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INSIDE! Summer Summit ...... 6 New NAfME President ...... 6 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS ....7 North by Northwest ...... 8 Specialist’s Space ...... 10 IMEA MEY for 2011 & 2012 .....12 FALL INSERVICE 2012 .....14 Collegiate NAfME News ...... 14 Scherzo...... 16 Etude No. 1: When Teacher Speaks! & MORE! Camille Blackburn 2011 Music Educator of the Year Steve Newton 2012 Music Educator of the Year page 12 SUMMER 2012 Idaho Music Notes 2 Idaho Music Notes 3 SUMMER 2012 OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS e e Idaho Music Notes Curt Griffiths, President, 7814 Birch Ln, Nampa, ID 83687-8306 Official Publication of the Idaho Music Educators Association [email protected] A State Unit of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education 208-466-5290/208-459-7114/208-371-8391C e Ron Curtis, President-Elect/All-State Gen- Summer 2012 Volume 52, Number 3 of 3 eral Chair, [email protected], Vallivue High Idaho Music Notes is published three times yearly—November, February, & May School, 1407 E Homedale Rd, Caldwell, ID 83607; Subscription price is included in IMEA/MENC dues. 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[email protected]; [email protected] Camille Blackburn 2011 IMEY! ...... 12 e Wayne Millet, Webmaster 1677 S 2750 W, Aberdeen, ID 83210 Steve Newton 2012 IMEY! ...... 12 AAIIRR Acoustics ...... 10 604-0733H/397-4152W/FAX397-4437 Fall Inservice Opportunities 2012 Preview ...... 14 [email protected]/ Blue Rider Music ...... 13 [email protected] Collegiate NAfME News ...... 14 e Ralph Bennett, State Solo Chair Brigham Young University .....18 127 W 440 N, Malad 83252 Scherzo! Humor for the Music Educator ...... 16 766-4728ext20W/317-5491H BYU-Idaho ...... 17 e Ted Hadley, Editor, MUSIC NOTES, Publications 824 Northview Dr., Twin Falls, ID 83301 www.idahomusiced.org Cantus Youth Choir ...... 2 733-1079H/732-7555 ext 4377W/732-7556FAX [email protected]/[email protected] www.nafme.org Cavalcade USA ...... 16 e All-State Orchestra Chair: The mission of IMEA is to promote and advance music education in all Idaho Coeur d'Alene High School, 5530 North 4th St schools, to foster personal and professional growthof music educators and to College of Idaho ...... 5 Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 standardize and enhance musical opportunities for all students throughout the state. 208-660-4110 cell/208-667-4507 school College of Southern Idaho ...... 15 [email protected] e All-State Band Chair: District Presidents Greif’s Music ...... 8 2504 N Bogus Basin Rd, Boise 83687 e District I President Aaron Gordon 318-6736H/[email protected] Sandpoint HS, 410 S Division St., Sandpoint, ID 83864 Idaho State University ...... 9 e All-State Treble Choir Chair: [email protected]; Phone: 263-3034/Fax: 263-5321 Dr. Judy Marlett, Director of Music Education, FALL RULES MEETING: Thursday, September 18, 5 PM, Lakeland HS Northwest Nazarene University e NW-NAfME ...... 15 [email protected], 208-467-8411 e District II President Joel Pals e All-State Mixed Choir Chair: Moscow HS, 402 E. 5th St., Moscow, ID 83843 Sun Valley Summer Symphony...... 19 e Exhibit Chair: Steve Newton [email protected]; Home: 301-8809; School: 882-2591; Fax: 892-1136 e Elementary/General Chair: FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 10, 6 PM, Lewiston HS Synthesis/Midi Workshop .....15 e Middle Schools Chair: e e District III President Marty Worthington e Small Schools Chair: Treasure Valley Community College .....19 e Band Chair: 8055 Goddard Rd., Boise, ID 83704, [email protected]; [email protected]; School: 854-4490; FAX: 322-3773 e Choral Chair: Michael Murphy University of Idaho ...... 