South Central Regional

Music Conference

February 25 - 27, 2010

Clinic:Sing at First Sight: foundations in Choral Sight Singing (all levels)
Clinic:Just Add Kids - New Elementary Music & Materials (unison/2-part)
Clinic:Remember My Song: Texts that make the Difference (focusing on SATB, SAB, SSA chorals)
Clinic:Danza! Adding Movement to Your Choral Program
Clinic:Meet Me in the Middle: Choral Music for Middle School Voices (3-part, SAB, easy SSA)
Clinic:Here Comes Treble! What's New for 2-part Choirs
Clinic:Each of Us Has a Light
Clinic:Kids on the Move! Ideas for your Developing Choir (all levels)
Clinic:Quality Choral Literature: A Reading Session (focusing on SATB, SAB, SSA, Men's chorals)

Andy Beck

Andy Beck received a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Ithaca College and a Masters degree in Music Education from Northwest Missouri State University. Following his nine year appointment as Vocal Music Director at Johnson City High School in New York State, Andy joined the editorial team of Alfred Publishing Company where he currently serves as Managing Editor, School Choral and Classroom Publications.
A successful composer and arranger, he has authored several top-selling chorals and children’s musicals for Alfred, as well as co-written the highly regarded method book, Sing at First Sight, Foundations in Choral Sight-Singing. Andy is in demand as a guest conductor, choreographer, and clinician for music educators and students throughout the country.
A fine tenor voice, he enjoys performing in and directing musical theater, singing with the North Carolina Master Chorale Chamber Choir, and has been an Alfred studio singer since 1992.

Clinic:Sing at First Sight: foundations in Choral Sight Singing (all levels)
Clinic:Just Add Kids - New Elementary Music & Materials (unison/2-part)
Clinic:Remember My Song: Texts that make the Difference (focusing on SATB, SAB, SSA chorals)
Clinic:Danza! Adding Movement to Your Choral Program
Clinic:Meet Me in the Middle: Choral Music for Middle School Voices (3-part, SAB, easy SSA)
Clinic:Here Comes Treble! What's New for 2-part Choirs
Clinic:Each of Us Has a Light
Clinic:Kids on the Move! Ideas for your Developing Choir (all levels)
Clinic:Quality Choral Literature: A Reading Session (focusing on SATB, SAB, SSA, Men's chorals)

Sally K. Albrecht

Sally K. Albrecht is the Director of School Choral and Classroom Publications for Alfred Publishing. She is a popular choral conductor, composer, and clinician, especially known for her work with choral movement. Sally has produced eleven choral movement DVDs and is the author of two books on the subject, Choral Music in Motion, Volumes 1 and 2.
An annual recipient of the ASCAP Special Music Award since 1987, Sally has over 325 popular choral publications in print, more than thirty larger elementary songbooks and musicals, three sacred cantatas, and the top-selling book The Choral Warm-Up Collection. Her composition We Are the Children was selected to open one of the MENC “World’s Largest Concerts.” Sally has directed and staged the half-time show singers performing during two Florida Citrus Bowls. She also has had the honor of conducting a 2003 National Middle School Choir performing at Lincoln Center, a National Children’s Choir performing at Carnegie Hall, and two honor choirs performing at The Kennedy Center.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sally received a B.A. Degree from Rollins College with a double major in Music and Theater. From there she moved to the University of Miami, where she received both an M.A. in Drama and an M.M. in Accompanying. She has worked with literally thousands of teachers and students through choral honors and all-state festivals, conventions, and workshops in over 40 states, Canada, Singapore, and Australia.
Sally and her husband, composer/arranger Jay Althouse, currently enjoy living in Raleigh, North Carolina. They were recently thrilled and honored to have their composition “I Hear America Singing!” performed during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies.

Clinic: The Importance of Rhythm Skills in Music Performance and Brain Development

Dr. A. N. "Buzzy" Green,
Developer of RhythmBee

Dr. Alfred N, "Buzzy" Green has taught in several states and at all levels of music education. He received Bachelors and Masters Degrees from West Texas State University and the Doctor of Music Arts Degree from The University of Kansas. His resume includes conducting and founding organizations from professional and student wind bands to childrens choirs. He currently serves as Director of Fine Arts for the Irving Independent Schools in Irving, Texas.

