pounce on the next person to wonder beautiful! aloud how music benefi ts students. (You know: band teaches cognitive skills, spatial awareness, creativity, expression, social skills...) Jim Laurendeau Do band kids do better in math? Maybe... Do they do better in abstract President and spatial reasoning? They might... Socially? Uh... Alberta Band Association What we DO know is that band kids do better in band.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B2B2 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0111:38:01 AMAM Message from the Managing Director Dear Colleagues; Canada (concerts in Lethbridge, Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton) and the CBA national meeting in May. Congratulations to the 11 Albertan Welcome to the 50th Anniversary of the Alberta Band Association! 1956 students (and their teachers!) who were selected to perform in NYB was the year that a few fl edgling band directors in our province united 2006. Also in May, our very own ABA Festival of Bands takes place in to form the Alberta Bandmasters Association (it was also the year that Red Deer. Once again the festival is en route to being fi lled to capacity. many of our current members, who shall remain nameless, were born!). If you still wish to register, don’t delay! The vision and foresight of our founding members continues to guide and inspire us even today, and their careful planning for the future has We look forward to hosting our 50th Anniversary Alberta Band ensured our growth and sustainability throughout our 50 years. We Conference in October (19 – 21, to be exact) in Calgary. There are some have a lot to celebrate when you consider the number of world-class exciting announcements to be made concerning the conference in the band musicians who call Alberta home. coming months. We look forward to many exciting ABA events in the coming months. Throughout the year we are planning various promotions, events (Most pressing right now though is to be sure your potential Alberta and activities, and we sincerely hope that all of you will join us in Honour Band students are preparing their auditions. Applications are commemorating and celebrating 50 great years of band music in due April 21!) Alberta! The month of May promises to be an exciting (and busy!) one for us. Be sure to commemorate the ABA 50th by participating in Music Monday on May 1. Visit the Coalition for Music Education in Canada web site Sincerely, (coalitionformusiced.ca) for more information. We are also very excited Neil Corlett, Managing Director to be hosting the Canadian Band Association National Youth Band of Alberta Band Association

NEWS! From The Coalition for Music Lieurance Musical Services Education in Canada

Music Monday ‘06 marks the second annual event celebrating the galvanizing power of music in Canada and how that power is rooted in school music programs. On Monday, May 1st, 2006 students across the country will perform “A Little Music” the

original theme song of Music Monday. Last year, thousands of Band Instrument Repair for Central Alberta 403-505-5271 teachers and students united with their communities to show their Music Direct Band Music Representative love of music in their schools and their lives. T4N 2E9 AB Deer, Red St., 102, 4902-53rd Member National Ass. of Band Inst. Repair Technicians

With your participation, we hope to make Music Monday ‘06 even better.

Everything you need is free and online at www.weallneedmusic.ca

Download: Arrangements, Demos, Lyrics, PR Toolkit, Order free posters.

New this year is our discussion forum for Music Monday. Be sure to join our online dialogue.

Schools registering their participation by March 1st could win a special early-bird prize from Yamaha Canada worth approximately $1000 retail!

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B3B3 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0211:38:02 AMAM Letter to the Editor Copyright Laws From the Editor: A new topic suggestion: What are we going to do about Copyright, and Musicom invites you to contribute to our quarterly newsletter. We band music? What is prudent, against the law, and acceptable? Can we welcome articles pertaining to teaching and rehearsal techniques, not, as a group, ask music publishers to send us their music on disk, repertoire, public relations, fundraising, programming, festivals, rather than on paper, also charge us enough that we can photocopy successes, and anything else that you would like to share. The working copies for our students? APRO has the right idea. Can the opportunity will benefi t you and help other members of the Alberta other publishers not do this as well? I like to have my students write Band Association to improve their programs. their name on their copy (memory helps) - I would never want them to do this on originals! I also know that I am not the only director that has We would also like your feedback on how you think we are doing. kids that lose their music all the time, and we can1t give them originals and remain sane. I will pay what they want for me to buy the music, but I want the right to use it in my school as I see fi t. Could have an on-line discussion for members of ABA to contribute their ideas, problems, and solutions (if any). Trudy Fossey ABA APOLOGIZES FOR THE LATE RELEASE Calgary OF THIS ISSUE. WE EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. Send articles to: Alberta Band Association Suite 206, 10612 - 124th Street SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Edmonton, Alberta T5N 1S4 OR email to [email protected]

MUSICOM NEEDS YOU! CONCERT PROGRAMS – if you’ve recently done a concert or you have attended a concert and you would like to share it with others – send it to us! Include the concert, date, place, conductor, performers, and program.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MAGAZINE – if there is a topic that you would like to see covered, a question you might have or an article you may want to contribute yourself, contact us!!

ADVERTISERS –if there is a company or business in your area that would benefi t from advertising in Musicom encourage them to contact us. Advertising rates can be found on page one.

In The Next Issue… CLINICIAN DIRECTORY – last opportunity to get your vitals in for this feature is may 25th. The directory will run in the june issue and the fall 2006 issue. Take advantage of this opportunity! SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES – if you are involved with a summer camp opportunity for band students let us know!! We would like to make the membership aware of any and all music camp opportunities for their students!! PD OPPORTUNITIES – if you have info/r experience with a great opportunity for PD – seminars/courses/workshops, etc. Tell us so we can share the news!!

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B4B4 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0411:38:04 AMAM Ask an Expert WHAT STRATEGIES DO YOU USE WHEN DEALING I have an ensemble unit the kids can be in an ensemble of 2, 3, 4, or WITH STUDENTS WHO START TO “LOSE INTEREST” maximum 5 kids. They can choose who they work with, what music PART WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR? they want to perform, and which instrument they want to play (I have a class set of guitars that they can also use). They have access to band **members were asked to contribute via email ** music, small ensemble music, books that work together for diff erent 1) Students lose interest when they aren’t successful. If I have students instruments, fi nale for any arranging, internet downloads, and the who seem to have trouble keeping up to the rest of the class in band, option to write their own song. I give them about 15-20 minutes in every I give them extra attention to let them know that I WANT them to do band class to work on their ensemble. We also will give them a whole well. Whenever they do something well, or correct a mistake, I make class once to rehearse. We have time lines along the way to help them a big deal out of it, which makes them feel good. get organized. They will, after about 2 months, present their ensemble 2) Students are not as interested if the parts they are playing are performance to their class. They will get marked on their ability to boring. I try my best to choose music that gives every instrument work in a group, and on their fi nal product. Lots of kids play more than the melody at some point, as well as fun but challenging percussion their band instrument, so they can shine on their other instrument. parts. APRO music is perfect for this. I pick the best of the ensembles, and invite them to perform at our annual Dessert Night. They can also audition to perform a solo. 3) Students are interested when they have a performance goal, whether it is a band test, a concert, a festival, or an upcoming tour. We don1t do a big spring concert because we do a festival, and a They should always have something to work toward. Feeder School Concert for the elementary kids. This, with Dessert Night, is enough for the spring. There are also school events our John 4) Enthusiasm is contagious. I love my job and I have fun teaching junior Ware Showcase is an evening event for the whole school to come and high band; my students know it, and it rubs off on them. see what we do. We have present and prospective families attend. It is a time to strut our stuff . Angela Anderson St. Kevin Junior High, Edmonton We take the pieces that we work on from January to April with the Senior Band on our trip to Edmonton and perform at the West Edmonton Mall, and we participate in the ABA Festival of Bands in We plan an outing! For the past ten years we have taken our students May. We will also perform all of these pieces at our June concert. to the Mayfi eld Dinner Theatre in Edmonton to see their annual musical in February. If you ask, they will do a meet and great with We have clubs at noon Senior Jazz, Junior Jazz, and Percussion Clubs. production/cast members. Great food, fun, and educational! We have They will perform at our various events. also taken students to the Citadel Theatre (Grease), and we’ll start I bring in conductors to work with the kids in some after school the evening with dinner at the Old Spaghetti factory. These are fun rehearsals. I have people such as CPO musicians, Rose Thompson, outings, and they can be a highlight of the whole year! It gives the David Jones, etc. come and work with the kids. This gives them a students a chance to get out, take in some culture, and also bond as a diff erent perspective, and a pre-view of working with a clinician at a group while beating the February blahs! festival. Daryl Weisenburger Trudy Fossy Memorial Composite High School Calgary Stony Plain, Alberta

NEXT ISSUE IN ‘ASK AN EXPERT’: Share what your “must do’s” are in order to leave your band room and program in good order and insure a smooth start to the school year in the Fall. Please email your responses to [email protected] or [email protected].

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B5B5 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0511:38:05 AMAM The National Youth Band of Canada Alberta Tour 2006! In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Alberta Band Association the National Youth Band of Canada, under the direction of Dr. Fraser Linklater, will present concerts throughout Alberta in May. The band will feature guest soloist Howard Engstrom, principal trumpet of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

After several days of rehearsal in Calgary, the concert tour is as follows:

Tuesday May 9 7:30 PM Red Deer College Arts Centre Red Deer Wednesday May 10 1:30 PM William Aberhart High School Calgary Wednesday May 10 7:30 PM Leacock Theatre (Mt. Royal College) Calgary Thursday May 11 1:30 PM Yates Theatre Lethbridge Thursday May 11 7:30 PM Yates Theatre Lethbridge Friday May 12 7:30 PM Haar Theatre (MacEwan College) Edmonton

Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to hear some of Canada’s fi nest young musicians. Plan now to attend a concert in your area!

For more information please contact the Alberta Band Association: 1-877-687-4239 or www.albertabandassociation.com.

