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IDAHO MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATIONA State Unit of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education824 Northview Drive

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WELCOME TO 2014-15Hello Everyone!

I hope your summer was filled with moments of relaxation and family time as youhead back to school to change the lives of your students through music education! Iam excited to begin my 21st year of teaching and also my first year as President ofIMEA. I am honored to be serving all of you in this capacity and ask that you wouldjoin me in helping IMEA continue to be a supportive force for all music educators inour state!

As we begin a new year, I would like to ask if you have a desire to be more involvedin IMEA to let your district leadership know and they will let the IMEA board know aswell. I remember when I was in my first few years of teaching, I didn't think I hadmuch to offer IMEA. Through volunteering, I realized that I had things to offer thathelped build my confidence as a music educator and connect with all the amazingmusic educators we have in our state. I would love to see as many of you volunteer forthings to help lighten the load of the general leadership. There is always somethingthat we could use help with.

We have moved to All State as a yearly event and hope that you will encourageyour students to audition for All Northwest/All State as they look for ways to enhancetheir music experience! I hope that this move to All State every year will allow morestudents to enjoy the All State experience and in turn give your school programs aplace for leaders to excel. Auditions open on September 1 and continue throughOctober 1. All State will be in Coeur d'Alene for rehearsals and Spokane for the finalperformance. We hope you will take advantage of attending All Northwest while yourstudents are preparing their music for their performances! Please check the IMEAwebsite for more information.

One of the things that I am passionate about is helping our students become moreproactive in their own music experience and education. Three years ago, VallivueHigh School started a Tri-M Chapter. This is an honor society for music students. Atour school we use Tri-M as a way to give back to our community by donating to a localcharity every spring with our Talent Show and also serving each other in our school

by ushering for concerts and finding ways to serve in thecommunity. This organization has shown me that studentspassionate about music are willing to serve for causes thatthey are passionate about. I hope that you will considerstarting a Tri-M Honor Society chapter in yourMiddle/JH/High School. I would love to see chaptersspringing up all over the state and share ways in which theycan promote the benefits of music education from a studentperspective. If you have any questions about this, pleaseemail me, and I will send you more information. I wouldalso love to hear about what your organization is doing toshow how music education gives back to our communities!

Lastly, I would like to thank all of you for what you doday in and day out. I am product of Idaho Music Education,and I am proud to represent all of you on a national level. Ibelieve that it is music education that helps students have abreak from all the many tests and pressures that they areput through in a school year! I hope that you will reach outto another music educator when things get rough. There isnothing more comforting than to know that we all gothrough similar things and that there is longevity in this

profession! I hope thatyour year stretches youinto greatness!

Have a great schoolyear!—Ron Curtis, IMEA [email protected]

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Who is IMEA?The Idaho Music Educators Association is a non-profit educational organization

of current and former music teachers and administrators across Idaho inpublic/private schools and universities and colleges, including private studio teachersand music educators living in retirement. IMEA is a state affiliate of NAfME: TheNational Association for Music Education, a 120,000 member organizationrepresenting music educators across the United States.

Our goals include the advocacy of music with government, school boards &administrators, parents & society; betterment of conditions for teaching music to ourstudents; recognition and opportunities for outstanding student musicians;exploration of better and alternative teaching materials and methods; andmutual support through meetings, conferences, mentoring, and individual advice.

The IMEA sponsors a State Solo Contest every May, an All-State InserviceConference and All-State Honor Mixed Choir, Women’s Chorus, Orchestra &Band every even-numbered year, and we participate in the Northwest DivisionConference and All-Northwest Honor Groups in odd-numbered years. This yearwe will sponsor an All-State Honor Band, Mixed Choir, and String Orchestra inconjunction with the All-Northwest Conference. Throughout the state we sponsorvarious district clinics and festivals, Fall inservice programs, and we provideresource people to help any teacher who asks.

President of IMEA is Ron Curtis of Caldwell; Past-President of IMEA is CurtisGriffiths of Nampa; President-elect is Wayne Millett of Aberdeen. IMEA Secretary isEric Skidmore of Blackfoot and Business Manager is Karen Goodrich of Jerome.The state is divided into seven activity districts, each one with a District IMEAPresident and officers. The IMEA governing body, the Board of Control, meetsannually in the Fall and as needed throughout the year. Chairmen are appointed fromthroughout the state over various interest and subject areas.

The IMEA publishes a Fall newsletter and three issues of Idaho Music Notes, a24-36 page magazine with help and communication columns, ideas and reports, andfeature articles. Your membership in IMEA automatically entitles you to all statepublications and NAfME magazine publications. We also have an outstanding website,www.idahomusiced.org, where forms, information, music lists, and links to musicbusinesses, colleges & universities, and online resources may be found.

