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ASHEVILLE 828.299.3000 www.TheMusicCenterInc.com IN LOVING MEMORY Control your mie class with an iPad® Yamaha Music in Education (MIE) is a technology-based general music program with a unique and engaging method, a special two-student keyboard, and now a new iPad app that gives teachers total control of instruments and learning materials from anywhere in the room. The iPad also gives teachers instant access to MIE textbooks and other course materials, making the job of teaching far more fun and effective. The app works with the MIE3 system as well as some older configurations. For more information about MIE, visit 4wrd.it/miencme6 or scan the code below. Or, email [email protected] today if you have questions about the iPad app’s compatibility with your current MIE classroom system. ©2013 Yamaha Corporation of America. All rights reserved. iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. LENOIR 828.758.5253 ROBERT J. 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ASHEVILLE 828.299.3000 www.TheMusicCenterInc.com The North Carolina Music Educator Volume 63 - Number 4 - SPRING 2013 Official Publication of the NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS District 10: Eugene Cotton, Jr. Retired Membership: Hazel Chapman Voting Members [email protected] [email protected] President: Sonja Z.M. Williams 910-818-3198 (H) 336-667-3070 (H) [email protected] District 11: Angela Mangum Teacher Education: Connie McKoy 910-346-1804 (H) [email protected] [email protected] 336-334-5478 (W) Immediate Past President: David S. Albert 919 528-2767(w) Technology: Barbara Packales Vinal [email protected] 919-608-9451 (C) District 12: Deborah Davis [email protected] President-Elect: Richard Holmes [email protected] 919-607-6541 (C) [email protected] 252-341-1490 (C) Tri-M: Windy Fullagar 828-328-2289 (W) District 13: Mark Cashin [email protected] Recording Secretary: Susan Trivette [email protected] 704-957-9048 (C) [email protected] 704-279-5831 910-305-3022 (H) Young Professionals: Lisa Qualls Member-at-Large: John Corey, III District 14: Michelle Staley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 336-629-7807 (H) 252-756-4001 (H) 910-554-1773(C) AWARD, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIP Member-at-Large: Jessica Traversino District 15: Susan Braatz CHAIRS [email protected] 919-741-0180 (C) [email protected] Awards: Jane Williams SECTION CHAIRS 252-678-3400 (C) [email protected] Band: Michael Wilson Non-Voting Members 919-225-3769 (C) [email protected] STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Honor Administrator 828-687-7454 (W) Advocacy: Jonathan R. Drye Music Education Advocate Collegiate NAfME: Laura Arevalo-Gallego [email protected] NCMEA Hall of Fame Award Grants: [email protected] 336-402-9712 (C) NCMEA Mini Grant: David S. Albert dsa. 919-673-4787 (C) Constitution: Maribeth Yoder-White [email protected] 919-608-9451 (C) Elementary: Beth Ulffers [email protected] NCMEA Summer Professional Development [email protected] 252-714-2612 (C) 828-260-0314 (C) Grant: Christie M. Lynch Ebert High School Choral: Carol Earnhardt Finance: David S. Albert [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 919-608-9451 (C) 919-807-3856 (W) 336-816-4982(C) Membership: Richard Holmes Scholarships: Marshall E. Butler, Jr. Higher Education: Matt Buckmaster [email protected] [email protected] 919-365-4410 (H) [email protected] 336-278-5624 (W) 828-328-2289 (W) Bill McCloud Scholarship Jazz Education: Andy Wright Publications: Carla Copeland-Burns NCMEA Barbara Bair Scholarship [email protected] [email protected] Ruth Jewell Scholarship 252-259-4372 336-327-5019 (C) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Middle School Choral: Hillary D.S. Boutwell COMMISSION AND Collegiate NCfME Advisor: Jane McKinney [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS [email protected] 910-330-9123 (C) 910-805-0753 (H) Arts Coordinators: Janae Copeland 336-272-7102 X 281 (W) Orchestra: Jessica Embry [email protected] Editor: Carla Copeland-Burns [email protected] 910-455-2211 x 20122 [email protected] 304-629-9013(C) Exceptional Children & General Music: 336-327-5019 (C) DISTRICT PRESIDENTS Rue S. Lee-Holmes Executive Director: Reta R. Phifer District 1: Robert Jessup [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 910-594-1420 (W) 704-537-6237 (W) 828-524-6467 (W) Government Relations: Historian: Connie McKoy District 2: Cathy Baker Christie M. Lynch Ebert [email protected] 336-334-5478 (W) [email protected] [email protected] Music Industry Representative: 704-616-7361(C) 919-807-3856 (W) Barry Carroll, Jr. District 3: Donna Wiles Information Services & Assistant Conference [email protected] [email protected] Chair: Libby Brown 919-608-0148 (C) 828-320-7823 (C) [email protected] Parliamentarian: David S. Albert District 4: Helen Sigler 336-816-3704 (C) [email protected] 919-608-9451 (C) [email protected] 336-692-6443(C) In-Service Conference Chair: Barbara Geer Representative from the State Department of District 5: Sara Tolles [email protected] Public Instruction: Christie M. Lynch Ebert [email protected] 336-853-7795 (W) 336-996-5293 (H) [email protected] District 6: Windy B. Fullager Mentoring: Phillip Riggs 919-807-3856 (W) [email protected] [email protected] NCMEA OFFICE 704-957-9048 (C) 919-416-2710 (W) Reta R. Phifer, Executive Director District 7: Jonathan R. Drye Multi-Cultural Awareness: Allison Ring [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 336-609-2409 (C) 7520 E. Independence Blvd. 336-402-9712 (C) Music In Our Schools Month: Suite 155 District 8: Jade Tolles Angela Mangum Charlotte, NC 28227 [email protected] [email protected] Toll-Free: (866) 916-2632 336-686-4494 (C) 919 528-2767(w) Local: (704) 537-6237 District 9: Jane Williams Research: Fred Spano Fax: 704-537-6238 [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.ncmea.net 919-225-3769 (C) 704.687.0263 (W) Updated January 14, 2013 4 NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/SPRING 2013 MUSIC DEGREE PROGRAMS Bachelor of Arts in Music Bachelor of Music Performance (including jazz) Music Education Music Composition Music Minor Post-Baccalaureate Certificates Music Theory, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Composition, Jazz, Music Education, BioMusic Master of Music Performance Music Composition Music Education w Music Theory Post-Master Certificates Music Theory Pedagogy Doctor of Musical Arts Performance Doctor of Philosophy Music Education MUSIC AUDITION DATES December 7, 2013 MUSIC IS WHAT January 25, 2014 February 8, 2014 LIFE SOUNDS LIKE. March 1*, 2014 - Eric Olson MINERVA MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP Up to four years, full in-state tuition *March 1 is the last date to be considered for a music scholarship of assistantship. performingarts.uncg.edu [email protected] | 336-334-5789 | facebook.com/musictheatredance NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC EDUCATOR/SPRING 2013 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT 10 NEWS AND NOTES Reflections from a Long Time Music Educator and Soon to Be Departing Executive Director ............................................................................10-12 13 ADVOCACY MATTERS Advocacy of Music Programs in North Carolina ...........................................................................13 14 TECHNOLOGY SECTION Technology in the 21st Century ..................................................................................................14-15 Technology Spotlight: Keep it Simple and Make It Interactive ................................................16-18 Technology Spotlight: Leveling the Playing Field .....................................................................20-21 Technology Spotlight: Oxymoron – The Social Music Theory Classroom ............................