National Executive and Board Agents CBA Board Agents Executive Director: Ken Epp CBA Executive Bus: (204) 663-1226 Fax: (306) 663-1226 President: Mark Friesen 15 Pinecrest Bay, Winnipeg MB, R2G 1W2 Bus: (403) 845-3711 Fax: (403) 845-7475 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Canadian Winds Administrator, Canadian Vice-President: Don Harris Band Directory, Bus: (306) 966-8357 Fax: (306) 966-6181 Web Page: Tim Linsley e-mail: [email protected] Bus: (306) 783-2263 Fax: (306) 783-2060 34 Sunset Drive North, Yorkton SK, S3N 3K9 Past President: Jim Forde e-mail: [email protected] Home: (902) 479-0286 e-mail: [email protected] National Youth Band of Canada: Jim Forde Res: (902) 479-0286 Bus: (902) 427-7501 Fax: Secretary/ Treasurer: Ian Cochrane (902) 427-7498 Bus: (306) 683-7620 Fax: (306) 683-7607 17 Coronet Avenue, Halifax NS B3N 1L4 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B6B6 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0711:38:07 AMAM The 2005 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic An Alberta Perspective The Northshore Concert Band, conducted by Mallory Thompson Just prior to last Christmas, I had the opportunity to attend the The Yamaha Symphonic Band from Hamamatsu, Japan Midwest Band Clinic in Chicago. What an experience! The United States Army Band “Pershings Own” The United States Army Herald Trumpets There we were, surrounded by approximately 15,000 conference Claribel Clarinet Choir from Belgium delegates (many of whom, I’m proud to say, were from Canada and And many more… more specifi cally, Alberta), rubbing shoulders with the fi nest band musicians in the world! Just to be amidst that many colleagues, all of This was my fi rst (I’m ashamed to say!) time attending the conference. whom share a common passion, is indescribable. It was totally overwhelming, and absolutely inspirational! There is something there for everyone, at every level If you are in any way We heard some of the fi nest ensembles in the world, listened intently connected with band, you should defi nitely make a point of attending to some of the most accomplished clinicians, were inspired by the this conference! 2006 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Midwest fi nest speakers, and were awe-struck by the best soloists that our art Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago (December 19 – 23); don’t feel form has to off er. Additionally, we experienced a massive trade-show intimidated - get there if you can! featuring music and instruments by the world’s leading publishers and designers/manufacturers. Respectfully submitted by Neil Corlett, Managing Director A few personal highlights from 2005: Alberta Band Association

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B7B7 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0811:38:08 AMAM MusiCamp Alberta 2006 MusiCamp Alberta –Thriving at Red Deer College! Be sure to join us this summer for the musical experience of a lifetime! MusiCamp is Fun! MusiCamp is Music! “The Summer Music Experience” For further information contact: MusiCamp Alberta is looking forward to another exciting summer at Red Deer College! Don’t miss one of the most memorable musical Joyce Howdle experiences of your life! Choirs, bands, musical theatre, and piano; Performing Arts Coordinator we have the program for you! Concerts, recreation and specialized Red Deer College instruction from Canada’s top performers and teachers, combine to Box 5005 create a truly magical atmosphere. Guest conductors/instructors Red Deer AB T4N 5H5 for this summer include Dr. Greg Caisley (piano), Dr. Steve Bolstad Ph: 403-342-3526 (Peterkin Symphonic Band), Ross McIntyre and Roberta Baril 1-877-687-4239 (Intermediate Band). Email: [email protected] Now in its 49th year, this annual summer music camp runs from July OR 23rd – August 12th and off ers one- or two- week residential programs. Daily activities include private and group instruction, music option Neil Corlett classes, full group rehearsals, recreation and tons of fun! Students are Camp Director carefully supervised to encourage interaction and individual success in MusiCamp Alberta a safe and relaxed atmosphere. #260, 10612- 124 St. Edmonton AB T5N 1S4 MusiCamp Alberta is proudly sponsored by The Alberta Foundation Ph: 780-488-2263 for the Arts, The Alberta Summer Music Workshop Association and Email: neil@albertabandassociation .com Red Deer College.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B8B8 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:0911:38:09 AMAM ABA Awards The Alberta Band Association is seeking nominations for ABA Elkhorn Award the Vondis Miller “Legacy Award”. The Alberta Band Association is calling for nominations for This long service award is given in memory of Vondis Miller to an the Elkhorn Award. This prestigious Band Director of the Year individual who has devoted his/her life to sharing the joys of music Award is given annually to a Band Director who has made an making with young people. The successful candidate will exemplify outstanding contribution to music and to music education in the Vondis’ enthusiasm and commitment to quality music education. province of Alberta. In 1975, Vondis began teaching at the University of Lethbridge where the program grew to become an excellent band and music education Please send all biographies,documents,and bios for nominations to program. He later joined the faculty at the University of Calgary the Selection Committee Chair: where he was Head of Music Education and Director of Bands; here he founded the University of Calgary’s award-winning, international Duane S.Paulson Conducting Diploma Programme. C/o Sexsmith Secondary School PO Bag 5000 In 1989, Vondis Miller became the Dean of the School of Fine Arts at Sexsmith,AB T0H 3C0 the University of Lethbridge where he helped the School of Fine Arts Phone: (780) 568-3642 increase in size and in fi nancial stability. In his retirement, Vondis and Fax: (780) 568-4680 his wife developed a large music program in Hohokam Middle School in Tucson, Arizona. The ABA is also seeking nominations for the Keith Mann “Young Band Directors’ Award”. WASBE Scholarship Announcement The Keith Mann Young Band Directors’ Award is given in memory of The Alberta band Association is pleased to announce a Keith Mann and his dedication and commitment to music and music $250.00 student scholarship to attend the World Association education. The Alberta Band Association will provide free registration for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) conference in to the Alberta Music Conference and will present this award, at that Killarney, Ireland, July 8-14, 2007. This scholarship is available time, to a young band director of less than six years teaching experience to any student attending a post-secondary institution in the in the province of Alberta. The successful candidate will exemplify province of Alberta. However, preference will be given to Keith’s enthusiasm and commitment to qualify music education. Keith individuals enrolled in full –time music studies. was the Director of Bands and founding Chair of the Red Deer College WASBE is an international organization of wind band School of Music. During his dynamic career, Keith served as a guest conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, conductor, lecturer, clinician and adjudicator throughout Canada, the instrument makers and friends of wind music. The organization United States, Australia and Europe. He was a graduate of the University is completely dedicated to enhancing the quality of the wind of Alberta and Washington State University and taught instrumental band throughout the world and exposing its members to new music at all levels. In 1974,Keith Mann was the fi rst person selected works of repertoire, musical culture, people and places. as the “Band Director of the Year” by the Alberta Band Association. Keith was Past President of the Canadian Band Association and was WASBE is a non-profi t international association open to all founding Chair of the Canadian Concert Band Festival. He was also individuals, institutions and industries interested in symphonic the Music Director for Canadian Youth on tour and helped initiate wind bands. It has a membership of over 1000 individuals and the National Youth Band of Canada in 1978. Keith established the organizations in more than 50 countries. Canadian Band Journal and served as its editor for the past 24 years. Most recently, Keith Mann was awarded the American Band Interested applicants should apply in writing to: Masters Association’s “Edwin Franko Goldman Memorial Citation”“in Duane S.Paulson recognition of Distinguished Contributions in the Interests of Bands C/o Sexsmith Secondary School and Band Music in America”, and the Midwest Clinic’s “International PO Bag 5000 Award” “in recognition of Outstanding Contributions and Dedication Sexsmith,AB T0H 3C0 to Instrumental Music. Phone: (780) 568-3642 Fax: (780) 568-4680

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B9B9 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:1011:38:10 AMAM Trickle Down continued from front cover…

Big business likes big culture, primarily because big contributions can renovated ($400,000) and to the north a fi re museum is under way in attract public, media, and political attention. Capital projects or events Vermilion ($3.8 million). In between, other projects have been assisted with large audiences are particularly popular with corporate sponsors by centennial grants, including the Blackfoot Gallery at the Glenbow ($1 interested in having galleries, theatres, festivals, and the like named million), preservation of the Old Fort Edmonton Cemetery ($300,000), for them. However, attracting big business support can be competitive restoration of the Mayerthorpe Grain Elevator ($25,000), and the and time-consuming, requiring professional fundraising teams and Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat ($3.5 million). elaborate development campaigns. This is something most mid- and About 25, predominantly heritage, projects have received about $40 small-scale culture groups cannot do. million of the $114 million dedicated to Centennial Legacy Projects.

There is also some risk to relying on corporate sponsorships. The There are about 350 public libraries in the province. Five received Edmonton Opera was shocked recently to discover that not one Centennial Legacy Project grants. One of these was for the restoration but two corporate sponsors had decided that the opera company of Edmonton’s historic Old Strathcona Library ($275,000). Yet, Alison has become too successful to deserve continued support. Several Faid, board chair of the Edmonton Public Library system, says Alberta’s petroleum corporations have stopped acquiring art, to the detriment support is “well below the national average for per capita funding,” of artists and commercial galleries. Others have divested themselves emphasizing that many small libraries are in “dire straits.” of signifi cant art collections. Mary-Beth Laviolette, Canmore-based curator and author, is critical of companies such as “EnCana, which... The offi cial cheque delivery parties are over, and for the libraries, the sold a portion of [its art] collection.” 600+ arts organizations, 200+ museums, and other culture groups in Alberta that didn’t receive centennial money, funding challenges Although newsworthy, large corporate contributions to culture are the will continue to grow. Even the recipients of centennial grants know exception rather than the norm. Nationally, corporate support amounts these were one-time and not on going. For the rest, fundraising to about 5 percent of the overall economic activity of culture. dinners, auction sales, raffl es, and donor campaigns are not as easy or productive as in the past. Bingo and casino licenses are harder to get High-profi le provincial Centennial Legacy Grants have brought some and keep. Alberta Dance Alliance’s Bobbi Westman says, “For medium relief to the culture sector and generated some excitement. Near our or small dance companies, just keeping afl oat is a challenge...there’s no southern border, Pincher Creek’s Lebel Mansion Art Gallery is being fi lter-down boom money for them, that I see.”

