Michiana Edition

Volume 28 Number 4 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Summer 2015

Michiana Edition

2015

Summer

Reading Sessions

Our annual Summer Reading Sessions are

scheduled for Friday, July 10th from

8:30am-11:30am at Lincoln Middle

School - 220 N. Liberty Street in Plym-

outh, IN.

Attendees will have the opportunity to

play specially selected new music for

Young Band and Orchestra. Special thanks

to our hosts, Lisa Wallyn & Bryan Ames

for providing an excellent venue for this

event. Please use the registration form on

the back page or register on-line at

www.QandF.com. We will send you a

friendly “reminder” as the date gets closer!

Enjoy your summer!!!

Our guest conductor for the band is Dr.

Charles Menghini and Robert Longfield

will be our guest orchestra director, both

sponsored by Hal Leonard. Join us for a

fun & productive morning!

reading sessions, the Michiana Out-

standing Music Educator Awards will

be presented at a luncheon. Pictured is

Lori Von Koenig (Lake Shore HS)

graciously accepting her award in

2014.

The day concludes with the “Maury

Rhodes Classic” Golf Outing! (see

details on page five). Maury Rhodes

was an icon for many band & orchestra

directors in the Midwest having spent

almost 30 years as manager of the

B&O department at Carl Fischer in

Chicago prior to joining Q&F. Our

annual golf outing honors his legacy.

Proceeds go towards the Rhodes Music

Library at VanderCook College of Mu-

sic in his

memory. All

Michiana

band and

orchestra

directors are

invited to

attend any or

all the events

on July 10th!

2015 Michiana Outstanding

Music Educator Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the

2015 Michiana Outstanding Music Edu-

cator Awards. This deserving group of

teachers was nominated by Quarter Notes

readers and selected by a Blue Ribbon

Committee that included previous win-

ners. The “Class of 2015” represents the

second annual awards. Other previous

winners were recognized in a similar

awards program presented in the Chicago

area annually since 1989.

Join us on Friday, July 10th for a full day

of activities. We will provide Young

Band & Orchestra Reading Sessions

from 8:30-11:30am at Lincoln Middle

School in Plymouth, IN. Following the

Junior High/MS Division

Jim Swartzlander

Northside Elem - East Noble

Ann Marie Watts

Discovery MS

Murray Weaver

Discovery MS

HS/College Division

Steve Barber

Homestead HS

Martin Becker

Grace College

Pete Collins

LaPorte HS

See Page Eleven for Details

Quarter Notes Page 2

Peaks and Valleys By George Quinlan, Jr.

As they say, life is about peaks and val-

leys. The last few weeks have certainly

been that for us! I just concluded a two

year term as president of the National As-

sociation of School Music Dealers. Essen-

tially, this is a group that has gathered an-

nually for over 50 years to learn from each

other, compare best practices, and try to

improve our school music businesses.

Along the way, some life-changing experi-

ences happen too. Meeting in New Orle-

ans, we were able to get two of the mem-

bers of the “First Family of Jazz” as our

closing keynote speakers - Ellis and Bran-

ford Marsalis. As they told stor ies of the

Ellis Marsalis

Center for Music

Education and

Musician’s Vil-

lage, we were re-

minded exactly

“Why” we all love

this business!

They also per-

formed a duet of

“Sweet Lorraine”,

dedicated to my

mother who at-

tended the confer-

ence for decades.

I also was honored

to lead the 2nd

line parade joining

the “Storyville

Stompers” brass

band—what a great experience!

Sadly, we must also report the passing of

Ed Warren, a QF Rep in Michigan. Ed

touched the lives of countless musicians in

the area and was an ac-

tive judge in the March-

ing Arts. We were

shocked with the sudden

loss of a dear friend and

great co-worker. Some

of you may also have

known longtime Gemein-

hardt rep in our area, Joe Guth. The sad

news of his passing arrived a few days

earlier.

We were so delighted with the quality of

entries in our FB contest - “I Like My QF

Rep Because…”. It is really a marvelous

tribute to our QF Reps and the strong

bonds they build with the Music Edu-

cation community...makes me so

proud!

To celebrate the Grand Opening of our

Arlington Heights location and the 1st

Anniversary of our location in Lafa-

yette, Indiana, we wer able to offer

over 20 in-school clinics last month!

Thanks for the generous support of our

manufacturing partners.

Please take a moment to “vote” for me

in the “WannaBea” conductor contest

to support the Elkhart Sympho-

ny...easily found on Facbeook or

www.elkhartsymphony.net. Thanks in

advance, for your support!

Celebrating excellence in the field of

Music Education, we also proudly an-

nounce the “Class of 2015” in this is-

sue. Being nominated and selected by

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peers makes this recognition so special

and we are proud to have sponsored this

awards program since 1989.

Finally, we’re looking forward to a great

new group of beginners next year, aren't

we? Please encourage your current stu-

dents to be creative and enter our recruit-

ing poster contest on-line at

www.qandf.com. Last year, we distrib-

uted hundreds of “Join the Band” and

“Join the Orchestra” posters in the

schools we serve.

