Volume 30 Number 2 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Winter 2017

First VanderCook

MECA Course ever offered in Michiana—just announced!

Percussion Care & Repair

See Page 10 for details

Student Teacher Day was held at our Mishawaka location on November 1st.

Students spent time with members of the QF Repair Staff learning some basics of woodwind, brass, and string repairs. In addition, a special presentation by Steve

Hope, pr incipal at Penn HS in Mishawaka provided keen insight into resume preparation and job interview tips. Isaac Brinberg, of Discovery MS

Band presented lessons learned from My First Year Teaching and Dr. Charles Menghini, President of Vander-Cook College of Music presented Suc-cess Through Pro-fessionalism. Other topics included The Business of Music Education and more. “The hands-on portions were very

helpful...Very awesome speakers! This is definitely an experience every Music Education major should have!”

Megan Gauler Valparaiso University

A similar event will be held at our Burr Ridge location on Tuesday, February 21st. Interested college student teachers can register on-line at:

www.QandF.com/registration

Student Teacher

Day at

Q&F

Our famous “All You Can Carry Music for $399” Sale will be available to those strong and strong-willed participants. You will also fine great bargains on dis-continued, close-out, demo, used, and distressed inventory of instruments and accessories at unbelievable prices!

Band & Orchestra directors...in late Jan-uary, your QF Rep will provide you with a Secret Code to gain access to this spe-cial event on Sunday, February 12th from 10AM-2PM (Central Time). But, remember...it’s a secret...don’t tell anyone...(except maybe a few close

friends and students).

Sunday-February 12 Despite nasty cold and snowy weather, customers were lined up and armed with their “secret door code” last February to take advantage of some tremendous bar-gains at our Annual Warehouse Garage Sale Our Sixth Annual Super Secret Warehouse Garage Sale will be held on Sunday, February 12th for four hours only.

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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

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

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

Southwest Suburban Chicago: 6827 High Grove Blvd

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 630-654-4111

Fax: 630-522-0331

Northwest Suburban Chicago: 59 W Seegers Road Arlington Heights, IL

847-253-5592 Fax: 847-253-1761

Fox Valley Location: 291 Montgomery Road

Montgomery, Illinois 60538 630-906-6595

Fax: 630-897-5256

Lafayette Location: 1301 Sagamore Parkway N.

Lafayette, IN 47904 765-543-0515

Auld Lang Syne

By George Quinlan, Jr.

As each year wanes and a new year be-gins, it provides opportunities for us to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. Each year has very positive events and opportunities, but also times of great sadness with the loss of some dear friends.

We mourn the sudden loss of longtime QF rep, Bob Garcia, who joined QF in 1994 and retired in 2015. Bob’s career in the music began in high school as a brass repair apprentice at Frank Graham Music in Chicago. His journey in the industry then ventured to Purdom’s Sub-urban Music in LaGrange, where he moved from repair to school service representative. For decades, he faithful-ly served hundreds of local Band and Orchestra directors, primarily in the St. Charles, Geneva, Mannheim, and Westchester school districts for QF.

Did you notice a new “wrinkle” present-ed at the VanderCook Concert at the70th Annual Midwest Clinic in December? I enjoyed the concert which featured sev-eral guest conductors including Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Jerry Hoover & Brian Logan along with Stacey Larson Do-lan & Dr. Charles Menghini. As I turned the pages of the program, my eyes landed on the roster of the perform-ers. VCM has a wonderful percussion studio with 15 percussionists in the band. This year, all of them performed on a secondary instrument for this per-formance! Brilliant...what a great op-portunity for these future Music Educa-tors!

We love hosting events and the last few months have been very active. Profes-sors Jim Yakas & Kevin Lepper taught a MECA (Continuing Education) course at QF-Burr Ridge in late fall focused on Percussion instrument repair. We are

delighted to announce the first EVER VanderCook MECA class at QF-Mishawaka. This same percussion class will be held in Mishawaka on April 8-9th.

We recently hosted another professional development course on tenon replace-ment and advance oboe repair tech-niques for NAPBIRT-the National Asso-ciation for Band Instrument Repair Technicians.

