2023 GMEA Conference Program

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

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OPENING SESSION

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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PERFORMING GROUPS

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ADVERTISERS

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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BERRY COLLEGE

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BREEZIN’ THRU INC.

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COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY

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FRANKLIN POND CHAMBER MUSIC

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FRED AND DINAH GRETSCH SCHOOL OF MUSIC GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

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FRUHAUF UNIFORMS, INC.

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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC PAGE 72

THE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION PAGES 10 & 31

KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY DR. BOBBIE BAILEY SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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LEE UNIVERSITY

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LUNG TRAINERS LLC INSIDE BACK COVER

MERCER UNIVERSITY

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MESSIAH UNIVERSITY

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PECKNEL MUSIC OUTSIDE BACK COVER

CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INSIDE COVER

QUAVER ED

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REINHARDT UNIVERSITY

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SIGHT READING FACTORY

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA

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VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY

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THURSDAY FRIDAY

1:15 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

Bennett’s Mill Middle School

Philharmonia Orchestra

Director: Kevin Anderson

1:45 PM | Opening of the Exhibits

Maneuver Center of Excellence

(MCoE) Band Brass Quintet SFC

Director: Joseph Grabill

3:45 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

Riverwatch Trumpet Choir

Director: Hunter McGee

6:45 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

VRHS Trombone Sextet

Director: Ann Wilson

8:00 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

Quintet NV

Director: Dr. Jennifer Compton

8:30 AM | THEATRE LOBBY

Flowery Branch

Saxophone Choir

Director: Miguel Guisasola

11:00 AM | THEATRE LOBBY

The Richmond Hill High School

Chamber Orchestra

Director: Gil Johnson

1:45 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

The Georgia College

Saxophone Choir

Director: Andrew J. Allen

4:00 PM | Atrium

Vocal Pointe

Director: Jared Duncan

4:15 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

Johns Creek High School

Cello Choir

Director: Young Kim

7:30 PM | THEATRE LOBBY

Lambert Saxophone

Quartet

Director: Tonya Mashburn

SATURDAY

8:30 AM | THEATRE LOBBY

Beacon Hill Middle School

Clarinet Honors Ensemble

Director: Christine Kraemer

11:00 AM | THEATRE LOBBY

Carrollton High School

Saxophone Quartet

Director: Christopher Carr

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

CNAFME RECEPTION SPONSOR

HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SPONSOR

CNAFME RECEPTION SPONSOR

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

EXHIBITORS

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITORS PLEASE VISIT THE LINK BELOW https://bit.ly/3Cf7bNP

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MICHAEL KOBITO

Michael Kobito is a music educator at Woodland High School in Cartersville, GA. A teacher at his alma mater, Kobito became an educator after encountering teachers who believed in him and inspired him to believe in himself. Kobito’s mission is to provide his students with the ability to see their self-worth and develop skills to make the most out of their gifts.

Kobito teaches high school band and AP Music theory. During his tenure as director, the band has performed at multiple national events including the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington D.C., the GMEA InService Conference, the Southeastern United States Honor Band Festival, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, UGA’s Janfest Honor Band Festival, and the London New Years Day Parade.

Kobito serves as a clinician and adjudicator across the state providing leadership clinics, judging events, and inspiring other educators to make the most of their outreach. He serves as associate conductor of Tara Winds and as a guest conductor of the Georgia Brass Band.

In his seven years as an educator, Kobito has proudly received three National Band Association Citations of Excellence. He has been named an AP Teacher with Distinction after his AP Music Theory Class experienced a 100% pass rate with 100% test participation. In 2021, Kobito was selected as Woodland High School’s STAR Teacher. Additionally, Kobito was named the 2022 Teacher of the Year for Woodland High School and the Bartow County School System and currently serves as the 2023 Georgia Teacher of the Year.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

MOUNTAIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXCEPTIONAL SINGERS

AMBER WELDON-STEPHENS, MUSIC THERAPIST

SARA CLARK, MUSIC TEACHER

RECIPIENTS AWARD

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AWARD

JESSICA BOOTH

DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD

DEBORAH BRADLEY

MUSIC EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD QUENTIN

GOINS

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD EMILY CALHOUN

FRIEND OF MUSIC AWARD

MATTHEW MCCORD

SERVICE TO MUSIC EDUCATION

25 years service

TIM ANDERSON

ANDY BALLARD

KEITH BLACKWELL

JONATHAN BISHOP

BEN T. BRIDGES

AMANDA D. (AMY) CARTER

CHRISTOPHER CHANCE

NICHOLE CHAPMAN-ELDER

DAVID DESTEFANO

MICHAELYN FINDLEY

JEFF FOSTER

JEFF HARPER

CHARLES HERNANDEZ

CHRISSY HOLBROOK

MICHELLE IRWIN

SCOTT L. MARTIN

C. LLOYD MCDONALD

JOHN E. SWEAT

AMY THOMAS

DR. STANTON USHER

SARA WHITE-FARNELL

ERIC WILLOUGHBY

WENDY WILSON

40 years service

RUDY BARRACA

DEBORAH BRADLEY

PHILLIP R. STREETMAN

DR. KIRK J. WELLER

year of retirement

EMILY CALHOUN

PATRICK RYAN DUKES

JOSEPH R. ELDER

GEORGE EVANS

DR. DANIEL A. KIENE

DR. JOHN ODOM

JOE M PEARCE

DR. H DWIGHT SATTERWHITE

RENEE WILSON-WICKER

HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Alpharetta High School

Astrid Adams

Sylv Zimmermann

Bowdon High School

Elizabeth Eason

Eden Robinson

Camden County High School

Benjamin Cook

Samuel Rodriguez-Santiago

Carrollton High School

Madison Pate

Cedar Shoals High School

Mason Hardy

Jane Michael

Centennial High School

Ava French

Columbus High School

Caitlin Magennis

Coosa High School

Zachary Wright

Creekview High School

Logan Nalley

Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School

Autumn Taylor

Drew Charter School

Calliope DeChant

Duluth High School

Laura Call Gomez

Katherine Johnson

Natalie Ng

East Jackson High School

Jeffrey Fuller

Breanna Weaver

Grovetown High School

Ian Alan

Sarah Rogers

Nathan Vazquez

Habersham Central High School

Shyanne Rinefierd

Harris County High School

Sarah Nelson

Islands High School

Mikayla Cleghorn

Deanna Davis

Savanna Davis

Tamarious Jackson

Isabella Knight

Jeff Davis High School

Olivia Duckett

Jenkins County High School

Torence Williamson

Johnson High School

Emmily Hernandez

Lakeside High School

Sebastien Huot

Kole Buffington

Loganville High School

Dane Warren

Lowndes High School

Caden Powell

Mary Person High School

William Little

Madelyn Causey

Abby Etheridge

Eliza Gavin

Sydney Stapleton

Morgan County High School

Steven Rutherford

Margaret Wallace

Newton High School

Jimicah Roseberry

Caiden Smith

North Clayton High School

Devyn Cuadra

North Cobb High School

Emma Kleine

North Forsyth High School

David (JR) Banitt

Alexander Hutchins

Alyssa Johnson

Emily Johnson

Anna Grace Martin

James Robson

Ethan Thompson

North Hall High School

Ryan Aldridge

North Paulding High School

Dorothy Dennard

Ola High School

Peyton Curry

Isabella Giafaglione

Megan Hancock

Timothy Jones

Lizzy Pugh

Portal Middle High School

William Brown

Michael Hogan

Camille Saunders

Rainey McCullers School of the Arts

Jocelyn Villacorta

Richmond Hill High School

Marissa Evans

Rockdale County High School

Charles Dixon

Southeast Bulloch High School

TJ Holley

Abby Knight

Thom Mortimore

Joseph Reddin

Chazz Shuman

Ryan Whitaker

Stephenson High School

Nathan Hall

Sharyale Williams

Strong Rock Christian School

Grace Barber

Temple High School

Gracie Carnes

Christopher Carter

Jaelin Khiev

Darelly Penaloza

Janiya Strickland

Walnut Grove High School

Norah Griffin

Audrey Ta

Woodward Academy

Genesis Isom

Band • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena A/B

Preparation, Realization, and Interpretation – Three Keys for an Artistic Performance of Wind Band Repertoire

CLINICIANS: Tyler Ehrlich (The University of Texas at Austin), Viet Cuong (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

PRESIDER: Jacob Weinstein (Habersham Central High School)

HOST: Sable McIntyre (C.W. Davis Middle School)

Ehrlich and Cuong will guide attendees on achieving artistic performances. Themes include essential elements of preparation, the importance of faithful realization, and difficult and unique interpretation considerations. Cuong will share his experiences collaborating with the finest bands in the world to give attendees an expert’s take on creating memorable performances.

Band • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena E

That’s What I Want: Teaching Woodwind Pedagogy from the Podium

CLINICIANS: Megan Williams (Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra of Atlanta), Katherine Emeneth (Georgia Flute Academy), Brandyn Taylor (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Jeff Foster (Wesleyan School)

HOST: Miguel Guisasola (Flowery Branch High School)

We are your one stop shop for teaching woodwinds at all levels (beginners through high school). We want to give you the tools to listen and diagnose problems in your woodwind section, and create exercises and practice techniques to get better every single day.

Band • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Oconee River

Milton High School Percussion Ensemble

DIRECTORS: Kevin Kenney & Chris Shumick

PRESIDER: Chris Shumick (Milton High School)

HOST: Tyler Roquemore (Norcross High School)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena F

Repertoire For A Caring Choral Community

CLINICIAN: Thomas Dixon (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Dr. Patrick Freer (GA State University)

HOSTS: Caitlyn Norton, Emily Rebecca Halbert, Juliana M. Bolaño (Georgia State University)

Our work in the high school choral classroom goes far beyond fostering our students’ musicianship skills. This session will discuss repertoire and related instructional strategies we can use to encourage our students to examine their own social awareness and reflect on their role in maintaining positive relationships with others.

Choral • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena I/J

Better Together! Why and How to Plan a District-Wide Choral Trip.

CLINICIANS: William Hall (Etowah High School), Brad Ellis (Cherokee High School), Josh Markham (Sequoyah High School), Allison Baccala (River Ridge High School), Emily Alderman (Woodstock High School)

PRESIDER: Laura Martin (Creekland Middle School)

The Choral Directors of Cherokee County Schools draw from the experience of multiple district wide chorus trips, both domestic and international, to present the how and why of planning a combined choral trip with your students, concluding with a roundtable discussion from audience questions.

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Olympia

Teaching K-5 General Music with a Focus on SEL

CLINICIAN: Shawna Longo (Hopatcong Borough Schools)

PRESIDER: Victoria Hammond (Richmond County School System)

HOST: Melissa Blizzard (Stevens Creek Elementary)

The integration of music with social-emotional learning can support healthy, stimulating, and thriving classrooms. This workshop will shine light on the authentic and natural parallels that exist between music concepts/classes and SEL competencies. Build community and successfully teach music, while keeping our focus on the needs of ALL our students.

SPONSOR: Hal Leonard

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Parthenon

Part Singing during the Elementary Years: A Step-by-Step Process

CLINICIANS: Craig Hurley (Spivey Hall Children’s Choir / Ford Elementary School), Katie Hurley (Frey Elementary School)

PRESIDER: Martha Shaw (Spivey Hall)

HOST: Melanie Darby (Spivey Hall)

Having students sing successfully in multiple parts can be challenging. Come experience classroom tested strategies to help your students become independent singers and develop their part-singing skills. Many types of part work singing will be covered: unison, chain phrases, suspended pitches, ostinatos, canons, chord-root singing, and partner songs, among others.

SPONSOR: Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program

General Interest / CNAfME • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena G/H

Better, Not Better Than ...

CLINICIAN: Michael Kobito (Georgia Teacher of the Year - Woodland High School)

PRESIDER: Ian LaBreck (St. Pius X)

HOST: CNAfME Students

We will discuss the importance of collaboration in music and in education. Collaboration is the key to creativity and community, so we will discuss how competition and collaboration play their roles in our classrooms.

General Interest • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Grand Hall 1

Come Together: Developing a Recruitment and Retention Plan for School Music Ensembles

CLINICIANS: Jennifer Sengin (Georgia State University), Devin Reid (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Andew Santillo (Georgia State University)

HOST: CNAfME Students

Every director is looking for ways to reach more students in their school ensembles, especially in this time of rebuilding. From reaching new students to engaging current students, this session will provide directors with recruitment and retention strategies for both an instrumental and choral setting.

Orchestra • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Theatre

Osborne Middle School Orchestra

DIRECTORS: Carl Rieke & Frank Folds

Technology • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena C

Technology in Your Class in a Post-Pandemic World

CLINICIAN: Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

The COVID-19 pandemic made us all reimagine how we teach music. Now it’s time to think about how software can continue to enhance your program. During this session, you’ll learn how many of the software tools used for virtual learning can become resources that enhance your in-person ensembles’ performance.

SPONSOR: MusicFirst

Technology • 1/26/23 • 1:30 PM • Athena D

Music Technology for Every Season

CLINICIAN: David Thomas (Discovery High School)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Looking for a different approach to your music technology curriculum? How about framing your instruction through a seasonal lens? Join us for a discussion session with lesson plan and curriculum ideas centered around Hispanic Heritage, Black History, Music in Our Schools, Jazz Appreciation, and more!

Band • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena A/B

The Modern Middle School Band Director: Striking a Balance

CLINICIANS: Robert Davidson (Trickum Middle School), Josey Jimenez (Duluth Middle School)

PRESIDER: John Renfroe (Roswell High School)

HOST: Dr. Kevin Schoeller (Duluth Middle School)

This presentation encourages current and future generations of band directors to use their network and resources to build a band program by working smarter, not harder. Join us as we discuss maintaining a program with high expectations and positive student experiences while striking a balance between work and personal time.

Band • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena E

Strategic Rehearsing for Teaching Expressive Performance

CLINICIAN: David W Vandewalker (Georgia Wind Symphony)

PRESIDER: Christopher Carr (Carrollton High School)

HOST: Laura Moates Stanley (Brookwood High School)

This session provides a blueprint for helping teachers create a performance plan for their instruction, connect abstract musical ideas through figurative language and story, and provide practical tools to help convey musical expressive performances to the audience.

Choral • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena I/J

The Passion to Communicate: Tools for Expressive Performances

CLINICIAN: Dr. Martha Shaw (Reinhardt University)

PRESIDER: Dr. Craig Hurley (Ford Elementary/Spivey Hall Children’s Choir)

HOST: Melanie Darby (Spivey Hall Education Manager)

In a world where communication is increasingly digital, choral performances offer a glorious opportunity to connect, communicate and transcend the ordinariness of life, We hold a gift precious enough to transform an audience and embrace hearts and minds. Tone, pharasing, syllabic emphasis, and facial expression are only the beginning!

THURSDAY•SCHEDULE

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Olympia

That Sounds Great! Elementary Drumming in 3/4 and 6/8!

CLINICIAN: Steve Campbell (Dancing Drum)

PRESIDER: Heidi Long (Cotton Indian Elementary)

HOST: Lauren Pulliam (Ola Elementary school)

Bring the magic of drumming in 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures to your music classroom! In this highly interactive session, attendees will learn and play beginning to advanced drum rhythms designed for success and fun! Expand your student’s drumming skills as they explore the fascinating world of 3/4 and 6/8!

SPONSOR: Dancing Drum

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Parthenon

Working toward a culturally responsive music classroom: Questions for your school music curriculum

CLINICIAN: Kristen Kuder Lynch (University of Georgia)

PRESIDER: Cindy Hicks (Eastside Elementary)

HOST: Merritt Jones (Savannah Country Day School)

This session offers an approach to examining the culturally responsiveness in music curriculum. Through examination of curricular materials, lesson plans, and activities, a culturally responsive music curriculum can help create musical experiences that support students’ identity development, affirm and validate student cultural practices and make music learning more personally meaningful.

General Interest / CNAfME • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena G/H

Get Creative, Get Noticed, Get Hired! Resume & Interview Tips from Arts Supervisors

CLINICIANS: Katie Anderson (Paulding County Schools), Catherine Keyser (Forsyth County Schools), Dr. Sara Womack (Atlanta Public Schools)

PRESIDER: Dr. Joseph Woodruff (Cobb County School District)

HOSTS: Fine Arts Coordinators

This session will provide anyone looking for a job in Fine Arts education with resume and interview tips. This session, facilitated by Georgia Fine Arts supervisors, is applicable to many levels from pre-service teachers looking for their first teaching job to even more experienced educators looking to improve their marketability.