As we complete our 56th year serving

Music Education, we THANK YOU for

your support. We are so grateful to be

able to support the lives of over 150

families in our company working with

YOU in an industry we LOVE. We are

so fortunate to have strong support from

the brotherhood of school musicians,

their teachers, and the administrations.

Yes, we experience a few valleys along

the road of life, but the peaks are so

JOYOUS...enjoy your summer!


(Continued on next page)

Stork Report...Congratulations to

Mike & Carey Scheck on the bir th of

their son, Rowan Arthur Scheck on April

30. Mike is the Director of Bands at

South Central Jr/Sr HS

The next day...Scarlett Elizabeth Abbott

was born on May 1st to Scott & Emily

Abbott. Scott teaches at Rossville J r /

Sr HS.

Wedding Bells…Discovery MS Orches-

tra Director Anne Watts will be getting

married June 20th to Lyndon Tschetter.

Congratulations Anne

Congratulations to Jake Dowling & Kel-

sey Marvin on their recent engage-

ment. Jake is the Director of Bands at

Seeger Memorial Jr/Sr HS.

Zach Kohlmeier (Hicksville OH) is

getting married this summer to Angela

Williams Gross

On the Road Again…Michael Richard-

son and the Benton Central HS

Marching Band will be traveling to Walt

Disney World in June. While in Florida,

the band will be performing at the Magic

Kingdom and having fun in all the Dis-

ney parks.

The Notre Dame Concert band under the

direction of Dr. Ken Dye, Matt Merten,

Alison Thigpen, Justin McManus &

Sam Sanchez did a domestic tour in

Illinois and Wisconsin this spring before

leaving for a 2 week tour to Croatia!

Mike Brown & Kristin Stooksbury at

Westview HS took the band and choir

to May Fest downtown Shipshewana

May 2nd to perform.

A successful trip to NYC this spring

was completed by Adam Sniezek and

the Blissfield bands.

Bridget Parker and the Wilbur

Wright MS Orchestras will be traveling

to Six Flags Great America to enjoy a

day in the park and perform in the

“Music in the Parks” Competi-

tion. Good Luck!!

Skyline HS Orchestra, led by Andrea

Cowper, tr aveled to Los Angeles and

received a gold rating for their perfor-

mance at the Disney Music Festival.

They also attended a Symphony Con-

cert and enjoyed a dinner cruise of San

Pedro Harbor.

The Manchester HS Band (Manchester,

MI) visited NYC and performed on the

aircraft carrier, USS Intrepid reports

director, Jared Throneberry. They also

hosted the MSBOA District concert

band and orchestra Festival in March.

The Homestead HS Spartan Alliance

marching band traveled to Orlando,

performing at the Disney Magic King-

dom in the Electric Lights parade. The

band is directed by Steve Barber &

Brad Wadkins.

The Taft and Wheeler MS Bands and

Orchestras will be traveling to Six

Flags Great America to perform in the

“Music in the Parks” Competition. The

Director of Bands is Troy Webdell and

the Director or Orchestras is Aaron

Zemelko. Good Luck!

The South Newton Marching Band will

be traveling to Cedar Point Amusement

Park at the end of August. The band is

directed by Michael Jamieson.

The Addison High School band and

director Kent Marcum appeared in the

Holland Tulip Festival parade in early

May.

Hobart MS directors Lauren Teykl &

Kelly Rehlander are taking their

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bands to enjoy some much needed “fun

in the sun” at Indiana Beach and enjoyed

a clinic with clarinetist Julian Bliss this

Spring!

The Clifford Pierce MS 8th Grade Band

led by Chris Haddad will be traveling to

Chicago to hear a CSO perfor-

mance. The band will be hearing Salo-

nen conducts Ravel.

Woodside MS band-Tony Strebig and

the Summit MS band-Susan Jehl trav-

eled to St. Louis and performed at the

Music In The Parks Festival, spent a day

at Six Flags, and visited the Gateway

Arch.

New Faces, New Places… Please wel-

come Jeramiah Bowman as the new band

director of Elkhart Central HS. He re-

cently led the “Spirit of Muncie” to win

the state band competition at the Indiana

State Fair.

Ellen Frazee did her student teaching

at Mishawaka HS this spring with Dennis

Gamble & Kaleb Chamberlin. Ellen is

a flute player and graduated from St.

Mary’s.

Jim Bertucci of Clinton Prair ie J r /Sr

HS will be retiring after 30 years of

teaching. Best of luck, Jim!

For a farewell performance, Adrian

Mark played “One For My Baby”on

alto sax with a small combo. Adrian is

retiring after a long teaching career in the

area. He started his career as the band

director in Elwood in 1975, directed

bands at Northwood, Bremen and Adams

HS. along with assistant Zach Myers, he

led the Adams marching band to State

Competition in Scholastic Division in

2014 for the first time in school history.

Congratulations on your retirement Adri-

an!

Pete Foster is retir ing after 33 years of

teaching. While at Columbus East, his

Symphonic Band performed in the state

concert finals and at IMEA. At Bridge-

man HS, Pete led the marching band to

the “BOA National Marching Finals” in

Indianapolis. He has been teaching the

band and choir for the last nine years at

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Triton Jr/Sr HS. Con-

gratulations and Happy

Retirement, Pete!