QF was honored and delighted to host several music retailers from China spon-sored by Yamaha during the Midwest

Clinic too. It is interesting to learn and share with those in similar situations in other countries. The group visited QF repair facilities, learned about the history of the Midwest Clinic, and why the US model for Music Education is unique in the world.

Thanks to brew masters Bill Rank, Bill Goetz, Kevin Schoenbach, Sarah Whitlock, Dr. Robert Sinclair, Ed Fitzgerald, David Eccles, Eric Well-man, Nathan Sackschewsky & Steve Shires for making Q-Brew a highlight of the QF reception at Midwest!

As a member of the board of the Music Achievement Council, we were delight-ed to co-sponsor “Bridging the Gap” session at IMEA-Ft Wayne with Marcia Neel. This session explores the best practices of retaining music students at the critical juncture of Eight to Ninth Grade. Great session!!

Happy New Year!

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Stork Report…Tony Pawlicki (West Noble HS) and his wife Hannah had a baby boy named Nicholas Jeffrey born December 22nd... Christmas came early for the Pawlickis!

Congratulations Samantha Kneibel and her husband Brad on the birth of their baby Hanna Rose. She was born August 25th. Wedding Bells…Kelly Rider orchestra director at Marshall Intermediate and Amanda Schelle were marr ied this fall. They enjoyed a honeymoon in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Congratulations! Congratulations to Amanda Malone &

Steve Reitz on their recent engagement. Amanda is the band and choir director at Argos Schools.

Congratulations to James Hensley, Director of Bands at Wheeler MS in Crown Point, on his recent engagement to Jerusha Niebling. New Faces, New Places…Nick Calcamuggio accepted the Music Director position at Covington Community MS/Schools this year! Nick is a graduate from Murray State University and University of Louisville. Matthew Moody Jr. has been named as the new director at Seeger HS. Matthew will be starting at the beginning of the second semester.

Steve Rozek joined the Culver Academies Fine Arts Department in the fall of 2016 after being appointed Director of Instrumental Music. Prior to coming to Culver he served in the United States Air Force for eight years as a military musician. He has previously been on faculty at the Lawrenceville School, Albright College and The Westminster Conservatory. Steve is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Welcome! Clay Kennerk has accepted the position as the new band director at Columbia City HS, located in Whitley county west of Fort Wayne. Best of luck to Clay! Brittany Hibbs from Ball State Univ. completed her student teaching with Everette Hornbarger at Car roll Middle School in Fort Wayne this fall. Best of luck to Brittany with her future music education career! Adam Diller is the new band and orchestra director at Washington HS and Navarre Intermediate. He previously taught an after-school program in Chicago and his main instrument is French Horn. Adam also plays Viola. Welcome to South Bend, Adam! Doug Fletcher has been appointed Visiting Instructor for the Purdue Bands serving as assistant director of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band, director of the Boiler Box Band, director of the Concert and Collegiate Bands, and director of Fall Concert Band. Doug is thrilled to join the Purdue Bands & Orchestras department after a highly successful thirty-one year career as a high school band director. On the Road Again…Over Thanksgiving break the Lafayette Jefferson Marching Broncos, under the direction of Tom Barker, traveled to California to perform in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Johann Sletto and the Crown Point HS Marching Band will be traveling to Orlando over Spring Break. The Band will be performing at the Walt Disney World Resort Parks and Universal Studios. Good Luck!

Send news about your school music program for our next issue to info@qandf.com

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2017 MICHIANA OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD NOMINATION BALLOT

Nominee’s Name School I feel this candidate should be considered because Respectfully submitted by:

Please return before February 20th to: Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Attn: Award Nominations