General Interest • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena F

The Music Education Mass Exodus

CLINICIAN: Michael Kobito (Georgia Teacher of the Year - Woodland High School)

PRESIDER: Eric Willoughby (Woodland High School)

HOSTS: CNAfME Students

We will discuss findings from the GaDOE’s Teacher Burnout Report, along with some data from interviews with music educators that have left the profession in recent years. The aim is to provide information about current trends, and to share ideas for longer lasting practices to sustain a healthy profession.

General Interest • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Grand Hall 1

Teaching Students with Exceptionalities: Perspectives from Elementary Music Educators

CLINICIANS: Jennifer Myles (GMEA Exceptional Student Success Committee), Dr. Jennifer Gebczyk (GMEA Exceptional Student Success Committee), Mandy Gunter (GMEA Exceptional Student Success Committee)

PRESIDER: Amber Weldon-Stephens (Fulton County Schools)

HOST: Henry Gallagher (Georgia State University)

Music classroom are filled with a broad spectrum of learning abilities and challenges. Focusing specifically Autism Spectrum Disorder, in this session you will get tips for how to set your students up for success, participate in a modified lesson, and reflect on yourself as a music educator to all students.

Orchestra • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Empire Room

Woodward Academy String Machine Performance and Clinic

DIRECTOR: Gina Calloway (Woodward Academy)

The Woodward Academy String Machine is part of the robust performing arts program at Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia. The High School String Orchestra program at Woodward consists of three ensembles: Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia and String Machine. String Machine is the highest level string ensemble at Woodward and consistently earns superior ratings at LGPE. Additionally, this group regularly includes individual members of All State Orchestra, Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Symphony Youth Orchestra and Metropolitan youth Symphony Orchestra. Members of String Machine are also very accomplished outside of music as National Merit finalists, National Honors Society members and Varsity athletes, to mention a few.

Technology • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena C

Opportunities for Music Technology in Georgia’s Film Industry

CLINICIAN: Laura McCarter (Georgia Film Academy)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

An overview of the impact of Georgia’s film industry, career opportunities available in film and television, and how the Georgia Film Academy is supporting the growing workforce through industry education.

Technology • 1/26/23 • 2:45 PM • Athena D

Sight Reading: Time saving tools that lead to results!

CLINICIAN: Don Crafton (SightReadingFactory.com)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Less classroom management and maximum results with SightReadingFactory.com! Are you 1:1? Do you project music but want it EVEN easier? Want to track practice time? Do you use Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology? Learn how to take your sight reading to a new level while managing your time effectively.

SPONSOR: SightReadingFactory.com

Band • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena A/B

Teaching Secondary Instruments like it’s your Primary: Creating Warm Ups That Benefit Every Section

CLINICIAN: Jacob Morgan (Union Grove Middle School)

PRESIDER: Todd Wilson (Elkins Pointe Middle School)

HOST: Ruthie Colegrove (Wesleyan School)

Learn how to create an organized custom warm up that covers more individualized technique in less time! Join us as we discuss instrument specific techniques to incorporate in your warm ups and how to use notation software to quickly create professional, differentiated warm ups.

Band • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena E

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Utilizing Technology, Score Study, and Conducting to Maximize Rehearsal Efficiency

CLINICIAN: Josh Byrd (University of West Georgia)

PRESIDER: Matthew Everhart (Centennial High School)

HOST: Kyle Bickwit (East Hall Middle School)

This interactive session will look at a variety of approaches to save time and energy in rehearsals through a combination of technology, score preparation, and effective conducting gestures. Concepts will center around empowering listening and musical connections with students in order to share preparation and performance responsibilities.

Band • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Oconee River

Jackson County High School Jazz Ensemble

DIRECTORS: William Kilgore & Matt Tinnell

PRESIDER: Tracy Wright (Ringgold High School)

HOST: Matthew Everhart (Centennial High School)

Band • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Theatre

Lakeside Middle School Symphonic Band

DIRECTORS: Reggie Humphrey & Jaron Lehman

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Will Henderson (Telfair County Schools)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena F

The Solo Voice Within: Developing Individual Vocal Technique From Inside the Choral Rehearsal

CLINICIANS: Jennifer Sengin (Georgia State University), Rick Clement (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Sam Potts (Mill Creek High School)

HOST: Max Rampley, Lucas Gray, Bailey Dean (Ga State University)

As choral directors, we often serve as a voice teacher. How can we continue to help students build on their individual vocal technique while also addressing the entire choir? In this interactive session, the clinicians will share strategies to develop the solo voice within the context of the ensemble rehearsal.

Choral • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena I/J

Switching Gears: Tools for Teachers Guiding Singers Through the Adolescent Voice Change

CLINICIANS: Gabrielle Haston (Dade Middle & Dade County High School/Chattanooga Boys Choir), Vincent Oakes (Baylor School/Chattanooga Boys Choir)

PRESIDER: Kevin Moore (Pepperell Middle School)

HOST: Stacy Dean/Lydia Clark (Coosa High School/Temple and Bowdon High Schools)

Leading singers through the journey of the adolescent voice change is a great responsibility with unique challenges. This session will explore the physiology and pedagogy of developing voices(treble/cambiata/baritone) to equip teachers with the tools to help all singers adjust the gears and set them on the road to success.

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Olympia

The Nuts and Saddles of a Ukulele Program

CLINICIAN: Dr. Christopher Russell (Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion Elementary School (South Washington County Schools, Minnesota))

PRESIDER: Hayley Atha (South Jackson Elementary)

HOST: Melissa Blizzard (Stevens Creek Elementary)

The ukulele continues to grow as popular instrument, and continues to find a place in American music education in both elementary and secondary settings. This session will outline the needs of a ukulele program, including instruments, maintenance, storage, methodology, and assessment.

SPONSOR: Peripole, Inc.

THURSDAY•SCHEDULE

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Parthenon

Using Visuals to Build a Community for Students with ASD

CLINICIAN: Christine Lapka (University of Central Florida)

PRESIDER: Vicky Knowles (Compton Elementary)

HOST: Natasha Mazarky (Rabun County Elementary)

Let me make your job a bit easier by using what we know about students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Thinking in pictures is an important communication pathway. Video modeling, picture strategies, alternate notation, and technology are solutions to help us include students in the music community.

General Interest/CNAfME• 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena G/H

Mock Interviews

CLINICIANS: Fine Arts Coordinators

PRESIDER: Dr. Joseph Woodruff (Cobb County School District)

HOSTS: Fine Arts Coordinators

Orchestra • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Empire Room

Developing Technique through Creativity in the Instrumental Classroom

CLINICIAN: Nancy Conley (Kennesaw State University)

In addition to developing higher order thinking skills and providing an outlet for expression, the use of improvisation and composition in the instrumental classroom can help students develop technique and musicality. This hands-on session will include activities that allow for skill building, ear training, and creativity with our students.

Technology • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena C

Exploring Hip-Hop Music through Technology-Based Culturally Responsive Pedagogies

CLINICIAN: David Thomas (Discovery High School)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Explore ways to help students engage with hip-hop music facilitated by technology-based, culturally responsive pedagogies. We will discuss an extended unit of instruction involving learning experiences such as sampling, remixing, creating beats, and writing raps, with students ultimately creating their own hip-hop tunes.

Technology • 1/26/23 • 4:00 PM • Athena D

Production Through Performance: a new approach to teaching music tech

CLINICIAN: Bob Habersat (shedthemusic.com)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Production through performance is a method from shedthemusic.com that teaches students how to write, play, and record pop music using a piano keyboard as the performance instrument. This presentation will give an overview of the curriculum and show attendees how to teach musiciainship through writing and recording with Soundtrap.

Choral • 1/26/23 • 7:00 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

The Flat Rock Middle School Singers

DIRECTOR: Ladell Fortune

PRESIDER: Dr. David Morrow (Morehouse College)

HOST: Velma Jenkins (Sandy Creek High School)

Elementary • 1/26/23 • 7:00 PM • Olympia

GMEA Jam Session

CLINICIAN: Dr. Rob Pethel (Atlanta Public Schools)

PRESIDER: Sam Holmes (Garden Hills Elementary)

HOST: Kristin Leslie (Smyrna Elementary)

Tired of sitting around and talking about music? Want to sing and play music with some kindred spirits? Bring your instruments (primarily “pop/modern band” style but open to all!) Don’t have an instrument with you? Come anyway and we’ll find something for you to play. Designed for ES/MS/HS/ Collegiate.

Guitar • 1/26/23 • 7:00 PM • Oconee River

Trickum Middle School 8th Grade Guitar Ensemble

DIRECTORS: Jeffrey Schaefer & Rick Sargent

Band • 1/26/23 • 7:00 PM • Theatre

Houston County High School Wind Symphony

DIRECTORS: Jay Davis & Dillon Watkins

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Lee Newman (Norcross High School)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 7:30 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Blake Bass Middle School Chorus

DIRECTOR: Kelsey Armstrong

PRESIDER: Alan Armstrong (Northgate High School)

HOST: Kira Sink (Evans Middle School)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 8:00 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Central High School Advanced Women’s Chorus

DIRECTOR: Ruthie Phillips

PRESIDER: Neil Ruby (Carroll County Schools Fine Arts Supervisor)

HOST: Dr. Scott Smith (Central Middle School)

Band • 1/26/23 • 8:15 PM • Theatre

Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

DIRECTOR: Robert J. Ambrose

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Bridget Wildes (Buford High School)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 8:30 PM

• First Baptist Church Athens

Southeast Bulloch High School Advanced Chorus

DIRECTOR: Brent Whitaker

PRESIDER: Synda Davidson (Southeast Bulloch Middle School)

HOST: Synda Davidson (Southeast Bulloch Middle School)

Choral • 1/26/23 • 9:00 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Morehouse College Glee Club

DIRECTOR: David Morrow

PRESIDER: Ladell Fortune (Flat Rock Middle School)

HOST: Velma Jenkins/Quin Kearse (Sandy Creek High School/Luella High School)

FRIDAY JANUARY 27

11:15AM THE ATRIUM

POSTER SESSION

AN EXAMINATION OF TWO CHINESE OPERA PERFORMANCE RECORDINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL MUSIC PEDAGOGY

Kexin Xu, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music

DIVERSITY OF CHORAL FESTIVAL LITERATURE AND THE SELECTION PROCESS

Abigail McMichen, Georgia Southern University

EXPLORING MUSIC TEACHER IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE REVISED MODEL OF MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF IDENTITY

Alison Farley, University of Georgia

Molly Blair, University of Georgia

Levi Hopkins Dean, University of Georgia

Kristen Kuder Lynch, University of Georgia

HOME-GROWN VALUES: EXPLORING SHARED GOALS IN A POST-PANDEMIC COMMUNITY PROGRAM

Dr. Robert Saunders, Augusta University

INCLUSION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM: AN EXAMINATION OF TEACHER PREPAREDNESS AND GROWTH

Dr. Jennifer Gebczyk, Boston University

PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS ABOUT CHILDREN’S MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY WITH PARENT-MUSICIANS

Carina Cardoso de Araujo, Georgia Southern University

PROGRAM EVALUATION OF MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION IN GHANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE, POLICY, AND RESEARCH

George Blankson, University of Mississippi

RE-ENVISIONING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND EXPERIENCE AFTER COVID-19

Dr. McKinley Stinson, Jr., J.C. Booth Middle School

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SWLD

Dr. Adrian J. Ford, Atlanta Public Schools System

SELF-EFFICACY, INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, AND SELF-WORTH OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SINGERS: A PILOT STUDY

Kexin Xu, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music

SINGER’S THOUGHTS WHEN PERFORMING UNDER INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FOCUS OF ATTENTION DIRECTIVES

Marlee E. Van Mullekom, University of Georgia

Rebecca L. Atkins, University of Georgia

TEACHER IDENTITY IN MALE CHORAL DIRECTORS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Thomas L. Chafin, Georgia State University

THE EFFECTS OF EXPRESSIVE MODELING AND LEARNING SEQUENCE ON THE MUSICAL EXPRESSIVITY OF YOUNG VOICES

Rebecca L. Atkins, University of Georgia

Craig Hurley, Spivey Hall Children’s Choir Program/Ford Elementary

THE PREVALENCE OF IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON AMONG MUSIC STUDENT TEACHERS: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH

Rachel A. Sorenson, Kennesaw State University

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VOICE CHANGE IN FEMALE STUDENTS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF CURRENT PEDAGOGY Brendan Kennedy, Georgia Southern University

TIME USE OF BAND STUDENT TEACHERS IN REHEARSALS

Victoria Warnet, Columbus State University

FRIDAY•SCHEDULE

Band • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena A/B

All Things Considered: Programming Great Music

CLINICIAN: Benjamin Harper (Valdosta State University)

PRESIDER: Joel Collins (Lee County High School)

HOST: Ryan Bratton (Lee County High School)

There are a lot of factors that go into programming a diversity of great music that also meets our students where they are and accomplishes curricular goals. We will explore how to evaluate music that meets our needs and creates an artistic experience for all students.

Band • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena E

Leading with CARE: Strategically Transforming Music Programs through Craft, Artistry, Relationships, and Equity.

CLINICIAN: David W Vandewalker (Georgia Wind Symphony)

PRESIDER: Jacob Weinstein (Habersham Central High School)

HOST: Aaron Garland (Ringgold Middle School)

Transforming a culture of excellence is empowered when leaders elevate the synergy between the music and people they serve. Leading with CARE in these tough times requires intentionality in the four core domains: Craft (Skill Mastery), Artistry (Expressive Performance), Relationships (Ownership & Belonging), and Equity (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access).

Band • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Oconee River

West Forsyth High School Percussion Ensemble

DIRECTORS: John Herndon & Josh Tyree

PRESIDER: Matt Tinnell (Jackson County High School)

HOST: Travis Roye (Commerce High School)

Band • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Theatre

Buford Middle School Symphonic Band

DIRECTORS: Kathy Mason & Matt Scott

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Roland Ventura (Pinckneyville Middle School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena F

It Gets Better! Practical Ideas for the New Teacher

CLINICIAN: Dr. Cameron Weatherford (Lee University)

PRESIDER: Dr. Craig Hurley (Ford Elementary/Spivey Hall Children’s Choir)

HOST: Katie Hurley (Frey Elementary School)

There is no doubt that the early years of your educational career are the most exciting and most daunting. Fortunately, it gets better! We will discuss repertoire choices, pedagogical techniques, choral leadership and choral program administration concepts to help push you and your program to the next level.

Choral • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena I/J

Everybody Can Sight Sing!

CLINICIAN: Dan Mitchell (Universal Language Music LLC)

PRESIDER: Alan Bunn (Lanier Christian Academy)

HOST: Travis Smith (Snellville Middle School)

This session will present sight reading methods used successfully to prepare students for All State Chorus auditions, and how they can be included in daily rehearsals to enhance skills for all students. The booklet introduces solfege, scales, intervals and the application to sight-reading a 4 measure exercise.

College • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Grand Hall 1

Rehearsal Techniques and Conducting Gesture for the Emerging Choral Music Educator

CLINICIANS: Daniel Bara (University of Georgia), Deanna Joseph (Georgia State University)

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Olympia

Use Literature to Help Children Express Themselves in Music

CLINICIAN: Kristin M. Pugliese (Shallowford Pres School, Note Knacks Music)

PRESIDER: Mary Miller (Spivey Hall)

HOST: Erika Brown (Big Shanty Elementary)

Pugliese will utilize beautiful literature as vehicles to discuss ways we can express ourselves. We will draw parallels between Language Arts and Music and use what we have learned to help students create music of their own. Leave with projects and lessons that can be used the very next day!

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Parthenon

The Effervescent, Marvelously Perplexing Transformation Of A Story Into A Mellifluous Experience

CLINICIANS: Susan Ahmad (Lake Windward Elementary School), Allison Kummerfeldt (Lake Windward Elementary School)

PRESIDER: Haley Atha (South Jackson Elementary)

HOST: Christina Hart (Poole’s Mill Elementary)

Join us on a journey as we breathe new life into an empowering storybook. You will explore integration of music into literature through a hands-on experience. We will guide you through a step-by-step process of adding rhythms, movement, melodic compositions, and instruments to a story using an Orff-Schulwerk based approach.

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena H State of the Arts

CLINICIANS: Casey Hall (Georgia Department of Education), Jessica Booth (Georgia Department of Education)

PRESIDER: SheaAaron Burns (Langford Middle School)

HOSTS: CNAfME Students

In this session, you will learn about the GaDOE initiatives, free music instructional resources, CCRPI points and access to arts education, The GA Fine Arts Diploma Seal, the new Arts Integration School of Excellence Award, and professional development provided free of charge to school districts and RESA’s.