Amy Day at Eastbrook

Jr/Sr HS is retiring this

spring. Amy has taught

band for 35 years and at Eastbrook the

last 20 years. Amy will be starting a

new career as Director of the Fine Arts

Center in Blackford County. Good

luck, Amy!

Steve Braittan will retire this spr ing

after 39 years of teaching band in the

public schools. Steve has taught at

Parkside MS in Jackson, MI for many

of those years. One of his most exciting

experiences was when the band was

selected to perform at the Midwest

Band and Orchestra Clinic. Steve team

teaches with Kevin Krieger at Parkside.

Steve and his wife, Diane, will be trav-

eling, camping, and visiting their fami-

ly. Steve is also an avid hunter and

fisherman and is looking forward to

spending more time outdoors.

Awards & Recognition...Carrie Carl-

son-Portage HS, won High School Or-

chestra director of the year from Indi-

ana American String Teacher Associa-

tion - Congr-ASTA-ats!

Elkhart Central HS has voted orchestra

director Kyle Weirich Teacher of the

Year. Elkhart Memorial HS has voted

band director Kurt Weimer Teacher of

the Year. Concord HS Director of

Bands Scott Spradling has been voted

the “Best of Elkhart” in the Teaching

category by the Elkhart Truth Newspa-

per. Congratulations Gents!!

Congratulations to several school bands

receiving ones at MSBOA district festi-

val including: Melissa Marks-Onsted

7th, 8th, and HS, Marci Zeckner -

Madison MS, Aaron Mycoloff-Britan

Deerfield, and Crystal Bough-Hudson

MS...and the Monroe HS Jazz band-

James Neichterlein and Monroe Or-

chestras-Ann Felder.

Congratulations to Chris Lyons, Car-

olyn Loebic and the Evergreen HS

Symphonic band on receiving ones at

the OMEA district festival.

MICHIANA

Outstanding

Music educator

award winners

The Michiana Outstanding Music Educator Awards recognize excellence in

Music Education in our area.

All previous winners are listed below

Vince Arizzi - Chesterton HS

Tom Barker - Lafayette Jefferson HS

John Bradford - Merrillville HS

Karen Braden - Concord JH/HS

Kathy Brannen - Willowcreek MS

Jeff Carnall - Schmucker MS

Sandy Carnall - North Side MS

Steve Cotten - Harrison HS

Debbie Darnall - Merrillville (ret)

Jim Deal - Crown Point HS

Jeff Doebler - Valparaiso Univ.

Susan Ellington - Goshen HS

Quincy Ford - Michigan City HS

Lynda Galbiati - TJMS-Valparaiso

Bryan Golden - Concord JHS

Jeff Hatfield - North Side MS

Chris Harmon - Lake Central HS

Karen Hershberger - Pierre Moran MS

Jim Hopkins - Battle Ground MS

Cindy Huff - Lakeshore MS

Phil Huff - Lakeshore MS

Ed King - North Side HS (FW)

Kevin Klee - Snider HS

Tim Kopf - Valparaiso HS

Max Mault - Goshen MS

Alan Mitchell - Andrews Univ.

Glenn Northern - Penn HS

Steve Peterson - Concord HS

Dan Pritchett - Valparaiso HS

Tom Reed - Taft MS

Steve Reed - St. Joseph HS

Keith Rudolph - Penn HS

Cindy Schnabel - Willowcreek MS

Tom Schnabel - Chesterton MS

Leta Sena-Lopez - Kahler MS

Johann Sletto - Crown Point HS

Christina Snyder -Wright MS

Scott Spradling - Concord Jr/HS

Chuck Steck - LaPorte HS

Mickey Stisher - LaPorte HS

William Timmerman - Fegely MS

Lori Von Koenig - Lakeshore HS (MI)

Kyle Weirich - Elkhart Central HS

Griffith Student Wins SBO magazine essay contest!

Congratulations to Briana Quintana of Griffith, Indiana for her winning essay in a con-

test sponsored by School Band & Orchestra magazine. Her cash prize was presented

during their spring concert! The

competition is co-sponsored by

NAMM, Yamaha, Alfred, and Sabi-

an. Pictured (left to right) John Shaf-

fer (QF Regional Manager), Br i-

ana, Orchestra Director Debbie Ko-

rak, and Pr incipal Brian Orkis.


New gear...The Monroe Jefferson MS

band director Cary Vincent recently re-

ceived their new Adams Chimes.

Congratulations to Joe Folts and the Co-

lumbia Central band for achieving ones

at the MSBOA state festival. The Colum-

bia Central band made their 71st appear-

ance at the Holland Tulip Festival pa-

rade. Joe stated he has not been at all of

them!

Dr. Marty Marks & Professor Pete

Ford and the Adr ian College 6 and 8

O’Clock jazz bands presented excellent

concerts just prior to starting exams and

Professor Valerie Palmieri and The Adri-

Michiana Edition

an College Orchestra presented a won-

derful concert which included several

community members.

