An Educational Publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association June 2016 • Volume 17, Issue 4
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Bandmasters Review An Educational Publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association June 2016 • Volume 17, Issue 4 69th Annual TBA Convention/Clinic Thursday-Sunday, July 21-24 www.texasbandmasters.org Pre-register through July 1 2016 TBA PREMIER SPONSOR MARCHING SHOW CONCEPTS 2016 TBA PATRON SPONSOR 2016 TBA Featured Composer and Featured Clinician Eric Whitacre, Gary Green, 2016 TBA Featured Composer 2016 TBA Featured Clinician Sponsors: National Wind Band Honors Grammy-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of Gary D. Green is Emeritus Professor of Music and Director of Bands the most popular musicians of our time. His concert music has been at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. While teaching performed throughout the world by millions of amateur and professional there, in addition to supervising all band activities, he was the conductor musicians alike, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united of the Frost Wind Ensemble, supervised all graduate conducting singers from over 110 different countries. As conductor of the Eric students in the wind and percussion area and served as the Chairman Whitacre Singers he has released several chart-topping albums including of Instrumental Performance for seventeen years. Prior to coming to 2011’s bestselling Light and Gold. A sought-after guest conductor, Eric has Miami, Professor Green served for ten years as Director of Bands at the conducted choral and instrumental concerts around the globe. He has University of Connecticut where he was influential in commissioning worked with legendary Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer and British and recording new works for winds and percussion including Symphony pop icons Laura Mvula, Imogen Heap and Annie Lennox. A charismatic No. 3 by David Maslanka and A Cornfield in July and The River by William speaker, Eric has given keynote addresses for many Fortune 500 companies Penn. During his tenure at the University of Miami, Professor Green and global institutions. Whitacre is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard continued the commissioning and performance of important new School of Music. This year, Eric completed a five-year term as Visiting repertoire for winds and percussion. He is an active conductor and Fellow and Composer in Residence at Cambridge University, UK. clinician and has appeared with international, national, and regional bands and intercollegiate bands in all of the continental United States and Hawaii. Don’t miss them this summer! Friday, July 22 at 7:30 PM Friday, July 22 at 3:30 PM United States Air Force Band of the West Concert What’s in the Beat - Let’s Be Clear Lila Cockrell Theatre Room: CC 214AB Major David A. Alpar, Conductor Clinician: Gary Green Eric Whitacre, Guest Conductor Mr. Green will discuss techniques and concepts of the development of Featuring the TCDA Choir an inner voice as well as a discussion of musical concepts. Tom “Bones” Malone, Guest Trombone Soloist Sponsors: United States Air Force, Conn-Selmer, Inc. Saturday, July 23 at 9:30 AM “Lux Aurumque” Friday, July 22 at 2:00 PM Room: CC 217ABC A Few Things I Have Learned Teaching Music in the Clinicians: Gary Green and Eric Whitacre Demonstration Group: U.S. Air Force Band of the West Band Room This clinic will be a discussion of how “Lux Aurumque” came to be in Room: CC 214AB the current band form, how it has changed, how it is different than the Clinician: Gary Green original, and how the band version has influenced the original version. Mr. Green will discuss techniques and lessons learned in his career as a band Whitacre and Green will both conduct “Lux Aurumque” so that attendees director. He will include music experienced, work with composers and other band can see and feel the difference in how they each interpret the music. directors, mistakes and successes experienced as well as a practical look into the teaching of music from elementary school to the college level. Bandmasters Review Mission An Educational Publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association Statement The purpose of the Features TBA News Texas Bandmasters Association, Inc. is to: 8 Texas Bandmasters Hall of 2 From the Board Continually assist its Fame by Steven Moore, membership in achieving by Gary Wells 2015-16 TBA President the highest standards 9 Bridging the Gap Between 4 A Spotlight On...Spouses Activities of instrumental Inspiration and Execution music education. 