Watch for the first issue of Idaho Music Notes in your mailbox around earlyNovember. This newsletter and the first issue are complimentary to all Idaho Musiceducators.

Visit the IMEA website today: www.idahomusiced.org.

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IDAHO MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATIONA STATE UNIT OF NAfME: The National Association for Music Education

2014 Back-to-School Newsletterwww.idahomusiced.org

Officers of IMEAe Ron Curtis, President1407 E Homedale Rd, Caldwell, ID [email protected], Vallivue High School208-249-1285

e Wayne Millet, Webmaster/President-Elect1677 S 2750 W, Aberdeen, ID 83210397-4152W/604-0733H/[email protected]/[email protected]

e Curt Griffiths, Past-President7814 Birch Ln, Nampa [email protected]; 371-8391W/371-8391H

e Eric Skidmore, Secretary190 E. Walker St, Blackfoot, ID [email protected]; Cell: 208-989-0831; School: (208) 785-8810

e Kevin Howard, IHSAA RepresentativeTwin Falls HS, 1615 Filer Ave E, Twin Falls, ID [email protected]; Home: 208-33-4452; cell:208-731-2471; Fax: 208-733-8192e Camille Blackburn, President-Elect, NWNAfME, 659 Marjorie Avenue, Idaho Falls ID 83401520-7845H/525-4429W; [email protected];[email protected]

e Karen Goodrich, Business Manager1412 Clearwater Way, Twin Falls, ID 83301324-5950H/732-7555W/FAX733-4949 [email protected]; [email protected]

e Eva Hale, State Solo ChairmanBuhl High School, 1 Indian Territory, Buhl ID 83316;[email protected].; 661-747-6867

e Ted Hadley, Publications 824 Northview Dr., Twin Falls, ID 83301208-733-1079/[email protected]

District Presidentse District I President Mark SescillaPO Box 1314, Rathdrum, ID 83858208-687-0455; [email protected]

e District II President Joel PalsMoscow HS, 402 E. 5th St., Moscow, ID 83843 [email protected]; Home: 301-8809; School: 882-2591; Fax: 892-1136

e District III President Dawn SandmeyerP.O. Box 340, Marsing, ID [email protected]; Home: ; Phone: 896-4111 ext 297; Fax: 896-4457

e District III Vice-President David Burton9119 W Cory Ln, Boise ID 83704-6804; H208-244-2201; W 208-854-4353; [email protected]; Boise High School

e District IV President Max StimacWood River High School, 1250 Fox Acres Road, Hailey, ID 83333; [email protected];Home: 481-2818; School: 578-5020; Fax: 578-5120

e District V President Aaron MarshallMarsh Valley HS, 12655 S. Old Hwy 91, Arimo, ID83214; [email protected]; 254-9230

e District VI President John AndersonSalmon School District #291, 401 S Warpath, SalmonID 83467-4440, H 208-756-7665; W [email protected]

e Gemstate District President Lauren Folkner,Bonneville High School, 3165 Iona Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401, Phone 208-525-4406, [email protected]



IMEA NEWS� � � �

Teachers: Just a few things to update youon as we start a new year—

Music Teacher Database UpdateWith many new teachers and changes in schools, the IMEA

Music Teacher Database becomes outdated very quickly. Pleasebe sure to check your listing to make sure you are listed at theright schools in the right assignments. Any changes should besubmitted to your district president or directly to the web masterat: [email protected]. You can search by last nameon the main IMEA page.

IMEA Mail-List UpdateThis summer the IMEA Mail-List went through a major up-

date. As a result many of the email addresses that had been addedor removed may not have made it through the update. If you donot wish to receive these messages, please click on the unsub-scribe link at the bottom of the message. If you need to changeyour email address, or need to update your preferences as towhich messages you get, please click on the preferences link atthe bottom of this message. If you know of someone that shouldbe getting these messages, but isn't, please have them sign up forthe list. The link is on the main IMEA page under "Latest IMEAEmails."

IMEA on Social MediaGet the latest updates! IMEA is now on FaceBook and Twitter.

There are links to follow us on the main IMEA page!

All-State/All-NorthwestAll-State is now going to be held every year. This year (2015) it

will be held in conjunction with the All-Northwest Conference inSpokane. The All-State students will be housed and will rehearsein Coeur d'Alene. The performances will be held in Spokane onSunday, February 15, 2015. All-State groups on the All-NW yearswill consists of a single mixed choir, a string orchestra, and a con-cert band. The audition material will be the same as the All-NWauditions. These materials are already available online at: http://www.nafmenw.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=927. Audition sub-missions will open September 1st and will close October 2nd.