6827 High Grove Blvd-Burr Ridge, IL or send e-mail: gqjr@QandF.com

John Bradford Kathy Brannen

Dan Burton Dorothy Carnall

Jeff Carnall Sandy Carnall Tim Carnall Pete Collins Steve Cotton

Tom Cox Jim Deal

Jeff Doebler Susan Ellington

Quincy Ford Lynda Galbiati Bryan Golden Chris Harmon Jeff Hatfield

Karen Hershberger Jim Hopkins Cindy Huff Phil Huff Ed King

Kevin Klee Tim Kopf

Denise Kuehner Leta Sena-Lopez

Max Mault Alan Mitchell

Dianne Moellering Glenn Northern Steve Peterson Dan Pritchett

Steve Reed Tom Reed

Kelly Rehlander Keith Rudolph Cindy Schnabel Tom Schnabel Johann Sletto

Christina Wedow Snyder Scott Spradling

Chuck Steck Mickey Stisher Megan Sullivan

Jim Swartzlander Bill Timmerman

Ann Marie Tschetter Lori VonKoenig Murray Weaver

Kyle Weirich

Winners will be announced in the Summer issue of Quarter Notes and presented at our awards cere-mony at our annual reading ses-sion/golf outing in July.

2017 Michiana Outstanding

Music Educator Awards

It’s often said that being recognized by your peers for outstanding work is the ultimate compliment.

Have you often wished you had a special way to thank an important mentor or colleague who helped you advance in your career? Do you wish to recognize an up and coming “superstar” in your area? Now’s your chance...nominate that person for this special award.

We proudly announce the opening of nominations for this prestigious award. We began a similar tradition in 1989 to recognize excellence in the music education profession in the Chicagoland area. Since the inception over 200 teachers have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to Music Education.

Take a moment and complete the nomination form before February 20th. Your nominations will be sent to a selection committee comprising previous winners.

Vince Arizzi Steve Barber Tom Barker

Martin Becker Karen Braden

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during the development phase. The nature of my work puts me in some incredible moments such as the development of the Marquise bow. Jeff Van Fossen is an aero-space engineer. Paul Phillips is a CSO first violinist. Listening and watching Jeff communicate with the “player of the bow” about the intricate nature of the player ’s experience was astonishing to observe. Jeff is enough of a musician to be able to perceive tonal variances comparing the prototype bow to the player ’s favorite Pernambuco bows. But, where I was most impressed was his ability to communicate with the player concerning the player ’s physical experience. The tonal experience is materials. The physical experience is using engineering to understand the experience of the player. This is where I had question after question for Jeff and I held on the specifics of Jeff’s answers to me as best I could – whew! Learning more about the physics of the process of the bow producing sound was revealing. Having lived through it, it is clearly understandable to me why CodaBow has been so successful. It’s as real as it gets. Jeff ’s goal was to better replicate the warmth of a Pernambuco bow in a high performance carbon based bow. Fantastic work Jeff! Great bow!

Lloyd Palmiter, our Str ing Specialist, br ings extensive knowledge to our company stem-ming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and cello; serving as a clinician and consultant for Conn-Selmer; and, from his experience as general manager of the William Harris Lee Workshop. Remaining active as a clinician and teacher, Lloyd directs the Silver Strings Ensemble that consists of adult learners of the stringed instruments and has per-formed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. One of his specialties, orchestral workshops tracing the elements of the making of a stringed instrument and associating those to the elements necessary to produce quality tone on a stringed instrument, have become very popular with our Illinois and Indiana teachers. To schedule a workshop or step-up day, call his office at our Burr Ridge location. He visits all store locations regularly and is available by appoint-ment to individually help you and your students find just the right instrument. You’ve 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!

THE MARQUISE EXPERIENCE

C o m i n g S o o n . . . M AR QU ISE GS

T HE P LAY ER'S BO W Inspired by centuries of tradition and decades of fine bow making experience, the MARQUISE GS is the standard -bearer of carbon fiber master bows. Designed by the pioneers of advanced bowmaking, the GS delivers exquisite handling and expressive sound once reserved only for the finest bows. Both advanced and organic fibers expertly blended bestow natural response, sensitivity, and beauty. Debuting through violin shops March 2017. Starting at $1,295. As stated in the paragraph above from Coda Bow, this March QF will debut a new master -level CodaBow. The MARQUISE GS is born out of CodaBow’s decade experience crafting, together with master bow maker Roger Zabinski, bespoke master bows for private musicians. The MARQUISE GS is a both a tribute to tradition and a testament to technology. Incorporating the most innovative materials, technologies, and methods, the MARQUISE GS offers players the expressive sound and organic sensitivity formerly claimed by only the finest traditional Pernambuco bows.

