New Mexico Musician Volume 33 | Number 2 Article 1 12-1985 New Mexico Musician Vol 33 No 2 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nm_musician Part of the Music Education Commons Recommended Citation . "New Mexico Musician Vol 33 No 2." New Mexico Musician 33, 2 (1985). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nm_musician/vol33/ 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]. "-l. L CIAL PUBUCATION NEW MEXICO MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION Winter 1985 Number 2 IT HAS THE HEART OF A DX SYNTHESIZER. AND THE MIND OF A COMPUTER. The firstcomputer with true musical CXSM is a musician,friendly computer as talent is here - the CXSM fromYamaha. well as a musical sounding one. 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Taylor Intermediate And Advanced Students/Keith Lemmons........ 10 Box 1015 ogordo 88310 The Society For General Music Idea Exchange ................. 14 e 437-0523 Office 437-6886 Music In Our SchoolsMonth - Get Involved/Sherry Taylor. .. .. 1 7 E-PRESIDENT, ORCHESTRA Chrisman New Mexico Ensembles to Perform in Anaheim ................ 44 Box 323 cres 88033 e 526-8815 Office 524-8611 THE ALL-STATE IN-SERVICE CONFERENCE E·PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE iuane J. Bowen AND MUSIC FESTIVAL rloyd Golden Circle Outstanding Music Educators jes 88130 I! 356-3077 Office 562-2781 To Be Honored..................................... 19 PRESIDENT Guest Conductors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 �oung Van Court Clinicians .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 pgordo 88310 Guest Speaker. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 F 437-6038 Office 437-6886 ICUTIVE SECRETARY Featured Ensembles .................................... 30 Heitman Vice-President Reports.................................. 32 Don Gasper [ Fe 87501 Student Chapter News. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 982-1091 Schedule of Events ..................................... 38 MEA DISTRICT PRESIDENTS DEPARTMENTS RICT I· SOUTHWEST The President's Message.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Our Executive Secretary Says. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 so 88345 From The State Department of Education. .. .. .. .. .. 9 257-4070 Office 258-4910 RICT 2 - SOUTHEAST News from NAJE ...................................... 36 District News. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 University News . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 RICT 3 - NORTHWEST Of Note ............................................. 49 I Corkran . Cliff NMMEA Music Industry Members.......................... 50 87301 Advertiser's Index. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 722-5412 Office 722-7721 RICT 4 • NORTH CENTRAL Tom Dodson, Editor Larry Wheeler, Business Manager Home 293-4901 Office 277-4705 Home 256-3823 RICT 5 - NORTHEAST All correspondence should be addressed to the editor, Department of Music, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87 t 3 t. 445-5682 Office 445-8032 The New Mexico Music Educators Association is a federated state association of the Music RICT 6 - CENTRAL Educators National Conference and part of the Southwestern Division of MENC. Delgado [ Box 208 unas 87031 The New Mexico Musician is published three times per year at Harte-Hanks Direct 865-7164 Office 864-7468 (Ext. 29) Marketing/Albuquerque by the NMMEA. Deadlines for the Fall, Winter and Spring issues are RICT 7 • ALBUQUERQUE August 7, November 1, and March 1. Thelander !San Pablo NE erque 87110 Subscription rate to non-members is $4.50 per year; single copy is $1.50. Changes of address 888-2463 should be reported to Rollie Heitman, Executive Secretary. TER, 1985 3 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Preparations for the 1986 New of March, 1986, and in succeeding Mexico Music Educators years as "Music In Our Schools Association In-service Conference Month." All of New Mexico's and All-State Music Clinic are congressmen agreed to co-sponsor complete. Thanks to the hard work the resolution. The 1986 theme for of your vice-presidents for MIOSM is "Music Brings Us elementary/junior high school Together." music, orchestra, choir, and band, Sherry Taylor, NMMEA we can look forward to a very Elementary/Junior High Vice­ educational, informative, and President, is 1986 state chair of productive three days for both MIOSM. MIOSM can be an students and teachers. Read each of effective public relations tool and an the vice-presidents' reports for ideal time to encourage maximum highlights of the conference. participation