Gary Kurtis & Larry Vanore had a

busy May. Clay HS jazz band perform

at the SBCSC retirement dinner and the

South Bend 150th birthday party They

held their annual spring fling with guest

jazz bands - Dickinson Fine Arts Center

-Bart Roberts and Jeffer son Inter me-

diate Center Jazz Band-Dawn Forsythe.

Congratulations for gold ratings at con-

test this spring including: Plymouth HS-

Bryan Ames, Lisa Wallyn Lincoln J r .

Continued on Page Seven

“Maury Rhodes CLASSIC”

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Friday, July 10th SWAN LAKE

GOLF RESORT

11:30 Lunch & Michiana Outstanding Music Educator

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payable to Quinlan & Fabish to: 3678 Wells Street

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Lloyd Palmiter, our String Specialist, brings extensive knowledge to our company stemming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra

and cello, serving as clinician and consultant for musical instrument and education-

al organizations, and countless hours of working with students and parents to assist

in selecting the best instrument for their needs. He visits all store locations regular-

ly and is available by appointment to individually help you and your students find

just the right instrument. You’ll see Lloyd at conferences of IMEA, MENC, ASTA,

Violin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in

Cremona, Italy, where he will be scouting to bring you the best quality instruments

available from all over the world! Travels to the countries of origin and hand select-

ing the instruments and bows to be included in our showrooms make our instruments

among the best available today. We maintain a vigilant effort to assure our customers that Quinlan and Fabish Strings are always known for their

value and quality.

Q&F

The spring performance season is one of

my favorites because I have a perspective

I highly treasure. It amazes me how

quickly a school year seems to pass. Yet,

when I harken back to the events of the

year – fall recruiting, the season of holi-

day sales events and concerts, Midwest

Clinic, state music conferences, and now

spring concerts and sales events – and I

see the devotion and energy you all give

to your programs I’m sincerely impress

with your accomplishments. School

boards and administrations enable them,

but orchestra programs don’t just happen.

Orchestra directors make them happen

and you all are among the best in our

nation. Good work and bravo! It’s real-

ly cool to be here to help you all and I

count on you to let me know how I can

best do that. Each teaching situation is

different and you know your needs better

than anyone. I am here to use the re-

sources available to me to help you be

successful. As I said, it’s an opportunity

I treasure.

When I first started teaching in South

Bend, Indiana, each year I entered twenty

of my high school orchestra members as

a large string ensemble in the Indiana

State School Music Association contest.

My undergraduate training was in Cham-

ber Music and String Pedagogy so coach-

ing an ensemble to perform without a

conductor to excel in performance was a

driving force in my motivation to give

my orchestra students an opportunity to

attain a technical proficiency to perform

musically for an esteemed judge provid-

ed by ISSMA. There would be a local

contest followed, if your score permitted,

by a state competition in Indianapolis

usually the next week. The state level

judges at that time in Indianapolis were

famous names such as Robert Klotman.

Robert Klotman may not be a name fa-

miliar to many of you now, but he was

the String Education professor at Indi-

ana University and was very influential

and known for his national advocacy

for music in our schools and he was

influential in bringing the Suzuki meth-

od into the US. He served both as na-

tional ASTA President and national

MENC President. To have a group of

my training perform for him or others

of similar esteem was an honor I

strived to attain. But, you had to first

pass the local judge.

Here’s the reason for that story. A cou-

ple weeks ago I was invited to attend a

concert of the

Turtle Island

String Quartet at

Chesterton High

School in Indi-

ana. A director

in that district is

Tom Schnable. Many years ago, of-

ten Tom was one of the local judges the

for solo and ensemble competition in

South Bend. One year when Tom was

our judge, one of my violin player’s

string broke just seconds before they

were to start. Everyone in the room

heard the snap. The student looked at

me with a supreme panic in her eyes

and every one of you know how I felt.

It just so happened that my school was

hosting the contest that year and I had a

new string just on the other side of a

locked door in the same room we were

in at that moment. Tom said in his

resonant voice, “get a string Lloyd” or

something which I understood that it

was “ok” to quickly get the string

changed so contest could stay on

schedule. I hopped up and moved very

deliberately, unlocked the door, got the

string, grabbed the violin and went

about to put on the new string. Every-

one waited and watched me in action.

Then it happened. I mean, how many

times has any one of us changed a string.

Thousands. We could do it in our sleep.

But, with the packed room looking at me,

I got the shakes. It was obvious. It was

the A string too. You know, up there

under the scroll where it is so dark and

the hole in the peg is so small. As I strug-

gled, both Tom and I started to laugh and

then the room all joined in. I got the

string on but always appreciated Tom

being there as our judge that year. He’s a

good man. Once we laughed, I relaxed

enough to put on the string, the group

performed, and we went to Indy the next

week. Thanks Tom!

But, the real reason for the story was how

cool it was to be at the Turtle Island

String Quartet concert and watch Tom be

host to his community. The level of trust

and rapport he has with his public is

heartwarming and genuine. His lifetime

of investment in his community was ob-

vious and sincere. Few people have such

rewarding careers as we can have teach-

ing orchestra. Here is a picture of the

event at Chesterton offered as a tribute to

a good man and friend. Bravo, Tom!