Because of its advanced and refined nature, the Marquise lends itself to only limited production. Quinlan and Fabish was involved in the experimental phase of the development of this bow (and the cello bow which will be released in the future). Because of our association with CodaBow, we are included among the dealers being offered bows for first trial. Please let us know of your interest in trying this bow once it arrives in March. We anticipate much interest

in the bow based on our initial tr ial

Q&F

2016 was an exciting year for the Shokunin Select location in Arlington Heights! Many advancing musicians took advantage of the expanded inventory of Yamaha step-up and Professional band instruments and selected instruments that will enhance their musical experience. And 2017 promises to be even more exciting, with many special events be-

ing planned throughout the year! Watch www.qandf.com for news about clinics by Yamaha artists and other special events!

Jim Fuller - Manager Shokunin Select at QF-Arlington Heights jfuller@qandf.com

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“Pittsburg Bound”-Congratulations to Burke Lokey and the St. Joseph HS(MI)

Chamber Orchestra! They will be performing at the prestigious National Orchestra Festival March 2-4, an annual festival held in conjunction with the ASTA National Conference. Craige Phipps, Darren Day, and the Knox HS Marching Band will be participating in a Universal Studios Florida “Studio Experience” in April. After that, the band will board a cruise ship for a trip to the Bahamas and a performance for the passengers. The Bishop Noll Instititute Band, led by

Rocco Carioto, marched in the McDonald's Thanksgiving day parade

The Crown Point HS Orchestras travelled to Ball State University in early November to participate in the Indiana ASTA HS Orchestra Invitational. The Director of Orchestras is Tom Reed. In March over Spring Break the Harrison HS Marching Band, under the direction of Steve Cotton & Doug Koleszar, will be traveling to Flor ida to perform at Disney World. Special Recognition…At the Midwest Clinic in December, Tom Barker was inducted into the John Philip Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor. The Legion of Honor Award was established by the John Philip Sousa Foundation and is considered to be a Life Time Achievement Award to recognize and honor band directors who have maintained school concert band programs of excellent musical quality for an extensive period of time and who have held important positions of leadership in their professional organizations. Congrats to Jessica Bouma, director of the Willowcreek MS Orchestra - she was named ASTA new orchestra teacher of the year! The Homestead HS Band from Fort Wayne, Indiana competed in the ISSMA Open Class Marching Band 2016 competitions. The band advanced from

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Regional and Semi-State Marching Band competitions and competed at the ISSMA Open Class State Finals at the Lucas Oil Stadium, placing 3rd at the ISSMA State Finals. The band then competed the following weekend at the Bands Of America Grand National Championships. The band advanced thru Prelims, Semi-finals, and competed with 12 other bands from across the nation in the Grand National Championship Finals. The band is under the direction of Steve Barber & Brad Wadkins. The Munster HS Marching Band competed in both the Penn HS and Plymouth HS Marching Festivals. The band, under the direction of Bret Winternheimer & Brenna Giazzon, won first in Class B for both

competitions and the overall award at the Plymouth HS Competition. Way to go! The New Prairie HS Band, directed by Patrick Teykl was the proud recipient of a $1000 grant from Martin Supermarket's to help fund percussion items. Congrats! Randy Ripley per formed on drums with “Ginger and Her Baked Goods” from the rooftop at the Falloween Fest in Walkerton in September. Randy is a percussionist and is the band director at Stanley Clark School. Congratulations to SW Michigan bands led by (MSBOA District 6 President) Jennifer Hollandsworth-Watervliet HS, Edwardsburg HS-Justin Hammis & Alexis Hiner, and Lori Von Koenig-Lakeshore HS. Their marching bands performed at the MCBA (Michigan Competing Band Association) state championship held at Ford Field in Detroit in November. Watervliet placed 7th in flight IV, Edwardsburg placed 11th in flight III and Lakeshore captured the state championship in flight III placing 1st. Bravo! Lake Central HS Band, led by Dave Nelson & Elliott Smith hosted Grammy award winning group Ghost Note for a clinic and performance in October. The West Central HS Marching Band, under the direction of Heather Straus, recently performed in the Francesville Fall Festival Parade. The Band also participated in the Purdue University Band Day.

BANDTOOL Now available at all QF stores!

