Volume 26 Number 4 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Summer 2013

Michiana Edition

QF Founder

George Quinlan, Sr.

Rest in Peace

1923-2013

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standing Music E d u c a t o r Awards will be presented at a luncheon. Pic-tured is Susan

Ellington gra-ciously accept-ing her award last year.

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 tournament honors his leg-acy. Proceeds go towards naming the new library at VanderCook College of Music in his memory. All Michiana band and orchestra directors are invited to attend any or all the events on July 12th!

2013

Summer

Reading Sessions

Our annual Summer Reading Sessions are scheduled for Friday, July 12th from 8:30am-11:30am at Plymouth High School - 1 Big Red Dr, Plymouth, IN. Attendees will have the opportunity to play specially selected new music for Young Band and Orchestra. Special thanks to our host, 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!!!

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 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 2013” 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 12th for a full day of activities. We will provide Young Band & Orchestra Reading Sessions from 8:30-11:30am at Plymouth High School in Plymouth, IN. Following the reading sessions, the Michiana Out-

Junior High/MS Division

Sandy Carnall

North Side MS - Elkhart

Jeff Hatfield

North Side MS - Elkhart

Karen Hershberger

Pierre Moran MS

HS/College Division

Karen Braden Harrison HS

Ed King

North Side HS-Ft. Wayne

Alan Mitchell

Andrews University

Steve Peterson

Concord HS

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“A Movie in

Need of a Title” By George Quinlan, Jr.

George A. Quinlan, Sr.

1922-2013

His generation has been dubbed “The Greatest Generation” and in the world of Music, he and his peers did their part to earn that recognition. So, I began to think...if they made a movie of my dad’s life, what would be the title?

“Young Man with a Horn”

While this movie was the Bix Beider-becke story, the title really is appropriate for the early years of his life. Like many WWII vets, he earned his stripes in a military band and earned Music Educa-tion degrees from DePaul University thanks to the GI Bill. During the 50’s and 60’s, all music was live music and hundreds of these “cats” made their live-lihood performing. Many of his band-mates like Andy Marchese and Leo

Henning taught all day and played all night! The legendary Chez Paree was his gig where he performed regularly with stars like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis,

and Pearl Bailey.

“The Music Man” This one seems too easy. Meredith Wil-son’s main character “Professor” Harold Hill, is actually a con man in the story.

His scam is to sell all the instruments and leave town without forming the promised band. Quinlan, and his partner Fabish and co-horts like Leo Henning

& Frank Manna did the opposite. While there may have been “trouble” in River City, they created mu-sic programs built to last.

“Father Knows Best”

While technically not a movie, this sit-com featured Robert Young as the father of a family full of Baby-boomers...just like ours. Schools were bursting at the seams (our classroom had 50 students with one teacher...of course, a nun.) and school music was growing quickly. While many family music stores shifted

their focus to guitars and drums after the Beatles iconic appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show...not Q&F. He stayed the course on what he knew best-school music. A navigation plan that has withstood over five decades.

“The Bucket List” While I don’t think he actually had a bucket list, his desire to explore new places, learn new things, and meet new people never stopped. He became a pilot around the age of 45. He served as chairman of a local bank. He travelled abroad often including China just a few years ago. And, really, how many 90

year-olds do you know who own Ipads

and are Lifetime Fitness regulars? During the final few years of his life he continued travelling (Costa Rica, Florida, Las Vegas, San

Valparaiso, IN Location: 2601 Cumberland Drive

Valparaiso, IN 46383 219-462-5086

Fax: 219-462-0060

Mishawaka, IN Location: 130 West Edison Road Mishawaka, IN 46545

574-293-6332 Fax: 574-254-0387

Fort Wayne, IN Location: 3678 Wells Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-482-9669

Fax: 260-482-7698

Southwest Suburban Location:

6827 High Grove Boulevard Burr Ridge, IL 60527

630-654-4111 Fax: 630-522-0331

Northwest Suburban Location: 621 North Main Street

Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 847-253-5592

Fax: 847-253-1761

Fox Valley Location: 291 Montgomery Road

Montgomery, Illinois 60538 630-906-6595

Fax: 630-897-5256

Antonio for NASMD conference in March, The Kentucky Derby one week before his passing). At 2012 Midwest Clinic, he was invited by Dr. Charles

Menghini to be a guest conductor for the VanderCook College band, while his namesake grandson played the field drum.

“Love Story”

To really summarize 90 years of his life, we must realize that the movie is actu-ally a love story. A story about a man who loved music, loved teaching kids, loved working in the music indus-try, loved to travel, loved the folks who worked at QF, loved the teachers we serve, loved his family, and is now united with his one true love, Sweet Lorraine.