In an effort to provide teachers with a more definitive means of teaching rhythm fluency, he developed RhythmBee, a program which has become a highly regarded and widely used class and full ensemble tool for teaching every student to be competent and confident in rhythm performance. As the program became more popular, interest in early childhood music experiences and a sequential approach to solfeggion instruction led Dr. Green to develop the General Music and Melody Editions of the RhythmBee program.

In July 2009, Dr. Green retired from 33 years of work in the public schools. He is available for clinics, inservice, and workshop presentations.

Clinic: How to Start Beginners Off Right (or everything I learned/stole from Eddie Green)

Clinic: Composers on Composing: Writing for the Young Band

Dr. Leroy Osmon

Although born May 27, 1948 in Washington, Indiana, Leroy Osmon has lived for 44 years in Texas. His early education was in the Texas Public School System, studying clarinet and alto saxophone in the school band. With no formal musical training in composition, he entered Lamar University, in Beaumont, Texas to study composition with Paul Holmes and orchestration with Charles Wiley. After completing his degree, Osmon taught band in East Texas. He went on to complete his Master of Music at Sam Houston State University in composition (studying with Fisher Tull) conducting (Gary Sousa) and musicology (James Marks). While working on his DMA at the University of Houston, Osmon studied composition with Michael Horvit and conducting with Eddie Green. Leroy Osmon continues to compose (with over 100 works - 30 published) and teach at the Bach School of Music in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, where he and his wife, Dr. Cay Smith Osmon own a home after retiring in the spring of 2002. Leroy Osmon now lives in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico with his wife and three cats.

Clinic: Guitar in the Elementary Classroom

Clinic: Creative Improvisation in Any Music Classroom

Clinic: Popular Music in the Middle School General Music Class

Dan Sumner is a guitarist, composer, and music educator. He holds degrees from Capital University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is currently in the final stages of completion of a Doctorate of Music Education from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He has conducted research into two main areas: Flow experience, self-efficacy, and achievement in Jazz improvisation, and informal music making pedagogy in secondary general music. Sumner is also an accomplished guitarist with many recordings and prominent international performances including first prize at the 2009 University of Texas at Brownsville Guitar Ensemble Festival and Competition, professional division.

Clinic: Instruments in the Elementary Classroom

Clinic: Vocal Health for Vocal Music Teachers

Laura Mobley Thompson
Associate Professor
Louisiana Tech University

Laura Mobley Thompson currently serves as a teacher of voice and vocal music education at Louisiana Tech University, where she is an Associate Professor in the School of the Performing Arts.  Previously she held faculty positions at University of Louisiana at Monroe and Murray State University. Laura Thompson holds degrees from Mississippi State University, Louisiana State University, and the Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi.

Thompson has performed as vocal soloist with choirs and orchestras including Alabama Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Memphis Oratorio Society, and Paducah Symphony and Chorus.  As director of the choral program at Louisiana Tech University through spring, 2008, Thompson arranged for her choirs to perform in many venues, including Carnegie Hall, for the Mozart Festival in Salzburg, Austria, summer, 2006, and an international choral festival in Switzerland, summer, 2008.  Thompson received a grant from Louisiana Tech University’s Focus on Russia Program to present the Polovetsian
Dances (Borodin) with the Tech choirs and a professional orchestra, May, 2008.
She has conducted or prepared groups for performance with Ruston Symphony, Monroe Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, Monroe Symphony, and Northcentral Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra (Louisiana).

She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, has held the position of President of North Louisiana NATS, and has served on the Regional Board of Governors (NATS, Southern Region). Thompson serves often as adjudicator for vocal and choral competitions in the region. She most recently has been asked to present two sessions for the Southcentral Music Regional Conference, spring, 2010, Monroe, Louisiana..

Thompson has served as Musical Director for opera and musical theatre productions including The Old Maid and the Thief, Gallantry, The Merry Widow, Cole Porter Review,
Little Shop of Horrors, and others.