For those of you starting your careers,

hang in there. The journey is well worth

the effort you put into it.


Michiana Edition

High 2 bands with 7th

grade “With Distinction”,

Jodi Kallenberg-

Plymouth HS & Lincoln

JH orchestra. Melissa Butner 2 bands, Dan

Forlander-John Glenn HS and Urey MS,

Pete Foster-Triton HS band and choir,

Dennis Gamble & Kaleb Chamberlin-

Mishawaka HS and John Young MS.

Drew Miller-Washington HS orchestra,

Andrew Muth-Fairfield HS, Bart Roberts

& James Hornor-Dickinson Fine Arts

Academy , Bremen HS-Matt Sutton, Su-

san Walker & Mark Druyos LaSalle

Academy, Brad Zook & Bryce Cone-

Northridge.

Dan Balog, Jeff Gorman & Kelly Rider

held the “Sweets and Sounds” concert and

fundraiser with a silent auction this spring.

Recently Everette Hornbarger of Carroll

MS hosted Dr. Cate Hummel for a flute

clinic for students grade 6-8th.

Brad Zook & Bryce Cone hosted

ISSMA this spring at Northridge HS with

nine bands participating.

Dan Fortlander at John Glenn HS held

the annual Spring Spectacular “Crazy Lit-

tle Thing” featuring “First Edition” Jazz

band and “Rhythm Express” show choir

led by Jordon Dollins.

Fairfield HS winter guard directed by An-

drew Muth & Ashley Ritter took fir st

place and their winter percussion line led

by Ryan Johnson took 2nd place in state.

Bryan Ames held the Annual “Café

Jazz” with bands from 8 schools partici-

pating. Winning middle school awards

were Knox MS-Darren Day/best rhythm

section and outstanding soloist, Lincoln

JHS-Lisa Wallyn/best brass section,

Jefferson Intermediate Center-Dawn For-

sythe/best woodwind section and out-

standing soloists. High School awards

went to Warsaw HS-Mickey Ratliff/Best

rhythm section and best soloist, Carroll

HS-Doug Hassell/best brass section, best

woodwind section and best soloist and

honorable mention to Tipton HS -Rodney

Fletcher/Vocalist. Also per forming was

Jodi Kallenberg and the Plymouth Or-

chestra, Plymouth HS Jazz Band-Bryan

Ames, Adrian Mark and Zach Myers-

John Adams HS.

Congratulations to the Middle School

Band and Orchestras that received a Gold

rating at this year’s Junior High/Middle

School ISSMA Concert Organization Fes-

tival:

Bryan Golden, Cameron Bradley, Ben

Runkel Concord JH 7th &8th Grade

Band, April Oppenheim, Karen Braden

Concord JH 7th & 8th Grade Orchestras,

Carus Shaffer, Rob Wilson Pier re Mo-

ran MS 7th Grade Band, Kyle Miller

Pierre Moran MS Orchestra, Jeffrey Hat-

field Nor th Side MS 8th Grade Orches-

tra, Dodi Carnall Schmucker MS 7th &8th

Grade Orchestras, Jeff Carnall Schmucker

MS 6th Grade Band, Tim Carnall West

Side 8th Grade Band, Anne Watts Discov-

ery MS 6th Grade Orchestra, Murray

Weaver Discovery MS 6th& 8th Grade

Bands, Sandy Carnall, Lynne Gwin North

Side MS 7&8 Grade Bands, Zac Coudret

Goshen MS 7th Grade Orchestra, Kathy

Baughman J imtown JH 7th &8th Grade

Bands, Patrick Ciesielski West Side MS

7th Grade Orchestra, Rebecca Yoder

West Side MS 8th Grade Orchestra,

Sherry Good Bethany Chr istian Mid-

dle School Band.

Adrian Mark, Zach Myers and Char-

lie Lawrence held the annual John

Adams HS “Big Band Bash” featuring

both jazz bands, Don Moely and the

Show Choir, and the Percussion Ensem-

ble led by Charlie Lawrence. Also per-

forming were Susan Walker & Mark

Druyos and the LaSalle Academy, and

Dawn Forsythe-Jefferson Intermediate

Jazz Band.

Congratulations to the following Middle

School Band and Orchestras that re-

ceived Gold w/distinction at this year’s

Junior High/ Middle School ISSMA

Contest: Anne Watts Discovery MS 7th

&8th Grade Orchestra, Murray Weaver

7th Grade Band, Jake Robaska West Side

MS 7th Grade Band, Jeff Hatfield North

Side MS 7th Grade Orchestra, Dodi Car-

nall Schmucker MS 6th Grade Orches-

tra, Jeff Carnall Schmucker MS 7th &8th

Continued from Page

Five

Congratulations to Steven Sanders from UIC College Prep in Chicago for his

winning entry in our Facebook contest. To enter, directors recognized their QF

rep by completing this thought…I Like My QF Rep Because…

As winner of the con-

test, Steven will receive

a custom made bobble-

head doll with himself

and his QF rep, Robert

Scott!

Visit our QF Facebook

page and listen to Ste-

ven’s musical tribute

“Bob Marley” style -

awesome, Steven!