Michigan Location: 5719 St. Joseph Avenue Stevensville, MI 49127

269-429-6232 Fax: 269-429-6250

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Stork Report-Lindsey &

Cory Micheel-Mays are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy, Henry Francis. He was born on March 19th and

weighed 6 lb 1 oz. His older brother, George, is excited to have a brother! Lindsey teaches elementary music and elementary band in the Michigan Center Schools near Jackson, MI.

Congratulations Jodi & Dan Kallenberg on the birth of their baby boy. His name is Bjorn August Kallenberg.

Tammy Sprunger and her husband Brad are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy, Davis Allen. He arrived on May 7th and weighed 9 lb 15 oz. Davis has lots of hair and his big sister, Ame-

lia, thinks he is pretty cool! Tammy is a band director in the Warsaw Community Schools. Katie Herzberg (Wayne HS) is expect-ing a baby! Due date is this coming Au-gust… Just in time for Band Camp! On the Road Again...Heritage HS and director Jim Widmer will be performing at Cedar Point Amusement Park June 3rd. Cory Kelley and the Norwell HS Winter Percussion Line competed at WGI’s World Championships in Dayton OH, this April. The Hicksville HS band directed Zach

Kohlmeier is traveling to Orlando FL in

June and will perform at Disney Randy Ripley took the Stanley Clark Band to Healthwin to perform in March . Eric Criss and Maureen Gray visited Florida with Red Regiment to perform for Magical Music Days. While there, they also attended a clinic. Directors Sean Patrick and Kate

Truscello along with the Goshen MS 7th & 8th Orchestra participated in the “Music in the Parks’ series at Six Flags in Gurnee, IL recently. Woodside MS and Summit MS 8th grade bands of Southwest Allen Co Schools in Fort Wayne, travelled to St. Louis to participate in the "Music In The Parks" concert band competition. Sue Jehl is the Summit MS director and Tony Strebig is the Woodside MS director. Wade Armentrout, Cameron Banks and the Washington HS jazz band per-formed at the Sterling House retirement center in May. The Manchester HS Band traveled to Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee over spring break. The highlights of the trip included attending a Grand Ole Opry performance and visiting the Sun Recording Studios. Jared Throne-

berry is the band’s director. Michael Richardson and the Benton Central Bands will be travelling to Kings Island to enjoy a day riding roller coasters. Illiana Christian and Pat Menninga

took members of her music theory class to the Lyric Opera House to see Okla-

homa! Steve Gruver and his wife Michelle will be helping the Michigan Ambassa-dors of Music performing groups on their European tour this summer. The groups rehearse at Mattawan HS with host Mark Greer. The tour leaves July 12 and will perform 5 concerts in England, France, Austria & Germany.

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The Lakeshore High School Band, under the baton of Lori Von Koenig will be traveling to Europe next June to repre-sent the State of Michigan in the 70th Anniversary celebration of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. The trip features performances in local Normandy venues as well as Paris. Contributions of indi-viduals, businesses and corporations of the Midwest states to the WWII effort are being recognized. For more information go to www.ddaymichigan.com. Corpo-rate and individual sponsors of this his-toric event are needed and welcome. On September 20th, MSU's Spartan Marching Band will be presenting a clinic at Edwardsburg HS hosted by Tom

Crowner, director of bands. They will also be participating in the halftime per-formance that evening at Dowagiac's Chris Taylor Alumni Field during their game against local rival Berrien Springs. CJ Brooks is the band director at Dowa-giac HS, and Andrew Raven is the di-rector of bands at Berrien Springs HS. The Clinton Prairie JH Bands and Choirs, directed by Jim Bertucci will be per-forming at Indiana Beach in Monticello. They will also be participating in the “Music in the Parks” Festival at Kings Island in Cincinnati. Bart Roberts, Zac Coudret, Kerry

Foley & Cameron Banks performed along with the Dickinson Band at the Food Bank. Colin Powell MS (IL) directors Jeni

Perry and Dan Jensen recently treated their students to a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a performance and tour. These students have yet another trip to look forward to as one band will be going on an over-night trip to Cedar Point and another band to Six Flags. Kankakee Valley directors Nick

Boersma & Ken Steidle visited King’s Island with their bands to participate in Music in the Parks. They stopped at Marian University in Indianapolis for a workshop with Dr. Sidney Hearn. The Kouts MS Bands visited Six Flags Great America in early May to partici-

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pate in the “Music in the Parks” Festival. Their director is Frank Gast. The Huth MS (IL), di-rected by Ron Harrigan

will visit St. Louis to perform Music in the Parks and tour the Arch. Directors John Bradford and Diane