As a scholar in Interdisciplinary Baroque Studies, Dr. Thompson has presented lectures/recitals locally, nationally, and internationally. She has presented for the National Association of Gifted Children and National Social Sciences Association
among others

Clinic: A Discussion on being a Professional Jazz Musician in the 21st Century

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Lew Soloff

A consummate fixture on the New York jazz scene, Lew Soloff’s career is filled
with a rich history of renowned sessions and world-class collaborations. From
the time he eased into the east coast world of trend setting musicians in the mid
1960’s, Soloff’s creative ventures have resulted in a respected body of work that
places him in a category of true accomplishment and keeps his elegant and
lyrical signatures in constant demand. Whether interpreting a standard or
improvising on an original composition, his phrasing and note choices exemplify
his unique voice. Soloff is known as a virtuoso with tremendous range and
superior technical command, yet he exudes a wisdom for quietness and melody.
Soloff’s expertise includes trumpet, flugelhorn, harmon mute, plunger mute and
he is particularly recognized for his work on piccolo trumpet.

As a leader, Soloff puts his energy into some special projects including The Lew
Soloff Quartet and Quintet. Lew Soloff Presents Sunday Jazz At Rhone was a
weekly series he started for New York’s trendy lower west side lounge Rhone.
The Sunday program included his own groups and surprise special guests. The
artist has 8 solo recordings to his credit. “With A Song In My Heart produced by
Todd Barkan and Makoto Kimata is probably my favorite personal project to
date,” comments Soloff. “We chose some wonderful songs for this CD and I was
able to weave a tranquil spirit throughout the sessions. My goal was to play the
songs simply and beautifully.” JazzTimes wrote about the release (Sept. 1999).
“If this gem by Soloff, a musician at the peak of his maturity and expressiveness,
is not one of the best records of the year, we have a surprising few months instore.”

Soloff’s current schedule of engagements provides a varied platform for his
music. He is a regular in Carla Bley’s 4X4 group and her big band, and remains
a founding member (along with leader David Matthews) of The Manhattan Jazz
Quintet with 28 recordings to their credit (and a faithful following in Japan).
Alumni of the quintet reads likes a who’s who of New York’s jazz elite; Steve
Gadd, George Young, Charnett Moffett, Eddie Gomez, John Pattitucci, Dave
Weckl, Peter Erskine, Danny Gottlieb, Bill Evans and Victor Lewis. Soloff is also
a constant in trombonist Ray Anderson’s colorful ensemble Pocket Brass
Band. As of late, Soloff finds himself exposed to the “downtown scene” working
with Bobby Previte and his adventurous musical tribute to Joan Miró, which
features Charlie Hunter, DJ Logic and harpist Zena Parkins. Soloff also records
and tours with The Absolute Ensemble, a 19-piece chamber music group that
interprets everything from Stravinsky and Bach to Zappa and Hendrix.

Click here for more about Lew Soloff

Workshop:

Computer Drill Design

(pre-registration and additional fee required, requires a minimum number of 10 registrants)

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Clinic: Composers on Composing: Writing for the Young Band

Clinic: Composers on Composing: Writing for the Young Band

Fred Allen, Stephen F. Austin State University

FRED J. ALLEN is Director of Bands at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In addition to his conducting the Wind Ensemble at SFASU, he also teaches conducting, orchestration and music education classes. He oversees nearly three hundred band students involved in the SFA band program, in four concert groups, the athletic bands and several chamber ensembles. He was the 2006 recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award at SFA for the College of Fine Arts.

Allen is a product of Music Education in the state of Texas. Before playing in the Longview High School Band of John C. "Pete" Kunkel, he was in the bands of Verna Covington and David Pennington in Austin and Don Turner, Paul Stroud and Jimmy Yancey in Longview. His undergraduate studies with Dr. Charles Trayler, then at Abilene Christian University, furthered his training in Music Education.

Under his direction, the Wind Ensemble at SFA has performed regularly at conventions of the Texas Music Educators Association and College Band Directors National Association. His SFA Wind Ensemble has performed with several guest artists and guest conductors. Under his leadership the SFA Wind Ensemble continues its long tradition of commissioning new works from composers. Recent commissions have produced works from David Maslanka, Jack Stamp, Samuel Zyman, Frank Ticheli and SFA's Stephen Lias.