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B10B10 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:1211:38:12 AMAM Unlike the larger institutions, which might attract corporate support, The Alberta Potters’ Association had enough provincial government smaller and community-based places, organizations, events, or funding in the 1970s to host the largest international clay conference projects rely more on government assistance and individual support ever held in North America. The prominence of Alberta ceramics had for survival. Charlene Garvey from the Alberta Museums Association a direct link to the cheap natural gas of the time – but the potters’ estimates that for 200 museums in Alberta, there has been “no trickle association is now a ghost of itself. The hot glass degree program at the down” eff ect from the oil and gas boom. She adds that museum Alberta College of Art and Design, also started in the 1970s, is unique in funding programs are so “oversubscribed and really competitive” that western Canada, graduating students from across the country. Several grant juries must make “terrible decisions” about which museums and years ago, the board of the college, while reviewing budget problems, heritage projects receive any funding. In 1985 the Alberta Museums seriously considered closing the glass studio. This was based entirely Association had 98 institutional members. By 1995 there were 192 and on the rising cost of natural gas consumed in glass making. currently there are 227. Similar growth numbers appear throughout Alberta’s culture sector. It is not possible to talk about the complex issues of culture in Alberta, or the infl uences of the energy boom, without looking at culture funding This sort of growth is creating strain on most culture funding agencies in generally. All culture organizations search for multiple income sources, the province. John Mount, who tracks funding statistics for the Alberta such as ticket sales, fundraising projects, membership fees, service Foundation for the Arts (AFA), explains that project grants (limited to charges, philanthropic gifts, casino profi ts, corporate contributions and $10,000 each, but seldom that much) are a mainstay of arts funding. In municipal, provincial, or federal government grants. Most organizations 1995, 71 percent of the 1804 applicants received some funding. By 2004, depend on some funding from one of the provincial lottery foundations, the number of applicants increased to 2,620 and only 54 percent were primarily the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation or the Alberta funded. In addition to project grants, about 600 arts organizations rely Foundation for the Arts, and most provincial culture funding comes on AFA for some other support. But in some specialized programs, through one of these. The foundations have traditionally derived their there is currently a one-in-fi ve chance of receiving a grant. income from gaming profi ts. In eff ect, lottery, VLT, and other gambling money—not taxes or resource royalties – provide most of the culture Throughout the culture sector, there is widespread concern about funding from the provincial government. These foundations seldom long-term fi nances. Art galleries, museums, town libraries, pottery clubs, provide more than 50 percent, and often provide less that 10 percent, dance studios, historic buildings, theatres, bands, festivals, summer of operating budgets for individual culture organizations or projects. schools, and ethno-cultural societies, are reducing hours, eliminating As the number of applications has increased dramatically from decade courses, cutting services, moving to smaller facilities, downsizing staff to decade, various programs within the foundations now see two or (if they have any—60 percent don’t), or simply not growing or even three or four times as many proposals, as a decade ago. planning to grow. Some of these organizations are trapped in spirals of declining funding and soaring overhead costs. Although rebates have Despite the increasing population of the province, the increasing helped, hyper-prices for energy create uncertainty for community dynamism and sophistication of the culture sector, and the tremendous culture groups. Once budgeted as incidental expenses, energy costs increases in government revenues from both gambling profi ts and oil for lighting theatres, heating heritage buildings, trucking travelling and gas royalties, these culture foundations are still working with about exhibitions, driving book-mobiles, fi ring kilns, or powering folk music the same money they had ten to twenty years ago. In 1991, the Alberta festivals are becoming signifi cant budget items. Foundation for the Arts, the principle source of provincial arts funding, had a budget of $16.1 million. The only improvement in 14 years came with The Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival and the Works Art and Design an increase of $2.9 million in 2003. But, this single addition of 18 percent Festival, Alberta’s two largest arts events, along with major art galleries, equates to approximately 1.3 percent per year – signifi cantly lower than museums, theatres, festivals, and arts service organizations throughout the rate of infl ation or the rate of the province’s population growth, and the province, have recently celebrated 20th, 25th, or 30th anniversaries. a great deal less than the rate of growth in oil and gas revenues. Most had their start during the days of the Lougheed government, when there was enthusiastic public support for— and government The culture sector in Alberta – and in Canada – has been extensively investment in culture. Then, culture spending was considered a studied in recent years. A variety of reports suggest that Albertans love their demonstration of the province’s new-found wealth and sophistication. culture. We spend more on culture than residents of any other province: It’s hard to imagine how such imaginative and ambitious ventures – or $838 each compared to second-place Ontarians at $802 and seventh- as many – could be started now. place Quebecers at $677. For example, 53 percent of us buy books, leading the country in that particular statistic. We attend performing arts events Some organizations founded in the Lougheed era have recently signifi cantly more than the national average, and we visit and volunteer at collapsed. Music Alberta, the largest provincial arts service organization, museums more than other Canadians. While there are only about 3 million with more than a thousand members, recently shut down after years of of us, our museum attendance in 2003 was 5,698,000. Compared to other funding cuts and fi nancial problems. The other arts service organizations Canadians, we also spend more on everything from music lessons to art have been warned to expect funding cuts over the next three years. supplies. Indeed, residents of Calgary are the country’s top spenders on

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art works and events, and Edmontonians are in the number three spot, theatres. If he asks, “Is there a culture boom in Alberta?” the answer just behind residents of Ottawa-Hull. should be “Yes.” If he asks, “Is there a boom in culture support by the oil and gas sector?” the answer should be “Maybe – sometimes.” If The average Albertan – as though there is one – spends over $800 each he asks, “Is there a boom in government-supported culture funding year on culture. Yet, in 2003, our municipal governments invested $59 generated by the fl ood of oil and gas revenues?” the answer would per person in culture, slightly below the national average. The federal have to be “No – not yet.” government spent $48 per person in Alberta, which, at less than half the national average, positions Alberta as the third lowest, slightly Tom McFall is a freelance writer in Edmonton. ahead of Saskatchewan and British Columbia. More importantly, our Reprinted with permission from Legacy Magazine, Spring 2006. provincial government invested $63 per person in culture, positioning Alberta as second lowest, slightly ahead of Ontario at $51, and far behind Saskatchewan at $88, Quebec at $97 and Yukon at $418. In other words, individually we like and support our culture. Despite our oil and gas boom, our governments don’t keep up with our individual commitment.

Projects such as the Galt Museum expansion in Lethbridge and the reincarnation of the Edmonton Art Gallery as the Art Gallery of Alberta are not just signifi cant to the culture community; they are catalysts for civic pride, tourism, and urban revitalization. Understanding this, Edmonton City Council is agreeing to major multi-year increases in arts funding. Calgary City Council has established the Arts Development Authority. Red Deer has a new culture plan and is embarking on an ambitious museum project. Nationally, federal government culture funding has been secured for the next fi ve years and funding to Canada Council for the Arts is about to double.

Approximately 80 percent of Canada’s oil and gas activity takes place in Alberta. The oil and gas economy accounts for about 25 percent of the provincial GDP and 30 percent of the provincial government’s revenue. While this extraordinary situation is inspiring highway expansions, revived hospital construction, new schools, research foundations, national scholarships, and debate about reduced tuitions, the provincial government seems resolute in maintaining most on-going culture funding at levels that were generous years – sometimes decades – ago.

Many of us, especially older Albertans who have been long-term supporters, volunteers, or donors, are questioning how often and how much we can give to our favourite culture activities. Could this be as simple as making a choice between paying for home heating, buying concert tickets, or donating to a culture group? Or is our individual enthusiasm being dampened by our provincial government’s disinterest? It seems not, because province-wide, thousands of people have participated in a fi ve-year campaign of letter writing, media coverage, surveys and studies, petitions, electioneering, meetings with MLAs and ministers, all to encourage more provincial government culture support, to bring our provincial government’s culture investment up to a national average—or closer to the levels of personal commitment by Albertans.

So, imagine a ghostly return by Mr. Kipling, a century after his fi rst visit. As an author he would certainly ask about the other writers in this new land—the publishers, libraries, and bookstores; the painters, actors, archivists, potters, music teachers; and the museums, art galleries, and

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B12B12 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:1611:38:16 AMAM R. Bruce Marsh Memorial Library The Alberta Band Association R. Bruce Marsh Memorial Library was The Library Database is available online for your convenience from our founded to aid music teachers across Alberta and Canada with access main page at www.albertabandassociation.com. From there you can to subsidised music rental. Housed at the ABA offi ce in Edmonton, we view pieces by grade, title or composer and request them online. are expanding the library each year with newly published additions to ensure that the library is as up-to-date as possible. All pieces played in We hope that you make the most of your ABA membership and the Junior and Senior Honour Bands are acquired and deposited into utilise this valuable resource. Feel free to contact us with questions the library, guaranteeing that the most reputable and widely-played or comments at [email protected] or toll-free at music from the top publishing houses is kept on our shelves. 1-877-687-4239.

