A tradition of excellence for more than 75 years! Solo & Ensemble Organization Contests/Festivals The Illinois Grade School Music Association, Northern Division, is dedicated to encourage, aid, and advance music education in the elementary, middle and junior high schools of the State of Illinois. IGSMA sponsors contests among school bands, orchestras, and choruses, including solos and ensembles. The year culminates with a final organization contest/festival.
Why Become a Member? Adult professionals, dedicated to providing valuable and meaningful feedback for both students and directors, serve as adjudicators. IGSMA, Northern Division, is divided into nine districts making contest site locations convenient. Participation in IGSMA supports statewide advocacy for music education at the elementary and middle school levels. “Out of all of the activities I do with my students throughout the school year, without a doubt the most beneficial are IGSMA Solo/Ensemble Contest and Organization Contest. The students always seem a bit more “professional” after their first time being at Organization Contest - I definitely notice a change in their demeanor and attitudes. I heartily recommend all directors to join this fine organization!”
“Participating in the IGSMA Organization Contest has brought my choral program to a level of excellence that I could not have done alone. This tradition gives my students an amazing sense of accomplishment and an annual goal that we work together to achieve.” - Elena Ryan, Choral Director, Attea MS
- Carrie Provost, Orchestra Director, Franklin MS
“I have been sending students to the Illinois Grade School Music Association Organization Band Contest for almost 20 years and have found it to be an incredible place for students to achieve both individual and ensemble performance goals. IGSMA encourages a high level of musical and personal growth for each student who participates and is an integral part of our instrumental music program.” - Kimberly Farris, Band Director, Wilmette JHS
Officers Lisa Kiener-Barnett President lkiener@lisle202.org
Terrence Melbourne Vice President tmelbourn@d181.org
Edward Jones Executive Secretary-Treasurer igsma@aol.com
Justin Bangert, District 1 jbangert@pikeland.org
Lisa Eaton, District 4 igsmadist4@gmail.com
Kimberly Farris, District 7 farrisk@wilmette39.org
Linda Betzelberger, District 2 lbetzelberger@dist102.org
John Versluis, District 5 jversluis@geneseoschools.org
Allison Reatherford, District 8 areatherford@gmail.com
Rebecca Meadows, District 3 igsma3@gmail.com
Phil Robb, District 6 igsma6@gmail.com
Deb Shofner, District 9 dashof92@gmail.com
District Chairpersons
For information pertaining to membership and participation next school year, contact: www.igsma.com • igsma@aol.com • (815) 729-0575
Welcome!!!
I love telling the story of how this workshop got started. Several years ago we received an unusually large number (nearly ten) of observation requests from area band directors to visit on the same day. Since many middle schools are used as polling places, their districts all had teacher inservice days so that students wouldn’t be in session while the schools were open for the elections. Unfortunately, we also had a teacher inservice scheduled for that day, but it had me joking to myself that I should start my own conference. Long story short, today marks our fourth National Band Association/Illinois Grade School Music Association Band Director Workshop! This workshop, quite simply, wouldn’t be possible without the support of a large number of people. The Illinois Grade School Music Association and the National Band Association have provided generous financial support and publicity that has allowed us to bring in such a distinguished panel of clinicians. A big thank you also to Skokie School District 73.5 and Kate Donegan, superintendent, for hosting us here today and moving their district’s inservice to another building. And, of course, a sincere appreciation to you! There is a wonderful energy and excitement when members of our profession come together for events like this. It is inspiring to share space with dozens of like minded colleagues gathered for the purposes of helping their students get better. It’s fun, and invigorating, and has become one of the things I look forward to most each year. The most basic premise of my philosophy on being a band director (and teaching in general for that matter) is that students are a reflection of their teacher. I believe that to be true in both in the “micro” level of our rehearsals and “macro” level of the culture of our program created by how we present ourselves as professionals. To that end, I believe it vitally important to be a part of our national and state professional organizations. I have been an active member of both the National Band Association and the Illinois Grade School Music Association for my entire career and I directly credit my involvement in both for my professional, and program’s, successes throughout the years. Both the NBA and IGSMA have representatives here today. Please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself, learn more about these two meaningful organizations, and grab membership materials. Thank you for being here. Here's to a wonderful day of professional development!