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Ligotti Hall 1

Turning your guitar class up to 11 with History of Rock.

CLINICIAN: H. Rutledge Boykin (Greenbrier High School)

“Tragedy? That old song? Was that by ‘The Beatles’ or was it ‘The BeeGees?” As music educators, we should expose all students to a variety of music. Teaching History of Rock gives Music Educators a great opportunity to help students appreciate music while playing guitar.

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Empire Room

Intonation Issues on String Instruments - Correcting Them in the Classroom and Private Studio Settings.

CLINICIAN: Dr. Larisa Elisha (Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music Georgia Southern University)

Intonation is a main factor in playing string instruments. The session will include an analysis of objective and subjective reasons that affect the quality of intonation, ways of correcting intonation issues, including practicing tips, understanding the nature of intonation on string instruments and avoiding incorrect approaches in intonation practice.

Technology • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena C

The Interactive General Music Classroom

CLINICIAN: Shawna Longo (Hopatcong Borough Schools)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

This workshop will showcase tried and true methods to get your elementary general music class moving and grooving! Expand your curriculum through aligned, sequential and fully customizable music concepts as well as your student’s excitement for music! You will experience numerous tips for integration and organization using technology.

SPONSOR: Hal Leonard

Technology • 1/27/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena D

Do Your Students Really know What You Think They Know?

CLINICIAN: Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Assessments can be taken on any Internet-connected device and take as little as 90 seconds, requiring very minimal time away from rehearsals and normal class activities. Results can be instantaneous and offer the teacher immediate insight into individual and class mastery.

SPONSOR: MusicFirst

Research • 1/27/23 • 9:15 AM • Ligotti Hall 2

Recruiting Music Educators: A study of GMEA All-State Members future plans

CLINICIANS: Kimberly S Maugans (University of Georgia), Rebecca L. Atkins (University of Georgia)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

Struggles to recruit music educators is a concern for National Music Education organizations. 444 GMEA high school All-state members shared factors keeping them from becoming music educators and positive influences contributing to a decision to teach, including career stability, educator Influence, love of music and teaching.

Band • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena E

Achieving Clarity Through Definition

CLINICIAN: David Roth (Kell High School)

PRESIDER: Bryan Daniels (Johns Creek High School)

HOST: Christopher Carr (Carrollton High School)

Achieve musical clarity by defining EVERYTHING-- note lengths, note shapes, pitch tendencies, balance points, specific dynamic measurements, even analytically pacing out the concert cycle. This session will show how, through an organized, methodical approach and a standard set of vocabulary and definitions, your ensemble can achieve musical clarity in performance.

Band • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena H

Connecting Cultures In Your Band Room

CLINICIAN: Elise Naber Allen (Oak Hill Middle School)

PRESIDER: Kevin Boyle (Tapp Middle School)

HOST: Karena Washington (Evans Middle School)

This session will walk participants through how to have meaningful classroom discussions about culture and how to effectively implement multicultural music into your curriculum. Attendees will leave with tools to have conversations around culture with their students, resources to deepen their own understanding, and a framework to appropriately implement literature.

Choral • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena F

Tone Building Strategies for Students and Volunteer Singers

CLINICIAN: Emily Floyd (Shallowford Presbyterian Church)

PRESIDER: Rachel Mayo (Academies of Discovery at South Hall/Johnson High School)

HOST: John Pawlenko (None)

Let’s get creative with images, anaglogies, and concrete ways for students and volunteer singers to improve their tone quality.

Choral • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena I/J

Planning for LGPE Success! Practical Tips and Tools for New and Veteran Choral Directors

CLINICIANS: Ladell Fortune (Flat Rock Middle School), Ramielle Moorer (Riverdale Middle School), Quinyonia Kearse (Luella High School), Velma Page Jenkins (Sandy Creek High School)

PRESIDER: Lydia Williams Thomas \ (Retired)

HOSTS: Elissa Reyes/Chrystial Hudson (CNAfME Student at Reinhardt College/M.D. School of the Arts)

This session will offer practical tools that will assist any choral director with yearly Large Group Performance Evaluations. We will discuss many aspects of the Choral LGPE process from start to finish. This session will allow choral directors to better plan and prepare for future successful LGPE experiences.

CNAfME • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena G Backpack! Backpack!

CLINICIAN: Casey Hall (Georgia Department of Education)

Are you a new teacher or a teacher who is looking for content-specific, high-quality, and FREE instructional resources to use in your classroom? Then look no further! This session will provide you with all of the above and MORE to add to your own instructional backpacks for your music classrooms!

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Olympia

Drumming Up Character: Polyrhythms, Breaks and Jams!

CLINICIAN: Steve Campbell (Dancing Drum)

PRESIDER: Holly Lengyel (Mason Creek Elementary)

HOST: Heidi Long (Cotton Indian Elementary)

Take your character drumming program to the next level! In this high-energy interactive session, attendees will learn polyrhythmic arrangements, exciting breaks and energizing drum jams about Responsibility, Respect and Caring. These character rhythms and songs will advance your student’s drumming skills, promote good character and build teamwork at your school!

SPONSOR: Dancing Drum

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Parthenon

Songs in the key of Me!

CLINICIAN: John Jacobson (John Jacobson’s Music Experience)

PRESIDER: Sheila Smith (Avondale Elementary)

HOST: Romona Smith (Woodward Academy North)

John Jacobson will introduce songs and activities that celebrate the beauty of the individual, build character and community, teach skills to develop healthy identities, manage emotions, achieve personal and collective goals, show empathy for others, establish and maintain supportive relationships, and make responsible, caring decisions.

SPONSOR: JJ and Me, Inc.

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena A/B

Data, Data, Everywhere but What Does it All Mean?

CLINICIAN: Robert Morrison (CEO Quadrant Research)

PRESIDER: Dr. Sara Womack (Atlanta Public Schools)

HOST: SheaAaron Burns (Langford Middle School)

Learn how to use the Georgia Arts Education Data Project to advance music education in your communities. Dr. Morrison will demonstrate how the data can be used to increase access and participation in your music program as well as programs across the state.

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Ligotti Hall 1

D.I. for the Guitar Classroom

CLINICIANS: Jeffrey Schaefer (Trickum Middle School), Rick Sargent (Trickum Middle School)

Differentiating Instruction can be an effective tool for the Guitar classroom. We will explore ways to D.I. by looking at leveling music by learning style, music style, posture, right and left hand technique, ensemble grouping and more. Besides being guitar enthusiasts, the presenters have a Band and Orchestral background.

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Empire Room

A Grade Each Week?! Easy Authentic Assessments and Assignments

CLINICIAN: Sara Grimes (Walton High School)

This session will explore the “authentic assessments” edu-speak and how it applies to the orchestra classroom. Strategies shared will include ideas for providing more grades for the grade book, standards-based grading rubrics, meaningful assessments, feedback for students, and data for administrations-all while keeping your sanity and still focusing on music!

Research • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Ligotti Hall 2

Factors Contributing to How LGBTQ+ Music Educators Navigate Their Sexual Orientation in Southern K-12 Settings

CLINICIAN: Austin Hannon (Twin Rivers Middle School)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

Due to recent legislations across the U.S., LGBTQ+ educators face a unique challenge regarding how they present themselves in their respective classrooms. The purpose of this study is to survey how student, colleague, and administrator attitudes contribute to how LGBTQ+ secondary music educators in the South navigate their sexual orientation.

Technology • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena C

Sound System Basics for the Music Educator

CLINICIAN: Tim Johnson (Marist School)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Join an interactive discussion on the basics of sound systems. From the confused rookie to the mature veteran, there is something for everyone. Topics include types of microphones, differentiation of cables and connectors, digital mixing consoles, powered speakers and much more! Come and learn!

SPONSOR: Romeo Music

Technology • 1/27/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena D

What the Johann Joseph Fux? Relevant Music Theory for Music Production, Piano and Modern Band

CLINICIAN: Bob Habersat (shedthemusic.com)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Create a unique learning space for your students by combining music theory with practical skills. This clinic will cover shedthemusic.com’s Rewire theory method, where students not only learn but apply theoretical concepts by performing, recording, and writing original and student-selected pop music using a MIDI keyboard, Noteflight, and Soundtrap.

Research • 1/27/23 • 10:30 AM • Ligotti Hall 2

The Effect of Culture on Impostor Phenomenon Within Undergraduate Music Education Majors

CLINICIAN: Kenneth Luke (Florida State University)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

Examining cultural factors, particularly demographic, psychological, and education variables, and their impact on Impostor Phenomenon within undergraduate music education majors. Explore major contributors to Impostor Phenomenon, as well as potential methods to alleviate or prevent Impostor Phenomenon.

Band • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena E

The Value of a Musical Connection

CLINICIAN: Dr. Mary Land (Western Michigan University)

PRESIDER: Jeff Harper (Lassiter High School)

HOST: Karisa Seymour (Morgan County Middle School)

Successful music making and music teaching happens when teachers provide a safe place for all students to grow as a person and as a musician. Attendees will gain skills to strengthen connections with their students both musically and through a culture of acceptance and respect.

Band • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena H

Essential Techniques and Concepts for Your Low Brass Musicians

CLINICIAN: Dr. Dunwoody Mirvil (Florida Memorial University)

PRESIDER: Rick Rodriguez (Northbrook Middle School)

HOST: Ashley Akridge (Emanuel County Institute)

This session seeks to equip band directors with practical solutions intended to assist the low brass student. By addressing these pedagogical issues, music directors will be better equipped to assist their students to elevate their performance, therefore creating a concrete foundation for their respective ensembles that will pay dividends.

Band • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Oconee River

Georgia Southern University Jazz Ensemble

DIRECTOR: Dr. Rick Mason

PRESIDER: Hank Carter (Screven County High School)

HOST: Nick Garofalo (Chattahoochee High School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena F

Accessing Musical Language Through Solfege Harmonization

CLINICIAN: Michelle Folta (Columbus State University/Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus)

PRESIDER: Dr. Victoria Warnet (Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus)

HOST: Brandon Tharp, Sierra Reis, Natalie Crosby (Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus)

Using solfege for harmonization is an innovative and simple way for choir directors to apply literacy skills outside of sight-reading practice. Folta will demonstrate how solfege can be used to create a cappella arrangements and will provide practical applications for diverse learners in the choral rehearsal.

Choral • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena I/J

Quality Repertoire for the Developing Treble Choir

CLINICIAN: Josh Markham (Sequoyah High School)

PRESIDER: Charles Claiborne (Retired)

HOST: Joseph Salter/Nikki Johnson (Dean Rusk Middle School/Drew Charter School)

Have you ever left a reading session and thought to yourself “That music was great- but I can’t use any of it.”? Find music you can actually use! This is a reading session focusing on unison, two-part, and three-part music appropriate for beginning and intermediate treble choirs.

CNAfME • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena G

Strategic Rehearsing for Building Better Bands

CLINICIAN: David W Vandewalker (Georgia Wind Symphony)

Three decades of gathered experiences leads me to conclude that our most innovative music educators focus on the “how” more than the “what.” This session will explore a synthesized method of “how” master teachers start rehearsals in warm-up and ensemble skills and “how” those essential skills are transferred throughout rehearsal.

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Olympia

Making Books Come Alive With Music!

CLINICIAN: Mandy Gunter (Burnette Elementary GCPS)

PRESIDER: Kelly Mraz (R.D. Head Elementary)

HOST: Victoria Hammond (Richmond County School System)

In this Session, we will explore how to include children’s books in the music classroom. This Session will have a primary focus for young learners. Get ready to experience singing, movement, and instruments to engage young learners!

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Parthenon

Teaching Rhythm, The First “R”

CLINICIAN: Dr. Ran Whitley (Macie Publishing Company)

PRESIDER: Laurie Orth (Norman School Of The Arts)

HOST: Sherry Puryear

Music reading skills are a fundamental building block for young musicians. Most challenges may be traced to problems understanding and reading rhythms. Ran will present proven, classroom-tested techniques for getting your students to become great rhythm readers, develop music reading skills and achieve rhythmic independence.

SPONSOR: Macie Publishing Company

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena A/B Data, Data, Everywhere but What Does it All Mean?

CLINICIAN: Robert Morrison (CEO Quadrant Research)

PRESIDER: Dr. Sara Womack (Atlanta Public Schools)

HOST: Andew Santillo (Georgia State University)

Learn how to use the Georgia Arts Education Data Project to advance music education in your communities. Dr. Morrison will demonstrate how the data can be used to increase access and participation in your music program as well as programs across the state.

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Empire Room

Work/Life Balance for Music-Educator Moms

CLINICIANS: Laura B. Martin (Creekland Middle School), Deanna Joseph (Georgia State University)

PRESIDERS: CNAfME Students

HOSTS: CNAfME Students

Join Deanna Joseph, mom of two, and Laura Martin, mom of three, for an open discussion regarding work/life balance for the performer/educator. Victories, heartbreaks, strategies, and anecdotes from two women in the trenches. Come with questions!

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Ligotti Hall 1

Guitar Reading Session

CLINICIAN: Caryn Volk (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Bring your guitar and play along with guitar ensemble pieces from early beginner to mastery level! Book and publisher information will also be available.

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Theatre

North Gwinnett High School Chamber Orchestra

DIRECTORS: David Metrio & Lauren McCombe

Technology • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena C

A NEW model - Subscription Printing for General Music

CLINICIAN: Shawna Longo (Hopatcong Borough Schools)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Are you looking for interactive, ready to go lesson ideas for your K-5 general music classroom? Do you also believe in the power of having the music in the student’s hands? This workshop will give you everything you need to get your students reading, singing, & playing from sheet music!

SPONSOR: Hal Leonard

Technology • 1/27/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena D

The Innovative Music Educator - Balancing Technology & Instruction

CLINICIAN: Keith Ozsvath (Rotolo Middle School)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

What does teaching in the 21st century look like when we have access to so many technology tools? The session goal is to present a balanced approach for integrating technology with traditional ensemble instruction. Participants will take away fresh ideas and examples in the areas of productivity, instruction, and assessment.

SPONSOR: MusicFirst

Band • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena A/B

Recruitment and Retention in a Post-COVID World

CLINICIAN: Today Milford (Druid Hills Middle School)

PRESIDER: Jamie Smith (Dekalb Agriculture Technology and Environment Charter School)

HOST: Amanda Irby (Burney Harris Lyons Middle School)

This presentation will cover strategies, suggestions, tips, and tricks to help grow your program in a post-COVID world. Students are changing, and their virtual world is ever growing. How can we as music educators draw students to our music program and keep them interested to reap the benefits of music?

Band • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena E

Rhythm Giving You the Blues?

CLINICIAN: Dr. Brian M. Toney (Greenbrier High School)

PRESIDER: Zachary Bradley (Evans High School)

HOST: Aaron Garland (Ringgold Middle School)

Rhythm is perhaps the most fundamental of all musical elements. Do you know what rhythm patterns are harder than others? You may be surprised! This session digs into a hierarchy of difficulty in rhythm patterns and how educators can lead students (and teachers) to be better rhythm readers.

Band • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Theatre

Berry College Wind Ensemble

DIRECTOR: Dr. Alyssa Grey

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Carlos Franco (Parkview High School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena I/J

Developing Choral Artistry in Young Singers: The Three L’s: Listening, Literacy, & Literature

CLINICIANS: Rick McKee (Cosmic Possum Music), Angee McKee (Cosmic Possum Music)

PRESIDER: Marielle Matthews (GA ACDA Treasurer)

HOST: Jeremiah Robinson/Christina Vehar (Radloff Middle School/Pearson Middle School)

This session will focus on practical techniques and selecting literature to encourage artistic singing in younger choirs. Examples of “tried and true”, as well as new literature, will be featured. J.W Pepper will provide digital reading packets of choral literature presented.

SPONSOR: J. W. Pepper and Cosmic Possum Music

CNAfME • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena G

Classroom Management: A First Look for Developing Music Teachers

CLINICIANS: Dr. Zandra Bell-McRoy (Cedar Shoals High School), Darvin McRoy (Alton C. Crews Middle School)

Classroom management can prove a challenge and mystery to developing educators. This area is cited often as the area of music education that can prove most challenging for novice teachers. In this session, we will provide novice teachers with a practical approach to classroom management in the music classroom.

College • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Grand Hall 1

Rehearsal Techniques and Conducting Gesture for the Emerging Instrumental Music Educator

CLINICIANS: Robert J. Ambrose (Georgia State University), Chaowen Ting (Georgia Institute of Technology)

FRIDAY•SCHEDULE

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena F Just Add Kids

CLINICIAN: Jack Zaino (Alfred Music)

PRESIDER: Romona Smith (Woodward Academy North)

HOST: Christian Flesher (Joseph Martin Elementary)

It’s amazing what kids can do when given the right materials! Join clinician Jack Zaino to experience the newest 2-part chorals, songbooks, movement ideas, musicals, and other classroom resources—perfect for those energetic young singers of yours! A complimentary music packet will be given to each director in attendance.

SPONSOR: Alfred Music

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Olympia

Using Technology to Transform Ukulele Methodology.

CLINICIAN: Dr. Christopher Russell (Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion Elementary School (South Washington County Schools, Minnesota)

PRESIDER: Merritt Jones (Savannah Country Day School)

HOST: Haley Atha (South Jackson Elementary)

The ukulele is accessible, affordable, and fun, yet it has the unique ability to be used with all kinds of music and relevant for today’s students. Low cost or free technological tools and resources will be suggested to instruct and assess students.

SPONSOR: Peripole, Inc.

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Parthenon

It’s a Musical World - Traveling the World Through Music

CLINICIAN: John Jacobson (John Jacobson’s Music Experience)

PRESIDER: Victoria Hammond (Richmond County School System)

HOST: Heidi Long (Cotton Indian Elementary)

Explore the music, movement, and customs of countries around the world joining John Jacobson for a “feets-on” workshop that will teach you how to travel the world with your students without ever leaving the classroom. Come learn songs, games and dances to expand your musical appreciation of the world.

SPONSOR: JJ and Me, Inc.

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena H

Tips for Helping Your Exceptional Students Achieve Success in Music

CLINICIAN: Joe M. Pearce (Retired)

PRESIDER: Amber Weldon-Stephens (Fulton County Schools)

HOST: Henry Gallagher (Georgia State University)

Unsure about how to help secondary students with exceptionalities? Get tips on how to help your students from a long-time educator, an advocate for the exceptional student, and the parent of two children with exceptionalities. Practical advice you can implement in your classroom will be presented in this session.

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Oconee River

Howard High School Guitar Ensemble

DIRECTOR: John E. Sweat

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Empire Room

String Orchestra New Music Reading Session

CLINICIAN: David Metrio (North Gwinnett High School), Shawn Morton (Duluth High School)

The Orchestra new music reading session will feature some of the newest compositions be the leading educational composers for string orchestra.

Research • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Ligotti Hall 2

Tyva: Teaching and Transmission of Khöömei in the Center of Asia

CLINICIAN: Damon Postle (University of Georgia)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

This session will explore the teaching and transmission of khöömei (throat singing) in the Republic of Tyva. Participants will also learn the basics the high sygyt style and low kargyraa style of Khöömei.

Technology • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena C

Free Resources from Georgia Public Broadcasting for Georgia’s Teachers

CLINICIAN: Tracey Wiley (Georgia Public Broadcasting)

PRESIDER: Abby Jones (UGA)

Technology • 1/27/23 • 2:00 PM • Athena D

Breezin’ Thru Theory Hands-On: Accelerating Growth in Your Program

CLINICIAN: Diane Drysdale (Breezin’ Thru Inc.)

PRESIDER: Janice Yoon (Northbrook Middle School)

When students build rapid response to music theory concepts, their sight reading/understanding go through the roof and so do rehearsals. Learn how teachers level the playing field and accelerate their programs integrating Breezin’ Thru Theory. Bring any device. Try it hands-on. Fun, fast and effective; curriculum-aligned, student-tracked, online, Gr 4-12.

SPONSOR: Breezin’ Thru Inc.

Research • 1/27/23 • 2:30 PM • Ligotti Hall 2

Collegiate Male Choral Singers, Their Adolescent Voice Change, and Their Vocal Health

CLINICIAN: Patrick K Freer (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

This study of 49 collegiate male choral singers examined perceptions of their adolescent voice change, their vocal health during the change process, and teacher pedagogy that supported singing during the voice change (or not). This study drew on participants’ words to generate implications for ageappropriate pedagogy and future research.

Band • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena A/B

Where Research meets Practice: Classroom Management for the Modern Middle School Band Director

CLINICIAN: Dr. Robert J Grogan (Barber Middle School - Cobb County School District)

PRESIDER: Josey Jimenez (Duluth Middle School)

HOST: Jeremy Ragan (South Paulding Middle School)

This session focuses on practical classroom management techniques grounded in existing research. These best practices will help you make your band room a safe and comfortable space for all learners. Attendees will learn how to bridge the gap between what they learned in college to real-world applications.

Band • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena E

Do You Hear What I Hear? Lessons Learned from Master Musicians

CLINICIAN: Jeff King (University Of Texas at Arlington)

PRESIDER: Will Henderson (Telfair County Schools)

HOST: Christy Hursey (Wayne County High School)

In this session, Texas band director and author Jeff King shares the lessons learned from other master musicians on his 36-year quest to develop exercises for superior tone, flexibility, range, articulation, dynamics, technique, listening skills, and more.

SPONSOR: Neil Kjos Music Company

Choral • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Atrium

Harmonix

DIRECTOR: Phillip Streetman

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena F

Your Song: New 2-Part Choral Repertoire

CLINICIAN: Jack Zaino (Alfred Music)

PRESIDER: Angela Rocca (Doraville United Elementary School)

HOST: Romona Smith (Woodward Academy North)

Don’t miss this “Sing and Learn” session with Jack Zaino. See what’s new for 2-part treble choirs. Learn about the composers, effective vocal tips, creative staging ideas, and more! A complimentary music packet will be given to each director in attendance.

SPONSOR: Alfred Music

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena I/J

Creativity in Any Music Room

CLINICIAN: Jim Frankel (Soundtrap for Education)

PRESIDER: Erika Brown (Big Shanty Elementary)

HOST: Letricia Henson (Sarah Smith Elementary)

What is music without Creativity? Applying music theory with fun projects, enabling composition, and encouraging students and teachers to infuse their current curriculum with creative elements are key to this process. Participants will explore these skills with Soundtrap and feel prepared to bring simple strategies back to their classrooms.

SPONSOR: Soundtrap for Education

FRIDAY•SCHEDULE

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Olympia

Building Confidence through Improvisation for you and your students!

CLINICIAN: Kelly Mraz (Kelly Mraz)

PRESIDER: Ellen LeSaicherre (Heards Ferry Elementary)

HOST: Mandy Gunter (Burnette Elementary)

In this session, you will learn easy strategies to get your kids improvising confidently in the music room! We will examine the roadblocks to improvising, both for teachers and kids. You will walk away with the tools to empower your students to find their confidence and create beautiful music!

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Parthenon

Building Recorder Stars Through Blended Learning

CLINICIAN: Dr. Ran Whitley (Macie Publishing Company)

PRESIDER: Vicky Knowles (Compton Elementary)

HOST: Sherry Puryear

Students have grown up in a digital world Many schools are now implementing Blending Learning-where learning continues outside the classroom through students’ use of technology. You want the materials you use to develop musicianship, teach music reading skills and rhythmic independence. You can now have the best of both worlds.

SPONSOR: Macie Publishing Company

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena H

Copyright...All I don’t want to know, but really MUST know

CLINICIAN: Barry Morgan (Retired Solicitor General Cobb County)

PRESIDER: Kathy Bradley Kirby (Troup County High School)

HOST: Henry Gallagher (Georgia State University)

This session will explore the copyright provisions every music teacher must know to survive in our litigious society. The session will cover some history of copyright, the basic tenets of copyright, the provisions related to the modern teacher, and the concept of fair use.

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Ligotti Hall 1

Starting from Scratch: Guitar Edition

CLINICIAN: Jennifer Bain (Ola High School)

This session is for anyone thinking about starting a guitar program or who is new to teaching guitar. We will cover funding, instrument purchasing, method books, ensemble music, scheduling, concerts, basic pedagogy, and pacing. Come with any and all questions.

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Empire Room

Happiness and Sustainability: How To Teach Your Heart Out Without Burning Out!

CLINICIAN: Margaret Selby (Laing Middle School)

How do I build and maintain a thriving orchestra program without becoming a victim of my own success? Learn strategies for delegating and reducing the workload of non-instructional tasks and take away tips for preventing burn out and creating a healthy home vs. work life to continue loving this profession.

Research • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Ligotti Hall 2

“Writing Research . . . From Project to Proposal to Manuscript”

CLINICIANS: Patrick K Freer (Georgia State University), Rebecca L. Atkins (University of Georgia)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

This session will feature practical strategies about preparing to share your research ideas and expertise in conference presentations and journals. The session is ideal for graduate students and tenure-track college faculty.

Technology • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena C

Electronic Music Ensembles: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How

CLINICIAN: Ryan Bertram (Coleman Middle School)

PRESIDER: Abby Jones (UGA)

Electronic Music Ensembles are a fantastic way to include all students in creative music making. This session will demonstrate how students can use the GarageBand app on iPad as an instrument to perform music in a small ensemble setting.

Technology • 1/27/23 • 3:15 PM • Athena D

Kid-Friendly Songwriters’ Circle

CLINICIAN: Dr. Tess Nielsen (Frederica Academy)

PRESIDER: Janice Yoon (Northbrook Middle School)

A songwriters’ circle is a creative activity where kids come together to listen to and share each other’s songs. This session demonstrates how a technology-assisted songwriting circle engages teens and pre-teens with creative writing. In a supportive setting, students share positive critique and build a musical community among their peers.

Band • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Athena A/B

You mean I was supposed to know that before I started teaching?

CLINICIANS: Todd Wilson (Elkins Pointe Middle Band), Wendy Wilson (Autrey Mill Middle School)

PRESIDER: Neil Bright (Effingham County Middle School)

HOST: John Renfroe (Roswell High School)

This session is designed to assist younger directors in their first few years of teaching with the ins and outs of GMEA Policy and Events. It will be an interactive session that will cover GMEA events and other activities that will help a new director navigate teaching.

Band • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Athena E

Artistic and Systemic Motivations to Shorten the Learning Curve

CLINICIAN: Scott Casagrande (John Hersey High School, IL, Retired)

PRESIDER: Lloyd McDonald (Dean Rusk Middle School)

HOST: Andy Poor (South Forsyth Middle School)

The culture in our music program is still slowly returning to normal, but we’re not there yet…… It’s time to be smart about how we structure traditional activity in our performing music programs to maximize the inspirational opportunities for our students and shorten the learning curve.

SPONSOR: MusicFirst and Dr. William P. Foster Project for bands in under-served communities

Band • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Oconee River

Hillgrove Jazz Orchestra

DIRECTOR: Jeremy Lumpkin

PRESIDER: Brandon Soloff (North Gwinnett High School)

HOST: Maria Phillips (Norcross High School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Athena I/J

ACDA Reading Session

PRESIDER: Laura Martin (GA ACDA President)

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Athena F

Contra Flow: A collective of traditional Appalachian music, fiddle & contra dance calling

CLINICIANS: Dr. Marie Graham (University of North Georgia, Department of Music), Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis (University of North Georgia)

PRESIDER: Marti Parker (Suwanee Elementary)

HOST: Kristen Kuder Lynch (UGA)

In this two-part session, one group of participants will learn techniques for teaching and playing fiddle tunes while a second group learns how to call simple contra dances. During the last 20 minutes, the two groups will join forces for two fun and simple contradances.

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Olympia

Introduction to Orff

CLINICIANS: Mandy Gunter (Burnette Elementary GCPS), Tiffany English (Sugar Hill Elementary GCPS)

PRESIDER: Cindy Hicks (Eastside Elementary)

HOST: Daniel Holder (Alcovy Elementary)

Come and explore the Orff Schulwerk Approach through singing, movement, and instruments! This Session will be packed with excitement and new ideas to explore in your classroom. We hope to see you there!

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Parthenon

D.E.I.J. with John J.

CLINICIAN: John Jacobson (John Jacobson’s Music Experience)

PRESIDER: Nora Dukes (Fairview Elementary)

HOST: Victoria Hammond (Richmond County School System)

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice! experts suggest Social and Emotional Learning are integral parts of education and human development. Music teachers always do this without necessarily labeling it. In this workshop John will introduce new ways of recognizing and cementing this important role in the classroom.

SPONSOR: JJ and Me, Inc.

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Athena H

Conversations with District-Level Music Administrators

CLINICIANS: Fine Arts Coordinators

PRESIDER: Dr. Joseph Woodruff (Cobb County School District)

HOST: Fine Arts Coordinators

FRIDAY•SCHEDULE

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Empire Room

Incorporating Improvisation and Creative Music Making IntoYour Ensemble

CLINICIAN: Stuart Gerber (Georgia State University)

PRESIDER: Leah Prescott (Ridgeview Middle School)

HOST: Laney Hudson (Ridgeview Middle School)

This session will examine exercises and repertoire that utilize improvisation and creative music making techniques. Music from different genres and approaches will be demonstrated, all of which can be incorporated into middle school and high school bands, orchestras, and choirs.

Guitar • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Ligotti Hall 1

Guitar Method Review

CLINICIAN: Caryn Volk (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Instructional texts for guitar are as varied as the teaching styles we offer! We will discuss the various approaches to guitar education texts, and practice with our guitars. Bring your own method book for inclusion and comparison.

Orchestra • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Theatre

Peachtree Ridge High School Chamber Orchestra

DIRECTORS: Victoria Enloe, Bill Scruggs, and Bernadette Scruggs

Research • 1/27/23 • 4:30 PM • Ligotti Hall 2

Relationships Among Component Music Skills and Error Detection Ability

CLINICIAN: Laura A. Stambaugh (Georgia Southern University)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

This study makes a unique contribution to the topic of error detection by examining the predictive ability of basic musicianship skills and working memory. Music majors from two universities (N = 41) completed six tasks of error detection, beat perception and production, and working memory.

Research • 1/27/23 • 5:00 PM • Ligotti Hall 2

Toward Healthy Internal Dialogues: Examining Secondary-Level Music Students’ Perceptions of Self-Talk, Resilience, and Social Environment

CLINICIAN: Molly Blair (University of Georgia)

PRESIDER: Martin Norgaard (Georgia State University)

This study examined students’ perceptions of self-talk, resilience, and social environment in the secondary-level instrumental music classrooms. Results suggest that variability in students’ self-talk is explained by resiliency and social environment moderated by sex-type. Implications toward students’ music achievement, motivation, developmental needs, and curricula development considerations will be discussed.

Choral • 1/27/23 • 7:00 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Hightower Trail Middle School Eighth Grade Chorus

DIRECTOR: Kati Stewart

PRESIDER: Nikki Johnson (Drew Charter School)

HOST: Holly Botella (North Cobb High School)

Elementary • 1/27/23 • 7:00 PM • Athena F

Contra Flow: Community Dance

CLINICIANS: Dr. Marie Graham (University of North Georgia, Department of Music), Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis (University of North Georgia)

PRESIDER: Amie Schaff (Lawrenceville Elementary School)

HOST: Marti Parker (Suwanee Elementary)

In this session, participants will learn the basics of contradance through a shared experience of live string band music and dance in a traditional Appalachian style. We will demonstrate how a collaboration of musicians, callers, and student interns can contribute to a choral, instrumental, and general music curriculum.

Technology, General Interest • 1/27/23 • 7:00 PM • Tweed Recording Studio and Academy

GMEA Music Technology Student Showcase

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 7:30 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Beacon Hill Middle School Tenor Bass Chorus

DIRECTOR: David Hirschorn (Beacon Hill Middle School)

PRESIDER: Jay Champion (Lost Mountain Middle School)

HOST: Cindy Clark/Christine Kraemer(Winnona Park Elementary School/Beacon Hill Middle School)

General Interest • 1/27/23 • 7:30 PM • Oconee River

GMEA Composition Competition Recital

ORGANIZER: Dr. Richard Bell (Clayton State University)

Band • 1/27/23 • 7:45 PM • Theatre

Jefferson High School Wind Ensemble

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Golding (Jefferson High School)

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Jacob Weinstein (Habersham Central High School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 8:00 PM • First Baptist Church Athens

Decatur High School Advanced Treble Chorus

DIRECTOR: Elise Eskew Sparks (Decatur High School)

PRESIDER: Michelle Levesque (Alpharetta High School)

HOST: Cindy Clark (Winnona Park Elementary School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 8:30 PM • First Baptist Church

Spelman College Glee Club

CLINICIAN: Kevin Johnson (Spelman College)

PRESIDER: Brittney E. Boykin (GA Tech)

HOST: Maris Hayes, Azariah Wise, and Aaliyah Anthony (Spelman College)

Band • 1/27/23 • 8:45 PM • Theatre

Cobb Wind Symphony

DIRECTORS: Alfred L. Watkins & Robert J. Cowles

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Andy Poor (South Forsyth Middle School)

Choral • 1/27/23 • 9:00 PM • First Baptist Church

The University of Georgia Hodgson Singers

DIRECTOR: Daniel Bara

PRESIDER: Dr. Jared Register (Savannah Arts Academy)

HOST: Justin Bowen (Holy Innocents Episcopal School)

Athens

Athens

Music Conducting or Music Education

Messiah University’s Graduate Program in Music is designed for busy music educators who would like to advance their career and education. Whether you are a public or private school educator, a community or church ensemble director, or a recent music major graduate, our program can help you develop your skills as a music educator or deepen your expertise in music conducting.