Allen has conducted All-Region and All-State Bands throughout Texas and the United States, where he is also an active concert clinician and adjudicator. He has often served as guest conductor for bands playing at the Mid-West Band Convention and the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, and has also conducted the Seoul Wind Ensemble and the Al Fine Concert Band in Taegu, Korea. He remains current in the public school classroom through regular visits to area band classes, from beginners through high school.

Allen has published several pieces for band that draw upon his experience teaching band in the public schools in Texas. These works have been performed frequently at band conventions and festivals across the United States and recently, in Korea, Great Britain, Germany and Australia. He has several commissioned works in progress. There are several pieces for band by Fred J. Allen on the Prescribed Music List used by the University Interscholastic League in Texas:

Works for Band:

• Bosnian Folk Songs - Grade II
• They Led My Lord Away - Grade II
• Fantasy on "Barbara Allen" - Grade III
• He's Gone Away - Grade III
• Moravian Hymn Dance - Grade IV

Works for Flute Choir:

• All Through the Night - Class I
• Come, O Come Emmanuel - Class

Read More About the Music of Fred J. Allen

As a woodwind specialist, he performed professionally at Opryland U.S.A., for the Ice Capades, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Circus and for over forty musical productions and operas. He is a former member of the Orchestra of the Pines, the Abilene Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, and the Irving Symphony as well as community bands in Forth Worth and Lubbock.

He is a member of Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters' Fraternity, the College Band Directors National Association, and the Texas Music Educators Association.

Clinic: Recipes for Success with the Orchestra Program

Deborah Baker Monday

Deborah Baker Monday currently teaches in the Logan City School District Orchestra program.  She is a Cello/Bass specialist working with fourth through eighth grade students.  Ms. Monday received her B.M.E. from Florida State University with an emphasis in String Education and a M.M. in Composition from the University of Alabama.  She began working on a D.M.A. in Composition at Louisiana State University while teaching fourth through twelfth grades in Baton Rouge.

Ms. Monday is an active Bass performer and private teacher.  Her Bass students have consistently received awards in the American Sting Teacher Association festivals and Utah M.E.A. Region and Solo competitions.  She has served as Adjunct Bass Instructor at Utah State University for several years and resides on the faculty of the ASTA with NSOA "Bass Fest" for three years.

Ms. Monday has published numerous pieces for string orchestra with several leading educational music publishers.  She co-authored the Strings Extraordinaire and Artistry in Ensembles collections of performance pieces.  She has presented various sessions at Music Educator's Conferences in Texas, California and Colorado, as well as Utah and Idaho.  In 1999 she was named the Utah ASTA with NSOA Elementary Teacher of the Year.  Most recently she received the Superior Accomplishment award at the Utah Music Educator's Conference in 2003 for her contributions to the area of educational music publications for string orchestra.

Clinic: Conducting Nuances: Little Things Mean A Lot

Sponsored by GIA Productions, Inc.

Anthony J. Maiello

Anthony J. Maiello received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Ithaca College in l965 and l967,respectively. He also studied at the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Mr. Leonard Slatkin, Musical Director of the National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Maiello's many professional credits include clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor of All-State, All-State Sectional, Regional, District, All-County and All-City ensembles, with appearances throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Europe, The Netherlands and The Bahamas. He conducted musical activities for the Gold Medal Ceremonies at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the New York State Music Camp & Institute; has served as New York State Music Association adjudicator; clinician with Yamaha, and clinician for Warner Bros. Publications, President of the International Association of Jazz Educators - New York State Chapter and as Musical Director for Music Festivals International. He is an elected member of The American Bandmasters Association and ASCAP, and holds membership in the National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, New York State School Music Association, Virginia Music Educators Association, Virginia Jazz Service Organization, The College Music Society and The American Symphony Orchestra League.

Mr. Maiello's academic experience includes extensive teaching in the public schools. He served as Professor of Music and Chairman of Performance at the Crane School of Music, Potsdam College of SUNY, Potsdam, New York, where his duties included advanced instrumental conducting, applied clarinet, woodwind and percussion techniques; and conductor of the Crane Wind Ensemble. Under his direction, the ensembles at Crane and George Mason University have commissioned many new works, made numerous recordings and appearances statewide and at regional and national conferences in the United States and Canada. He is the author of CONDUCTING: A HANDS-ON-APPROACH and co-author of the 21st CENTURY BAND METHOD.