Kowalski will be taking the Merrillville HS Orchestras to the Lyric Opera in Chi-cago for a performance of “Oklahoma”. The Chesterton High School Orchestras under the direction of Vince Arizzi are performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and visited Cedar Point and heard the Cleveland Orchestra. Kevin Lewis, Bret Winternheimer, & Jill Cooke traveled with the Wilbur Wright MS Bands and Orchestras to Six Flags Great America to participate in the “Music in the Parks” competition. The West Lafayette Middle School Bands and Orchestras, directed by Don

Pettit, Michelle Brooks, & Carol

Letcher, traveled to Kings Island re-cently. The Taft and Wheeler MS Bands, Or-chestras, and Choirs will be performing at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. While in the city the groups will also be attending Navy Pier and a performance of the Blue Man Group. The directors are Troy Webdell, Tom

Reed, and Katelyn Leonard. New Faces, New Places…Padraig

Kavanagh has taken the reins of the be-ginning bands at Williamsport and Pine Village Elementary schools in Warren County. He replaces Jane Baysinger

who will be retiring at the end of the school year. Congratulations to both Padraig and Jane!! John Murphy, Director of Bands and Choirs at Hartford Schools will not be returning next year. John will be going back to school to pursue additional de-grees. Good luck, John! Claudia Schmidts, Director of Bands

and Choirs at Bloomingdale Schools will be teaching at an English speaking school in Venezuela next year. You will be missed in Southwest Michigan! Congratulations to Dennis Gamble! He will be the new head band director and music department chair at Misha-waka High School. Dennis started his career at LaSalle High School in 1985 and joined the staff at Mishawaka in 1990.

Awards, Honors, Recognition… The following groups received Gold Rat-ings at ISSMA this year. Well done!

Heritage HS - Jim Widmer Leo HS Band - Bob Myers

Snider HS - Kevin Klee & Kevin

Christenson Bishop Dwenger HS Orch -

Michael Petek Plymouth HS-Two Golds with distinc-

tion - Bryan Ames Riley HS-Dan Balog & Jeff Gorman

Northwood HS with distinction- Eric Criss,

Triton HS breaking a school record, 8 years in a row-Pete Foster

Clay HS-Gary Kurtis & Larry Vanore

Laville HS-Nathanael Sudduth, Bremen HS-Matt Sutton Angola HS-Kevin Fogle

Hamilton HS-Sara Harrison East Noble HS-Brian Munoz, Fairfield HS-Andrew Muth Northridge HS-Brad Zook

The Northwest HS Band performed under the baton of Bryan Mangiavel-

lano at the Charlotte MSBOA State Concert Band Festival May 3rd. Both the Concert Band and the Wind Ensem-ble received 1st Divisions. Winners of the “All Music Award” are Gary Kurtis & Larry Vanore at Clay HS, Bryan Ames at Plymouth HS and Matt Sutton at Bremen HS The Laville High School Jazz Band, Nathanael Sudduth, was awarded $1000.00 from Cargill. Nathanael also coaches the school’s Fine Arts Team for the Indiana Academic Super Bowl. His team made it to state finals at Pur-

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award winners award winners award winners award winners

Vince Arizzi - Chesterton HS

John Bradford - Merrillville HS

Karen Braden - Concord JH/HS

Kathy Brannen - Willowcreek MS

Jeff Carnall - Schmucker MS

Sandy Carnall - North Side MS

Steve Cotton - Harrison HS

Debbie Darnall - Merrillville (ret)

Jim Deal - Crown Point HS

Jeff Doebler - Valparaiso Univ.

Susan Ellington - Goshen HS

Quincy Ford - Michigan City HS

Jeff Hatfield - North Side MS

Chris Harmon - Lake Central HS

Karen Hershberger - Pierre Moran MS

Cindy Huff - Lakeshore MS

Phil Huff - Lakeshore MS

Ed King - North Side HS (FW)

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

The Michiana Outstanding Music Educator Awards recognize excellence in Music Education in our area.

All the winners, including this year’s “class,” are listed below.