3 e String Chair: FALL RULES MEETING: Saturday, September 8, 9 AM, TBA e e Technology Chair: e District III Vice-President Dawn Sandmeyer e Higher Education Chair University of Montana ...... 11 P.O. Box 340, Marsing, ID 83639 e Collegiate Chair: [email protected]; Home: ; Phone: 896-4111 ext 297; Fax: 896-4457 e Research Chair: Lorie Enloe, University of Yamaha...... back cover FALL RULES MEETING: Saturday, September 8, 9 AM, TBA Idaho, Room 206, Moscow, Id 83844-4015 e [email protected] e District IV President Jeff Collier e Gale Maxey, Retired Members 300 W. Highway 25, Rupert, ID 83350 Editor’s Desktop 8440 Golse Drive, Boise, 83704 [email protected]; Home: 430-6438; Fax: 436-3266 [email protected], H375-5079 FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 17, 5:30 PM, TFHS e Peggy Wenner, Coordinator, Arts and Hu- e Hope you’ve enjoyed a summer manities, SDE, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720- e District V President Greg Goodworth break and have re-charged your 0027; [email protected], H343-7438, Bear Lake HS, 330 Boise, Montpelier, ID 83254 batteries in anticipation of sc---l W332-6949 [email protected]; Phone: 847-0294; Fax: 847-0144 starting up again. This issue features e NAfME Exec. Director Michael Butera, our 2011 and 2012 Msic Educators of FALL RULES MEETING: Tuesday, August 14, 7 PM @ Century HS 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 22091; 800- e the Year, some interesting proposals 336-3768 Toll-free/793-860-4000 e District VI President Susan Christensen from the IMEA Board Summer e Sean Ambrose, NW President, Cheyenne, 935 N. 5th E., Driggs, ID 83422, [email protected]; Home: 705.5053; Summit meeting, and information Wyoming School: 354-2971; Fax: 354-8685 from our sponsors. The Fall e Nancy Ditmer, NAfME President, Wooster, FALL RULES MEETING: August, TBA Newsletter will come to you right Ohio e away. e Scott Schuler, NAfME Past-Pres.: Simsbury, e Gemstate District President Colin Brien —Ted Hadley, Editor & Manager Connecticut 7801 Diamondback Dr., Pocatello, ID 83204 [email protected]; Cell: 244-1204; School: 478-6863; Fax: 478-6870 FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 10, 5PM @ Blackfoot HS e
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Idaho Music Notes 5 SUMMER 2012 the music professional in the school, the band director should make this decision in collaboration with the school administrator. IMEA SUMMER Funding for pep bands shall be the responsibility of the school district or the athletic department budgets, rather than diverting funds from the curricular music budget or requiring students to assume financial respon- SUMMIT NEWS: sibility for pep band costs. State Rules for Pep Band? Draft regulation, July 16, 2012. Scheduling All-State Groups & Conference in 2014 All-State 2014? The dates we have planned for All-State Honor Groups and IMEA Conference in 2014 in Boise Valley conflict with Easter, State SAT testing State Solo Changes? and Senior Projects presentations. We are considering using the North- west Nazarene University site again so we are seeking alternate dates for this event. One suggestion was to approach the State Speech teachers to Required District Festival? flip-flop with State Speech dates for 2014.