Anthony Maiello travels widely presenting clinics, lectures and workshops, and guest conducting and adjudicating numerous music festivals. He is presently Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble and teaches several conducting courses. Mr. Maiello has also served as Associate Conductor of The McLean Orchestra, McLean, Virginia and has been appointed an Honorary Conductor of The United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C.

Workshop:

SmartMusic/Gradebook Training: Basics to Advanced

(pre-registration and additional fee required, requires a minimum number of 10 registrants)

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Clinic: Using Technology for Motivation, Education, and Assessment

Clinic: Composers on Composing: Writing for the Young Band

Clinic: Choir Conductor Clinic: Get up and Move

Vocal Area Coordinator, Conductor of the Southeastern Concert Choir, Voice Instructor

Alissa Mercurio Rowe is an active choral conductor and voice teacher. Since 2002, she has held instructor positions at Southeastern Louisiana University. During the summers of 2003 and 2004 she served as a member of the All-State voice faculty at Interlochen Arts Academy. She conducts the Southeastern Concert Choir, Southeastern Louisiana University's premiere choral ensemble, with which she conducted the world premiere of Theodore Morrison's Canzoni d'amore and tephen
Suber's His Rhythm! She is active as an adjudicator, has given choral and vocal workshops in the Midwest and Southeastern states and has conducted numerous Honor Choirs.

Ms. Rowe is also the current Vocal Area Coordinator at Southeastern.  In December of 2006, she was the featured soprano soloist with Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra for their performance of Handel’s Messiah. For the past five years, she has performed with the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra on their Holiday Concert Series.  Having been a conducting participant in 2002, Ms, Rowe
returned to the Conductor's Retreat at Medomak (Maine) as a soloist and sang two performances of Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915. She also performed and recorded three roles in David Schiff's opera Gimpel the Fool, conducted by Kenneth Kiesler, with Third Angle, Portland Oregon's renowned new music ensemble. Ms. Rowe is a versatile performer who regularly performs a wide variety of works such as the Beethoven's Mass in C, Messiah of Handel, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Schubert's Mass in G, as well as opera roles in La Cenerentola, The Consul, Magic Flute and La Perichole, among others. She is also active as a recitalist.

Ms. Rowe holds a Master of Music in Conducting, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance, a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Teacher Certification K-12 from the University of Michigan. In August of 2005, she began course work for a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting at Louisiana State University in conjunction with her teaching at Southeastern.

Clinic:

Robert DiLutis will began his appointment as Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Louisiana State University School of Music in the fall of 2009 . Previous to his appointment, Mr. DiLutis was Assistant Principal and E-flat clarinetist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at the Eastman School of Music. Mr. DiLutis has served on the faculties of the Baltimore School for the Arts, St. Mary's University in Texas, and Nazareth College in New York. Most recently Mr. DiLutis has developed and is teaching an Orchestral Audition Training Program for the LSU School of Music. His many clinics and master classes have included Ithaca College, Hartt School of Music, Boston University, New England Conservatory and the Longy School of Music.

Making his Carnegie Hall Recital debut in 1989, Mr. DiLutis has also performed as featured soloist with ensembles such as the San Antonio Symphony, Laredo Symphony, River City Consort and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Recently Mr. DiLutis toured with the New York Philharmonic on its historic trip to Pyongyang, North Korea. Mr. DiLutis is a graduate of the Juilliard School where he studied with David Weber. Previous to his studies in New York, he studied with William Blayney at the Peabody Conservatory in Maryland. Mr. DiLutis is an Artist for Buffet USA and plays Buffet clarinets exclusively. As part of Mr. DiLutis' new comprehensive program, he will be offering classes in Clarinet Choir, Instrument Repair, Single Reed Making, Orchestral Repertoire, Clarinet Master Class, "How to Win an Orchestral Audition", Chamber Music, Clarinet, Eb Clarinet and Bass Clarinet lessons. You can hear Mr. DiLutis on his new CD “Arlequin”, available online at CDBaby.com.