To gain access to the library, one has to be a member of the Alberta Band Association. A rental fee is assessed at fi ve dollars per item and the loan period is four months, though renewal is available for pieces which have not been requested. Items can be shipped or picked up, with a maximum of seven items being available for each member at any given time.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B13B13 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:1811:38:18 AMAM Calendar of Events WASBE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Mar 18 Something Old, Something New, Something. University of Where: Killarney, Ireland Lethbridge Singers under the direction of Dr. George Evelyn. Southminster When: July, 8-14, 2007 United Church – 8 pm. Tickets: $13/regular, $9/student/senior Offi cial hotel: The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney Mar 19 Student Graduation Recital: Bryan Liu, euphonium. University Conference venue: The Irish National Event Center, I.N.E.C. of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm Mar 21 Music at Noon: New Music Concert. University of Lethbridge RED DEER COLLEGE Recital Hall – 12:15 pm March 2-”The Spirit of Music” - RDC Symphonic Winds/Red Deer Mar 24 Student Junior Recital: Tristan Galinski, percussion, Sarah Youth Orchestra (8pm RDC Mainstage) Lyons, clarinet and Courtney Ausmus, piano. University of Lethbridge March 4-”Jazz Explosion 2006” - RDC Big Band featuring guest Recital Hall – 4:30 pm vocalist Tina Hunter (8pm RDC Mainstage) Mar 25 Student Graduation Recital: Joni Unger, voice . University of March 12 - Dr. Dale Wheeler, Piano Recital “Franz meets Franz” Lethbridge Recital Hall – 2:00 pm (2pm RDC Mainstage) Mar 25 Student Graduation Recital: Marc Petrunia, piano. University of April 1 - ”That’s Entertainment” Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm Year end concert performed & produced by the RDC Music Students Mar 26 Student Graduation Recital: Julie Cerantola, voice. University April 6 - ”A Touch of Class” of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 2:00 pm RDC Symphonic Wind/RDC Chamber Choir Mar 26 Student Graduation Recital: Mary-Ann Leitch, voice. University April 9 - Canadian-American Composers of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm John Russo, Clarinet Composer; Dr. Cheryl Cooney Composer/Pianist; Mar 27 Naomi’s Road with Vancouver Opera: A new Canadian opera, Anita Bhadresa,Pianist this production is based on Joy Kogawa’s novel, and tells the touching and dramatic story of nine-year old Naomi’s journey, with her Japanese UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE Canadian family, to an internment camp in the interior of BC during the Mar 2 Student Optional Recital: Steve Morton, voice and Audrina Second World War. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall - 7 pm. $10.00 Poepping, voice. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 12:15 pm all seats Mar 3 Student Graduation Recital: Shannon Nesbitt, trumpet. Mar 28 Music at Noon: Deanna Oye, piano. University of Lethbridge University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm Recital Hall – 12:15 pm Mar 4 Student Junior Recital: Evan West, euphonium, Trevor Garnett, Mar 31 University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra Concert . University trombone and Alison Stasiewich, piano. University of Lethbridge Recital Theatre – 8 pm. Tickets: $13/regular, $9/student/senior Hall – 1:00 pm Apr 1 Student Graduation Recital: Camilla Kershaw, voice. University of Mar 4 Student Junior Recital: Nicholas Orrego, voice and Andrew Lethbridge Recital Hall – 2:00 pm Snyder, voice. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 4:00 pm Apr 1 University of Lethbridge Jazz Ensemble Concert. University of Mar 4 Student Graduation Recital: Rebecca Thompson, voice. Lethbridge Theatre – 8 pm. Tickets: $13/regular, $9/student/senior University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm Apr 3 Elijah: Vox Musica Choir, University of Lethbridge Singers, and Mar 7 Music at Noon: David Hoyt, horn. University of Lethbridge soloists with Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra. Southminster United Recital Hall – 12:15 pm Church, Lethbridge – 8:00 pm. Call the Yates for ticket information Mar 9 Student Optional Recital: Dani Myhre, voice and Emma - 329-7328. Parkinson, voice. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 12:15 pm April 27 Choral and Band Concert: Southminster United Church, Mar 10 Student Junior Recital: Sarah McCune, piano and Andrea Lethbridge Dennis, clarinet. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 4:30 pm 7:00 pm – talk about social dance in Lethbridge Mar 11 Student Graduation Recital: Tanya Conrad, trumpet. University 8:00 pm – U of L Singers, Wind Orchestra, Lethbridge Big Band of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm May 1 Parlour Music Concert: Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Mar 12 Student Graduation Recital: Melanie Nicol, voice. University of 6:30 pm – Fashion Show Lethbridge Recital Hall – 2:00 pm 8:00 pm – Music from the early 1900s Mar 14 Music at Noon: Laura Loewen, piano & George Evelyn, bass May 4 Contemporary Music Concert: Music Faculty, alumni, students baritone. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 12:15 pm from Depts of Music and New Media . Sterndale Bennett Theatre, Mar 16 Student Optional Recital: Andrea Morrow, clarinet and Scott Lethbridge - 8:00pm Neal, double bass. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 12:15 pm May 9 World Music Concert: U of L Steel Band and other ensembles Mar 17 Student Junior/Optional Recital: Shawn Lindenbach, trumpet, 8:00 pm – Yates Theatre, Lethbridge Esther Vonkeman, oboe, and Alex Schloendorf, fl ute. University of Lethbridge Recital Hall – 4:30 pm UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Mar 17 Student Graduation Recital: Marla Merrills, fl ute. University of The University of Alberta Symphonic Wind Ensemble, with the co- Lethbridge Recital Hall – 8:00 pm sponsorship of Susan Smith and Dennis Adcock of The Bandstand Ltd., will host the Northern Alberta Honour Band on the weekend of March

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B14B14 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:1811:38:18 AMAM 17-18, with a concert at 7PM on March 18 in Convocation Hall, featuring CELEBRITY SERIES 2005-2006 trombone soloist Audrey Ochoa, winner of the 2005-06 Concerto Bell / Dowling / Brown Competition. The Honour Band is open to all grade 10-12 high school Friday, November 4, 2005 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 students. Those interested in participating in the 2006 University of Alberta Honour Band Workshop should contact Susan Smith at the Music for Flute, Harp and Horn Bandstand, Ltd. In Edmonton at telephone 780 465 7264. Friday, December 9, 2005 - Saturday, December 10, 2005

The University Concert Band will perform a concert under the Arnold Choi, cello direction of conductor Wendy Grasdahl on April 9 at 3:00 PM in Friday, January 13, 2006 - Saturday, January 14, 2006 Convocation Hall. Marilyn Engle, piano Friday, February 10, 2006 - Saturday, February 11, 2006 Tickets are available to all events in the Department of Music offi ce on Kensington Sinfonia with Marilyn Engle the U of A campus in Edmonton, 3-82 Fine Arts Building or by calling Friday, March 10, 2006 - Saturday, March 11, 2006 780 492-3263. Borealis String Quartet Friday, April 7, 2006 - Saturday, April 8, 2006 Auditions for Wind and Percussion students for the 2006-07 University of Alberta academic year will take place May 10-12, 2006. Contact Jill *Single tickets are $25 (adults) / $18 (students/seniors) and will be Younghusband at 780 492 0602 to schedule an audition time. on sale after September 15, 2005 through Campus Ticket Centre at 220-7202. U of C String Quartet and Guests Sunday, March 5, 2006 Department of Music Junior, Senior and Graduate recitals happen U of C Big Band Sunday, March 19, 2006 in March, 2006. Please contact the Music Department to get more information [email protected]. U of C New Music Ensemble Monday, March 27, 2006

U of C World Music Ensemble Tuesday, March 28, 2006 GRANT McEWAN COLLEGE March 4, 2006 U of C Saxophone Choir / U of C Flute Choir Guitar Band Concert John L. Haar Theatre Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:30 p.m. Tix: $7/5

University Chorus Friday, March 31, 2006 March 19, 2006 Jazz Choir/Jazz Combo Concert John L. Haar Theatre U of C Orchestra Sunday, April 2, 2006 7:30 p.m. Tix: $7/5

U of C Early Music Ensemble Monday, April 3, 2006 March 25, 2006 Composition Concert John L. Haar Theatre U of C Symphonic Band Tuesday, April 4, 2006 7:30 p.m. Tix: $7/5 U of C Vocal Jazz Ensemble Sunday, April 9, 2006 March 26, 2006 Percussion Concert John L. Haar Theatre U of C Wind Ensemble Sunday, April 9, 2006 7:30 p.m. Tix: $7/5

U of C Women’s Choir / U of C Chamber Choir April 1, 2006 Monday, April 10, 2006 Songwriters’ Concert John L. Haar Theatre 7:30 p.m. Tix: $7/5 Tickets are $10/$7 through Campus Ticket Centre at 220-7202 or at the door. April 10, 2006 Jazz Band Concert John L. Haar Theatre U OF C JAZZ AT THE THEATRE SERIES 2005/2006 7:30 p.m. Tix: $10/8 Mike Murley Duo Monday, January 23, 2006 University of Calgary Department of Music Terrain Monday, March 27, 2006 Concerts 2005/2006

Tickets are $15 (adults) / $10 (students/seniors) and will be on sale after *All concerts 8pm in the Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre (unless September 15, 2005 through Campus Ticket Centre at 220-7202. otherwise noted)*

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B15B15 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2111:38:21 AMAM Share the Music - Concert Programs ST. ALBERT COMMUNITY BAND EDMONTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ALL CITY BAND Shannon Bolichowski/Graeme Peppink, Directors CHRISTMAS PROGRAM - Francis Dunnigan, conductor Winter / Festival / School Performances 2006 December 6, 2006, 7:30 pmFestival Place, Sherwood Park Toccata Frescobaldi/Slocum All City Program – Christmas 2005 Trauermusik Wagner/Boyd Fanfare for a Festival Carl Strommen Festivo Nelybel Pavanne Morton Gould Carnival Barnes Loudoun Praises Brian Balmages His Honour Fillmore/Fennell Romanian Rhapsody #1 Georges Enesco Summon The Heroes Williams arr. Maurice Gardner Toccata Girolamo Frescobaldi L.C.H.S. BAND CONCERT arr. Earl Slocum S. Mortenson-Smith - Conductor Intermission Wednesday, November 22th, 7:30 p.m. Columbia, Gem of the Ocean Thomas A. Becket Grade 10 Concert Band arr. Jerry Nowak O Canada C. Lavallee, arr. Marlatt La Traviata Highlights Giuseppe Verdi Da Vinci Sketches Erik Morales arr. Wil van der Beek Simple Gifts Frank Ticheli Midnight in Bethlehem arr. Warren Barker - Here Take This Lovely Flower A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson - Simple Gifts Into the Storm Robert W. Smith, arr. Lexington-King/Swearingen