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due and earned Runner-up. Whitko HS, under the direction of Jo-

seph Shepherd participated in the ISSMA Concert Band Contest at Snider HS on April 19th. The bands perform-ance received a Gold rating in both sight reading and performance. Well done! Columbia City HS Wind Ensemble re-ceived a gold division rating in both performance and sight reading at the ISSMA concert band contest at Snider HS in April. Helen Hockemeyer is their proud director. Van Wert HS, directed by Tina Decker & Bob Sloan received a Superior Rating with their Symphonic Band at Ohio Or-ganizational competition. Congratulations to the Goshen Wind Ensemble and directors Tom Cox and Josh Kaufman for receiving a Gold rat-ing at state qualifying contest. The Wind Ensemble qualified in the top 16 state-wide and placed 11th in the state. Congratulations to the West Side MS 7th Grade Orchestra and director Joyce Wo-

head for receiving a Gold Rating in April at the ISSMA Middle School Concert Organizational Contest. Congratulations to the following bands and orchestras who received a Gold Rat-ing at the ISSMA High School Concert Organizational Contest::

Kurt Weimer-Elkhart Memorial HS Band No.1

Scott Garner-Elkhart Central HS Band Kathy Lambright-Jimtown HS Band Tim Carnall-Elkhart Memorial HS

No.2 Band Bill Leather, Chris Paulson-Penn HS

Bands (4) Susan Ellington - Goshen HS

Symphonic Orchestra Rebecca Yoder - Elkhart Memorial HS

Orchestra.

The Warsaw HS Bands participated in the 2013 spring ISSMA Concert Band Contests. The Concert Band under the direction of Emily Mikel received a Gold rating in group 3. The Wind En-semble under the direction of Mickey

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Ratliff received a Gold rating in group 1 at the ISSMA State Qualifications Con-test. After both 7th and 8th grade bands earned Gold with Distinction at contest, director David Gore took 250 Grimmer MS band students for a day of fun at Great America to celebrate! Congratulations to the following bands and orchestras on their placement at the ISSMA High School Concert Organiza-tional Contest State Qualifier:

Glenn Northern-Penn HS Symphonic Wind Band -8th Place

Karen Braden-Concord HS Orch-6th Place

Kyle Weirich-Elkhart Central HS Or-chestra -5th Place

Scott Spradling-Concord HS Symphonic Band -11th Place

Lavon Oke -Penn HS Orch -7th Place The Kidder MS 8th grade Symphonic Band performed at the Charlotte MSBOA State Concert Band Festival in May. The Symphonic Band received 1st Division ratings for its performance under director Jeremy Figlewicz. Michigan Center HS band performed at the Otsego MSBOA State Concert Band Festival April 25th. Dan Bickle, director, was proud of their performance and the progress the band has made this year. The band received straight seconds from the judges. It was the first time the band had qualified and performed at MSBOA state contest in many years! The East Jackson HS band performed at the Warren Woods Tower HS MSBOA State Concert Band Festival. LaPorte HS directors Mickey Stisher and Chuck Steck took their Wind En-semble to ISSMA state finals this spring. Congratulations to Don Pettit, Michelle

Brooks, Carol Letcher, and the West Lafayette Symphony Orchestra on their Fourth Place Finish at the ISSMA Or-chestra State Finals! Way to go! Congratulations to the Valparaiso HS

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“Maury Rhodes CLASSIC”

Golf Outing!

Friday, July 12th SWAN LAKE GOLF RESORT

5203 Plymouth LaPorte Trail Plymouth, IN 46563 (574) 935-3908

www.swanlakeresort.com

11:30 Lunch & Michiana Out-standing Music Educator Awards

Presentation Tee off at 1:30

Return Registration Form* by July 3 with $45 check

payable to Quinlan & Fabish to: 3678 Wells Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46808

Questions? Call Dan Hough 260-482-9669

All proceeds will be directed to the Maurice

Rhodes Band Library Fund at VcnderCook College of Music

*Registration forms available from your Rep or at www.QandF.com

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CSO has a concert at 1:30 that day. So, after a nice lunch, you can catch the con-cert and still get home ahead of the after-noon traffic.

Think of the day you would have had. Maybe you couldn’t get to one of the music teacher summer workshops this year. But, you will have touched your hand to the third rail for this event. Often, that little jolt can do more than one ex-pects and give you more verve for next year. I know, together, we can make this happen and will have a worthwhile life-time experience. How fantastic it is to live in Chicagoland. I mean really – let’s just do it right.

I cannot let this moment pass without expressing my sympathy and apprecia-tion to the Quinlan family. I am so proud and appreciative to have had the opportu-nity to have known both Lorraine and

George Quinlan, Sr. and to be welcome among their family. Time and time again, Mr. Quinlan has proven himself to be a friend of music education. He cared deeply about the success of all music students and wanted to make their experi-ence positive. While working with him, I had many wonderful conversations. When we talked, it was like two veteran music teachers telling stories about our former students and strategies we used to get a performance ready. His passion was strong and will live on forever in us all. I know it will within me. I’ll never forget the look in his eyes when, after placing me in his new Cadillac passenger seat, he hit the gas and swoosh-off-we-went-zip-fast. When he hit the accelera-tor my eyes went as wide open as they could. He calmly looked at me and said with a huge smile, “Didn’t know I had it in me, did ya?” We laughed and drove onward. As I say everyday I go to work, THANK YOU, MR. QUINLAN!