• NASM-accredited

• Predominately online

• 1-week, on-campus summer intensive course (optional for MME)

• Faculty are experienced music educators and conductors

• Conducting degree tracks: choral, orchestral, wind

• Post-master’s certificate of advanced graduate studies in music conducting (CAGS) available

DEPARTMENT of MUSIC

Band • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Theatre

East Cobb Middle School Honors Band

DIRECTORS: Gregory Denson, Patrick Walsh, and William Burke

PRESIDER: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

HOST: Abigail Russom (Cass Middle School)

Band • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena A/B

We See You, Sis! A Conversation of The Unique Experiences of Black Female Band Directors

CLINICIANS: Jennifer A. Theilacker (Bennett’s Mill Middle School), Tiffiny C. Reckley (The Talented Teacher, LLC)

PRESIDER: Nina Pryor (David T. Howard Middle School)

HOST: Monica Fogg (Dekalb County School District)

This session aims to expose band directors to a variety of perspectives in diversifying their programs. We hope directors are reflective and proactive in their discovery that Black female band directors truly have unique experiences that can add value to any program as a director, composer, or clinician.

Band • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena E

Balloons and Breathing Tubes: Better Outdoor Ensembles for $5 or less!

CLINICIAN: Daniel Marques Scott (Cambridge High School)

PRESIDER: Christopher Carr (Carrollton High School)

HOST: Alex Swindle (Whitewater High School)

Utilizing the breathing techniques of Freddy Martin, the Cavaliers, Santa Clara Vanguard, Carolina Crown, and Spirit of Atlanta drum and bugle corps, attendees will gain practical information on how to enhance the quality, power, and resonance of their outdoor performances ensembles by using tools that cost less than $5!

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Olympia

Enhance the Elementary Classroom and Prepare Students for Band Through Pre-Band

CLINICIAN: Brittany Bauman (Nuvo instrumental)

PRESIDER: Rebecca Atkins (UGA)

HOST: Kristen Kuder Lynch (UGA)

Pre-band unifies general music concepts with beginning instrumental skills. Instruments used in pre-band are durable and sized for younger beginners. Activities in pre-band engage all learning modalities while teaching instrumental skills that will directly transfer when students move up to full-sized instruments.

SPONSOR: KHS America

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Parthenon

Distance Learning with the Ultimate STEAM Machine

CLINICIANS: Melanie Darby (Spivey Hall, Clayton State University), Mary Miller (Spivey Hall, Clayton State University)

PRESIDER: Craig Hurley (Ford Elementary)

HOST: Katie Hurley (Frey Elementary)

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) education presented through the award-winning video “The King of Instruments” featuring Spivey Hall’s magnificent Fratelli Ruffati pipe organ. Three 10 minute segments focusing on the history, science, and artistry of the organ. Great, no cost elementary classroom resource for science of sound curriculum.

Orchestra • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Oconee River

J. C. Booth Orchestra

DIRECTOR: Amanda Moran

Technology • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena C

Music Technology 101: The What, Why, & How of a Music Tech Curriculum

CLINICIAN: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Have you ever considered starting, or been asked to start, a music technology course at your school? Not sure where to start, what you will need, or what exactly you are going to teach? Heath will provide some great resources, curriculum guides, and tips just for you!

Technology • 1/28/23 • 8:45 AM • Athena D

Are YOU in tune? What I’ve learned so far...

CLINICIAN: David Thomas (Discovery High School)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

A fresh look at SEL and CRT (culturally relevant teaching). It’s really not as controversial or as difficult as it might seem. Need some encouragement? Come hear inspirational stories and fresh insights regarding Social Emotional Learning and Culturally Relevant Teaching as David shares experiences from 37 years of teaching music.

Choral • 1/28/23 • 9:30 AM • First Baptist Church Athens

Voices of Transcendence of M. D. Roberts School of the Arts

DIRECTOR: Chrystial Hudson

PRESIDER: Dr. Yolanda Brown (AP, M. D. Roberts School of the Arts)

HOST: Ramielle Moorer (Riverdale Middle School)

Choral • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • First Baptist Church Athens

Richmond Hill High School Women’s Chorus

DIRECTOR: Janet S. Wooten (Richmond Hill High School)

PRESIDER: Dr. Craig Hurley (Ford Elementary School/Spivey Hall Children’s Choir)

HOST: Drew Bowers/Joel Singleton (Milton High School/Eastside High School)

Band • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena A/B

Arranging for Your Instrumental Ensemble

CLINICIAN: Dr. Alyssa Grey (Berry College)

PRESIDER: Abigail Russom (Cass Middle School)

HOST: Maria Menendez (Carrollton Junior High School)

Do you want to write arrangements and warm-ups but aren’t sure how to begin? Are you missing a critical voice for your band or orchestra and need to re-write the part? Using Finale software, attendees will learn compositional techniques and create percussion maps. Write music to fit your program!

Band • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena E

Leading From The Podium: Creating An Environment Where Students Want To Be

CLINICIAN: Taylor Watts (Kell High School / Taylor Watts Leadership)

PRESIDER: David Roth (Kell High School)

HOST: Matthew Crisman (Chattahoochee High School)

In this session, we will explore how leadership from the podium and intentionality in designing program-wide systems can help create positive and rewarding environments for your students AND you -- inside and outside of rehearsals -- using real classroom examples and psychological principles.

CNAfME • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena G

You got the job! Now what? Building/rebuilding a music program.

CLINICIAN: Michelle Folta (Columbus State University/Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus)

Whether you are opening a new school or entering a program in need of revitalization, you have the opportunity to build a vibrant, strong music program in your community. Learn how to implement student autonomy and ownership in your program, while advocating and utilizing resources in your school communities.

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Olympia

Keys & Kingdoms: Unlock Your Musical Power!

CLINICIAN: Graeme Winder (Meloquest)

PRESIDER: Christina Hart (Poole’s Mill Elementary)

HOST: Holly Lengyel (Mason Creek Elementary)

Keys & Kingdoms is the first ever role-playing game for students (ages 6-15) that trains real musical skills and abilities in a whole new way! Come join us as we will talk about the exciting world of gaming and education as well as show a live demonstration of the game.

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Parthenon

Creating interactive lessons and tools for the K5 music classroom using SMART Notebook.

CLINICIAN: Andrew Geocaris (Rocky Mount Elementary School)

PRESIDER: Kristin Leslie (Smyrna Elementary)

HOST: Vicky Knowles (Compton Elementary)

SMART Notebook is a versatile desktop and online program that can create engaging, interactive visuals for an array of music lessons: Orff, music notation, composition, form, and more! Experience lessons and teaching tools created with SMART Notebook that increase student understanding while learning how to get started making your own.

General Interest • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena H

From Instruments to IEPs: Adaptive Music For All Needs

CLINICIANS: Shelley M Sanderson (Young Harris College), Kenneth Boykin, Jr. (Harris County Carver Middle School), Stephanie Justen (Peach County Schools, Autism Support)

PRESIDER: Andew Santillo (Georgia State University)

HOSTS: CNAfME Students

Come join a collaborative panel of educators for a hands-on experience of adaptive music teaching. Led by two Music Educators and an Autism Specialist, you will participate in multiple scenarios and will be provided with concrete tools and lessons for your music classroom. So come celebrate music learning for all!

Guitar • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Ligotti Hall 1

Guitar + Chorus?!

CLINICIAN: Caryn Volk (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Guitar class vs. Chorus class? Why not both? Teaching good vocal technique along with guitar technique can be feasible, and expand your class offerings. Bring your guitar along tp play along.

Orchestra • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Empire Room

Teaching Cello in the Orchestra Classroom (Like a Cellist!)

CLINICIAN: Maragret Selby (Laing Middle School)

From zero to thumb position. The cello is a different beast from your upper string instruments. Learn not only how to set up your young cellists, but how to think and teach like a cellist when it comes to the mysterious land of extensions, positions, shifting, vibrato, and bowing techniques.

Technology • 1/28/23 • 10:00 AM • Athena D

What’s That Control? Exploring Common Audio Effects

CLINICIAN: Patrick A Collins (Lanier High School)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

For a song to move from musically fantastic to radio-ready, we depend on about 20% of the audio effects in our DAW to do 80% of the work. During this session, we will demystify what these audio effects do, what exactly their controls manipulate, and when to use them.

Choral • 1/28/23 • 10:30 AM • First Baptist Church Athens

Georgia State University Treble Choir

DIRECTOR: Jennifer Sengin

PRESIDER: Erin Layton (Marietta Middle School)

HOSTS: Thomas Dixon/Max Rampley/Peyton Fleming (Graduate Students-GA State University)

Band • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena A/B

Training our Young Percussionists to Be Musicians and Not Just Technicians.

CLINICIAN: Drew Tucker (Self Employed Educator)

PRESIDER: Karen Mullins (Morgan County High School)

HOST: Christina Bryant (New Hope Middle School)

Band directors are equipped with the tools needed to address the musical needs of wind players, while the sounds percussionists are creating are often ignored. Marching Band pedagogy can further lead percussionists to be rewarded solely through technical demand as opposed to musical contribution, creating technicians as opposed to musicians.

SPONSOR: Pearl Corporation and Innovative Percussion

Band • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena E

Fundamental Processes for Sustained Success in Your Middle School Band Program

CLINICIAN: Maria Menendez (Carrollton Junior High School)

PRESIDER: Josey Jimenez (Duluth Middle School)

HOST: Zachary Nelson (Carrollton High School)

High-quality middle school band programs have processes in place that ensure success. From the complexities of classroom management and instrument maintenance to tone and rhythmic fundamentals, join in on the discussion about the essentials of a successful band program.

CNAfME • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena G

Let’s Get This Party Started! -Starting Your First Year as a Successful Performing Arts Teacher

CLINICIANS: Natalie Mattson (Twin Rivers Middle School), Lauren Taylor (Pace Academy)

Get information on what you need to be a strong first year performing fine arts teacher whether you teach chorus, band, or orchestra.

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Olympia

Executive Function, What’s Your Function….in the Music Room?

CLINICIAN: Gale Berman (The Epstein School)

PRESIDER: Brianne Turgeon (Springdale Park Elementary)

HOST: Natasha Mazarky (Rabun County Elementary)

Get familiar with executive functioning terminology and examine activities we can do – and already do – to enhance these skills in our classrooms. We will also discuss ways to help our students with executive functioning deficits (i.e. ADHD, learning disabilities) feel successful in the music room.

Elementary • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Parthenon

Tools and Toys: Everyday Composing with Elementary

CLINICIAN: Kristin M. Pugliese (Shallowford Pres School, Note Knacks Music)

PRESIDER: David DeStefano (Crabapple Crossing Elementary)

HOST: Letricia Henson (Sarah Smith Elementary)

Learn how to utilize classroom tools, including Note Knacks, and everyday toys to teach your students how to read and compose music in your classroom! Pugliese will offer simple ideas and hands-on lessons that will engage young minds and inspire them to create, while practicing important musical concepts.

General Interest • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena H

Developing a Culture of Excellence: The Foundation for Musical Success

CLINICIANS: Cecilia Clark (Allatoona High School), Taylor Watts (Kell High School), David W Vandewalker (Strategic Musications, Servant Leadership Association for Music, Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble, Georgia Wind Symphony)

PRESIDER: Christopher Sampson (Franklin County High School)

HOST: Requel Stegal (Paul D. West Middle School)

This session will focus on the key pieces-of-the-puzzle needed to maximize program excellence. From exemplary musicianship to positive community involvement, the tenets of success are within reach for every music culture regardless of school size and/or budgetary restrictions.

Guitar • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Ligotti Hall 1

Improv for Everyone

CLINICIAN: Erik Herndon (Marietta High School)

Improvisation is something we all want to teach but how often do we get to? Bring your ax and we will jam out to common chord progressions exploring basic techniques for improvising that will work in your classroom.

Orchestra • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Oconee River

Kennesaw Mountain High School Chamber Orchestra

DIRECTOR: David Starnes (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

Technology • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena C

Musicking the National Standards in the Technology-Based Music Instruction Classroom

CLINICIAN: William P. Owens (Mountain View High School)

PRESIDER: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

Music Technology is a growing field and being able to take the skills learned in performance-based ensembles is an important step to helping students develop creativity. When the goal is teaching musicianship skills, only the medium is changed. Don’t be afraid of the tech, just teach music.

SATURDAY•SCHEDULE

Technology • 1/28/23 • 11:15 AM • Athena D

The Novation Launchpad. It’s not just for Ableton

CLINICIAN: Heath Jones (McConnell Middle School)

PRESIDER: David Dover (North Gwinnett Middle School)

The Novation Launchpad was first released as an economical alternative to the Ableton Push controller, but it is fundamentally a MIDI controller that can be used with a variety of DAWS, devices, and apps. Learn how the Launchpad can become an instrument for any student!

Band • 1/28/23 • 11:30 AM • Theatre

GMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble Concert - Michael Nestor, Organizer

CONDUCTOR: Michele Fernández

PRESIDER: Michael Nestor (The Mount Vernon School)

HOST: Travis Downs (North Gwinnett Middle School)

Choral • 1/28/23 • 11:30 AM • First Baptist Church Athens

GMEA All-State Reading Chorus Concert

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MILTON HIGH SCHOOL

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

DIRECTORS: KEVIN KENNEY & CHRIS SHUMICK

The Milton High School Percussion Ensemble has performed at state level and national level events consistently for the past 13 years. This past year the percussion ensemble competed at the Percussive Art’s Society’s Small Ensemble Competition where it came in third overall. The ensemble performs full percussion ensemble concerts both in the fall and spring semesters along with competing in WGI in the Percussion Scholastic World division. Along with concert band, percussion ensemble, marching band, and indoor drumline, these dedicated students go above and beyond in performing in solo percussion recitals and participating in ensembles such as All-State Band and Orchestra, Georgia Honors Program, and community music ensembles.

Make a Joyful Noise………………………………………………............….……..….……….………..…….Ivan Trevino

A Page From the Book of Nature……..…………………………............……..….……….…………Harrison J. Collins Percussion Quartet……………….………………………...………………….………….…....…………….…Danny Elfman Deep Field Discovery.……………….….…………….………………………….……....……………………...Kevin Kenney to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem…………………………...……………….....…………………………………Andy Akiho DrakenVuur………………………………………………………………………….……………………….Nathan

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JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

JAZZ ENSEMBLE DIRECTORS: WILLIAM KILGORE & MATT TINNELL

For 37 years, the Jackson County Jazz Ensemble has received superior ratings at Jazz Performance Evaluation. As well, we have been a two-time participant in the Essentially Ellington regional competition at the University of North Carolina.

Throughout the career of Jazz program, the bands have accumulated an enviable record of the highest ratings and twice been selected to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association’s In-Service Conference. Most recently, we have performed at the Lovett Jazz Festival and on two occasions had the opportunity to perform for Former Governor Nathan Deal and other honored guests.

Whiplash………………………………........................................................Hank Levy, arr. Erik Morales

The Lord’s Army..........................................................................................................arr. Kris Berg

All the Things You are…...................................................…Hammerstein & Kern, arr. Roger Holmes

Limbo Jazz……………………....................................................…….Duke Ellington, arr. David Barger

Hold the Mayo!.................................................................................................Howard J. Rowe Jr.

