New Mexico Musician Volume 11 | Number 2 Article 1 1-1-1964 New Mexico Musician Vol 11 No 2 (January 1964) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nm_musician Part of the Music Education Commons Recommended Citation . "New Mexico Musician Vol 11 No 2 (January 1964)." New Mexico Musician 11, 2 (1964). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ nm_musician/vol11/iss2/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in New Mexico Musician by an authorized editor of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLINIC '7'lecv Ttitexica ISSUE 2 MUSICIAN January 1964 Albuquerque, New Mexico Vol. XI No. 2 SWMTNA CONVENTION IN ALBUQUERQUE The Southwestern Division Conven­ tion of the Music Teachers National Association will be held in Albuquer­ que Friday, Saturday and Sunday, M ay 1-3 with headquarters at the Western Skies Motel. S W M T N A President Dr. Robert Briggs, Dean of the School of Music at Tulsa University, is in charge of the program. Assisting on the executive committee from New Mexico is Dr. Joseph Blankenship, vice president, S W M T N A , and chairman of the Department of Music from the University of New Mexico, Wray Sim­ mons state president of N M M T A , and Charles Brown, member at large, SW ­ MTNA. Local convention chairman is Byrdis Danfelser. In conjunction with the convention will be a string work­ Dr. Chester Travelstead shop at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Robert Briggs the New Mexico Student Affiliate State SWMTNA President NMMEA BANQUET SPEAKER Meeting, and a Piano Workshop bv Chester Travelstead, Dean of the Robert Pace. College of Education at the University of New M exico, will be the speaker at PRE-CONVENTION EVENTS the 1964 N M M E A All State Banquet, THURSDAY, APRIL 30 Thursday evening, January 23 at 5:30 1 00- 5 :0 0 p.m . Pre-registration, Lobby, Fahrer b.m. in the Desert Room of the New 2 30- 4 :0 0 p.m . SW MTNA Executive Committee, Motel, Briggs. Mexico Union. Dr. Travelstead, in­ 4 30- 5:3 0 p.m . Council of State and Local Pres., Motel, Blankenship. ternationally known as an educator, 8 0 0 1>.m. (Eastern N.M.U.) Opera Prod., Campus^ Snow-Blankenship (has been active in the field of music CONVENTION OPENS OFFICIALLY education in the past and is active in this field today. His bachelor’s and FRIDAY, MAY 1 - MORNING 8 0 0 - 5 :0 0 p.m. Registration, Lobby, Fahrer. piaster’s degrees were in music educa­ 8 15- 9 :1 5 p.m. NM MTA Meeting, Motel, Simmons. tion; his first teaching positions in the 9 30- L1:00 a.m. FIRST General Session, Ballroom, Briggs. (Includes PIANO Recital bv David public schools were in music; he was Burge, Univ. of Colorado; Brief Greetings by Wm. Fahrer, Exec. Secry., Supervisor of Music in the Public MTNA and Address by Dr. Chas. Bolen, VP MTNA) Schools of Lexington, K y.; he was on 11 00- 2 :0 0 p.m . Visit the Exhibits, Sandia Room, Demarest-Malin. the editorial board for the Music Edu­ FRIDAY—AFTERNOON cators Journal from 1957 to 1963; he 2 0 0 - 3 :3 0 p.m . Senior Piano, Motel, Morris-Hendrix. is a member of the national committee Sectional Meeting of MENC for the study of General 2 00- 3:3 0 p.m . Organ and Church Music, Motel, Andrews. Music in the public schools. 2 0 0 - 3 :3 0 p.m . Strings, Motel, Frederick. 2 Dean Travelstead completed his Ph. 00- 3 :3 0 p.m . Voice and Choral Music, Motel, Shirley. 3 3 0 - 4 :3 0 p.m . Visit the Exhibits, Sandia Room, Demorest-Malin. D. at the University of Kentucky and 4 30- 5:,30 p.m . SECOND General Session, Ballroom, Kent. began as an assistant professor of edu­ (College Student Program) cation there. He was the assistant Dean 5 30- 6 :3 0 p.m . SW MTNA Executive Committee, Motel, Briggs. of Education at the University of FRIDAY-EVENING peorgia and the Dean of the College 8 : 0 0 p .m . THIRD General Session, Campus, Blankenship. of Education at the University of (Verdi Requiem, presented by U of Mexico) (Student Affiliates invited.). South Carolina. He was well known 1 0 :00 p.m . Tertulia, Keller-Manser. To honor Wm. Fahrer, new National Executive for his vigorous stand for integration Secretary. (T o Page 10) (To Page 16) Ttecu Jttexica Editor D r. Jack MUSICIAN Stephenson Official Publication of New Mexico Music Educators Association and New Mexico Music Teachers Association VOLUME 11 JANUARY 1964 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL — TABLE OF CONTENTS To review the events of 1963 is startling. Yet it has been predicted N M M E A Banquet Speaker......................................................................................................... 1 S W M T N A Convention in Albuquerque ............................................................................ 