• District I— President Aaron Gordon State Solo Changes FALL RULES MEETING: Thursday, September 18, 5 PM, The Board discussed concerns with the State Solo Contest and what Lakeland HS changes could be made to make the contest more educational, accessible, • District II— President Joel Pals and worthwhile. A motion was made and passed to replace the current FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 10, 6 PM , State Solo List with the Texas PML List, available online and updated reg- Lewiston HS ularly by the Texas music educators. • District III— President Marty Worthington Other topics to discuss are the lack or paucity of comments received by students from the judges at State Solo; expanding the awards at State FALL RULES MEETING: Saturday, September 8, 9 AM, Solo beyond the top three places; increasing the prestige of making it to TBA state solo; and alternating the State Solo site to Northern Idaho on All- • District III— Vice-President Dawn Sandmeyer State years. FALL RULES MEETING: Saturday, September 8, 9 AM, TBA Requiring Groups to Perform at District Festival • District IV— President Jeff Collier The Board discussed a IHSAA Manual Language Change to require FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 17, 5:30 PM, that all Large Groups attend their local District Festival before they can Twin Falls HS participate in out of State/District Contests. • District V— President Greg Goodworth Discussion Topics: What is the reason groups don’t come to their Dis- trict Festival? Should all groups be required to perform at Festival, even if FALL RULES MEETING: Tuesday, August 14, 7 PM @ Cen- it’s just for comments? Should we develop a mentorship program for new tury HS teachers to understand the importance of participation in district events • District VI— President Susan Christensen and help them over the hurdles of preparing for Festival. FALL RULES MEETING: August, TBA Gemstate District— President Colin Brien FALL RULES MEETING: Monday, September 10, 5PM @ New National NAfME Blackfoot HS The IMEA Exectutive Board met with District President Nancy E. Ditmer Presidents this summer in Boise. Among other issues, Photo by Becky Spray Nancy E. Ditmer, NAfME President and Board Chair for 2012-2014, is Board Members discussed the following items and need currently the Director of Bands and Professor of Music Education at the your input at your District Fall Rules meeting. All District College of Wooster, Ohio, and has been a respected and devoted leader in Rules Meeting dates and places are listed above. music education for many years. She is a past President of the Ohio Music Education Associ- Scheduling Pep Band Activities ation, the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the OMEA, and past Pres- at School Athletic Events ident of the North Central Division of NAfME. The following statement would appear in the IHSAA Manual In 2008, she was designated a Lowell Mason concerning Pep Bands at school athletic events: Fellow by NAfME. She continues to serve the Bands shall not be required to perform for more than 15 pre-season OMEA as chair of the collegiate member com- and regular season events per year, inclusive of boys’ and girls’ events. mittee and as co-chair of Ohio’s Professional Bands shall not be required to play for more than two events a week; Development Conference in 2009. where music and athletic events conflict, the music event will take prece- A respected scholar and author, Ms. dence. Ditmer edited the OMEA publication, Triad. Bands shall not be required to perform at events where students or She has been a frequent presenter at state and equipment could be in physical danger. This includes outside events national music education conferences over the during adverse weather conditions and volleyball matches that pose seri- last 15 years, on such relevant topics as educa- ous injury and safety issues during warm-up drills. tion reform, music education advocacy, and Scheduling of performances at athletic events shall be done with re- professional development issues for teachers. spect for the student's academic well being, and also in deference to festi- Nancy is the founder and director of the Wooster Music Camp, which vals, concerts, and assessments which are outgrowths of curricular study has hosted 450 music students playing in five bands and two orchestras in the music classroom, or such things as semester/trimester testing in since 1997. This camp provides junior high and high schools students other academic areas. Bands shall not be required to perform for athletic with memorable performance opportunities with renowned clinicians and events during holiday vacations or educator in-service weekends. educators. The use of bands to play for tournament games during week-day after- As a music consultant, she has assisted the Canton Symphony in im- noons and evenings shall be evaluated with regard to: a) loss of school plementing an education grant, including developing professional devel- time for students, b) cost, c) weather conditions, and d) loss of instruc- opment materials for symphony personnel. A member of the Arts Educa- tional time to other classes taught by the pep band director. Bands shall tion advisory Committee in Wooster, she worked to strengthen the arts not be required to travel for Saturday morning tournament games. programs offered in the public schools served by the Tri-County Educa- Bands shall not be required to play for athletic events in which the tional Service Center. home school is not a participant. Bands shall not be required to play with less than adequate personnel to fill all necessary music requirements. As SUMMER 2012 Idaho Music Notes 6 2011-2012 IMEA Institutional Members Please support our Institutional Members— Their membership shows their support for us!