I Saw Three Ships………………….………….….........................................................…..arr. Ryan Farley

Blue Skies…………......................................................………………...Irving Berlin, arr. Roger Holmes

Fly as Me…………………....................................................……….Mars & Paak, arr. Christian Kilgore

LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC

BAND

DIRECTORS: REGGIE HUMPHREY & JARON LEHMAN

The Lakeside Band program is comprised of over 420 students who participate in four concert ensembles, beginning bands, jazz band, and chamber ensembles. One of the earliest honors the program received, was the Middle School Exemplary Performance Award from the Georgia Music Educators Association in 2021. In 2020, due to the growth of the program, Mr. Jaron Lehman joined the staff as Assistant Director of Bands. The Lakeside Middle School Bands consistently earn Superior ratings at the GMEA District 9 Large Group Performance Evaluation. With a strong chamber music program, a large percentage of student successfully participate in the GMEA District 9 Solo & Ensemble Festival, as well as, provide significant presence in the District 9 Middle School Honor Bands and GMEA All-State Bands. Most recent, the ensemble won the Best in Class and Best Overall Performance Award at the 2022 Festival of Disney Competition.

Andrew Poor, Guest Conductor

Luis Cardenas Casillas, Soloist

Shepherd’s Hey…………............……………............……………...............Percy Grainger, arr. Loras J. Schissel

HOUSTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

WIND SYMPHONY

DIRECTORS: JAY DAVIS & DILLON WATKINS

The Houston County High School Band Program serves over 300 students daily and consists of four concert ensembles, a jazz ensemble, a percussion ensemble, and a color guard class. The Houston County Wind Symphony has received straight Superior ratings at adjudicated events since the school’s inception in 1991, and the group was awarded the Exemplary Performance Award by the Georgia Music Educators Association for the 2016-2017 school year. Students in the HCHS Band have placed in numerous honor groups, including the Georgia All State Band, the South Georgia Region Honor Band, and the Governor’s Honors Program. Past appearances of this group include performances at The Southeastern United States Band Clinic at Troy University, the Honor Bands of Georgia at Columbus State University, the Concert Band Invitational at Kennesaw State University, and two appearances at the Music for All Regional Concert Band Festival at Georgia State University, most recently in 2022.

Zero to Sixty……………..………………………………………………………………….........……………..Michael Martin

Mr. Dillon Watkins, Conductor

Goodnight Moon……………………………………….......……..Eric Whitacre, arr. Verbena Mosenbichler-Bryant HCHS Chamber Winds

Mrs. Lexie Huckaby, Soprano

Caribana…………………………………………………………………….....…………………………...………Omar Thomas

Phoenix Rekindled…………………………………………………………………....……………..Grace Baugher-Dunlap

Mr. Dillon Watkins, Conductor

See Rock City……………………………………………………………………………………….....…………….Brant Karrick

Olympia Hippodrome……………………………....……………………………………………………...Russel Alexander

Mr. Wally Shaw, Conductor

(Risk) Everything for a Dream…………………………….......…………........………………...………Richard Saucedo

Dr. Tina Holmes-Davis, Conductor

Vulcan………………………………………………………………………………………………...……….Michael Daugherty

I. Pon Farr

II. Mind Meld

III. Vulcan’s Forge

Miguel Castro and Joel Castro, Percussion

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR: ROBERT J. AMBROSE

Under the direction of Dr. Robert J. Ambrose, the Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble is recognized as one of the finest ensembles of its type in the region. As the premier wind band at Georgia State, the ensemble is comprised of the most advanced woodwind, brass, and percussion players in the School of Music, selected each semester by audition. The ensemble’s repertoire is drawn from significant literature written for wind ensemble, symphonic band and chamber winds. Most literature is performed with one player assigned to each part. Alumni of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble hold positions in many of the leading orchestras, bands and chamber ensembles in the country, including the Atlanta Symphony and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has accepted multiple performance invitations at prestigious conferences of the College Band Directors National Association and Georgia Music Educators Association. A performance of by the ensemble of Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, under the direction of Robert Ambrose, has received repeated airings on Georgia Public Radio. In addition, the ensemble’s reference recordings can be heard on the websites of numerous composers. In 2009, the Symphonic Wind Ensemble released its first CD, American Manuscripts, on the Summit Records label. Comprising premiere recordings of pieces by Michael Colgrass, John Mackey, Andrew Rindfleisch and John Zdechlik, the CD is available through iTunes, Amazon and other music retailers.

Petals of Fire………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…...........Zhou Tian

Sweet Chariot………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…....Carlos Simon

Cathedrals………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…..Kathryn Salfelder Adam Dalton, conductor

Galop “Merry Shrovetide in St. Petersburg”………………..…………………..…………………..…....Eduard Tamm T. Devin Reid, conductor

Traveler………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…………………..…........David Maslanka

Conga Del Fuego Nuevo………………..…………………..…………………....Arturo Márquez, trans. Oliver Nickel

BUFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL

SYMPHONIC BAND

DIRECTORS: KATHY MASON & MATT SCOTT

The Buford Middle School Band program is comprised of 265 students. Additionally, 55 students are enrolled in a second band class bringing the total number of students on roll to 320. Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of instrumental ensembles including Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Bucket Band, Jazz Band, and many chamber groups. The Symphonic Band is the premier group of our program and consists of seventh and eighth-grade band students who have earned the position through their dedication to excellence in instrumental studies. The Symphonic Band consistently earns superior ratings at LGPE and students are well represented in GMEA District and All-State events. In 2021 and 2022, Buford had the highest number of students selected to the GMEA District 13 Honor Band and ten students selected to GMEA All-State groups. Our band students are active in all aspects of the school including school sports, leadership, and clubs. They truly exemplify the Buford tradition of AAA Excellence: Excellence in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts.

Life Painting……………………………………………………………………………………………………......Aaron Perrine

Bitscapes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Jennifer Rose

Matt Groves, Guest Conductor

Scattered Light……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…Ryan Fraley

Inside Out…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....Chris Creswell

Commissioned by the Buford Middle School Symphonic Band

Choose Joy……………………………………………………………………………………………………Randall Standridge

WEST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

DIRECTORS: JOHN HERNDON & JOSH TYREE

The West Forsyth High School Percussion Ensemble is made up of ninth through twelfth grade students in four different percussion classes. In addition to preparing two concert cycles of percussion repertoire each year, they also work their parts for the concert bands to which they belong. Students in the percussion ensembles have been selected for District Honor Band, All-State Band, the Atlanta Youth Percussion Ensemble, and the Governor’s Honor Program. The Percussion Ensemble recently performed at the Southeastern Percussion Ensemble Symposium, a Music For All Affiliate Regional Music Festival, marking the first year that an ensemble from Forsyth County has participated in that event.

Blur…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..…Cesar Gonzalez

Ephemera…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..………………...Francisco Perez

Song Without Words…………………..……………………..……………………..….Gustav Holst, arr. John Herndon

Disguised…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..……………………....Clif Walker

Bulldog…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..……………………...Andrea Venet

A Spiral Made of Wires…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..…..Ivan Trevino

Space Race…………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..…………………….Jim Casella

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

JAZZ ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR: DR. RICK MASON

The Georgia Southern University Jazz Ensemble is a scholarship funded 17-19 piece big band made up of both music majors and non-majors from the Gretsch School of Music on the Statesboro campus. The ensemble performs at least four full concerts per year both on campus at our Performing Arts Center, and at off-campus venues. For the past several years, we performed by invitation at the annual Savannah Jazz Festival. The Jazz Ensemble often performs with guest artist such as Byron Stripling, Bobby Shew, Jon Faddis, The Eric Mintel Quartet, Harry and Ken Watters, and Tom “Bones” Malone.

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BERRY COLLEGE WIND

ENSEMBLE

DIRECTOR: DR. ALYSSA GREY

Founded by Martha Berry in 1902 as the Boys Industrial School with the mission of providing educational opportunity to poor children of the rural South, Berry became a four-year coeducational college in 1926. Located within the Department of Music, the Wind Ensemble is the premiere instrumental ensemble at Berry College in Mount Berry, GA. The group includes students from every major within the college. The Berry Wind Ensemble musicians perform several concerts a semester. Literature for the ensemble includes music by under-represented composers, new compositions, and band classics.

A Prelude to the Shining Day.……........…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......Yo Goto

Humoresque from Symphony No. 2.……......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…..….….Kim Archer Rite Wilder, Guest Conductor

Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento………......……................……Joaquín Rodrigo, arr. Grey Michael Kobito, Guest Conductor

Twitch………………………….…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…............….Nathan Daughtrey Mark Nuccio, Guest Soloist

Principal Clarinet, Houston Symphony

Symphony No. 6……………………......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…...........Vincent Persichetti

Urban Light…………………..…......…......…......…......…......…......…......…......….........................James David

HILLGROVE

JAZZ ORCHESTRA

DIRECTOR: JEREMY LUMPKIN

The Hillgrove High School Jazz Orchestra is a newly formed ensemble with students ranging from 9th through 12th grade. They have been asked to perform at local and district level activities. While the ensemble is new this year, there are many district and all state level musicians that make up the ensemble. We also have two students that perform in the District 12 Honor Jazz ensemble.

Cotton Tail…………………………………………………………...…………...........…Duke Ellington, arr. Mark Taylor

Bolivia…………………………………………………………………………………………Cedar Walton, arr. Eric Richards

Such Sweet Thunder …………………………………......……..Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, arr. Mike Kamuf

Always and Forever…………………………………………………….................…...Pat Metheny, arr. Bob Curnow Dr. Chip Crotts, Soloist

Funk Tank………………………………………………………………….………………………………..................Lars Halle

I’ve Grown Accustomed To His/her Face…………………………………………………………….arr. Scott Ragsdale

Late in the Quarter…………………………………………...............………………………………………….…Mike Dana

Me Then Why…………………………………………………………………………….................…………….Mike Tomaro

JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

WIND ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR: NICHOLAS GOLDING

The Jefferson High School Wind Ensemble is the flagship ensemble of the Jefferson High School band program. Members are selected by the director, and represent grades 9-12. Musicians in the JHS Wind Ensemble are well-rounded and active participants in Jefferson High School student life, and are members of the men’s chorus, women’s chorus, drama department, yearbook team, tennis team, soccer team, winter guard, jazz ensemble, cross country team, academic team, FBLA, art club, and more. The JHS band program has 100 students that participate in the JHS concert band, wind ensemble, winter guard, percussion ensemble, and the award-winning Dragon Regiment marching band. The JHS Wind Ensemble consistently receives superiors at Large Group Performance Evaluations, and was an invited guest of the 2022 Music for All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival at Georgia State University.

Columbia………………………………………………………………...............…………………….Randall D. Standridge

English Folk Song Suite………………………………………………………..............………..Ralph Vaughan Williams

Albanian Dance……………………………………………………................………………………………Shelley Hanson

William J. Pharr, Conductor

On Shores of Endless Sea……………………………..………………….................……………………………Kevin Day

Twitch…………………………………………………………………………………................………….Nathan Daughtrey

Christopher Mothersole, Soloist

Michael E. Pace, Conductor

Free Bird………………..……….........……………Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, arr. Dr. Robert J. Ambrose

Dr. Robert J. Ambrose, Soloist

COBB

WIND SYMPHONY

DIRECTORS: ALFRED L. WATKINS & ROBERT J. COWLES

The group’s roster includes individuals from all professions including education, medicine, law, engineering, management, sales, technology and music. Brought together by a common love of music, the members of the Cobb Wind Symphony bring a unique new sound to the metro Atlanta area. The charter committee and founders were four former members (and one spouse) of the Lassiter High School Band. Alfred L. Watkins is a Co-Founder and has served as Principal Conductor and Musical Director since the group’s inception in 1999. Some of the band’s past performances include: Southern Division College Band Directors National Association (2), GMEA In-Service Conference (3), National Band Association Southern Division Conference, and Midwest Band Clinic (3xs). Past guest conductors include: Harry Begian,Richard Clary, Jerry Junkin, Shelby Chipman, Ray Cramer, Jamie Nix, Mark Camphouse, Frank Ticheli and David Holsinger. Past guest soloists include: Fred Mills, former Professor of Trumpet, UGA, and founding member of the Canadian Brass; Chris Martin, Principal Trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Colin Williams, Principal Trombone, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Dr. Otis Murphy, Professor of Saxophone, Indiana University and Cecil Welch. The Cobb Wind Symphony is the 2009 recipient of the Sudler Scroll Award, awarded to outstanding community bands and sponsored by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. To learn more about the Cobb Wind Symphony or for information on becoming a member, please visit us at https://www.cobbwindsymphony.org.

American Salute……………………………………………………………………………...Morton Gould arr. Philip Lang Robert J. Cowles, conducting

Symphonic Movement………………………………………………………………………………..………Vaclav Nelhybel

Only Light…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Aaron Perrine

Second Essay for Symphonic Band………………………….……………………………………….….Mark Camphouse

Sweet Georgia Brown……………………………………………...Ben Bernie, Maceo Pickard, and Kenneth Casey Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone Soloist

Juba Dance…………………………………………………………………………………...Florence Price, arr. Jay Bocook

Songs for Silent Voices………………………………………………………………………………...………...Wayne Oquin

Diamond Tide, mvt 2…………………………………………………………………………….....………………..Viet Cuong

The Governor’s March.………………………………………………………………………….…………………Alton Adams

EAST COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONORS BAND

DIRECTOR: GREGORY DENSON

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: PATRICK WALSH | PERCUSSION DIRECTOR: WILLIAM BURKE

The East Cobb Middle School Honors Band is the most advanced ensemble at East Cobb Middle School. The students in the Honors Band participate in all GMEA sanctioned events such as District XII Solo and Ensemble, All-State and District Honor Band, Large Group Performance Evaluation, and the East Cobb MS Solo and Ensemble Festival in the Spring. Most recently, the Honors Band was selected to perform as a guest band at the 2020 (virtual) and 2021 University of Georgia Midfest Honor Band Clinic.

Affirmations………………………………………………………………………………………….....…..Randall Standridge

Loch Lomond……………………………………………………………………………………………………….......JaRod Hall

Detour………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......Brian Blume William Burke, Director of Percussion

Fanfare for the Gold……………………………………………………………………………………........…..Tyler S. Grant World Premiere

Spirit of the Stallion…………………………………………………………………………………….......…Brian Balmages Patrick Walsh, Assistant Director

Wellspring……………………………………………………………………………………………………...………..Jack Wilds

ALL-STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

CONDUCTOR: MICHELE FERNÁNDEZ | ORGANIZER: MICHAEL NESTOR

Michele Fernández is an active guest clinician/conductor, adjudicator, instrumental music composer and performer. Her compositions have been premiered at Midwest, IAJE and Regional Honor/All-State venues. Her original works for jazz ensemble are published through Hal Leonard, Excelcia, JW Pepper, Print Music Source and “Jazz Zone” series (text authored by J. Richard Dunscomb).

Michele frequently serves as a guest clinician/conductor for Regional and All-state groups and honors Jazz/Symphonic groups. She has appeared as a Midwest Clinic lecturer on rehearsal techniques (’07 & ’16), JEN ‘22 (two separate clinic topics) FMEA Conference lecturer, clinician for Clark College Annual Festival (WA), and frequent clinician for FSU summer camps.

Michele serves on the Education Committee for JEN (Jazz Education Network),is a sponsored clinician for Hal Leonard Publishing, HAPCO Foundation and in the past has also served as (freelance) guest clinician/ conductor/guest lecturer for various universities, including UNCo, UNT, UM Frost, UF and others. She is also a co-founder of “Your Jazz Education Connection” consulting, along with J. Richard Dunscomb, providing both in-person and virtual guidance for educators and their students on various topics.

Michele recently retired from teaching after 30 years, where her Miami Senior High ensembles earned top honors and gained international acclaim. Her groups have been selected for appearances at the Midwest Clinic (Chicago ’93 & ’98), IAJE (Boston ’94 & NYC ’97), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland ’96), FMEA Conference (Tampa ’94 & ’97) and national publications.

Michele has been the subject of a documentary spot on “CBS Sunday Morning”, cover story in Band Director’s Guide and featured as an outstanding educator in Downbeat Magazine. Michele has also taught Exceptional Student Ed, HS English and tutored Chemistry . She is also an active oboist and percussionist in Miami and spent several years as a rhythm section member of a busy local Latin ensemble.

