www.idahomusiced.org CONFERENCE ISSUE All-State Honor Groups & Idaho Music Notes Inservice Conference April 17-19, 2014 IDAHO MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION NNU, Nampa WINTER 2014 www.idahomusiced.org IDAHO MUSIC NOTES Volume 52, Number 2 of 3 A publication of the IDAHO MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION www.idahomusiced.org WINTER 2014 Clinic Sessions, Exhibits, Special Events, Performing Groups! ...and MORE! Register Today! Pages 6–9 Other Great Stuff Inside! For Professional Repair & Quality Service Blue Rider Music & Instrument Repair Specializing in Brass & Woodwind Sales, Rental & Repair INSTRUMENTS King Armstrong Benge Fox Conn-Selmer Artley Pearl Drums ACCESSORIES Rico LaVoz VanDoren Humes & Berg Emergency Repairs! State Solo Music! Method & Solo Books! REPAIR 595 W. Ustick (208) 888-6238 Meridian, Idaho 83646 WINTER 2014 Idaho Music Notes 2 Idaho Music Notes 3 WINTER 2014 OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS e e Curt Griffiths, President, Idaho Music Notes 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 Winter 2014 Volume 54, Number 2 of 3 e Ron Curtis, President-Elect/All-State Idaho Music Notes is published three times yearly—November, February, & May General Chair, [email protected], Vallivue Subscription price is included in IMEA/MENC dues. Non-member subscription rates—$10.00 per year. 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Second class postage is paid at Twin Falls, Idaho 83301. 208-457-9328H/208-773-0581W Postmaster: Send address changes to Idaho Music Notes, 824 Northview Drive, Twin Falls, ID 83301. © 2014 Idaho Music Educators Association e Camille Blackburn, Secretary wwwwww 659 Marjorie Avenue, Idaho Falls ID 83401 Contents President’s Page .............................................................6 SPONSORS INDEX 520-7845H/525-4429W These are the people who [email protected]; [email protected] NW Session Proposals Due ..............................6 keep our state dues low e Gary Gemberling, IHSAA Representative IMEA CONFERENCE REGISTRATION .............7 and enable us to put out 1021 10th Ave., Lewiston, ID 83501 THE CONFERENCE at a GLANCE .....................8-9 a quality magazine— 743-3899H/748-3171W; please support them. [email protected] North by Northwest .......................................................10 Specialist’s Space ...........................................................12 e Karen Goodrich, Business Manager AAIIRR Acoustics ..................12 1412 Clearwater Way, Twin Falls, ID 83301 IMEA Institutional Members ...........................13 324-5950H/732-7555W/FAX733-4949 ALL-STATE HONOR GROUPS ...............................14 Blue Rider Music .....................2 [email protected]; [email protected] NAfME Liaison Ginny Reese .........................................15 e Wayne Millet, Webmaster What’s New in Music Technology? ........................16 Boise State University ..............3 1677 S 2750 W, Aberdeen, ID 83210 604-0733H/397-4152W/FAX397-4437 Music Technology Courses .............................................18 Brigham Young University ....27 [email protected]/ Guitar Workshop this summer at ISU ..............18 [email protected] Great Basin Jazz Camp Update .....................................20 BYU-Idaho .............................17 e State Solo Chair Dale Ball: A Life Well Lived .............................24 e Ted Hadley, Editor, MUSIC NOTES, BYU Intermuse ......................21 Publications, 824 Northview Dr., Twin Falls, ID Scherzo! ......................................................................26 Chesbro Music .......................18 83301 733-1079H/732-7555 ext 4377W/732-7556FAX College of Southern Idaho ......12 [email protected]/[email protected] www.idahomusiced.org e All-State Orchestra Chair: Stephanie Greif’s Music ..........................10 Slater/Wendy Hartman www.nafme.org e All-State Band Chair: Megan Olswanger The mission of IMEA is to promote and advance Idaho State University ...........19 e All-State Treble Choir Chair: Andrew music education in all Idaho schools, to foster personal and Percifield professional growth of music educators, and to standardize and J.W. Pepper Music ................25 e All-State Mixed Choir Chair: David Burton enhance musical opportunities for all students throughout the state. e Exhibit Chair: NAfME ..................................22 e Elementary/General Chair: Shirley Van Northwest Nazarene University ......15 Paepeghem e Middle Schools Chair: Eric Adamson District Presidents e District I President Aaron Gordon QuaverMusic.Com ...................5 e Small Schools Chair: Melanie Halsell Sandpoint HS, 410 S Division St., Sandpoint, ID 83864 e Band Chair: Phil Hartman [email protected]; Phone: 263-3034/Fax: 263-5321 Synthesis/Midi Workshop .....16 e Choral Chair: Michael Murphy, ACDA e String Chair: Kevin Howard, ISTA e District II President Joel Pals Treasure Valley Community College .....26 e Technology Chair: José Rodriguez Moscow HS, 402 E. 5th St., Moscow, ID 83843 [email protected]; Home: 301-8809; School: 882-2591; Fax: 892-1136 e Higher Education Chair: Judy Marlett University of Idaho .................11 e Collegiate Chair: Amanda Soto e District III President Marty Worthington e Research Chair: Lorie Enloe, University of 8055 Goddard Rd., Boise, ID 83704, [email protected]; University of Oregon .............23 [email protected]; School: 854-4490; FAX: 322-3773 Idaho, Room 206, Moscow, Id 83844-4015 University of Portland ............21 [email protected] e District III Vice-President Dawn Sandmeyer e Gale Maxey, Retired Members P.O. Box 340, Marsing, ID 83639 Willamette University ...........24 8440 Golse Drive, Boise, 83704 [email protected]; Home: ; Phone: 896-4111 ext 297; Fax: 896-4457 [email protected], H375-5079 Yamaha........................back cover e Peggy Wenner, Coordinator, Arts and Hu- e District IV President Jeff Collier manities, SDE, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720- 300 W. Highway 25, Rupert, ID 83350 [email protected]; Home: 430-6438; Fax: 436-3266 0027; [email protected], H343-7438, Editor’s Desktop Welcome to our Conference issue! W332-6949 e District V President Aaron Marshall What a great inservice Conference is e NAfME Exec. Director Michael Butera, Marsh Valley HS, 12655 S. Old Hwy 91, Arimo, ID 83214; [email protected]; 254-9230 planned for your enjoyment and 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 22091; 800- edification April 17-19 on the NNU 336-3768 Toll-free/793-860-4000 e District VI President Susan Christensen Campus in Nampa! e Mark Lane, NW President, Leavenworth, 935 N. 5th E., Driggs, ID 83422, [email protected]; Home: 705.5053; We have clinic sessions, exhibitors, School: 354-2971; Fax: 354-8685 concerts, and sharing of ideas with the Washington best music educators in the state, e Nancy Ditmer, NAfME President, Wooster, e Gemstate District President Lauren Folkner, Bonneville High School, 3165 Iona Road, including you! Ohio Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401, Phone 208-525-4406, [email protected] Hope to see you there. Register today! —Ted Hadley, Editor & Manager WINTER 2014 Idaho Music Notes 4 Idaho Music Notes 5 WINTER 2014 32nd Biennial Inservice President’s Conference & All-State Honor Groups Page Northwest Nazarene University Curt Griffiths Nampa April 17-19, 2014 Go to Come to the idahomusiced.org Conference! to register! Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Idaho Music Educators Association, I invite Visit the IMEA website you to join with your colleagues across the state and attend the upcoming Idaho Music Educators Biennial In-service Conference today: in Nampa this April 17-19 at Northwest Nazarene University. It will give you a chance to meet, and network with colleagues from www.idahomusiced.org. throughout the state. Nowhere else will you find more than 250 Idaho music educators gathered together networking and sharing ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ their experiences. So invest in yourself with a NAfME membership and conference attendance. Conference Registration Teachers: Sessions have been screened and scheduled, performing The registration for the IMEA All-State Bi-Annual Inservice groups are selected, exhibits are planned, keynote speakers are Conference is now open. Registration will be again done through lined up and prepared to inspire and All-State Honor groups have the NW-NAfME office in Washington. You can access the regis- music is in hand. NAfME National President Nancy Ditmer will tration instruction page at: be our keynote speaker at our opening session; she will be http://www.idahomusiced.org/events/allstate/ speaking on “Orchestrating