University Of Idaho Boise State University Music Department Lionel Hampton School Of Music Mark R. Hansen, DMA, Chair & Professor Dr. Susan Hess, Asst Director 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-156 P.O. Box 444015, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-4015 Phone: 208-426-1773; Fax: 208-426-1771 Phone: 208-885-6232/Fax: 208-885-7254 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.boisestate.edu/music Web: http://music.uidaho.edu Meadowlark Melodies Idaho State University Music Department Bill Dugger, Mark Sherry, Partners Dr. Randy Earles, Chairman 3430 MeadowLark Drive, Lewiston, Idaho 83501 921 S 8th Avenue 8099, Pocatello, ID 83209-8099 Phone: 208-743-8748 Phone/Fax: 208-282-3636 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.isu.edu/music Online store: www.meadowlarkmelodies.com
Treasure Valley Community College The College of Idaho Department of Music Dr. Lisa Derry, Chair Performing Arts Department 2122 Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83605 Robert D. Armstrong, Contact Phone: 208-459-5275 Fax: 208-459-5885 650 College Blvd., Ontario, OR 97914 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Phone: 541-881-5950/Fax 541-881-5518 Web: www.collegeofidaho.edu/academics/music Email: [email protected] Web: www.tvcc.cc Blue Rider Music & Instrument Repair Brigham Young University-Idaho Chris Britt, Manager Department of Music 595 W. Ustick, Meridian, ID 83646 Kevin Call, Chairman Rexburg, ID 83460-1210 Phone & Fax: 208-888-6238 Phone: 208-496-4950/Fax: 208-496-4953 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Sun Valley Summer Symphony Web: www.byui.edu/music Kim Gasenica, Educational Programs Director P.O. Box 3956, Hailey, Idaho 83333 J.W. Pepper Music Phone/Fax: (208) 788-4616 Email: [email protected] Ryan Blauvelt, Regional Marketing Manager Website: www.svsummersymphony.org or 6735 Sierra Court, Suite E, Dublin, CA 94568-2618 www.svsseducationprograms.org Phone: 800-345-6296; 925-828-4227 ext 2820 Fax: 800-260-1482 John William Jackson Fund Email: [email protected] Web: www.jwpepper.com (in The Idaho Community Foundation) P.O. Box 4711, Boise, Idaho 83711-4711 Yamaha Corporation of America Website: www.johnwilliamjacksonfund.org Larry Chamberlain, District Manager Phone: 208-890-8503 YAMAHA Band & Orchestral Division “A music education advocate for Idaho school children” 12410 NE 124th St, PMB 521, Kirkland WA 98034 O - 425-823-3335, FAX - 425-823-3336 Brigham Young University School of Music Northwest Nazarene University Dr. Ron Brough, C-550 HFAC, Provo, UT 84602 Music Department Email: [email protected] Web: music.byu.edu Dr. Barry Swanson, Chairman, Nampa, Idaho 83686 Phone: 801-422-3320 FAX: 801-422-0533 Phone: (208) 467-8413 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nnu.edu/music Great Basin Jazz Camp Mike Allen, Director Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc. P.O. Box 187, Elko, NV 89803-0187 Steve Watson, District Manager Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 90249, Austin, Texas 78709 Web: www.greatbasinjazzcamp.com Phone: 800-283-4676 Fax: 512-288-6445 6th Annual Great Basin Jazz Camp Email: [email protected] Web: www.jupitermusic.com @ College of Southern Idaho July 9-13, 2012, Twin Falls, Idaho
Idaho Music Notes 7 SUMMER 2012 North By Northwest Band Instruments Guitars & Amplifiers NW MENC President Pianos • Keyboards Sean Ambrose SERVING THE TREASURE VALLEY SINCE 1948 Drums • Sound Systems WE RENT TO OWN BAND INSTRUMENTS Instruction Available On Most Instruments Violins • Banjos Pack your SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS Mandolins 541-889-2844 Music • Methods bags & head 45 S. OREGON - ONTARIO, OREGON All Accessories for Portland! No, wait … PLAN to pack your bags and head for Saturday Portland in February 2013 for the National Association State breakfasts will kick off Saturday’s schedule, for Music Education’s 43rd biennial Northwest which will include lots of sessions and six very exciting Division Conference. At this writing many of the details concert hour performances. The NAfME All-Northwest are still being finalized and aren’t available for Jazz Concert will close out the day's activities with an 8 publication. But I assure you there will be top-flight PM concert in the convention center. presenters, with popular headliners in most curricular areas. Sunday The Oregon Convention Center and surrounding While there will be a small selection of sessions hotels give us an opportunity to not only attend some available on Sunday, the day is focused on the honor great sessions, but also to be able to observe all of the students. Opening with the NAfME All-Northwest outstanding conductors who will be rehearsing the Choral Concert, the NAfME All-Northwest honor groups. The NAfME All-Northwest Band, Instrumental Concert will follow in the early afternoon Orchestra, Mixed Choir and Treble Choir will be where the NAfME All-Northwest Wind Symphony, a rehearsing