A Must for your Emergency

Repair Kit!!

Ask your QF rep!!

Chesterton Orchestra's - Tom Schna-bel, Phil Loos, Erin Gerig will be hosting Barrage 8 in February. With retirement looming for Chesterton Or-chestra Director Tom Schnabel will forever be immortalized by this tee shirt. Cool…

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Congratulations on fine performances at marching band contests. Earning Gold ratings: Dennis Gamble, Kaleb Chamberlin &

Brooke Victor-Mishawaka HS Jeff Gorman, Dale Kokot &

Ayrielle Hoyt -Riley HS Gary Kurtis & Larry Vanore-Clay HS

Semi-State (qualified)

Bryan Ames, Lisa Wallyn, James Hornor & Nicole Horner-Plymouth HS

Dan Fortlander &Cathy Burnett -John Glenn HS

Matt Sutton-Bremen HS

Making state finals in Scholastic David Seel-Triton HS

Congratulations ISSMA State finalists

Brad Zook, Bryce Cone & Micah Detweiler-Northridge HS Max Johnson & Scott Lehman

Fairfield HS Eric Criss & Jacob Grabill

Northwood HS The Westview marching band under the direction of Mike Brown and the Lakeland HS marching band directed by Charles Westra marched in the annual Corn School Parade on Oct. 4th in LaGrange After a 25 year absence of a marching band at LaVille HS, Nick Lieto has revived the program in a big way! The

marching band took to the field in Scholastic class competing at both Penn and Plymouth Invitationals this. They

also performed at Lakeshore HS in Stevensville, MI. Nick’s wife, Danielle also offers an immense amount of support to the program.

Aaron Zemelko and the Wheeler MS Orchestras recently performed a concert with “Lightsabers” using glow necklaces attached to students bows. Way to go! Dr. Jeff Doebler and the Windiana Concert Band will be performing a Concert with Maestro Johann De Meij on Saturday, January 28th at Valparaiso University. Also performing in the concert will be Euphonium Artist Dr. Matthew van Emmerik. Dr. van Emmerik will be performing the UFO Concerto composed by Maestro De Meij. John Glenn HS held the Annual Falloween Fest in September. The John Glenn band under the direction of Dan Fortlander & Cathy Burnett performed. The Oregon Davis Marching band under the direction of Amanda Lester took 1st place in the parade and Argos HS marching band directed by Amanda Malone took 2nd place. Jodi Kallenberg, orchestra director of Plymouth HS orchestra, invited the “Red Strings” quartet play for the St. Joe Hospice Family Dinner in Plymouth. The Carroll MS Band fall concert was on October 20th. 263 band members in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands plus the jazz band performed. Over 1500 family and friends attended the concert. Everette Hornbarger is the director assited by Phil Frazier. Bethel College professors Reg Klopfenstein & Mike Kendall performed Robert Kruetz’s exciting marimba work Western Sketches on the October 21st faculty recital at Bethel. The North White HS Band, directed be

Lindsay Knee, performed in the Monon Christmas Parade. Knox HS will be hosting an IPA Winter Drumline Competition in February. The directors are Craige Phipps & Darren Day.

MSBOA District 6 will hold their HS Solo & Ensemble Festival on Saturday, February 11th hosted by Dr. Jonathan Korzun at Southwestern Michigan College, in Dowagiac. There will also be a Friday evening site at St. Joseph High School on February 10th hosted by director of bands Aaron Engleman. Special thanks to organizer Cheryl Thomas, director of bands at Coloma HS and MSBOA District Six Vice President for HS Solo & Ensemble. Matt Sutton took the Bremen HS seniors and officers on their annual trip to Indianapolis to watch the 2016 state marching finals. MSBOA District Six All-Star Band was held in November at Bridgman High School hosted by Cliff Reppart. Special thanks to District Six Vice President for All Star Band, Kelly Rosselit, director of bands at Berrien Springs Schools. Susan Walker & Mark Druyos hosted the 36th Annual All Region Band at LaSalle Academy with guest conductor Glenn Williams. Par ticipating directors assisting at the event were Sherry Good, Isaac Brinberg, Kurt Weimer, Dawn Forsythe, Lisa Wallyn, Daniel Weinberg, Sandy Carnall, Alice Brown, Tim Carnall & Mike Brown. Performing at the 2016 Magnet Fair at Century Center was the Dickinson Orchestra and Electronic group directed by Alex Benoit, Clay HS band Gary Kurtis and Larry Vanore and Per ley music groups Jim Grondin.