Small School Bands (1A-3A):Don't forget the All-NW Wind Symphony!The All-NW Wind Symphony was started in 2013 as a way to

involve more students from small schools in the All-NW groups.It will be expanded to 100 students this year with even more stu-dents from Idaho being selected. The audition is easier than theregular All-NW Winds and Percussion audition and can be re-hearsed with the entire band. Your students can decide which au-dition to submit. If they submit the regular audition they will beconsidered for both the All-NW Concert Band and the All-NWWind Symphony. If they are not selected for either of thosegroups, they will be considered for the All-State Band. If your stu-dent decides to submit the Wind Symphony audition, they willonly be considered for the All-NW Wind Symphony or the IMEAAll-State Band.

I hope you had a nice relaxing summer and are excited to getstarted again. It's going to be a great year!

Best Regards, Wayne Millett, IMEA President-Elect, IMEA Web Master

� � � �IMEA Board Meeting

Monday, October 6The IMEA Board of Control will meet on Monday, October 6,

at the Holiday Inn Express in Boise. The agenda included districtpresident reports, reports of the Business Manager and IHSAARepresentative, All State planning, budgets, and State SoloContest. A summary of the minutes will appear in the Fall MusicNotes.

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Email Address! And Update Your Data!

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www.idahomusiced.org



UNIVERSITY/COLLEGENEWS

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY• The School of Performing Arts welcomes new people! Keum Hwa

Cha (DMA Eastman), Assistant Professor of Violin; EleanorCox (DMA Wisconsin), Instructor of Cello. Also our new Businessand Promotions / Production Manager, Miss Julie Hillebrant,will be our artistic liason to the community.

• Idaho State University is pleased to welcome back to campus theMONC (Metropolitan National Opera) Regional Auditions com-ing November of 2014.

• Idaho State University School of Performing Arts congratulates re-turning Associate Professor Josephine Garibaldi on her recentFulbright award to Latvia (Spring 2014). Other faculty notes include Dr.Thom Hasenpflug’s world premiere of Smoke and Mirrors for percus-sion at the Vienna Conservatory in Austria, by Nebojsa Zivkovic andSchlagverk Wien (Summer 2014). Also, Professor of Voice Diana Living-ston Friedley will be presented with the "Mayor’s Award for the Arts"here in Pocatello this October 2014.

• The Idaho State Civic Symphony has announced its 2014 - 15season, and includes performances with world famous guest artists in-cluding Bela Fleck, banjo, and Patrick Sheridan, Tuba.

• The Idaho State University NEW YEARS GALA will this yearembody the theme of "Masquerade" - Come spend one of the ClassiestNew Years anywhere with us! Sponsored by the School of Performing Artsin conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters.

The Idaho State University Bands have set their 2014-15 Calen-dar:• Friday, October, 3, 7:30 PM— Symphonic Band Concert w/Snake RiverNew Horizons Band• Saturday, October 4 All Day— Mountain West Marching Invitational• Friday, November 7, 7:30 PM— ISU Jazz Bands• Thursday, November 20, 7:30PM— Symphonic Band Concert• Saturday, February 7, All Day— ISU Jazz Festival with Bob Mintzer• Friday, February 27, 7:30PM— WindEnsemble & Civic Concert Band• Thursday, March 12, 8AM-6PM— Concert Band Festival• Friday, April 10, 7:30PM— ISU Jazz Bands• Wednesday, April 29, 7:30PM— Wind Ensemble & Civic Concert Band

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYSarah Paradis is the Assistant Professor of Trombone and

Euphonium at Boise State University. Paradis earned her B.M. inMusic Education from Ithaca College, herM.M. in Trombone Performance from Indi-ana University, and her D.M. in Brass Ped-agogy from Indiana University.

Currently Paradis is the second trom-bonist of the Springfield Symphony Or-chestra. She has held principal trombonepositions in the Richmond, Indiana andOhio Valley Symphonies. Paradis was a

prizewinner in the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition in both 2010 and2012, and was awarded the Trombone Fellowship at the Aspen SummerMusic Festival in 2011.

An active chamber musician, Paradis tours, performs, gives masterclasses, and records with the Mirari Brass Quintet, Tromboteam!, andBell(e) Collective. Mirari regularly performs for university, high school,and community audiences across the country. As a member of thesegroups, she has been instrumental in commissioning many new pieces forchamber ensembles. Paradis can be heard on Spires, Mirari's debut al-bum, and on Ursa, the solo album by tubist Stephanie Frye.

Paradis is a brass instructor for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps,and has taught privately throughout the Midwest. She has held previousteaching positions at Ohio University and Bemidji State University.

Composer David Biedenbender is the newly appointed As-sistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Boise StateUniversity. His music has been described as “simply beautiful” [twinci-ties.com] and is noted for its “rhythmic intensity” [NewMusicBox] and“stirring harmonies” [Boston Classical Review]. David has written musicfor the concert stage as well as for dance and multimedia collaborations,

and his work is influenced by diverse experiences inrock and jazz bands as a bassist, in wind, jazz, andNew Orleans-style brass bands as a euphonium,trombone, and tuba player, and by his study of In-dian Carnatic Music.