Grade 11 Wind Ensemble They Came Sailing Andres Jutras In A Gentle Rain - Melissa Latos – Soprano Sax Robert W. Smith I Am Andres Boysen Jr. The Walking Frog King/Foster

Grade 12 Symphonic Band Royal Canadian Sketches Ralph Ford Shenandoah Frank Ticheli The Witch and the Saint Steven Reineke 23 Skidoo Ken Whitcomb

THE 2006 MASSED BANDS OF THE WESTERN CANADIAN REFORMED SCHOOLS March 24, 2006, 7:30 pm West Meadows Baptist Church, Edmonton Four bands from Langley, Lynden, Carman and Edmonton are coming together for an evening of music. It is hosted by Parkland Immanuel Christian School (Kent Dykstra, director). The program is as follows:

The Traveller Forrest Buchter Kentucky 1800 Claire Grundman Triumphant Spirit Timothy Johnson Highlights from the Lord of the Rings Ford In the Winter of 1730 Swearingen Pirates of the Caribbean Badelt, arr. Ricketts Instant Concert Walters Psalm 105 arr. Dykstra

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B16B16 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2311:38:23 AMAM Community Band Corner Community Bands: Alive and Thriving in Red Deer! For more information on community bands in Red Deer, please contact What do René (a retired veterinarian), Bev (an elementary school Rob Goring, Director of Bands for the Red Deer Community Band teacher), Lawrence (owner of a small business), Tara (a dietician), Jamie Society, at 403-343-2079 or [email protected]. The webpage for the (a computer software specialist), Lewis (a psychologist), Ron (a retired RDCBS is www.reddeerroyals.com. There is a link to each of the adult pilot), Fred (a physician), Irma (a grandma), and Donna (a librarian) all bands as well as the Royals and RED Drumline. have in common? They’re among the 100 adults in Red Deer who are members of the four adult community bands of the Red Deer Community Band Society! Community bands in Red Deer have been in continuous operation for an amazing 104 years! Central Alberta’s proud community band legacy got a start when Red Deer’s Anglican minister and the local undertaker convinced Town Council to approve a grant of $50 for the purchase of instruments and that marked the beginning of the Red Deer Citizen’s Band. Throughout the intervening 104 years, community bands have been featured prominently at local celebrations, parades and concerts. Today, Red Deer’s community bands operate under the umbrella of the Red Deer Community Band Society. The Society administers four adult bands, a winter drumline called RED, and the Red Deer Royals Concert and Marching Show Band, a 115 member youth band. Community bands are very much a European tradition, with most every community of a reasonable size boasting one, and this tradition has fortunately taken root in many Canadian communities. In Red Deer there is an adult band for everyone. The Novice Band, under the direction of Lil Traquair (a band teacher with the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division), consists of 20 players consisting of “never-evers and long-agos” as well as those adults who have been playing for up to two years. As the members gain in skill and confi dence, they progress to the Tuesday Night Band under the baton of Kerry Heisler, band director at H.J. Cody High School in Sylvan Lake. This group of 25 musicians ranges from second to fourth year players. The senior adult concert band, the 40 member Monday Night Band, is under the direction of Glen Traquair, band director at Notre Dame High School in Red Deer. The fl agship group of the Band Society, the Monday Night Band has several members who have been with the group in excess of 30 years! This outstanding band has been a consistent “Superior Band Award” recipient at the Alberta Band Association Festival of Bands and at the Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts. The Monday Night Band were also honoured to perform at the Alberta Centennial Community Band Concert at Edmonton’s Winspear Centre in April, 2005. For those Central Alberta adult musicians with a fl air for jazz, the Jazz Big Band, under the direction of Tim Bowman (band director at Glendale Middle School) fi ts the bill. Their repertoire ranges from the big band classics of the 40’s and 50’s to more contemporary jazz styles. This outstanding ensemble performs frequently around Central Alberta and are regularly featured at The Firm, a Red Deer club that features live music. Community band in Red Deer is about making great music in a relaxed, fun, non-threatening environment. One hundred adults of all ages and walks of life seem to agree, and they fi nd that performing in community band is a great way to round out their lives.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B17B17 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2511:38:25 AMAM Alberta Band Association Program Updates ABA Festival of Bands The Southern Alberta Junior High Honour Band The ABA Festival of Bands will take place May 15 – 27, 2006. Adjudicator/ 85 students from throughout southern Alberta participated in the clinicians for this exciting event will include Shelley Axelson, Keith Dye, Southern Alberta Junior Honour Band which took place February 15 Cynthia Johnston Turner, Michael Purves-Smith, and Steven Capaldo – 17 in Calgary, in conjunction with the Calgary Teachers Convention. The conductor for 2006 was Mr. Brian Appleby from Edmonton. Register now for this extremely popular annual event! Students participated in two days of intensive rehearsal, culminating The Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band in a concert on Friday February 17. Guest performers were the HMCS Tecumseh & KOCR combined military bands from Calgary. There was 75 students from throughout northern Alberta participated in the a Q/A session for teachers, and rehearsals were open for observation. Northern Alberta Junior Honour Band which took place March 1 Thank you to Board members Brian Thorlacius, Sue Snow and Cecilia – 3 in Edmonton, in conjunction with the Greater Edmonton Teachers Grimstead for their work on this project, and to all ABA members who Convention. The conductor for 2006 was Mr. Kenneth Rogers from recommended their students. Lethbridge. The students participated in two days of intensive rehearsal, culminating in a concert on Friday March 3, with special guests, the Canadian Band Association U of A Concert Band conducted by Wendy Grasdahl. Thank you to Alberta will host the National Youth Band of Canada in May. Sponsored Board member Roberta Baril for all of her work on this project, and to by the Canadian Band Association, the NYB will rehearse and tour in all ABA members who recommended their students. Alberta in May of 2006, under the direction of Dr. Fraser Linklater from The Alberta Honour Band the University of Manitoba. Guest soloist is Howard Engstrom, principal trumpet of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Performances will take The Alberta Honour Band will take place October 18 – 21 in conjunction place in Lethbridge, Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton. with the Alberta Band Conference in Calgary. Recorded auditions and recommendation forms must be submitted to the ABA offi ce by April 21. There will be no live auditions, and previous participants are required to submit new audition materials each year.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B18B18 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2711:38:27 AMAM ABA Festival of Bands The ABA Festival of Bands will be held May 15 – 27, 2006. Registrations have already begun arriving, so be sure to register soon as scheduling is done on a fi rst come-fi rst served basis. Some important changes to keep in mind for the 2006 Festival of Bands: Grade 1 bands will have the option of a sight-reading OR a fundamentals clinic. Ratings will be weighted as follows: on-stage performance – 60%, sight-reading/fundamentals – 20%, clinic – 20%. Bands playing in the fi rst week will be scheduled in 30 minute time slots; the second week will be scheduled in 40 minute time slots. *Adjudicators/clinicians will be announced in the next issue of Musicom.* Register now for this extremely popular annual event!

ABA is looking for your input. Submit ideas for the 2007 Syllabus to [email protected]

ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION - 2006 SYLLABUS

GRADE ONE GRADE FOUR Title Composer Publisher Title Composer Publisher Arena of the Gladiators J. Compello Fischer Balkanya J. Van der Roost Curnow Two Canadian Folksongs A. McGinty Queenwood Tocatta for Band F. Erickson Bourne Court Festival B. Pearson KJOS Festivo V. Nehlybel Belwin/Warner Simple Gifts C. Tyler Alfred Royal Canadian Sketches R. Ford Belwin/Warner Zuni Legend M. Williams Alfred Festival Prelude A. Reed Hal Leonard Excelsia L. Clark Belwin/Warner Second Suite in F G. Holst Boosey & Hawkes Three Faces of Kilimanjaro R.W. Smith Belwin/Warner Masque W. F. McBeth Southern Silver Scepter J. Kinyon Alfred Incantation & Dance J. B. Chance Boosey & Hawkes

GRADE TWO GRADE FIVE Title Composer Publisher Title Composer Publisher Red River Valley P. La Plante Daehn Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons S. Reineke Barnhouse Crystal City Overture J. Edmondson Barnhouse Irish Tune & Shepherd’s Hey P. Grainger C. Fischer Chant and Tribal Dance D. Shaff er Barnhouse Hounds of Spring A. Reed Hal Leonard Stars Asleep the Break of Day B. Margolis Manhattan Beach Procession of the Nobles Korsakov C. Fischer Romanian Dances E. Del Borgo Carl Fischer arr. E. Leidzen Ash Lawn Echoes R.W. Smith Belwin/Warner The Ascension R. W. Smith Belwin/Warner Kenya Contrasts W. Himes Curnow Havendance D. Holsinger TRN Modal Song and Dance E. Del Borgo William Allen First Suite in Eb G. Holst Boosey & Hawkes Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo Arnold/Paynter C. Fischer