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THE FLAT ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL SINGERS

DIRECTOR: LADELL FORTUNE

Flat Rock Middle School is located in Tyrone, Georgia and has a student body of 850 students. The school is a Community for Creative Learning in the prestigious Fayette County School District. The Choral program at Flat Rock features approximately 120 non-auditioned singers who participate in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade chorus ensembles. The “Flat Rock Singers” is a nonauditioned group of 7th and 8th grade students that have participated in chorus for at least one year. All Flat Rock Choirs have consistently received Superior Ratings in performance and sight reading at the annual Large Group Performance Evaluations (LGPE). Students in this program are selected to participate in many GMEA sponsored events which include the Sixth Grade Statewide Honors Chorus, the Georgia All State Chorus and the District 6 Honors Chorus each year. The 2022-2023 school year is the first year that the Flat Rock Singers have been invited to perform at the GMEA conference. Many of the students involved in Chorus excel academically and are active participants in extra curricular activities such as athletics, STEAM, robotics, academic team, cheerleading, drama club and the Community Music Theater just to name a few. Some of the most talented students have even landed roles in major movie productions filmed in Fayette County and the surrounding Metro Atlanta area.

Plaudite Manibus……………………………………………………………………………………………….....Sally Albrecht

Gloria from “Heiligmesse”………………………………………………..………Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Liebergen

Oggun Belele…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....Brian Tate

Hold Fast To Dreams……………………………………………………………………………………………....Susan LaBarr

Elijah Rock………………………………………………………………………………………………...arr. Victor C. Johnson

Sing To Me………………………………………………………………………………………………………....Reginal Wright

Tres Cantos Nativos…………………………………………………………………………………………...arr. Marcos Leite

Done Made My Vow………………………………………………………………………………………..arr. Ladell Fortune

BLAKE BASS MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHORUS

DIRECTOR: KELSEY ARMSTRONG

In the Fall of 2021, the long awaited Blake Bass Middle School opened its doors in Coweta County to approximately 850 students. In the first year of existence, the choir program had 94 members, and began to cultivate a culture of excellence that embodies the school’s motto “Be Bulldog Bold.” Throughout the 2021-2022 school year, Bass Middle School students auditioned for and participated in All-State Chorus, Sixth Grade State-Wide Honor Chorus, District 6 Honor Chorus, and Large Group Performance Evaluation, in which all groups from the school received superior ratings from all judges both in performance and sight-reading. At the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, the Blake Bass Middle School choir program grew to include 130 students across 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, and participation in All-State auditions, and GMEA District 6 Honor Chorus grew as well. All groups are non-auditioned, and perform in a variety of settings throughout the school year.

Sing Alleluia……………………………………………………………………………………………….……Victor C. Johnson

Dona Nobis Pacem…………………………………...………………………....……………………….Mary Lynn Lightfoot

How Like a Winter…………………………………………………………………………....……………...Ruth Morris Gray

Out of This World…………………………………………...………………….......……………………..Julie Gardner Bray

Where the Light Begins…………………………………………...………………………………………………Susan Labarr

This is Your Time……………………………………………………….………………..………………………..J. Reese Norris

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

ADVANCED WOMEN’S CHORUS

DIRECTOR: RUTHIE PHILLIPS

The Central Advanced Women’s Chorus consists of students from all walks of life. The members of the Advanced Women’s Chorus include athletes, band musicians, student council representatives, foreign language speakers, academic achievers, and more. None of the members of the Advanced Women’s Chorus study voice outside of the school day. As the only auditioned choral ensemble at Central High School, the Advanced Women’s Chorus contains mostly upperclassmen, though it is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The women of this ensemble have exceptional music reading skills which allow them to learn and perform a large quantity of music with an expert caliber. The Advanced Women’s Chorus regularly performs either SSA or SSAA repertoire in a concert series that includes a fall concert, winter concert, spring concert, and GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations. In addition to singing treble repertoire, this group also learns music for the Advanced Mixed Chorus. This choral ensemble is a combination of the Advanced Women’s Chorus and the Central Men’s Chorus. Though they do not rehearse with each other during the school day, these ensembles perform mixed repertoire at concerts in addition to their own respective repertoire. Thus, the Advanced Women’s Chorus learns a larger volume of music throughout the school year.

Peace of Wild Things………………………………………………………………………..……………………..Joan Szymko

Come Alive…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Jenny Mahler

Sigue……………………………………………………………………………………………..…Ivette Herryman-Rodriguez

Song of Miriam……………………………………………………………………………….....……………Elaine Hagenburg

Cantate Domino…………………………………………………………………………………...…………….Charlotte Botha

Never Sit Down from “Two Suffrage Songs”……………………………………………...………….Gwyneth Walker

Rise My Soul………………………………………………………………………………………...…………arr. Susan LaBarr

SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL

ADVANCED CHORUS DIRECTOR: BRENT WHITAKER

The SEBHS Choral program is part of Southeast Bulloch High School in rural Brooklet, GA. Since it’s revitalization from 18 students 16 years ago, we are now a full and very active program with an Advanced Mixed, Women’s, and Men’s Choir. Our Advanced Chorus has rated three straight superiors at LGPE each year since we began, and multiple Southeast Bulloch choral members are present at Georgia All-State Choir and All-State Reading Choir every year. The SEBHS Advanced Chorus has performed for the Governor’s office multiple times, both in Atlanta and at home. They have also performed at Southern Star, taking the Sweepstakes trophy for highest scoring choir, and most recently the Championship for highest scoring musical group overall. This group also took the overall Championship at Festival Disney while competing against choirs from all around the United States. In 2015, the group traveled to Carnegie Hall, received a superior rating in Queens, worked with Jo-Michael Scheibe, performed a world-premiere by Dan Forrest under the direction of Z. Randall Stroope, and finally performed Eric Whitacer’s “Nox Aurumque” by themselves as a showcase choir. This same year they also performed at the GMEA Convention. In 2017 the SEBHS Women’s Choir won 2nd place for non-mixed choirs at the Southern Invitational Competition while Advanced Chorus took the Championship trophy for top choir overall. In 2019, the Advanced Chorus was the highest rated choir at Worldstrides “Gold” series event in San Fransisco, being judged by Dr. Jessop, former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Singing Sergeants, and Dr. Armstrong, director of the St. Olaf Choir. Returning to regular travel in Spring of 2022, the SEBHS Advanced Chorus won the Championship at Festival Disney for our second time. Music is truly a way of life for us here at Southeast Bulloch High School, and we are striving, every day, to provide a top choral music education/experience to our students.

Dies Irae from Requiem……………………………………………………………………....….………Michael John Trotta

Across the Fields………………………………………………………………………………………………………Eric Barnum

Goodnight Moon……………………………………………………………….………Margaret Brown and Eric Whitacre

Twa Tanbou…………………………………………..….……………………………………………………Sydney Guillaume

She Goes Shopping for Gucci..……………………………………………………………………………………Larry Nickel

Wade in the Water.………………………………………………………………….....…………….……………Allen Koepke

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

GLEE CLUB

DIRECTOR: DAVID MORROW

The Morehouse College Glee Club is the premier singing organization of Morehouse College, traveling all over the country and the world, demonstrating excellence not only in choral performance but also in discipline, dedication, and brotherhood. Through its tradition the Glee Club has an impressive history and seeks to secure its future through even greater accomplishments, continuing in this tradition through the dedication and commitment of its members and the leadership that its directors have provided throughout the years. It is the mission of the Morehouse College Glee Club to maintain a high standard of musical excellence.

Even When He Is Silent................................................................................................Kim Andre Arnesen

“Requiem” from The Unarmed Child.......................................Adrian Dunn and Michael Bussewitz-Quarm

Soloists: Lesh’In Edwards, Tenor and Daniel Shegog, Rapper

John Was a Writer......................................................................................................arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.

Solo: Je’Vion Fluellen, Baritone

Sit Down Servant............................................................................................................arr. Stacey Gibbs

Betelehemu...................................................................................................................Olatunji/Whalum (Sung in Yoruba)

Where was Jesus born? Where was he born? In Bethlehem, the City of Wonder. That is where our father was born for sure.

HARMONIX

DIRECTOR: PHILLIP STREETMAN

Harmonix is a 10 member auditioned a cappella ensemble with a classic Americana repertoire. They made their national debut back in 2019 when they were personally requested by Dr. Richard Woods, Georgia State School Superintendent, to be the opening performance for the National School Superintendent Association Conference. Harmonix then went on to debut statewide at the GMEA 2022 Conference as a lobby performing group.

This Land is Your Land ….....................................................................Woody Guthrie, arr. Derric Johnson Soloists: Myah Rodriguez-Alvarado, Ethan Sullivan

You Are My Sunshine Medley ….................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Swing Low................................................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Soloist: Kiara Henley

Oh! Susanna …..........................................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Soloist: Danielle Vergara

Shenandoah..............................................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Skip to My Lou...........................................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Soloist: Mary Bryson Wright

Love’s Old Sweet Song..............................................G. Clifton Bingham & J.L. Molloy, arr. Derric Johnson

My Country ‘Tis of Thee ….........................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Yankee Doodle.........................................................................................Traditional, arr. Derric Johnson

Soloist: Mary Bryson Wright, Caleb Nelson

God Bless America..................................................................................Irving Berlin, arr. Derric Johnson

HIGHTOWER TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL

EIGHTH GRADE CHORUS DIRECTOR: KATI STEWART

The Hightower Trail Middle School Eighth Grade Chorus has had a very unconventional middle school choral experience. These students joined chorus in the height of the pandemic during their sixth-grade year. At that time, we were 100% masked and socially distanced, 20-30% virtual, and only had 40 minutes of rehearsal time 4 days per week! Even though this choir did not put on their first full live performance until their seventh-grade year, their love of singing has helped them persevere through the tough times and carried them through all 3 years of chorus to this very special moment tonight. The Choral Department at HTMS has been under the direction of Kati Stewart since 2019. There are 3 non-auditioned ensembles: Sixth Grade Chorus, Seventh Grade Chorus, and Eighth Grade Chorus. Students rehearse for 50 minutes daily. The program maintains a continuous membership of over 300 singers. The students in this choir were previously taught by Bess Yunek at Tritt Elementary, Gina Davis at Mountain View Elementary, Patrick Hydo at Murdock Elementary, and Lynn Boland at Shallowford Falls Elementary. They will go on to sing for Zelda Johns at Pope High School. Hightower Trail Middle School, a Cobb County Public School, is located in Marietta, GA and opened in 1993. Our principal is Dr. Hannah Polk. Hightower Trail has been ranked in the top 10 of Georgia middle schools in each state report card issued. The school has been named a 2002-2003 Georgia School of Excellence as well as a 2009-2010 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The school has an active PTSA and a non-profit Foundation. The band, chorus, and orchestra have all performed at the GMEA In-Service Conference. Additional academic achievements include: Gold Awards for Greatest Gains in 2017, National Beta School of Distinction, Music Program of the year Award in 2018, AdvancED STEM Certified School, Platinum Award for Highest Performing School in 2019 and most recently HTMS was recertified as a Model Professional Learning Community (PLC) School in the fall of 2022.

Dies Irae…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ryan Main

In time of silver rain……………………………………………………………...…..………………………….Sarah Quartel Gather at the River………………………………..………………………………..………………………………….Brian Tate Tshosholoza………………………………………………………………………………….…..……………….Jeffrey L. Ames

Lovely Day…………………………………………………………………………………..……………..arr. Robert T. Gibson

BEACON HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

TENOR BASS CHORUS DIRECTOR: DAVID HIRSCHORN

For six years, the Tenor/Bass classes at Beacon Hill Middle School have provided students an opportunity to move through the stages of voice change and maturation in a safe environment. The choir meets daily during Connections time and is comprised of 6th, 7th and 8th graders who love to sing.

Jubilate Deo.........................................................................................................................Laura Farnell

Sanctus (from German Mass in F)................................................................Franz Schubert, arr. Lon Beery

Time To Port (from Three Sea Chanteys).............................................................................Thomas Juneau

Star of Light..........................................................................................................................Laura Farnell

Hakuna Mungu Kama Wewe................................................Traditional Swahili Song, arr. William McKee

San’Bonani/Namhla Kudibene..........................Traditional IsiZulu & IsiXhosa Songs, arr. Michael Barrett

Invenium Viam.........................................................................................................................Ryan Main

DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL

ADVANCED TREBLE CHORUS

DIRECTOR: ELISE ESKEW SPARKS

The DHS Advanced Treble Chorus is an auditioned ensemble open to 10th-12th grade soprano and alto voices of Decatur High School—the one high school within the City Schools of Decatur, located in downtown Decatur in eastern metro Atlanta. The current enrollment of DHS is approximately 1,800 students. The DHS Advanced Treble Chorus performs repertoire in diverse styles and genres, though it is focused on achieving a balance of historically significant works with works of the modern era. This year features an emphasis on kinesthetic learning, with workshops by Moira Smiley, Evie Laden, and Keith Terry. Most students in this choir were involved in the choral program of David Hirschorn at Beacon Hill Middle School and sight-sing at an advanced level. DHS has led the state in total All State Reading Chorus participants and is often high among total All State Chorus participants from non-performing arts high schools. Many members of this chorus study voice privately and are involved with the Shuler-recognized musical theater program at DHS.

Kyrie (from Missa Brevis)……………………………………………………………...………………………....Nancy Telfer

The Storm………………………………………………………………………………………...Lotus Dickey, arr. Evie Laden

No Time………………………………………………………………………..…………………...trad., arr. Susan Brumfield

Ave Maria…………………………………………………………………………………….……………………….Gustav Holst

Edelweiss………………………………………………………....…………….Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Don Saliers

El Vito…………………………………………………………………………….………….....trad. Spanish, arr. Joni Jensen

SPELMAN COLLEGE GLEE CLUB

DIRECTOR: KEVIN JOHNSON

Now celebrating its 98th season, the historic Spelman College Glee Club has maintained a reputation for choral excellence since 1924. Open by audition to all students of the College community, the Glee Club performs a repertoire that includes selections from world cultures, commissioned works, sacred and secular choral literature, Negro spirituals, and music by African American composers, all with a particular focus on harmonies that complement women’s voices. Generations of young women, including those who major and minor in music and those focusing on other areas of study have given their time, talent, and energy in exchange for membership in this special elite group embedded within the Spelman sisterhood. Currently, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Johnson, associate professor of music, the Glee Club has performed for a variety of audiences throughout the United States and abroad. Past performance venues include the Faneuil Hall in Boston, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. Internationally, the Glee Club has traveled to Canada, Brazil, Portugal, and, most recently, Italy for the 2022 ASCO International Summit in Rome. Performance highlights include a 2016 concert at the White House for President Barack Obama and a March 2017 performance at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Active in the local and national music community, the Glee Club has shared the stage with the Dance Theater of Harlem, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and an array of other African American celebrities. Locally, they have performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and most recently provided the choral soundtrack for the Atlanta Ballet’s world premiere of Dwight Rhoden’s “Sunrise Divine,” which featured arrangements and original music by Dr. Johnson. As the premiere performance organization for the College, the Glee Club sings for most campus events. In 2021, they celebrated the 95th anniversary of the annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert with the Morehouse College Glee Club. Over those 95 years, this event has become the perennial highlight of the Christmas season in Atlanta. This concert is featured on National Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting during the holiday season. Other major performances include the annual Spring Concert and Spring Tour, which take place during the College’s observation of spring break.

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA HODGSON SINGERS

DIRECTOR: DANIEL BARA

The international award-winning UGA Hodgson Singers serves as the premiere, ambassadorial choral ensemble of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. Comprised of mostly undergraduate music majors at the University of Georgia and conducted by Dr. Daniel Bara, the John D. Boyd UGA Foundation Professor of Choral Music, the choir has performed by invitation in recent years for the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Convention (2014, 2018), Georgia Music Educators Association (2011, 2017), and in concert with Kathleen Battle, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, The Kings Singers, with whom it co-commissioned a choral work by Nico Muhly that had its North American premiere in Hodgson Hall in January 2018, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, the acclaimed professional British choir, Tenebrae. In February 2020 the choir was featured in concert with Andrew Bocelli and the Atlanta Symphony. In 2014 it was the Grand Prix winner at The International Choral Competition Ave Verum in Baden, Austria. The Hodgson Singers released its first internationally distributed recording, Grace Immaculate: Prayers and Love Songs, on the Gothic Records label in June 2017.