Thank you to all the

entries in this years

contest. Special honorable mentions to: Don Devany, Glen Schneider, & Josh

Kaminski - Metea Valley HS (Paul Ramsaier-QF rep), Kelly O’Neill & Stevan

Rexroat - Oswego East HS (Dan Halloran-QF rep), and

Jeremy Sterk - Tri-County Schools of Wolcott, IN

(Steve Rehlander-QF rep) and everyone who took time

to recognize their QF reps!

Continued on Next Page


Grade Bands, Zac Coudret

Goshen MS 6th Grade Or-

chestra, Sean Patrick Goshen

MS 8th Grade Orchestra,

Max Mault Goshen MS 6th

& 8th Grade Bands, 3rd and 4th

Period Bands, Stacey Farran

Bethany Christian MS Orchestra, Kyle Miller

Pierre Moran MS Orchestra.

Congratulations to the Goshen HS Indoor

Percussion Ensemble and Derrick Shannon

for their 1st place finish in Concert and 3rd

place finish in movement at this year’s IPA

finals.

Congratulations to Zac Coudret, Sean Pat-

rick, and Jay Pfeifer and the Goshen MS

Orchestra for receiving the ISSMA 2014-15

J.M.E. All Music Award.

Jake Robaska and the Memor ial HS Jazz

Band presented their annual Jazz Café fund

raiser with the West Side MS Jazz Band,

Rebecca Yoder and the Memorial Jazz

Strings and Steve Allen directing the

Truth in Jazz Band raising over

$12,000.00 was raised for Braden Hartman’s

Jr. High/MS Division

Kathy Baughman

Dorothy Carnall

Bryce Cone

Mark Dryous

Thomas Eisan

Maureen Gray

Diane Kowalski

Kevin Lewis

April Oppenheim

Kelly Rehlander

Bart Roberts

Matt Sullivan

HS/College Division

Bryan Ames

Tom Kennedy (deceased)

Denise Kuehner

Gary Kurtis

Dan Burton

Rick Cheek

Matt Conaway

Tom Cox

Terry Fisher

Phil Frazier

Jeff Gorman

Bob Malchow

Diane Moellering

Bryan Munoz

Melinda Reinhart

Matt Satterthwaite

Jared Throneberry

It’s always an honor to be nominated by your peers…

the list below highlights those educators nominated in 2014

for the Michiana Oustanding Music Educator Award

Congratulations to all!!

Leather , Glenn Northern Penn HS Sym-

phonic Band, Freshmen Band and Concert

Band, Jay Pfiefer, Sean Patrick Goshen HS

Symphonic Orchestra.

Fine Arts Director Bret Deardorff presented

the Elkhart Christian Academy HS Spring

Concert which featured the Jazz Band per-

forming Café Caliente, Chamber Choir, and

Laura Johnson directing the ECA Orches-

tra.

Anne Watts and the Discovery MS Or-

chestra performed at the IMEA conference

in Ft.Wayne. Guest conductor and clinician

with the DMA Orchestra was Bob Phillips.

Concord HS Jazz Band Director Steve Peter-

son hosted Concord’s annual Jazz Café .

Performing this year was special guest solo-

ist Chris French, Tom Cox and the Goshen

HS Jazz Band, Bill Leather and the Penn HS

Jazz Band and Cameron Bradley and the

Concord JH Jazz Band.

The Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra

will perform “Spotlight on Our Own” which

features soloists Deb Inglefield-Horn & Ale-

ksandra Kemble-Flute on June 13th at the

Lerner Theater.

Congratulations to the following bands and

orchestras that participated in the ISSMA

State Concert Organization Finals: Kyle

Weirich, Jeffrey Hatfield, Kyle Miller

Elkhart Central HS Orchestra, Lavon Oke,

Liz Cravens Penn HS Orchestra, Scott

Spradling, Steve Peterson Concord HS

Band, Tom Cox, Josh Kaufman Goshen HS

Band- 5th Place.

Glenn Northern and the Penn HS Sym-

phonic Wind Band are this year’s ISSMA

State Concert Organization State Champi-

ons! Bravo!

Manchester HS and the Northwest HS con-

cert bands, along with the Jackson HS Jazz

Ensemble were selected for the "Forte" pro-

gram on WKAR in Lansing. The bands were

filmed at the MSBOA District 8 Concert

Band Festival and State Concert Band and

Jazz Band Festival. The bands will also trav-

el to Lansing to the WKAR's production

studio to be recorded for fall air play.

Congratulations to Jim Bertucci and the

treatment expenses.

Kathy Baughman and the J imtown HS

Jazz Band and Rob Wilson and the Elkhart

Central HS Jazz Band will be performing

at the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June.