1 that the rate and complexity of living Editorials ........................................................................................................................................... 2-3 will continue to increase. Change and Around the Horn ............................................................................................................................. 5 the rate of change is a challenge to N M M E A Minutes ................................................................................................................... 5-13 modern society. And in this increasing L. B. Harden. A Memorial ..................... 15 confusing scene what is most needed N M M T A ...................................................................................................................................... 16-17 20th Annual N M M E A All-State C lin e ................................................................................. 18 is a sense of direction and a sense of Dr. Elaine Brown ............................................................................................................................. 19 values. The number one problem fac­ Clarence Sawhill ............................................................................................................................. 19 ing the overworked psychiatrist to­ James Robertson ............................................................................................................................. 19 day is his patient’s inability to establish Auditions for Chair Placements ................................................................................................ 18 a sense of purpose and to understand North Central Association Statement ................................................................................. 20 All-State Instructions .............................................................................................................. 20-21 his aims and those of the contempor­ On Tempered Tuning by John Link ...................................................................................... 22 ary society. W e as educators need to All-State Programs ................................................................................................................... 22-23 provide not only growth in knowledge, Band Page ........................................................................................................................................... 25 but growth in knowledge, technique Choral Page ...................................................................................................................................... 27 and skills as they relate to the growing Orchestra Page ................................................................................................................................. 29 N M M E A Districts ................................................................................................................... 30-31 individual and the democratic society. Elementary Page ............................................................................................................................. 33 The individual needs to be able to say, “ I did this. This is my work and I am E d itor......................................................... Jack R. Stephenson, University of New Mexico proud of it.” He needs to be able to Circulation Manager................................. Donald McRae, University of New Mexico say, also, “ W e did this. This is our Associate Editor of Elementary............. John Batcheller, University of New Mexico work and we are proud of it.” He Associate Editor of Band ............................................... Robert Farley, Rio Grande H, S. Associate Editor of Chorus .................................................... Arthur Loy, Highland H.S. needs to be inspired so that he will Associate Editor of Orchestra ............................................. Stanley Siebenthal, Carlsbad work toward the ideals of truth, beauty and goodness. These things do not EDITORIAL BOARD: Paul Strub, ENMU; Champ Tyrone, Highlands Univer­ happen by accident. The human being sity; John Glowacki, N M S U ; Abrahm Parotti, N M W U ; Sister Erna Louise, St. Joseph’s College; Joe Blankenship, U N M ; Harold Van Winkle, Alamogordo; Don in such that what he is is due largely Wiley. Portales; John Romero. El Rito; Gene Hamilton, Aztec; Rowan Keith, to what he learns in this life from Socorro; Taylor Stephenson, Clayton; Robert Farley, Albuquerque. parents, from his schools, from his churches and the various institutions N M M E A Officers: President, Dale Kempter, E N M U , Portales; Vice President of Band, Ted Rush, 7016 Kiowa, N.E., Albuquerque; Vice President of Chorus, Joe of modern society.