GRADE THREE GRADE SIX Title Composer Publisher Title Composer Publisher Swords Against the Sea J. Hosay Curnow Armenian Dances A. Reed Belwin/Warner 3 Folk Miniatures A. Jutras Barnhouse Passaglia-Homage on Bach R. Nelson Ludwig The Voyageurs P. La Plante Daehn A Movement for Rosa M. Camphouse TRN Herndon Exaltations R. W. Smith Belwin/Warner Symphony #3 for Band V. Giannini Belwin/Warner Simple Gifts - Four Shaker Songs F. Ticheli Manhattan Beach New World Dances M. Ellerby Southern Da Vinci Sketches E. Morales FJH Overture to Candide L. Bernstein Hal Leonard On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason D. Holsinger TRN Lincolnshire Posy P. Grainger Ludwig Northwest Suite J. O’Reilly Alfred Festive Overture (arr. Hunsberge) D. Shostakovich Hal Leonard

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B19B19 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2811:38:28 AMAM Fundamentals and the Beginner Band Like many band teachers, I have started planning for the Alberta Band the students perform the scales by memory because they are the tonal Association Festival of Bands, held every May at Red Deer College. The building blocks of almost all the music they will encounter for their fi rst three Festival of Bands is one of my favourite festivals to attend because it has years of band. everything a great festival needs. It has wonderful warm-up, performance and clinic venues (Red Deer College), top-notch adjudicators, a dedicated Melody Playbacks committee and a fantastic coordinator (Joyce Howdle). I particularly like the I start introducing melody playbacks in November. I use the fi rst fi ve notes Grade One portion of the festival because of one thing in particular: the of the B-fl at concert scale and I always start and end on the root. I use fundamentals clinic. both visual and aural cues for the students. The visual cue is my fi ve digits on one hand (e.g.: left hand: little fi nger = scale degree 1, ring fi nger = scale Currently, Grade One level bands have an option of either a fundamentals degree 2, etc.). The aural cue is tonic sol-fa (doh, re, mi, fa, sol). I condition clinic or a sight-reading clinic. I opt for the fundamentals clinic because my the students to approach melody playback using the following pattern; I Grade One band consists of all fi rst-year players and I think establishing sing to them, they sing to me, I sing to them, they play to me. I emphasize that the fundamentals will produce better sight-readers in the long run. it is important that they sing the melody because it helps them to internalize So, what are the fundamentals? According to the Festival of Bands the pitches. I start with simple melodies (repeated notes and motion by brochure it includes a chorale, fi ve major scales, melody playbacks and step) and gradually move to harder melodies (leaps of thirds, fourths and rhythmic reading (it used to include tuning, which I still incorporate into fi fths). I also wean them off the visual and aural cues and eventually give the fundamentals). The expectations in each of these skill areas are taken the melodies on a neutral syllable (e.g.: ”too”). This is to encourage them to directly from the Alberta Education Curriculum of Studies, Instrumental really listen carefully. Music I. Below, I have listed each of the skills and outlined how I go about Rhythms preparing the students. The Festival of Bands’ syllabus requires the students execute a 2-measure Tuning rhythmic pattern in 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4, using half, quarter and eighth notes and Of all the fundamental skills, I believe tuning is one of the most important. quarter rests. Beginning in January, I incorporate rhythmic reading as part A beginner band that has a competent understanding of tuning will always of their daily classroom activities. I use Standard of Excellence, Book 1, by sound better than one that does not. Too often I have heard beginner bands Bruce Pearson, which has several rhythmic exercises at the back of the that are playing challenging music for their level, but aren’t able to give a very book. I create rhythm games for the students that often produce winners satisfactory performance because they have not dealt with tuning fi rst. through a series of eliminations, based on who makes a mistake. I fi nd the students love the challenge and catch onto rhythmic reading very quickly. I introduce tuning in mid-October because by then my students have As we draw closer to the festival I put a rhythm pattern on the white board developed enough consistency in embouchure and breath support to be each class and make the students perform it together. able to keep a steady tone. I explain the concept of “sharp” and “fl at” and how all wind instruments are adjustable in length. I then demonstrate using The Chorale two instruments tuning and how to get rid of the beats. Most students can I use the chorale, “The Crusaders”, because I fi nd it works well for range hear when two individuals are playing in tune, particularly if it is two of the and is quite accessible for a beginner band (I use an arrangement that I same instrument. The task gets harder when everyone is playing at once. wrote myself). The chorale is a great opportunity to work on balance, Here’s how I tell them to approach tuning in the full band: blend, intonation, phrasing and tempo rubato. These are all things that are so important in developing overall musicality, but often get overlooked • Play the tuning note no louder than a mezzo forte because of the technical demands of the beginner band. I also use this • Don’t play the tuning note any longer that 4 beats chorale as the warm-up on stage to give the students an opportunity to • Tune to the baritone sax or bass clarinet (beginner low reeds are able to get used to the acoustics of the performance hall. I tell my students that keep a more steady tone than beginner tubas) a well-played chorale should grab the audience’s attention, not because it • Listen to see if you can hear yourself sounds technically diffi cult, but because it is so musical. • Adjust the length of your instrument, play and see if you can hear yourself less or more In Conclusion • Don’t adjust your instrument while you’re playing because it changes the I know that all of us are dedicated to creating the best musicians that we pressure on your embouchure can. Too often we get caught up in the results – the performance. The • When it is hard to hear yourself, you are in tune fundamentals clinic encourages us to step back from the product and focus on the process. Emphasizing the basics gives the beginning band students The Scales transferable knowledge that provides a foundation for the rest of their The students are expected to perform three major scales, selected by musical career. If you haven’t taken your beginner band to the Festival of the director, from concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F and C, M.M. = 92, quarter note. Bands, I encourage you to do so. The fundamentals clinic is a great “litmus Immediately at the beginning of January, I start introducing the major scales, test” of how well your students are grasping the basics. usually in the order that they appear in their method book. I make the students memorize each scale and the I-V7-I arpeggios and make it part of Brent Pierce their playing tests. Then I focus on just the major scales using the following Brent Pierce is presently music director at Webber Academy in Calgary. articulations: all slurred, all tongued and slur two-tongue two. I insist that