Chip De Stefano Director of Bands, McCracken Middle School Board of Directors - Middle School Representative, National Band Association
Workshop Program 8:15 - 9:15
WELCOME AND OPENING SESSION
Band Room
The Modern Maestro Presenter: Michael Colburn Understanding the need for multi-layered leadership in our modern era.
9:25 - 10:25 LECTURE SESSION
Band Room
Rehearsal Techniques: Empowering Students During The Band Rehearsal Presenter: Stephen G. Peterson In order to have efficient and productive rehearsals, students must be actively engaged in the process. This session explores ways that we, as directors, have the ability to directly impact this engagement by transferring some rehearsal responsibilities from director to student. In doing this, we not only increase student ownership of our programs, but allow our students develop the critical listening skills necessary to develop into mature musicians able to make their own musical adjustments during performance.
10:35 - 11:35 LECTURE SESSION
Band Room
What Would Sousa Do? Presenter: Michael Colburn Performance Practice of the March King.
11:35 - 12:35 LUNCH 12:35 - 1:25 OPEN REHEARSAL
Open Rehearsal Presenter: Stephen G. Peterson Demonstration Group: McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band Repertoire: Shiloh Canyon Fantasy - Douglas Akey In the Forest of the King, Mvt. 1 - Pierre LaPlante
Off-site or Cafeteria Gym
Workshop Program 1:35 - 2:35
LECTURE SESSION
Band Room
Incorporating Literacy Strategies within the Performance-based Band Class Presenter: Joseph Manfredo
This session will provide information on text reading literacy concepts that correlate to music reading, including Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Whole Language, Fluency, and Sight Words. The presentation will provide easy-to-use strategies that will allow you to apply these concepts for music reading within a band class. Video examples of teaching episodes using these concepts in rehearsal will be included.
2:45 - 3:45
LECTURE SESSION
Relevant Repertoire for Developing Bands
Band Room
Presenter: Phillip Hash Directors of developing bands often struggle to find repertoire that is interesting, educational, and relevant to the musical world outside of the classroom. This session will explore band literature at the grades one through three levels that have authentic connections to various times and cultures including Western classical transcriptions, world music examples, and American popular music. Discussion topics will connect repertoire to curriculum development, Illinois State Standards, and Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP).
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Save the Date!!!! BDW 2018 Tuesday, November 6, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
JUNIOR MOCK AUDITION DAY January 20, 2018
BAND CONDUCTOR SYMPOSIUM February 9-10, 2018 Registration opens November 1 Guest Clinician Mark Scatterday Eastman School of Music
ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL May 4-5, 2018
SUMMERS-ONLY MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION Three summers to completion Tuition assistance available February 15 application deadline
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High School Concert Ensembles : June 17-23 Pre-College Academy: June 24-30 Junior High Concert Ensembles: July 8-14 Popular Music and Junior High Concert Ensembles: July 15-21
Clinician Biographies STEPHEN G. PETERSON Dr. Stephen G. Peterson was appointed Director of Bands at the University of Illinois in the fall of 2015. As Director of Bands, he conducts the Wind Symphony, leads the graduate wind conducting program, teaches courses in wind literature, and guides all aspects of one of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most storied band programs. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Illinois he served as Director of Bands at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, for seventeen years. From 1988-1998 he served as Associate Director of Bands at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Peterson was also conductor of the renowned Northshore Concert Band. He held positions as Associate and Interim Director of Bands at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and has several years of successful teaching experience in the public schools in Arizona. Peterson maintains a busy schedule as a conductor and clinician, and as such, has appeared on four continents and in forty-two states. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and has been honored with membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. He is also member of Phi Mu Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, and an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota, and Kappa Kappa Psi. He is immediate past president of the College Band Directors National Association. Dr. Peterson was the first to receive the Doctor of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University and earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Arizona State University. In 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Ithaca College Faculty Excellence Award, recognizing his contributions to Ithaca College. His ensembles have appeared before national conventions of the American Bandmasters Association, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the American School Band Directors Association, at Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and at Lincoln Center.