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 educational

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 regularly

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, Vio-

lin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in Cre-

mona, 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.

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Rise and Shine Orchestra! I know it’s early, but rise and shine! Get up and get out of bed. Rehearsal starts at 9:00AM and it is downtown Chicago. The concert is at 10:00AM so you need to be dressed and ready for a public performance. No special uniform for this concert, but dress so you can play comfortably yet look nice for the crowd that gathers to hear the performance at the Daley Plaza downtown. If it rains, the concert will be indoors. Otherwise, it will be an outdoor concert (bring music stands and clothespins!). Did I say the concert is at 10:00AM and the rehearsal is at 9:00? Imagine, only one rehearsal for a concert at the Daley Plaza. YOU ARE NEEDED!!!

There is something else to bring too. Bring a former student or two, or three, or…. That is the reason for the concert. A chance for people who used to play to join in for a quick rehearsal and concert on the Solstice is the sole purpose of the day of concerts. (It is VERY helpful is everyone registers, see below. I have to have music for everyone and enough original parts – no copied parts allowed – I work for a music store after all)

Along with Sousapalooza and the Broad-

way and Opera Sing-Along, the Rise and

Shine Orchestra is part of Play the Plaza

at the third annual Make Music Chicago, a daylong citywide celebration presented by Rush Hour Concerts. Make Music Chicago joins a network of hundreds of other cities around the world offering a day of free mu-sic to their communities. This is the first year the orchestra has been asked to play. So, it is REALLY important that you are there. I’m counting on you as is the entire CHICAGOLAND COMMU-NITY counting on you. Yes, YOU (including our friends in Indiana and Michi-gan too), so be there. Check out the web page and SIGN UP: www.makemusicchicago.com/rise-and-shine-orchestra/

You won’t be alone. There will be others there to perform with you who have already agreed to rise

and shine early that day. Along with other CSO members, Brant Taylor has agreed to perform the Vivaldi Double Cello Con-certo with me for this concert, just like our performance in 2004 at the Midwest Clinic. In fact, that is why I was asked to conduct, as Kelly Jocius (formerly of the Midwest Clinic) is now Executive Direc-tor of Rush Hour Concerts. (by the way...be sure to enjoy these free concerts all summer long as well at St. James Ca-thedral downtown). Along with the Vivaldi, we will mostly featuring music arranged by Merle Isaac – can you get more Chicago public school orchestra than that?!

I intend to pay tribute to public school orchestra teachers throughout the program. Let us be fully represented in all voices at all levels. We squeeze blood out of turnips all the time –and, on the 21st - from the first moment of rehearsal – we will be in public – I’ll be counting on your “get-er-done” attitude and experience to make it all unfold like nothing anyone has ever seen. It’s a blink your eyes- how did this happen moment. Just like you all do all the time everyday – no muss, no fuss, WE DID IT!

We need meat on our bones that day in the Daley. I’m working on some of the same media outlets we had access to for Silver Strings. If that connects, as I hope it will, we will be noticed. Barbara Queen (one of our Silver String violinists – and wife of CSO Violinist, Blair Milton, and a per-sonal trainer to the stars) is working on this for us.

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“A” Band on their Sev-enth Place Finish at the ISSMA Concert Band State Finals! The band

is directed by Daniel R. Pritchett. Congratulations to Tony Strebig for being selected as the Woodside MS (FW) “Teacher of the Year”.

Steve Brattain has been selected as "top teacher of the year" by the Jackson City Magazine publication Steve, who teaches 250 students a day, has taught at Parkside MS for 30 years. Steve team- teaches with Kevin Krieger. Congratulations to Bret Wintern-

heimer and the Munster High School Wind Ensemble on their tenth place finish at the ISSMA Concert Band State Finals in Indianapolis! Farewell and happy retirement to Tom

Budzinski band director at Mishawaka High School. Tom dedicated thirty six years of service to Mishawaka. Tom and Gail will be moving to their new home in Florida. Pierre Moran Orchestra Director Karen

Hershberger will be retiring this year after 33 years of teaching. Best Wishes! Congratulations to Dan Pritchett, Di-rector of Bands at Valparaiso HS. After

many years at the helm of the Valpa-raiso Band Program, Dan will be retir-ing at the end of the school year. John Bradford, Director of the Mer-rillville HS Orchestras, will be retiring at the end of the school year. Con-gratulations John!! Mishawaka presented their annual Mayfest on May 10th. Tom Budzin-

ski and Dennis Gamble directed the bands, Jim Keranen and Chris Beyer directed the orchestra. The choir, un-der the direction of Becky Wilson, performed with accompanist Elaine