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B20B20 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:2911:38:29 AMAM Focus On: Bearspaw School DIRECTOR: Andrea Andersen STUDENT POPULATION: K-8 500 students SIZE OF PROGRAM: Grade 6-8 108 students CURRICULAR PROGRAMS: Band 6,7 and 8 take place in timetable SUPPORT GROUPS: Friends of Bearspaw (Parent Group) FUNDRAISING IDEAS: All of our fundraisers are facilitated through our parent group. Our most successful fundraisers have been auctions. YEARLY EVENTS: All of our bands attend the Rockyview festival (organized by Rob Billington) a great festival for small schools. Our Grade 6 band has a fresh start band camp in September and the 7’s and 8’s go away to band camp for 2 days in April to prepared for festival season. SPECIAL EVENTS: This year our entire school is celebrating Music Monday on May 1st. This will be a time to come together to remind all of us how important music is. FAVORITE PIECES: A Song for Friends Daehn Serengeti Dreams Smith The Blue’s is Loose Lopez African Festival Hillard/Pearson A Child’s Lullaby Swearingen/Brahms SPECIAL TIPS: Read, Read, Read. Read music journals, leadership books, and fi ction books that inspire you to do your best every day. UNIQUE ASPECTS OF YOUR PROGRAM: Goal setting has been a Sometimes you need to rejuvenate – try going to a festival without your key element in the success of our program. Research has shown that, kids. I went to the Rocky Mountain Festival without my students and only second to good classroom management, the presence of goal just enjoyed the music and sessions. It was great! setting has the greatest impact on the level of success achieved by Connect with your colleagues. When I taught in BC we had monthly students. Because of this each band takes a class to establish goals, dinner meetings where we planned events and gave one another develop procedures, and defi ne indicators of success. We post our support. It was time out of our own lives but it was time that made our band’s goals and refer to them often as a reminder of what we are work hours that much more fulfi lling and satisfying. working towards, together. We have also used these goals to create a rubric for rehearsal expectations and as a reason to celebrate at the SPECIAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED: Timetabling end of the year. Because these are student driven goals and they are seems to be an issue at most schools. Whether you face the diffi culties of developed together the students take ownership. semestering, the addition of DPA or the second language requirement, we are forced to be the voice for music at the school level. I know I am not the only director that has faced decreased time given to band. And I also know that our school administrators have little power when given a mandate from above so we need to have our voices heard at a provincial level.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B21B21 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:3211:38:32 AMAM Jazz Junction What to listen to… Centre Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City - Swingin’ with Duke. It is an Recordings you can’t teach jazz without! amazing recording and because it is live, students get to hear the very appreciative audience. Jazz is an aural tradition. Like any language, you must learn to speak it before you can study it and learn to truly express yourself. Therefore, Check out other Big Bands: Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Stan Kenton, we must listen to the great musicians who spoke the jazz language with Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, grace, style, and soul! Tommy Dorsey, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Mingus Big Band - Nostalgia In Times Square, Blues and Politics, Marie Schneider If listening to jazz music is the only “real” way to learn how to play Orchestra - Evanescence, Concert in the Garden, Dave Holland Big and understand jazz, then what should we listen to and why? Here is Band, Boss Brass a VERY condensed, bare bones version of what will help you get to where you need to be. I tend to buy my CD’s from Amazon.ca as they For small groups, you must check out the big three - Charlie Parker, have a good selection and I know what I am looking for. The advantage Miles Davis and John Coltrane. These jazz giants formed some of the in going to A&B or Future Shop is you can listen before buying. It most important jazz groups and styles. makes no sense buying a CD you can’t stand because someone told you it was “good”. 1. Charlie Parker – Now’s the Time, Jazz at Massey Hall, The Verve Years All big band music really comes from two bandleaders: Duke Ellington 2. John Coltrane - Blue Train, Giant Steps, A Love Supreme, Crescent, and Count Basie. Clark Terry, the great trumpeter, is quoted with saying, Lush Life, Live in Stockholm with Miles Davis “Playing with Basie was like going to College and playing Ellington was 3. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue, Relaxin’, Miles Smiles, Live at the like going to University”. Plus the great thing about both these groups Nighthawk – so much stuff from every era. is students will fi nd solos or parts of solos learnable! There is just so much material out there!! I feel terrible for leaving so Basie was all about swing, soul, greasy ribs, dancing with your honey many artists off my puny lists. So here is a top ten list (sort of) of CD’s and sassy stank baby! Most of the Junior High swing charts out there I can’t teach jazz without: are from the Basie tradition. Most are blues tunes and require kids to swing at a medium tempo. Argh!!! This is by far the hardest task for 1. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue and Relaxin’ Junior High/High/University/Pro level musicians. There is simply no 2 Count Basie – April in Paris hope of any swing happening if the kids (or anyone else) haven’t listened 3. Cannonball Adderley - Something Else to Basie. An un-named adjudicator once said into the microphone, 4. Charlie Parker – Now’s the Time “This band swings like a granite pillar in a slight breeze.” My guess is 5 John Coltrane – Giant Steps, Blue Train, Love Supreme they weren’t doing a lot of listening to Basie or anything else for that 6. The Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra - Live in Swing City - Swingin’ matter. Basie bands were also famous for their dynamic control. They with Duke could swing just as hard at ff f as they could at ppp. 7. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collous 8. John Scofi eld – Up All Night Basie CD’s to check out: April in Paris, Atomic Basie, Basie Straight 9. Jaco Pastoriuos – The Birthday Concert Ahead, Live at New Port, Basie Live at the Sands. 10. And an assortment of modern stuff including Medeski, Martin and Wood (MMW), Dave Holland, The Bad Plus, Brecker Brothers, Ellington music, while containing all the soul of Basie’s music, was more Metalwood, Soulive, The Sex Mob refi ned and paved the way for a lot of modern jazz. Ellington was the cat who made jazz a true art form while still keeping true to the jazz/ Of course the problem with all my yapping about listening is kids rarely blues tradition. He wrote suites, music based on Shakespeare plays. ever listen to jazz. So if you fi re up April in Paris by Count Basie on There are books and books on Ellington’s work so I’ll not digress. I will day one of Grade 8 jazz band, chances are you will loose some of the say, however, students must be aware of the most prolifi c composer of band. I grew up listening to Heavy Metal, progressive rock and even the 20th Century. All things come from Ellington. some blues, so jazz was a bit of a stretch for me so I understand where kids are coming from. Most of our drummers will be into Metallica and Ellington CD’s to check out: Live at Newport, The Blanton-Webster an odd assortment of other metal/rock bands. If you are really lucky, Years, Money Jungle, Three Suites, The Far East Suite. maybe they are into Led Zeppelin or even better hi-hop/rap! I know, Because most of these Ellington’s recordings are old it is hard to fi nd I know, many adults can’t stand rap but if your kids listen to it, it will really “good quality” recordings of Ellington’s music. The Jazz @ Lincoln make your job much easier. Hip-Hop/Rap is full of jazz rhythms and Centre Essentially Ellington program provides just that. Every year jazz sensibilities. Like improvisation! The Jazz @ Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra records Ellington charts The fi rst jazz I really got into was John Scofi elds’ Pick Hits Live. It for the Essentially Ellington. If you join the program (a high school is funky and the drummer, Denis Chambers, was killin’. So I had an competition) you receive 6 charts ($60 USD) and The Lincoln Centre immediate attraction. That, of course, led to Miles Davis, because Sco Jazz Orchestra performing these classic Ellington charts. I can’t say played with him which led to ... well, pretty much everything because enough about this program. You should also go out and buy The Lincoln

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B22B22 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:3411:38:34 AMAM Miles was involved in every jazz style out there. So what is my point? I use modern groups to hook kids in. Bands/performers like John I would like to start a question forum strictly about teaching Scofi eld, Metalwood, Medeski, Martin and Wood (MMW), Sex Mob, jazz or just jazz music in general. Please send questions to Bad Plus, Brecker Brothers among many others. Bad Plus’ version of [email protected]. If I can’t help you fi nd the answers, Iron Man (Black Sabbath) is an instant hit with your “metal-heads“. It is I’ll fi nd a person who can. truly awesome!! Then I tell them it is jazz. Well sort of! I at least point out the jazz infl uences. Jeff Graham

Kids will dig jazz if they are guided the right way. Most come with a Jeff has a B.A. in Jazz Studies from St. Francis Xavier University and Education degree concept of jazz that it is quiet and relaxed… To get them connected, from the University of Alberta. He has been teaching Concert Band, Jazz Bands and play them some jazz that is loud, dancing, swingin’ and all wound up. Jazz Combos for 9 years at both the Junior High and Senior High levels. Both programs They will learn to appreciate the more relaxed jazz when they have have won awards at local, national and international festivals. He is also a working professional musician, clinician, adjudicator and father of two (soon to be three!!) unwound a bit themselves. Currently Jeff teaches at Highwood High School in High River, Alberta.

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B23B23 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:3711:38:37 AMAM Junior High Honour Bands ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION 2006 NORTHERN ALBERTA ALTO SAX presents the JUNIOR HONOUR BAND Mathieu Blanchette, Girouxville 2006 NORTHERN ALBERTA JUNIOR (in alphabetical order) Carrie Marie Brown, Red Deer HONOUR BAND & UNIVERSITY OF Kathryn Marshall, Camrose ALBERTA CONCERT BAND FLUTE Curtis Murray, Wainwright Cassie Fin, Edmonton Samantha Strilchuk, Edmonton UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Lee-Anne Johnston, Ft.Saskatchewan CONCERT BAND Jimmy Kim, Edmonton TENOR SAX Wendy J. Grasdahl, Director Cindy Lee, Edmonton Mikaela Ediger, Edmonton Michael Chute, Guest Conductor Melanie Marcoux, McLennan Nicholas Holowach, Edmonton Katie Moore, Ft. McMurray Ralph Mlynarski, Edmonton Poet and Peasant Overture Leanna Moores, Edmonton Michael Rodriguez, Rcky Mtn. House Franz von Suppe, arr. M.C. Meyrelles Jessica Muckle, Rcky Mtn. House Handel in the Strand Percy Grainger Justin Okerman, St. Albert BARITONE SAX arr. Richard Franko Goldman Ashley Sawchuk, Wainwright Stephanie Jorritsma, Edmonton Irish Tune from County Derry Aimee Sherren, St. Albert Shelby Thompson, Rcky Mtn. House Percy Grainger ed. R. Mark Rogers Tarah Vaculchik, Edmonton Inglesina D. Delle Cese Trinda Weaver, Peace River FRENCH HORN Jonathan Astley, Lloydminster NORTHERN ALBERTA OBOE Peter Clark, Gunn JUNIOR HONOUR BAND Patricia Jee, Edmonton Jessica Ringness, Rcky Mtn. House Ken Rogers, Conductor Katie Ziegler, Rcky Mtn. House Samantha Stuart, Morinville Roberta Baril, ABA Committee Chair CLARINET TRUMPET Program to be selected from the following: Cathryn Beck, Edmonton P.J. Bailey, Camrose Aaron Bekar, Edmonton Hannah Brandly, Edmonton Dreams and Fancies Timothy Broege Edward Davies, Edmonton Vanessa Choy, Spring Lake The Headless Horsemen Timothy Broege Tyrell Esau, Lacombe Vicki Doesburg, Spruce Grove The Incredibles Williams arr. Bocook Lisa Fleming, Edmonton Matthew Henry, Red Deer Quartal Sinfonia Donald Coakley Mark Holmes, Edmonton Christina Honecker, Edmonton King Across the Water Bruce Fraser Kelsey Jones, Peace River Abbi Massam, Marie Reine Three Folk Miniatures arr. Andre Jutras Anna Kochendorfer, Edmonton Alia Schamehorn, Ft. McMurray A Night on Bald Mountain Vassily Minaev, Edmonton Moussorgsky arr. Higgins Eric Roode, Camrose TROMBONE Three Czech Fold Songs Johnnie Vinson Anna Siminoski, Edmonton Brody Anderson, Hinton City of Lights Andrew Watkin Ashley Snider, Falher Kayla Bourgoin, Rcky Mtn. House Chorale and Shaker Dance II John Zdechlik Daniel Weinfeld, Edmonton Jocelyn Boysis, Edmonton Emily Brown, Red Deer Presented by the Alberta Band Association, ALTO CLARINET Austin Dubois, Drayton Valley in cooperation with the Greater Edmonton Alyssa Van Morsel, Edmonton Justin Nadon, Camrose Teachers’ Convention Association. Alberta James Phelan, Edmonton Band Association gratefully acknowledges BASS CLARINET Annelies Schwizer, Camrose the fi nancial support of the Alberta April Rogers, Ft. Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts. Kate Robertson, Edmonton Sara VanVeen, St. Albert

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B24B24 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:3811:38:38 AMAM EUPHONIUM The following band directors who continue Paul Gaudet Mieke van der Heijcle, Edmonton to support the Alberta Band Association and Wendy Grasdahl Daniel Wood, Edmonton this program: Carla Gust D.J. Hicks TUBA Trish Achtymichuk Yvonne Kurpjuweit Grant Champion, Donnelly Lynn Alexander Mark Lietz Ben Shulha, Edmonton Angela Anderson Jayne Montgomery Barnes Bob Bailey Melissa Moser PERCUSSION Erin Bodnar Guy Palmer Alix Aldred, Hinton Nancy Breaky Graeme Peppink Jonathan Taylor, Edmonton Aralyn Bretnall Nicola Quigley Helen Wang, Wainwright Tim Brehaut Tamara Rivers Rita Burns Don Ross A SPECIAL THANKS TO Maureen Chauvet R. Sarpo Brandenburg Music Earl Clayton Tom Saumer Cosmopolitan Music Society Kent Dykstra Sarah Seymour Roberta Baril David Erdmann Brenda Smith Mark Friesen Carol Thurgood