He has had the privilege of collaborating withmany renowned performers and ensembles, includ-ing the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, U.S. NavyBand, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Stenhammar String Quartet (Sweden),San Francisco Symphony principal trombonist Tim Higgins, Aspen MusicFestival Contemporary Ensemble, Philharmonie Baden-Baden (Germa-ny), VocalEssence, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, among many oth-ers, as well as with numerous collegiate, high school, and community en-sembles.

David has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp and is adedicated educator and frequent clinician, working with young musiciansaround the U.S. He lives with his wife Angela and son Izaak in Boise. Tohear David's music, please visit: www.davidbiedenbender.com.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHOThe Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho is

pleased to announce the appointments of four new faculty members thisfall: Shawn Copeland, Assistant Professor, Clarinet, Alexander

Technique, Music History. (B.Mus., StetsonUniversity, Florida; M.A., University of CentralFlorida, Florida; M.Mus., University of North Car-olina at Greensboro, North Carolina; D.M.A., Uni-versity of North Carolina at Greensboro, NorthCarolina) Shawn Copeland is an accomplishedclarinetist as well as a certified teacher of the Alex-ander Technique. He previously held teaching po-

sitions at High Point and Coastal Carolina Universities, as well as Instruc-tor of Alexander Technique at the Eastern Music Festival and at UNCG.He is a founding member of the Relevents Wind Quintet, which has is-sued two CDs. In addition to numerous solo and chamber music recitals,he has performed with the Winston-Salem and the Greensboro Sympho-nies, as well as other ensembles in the southeastern United States.

Jovanni de Pedro, Assistant Professor,Piano and Piano Pedagogy. (Diploma, Konser-vatorium der Stadt Wien, Vienna; M.Mus., TrinityCollege of Music, London; D.M.A., University ofMichigan, Michigan) Jovanni-Rey de Pedro enjoysan artistic career that has brought him to concertvenues and musical institutions in Asia, acrossNorth America, South America, Australia, and Europe. He previouslytaugh piano and chamber music at the Levine School of Music in Wash-ington, D.C., and has held positions with the Altenburg Music Academy inAustria, Millsaps College (Jackson, MS), Interlochen Summer Arts Camp,University of Michigan, and City University London.

Javier Rodriguez, Assistant Professor,Bassoon, Aural Skills, and World Music.(B.Mus., Louisiana State University, Louisiana;M.Mus., Louisiana State University, Louisiana;D.M.A., Florida State University, Florida) JavierRodriguez previously taught at the University ofTexas at San Antonio where he instructed the stu-

dio bassoon and courses in woodwind instrumental techniques and worldmusic. He has held orchestral positions with the Baton Rouge, LakeCharles, and Valdosta Symphonies, the Louisiana Sinfonietta, the Natch-ez Opera Festival Orchestra, and the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra, andhas also performed with many other professional orchestras in the USand Mexico. Rodriguez also teaches bassoon and world music at the BlueLake Fine Arts Camp and is a founding member of the Post-Haste ReedDuo which performs throughout the country and is an active participantin new music festivals and commissions.

Christopher Pfund, Clinical Assistant Pro-fessor, Voice and Opera. (B.Mus., University ofNorthern Colorado, Colorado; M.Mus., ManhattanSchool of Music, New York; Performance Certificate,Manhattan School of Music, New York) Americantenor Christopher Pfund has performed to criticalacclaim with countless major orchestras and orato-rio festivals throughout North America including the Cleveland Orches-tra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Sym-phony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Festival Society of


Winter Park, New York Oratorio Society andthe Orchestra of St. Luke's. International en-gagements have included performances in theCzech Republic, Germany, Mexico and Brazil.He has also enjoyed success on the opera stage,including performances with Glimmerglass Op-era, New York City Opera, Florentine Opera,and Santa Fe Opera to name a few. He activelyworks with composers by premiering newworks and records frequently with many differ-ent professional ensembles.

BRIGHAM YOUNGUNIVERSITY–IDAHO

Brigham Young University Department ofMusic faculty changes of note:

Kevin Call (viola) has returned from an18 month mission to serve the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints in Halifax, NovaScotia.

Matt Moore (tuba/euphonium) andAaron Miller (string bass) have returnedfrom leaves of absence in pursuit of DMA de-grees at the Peabody Institute of Music andNorthwestern University, respectively.

Josh Skinner (string bass) and hiswife Kate Skinner (Jazz) will be teachingand performing at Utah State University. Alsodeparting is temporary full-time instructorGolden Lund (tuba/euphonium.)

Andrew Peck (voice) is pursuing a docto-rate at Arizona State University.