5 Reflections Of My Life As by David W. Vandewalker uuu A Band Director’s Spouse Promote the place and 11 If I Knew Then What by Funny Parsons, Spouse of value of music education I Know Now... 2016 Bandmaster of the Year in our society and the by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser 18 TBA Convention/Clinic important role instrumental 13 Using Technology and the Schedule of Events music plays in our cultural, intellectual, and social lives. “Flipped Classroom” Model to 30 • Pre-registration ENDS JULY 1 Improve Student Learning • Hotel Reservations uuu by Marianne White • TBA Barbeque - July 23 Foster goodwill, • Bobby Goff Memorial Washer fellowship and a collegial, 15 Two Million Reasons Chunkin’ Contest - July 23 fraternal spirit Why Marching Band Kids • TBA Academy - July 21 among its members. Are So Responsible • Student Day - July 22 uuu by Gary Gribble • Band Boosters - July 22 Provide its membership • Fast Forward Clinic for College with an annual Thursday-Sunday, Students - July 22, 2:00pm Convention/Clinic which • Exhibit Hall - July 22-23 July 21-14, 2016 introduces new music, • Fun Run/Health Walk - July 21 tried and proven teaching • Golf Tournament - July 21 methods and materials • Tennis Tournament - July 21 as well as instruments and equipment. 32 An Instrumental Blog presented by D’Addario uuu by Matt Smith, Ray Ulibarri Provide Educational Publications of instructional inside 2016 Convention/Clinic back methods and materials cover Sponsors - THANK YOU! for TBA members and aid them with their TBA publishes these educational articles for your use in the classroom and rehearsal hall and to personal development share with your students as you wish. The opinions and teaching methods are those of the authors and leadership. and not necessarily shared by all members of the TBA staff and Board of Directors. uuu BANDMASTERS REVIEW is an educational publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association. The magazine’s purpose is to assist TBA members in achieving the highest standards of instrumental Provide information for music education. BANDMASTERS REVIEW is a quarterly publication and is mailed to current the university music student Active/Retired and Business Members of TBA. If your address has changed, please contact the Texas Bandmasters Association office: 1002 Central Parkway South, San Antonio, TX 78232 preparing to become Phone: (210) 492-8878 Fax: (210) 492-8996 a band director. www.texasbandmasters.org Bandmasters Review • June 2016 1 Texas Bandmasters Association Texas Bandmasters From the Board Association 2015-16 Steven Moore, 2015-16 TBA President Board of Directors Steven Moore Greetings colleagues and friends! By now, Band of the President you have wrapped up your year and hopefully West, which Lindale High School P.O. Box 370 have been able to find some time to relax a will feature Lindale, TX 75771 903-881-4140 little. I hope that your year was successful, Eric Whitacre [email protected] and that you accomplished all the goals that conducting Jeff King you set for yourself, your students, and your along with the President Elect program. Even though we have wrapped up TCDA Directors Irving ISD 2621 W. Airport Freeway one year, we have all begun the process of Chorus, the Irving, TX 75062-6020 getting the next year started— evaluating Blue Knights Drum Corps, the East Texas 972-600-5088 [email protected] our programs, our students and ourselves, Symphonic Band, WTSU/AMU Alumni Chico Portillo and trying to develop strategies to meet their Band, the Kingwood Big Band, and The Vice President needs and to become better educators. TBA Moanin’ Frogs. In addition, we will have a Pflugerville ISD 1401 W. Pecan has been helping band directors meet these performance by Southwest HS (Fort Worth Pflugerville, TX 78660 goals for over 65 years, and we have a great ISD) directed by Stacy Dunn and the Willis 512-594-0187 [email protected] convention filled with some of our best HS Jazz Band. educators at all levels ready to share their You will not want to miss the sessions with John Morrison Treasurer ideas, strategies and techniques to help us all our world renowned Featured Clinician Gary Cypress-Fairbanks ISD grow in the profession. The 69th annual TBA Green and our Grammy-winning Featured 10300 Jones Road, Suite 724 Houston, TX 77065 Convention/Clinic will be held July 21-24 Composer Eric Whitacre. Mr. Green will 281-897-4042 [email protected] and should prove to be an informative, fun be talking about things he has learned from and inspiring three and a half days. a career as a band director as well as the Phillip Clements Secretary As you look through the Schedule of development of an inner voice and many Texas A&M University-Commerce Events in this magazine or on the interactive other musical concepts. Mr. Whitacre will P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429 schedule online at texasbandmasters.org, you begin his sessions at 8 am on Friday, July 22 903-886-5285 [email protected] will see a great line up of over 60 clinics in the Stars of Night Ballroom 3 & 4 with that pertain to middle school, high school, a welcome session discussing “Why We Do Roland Sandoval Sergeant-at-Arms university, marching band, color guard, What We Do” (definitely one not to miss). O’Connor High School percussion, and concert and beginning He will continue with a combined clinic 12221 Leslie Road Helotes, TX 78023 band.