from community KEYNOTE SPEAKER members who are not a part of our Paul Lehman, President of profession. MENC, will address our general Sherry would appreciate having membership meeting at 3:00 p.m., Sam Pemberton a written report of your activities. Friday, January 10th. His topic will Plan now to participate in March of be "What's Right with Music Secretary, set up the panel 1986, and to send reports and Education." discussion. Win will moderate. photos to Tom Dodson or Sherry Dr. Lehman will also participate I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. by March 1st for inclusion in the in a panel discussion on the subject Lehman speak at the SWMENC In­ spring issue of our journal, or by of the shortage of music teachers in service Conference in Colorado August 1st for the fall issue. New Mexico at 10:30 a.m. on Springs last January and can assure Sherry's and Tom's addresses are Friday in Room 1108 of the UNM you that he is as effective in person listed to the left of the table of con­ Fine Arts Center. Other members of as he is in print. MENC is footing tents on page three of this the panel include Dale Kempter, the bill for his transportation magazine. Director of Music Education for the expenses from and to Ann Arbor. Albuquerque Public Schools; Dr. Duane Bowen, music professor at MUSIC EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD ENMU; Michelle Cosby, New MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS Mexico Collegiate MENC president; MONTH AND THE DR. JOHN BATCHELLER and myself. Win Christian, Music Representative Daniel Akaka AWARD Specialist for the New Mexico (D-Hawaii) and Senator Paul Simon FOR EXCELLENCE IN Department of Education, and (D-IL) sponsored a joint resolution TEACHING ELEMENTARY Rollie Heitman, NMMEA Executive- in Congress to proclaim the month SCHOOL MUSIC Floren Thompson, Jr., professor of music at ENMU, has been named 1986 NMMEA Music Educator of the Year. The selection process began at your spring district NMMEA business meeting. Your "' district president submitted your district's nominees' resumes and NORTHERN NEW MRXICO MUSIC CO. photographs to our executive­ 825 CERRILLOS RD. secretary by June 1st of this year, SANTA FE, N.M. 87501 and the final selection was made Linda M. Dixon-Owner last August. Mr. Thompson will be Catherine Lamoreux-Manager Anita Sanchez-Clerk Phone 983-7931 recognized at the 1986 All-State concerts. Continued on page 12 4 NEW MEXICO MUSICIAN The Chicago Brass Quintet intonation of any trumpet was formed over 20 years that I've ever played. ago. This immensely Furthermore," says Beacraft, talented quintet today con­ "as for response and sound sists of Ross Beacraft and quality, my new 'C' is Brad Boehm on trumpet, unsurpassed.'' f onathan Boen on french Robert Bauchens feels horn, Robert Bauchens on that good intonation and tuba and fim Mattern, the sound quality are present group's founder on throughout the entire line of trombone. Yamaha background brass instruments. And he makes Back in 1962, though, the a special point of saying group's beginning didn't how nice it is not having to start out on much of a high comp ens a t e for in­ note. Recalls Jim Mattern, consistencies in the in­ "I believe when we started struments. "Because of their out, the appeal of the Chica­ consistently superior go Brass Quintet was too response, when you play narrow. The music was too Yamaha background brass," predictable, not interesting states Bauchens, "you can enough. Consequently, we just concentrate on making missed a lot of audience the music as expressive as that we should have been possible. And in so doing, reaching. A situation that touch your audience in was as unsatisfying for us as for valves not just sharing their music ways you may have never touch­ them. Becau e, in essence, music is but sharing their thoughts. ed them before." communication, communication Jonathan Boen: "Talking to the "It really can be thrilling," says between performer and audience. audience develop a special Ross Beacraft. "I mean when we're When you can reach people and feel relationship. It helps people see us out on that stage and the audience them respond, it's wonderful, it not just as performers but as is really with us every step of the makes all the hours of practice people. Hopefully they walk away way. At times like that, there is a worth it." knowing a lot more about our bond between performer and audi­ So the Chicago Brass Quintet music and our instruments than ence unlike anything else you changed. They began to put much they ever did before." could ever experience. It's hard to more variety into their programs.