BYU–Idaho, after a 5-year break, isre-establishing its school invitationaljazz festival. We had to discontinue the eventdue to our track system and the finances in-volved with providing an equal experience toall on-campus students.

The balance of the system is established andwe are now able to continue with our jazz festi-val.

The dates are March 13-14 with themain school events on Saturday the14th. The festival will follow our previous for-mat of adjudication, clinics, and concerts. AWebsite will be up shortly and an announce-ment of our guest artist(s) made.

Please, if you have suggestions on thing youwould like in the festival, let me know (Dr.Mark Watkins, [email protected], 208-496-4976). Thanks and I hope to see you there.

Dr. Mark WatkinsDirector of Jazz Studies/SaxophoneDepartment of Music, BYUy–Idah525 S. Center St., Rexburg, ID 82460-1210Office: 208-496-4976;Cell: [email protected]://emp.byui.edu/watkinsm/http://fourjazz.com


North By NorthwestNW NAfMEPresidentMark Lane

Exciting Things in Store this year for the Northwest!

By the time you read this we will all be off and running tack-ling a new school year! Excited students and memorable musicmaking will remind us of what a privilege it is to teach music.

I would like to thank you for a rewarding first year as yourNorthwest Division President. It was a privilege to attend confer-ences in Montana, Idaho, Alaska, and Washington and I am look-ing forward to the conference in Wyoming this coming year. Thehospitality at each conference was much appreciated. I enjoyedexperiencing the uniqueness of each state organization as well ashaving the opportunity to celebrate our similarities. We teachmusic and we are all committed to providing musical experiencesfor our students that will last a lifetime.

I hope you have the NAfME Northwest Division Conference onyour calendars! Plan on being in Spokane on February 13-15, 2015.

We are excited to host the Canadian Brass at our upcomingconference. Plan on attending their Friday evening concert. Theywill also provide a clinic for our NW Honor Groups. I would liketo thank the Conn-Selmer Corporation for their generous supportin making this all possible.

In addition to the Canadian Brass, Dr. Tim Lautzenheizer,Vice President of Education, Conn-Selmer Corporation, will de-liver the keynote address on Friday afternoon. Tim has been anintegral part of my education and career over the past 30+ years.I'm excited to share this NW Conference with him.

Our National NAfME President, Dr. Glenn Nierman will givethe Keynote on Saturday afternoon. A long time leader in musiceducation, Glen’s experiences and work will ensure a continuedpositive direction for NAfME.

Dr. Artie Almeida from the Bear Lake Elementary school inApopka, Florida will be our General Music Headliner. Artie hasdone hundreds of clinics all over the United States. Our orchestraheadliner will be Dr. Brenda Brenner from Indiana University.She specializes in string music education, teaching applied violin,as well as courses in violin and string pedagogy. The choral head-liner is Jo-Michael Scheibe from the Thornton School of Music atthe University of Southern California. One of the icons in the cho-ral world, Dr. Scheibe is in frequent demand nationally and inter-nationally as a clinician, conductor and adjudicator. Finally, RayCramer, (Emeritus Professor, Indiana University), will serve asthe band headliner. Ray Cramer conducted the Wind Ensemble

and Chamber Winds and taught graduate conducting, band histo-ry, and wind literature classes at Indiana University. He is one ofthe most well know and respected conductor/educators in theworld.

There are some exciting highlights on the nationallevel. The new National Standards were rolled out in early Juneand are now ready for your use. You can find them on the NAfMEwebsite. You will hear more about them as we begin the newschool year and you will also hear about the Cornerstone Assess-ments as they continue to be developed.

If you haven’t checked out the new NAfME Advocacy Cam-paign, broader minded - Beyond the Bubbles, do so now! Go towww.broaderminded.com, and explore the site and take time towatch the short video. Click on the “Share your Story” tab and letthe world know the importance of music education in your lifeand in the lives of your students.

NAfME is the voice for music education in the United Statesand our voice has become even larger via the Music EducationPolicy Roundtable. Started by NAfME, the organization now hasover thirty members representing hundreds of thousands of mu-sic advocates. The growth of the Roundtable has been phenome-nal! Their collective voice is dedicated to year-round advocacy ef-forts through the building of strong partnerships with like-minded groups that they have turned into a highly influential mu-sic coalition.

Finally on a more local front, the Northwest Division has anexciting opportunity. With the support and resources fromthe national office, our division has the opportunity toengage in a membership campaign. Our goal is to reach andengage potential new members through a collective membershipcampaign. With the Northwest conference coming up, we havethe unique opportunity to reach out to potential new membersthrough some incentives offered via the conference. It is really ano lose and a win/win endeavor. The efforts will be coordinatedthrough the national office and Ginny Reese, (our NAfME NW Di-vision Liaison). They will work with the states to help identify po-tential new members and the campaigns will be customized foreach state. So far, five states are on board. Look for more infor-mation from your MEA’s about this exciting opportunity.