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QF has been recognized by NAMM as a Top 100 Dealer consistently since con-

ception of the program in 2011

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Row Loff Productions (www.rowloff.com) has a wide array of solo & ensemble choices. Below are some suggestions for bolstering your current library and percussion cabinets:

Snare Solos

Rudimental Cookbook, Progression

Shazam! Festival Solos

Quad Solos Quad Logic,

Modern Multi Tenor Book

Mallet Impressions on Wood

Masterworks for Mallets

Solo Snare Sticks Vic Firth’s Jeff Queen Solo & also the

“Ralphie” or

IP’s McIntosh Arena

Solo Tenor Sticks Pro Mark Vega,

or IP’s Tim Jackson Series

“Dan’s Top Five” suggestions

for snare drum instruction (Random Order)

Simple Steps to Successful Snare

Drumming (Wylie Pub.)

Rudimental Cook Book (Row-Loff)

Progressive Steps to Syncopation (Alfred Pub)

Stick Control for the Snare Drum-mer (Alfred Pub)

Snare Drum for Beginners (Hal Leon-

ard Pub)

Any of these would be a wonderful addition for your percussionist’s library, at any level!

For many, it’s Solo & Ensemble Season! This could mean many things for your percussion section. Everything from music, methods, tuning, and even all those little “Toys” that you may have never heard of! Below I’ve suggested a few things to consider. Your snare drummer doesn’t necessarily have to use what he used in the fall. There are some specialty solo sticks for rudimental solo’s. Same goes for multi tenor players as well. As far as keyboard mallets go, it all de-pends on preference of tone & feel. Don’t be frightened by some prices, as these days the higher quality mallets use a much more durable material that can many times outlast the cheaper choices by an extra pair. Make sure your drum heads are up to snuff. If your drums have the same heads from last August on them, don’t short change your students going to con-test. Put a new one on it! They want to sound the best they possibly can, so help them make that happen! REMEMBER...Just because your equipment’s drum heads are not broken, does NOT mean they don’t need to be replaced! Heads can have a pretty long shelf life, but there is a limit. Once the mylar loses it’s elasticity, tuning is pret-ty much a waste of time. If you have wisely invested in quality equipment, be sure to maximize it’s potential for quali-ty sound. A new snare head, or new timpani heads, can make a HUGE differ-ence in sound quality, as well as ease of tuning.

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!

The Percussion Room

Winter Season Variety:

In the Indiana Region, winter brings a wide array of percussion activities. The world of Indoor Percussion (Movement AND Concert Class) continues to grow and evolve. This often times opens up some debate over validity, necessity, and or justification. Not to mention available budget and funding. Although it’s not the answer for every program, in the right setting it can be a tremendous outlet for participation. Being competitive is not the only option either. Simply a “Winter Session”, with a couple basket-ball game performances, can easily keep musicians involved & connected. In addition to cultivating existing percus-sion section skills, it often generates ac-tivity with students outside your music program. Student musicians who are not able to schedule a music class can still feel connected to their musical roots, if given the opportunity. Former clarinet players often times transition to being a great bass line player, and a former flute player may make a tremendous Marimba player. A guitar player who always wanted to be involved, could find his place as well. The key is remaining open minded to the laundry list of possibilities. Positive ones, and not just the “why we can’t do it” approach. As stated before, worth debating at the very least. Lastly… I can never stress this enough: As always, don’t forget your ear protec-tion…. And don’t forget to remind our students too!!! Etymotic ear protection is available at all QF stores. Not just for drummers, but ALL musicians. I hope you heard me! www.etymotic.com