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B25B25 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:4011:38:40 AMAM Junior High Honour Bands continued… ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION 2006 SOUTHERN ALBERTA ALTO SAX presents the 2006 SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUNIOR HONOUR BAND Kayla Chambers, Red Deer JUNIOR HONOUR BAND & (in alphabetical order) Brian Kim, Calgary HMCS Tecumseh & Kings Own Calgary Joe Regnault, Calgary Regiment Combined Bands FLUTE Kate Sugden, Cardston Logan Beeler, Calgary FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 AT 7:30 PM Krystal Blacklock, Crossfi eld TENOR SAX Bowness High School, Calgary Hannah Clark, Calgary Kaylyn Cudrak, Taber Aidan Fridman, Calgary Matthew Hudson, Cochrane HMCS Tecumseh & Kings Own Calgary Leigha Haney, Medicine Hat Austin Jaio, Calgary Regiment Combined Bands Sara Knowles, Cayley LT (N) Brian Thorlacius and 2nd Lieutenant Samantha Lawrence, Calgary BARITONE SAX Natasha Mellish, Conductors Kirsten Lovie, Calgary Kyle Letourneau, Calgary Gillian McCarron. Calgary Midway March J. Williams arr. Curnow Megan Breanne Smith, Calgary FRENCH HORN 1st Suite in Eb – 1st Movement Holst Yasmine Voegeli, Didsbury Amanda Groenwold, High River Florida Rag Lowry arr. F. Langley Caitlin Wells, Drumheller Arland Hudkins, Rcky Mtn. House Xylophone soloist – PO1 George Langley Joshua Weststeijn, Lethbridge Henry Langford, Calgary Bacchanale Saint-Saens arr. Balent Jaquie Lewis, Red Deer As Summer Was Just Beginning Daehn OBOE Madeline Maes, Calgary Music from “The Incredibles” Kathleen Ang, Calgary Celest Nye, Airdire Giacchino arr. Bocook Diana Doublet, Calgary Samantha Super, Medicine Hat

SOUTHERN ALBERTA BASSOON TRUMPET JUNIOR HONOUR BAND Callista Gibbens, Calgary Mark Ahenda, Calgary Brian Appleby, Conductor Sarah Huether, Red Deer Megan Banmann, Lethbridge Brian Thorlacius, ABA Committee Chair Justin Blackman, Lethbridge CLARINET Christine Coutts, Calgary Program to be selected from the following: Ken Bonneau, Cardston Hayley Goertzen, Red Deer Village Dance B. Appleby Erika Brown, High River Alannah Grande, Red Deer Peer Gynt Suite #1 Grieg arr. Curnow Jace EagleBear, Cardston Sarah Kapiczowski, Calgary Songs of Scotland arr. Mark Williams Ashley Fulton, Lethbridge Leah Macnamara, Banff Puttin’ on the Ritz Berlin arr. Nowak Weston Jacques, Calgary Brendan McCabe, Calgary The Eagle’s Triumph David Schaff er Devan Kreisberg, Calgary Andrew McLaren, Red Deer Pevensey Castle Robert Sheldon Jen Moravec, Airdrie Heidi Northcott, Rcky Mtn. House Grand Canyon Overture James Swearingern Katelyn Stewart, Rcky Mtn. House Harry Sawchuk, Calgary Themes from “Jurassic Park” Maria Takizawa, Banff Erika Schmidt, Calgary Williams arr. Sweeney Evan Waugh, Banff Leah Schultz, Red Deer Malaguena Lecuona arr. Sweeney Jocelyn Werenka, Calgary Isaac Supeene, Medicine Hat Hanna Wunsch, Red Deer Presented by the Alberta Band Association, TROMBONE in cooperation with the Calgary Teachers’ BASS CLARINET Azfer Asaria, Calgary Convention Association. Alberta Band Taryn Ferguson, Calgary Meghan Currie, Calgary Association gratefully acknowledges the Devon Reed, Airdrie Kelsey Garrett, Calgary fi nancial support of the Alberta Foundation Spencer Simkin, Airdrie Estelle Gosselin-Meredith, Red Deer for the Arts Emily Taylor, Calgary Laurie Guenther, Medicine Hat

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B26B26 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:4111:38:41 AMAM Danielle Hubert, Red Deer Sarah Drew Matthew Kelly, Calgary Tara English David Stewart, Calgary Danielle Gardiner Isaac Walton Rcky Mtn. House Jeff Graham Kim Hastings Barb Hignell Dave Jensen EUPHONIUM Erik Leung Kirsten Campbell, Calgary Laurie Lotts Sartaj Hundel, Calgary Patricia MacFarlane Ryan MacLeod TUBA Alan Makarchuk Taylor Crossley, Airdrie Jennifer Mann Meghan Goguen, Calgary Michael Mann Andrew Manzara, Lethbridge Brent Pierce Staci Mueller, Calgary Arnold Pitcher Ken Rogers PERCUSSION Doug Scales Alex Caravaggio, Calgary Harriet Siemens Nelson Collins-Lee, Staufer David Smith Peter Marino, Calgary Sue Snow John Maxwell, Calgary Brian Thorlacius Rebecca Oudman, Taber Tom Taylor Simeon Weststeijn, Lethbridge Danielle Wahl Kirk Wassmer SPECIAL THANKS TO Calgary Board of Education Bowness High School David Grimstead and Richard Condon Cecilia Grimstead Sue Snow Jim Laurendeau, Master of Ceremonies

The following band directors who continue to support the Alberta Band Association and this program: Verna Ahner Karri Anderson Sheldon Arvay Jaquie Baird Diego Bechtold Lynn Blenkin Erin Bodnar Tanya Borrebach Tim Brehaut Maureen Chauvet

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7771_newsletter_winter2006.indd71_newsletter_winter2006.indd B27B27 33/30/06/30/06 11:38:4211:38:42 AMAM Your Turn C.A.D.M.E. Aside from responding to applications from our high school members, Calgary Association for the Development of Music Education C.A.D.M.E. can also be the initiator of a project, as long as we service the interest of high school jazz education. An example of this was the It’s a very long name and we’re hoping to be around for a very long master class session with Chase Sanborn, jazz trumpet player. His time. We look forward to establishing a relationship with the Alberta presentation was open to all C.A.D.M.E. members and their students. Band Association with the aim of contributing to the growth of music Currently we are studying the feasibility of having an “Essentially education in this province. Ellington Band Director Academy program in Calgary in the fall of 2006. CADMEA was formed as a result of “The Breeze” radio station committing to funds for the purpose of the development of jazz The Jazz in Schools program continues to support high school jazz education in their listening area. This listening area includes Calgary education initiatives. The CADME board is working hard to expand and the districts immediately surrounding the city. this program in the following ways: Our association is a registered not for profi t organization in Alberta 1. We are working aggressively to acquire funding to expand the and has an elected board of directors whose responsibility includes program to hopefully include a “Jazz In Schools Program for Junior the creation of funding guidelines, an application process, membership High” in the future. in the newly formed association and reviewing funding applications. The current executive is: 2. We are actively pursuing making Calgary a “Centre for Jazz Education” by, hopefully, partnering with IAJE and Essentially Ellington as well President: Kevin Willms (Ernest Manning High School) as new sponsors to off er intensive teacher training opportunities for educators. Vice-President: David Grimstead (Bowness High School) 3. We are solidifying cooperative agreements with other organizations Treasurer: Chris Herard (St. Mary’s High School) so that CADME members and their students have opportunities to Secretary: Kathryn Riben (Lester B. Pearson High School) work with many of the great artists who pass through Calgary. Director: Jim Finkbiner (Midsun Jr. High) Please visit the C.A.D.M.E. website (www.cadme.ca) to check out the upcoming events or initiatives in jazz education. Director: Jeff Part (Nickel Jr. High) David Grimstead Director: Jackie Crowell (Carstairs High School) Vice-President, C.A.D.M.E. C.A.D.M.E. has now been in existence for two full years and is entering its third year. Without question, there are growing pains associated with creating C.A.D.M.E. so that the maximum funding benefi ts reach the intended recipients with little to zero administration costs. We believe that we are achieving this by creating a membership base from any interested person, association or institution. A great amount of discussion is needed to create such an association, especially given the funding mandate in our connection with “The Breeze” radio station. We feel that we want to be in a position, at some point in time, to DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, expand the mandate to include the funding projects into junior high THE ZONE REPORTS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THIS ISSUE. music programs and also for concert band and choir initiatives. Our hope is to fi nd another source of funding to assist us to expand to the other areas of music education and we are actively pursuing this. THE ZONE REPORT FEATURE WILL BE BACK IN THE Currently, “The Breeze” funding requires us to fund jazz projects in SUMMER 2006 ISSUE. high schools that are within their listening area. Junior high feeder schools to these high schools are in a good position to benefi t from the C.A.D.M.E. organization. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Over the past two and one half years, C.A.D.M.E. has been able to fund some varied and creative projects. Some of the projects have included capital purchases of P.A. systems, rhythm section equipment or jazz wind instruments. Where needed, funding was provided for the purchase of appropriate charts. Other projects are more human resource based utilizing professional clinicians, guest conductors and guest artists to enhance an existing program or to initiate a new jazz program.

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