Lang . Dr. Dan Tembras of Indiana Univer-sity – Purdue University Fort Wayne is pleased to announce that 5 new Mu-sic Education Students graduated this month! Concord HS assistant band director Steve Peterson held the annual Con-cord Jazz Café in May. Also perform-ing was the Concord JH Jazz Band directed by Cameron Bradley. The South Bend Youth Symphony presented their spring concert on May 5th at the IUSB auditorium. Robert

Boardman directed the Symphony Orchestra and Emilie Grondin di-rected the Concert Orchestra. The John Glenn music department held their annual Spring Spectacular, "Rhythm of the Night" featuring the First Edition and the Rhythm Express show choirs along with the Jazz Band. Dan Fortlander directed the pit or-chestra and Liz Drotar directed the show choirs. Dick Fansler, the drama teacher performed “Come Fly With Me” ala Frank Sinatra. Bryan Ames at Plymouth High School presented their annual variety show on May 3rd and 4th. This year’s production was "Out of this World!" On May 18th they held their annual Jazz Café; joining the Plymouth Jazz Ensemble was the Plymouth High School Jazz Orchestra directed by Jodi Kallenberg, Craige Phipps & Darren Day; the Knox Middle School

and High School Jazz Ensembles; Dave

Weirich and the Culver Military Acad-emy Jazz Ensemble; Gary Kurtis and Larry Vanore with the Clay High School Jazz Ensemble; Adrian Mark & Zach Myers and the John Adams Jazz Ensemble; and Dan Fortlander and the John Glenn Jazz Ensemble. Adrian Mark and Zach Myers at Ad-ams HS held their annual “Big Band Bash” on May 3rd. Also performing were the Jefferson Intermediate Jazz Band directed by Dawn Forsythe and the La-Salle Academy Jazz Band directed by Susan Walker and Mark Druyos. Interesting Fact...Zac Coudret, violist and orchestra director at Dickinson Fine Arts Academy learned to play sousa-phone in college and marched with the Ball State Marching Band! Goshen College Orchestra & Jazz Band director Christopher Fashun performed his faculty recital in April. Also perform-ing at the recital was Concord HS percus-sion specialist Ben Runkel. Elkhart Memorial HS assistant director Jake Robaska held his first annual Jazz Café at Memorial HS in May. Also per-forming was the West Side MS Jazz Band. The Penn HS Orchestra and directors Lavon Oke and Elizabeth Cravens per-formed their Orchestra Rocks Concert -Rock Music History Tour from the 1950’s -1990’s in April. Selections in-cluded a tribute to Elvis, Purple Haze, and Prince of Egypt. Marathon Man...Elkhart Christian Acad-emy Fine Arts director Bret Deardorff

competed in his third Indy Mini Mara-thon in May. What an accomplishment!

Gary Kurtis and Larry Vanore held the annual Spring Swing Fling on May 31st. Joining them for the event was Dawn

Forsythe and the Jefferson Intermediate Jazz Band and Bryan Ames with the Plymouth Jazz Band. Directors Karen Braden and April Op-

penheim presented the Concord 51st

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Dan Hough is our percussion specialist in Ft Wayne. A former percussionist and drum major with The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, he often consults with various high school bands and conducts Drum Major workshops. Dan specializes helping directors make wise choices for the percussion needs...and golf!

Summer is almost here, and another school year is wrapping up! Summer means a LOT of different things for the music education world. Vacations, Sum-mer Band, Parades, Summer School, Band Camp, Drum Corps Shows, and of

course hopefully some golf! Keeping with the percussion theme, equipment is always on the to-do list. Fix this, adjust that, replace that… Often times I’m asked what the Life Expectancy of a Marching Drum Line is. “How Long until I have to re-place my marching drums?” On average, figure about ten seasons. This means if you are marching a Fall AND Winter season, 5 to 7 years can be ex-pected. Regardless of the instrument, you can only effectively repair an instru-ment for a certain period of time & use. There comes a time when nickel & diming an instrument with continual re-pair, is no longer cost effective. Ulti-mately repalcing can be the more valu-able investment. In reagrds to budgeting, and wth the afformentioned time frame in mind, remember drum heads too! I’ve been quoted “Just because the drum head

isn’t broken, does not mean is doesn’t need replacing!” Drum heads loose their elasticity after a while, and there-fore the effectiveness of tuning goes out the window. Students playing on inferior sounding instruments tend to loose interest. Your investment far outreaches the instrument and the box it was unpacked from.