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Warsaw HS hosted the Dallas Brass on Dec 16th. Warsaw MS and HS band members performed with the Dallas Brass during the program. The directors

are Tyler Claycomb, Joe Peloza, & Judy Becker. Northwest HS (Jackson,MI), led by Bryan Mangiavellano and Blissfield HS-Adam Sniezek r eceived 1st Division ratings for their performances at the District 8 MSBOA Marching Band Festival. Manchester HS-Jared Throneberry and Clinton HS-William Murray, received a 2nd Division rating The Wawasee HS Band received a Gold rating at the ISSMA Marching Band Open Class Prelims and Regional Band

Contest, and competed at the ISSMA Open Class Marching Band Semi-State Finals. The band is under the direction of Ken Brewer. Concord HS, from Concord, Michigan under the direction of Jason Fritz received a 2nd Division rating for their performance at the District Eight MSBOA Marching Band Festival. The Huntington North HS Band (IN) received a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Scholastic Prelim Contest and competed at the ISSMA Scholastic State Finals held at Lawrence Central HS. The band is under the direction of Michael Petek and John Gardner. Columbia City HS, (IN), under the direction of Clay Kennerk. received a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Scholastic Prelim Contest and competed at the

ISSMA Scholastic State Finals held at Lawrence Central HS. Dawn Farmer had the first ever Saint Mary’s College Pep Band play at athletic events this year, including the "Sisters versus Board of Trustees" volleyball game. The Tri-Township Seventh and Eighth Grade Choirs and Bands as well as the HS Band, directed by Greg Blakeman performed a holiday concert at The Willows Nursing Home in Valparaiso. Grace College and Martin Becker hosted the Indiana Bicentennial Celebration for Kosciusko County. Over 700 middle school and HS musicians participated in the program at Grace College!! The Whitko HS Band received a Gold rating at the ISSMA Marching Band Open Class Prelims and Regional Band Contest, and competed at the ISSMA Open Class Marching Band Semi-State Finals. The band is under the direction of Joey Shepherd. Southwest Michigan HS and MS concert bands and orchestras will perform at MSBOA District Six Festival on March 7-10 at Mendel Center for Performing Arts at Lake Michigan College. John Owens, director of bands is the host for the event. The event will be organized by Christina Baumann, director of bands at New Buffalo and Vice President of Band & Orchestra Festival for MSBOA’s District Six. The Warsaw HS Band under the direction of Tyler Claycomb and Joe Peloza received a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Scholastic Prelim Contest and competed at the ISSMA Scholastic State Finals held at Lawrence Central HS. Adam Turman and the Taft Middle School Jazz band will perform at Jazz in the Meadows Festival on February 28th. Sherri Nord, Valparaiso Orchestra Director, started a Strolling Strings group for MS string players. This group performed Christmas carols within shops that were open for the town's annual Holly Days event and also for the Porter County Library's Youth Services Open House.

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MSBOA District Six MS Solo & Ensemble Festival was held at Edwardsburg Com-munity Schools on December 5th hosted

by Justin Hammis & Alexis Hiner. MSBOA Vice President for MS Solo & Ensemble Mark Hollandsworth organized the event. Mark is the director of bands at Buchanan Community Schools. Congratulations to the Munster HS Marching Band, directed by Bret Winternheimer & Brenna Giazzon for their 7th Place Finish in Class B at the ISSMA Marching Band State Finals! Dennis Gamble, Wade Armentrout, Larry Vanore, Sue Lilly & Gary Devore per formed in the annual

“Como Christmas Show” this November. This has been a Michiana holiday tradition for over 30 years.

Members of the Valparaiso HS Orchestra performed with Grammy Nominated Song Writer, Jann Klose this fall. The Valparaiso Orchestras are directed by Chris Marolf & Sherri Nord. Martha Bradberry, director of the St.

Joseph Grade School Orchestra held the annual pizza night Oct. 2nd kicking off their performance season. The combined intermediate and advanced strings demonstrated their skills, inspiring all!

The Merrillville HS Marching Band has had a busy fall competing in several marching festivals throughout the Region. Among the schools they visited were Kankakee Valley HS hosted by Nick Boersma & Brandon Dinkins, Highland HS hosted by Brian Blocker, Hobar t HS hosted by Brian Grenier & Lauren Teykl, and Crown Point HS hosted by Johann Sletto. The Merr illville Directors are Mark Danielson, Chris Haddad & Laura Smeltzer. The Winamac HS Marching Band returned to the field for the first time since 2009! Congrats!! The director is reigning Bobblehead Contest winner, Elaina Sutton.