MICHAEL COLBURN Michael Colburn joined the faculty of Butler University as Director of Bands in August, 2014. In addition to conducting the Butler University Wind Ensemble, he offers instruction in conducting, euphonium, and the history and literature of the wind band. Before coming to Butler, Colburn served for 27 years in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, where he held a variety of positions including Principal Euphonium (1991-1996), Assistant Director (1996-2004), and Director (2004-2014). As Director, Colburn was music advisor to White House and regularly conducted the Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra at the Executive Mansion and at Presidential Inaugurations. He was promoted to Colonel by President George W. Bush in a private Oval Office ceremony in 2007, and in 2014 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by Gen James Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Medal of Honor by the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic Board of Directors.
Colburn is an active guest conductor and clinician. He regularly conducts bands at numerous state and regional festivals and has guest conducted several professional and university bands and wind ensembles. Committed to the creation of new music for winds, Colburn serves as the Co-Chair of the Sousa-Ostwald Award, a prize sponsored by the American Bandmasters Association in order to promote new works for wind band/ensemble. He has served as an adjudicator for the Sudler Award, the Barlow Endowment, Music for All, and the Col. George S. Howard award for excellence in military bands. Colburn is a member of Washington D.C.’s prestigious Gridiron and Alfalfa Clubs, the American Bandmasters Association, and a board member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation.
JOSEPH MANFREDO After 40 years of teaching at various universities and high schools, Joseph Manfredo retired in June 2017. Originally from the Chicago area, Manfredo received a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and a Master’s degree in Conducting from Eastern Illinois University. He also earned a Doctorate of Music Education from the University of Illinois, where he was awarded a band conducting internship to study with Dr. Harry Begian, Gary Smith and James Curnow. Dr. Manfredo is in constant demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. He has conducted various All-State Bands and Honor Bands throughout the United States and Canada. His collegiate bands have been selected to perform at national, regional, and state conferences. Since August 2011, he has been conductor of the Festival Band for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. Manfredo has presented lectures and clinics at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, national conferences for the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Band Association (NBA), the Instrumental Music Teacher Educators Biennual Colloquium, and the Conn-Selmer Institute. He has made presentations at state music conferences in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, California, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas, and internationally in China, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, and Brazil. Manfredo has published journal articles in the Groves Dictionary of Music, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Band Research, Music Educators Journal, Journal of Music Teacher Education, The Instrumentalist, and the Illinois Music Educators Journal. In addition, he was asked to write The Conductor’s Manual for the Essentials of Musicianship series published by Hal Leonard. He also has served on the editorial boards of IGEB and WASBE. Dr. Manfredo is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Midwest Clinic. He was the recipient of the 2015 Mary Hoffman Award for Teaching Excellence by the Illinois Music Education Association; the 2013 recipient of the Outstanding Bandmaster Award by the XI Chapter of Phi Beta Mu (International Bandmasters Fraternity), and the 2017 John Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Quinlan and Fabish.
PHILLIP HASH Phillip Hash is Associate Professor/Coordinator of Music Education at Illinois State University in Normal. He holds an Ed.D. in music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.M in wind conducting from Northwestern University, and a B.M. in music education from Millikin University. Dr. Hash is an active scholar and has recently published in a number of periodicals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. He currently serves on the editorial committees of the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, and the Journal of Music Therapy. Dr. Hash has also published arrangements for band, strings, and small ensembles with Grand Mesa Music, BRS Music, and Daehn Publications. Conference presentations include research topics, as well as sessions on instrumental music education, mentoring student teachers, and music teacher evaluation. Dr. Hash taught music education at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 2004-2017. From 1989-2004, he taught instrumental music in the Chicago area and, from 1994-2004, served as choir director at the Christian Reformed Church of Western Springs, Illinois. He has received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association on two occasions, as well as the Outstanding Chicagoland Music Educator Award. Bands under his direction have performed at the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival and the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference. Dr. Hash is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the National Band Association.
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