Quinlan & Fabish’ Very Own, Aaron Black (Ft. Wayne), was awarded the Gold Medal for placing 1st in last month’s North

American Brass Band

Associations National Competition in Cincinnati, OH. Not only did traditional Brass Bands com-pete, from all over the country, there were also Solo & Ensemble competi-tors. I personally wit-nessed Aarons snare solo a number of times, as his lunch breaks were con-sumed with it. It was truly an out-standing solo! Cheers!

Product Spotlight: Evans Drum Heads recently introduced their new “360”

Technology. It’s a process of pre-seating the head, which makes it ready to tune and play without the “settling” period you normally have to wait through.

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The Percussion Room

Grand Opening Celebration Highlights of our newly expanded and remodeled in

Montgomery, IL.

Special guests included Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser (photo left in center), Miami flute artist Ernesto Fer-nandez pictured below (sponsored by Gemeinhardt), Trombone artist Tim Coffman (sponsored by

Conn-Selmer), Saxophone artist Frank Catalano (sponsored by Yamaha) and

Nashville violinist Patrick Clark (sponsored by Eastman Strings). The store also features original artwork by New Orleans artist, Reggie Ford

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Take a moment to “like” our official Q&F Facebook page please. You’ll see the results of our most recent contest. Band and Orchestra directors were en-couraged to complete the following sen-tence: “I like my QF rep because…” The winning entry was submitted by Cory Kelley of Norwell HS in Ossian, IN. Custom-made tandem bobblehead dolls will be produced featuring Cory with his QF rep, Dan Hough. One will be presented to Cory, one to Dan, and one placed in our new building where the “Bobblehead Hall of Fame” will be housed. Congratuations, Cory and Dan! Pictured is last year’s winners QF rep Kevin Schoenbach & Dan Halloran with their twin bobbleheads!

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!

It’s the end of the school year and marching season is just around the cor-ner. With so many new and awesome titles, everyone’s marching show is guar-anteed to be a hit! Hal Leonard is start-ing their marching music off right.

Pixar Favorites will be a sure hit with both students and audiences a like. Stu-dents will recognize that music from the movies they grew up with, including themes from “Cars”, “Toy Story”, “Monsters, Inc.”,

“Ratatouille”, “Up”, and “A Bug’s Life”. This is a fast paced piece meant to keep audiences and band members a show to remember. Themes composed by Randy Newman and Michael Giacchino, and arranged for marching band by Michael Brown and Will Rapp. The Hal Leonard Stadium Jams legacy is also continuing this year with Stadium

Jams, Volume 8 – Michael Jackson, ar-ranged for marching band by Jay Bocook. This piece fea-tures shortened versions of “Thriller”, “Billie Jean”, “Beat It”, and “Bad”. Mi-chael Jackson was able to create some of the best rock grooves of all time and these themes will be recognizable to anyone. Sure to keep fans tapping their feet in the stands! Also available now from Hal Leonard is the complete marching show How to

Train Your Dragon, with 3 parts. All music composed by John Powell and arranged for marching band by Michael Brown and Will Rapp. Part 1 is a great intro into the rest of the marching show start-ing with a Celtic flair. This is a fast paced and driven opening sure to captivate all that hear. Part 2 open with themes from “Dragon Battle” and slows

into “This is Berk”. Meant to be a change of pace and give dynamic feel to the whole show. Part 3 returns to the powerful driven feel featuring the main themes from the motion picture. The arrangers also included a bit of Scottish style drumming for some extra flair. This show is sure to be a crowd pleaser! This marching season Alfred is coming back with a true oldie-but-goodie. The theme from Ghostbusters is easily recognizable to anyone who grew up in the 80’s or earlier, but is readily shared throughout all generations. With a pop/rock feel this is a per-fect addition to any field show. The original music was written by Ray Parker, Jr and arranged for marching band by Doug Adams. Adams was able to arrange this piece in such a way that is appropriate in many settings including marching band, pep band, or in the stands. Alfred is also debuting some very modern marching band arrangements this year, including Die

Young recorded by Ke$ha. Music and lyrics originally written by Nate Ruess, Benny Blanco, Lukasz Gottwald, Kesha Sebert, and Henry Walter, the marching band arrangement by Nick Baratta is sure to please stu-dents and audiences. This piece is a party in itself meant to get the audience involved and moving. This will be a great arrangement to any fun filled show you put on with your students. On the heels of the latest James Bond movie, Alfred has come out with a marching show The Music of James

Bond in three parts. The original

theme was composed by Monty Norman and all three parts of the show are arranged by Victor Lopez and Anthony Falcone. This show is a “James Bond through the years” type of show featuring some of the most popular themes. These themes include “James Bond Theme”, “For Your Eyes Only”, “Goldfinger”, “Die Another Day”, “Live and Let Die”, and ends with “James Bond Theme”. This show is sure to en-tertain as it wraps listeners in the world of spies and mystery.