in the Convention Center. The jazz groups newly-created group focusing on small school band and new Wind Symphony groups will be rehearsing at members, will debut. the nearby Doubletree Hotel. Plan to Attend Thursday This should be the biggest and best conference yet. Continuing the tradition from the Bellevue More than 2,000 music educators, 3,500 honor group Conference, a three-hour workshop geared to students and 3,000 guest performers will make this a leadership will be offered Thursday afternoon from 1-4 weekend not to be missed. As more information is PM. Two critical topics for leadership will be covered: finalized, it will be posted at www.nafmenw.org. Advocacy and Legal Issues for Leadership. It will be informative and is a must-attend event for officers at any level of association leadership. What you don't know CAN hurt you. Since 9-11, small associations are being scrutinized by state and federal governments. Valuable information on protecting yourselves as board members while staying legal will be presented. Thursday from 7-9 PM, the popular reading/activity sessions will be held for band, orchestra, choir and elementary teachers. The Conference Celebration will complete the activities for the evening. Friday Friday’s events will begin at 8 AM with an array of sessions. The exhibits will open at 10:45 and time will be set aside to visit them. In the afternoon there will be a general session featuring Michael Butera, NAfME executive director, as keynote speaker. Friday night will include a special concert for delegates and students.
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Idaho Music Notes 9 SUMMER 2012 Specialist’s Space Peggy Wenner Fine Arts Specialist, Idaho State Department of Education Updates in Technology & Ongoing Work on the National Core Arts Standards It was great to see many of you in Coeur d’Alene at All-State this April— and especially a treat to hear the impressive groups who performed. We have some outstanding musicians in Idaho to celebrate! REVISED NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS I wanted to give you some important updates regarding Another important development in the arts is the ongoing coming changes in the Department and in the nation regarding major revision of the national arts standards. Some of you have arts standards. followed the work of NCAAS, the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, the major link to this work living at this site: TECHNOLOGY http://nccas.wikispaces.com/ One of the sessions I attended at All-State was Lori Enloe’s I am active in SEADAE (State Education Agency Directors of technology session. We talked after her session about what she Arts Education— that is a mouthful, I understand. views as essential updates we all should have regarding As Vice-President of SEADAE, I am kept abreast of this work technology. I attended the session mainly to listen and to learn on a monthly, sometimes more often, basis. I am not involved in from all of you about your current use of technology in the music writing the standards, but at some time in the future I will act as classroom and your requests to the State Department regarding an editor— making good use of my former English teacher skills. technology. Lori presented several iPad applications that were Scott Schuler and Mike Blakeslee are the writing chairs for the impressive and could prove to be very useful in any music music standards. classroom. A few people mentioned their concerns that teachers were not given a choice to have an iPad or a laptop in the coming Basically, the work to this point has been between the five art fall. I took your questions to people who have been involved in disciplines’ writing chairs. They have come up with an overall gathering information regarding what devices were most structure to unite the disciplines-media arts has been added to important for general classroom use. the four disciplines is music, art, dance, and theatre. The writing chairs hope to have some actual writing in their various As the mother of an artist, I have known for a long time about disciplines begun by this fall, which they will begin to share. the controversy over Mac versus PC use in the arts. Most artists I have known only use a Mac— and increasingly the applications A basic premise of this work— which has taken a long time— is are becoming more popular for musicians. When I took these that it will be transparent and available for comment by any arts concerns to the person in charge of the Request for Proposals, educator before the work is completed. SEADAE is also raising Matt McCarter, he said that all of the uses I had seen in Lori’s money for the project, something not done by any other content session could be done on a PC, including metronome, composing area, for the main reason that we want to have more control over and revising music, and downloading music from sheet music the process and the final product. The standards will live online format. I