Congratulations to the following High

School Band and Orchestras who received

a Gold Rating at this year’s ISSMA Con-

cert Organization Festival: Steve Peter-

son , Bryan Golden, Cameron Bradley,

Ben Runkel and the Concord HS Con-

cert Band #1 & #2, Karen Braden, April

Oppenheim and the Concord HS Str ing

Orchestra and Symphonic Orchestra, Kyle

Weirich Elkhar t Central Orchestra #1,

Jeffrey Hatfield, Kyle Miller Elkhar t

Central HS Orchestra #2, Kathy Baugh-

man J imtown HS Band, Kurt Weimer

Elkhart Memorial Band #1, Tim Carnall

Elkhart Memorial Band #2, Tom Cox,

Josh Kaufman Goshen HS Band and

Goshen Wind Ensemble, Sandy Carnall,

Lynne Gwin Elkhar t Centr al HS Con-

cert Band, Dan Burton, Rob Wilson

Elkhart Central Concert Band #1& #2,

Lavon Oke, Liz Cravens Penn HS

String Orchestra, Chris Paulson , Bill Continued on Page Ten


Amanda Jennings is a bassoonist and

a former band director. As print music

buyer for Q&F, she has the opportunity

to preview every new publication. She

will keep you up to date on the latest

new issue music and happenings in the

publishing world!

The Hanging Tree, featured in the hit

movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,

Part 1, sung by Jennifer

Lawrence’s character Kat-

niss Everdeen, is a haunt-

ing melody. In the movie,

this song is sung by the

protagonist and then used

as a grim battle cry to so-

lidify resolve in the uprising of the peo-

ple. The lyrics to this piece were au-

thored by Suzanne Collins, the author of

“The Hunger Games” trilogy. The melo-

dy was composed by Jeremiah Fraites &

Wesley Schultz of the indie folk band

The Lumineers. The piece is now availa-

ble for most ensemble types including

flex band – arranged by Michael Brown,

concert band – arranged by Robert

Longfield, str ing orchestra – arranged

by Larry Moore, easy string orchestra –

arranged by Robert Longfield, and an

array of vocal ensembles.

Uptown Funk! is a hit single featuring

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. This

song has an upbeat tempo and is slightly

retro sounding in a

“throwback” funk style.

With this songs massive

popularity, both Hal Leon-

ard and Alfred Music have

published arrangements

for this piece. Hal Leonard

has released arrangements for marching

band and concdert band arranged by Jay

Bocook, and two jazz charts; one jazz

chart arranged by Paul Murtha and an

easy jazz chart arranged by Michael

Sweeney. Alfred’s ar ragements in-

clude marching band and jazz band, both

arranged by Victor Lopez. The one thing

all these arrangements have in common

is no matter which one you choose, it is

sure to be a great favorite of players and

audiences alike.

Alfred Music also released Der Erlkönig,

a dark and spine-tingling poem for band.

Based on Der Erlkönig by Johann Goe-

the composer Scott Watson brings this

poem to life. Der Erlkö-

nig, or the Elf King, de-

scribes a father and son

riding a horse home

through a darkened wood.

The young boy is fright-

ened and cries out at all

the eerie sounds and

sights. The father tries to calm the boy,

explaining away all that he sees and

hears. In the poem, the boy sees and

hears the Elf King beckoning him to

join him in the woods. The father sees

only trees rustling and hears only the

wind. Yet, motivated by his son’s fear,

the father rides faster and faster home

only to find the son has died in his

arms. This haunting and tragic piece

will be a great addition to any begin-

ning-intermediate band.

Storm, composed by Soon Hee New-

bold, and published by FJH Music, is

sure to be a fantastic

addition to your con-

cert. The word "storm"

can hold many mean-

ings such as a furious

weather system or an-

cient soldiers marching

in a legendary battle. This piece is

written to represent the many meanings

of the word, so players can interpret

the music how they wish. This a grade

1.5 and is a perfect piece to introduce

students to programmatic music.

It was a beautiful morning, a day be-

ginning with beauty and a truly peace-

ful quiet. Suddenly, however, the un-

thinkable happened and the composer

found himself captured by a vicious

band of pirates. Forced to walk the

plank by the blood-thirsty crew, he saw

sharks swimming in ominous circles

below him. Of course, the story loses a

little drama when we're forced to admit

that the story is only his overactive

imagination, set off when his three-year-

old granddaughter came into the room

with an eye patch, plastic sword, pirate

hat, and screaming "Arrrgh!" at the top

of her lungs. Don’t let this misadventure

fool you though, I’m a Pirate, composed

by David M. Martin, and published by

LudwigMasters, is a great adventure that

you and the band will embark upon with

your audience. A truly enjoyable experi-

ence.

The newest folio from Hal Leonard is

now available. Taylor Swift – 2nd Edi-

tion is available as a folio for flute, clari-

net, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,

trumpet, horn, trombone,

violin, viola, and cello.

This 2nd edition contains

some of her newer releas-

es. It also grants access to

demonstrations and back-

ing tracks audio online.

The folio is truly a learning tool with

great access to demos and audio files.

Students will be playing their favorite

songs by this most admired artist and be

able to get help or hear a demonstration

at the click of a button. This folio con-

tains songs such as Back to December,

Blank Space, Fifteen, I Knew You Were

Trouble, Love Story, Mean, Our Song,

Shake It Off, Should’ve Said No, Tear-

drops On My Guitar, 22, We Are Never

Ever Getting Back Together, White

Horse, and You Belong With Me.