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Annual All School Or-chestra Festival April 29th. Selections included “Rock Riffs”, “Jupiter”,

and “Pique Dame”. West Side MS directors Tim Carnall

and Jake Robaska presented their Spring Concert on May 9th. Conducting the composition “Grovee” was West Side MS alumni and current Concord JH band director Bryan Golden. Bryan won the Directors Award for Band at West Side in 1986. LaPorte HS held its 24th Annual JazzFest in May. The following guest artists were: Chip McNeill, Alan

Beeson, Harry Watters, Reggie Tho-

mas, Jim Widner, & Montez Coleman. Chesterton Orchestra under directors Tom Schnabel & Vince Arrizi had a district-wide concert in May with all lev-els of orchestra students. Chesterton Band directors Mike Scheiber, Julie

On Monday, May 13th, the Plymouth High School Music Department hosted their annual Music Awards Night. This year, the music department and band boosters honored QF Rep-Greg Noble. Congrats, Greg! Clay High School presented "Grease" on May 9th through May 11th. Denise Kuehner directed the pit orchestra. The Kouts HS Marching Band, under the direction of Frank Gast, will be per-forming in the Memorial Day Parade. On April 11th, the Southwest Michigan MS Honor Band performed with the An-drews University Wind Symphony. Alan Mitchell directed the group, and the Honor Band was coordinated by Sarah Bopp. Steve Gruver, and his assistant Chris

Anderson, will be hosting 8 DCI groups again this summer in the Four Flags Spectacular. They will perform on Au-gust 1st at 7pm in the Niles High School stadium.

Plant & Vince Arrizzi held a district-wide band concert in May featuring all levels of bands students. The North White Jr/Sr HS Bands and Choirs will be traveling to Holiday World later this month. Their director is David Irish. The Clinton Prairie Band Program, directed by Jim Bertucci, was a re-cipient of the ISSMA-All Music Award and also be participated in the Indianapolis 500 Pre-race Parade on Memorial Day Weekend! Jay Lowry will be taking the Hanover Central High School to clinic with Dr.

Ken Thompson at Bowling Green State University. Afterwards, they will be going to Cedar Point and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They will also be starting a marching band this summer. Brian Blocker is excited to report that Highland Band will again be starting a record number of beginners. Con-grats!!

9:00 – 10:15 am – Session #1

Welcome and Keynote Session #1

Even a Fool Knows You Can't Touch the Stars, Peter Boonshaft

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:30am - Session #2

Band – How to Get the Most Out of Your Band Warm-up, Peter Boonshaft

Strings – Tone Up Your Orchestra, Bob Phillips

11:40 – 12:45pm – Session #3 - Unleashing the Power of Sound Innovations,

Bob Phillips and Peter Boonshaft

12:45 – 1:45pm – Catered Lunch on site with time for browsing the store!

1:45 – 2:45pm – Session #4

Band - Teaching Music with Promise: 25 Things You Can Do Tomorrow for a

Better Rehearsal, Peter Boonshaft

Strings - Alternative Styles That Are Eclectic and/or Electric, Bob Phillips

2:55 – 3:40 – Session #5 - Recruiting and Retention, Bob Phillips with Peter Boonshaft

3:40 – 4:00pm – refreshment break

4:00 – 5:00 pm – Session #6 –Wrap Up Question and Answer Time with

Bob and Peter.

Instrumental

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Bob Phillips

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The Secret Weapon!

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Rock & Roll Part 2 - (The Hey Song)

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Take a moment to visit our new website designed by

Americaneagle.com

You’ll find the navigation to be very “user-friendly”

We make participating in band or orchestra easier with our

Clicks & Mortar “AND Motor” strategy providing easy access on-line,

in-person or by-phone coupled with a team of 20 dedicated school

service representatives to provide the ultimate in school service!

Martha Bradberry had the St.Joseph grade school orchestra play at the Barnes and Noble book fair On May 14th.

Former Madison-Grant School Corpora-tion Band Director Hubert "Max"

Tillman passed away on May 13. Max graduated from Marion High School, Indiana Wesleyan University and Ball State University. He was also an Adjunct Faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University, and worked for 3 music companies (Paiges, Muncie Music Center, and Quinlan & Fabish). He played in numer-ous bands: Madison County Director's Jazz Band, Mississinewa Valley Band, Lapel Community Band, Wabash Com-munity Band and formerly with Alexan-dria Community Band, America's Home Town Band and Heartland Big Band.

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Our annual Reading Session is scheduled for Friday, July 12th from 8:30am-11:30am at

Plymouth High School

1 Big Red Dr, Plymouth, IN Thanks to Bryan Ames for hosting the event!

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