Music advocacy has always been, and will continue to be, animportant part of all our efforts. A larger membership means astronger advocacy voice. This along with new National Standards,the Music Education Policy Roundtable, and the Broader MindedCampaign, all work together to insure that music education re-mains a part of basic education. In July, I had the privilege toteach a current issues class in our summer masters program. Thecourse dealt with advocacy issues, the new standards and teacherevaluation. There were 21 bright young teachers in the class, andas you can imagine, there was never a dull moment in the class.They all were dealing with “issues” and all of those issues pointedto the importance of basic advocacy on a local, state, regional andnational level. It became very clear to us that the topics men-tioned above in this article work together to support them in theclassroom. If these students are any indication, the future of mu-sic education is in good hands. They know so much more than Iknew when I was their age!

In closing, thank you for all you do for students and I look for-ward to seeing you all in Spokane — Satisfaction Guaranteed!



University Of IdahoLionel Hampton School Of MusicDr. Torrey Lawrence, Director & Professor of Music

875 Perimeter Dr. MS 4015, Moscow, ID 83844-4015Phone: 208-885-6231/Fax: 208-885-7254

Email: [email protected] [email protected]: http://uidaho.edu/music

Idaho State University Music DepartmentDr. Thom Hasenpflug, Chair of Music

& Director of Performing ArtsDepartment of Music Stop 8099, Pocatello, ID 83209-8099

Phone/Fax: 208-282-3636Email: [email protected] Web: www.isu.edu/music

Treasure Valley Community College Performing Arts Department

Stephanie Laubacher, Administrative Assistant650 College Blvd., Ontario, OR 97914

Phone: 541-881-5950/Fax 541-881-5518Email: [email protected] Web: www.tvcc.cc

Brigham Young University-Idaho Department of Music

Diane Soelberg, Department ChairRexburg, ID 83460-1210

Phone: 208-496-4950; Fax: 208-496-4953Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Web: www.byui.edu/music

Boise State University Music DepartmentMark R. Hansen, DMA, Chair & Professor

1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-156Phone: 208-426-1773; Fax: 208-426-1771

Email: [email protected] Web: www.boisestate.edu/music

MeadowLark MelodiesMark Sherry, Bill Dugger, Partners

3430 MeadowLark Drive, Lewiston, Idaho 83501Phone: 208-743-8748 Email: [email protected]

Online store: www.meadowlarkmelodies.comwww.meadowlarkhandbell.com – MeadowLark Handbell

is a division of Jeffers Handbell Supply, Inc.

The College of Idaho Department of Music

Dr. Mary Jo Tynan, Chair2122 Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83605Phone: 208-459-5275 Fax: 208-459-5885

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]: www.collegeofidaho.edu/academics/music

Become an IMEA Institutional Membertoday! Email [email protected]

2014-2015 IMEA Institutional MembersPlease support our Institutional Members— Their membership shows their support for us!

Blue Rider Music & Instrument RepairChris Britt, Manager

595 W. Ustick, Meridian, ID 83646Phone & Fax: 208-888-6238

Sun Valley Summer SymphonyKim Gasenica, Educational Programs Director

P.O. Box 3956, Hailey, Idaho 83333Phone/Fax: (208) Email: [email protected]

Website: www.svsummersymphony.org orwww.svsseducationprograms.org

John William Jackson Fund(in The Idaho Community Foundation)P.O. Box 4711, Boise, Idaho 83711-4711

Website: www.johnwilliamjacksonfund.org Phone: 208-890-8503“A music education advocate for Idaho school children”

Brigham Young University School of Music

Dr. Ron Brough, C-550 HFAC, Provo, UT 84602Email: [email protected] Web: music.byu.edu

Phone: 801-422-3320 FAX: 801-422-0533

Great Basin Jazz CampMike Allen, Camp Founder, Executive & Artistic Director8th Annual Great Basin Jazz Camp, July 14–July 18, 2014

Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregonwww.greatbasinjazzcamp.com

Facebook: The Great Basin Jazz Camp

J.W. Pepper MusicWendy McKee, Regional Marketing Manager

7611 S. 180th Street, Kent, WA 98032 Phone: 425-291-9400; 800-345-6296 Fax: 800-260-1482

[email protected] www.pianoatpepper.com

www.facebook.com/jwpepperWA

Northwest Nazarene UniversityMusic Department

Dr. Philip Miller, Chairman, Nampa, Idaho 83686 Phone: 208-467-8413 Email: [email protected]

Web: www.nnu.edu/music

Chesbro Music CompanyGary Christensen, Manager, 257 N Second E, Rexburg, Idaho 83440

Phone: 208-359-1900 Fax: 208-359-1901Email: [email protected]

Monica Craig, Manager, 327 Broadway, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402Phone: 208-932-1230 Fax: 208-522-8712

Email: [email protected]: chesbromusicretail.com

QuaverMusic.comEmail: [email protected]

Phone: 1-866-917-3633Website: www.QuaverMusic.com/Preview


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Dallas Brass to Perform at JeromeHigh School, Tuesday, October 21 On Tuesday, Octoboer 21st, 7:00 PM, the internationally ac-

claimed Dallas Brass will be performing at the Jerome HighSchool Auditorium. Tickets (pre-sale: $12/$10; at the door: $15/$12 general/students & seniors) are on sale at Dunkley Music inTwin Falls, and Jerome High School in Jerome.

