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MSVMA MISSION In This Issue STATEMENT Our mission is to educate and inspire all President’s Message people to understand and value the art of Steve Hinz ······································· 2 vocal music and its lifelong impact From the Desk of the Executive Director on the human spirit. Virginia Kerwin ······························· 3 2009-2010 MSVMA Events Calendar ····· 5 2009-2010 Second Quarter Financial Report ······························· 7 Reaching for the Stars Award ··············· 10 MSVMA State Honors Choir Directors · 11 FEATURE: Choosing Repertoire ········· 13 Important Websites MMC Highlights ································ 20 MSVMA MSVMA Emeriti, Class of 2010 ··········· 22 www.msvma.org Executive Board Updates James Borst ···································· 30 American Choral Directors Association-Michigan Erich Wangeman ··························· 30 www.acdami.org Doug Armstead ····························· 32 Sue Catanese ·································· 33 Michigan Music Educators Association Mark Krempski ····························· 34 www.michiganmea.org Les Rowsey ···································· 36 Michigan Music Conference VSA Arts of Michigan ························· 37 www.michiganmusicconference.org Michigan School ADVERTISERS Band & Orchestra Association J. W. Pepper ···················· Inside Cover www.msboa.org Explorer Tours, Inc ·························· 6 Michigan Youth Arts Festival Soundwaves Recording ····················· 7 www.myaf.org Milks Audio Productions ·················· 8 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp ··············· 9 Michigan State University ················ 12 Calvin College Music Department ···· 17 University of Michigan····················· 18 Michigan Opera Theatre ·················· 19 Eastern Michigan University ··········· 29 Lighthouse Sportswear ··················· 29 Spring 2010 Musical Resources ·························· 38 Volume 44, Number 2 38th Annual Summer Workshop ···· 39 New Horizons Tour & Travel ·············· The MSVMA Journal is published three times a ·······························Inside Back Cover year, in October, March, and June. Articles are welcome and may be submitted to the MSVMA office [email protected]. MSVMA Journal - 1 President’s Message Steve Hinz, President proposals. I invite you to be well-informed about the nature of these proposals and I hope this journal finds you well and enjoying this time of share your views. Your input is vital! year of music-making and festivals with your students. Having just completed the weekend with many of you at Finally, one of the unique configurations of the conference the Michigan Music Conference, I am so encouraged by is the collaboration of our counterparts in other areas of what we do in our profession. music education. The spirit of collaboration amongst our organizations is strong as we come to the table as singers, The first element that struck me at the conference was in instrumentalists, K-12 music teachers, and college our full board meeting. There are so many members that professors to plan and execute this conference. We are give of their time and energies to offer experiences for our currently involved in strategic partnership planning with choir students. There are many intricacies of involvement our colleagues in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra to operate our events from the student runner, to the Association. At our recent full board meeting, we adopted organized parents, the host that prepared their schools for the language to continue this dialog with them. Through guests by coordinating their school staff, and the event several meetings with their leadership we are carefully manager that worked out the many details to successfully considering our future together, and have drafted specific bring our students to the event. The web of fine details is language to define our path. The mission of the partnership really quite extraordinary, and we are blessed by the spirit between the Michigan School Band and Orchestra of volunteerism that drives our organization. If you have Association and the Michigan School Vocal Music not taken the opportunity to serve yet and not experienced Association is to actively pursue strategies to better serve the many benefits of volunteering, I encourage you to find our member band, choir, and orchestra directors and the that little way to start getting involved. students they serve. It is our vision to look back in five years and see that the members of the MSBOA and the The second item that caught my attention was the rich MSVMA have collaboratively strengthened educational legacy that is blending with the youthful energy that is opportunities, advocacy strategies, and fiscal responsibility MSVMA. At our annual meeting and luncheon, we took while maintaining each association's autonomy, events, time to celebrate our organization, new directors, and and rich heritage. We will continue to meet this spring as teacher of the year, as well as the emeriti, who all seem we consider the practical, exciting, and challenging still too young to have reached their retirement years. I prospects. was encouraged by their many sentiments of willingness to serve our organization in the years ahead. Their experience A parent told me after a concert this past winter, that I through their careers built our organization to the strength have the best job in town. After giving it some thought, it holds today. I believe that our younger teachers, having and despite the normal challenges of the administration of received their degrees in the past 10 years, are bringing my program now tied to the changes we face in Michigan fresh ideas to the organization and building new strengths schools, I had to agree. What a true joy it is for me to of quality in their own school programs. I'm encouraged as have the daily job of inspiring student learning through I watch collaborative groups of veteran and newer teachers music! As you move through the many inevitable changes activate change through our strategic plan for MSVMA in our future, I encourage you to remember the joy that over the next four years. brought you to music, and to rely on our association and its colleagues, to provide you with the professional support As the weekend concluded, we were all inspired by the you need. Best wishes on your music-making throughout students' performances in the honors choirs concerts. What the spring. a joy it was to watch and listen to the level of artistry achieved by these young singers under the expert leadership of our conductors. The music led us all to stretch our perspective of culture and embrace the differences that make us unique, but hold close the common art that defines us as human and help us understand that we truly share common beliefs and goals. There was much discussion around the honors choir program at our full board meeting and important decisions will be made this spring that are captured in several board 2 - Spring 2010 From the Desk of Virginia Kerwin, Executive Director MSVMA Greetings from the staff at the MSVMA office staff: Look for the big aqua button that says “sign up now!” Nancy Bray, Mary Greene, Paul Heidemann, Pam Hughes, and Ginny Kerwin! We returned from the Michigan Music Conference educationally inspired and emotionally Adjudication uplifted. The number of volunteer hours associated with Thank you to District #4 and District #8 for hosting the success of this professional development opportunity adjudication in-service days during their district festivals. is staggering and we are deeply indebted to the conference Cathy Brodie chair, Gerald Blanchard, Frances team of Steve Hinz, Board of Directors Chair, Wendee Brockington, Melanie Helton, David Little, and Martha Wolf-Schlarf, Planning Committee Chair, and Erich Sheil have met during the past two years to develop a Wangeman, Planning Committee. The MSVMA Honors solo adjudication rubric similar to the choral festival Choir program begins with the submission of applications adjudication rubric that we are currently using. The in September, auditions in October, rehearsals in Adjudication Committee hopes to have this ready for November, auditions and concerts in December, and piloting in 2010-2011. The Adjudication Committee will culminates with rehearsals and concerts in January and present a session at the 2010 Summer Workshop to May. MSVMA extends deep appreciation to the address common teachable moments that judges management/coordination team for this extraordinary experience during choral festivals. For example, do you MSVMA activity: Mark Krempski, Executive Board as a judge find yourself addressing unsupported tone Director; Angel Gippert, Full Board High School frequently? Do you as a judge find yourself addressing Supervisor; Cheryl Gapinski, Full Board 6-7-8-9 connection with the text frequently? The panel will share Supervisor; John Beck, UP HS and 6-7-8-9 Coordinator; classroom strategies to deal with these and others in Robin Kieft HS Region A/State SSAA Coordinator; Matt advance of festival. The next Adjudication Clinic will be Laura, All-State Coordinator, Ben Rogers, HS Region A held Saturday, October 2nd. Please remember to complete Coordinator; Fred Sang, HS Region B/State SATB an Adjudicator Evaluation following festivals. This Coordinator; Theresa White, HS Region C/State TTBB information is anonymous and assists the adjudication Coordinator; Jennifer Breneman, 6-7-8 SA Coordinator; committee when extending invitations for adjudication to Beth Patterson, 7-8-9