Sowing and Reaping

Whatever is Foreseen in Joy...........................................................................................Andrew Maxfield

Die mit Tränen säen...........................................................................................................Heinrich Schütz

Lament and Despair

I’ve Been in the Storm So Long........................................................................................arr. Jeffrey Ames

Lament for Pasiphaë from Mid-Winter Songs..................................................................Morten Lauridsen

Eli, Eli, Lama Sabactani?....................................................................................................Ernesto Herrera

Love and Faith

Mama Said.................................................................................................Ruthie Foster, arr. Paul Rardin

I’ll Fly Away......................................................................................Albert Brumley, arr. Shawn Kirchner

VOICES OF TRANSCENDENCE

OF M. D. ROBERTS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

DIRECTOR: CHRYSTIAL HUDSON

Transcendence, the premiere choir of the Voices of Excellence, is in its fourth year of existence. Voices of Excellence, the choral department of M. D. Roberts School of the Arts in Jonesboro, Ga., strives to give students excellent instruction in vocal performance, a risk-free learning environment, and plenty of performance opportunities. Transcendence consists of seventh and eighth grade students. Eighth grade students help to shape the lasting legacy of the choral department by assisting the younger students with concert etiquette and choir decorum. Together the students work as a team to engage and entertain the audience. The choir has performed in such places as the Hartsfield-Jackson airport and community events around Clayton County under the name of M. D. Roberts Concert Choir, rebranded to Transcendence in 2019. In 2020, Transcendence’s rise was cut short due to COVID-19. Being virtual in 2020 - 2021, the choir was not able to perform or even sing together. This school year, Transcendence was back together with many obstacles to overcome. However, the students have persevered and worked hard to perform for you today. We are delighted to perform for you and hope you enjoy it as much as we love singing together and for an audience.

Tumerkuja Kuimba (We have come to Sing)....................................................................Lynn Zettlemoyer

I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing.................................................................James M. DesJardins

I Dream A World.................................................................................................................Andre Thomas

Dies Irae from Mozart’s Requiem................................................................Mozart, arr. Patrick Liebergen

I shall Not Live in Vain.....................................................................................................Ruth Morris Gray

Viva from Il re pastore................................................................................Mozart, arr. Patrick Liebergen

Sing to Me............................................................................................................................Laura Farnell

The Lord Bless You and Keep You.............................................................................................John Rutter

Lift Up Your Voice...........................................................................................................Victor C. Johnson

RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL

WOMEN’S CHORUS

DIRECTOR: JANET S. WOOTEN

The Women’s Chorus, one of the premiere ensembles at Richmond Hill High School, consists of singers from the freshmen to the senior class. The members of this ensemble have committed their time, hard work, dedication and talents to the choral program. The ensemble has consistently received superior ratings in performance and sight reading in state evaluations and are an integral part of the fine arts in our community. Members of this ensemble participate in District Honor Choir, Southern Invitational Choir Competition, All-State Chorus, All-State Reading Choir, GHSA Literary Meet and the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. Most recently, the RHHS Women’s Chorus performed at the Georgia American Choral Directors Association State Conference in Rome, GA.

Exsultate! Jubilate!.............................................................................................................Kyle Pederson

Il est bel et bon.................................................................................................................arr. John Leavitt

Love Psalm......................................................................................................................Darmon Meader

Light of a Clear Blue Morning........................Dolly Parton, arr. Craig Hella Johnson and Richard Garbrillo

Solo: Jaci Wooten and Maniya Martin

Instrumentalist: Hannah Dixon

I’ll Tell My Ma......................................................................................................................arr. Erik Jones

Be Still (Psalm 46)...........................................................Jeff Bumgardner and Cliff Duren, arr. Cliff Duren

Commissioned by the RHHS Women’s Chorus for the 2022-2023 Concert Season

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

TREBLE CHOIR

DIRECTOR: JENNIFER SENGIN

The Georgia State University Treble Choir (formerly Women’s Chorus) is one of the newest choral ensembles at the university and performs throughout the year both on and off campus. Reinstated during the 2018-2019 school year, the membership includes students majoring in fields across the entire university. The Treble Choir recently won first place in The American Prize Choral Performance division and performed at the 2020 Georgia Music Educators Association Conference. The ensemble’s works to highlight the vast array of repertoire written for treble voicing and seeks to promote and feature compositions and poetry by women.

Sigue………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..Yvette Herryman

TāReKiṬa………………………………………………………………………...………………………………….…Reena Esmail

Children, Go Where I Send Thee………………………….........................Traditional African American Spiritual arr. Kevin Phillip Johnson, Rap Crafted by Ayana Davis

How Can I Cry?…………………………………………………………….....…………………………….……..Moira Smiley

All Shall Be Well……………………………………………………………....……………………………...…..Sarah Quartel

Still I Rise…………………………………………………………………………………....……...……....Rosephanye Powell

ALL-STATE READING CHORUS

CONDUCTOR: TIMOTHY MICHAEL POWELL | ORGANIZER:

Timothy Michael Powell is a composer, conductor, and music educator (not necessarily in that order!). Called “a skilled composer who understands the voice in all stages of development” by New York Concert reviews, Timothy’s compositions eclectically span stylistic genres, and include majors works such as Wedding Mass, premiered at Carnegie Hall, Incarnatio Mysteria premiered at Lincoln Center in 2011, and St. George and the Dragon, a collaboration with renowned poet and lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri, premiered in April 2014 at Lincoln Center to rave reviews. His bluegrass triptych Dear Appalachia: Songs For My Mountain Home received rotating world premiere performances in Ireland and throughout the U.S., culminating in a Carnegie Hall premiere in 2017.

Timothy was one of only 25 educators in the United States to be named a Semi-finalist for the 2016 Grammy Music Educator Award, and won the American Prize in Choral Performance in 2012. He was the 1999 National Choristers Guild Scholar, and a 2002 Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria.

Currently the Director of Choral Activities at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA, Timothy has successfully led choral programs in middle school, high school and colleges, performing multiple times by peer-reviewed invitation at NAfME and ACDA conferences. He holds a DMA in Conducting from the University of South Carolina and his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Belmont University where he studied with Tim Sharp. He enjoys membership in ASCAP and Pi Kappa Lambda and serves in leadership roles in NAfME, and ACDA. He and his wife Jennifer have two musical children.

TRICKUM MIDDLE SCHOOL

8 TH GRADE GUITAR ENSEMBLE DIRECTORS: JEFFREY SCHAEFER & RICK SARGENT

Trickum Middle School is located in Lilburn, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The school has an enrollment of over 2,200 students with many of the students participating in Band, Chorus, Guitar and Orchestra. The Trickum Middle School Guitar program currently has over 350 students enrolled in grades 6-8, under the direction of Jeffrey Schaefer and assisted by Rick Sargent. Established in 2011, the Trickum Middle School Guitar program is a fully established fine art with six year-long classes with honors and rock ensembles. The 7th and 8th grade Guitar Ensembles consistently receive superiors at Giocoso. In 2019, the Trickum Middle School 8th Grade Guitar Ensemble performed at the GMEA In-Service Conference. The mission of Trickum Middle School is to pursue excellence in all areas by providing rigorous academics, developing leadership, fostering creativity and empowering students with skills to succeed in an ever-changing society through a partnership between students, parents, faculty and staff. The guitar students, their families, directors and school administrators are honored the Trickum Middle School 8th Grade Guitar Ensemble has been invited to perform at the 2023 Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference.

Winds in the Morning....................................................................................................Traditional/Swick

La donna é mobile (from Rigoletto)................................................................................Verdi/Henderson

Andantino in C..........................................................................................................................Sor/Swick

Toreador Song (from Carmen)........................................................................................Bizet/Henderson

Amazing Grace.....................................................................................................................Newton/Joy

Look at the Stars..................................................................................................................................Joy

Desert Trail......................................................................................................................................Fisher Manzanita.......................................................................................................................................Fisher

Pipeline................................................................................................Spickard and Carman/Henderson

Tiger Balm...................................................................................................................................Herndon

A Thousand Years........................................................................................Hodges and Perri/Henderson

Evil Ways..................................................................................................Santana and Henry/Goldsmith

HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL GUITAR ENSEMBLE

DIRECTOR: JOHN E. SWEAT

The Howard High School Guitar Ensemble began in 2008 when the school opened. Under the direction of Mr. John E. Sweat, the group has performed annual concerts on campus and for several organizations within the Middle Georgia community such as senior citizens organizations, children’s hospitals, and shelters. They have also performed at the Governor’s Mansion in Atlanta, The Walt Disney World Resort, the Universal Orlando Resort, Charleston, SC, and St. Augustine, FL. Many of the guitar ensemble performances are collaborative efforts with the Howard High School Orchestra. Students from both ensembles participated at presentations at the 2019 GMEA In-Service Conference as well as the 2020 ASTA National Conference. They also gave a lobby performance at the 2019 GMEA In-Service conference. In addition to performances with orchestra, the guitar ensemble has also performed on its own as well. In 2022, the guitar ensemble participated in its first ever Giocoso Day at North Gwinnett Middle School and earned all superior ratings. The ensemble will also be represented at the district level solo/ensemble performance evaluation as well. Plans for the 2022-2023 academic year include a performance tour to our feeder elementary schools in order to establish a guitar program at our feeder middle school for the 2023-2024 academic year. With this new direction, we anticipate major growth in our high school guitar enrollment.

St. Anthony Chorale.....................................................................................F. J. Haydn, arr. Jerry Snyder

To a Wild Rose...............................................................................Edward MacDowell, arr. John E. Sweat

Minuet in E Minor.................................................................................................J. S. Bach, arr. J. Snyder

Amazing Grace....................................................................................John Newton, arr. Andrew Hobler

Interlude................................................................................................................................William Bay

Allegro..............................................................................................................................Mauro Giuliani

Sonata Quasi una Fantasia (Moonlight Sonata)...............................Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. J. Snyder

The Wind from the South..................................................................................Carolan, arr. Lynne Morley

Canon in C...............................................................................................J. Pachelbel, arr. M. Ryan Taylor

The Rainbow Connection..........................................................................Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher

España Cañi......................................................................Pascual Marquina Narro, arr. Kathy L. Fishburn

Macon Music Medley.........................................................................................................arr. Robert Hall

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OSBORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

DIRECTORS: CARL RIEKE & FRANK FOLDS

Osborne Middle School is located in Hoschton, Georgia. The school opened in the fall of 2004 and has a rich history of outstanding student involvement in all fine arts programs. The Osborne Orchestra program averages between 300 to 325 students in sixth through eighth grades each year. The orchestras have received straight superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation for the past seven years. Osborne Orchestras have performed at the Georgia State Orchestra Festival, the Kennesaw State University Orchestra Invitational, the Governor’s Mansion, and many other local venues in Gwinnett County. The Osborne Honor Orchestra, consisting of 40-45 of the most advanced string players at the school, is the face of the Osborne orchestra program in the community and gives ten to fifteen performances each year.

Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1...............................................................................George Frideric Handel

Divertimento in D Major, K. 136..................................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. By Dr. Richard Bell III. Presto

(Commissioned by the Osborne Middle School Orchestra)

O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi)........................Giacomo Puccini, arr. By James “Red” McLeod

La Danse Petite...........................................................................Claude Debussy, arr. By James Meredith

Hawkeye’s Shuffle...................................................................................................................Tim Aucoin

(Commissioned by the Osborne Middle School Orchestra)

A Riverside Celebration....................................................................................................Brian Balmages

WOODWARD ACADEMY STRING MACHINE

DIRECTOR: GINA CALLOWAY

The Woodward Academy String Machine is part of the robust performing arts program at Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia. The High School String Orchestra program at Woodward consists of three ensembles: Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia and String Machine. String Machine is the highest level string ensemble at Woodward and consistently earns superior ratings at LGPE. Additionally, this group regularly includes individual members of All State Orchestra, Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Symphony Youth Orchestra and Metropolitan youth Symphony Orchestra. Members of String Machine are also very accomplished outside of music as National Merit finalists, National Honors Society members and Varsity athletes, to mention a few.

Perseus………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Soon Hee Newbold

L’Estate (Summer), from The Four Seasons………………………………….....……………………..…Antonio Vivaldi III. Presto

Shristi Roy, Violin

Libertango………………………………………………………………………………..…………………..……Astor Piazzolla

Lift Every Voice and Sing………………………………..……..…….John Rosamond Johnson, arr. Gina Calloway

String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)……………………………………………...…………..Franz Schubert

I. Allegro (Abridged)

NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

DIRECTORS: DAVID METRIO & LAUREN MCCOMBE

North Gwinnett High School is located in Suwanee, Georgia (Gwinnett County). The North Gwinnett High School Orchestra Program has an established tradition of excellence. The NGHS Chamber Orchestra in particular consistently receives Superior ratings at GMEA District 13 LGPE and is well-represented at county, district, state, and national events including the GMEA District 13 Honor Orchestra, Gwinnett County Youth Symphony, GMEA All-State, the Governor’s Honors Program, the NAfME All-National Honor Orchestra, the Ludwig Symphony, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Several of our students who participate in our string quartet program are accepted every year to participate in the University of South Carolina’s string quartet workshop and competition with the Grammy Award winning Parker String Quartet.

Four Noveletten..................................................................................................Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

IV. Allegro Molto

Waltz No. 2.........................................................................................Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Lavender

Rosa Mundi..............................................................................................................................Paul Lewis

Fandango from Quintet in D, G.448...................................................................................Luigi Boccherini

Prairie Tune...........................................................................................................................Albert Wang

Serenade for Strings..............................................................................................Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky

IV. Finale (Tema Russo)

PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

DIRECTORS: VICTORIA ENLOE, BILL SCRUGGS, AND BERNADETTE SCRUGGS

Peachtree Ridge High School is located in Suwanee, Georgia, and is part of the Gwinnett County Public School system. With a minority enrollment of 83%, the student population of Peachtree Ridge reflects Suwanee’s rich cultural diversity. The Peachtree Ridge Orchestra program was established in 2003 with 120 orchestra members and has grown to comprise more than 370 students, 12% of the school population. The orchestra program consists of four levels: Concert, Symphonic, Philharmonic, and Chamber that meet daily for 90 minutes on the school’s four-by-four block schedule. Peachtree Ridge Orchestras have performed at events throughout the metro Atlanta area including the Kennesaw State University Orchestra Invitational, the Georgia State University Orchestra Festival, the Georgia School Board/State Superintendents Association Conference, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce 2021 Winter Reception, and has been featured twice in sessions at the annual GMEA In-Service Conference. Each ensemble also designs and participates in an annual community outreach concert directed at feeder elementary, middle, or special needs high school students. Numerous students from the PRHS Orchestra are selected each year to participate in AllState orchestra, the Governor’s Honors Program, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. In addition to enriching the Peachtree Ridge community through ensemble performance, orchestra students have been STAR students, varsity athletes, National Merit finalists, TSA State Champions, Robolions robotics team members, and Peachtree Ridge drama and dance department members.

Three Pieces for String Orchestra…………..…………………………………………..…………………….Victor Herbert

I. Air de Ballet

II. Forget-Me-Not

III. Sunset

The Third Year…………………………………………………………………………………………........Jonathan P. Kochik

Ricercare a 6………………………………………………………………………………….......J.S. Bach, arr. Helmut May

Procession of the Sardar…………………..……………………Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, arr. Steven Frackenpohl

Featuring the PRHS Dance Department

Two Nordic Melodies……………………………………………………………………………………............Edvard Grieg

I. In Folk Style

First Snow………………………………………………………………………………………………………....……..Ola Gjielo

Kathyrn Wyatt, Piano

Home…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Ola Gjielo

Kathryn Wyatt, Piano

Gettysburg………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Mark Summer

J. C. BOOTH ORCHESTRA

DIRECTOR: AMANDA MORAN

J. C. Booth is located in Peachtree City, GA. The orchestra has been at the school for 20 years. The Booth orchestra consistently earn Superior ratings at LGPE. They have been invited to play at GMEA in 2007. They have also performed at Disney, Universal Studios, and Six Flags. Students in orchestra have been members of AYSO, FPYO, MYSO and the Emory Youth Orchestra. Over the years many students have represented Booth at All State. Students also participate in Solo and Ensemble and the Fayette County All County Orchestra. Students from Booth feed in to McIntosh High School.

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KENNESAW MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR: DAVID STARNES

Kennesaw Mountain High School is celebrating 22 years of existence in 2022. The Orchestra program offers three string orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Sinfonia Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, as well as a Symphony Orchestra. 3. The three orchestras meet daily for 90-minute rehearsals and perform two concerts each semester as well as participate in the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation. The orchestra is financially supported by the Cobb County Schools as well as the Kennesaw Mountain Orchestra Boosters Association. The Kennesaw Mountain High School Orchestra program partners with Georgia State University as well as members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Opera Orchestra, and Atlanta Ballet Orchestra who serve as section coaches and mentors on an on-going basis. Students receive group master classes from professionals during the school day that supplements their full ensemble experience. Members of the Kennesaw Mountain High School Orchestra are also members of area youth orchestras including the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, the Georgia Youth Symphony, as well as the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Orchestra students from Kennesaw Mountain High School have been selected for the Cobb County Honor Orchestra as well as the Georgia All State Orchestra.

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