The Dallas Brass has a strong dedication to working withyoung musicians and will offer workshops during the day. Severalstudents will join them on stage during the concert for a selec-tion.

Contact Jerome Band director Hiroshi Fukuoka at [email protected] for further information.

New Role for Mike Klinger of Synthesis Midi Workshop

Many of you know Mike Klinger with The Synthesis Midi Workshop.He has been a major influence in the training of Idaho music teachers invarious music technology workshops for the past 30 years and also an ac-ademic dealer for music technology software/hardware saving teacherslots of money of the years.

Mike has recently become the NW Educational Accounts Manager fora company called Music First (don't worry he still keep doing what he hasalways done). “I heard about this company and the wonderful music on-line classroom complete with all of the right software tools and immedi-ately fell in love with them.”

Music First (www.musicfirst.com) is an online music classroom com-plete that you can create your own units, lessons, tasks, and assessments.Its online classroom links to ten different software tools for students tocomplete their online assignments with and then submit them directly tothe teacher. The assignments go into the teachers gradebook, includedwith the online classroom.

“The major advantages to this wonderful system are that every studentcan use his/her own portable device (i.e. iPads, Android, Mac, PC, etc);everything resides in the cloud so no software downloads and installs; up-dates are free; your IT person will love it as there is nothing for them todo on their end of things and it works on all devices. Best of all the cost isonly between $2-4 per student per year.”

Mike says he is delighted to be on the Music First team and sees it asan absolute necessity for the music classroom. Mike is willing to give youa free demo of Music First; just email him at [email protected]

Eighth Great Basin JazzCamp is the Best Ever!

The recently concluded Great Basin Jazz Camp is being de-scribed as one of the best music camps in the region. Several localeducators came by to observe the operation of the Camp this yearin Ontario, Oregon and came away with glowing accounts of theinstructors, the curriculum and the students.

The high point of the Camp was the presence of the great JohnClayton, co-leader of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra andrenowned as one of the world's finest double bass players. In anemail to Camp Executive Director Mike Allen, he made this ob-servation about students at Camp: “ I was struck by the enthu-siasm of the students. What a well focused bunch!” Thanks verymuch, John for coming and your wonderful thoughts and obser-vations!! Camp Executive Director Mike Allen remarked that stu-dents who attend Camp each year are always very focused and at-tentive. “ They want to be here, said Allen. “They know this is aninvaluable experience and come to take advantage of what thisCamp has to offer over other similar Camps.”

Planning is underway for the 9th Annual Camp. Two newmembers of the Board of Directors have been approved and ap-pointed. Plans are also underway for a huge Benefit Concert andDinner in the western Treasure Valley featuring several local highschool jazz bands and several special guests. Watch the Campwebsite for more information for this great event, tentatively setfor mid November. Several new faces will be added to the Facultyin the coming months. In December, plans call for a display tableat the D3 Jazz Festival in December. Next year, The Great BasinJazz Camp will have a table at the Gene Harris Jazz Festival inBoise from April 1st and 2nd, 2015. Looking forward to seeingmany of our friends then!

For more information, go to the Camp website: www.greatbasinjazzcamp.com

Idaho Orff Plans Busy YearThe Idaho Orff-Schulwerk Association is planning a busy year.

Teresa Colebrook, IOSA President, has announced activities forthe 2014-15 school year.

November 5-8, 2014 is the AOSA national conference in Nash-ville, TN. More informationis available at www.aosa.org.

On Saturday January24th, 2015, IOSA will havetheir Chapter Share and“Make and Take” workshopand on Saturday February21st, 2015, David Boggswill be coming! See the ac-companying announce-ment.

President Colebrook ad-vises interested teachers tokeep checking the IdahoOrff website for more up-coming information atwww.idahoorff.org andLIKE them on Facebook:Friends of Idaho Orff.



OCTOBER INSERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

“Live, Love, Laugh, Learn”Idaho Orff-Schulwerk Association Mini-Conference, October 2-3, 2014

Join us for our locally themed Fall conference where we will beoffering a variety of exciting sessions by our "local treasures."