have not had time to check this out personally. and be much more available for editing because of their evergreen format. Matt also said that we do not know exactly what devices will be chosen, but that after many months of meetings, the Technology I pledge to share any new developments in the national core Committee (which comprised individuals from many venues) had arts standards work, but to this point I have not seen anything decided that the devices must have fully keyboard operation and except for a very basic draft of the overall framework, to which be comprised of one main piece. This pretty much overrules SEADAE members have made comments. When something is iPads, as a keyboard would be an accessory and the SDE is more substantial, all states will share work with music teachers, concerned about replacement of multiple parts. and we will definitely welcome your comments to this work. A major concern of mine that resulted from an inquiry, which I I look forward to seeing a draft of work this fall, and more made last week to the IT Department, revolves around access to importantly, seeing what you all think of this work. We have School Net. At this time, School Net, the new major source of all moved beyond the 1994 standards— just think of the SDE data, cannot be accessed through an iPad. Certain parts of developments in technology since that time! the program require Adobe Flash, which many of you know has Please continue to send your questions about this work to me been a source of eternal conflict between Microsoft and Apple. and also make a visit to the NCCAS website. Until the two companies resolve this major issue, users are tied to Have a relaxing and enjoyable summer! one device or another and they are not fully compatible. Peggy The prediction is that in a few years this problem will be resolved and that School Net will be able to be accessed through an iPad. For now, the Technology Committee has determined that equipment sent out to teachers this fall will likely not be mobile computing devices.
SUMMER 2012 Idaho Music Notes 10 Idaho Music Notes 11 SUMMER 2012 currently directs the Chancel Choir, plays the organ and sings and plays Camille Blackburn with the Praise Band at Trinity Methodist Church. She is also the princi- pal keyboard player for the Idaho Falls Symphony. 2011 Idaho Music Educator Camille is very active in the Idaho Music Educators Association serv- ing two terms as Gem State President, three times as organizing chair for of the Year the All State Choirs, President Elect, President and now Past President. She is popular throughout the Northwest as an accompanist, clinician and adjudicator. Camille’s sister and mother contributed this portrait of our 2011 Music Educator of the Year: Stephen Newton Camille was born with a love of music in general and pianos in partic- ular. From the time she could crawl, any piano anywhere drew her to it like a magnet. The first piano of her own was a little red one, left by Santa 2012 Idaho Music Educator when she was not yet three and living with her family in a small New York City apartment. When the family re- of the Year turned to Idaho, the piano was left Stephen Newton was born in Winfield, Kansas on June 30, 1948. He behind. The next December, Camille came from a musical family, including violin- announced that Santa was going to ists, pianists, vocalists and brass players. His bring her a piano for Christmas! great grandfather was a locally well-known Santa had not planned on another violin maker written up in Reader's Digest. piano so soon, so her mother said, His grand parents were outstanding vocalists “Well, honey, if Santa Claus doesn’t and his grandfather was a trumpet player and have enough little pianos to give to double bell Euphonium player in the First all the little girls who want them, it’ll Cavalry band during World War I. His mother be all right if he brings you some- was trained as a concert pianist and violinist. thing else, won't it?” She was a rea- His family moved to Colorado in 1957 and sonable child. She said, “Yes, if Santa settled in the Denver area in 1960. He gradu- Claus doesn’t have enough money to bring me a piano, it’ll be all right if ated from Abraham Lincoln High School June he brings me something that I don’t care for…something I’m not planning of 1966. He played in the high school band, on.” You know that she got the piano! orchestra and jazz band and also sang in the When Camille was eight she began taking piano lessons from Emmy Concert Choir. He enrolled at Western State College, in Gunnison, Colora- Collette and practicing on the old upright piano in the basement and, very do in the fall of 1966. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in conveniently, just outside her bedroom. She never had to be bribed or music education in 1970, double majoring in instrumental and vocal even reminded to practice, but there was a problem. The food storage music education. room was in the basement, too, and asking Camille to go down to get He began his teaching career in the fall of 1970 in the Gunnison public something for her mother was like sending her into a black hole from schools teaching choir while going to graduate school half time. He which she would never emerge. Once anywhere near the piano, she would earned his graduate degree in trumpet performance. He also married his completely forget her errand. high school sweetheart, LuAnn Stevenson, in June of 1970. During her high school years at Skyline, she studied piano with In 1972, he and his wife moved to the Denver metro area to pursue Jeanne Sherman and voice with Ina Lou Cheney, and sang in all Jerry their fame and fortune in the world of public education. He was the assist- Shively’s choirs and at various church and community functions. In 1971, ant band director at Westminster High School and became a charter her senior year, she auditioned to perform with the Pocatello Youth Sym- member of the Colorado Bandmasters Association and the Colorado Brass phony in their spring concert. She was one of those chosen to be on the Band Association. Three years later, they moved to Durango, Colorado program and sang an aria by Menotti. where Newton was the assistant band director at Durango High School as She always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up: a music well as the primary director at two junior highs. teacher. At University of Idaho she majored in Choral Music Education, In 1977, Newton and his family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado studied voice and piano, and had leading roles in musical productions. where he became the band director at Grand Junction High School With her new bachelor's degree in hand, she returned to Idaho Falls and through 1983. During his tenure at Grand Junction High School, he took taught vocal music for two years at Clair E. Gale Jr. High and directed the his concert and marching bands to Hawaii twice, the World’s Fair in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore at Knoxville, Tennessee and led the Parade of Lights at Disney World for Skyline High School. their Tenth Anniversary Season. Camille wanted to pursue an advanced degree, and Northern Arizona In the fall of 1983, they moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho where he was the University in Flagstaff offered her an assistantship in the vocal music de- choral director at Skyline High School and later became a school counse- partment. She graduated in 1981 with the degree of Master of Music in lor in the Idaho Falls area for 12 years. While in Idaho Falls, he also was Vocal Performance and then returned to Idaho for a few months to direct an adjunct trumpet instructor at then Ricks College for 16 years. While in the U of I summer musical theater program, sing in musical productions, Idaho Falls, Newton enjoyed performing with the Idaho Falls Symphony, and study with Charles Walton again. In early 1982 she was a finalist in Chamber Orchestras, Idaho Falls Symphony Chorale, and the Ricks Col- the Northwest Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions. lege Faculty Brass Quintet. He was also the lead in many operas and mu- Camille returned to Arizona to work as the Music Director at Black sicals including singing the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof. He also per- Bart’s Steak House, Saloon and Old West Dinner Theatre, writing and di- formed in the Mikado, The Music Man and The Merry Widow. He recting melodramas and teaching and chore- conducted 15 school district musicals, and 12 community musicals. Before ographing chorus numbers from musicals. In moving to the Treasure Valley, Newton served as a clinician and adjudica- 1986 she was hired as the choir director at tor in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls. In In 2001, the Newtons moved to the Treasure Valley where Steve spent 1992 she transferred to Hillcrest High School one year as a high school counselor in the Nampa School District before where she now teaches seven choirs with en- taking over the instrumental and vocal music programs at Kuna High rollment of over 300 students. Her choirs School in 2002. Newton began devoting his attentions to the instrumental have performed at All State and All North- program with the hiring of Brandi Cook. Newton has served as the Vice west. President and President of the District III Music Educators Association Camille is involved in community and and has held positions on the Idaho Music Educators Association state church music having been the director of the board and is currently serving as the exhibit manager for the All State Idaho Falls Symphony Chorale, singing and Music Conference in Coeur d’Alene in April. He will retire this year from accompanying Anam Cara Chamber Choir, public education after 42 years of service. performing in and directing music produc- tions for the Idaho Falls Opera Theatre, and
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