The Knox HS Marching Band competed in the Plymouth HS Harvest Festival of Bands Marching Competition. The directors are Craige Phipps and Darren Day. The Manchester HS Band, led by Jeff Huber, r eceived a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Scholastic Prelim Contest and competed at the ISSMA Scholastic State Finals held at Lawrence Central HS.

2017 is going to be an exciting and busy year for Windy City Flutes! We look forward to attending ILMEA at the end of January. If you’d like to be in-cluded on our mailing list, please let me know….we are planning multiple events with various flute artists throughout the year. You won’t want to miss out!

I am pleased to announce that we are now carrying Powell flutes! The Signa-ture Series, Handmade Conservatory, and Handmade Custom flutes are here and ready to take home today. Students, teachers, and performers alike are wel-come to schedule a visit to try these and other flutes available in our show room. Email JClark@QandF.com with any questions you may have. Happy New Year!

Windy City Flutes Proudly Representing these fine flute makers

Altus

Gemeinhardt

Wm. S. Haynes

Mio

Miyazawa

Verne Q. Powell

Trevor James

Yamaha

VanderCook College of Music MECA Course offered at

QF-Mishawaka

Percussion Care & Repair

Get yourself some new skin this fall by learning care and repair basics for all standard percussion instruments, including snares, bass drums, concert toms, timpani and more. Tricks of the trade for changing heads, replacing keyboard strings and repairing timpani pedals are thoroughly covered, as well as proper assembly, cart-age and storage of instruments. Bringing as many instruments for repair as possi-ble is highly recommended. New drum-heads to be provided by REMO at a dis-counted price. Instructors: Jim Yakas & Kevin Lepper

1 graduate credit Tuition: $330, due in full with registration Dates: April 8-9 Location: Quinlan & Fabish Music Compa-ny-130 W. Edison Road Mishawaka, IN 46545

OPEN ENROLLMENT VANDERCOOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC

WEEKEND MECA COURSES

Saturday classes are generally held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Two 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute lunch break are scheduled. Sunday classes are generally held from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with one 15-minute break scheduled. Individual schedules and break times may vary per

individual instructor.

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Have you seen our new video series - Q&A-Notes Beyond the Page?

Each month we highlight a conversation with an award-winning

Music Educator sharing thoughts about Music Education

January features Anne Tschetter-Orchestra Director at Penn HS

To view this video and more, visit our website video section at www.qandf.com/videos/ or on the QF Facebook page

Quarter Notes Flashback

As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary of our school music newsletter, Quarter Notes, we will share some of the original

content from our first year of publication

Some of the members of the Independence JHS band of Palos Heights, directed by

Rich Cullen, proudly dis-played their American patriot style new Stanbury uniforms

in our first issue. At that time, QF was the Stanbury repre-

sentative for the Chicago area.

We also introduced a JHS Concert Program Exchange.

QN would publish concert programs

submitted by local schools for sharing with other directors.

Among those featured in that issue was Lemont Dist 113 band, directed by Ken Marx

Greetings from Shires Shop Chicago and QF-Montgomery! We hope you had a happy holiday. We’ve had a lot of excitement recently. In November, we were delighted to par-ticipate in the Northern Illinois Universi-ty Trumpet Day, featuring S.E. Shires artist Vincent DiMartino with special guest John Foster.

While in town, Vinny and John were nice enough to work with the students at St. Charles East HS-directors Jim Kull, Jim Stombres & Gil Wukitsch as well has help several students choose their custom S.E. Shires trumpets here at the store. What a unique opportunity for all of the students involved! Be sure to try out the newest from S.E. Shires at ILMEA in Peoria later this month. The new Q Series Trumpets and Trombones represent an extraordinary value and are available on our 1st Chair plan, making virtuosity affordable for young musicians and their families!

Mike Edwards Manager. - Shires Shop Chicago at our

QF-Montgomery location

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Quarter Notes A Quarterly Publication of

6827 High Grove Blvd.

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 The Director’s Store

Clicks & Mortar “AND Motor”

Take a moment to visit our 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!