October 2, 8:30am-4:30pm; October 3, 8:30am-4:30pm NEW LOCATION Sage Valley Middle School (Vallivue District) 18070

Santa Ana Ave., Nampa, ID 83687Sessions include Taiko Drumming, Taiko Practice-Drum Making,

African Dance and Story Telling, Elementary Choir, 4th-6th grade ChoralReading Session, Common Core Connections, Creative Music Centers,Mallet Instruments “Zim Style”, Grant Writing, Improv, IrishDance, and much more!

TWO (2) professional development credits are available per year fromBSU or NNU.

University of Idaho Music Teacher Inservice 2014October 2-3, 2014A wide variety of clinics will be provided by Lionel Hampton School of

Music faculty throughout both days. 8:00 am Registration/ 8:30 am -4:30 pm Workshop Events. Tickets to the Thursday nigh concert(Orchestra and Jazz Band IV) are included for workshop participants.

Thursday, October 2, topics include Style and Stroke Quality:Teaching Percussion Literacy (Martin); Preparing to Teach AP Theory(Garrison); Creativity Outside the Box (Bukvich); West AfricanDrumming (Bilderback); Approaching the New National Standards(Enloe); Great Enthusiasm as Singing Storytellers (Bathurst); andTeaching Cello for the Non-Cellist (Wilson).

Friday, October 3 workshops include iPads in the Music Classroom(Enloe); Mythbusters: The Double Reeds (Padgem-Albrecht &Rodriguez); Alexander Technique fo Music Teachers/Conductors(Copeland); Band Olympics (Smith); Beginning Violins: The First Day(Cseszko & Braastad); and Vocal Health for Students and Teachers(Pfund).

All participants will receive a certificate of participation for 20 hoursof professional development activities.

Participants may receive college credit by participating in theworkshop and writing a culminating paper on how the topics mightimprove practice in the music classroom (due Nov.1) Participants whowant to receive college credit should register online for MUST 505(CRN32294) as a non-degree seeking student. Cost: $75.00 per person(check or credit card) For more information, please contact LorieEnloe, [email protected], 208-885-0157

Lorie Enloe, PhD, Associate Professor Music EducationLionel Hampton School of Music, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 44015University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-4015

Idaho ACDA State Inservice FALL RETREAT, October 2-4, 2014Featured Clinician Rollo Dilworth is Associate Professor of Choral

Music Education and Chair of the Music Education De-partment atTemple University’s Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance inPhiladelphia, PA. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduatecourses in choral music education, he serves as conductor for theUniversity Chorale. Prior to his appointment at Temple, Dilworth servedas Director of Choral Ac-tivities and Music Education at North ParkUniversity in Chicago, IL for 13 years. Dilworth holds degrees from CaseWestern Reserve University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, andNorth-western University. For more information visit:http:// www.rollodilworth.com

Sessions will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal on Thursday and atthe Church of the Big Wood on Friday in Ketchum, Idaho.

Besides sessions by Dr. Dilworth, reading sessions are scheduled aswell as a 1:30-2:30 pm Concert Hour will feature the ISU Chamber Choir(Dr. Scott Anderson) & Eagle HS Sonous,(Seth McMullen), RolloDilworth will work with Sonous following their performance. Other

concerts include a Saturday, 9:30-10:00 Concert featuring Essential Jazz(Linda Schmidt) ; and a 11:00-12:30 Concert and Demonstration by theFranklin Boy’s Choir (Ann Bailey) and Opera Idaho’s Chil-dren’s Chorus(Linda Berg)

One graduate credit is available from BSU for an additional charge of$60. Registration is online, there will be no onsite registration

To register online or become a member visit our homepageat http://www.idacda.org.

TENTATIVE ALL-NORTHWEST SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 10-15, 2015

SPOKANE, WASHINGTONFebruary 10 (Tuesday)• NAfME All-Northwest Jazz students will begin rehearsals (either

1:00 or 7:00, TBD)February 12 (Thursday)• The traditional reading workshops will open the conference this

evening at 7 :00February 13 (Friday)• Sessions will be from 10:00-5:00• NAfME All-Northwest and WMEA All-State large groups will begin

rehearsals at 1:00 • Exhibits will be open approximately 11:30-6:00February 14 (Saturday)• Sessions will be from 9:00-5:00• Exhibits will be open approximately 8:00-2:00February 15 (Sunday)• Sessions will be from 9:00-12:00• Exhibits will be closed• All honor group concerts will be presented (again, perhaps some

time tweaking)§ NAfME All-Northwest Choral at 1:00 (Fox Theatre)§ NAfME All-Northwest Instrumental at 1:00 (INB Opera House)§ IMEA/WMEA All-State Choral at 3:30 (Fox Theatre§ IMEA Instrumental at 4:15 (Ferris High School)§ WMEA Instrumental at 4:15 (INB Opera House)

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