And now, for what all marching band

enthusiasts have been waiting for, Hal

Leonard’s Stadium Jams, Volume 10 has

finally been released! Arranged by Jay

Bocook, these shor tened versions of

today’s hits are sure to bring excitement

into the stands. The hits

featured in this volume are

Bang Bang (Rap Version),

Happy, Shake It Off, and

Uptown Funk. If this doesn’t

get the audience cheering,

nothing will. Go Team!


Hurry Space is Limited!

Dr. Cate's

Flute Camps

June 22-26

Mishawaka, IN

July 13 -17

Montgomery, IL

Camps to be held at

Quinlan & Fabish Music locations

9:00 - 5:00 daily

Concerts Tuesday & Friday

Evenings

Celebrating our 16th year of summer flute fun

for 7th-9th grade flutists.

Register at: www.fluteline.com

Clinton Prairie HS Band

for winning the ISSMA

All-Music

Award. Great Job!

Central Catholic JHS

Band, HS Choir, and HS Band all re-

ceived Gold ratings at ISSMA...This

year was the first year that each group

even participated in the contest! Con-

gratulations and a job well done go out

to Gayle Daning!

Congratulations to the Munster Music

Progam named by NAMM as a Best

Community for Music Education!!

Proud directors include: Bret Wintern-

heimer, Victor Ribadeneyra

& Bridget Parker. Munster HS Band

was named a State Finalist in the

ISSMA Concert Band Competition too!

Students from three high schools will be

performing in the Hobart Youth Band,

celebrating its 11th year. The directors

are Brian Grenier-Hobart HS, Bridget

Fine-River Forest HS, and James Was-

mundt-Thomas Edison HS.

Richard Clark-Butler University Sym-

phony Orchestra, visited TimKopf and

the Valparaiso HS Orchestras recent-

ly. Mr. Clark presented a short clinic

and shared his contagious enthusiasm

for Music with the students.

For the first time in the school’s history,

the Benton Central has received the

ISSMA All-Music Award. The director

of bands at Benton Central is Michael

Richardson. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Knox HS Winter

Drum line on their 3rd place Finish in the

IPA State Finals directed by Craige

Phipps & Darren Day. The Knox HS

Redskin Brigade Marching Band will be

performing the Indianapolis 500 Pre-

race Parade on Memorial Day Weekend.

Knox HS also had thirteen students se-

lected to perform with the All-Star

Marching Band for the Indianapolis 500

Festival Parade.

Receiving all Gold at ISSMA organiza-

tion contest were: Leo HS-Bob Myers,

Adams Central HS-Mike Satterthwaite,

Angola HS-Kevin Fogle, East Noble

HS-Bryan Munoz, Snider HS-Kevin Klee

& Jackie Nason, Dekalb HS-Terry Fisher,

Northrop HS-John VanPatten, Norwell HS

-Cory Kelly. Norwell HS was also a semi

finalist at WGI world championships for the

first time in their schools history!

Andy Smith, tubist with the Lyr ic Opera

of Chicago visited Renssalaer HS (sponsored

by B&S Tubas) as part of our celebration of

our 1st Anniversary Celebration of our Lafa-

yette location. Other guest artists included

Saxophonist Ken Partyka, Flutist Ernesto

Fernandez (Gemeinhardt), Euphonium

artist Lance LaDuke (Jupiter), and Trumpet-

er Chris O’Hara (Bach). Photos below are

captured from the events for the week!!


STUDENTS - Imagine…your original artwork hanging on thousands of walls as students to back to school next fall. Here’s a chance to show your love of music with the next generation of beginning musicians! Plus, you can also score some sweet technology in a Yamaha Bluetooth Speaker! (valued at $179.95) Be creative and you could be the official designer of the 2015 Q&F Recruiting Posters! T w o c h a n c e s t o W I N Your poster should inspire students to: “J o i n t h e B a n d ! ” or “J o i n t h e O r c h e s t r a ! ” Here’s how the contest works:

Before June 30th, 2015 go to www.QandF.com/posters and register to enter contest and upload your entry (files

accepted = .jpg, .jpeg, .png, or .pdf)

Beginning on July 6th – all entries will be featured on a special voting page at www.QandF.com

On-line voting begins July 6th, 2015 and ends on July 31st , 2015 (Be sure to tell all your friends, family, and class-

mates to vote for your poster!)

The winners for each category will win a Yamaha Bluetooth Speaker! PLUS...their original art-work will be printed as a poster and featured in Midwest schools during the 2015/2016 school year!! Guidelines:

Entries can be created in any medium; but will need to be submitted in an approved digital format. Approved formats are: JPG, PNG, PDF. Submit your entry using the online submission form at: www.QandF.com/posters Student Contestants can enter one or both of the divisions but must be 18 years or younger to enter. Winners will be notified by e-mail. By submitting a file, you agree to allow Quinlan and Fabish Music Company to use your name and likeness across all media plat-

forms and formats. All entries will not be returned and become property of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company.

Congratulations to last year’s winners:

Student: Morgan K.

School: Mill Creek MS

Teacher: Karen Chrisman

Student: Matthias M.

School: St. Laurence HS

Teacher: Pat Henning


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