Clinic: Jazz Conductors Clinic

LEON ANDERSON, JR., Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies, joined the Florida State University faculty in 1998. His musical experience includes that of a classical and jazz percussionist, educator, clinician, and composer. Mr. Anderson received the B.A. degree in Music Education at Louisiana Tech University and in 1996 completed the M.A. degree in Percussion Performance at Southeastern Louisiana University. His mentors have included Ellis Marsalis and Victor Goines of the New Orleans jazz scene. Mr. Anderson currently teaches drum set, jazz ensembles, and rhythm section methods at the FSU College of Music.

In 1997 Mr. Anderson was a featured soloist with The Marcus Roberts Trio, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, and at the “Great Saxophone Legends” concert at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. As a soloist he has also performed with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His most recent engagements include performances with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra de France, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. His professional recordings include Victor Goines’ Joe’s Blues (1998), To Those We Love So Dearly (1999), and Sunrise to Midnight (2000); Marcus Roberts’ Cole After Midnight Vol. I, (1998); Five By Design’s Club Swing (2001); Richie Summa’s Tear It Down (2001); and Etienne Charles’ Culture Shock (2006). His professional collaborations include performances with numerous artists: David Sanchez, Red Holloway, Donald Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Mike Wolf, Nathen Page, Allan Harris, Stephanie Nakasien, Phyllis Hyman, Barry Greene, Dianne Reeves, Harold Batiste, Donald Harrison, Mary Stallings, Judy Collins, Wessell Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Kent Jordan, Oliver Lake, James Moody, Deborah Brown, Rufus Reid, Henry Mancini, Art Farmer, Jason Marsalis, and the Temptations, to name only a few.

Mr. Anderson currently performs and tours internationally with Marsalis, Goines, Walter Payton and the Snapbean Band, and the Third Coast Jazz Quintet. In addition to these ensembles, he has also performed at the International Association of Jazz Education Conference with Bunky Green, Ellis Maraslis and the New Orleans Jazz All-Stars, and has served as an artist/clinician for several jazz festivals in the United States, including the Bill Evans Jazz Festival, Savannah Music Festival, Loyola University (New Orleans) Jazz Festival, Governor’s Honors Jazz Camp, Broward County All-City Jazz Ensemble, the “Jazz in the Schools” program in Jacksonville, FL, and serves as director for the FSU High School Jazz Festival. His festival commitments outside the United States are numerous and include the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, the Inglostadt Jazztage, in Inglostadt, Bavaria, the Switzerland Jazz Festival in Basel, Switzerland, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Anderson has also been featured in a review of the jazz composition “Afro Blue” for the text Teaching Music Through Jazz (December, 2007) and an article entitled “JazzEd Scene,” by Steve MacQueen, published in Research and Review (Vol. XIV, No. III, Fall, 2004).

Clinic: Strategies for Successful Solo Performances

Dr. James Boldin

Assistant Professor, Horn and Music History

• D.M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
• M.M., University of Wisconsin - Madison
• B.M., Appalachian State University

James Boldin is Assistant Professor of Horn and Music History at the University of Louisiana Monroe, where he teaches applied horn and music history courses, and performs with the Chamber Arts Brass. He earned D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.M. degree from Appalachian State University. Prior to joining the faculty at ULM, he held positions at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse as a Lecturer in Music and the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Teaching Assistant. He has performed and presented at the Southeast Horn Workshop and has presented clinics at the Louisiana Music Educators Association State Convention. Dr. Boldin’s primary teachers include Douglas Hill and Dr. Karen Robertson.

An active orchestral musician, Dr. Boldin performs with the Monroe Symphony Orchestra as principal horn and the Rapides Symphony Orchestra as third horn. During the 2008-2009 season, he was contracted to perform as second horn in the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. He has worked extensively with orchestras in Wisconsin such as the Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Oshkosh Symphony Orchestras, and with the Asheville Symphony in North Carolina. As a soloist, he has performed Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1 with the Camerata Chamber Orchestra in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, Dr. Boldin has presented master-classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Summer Music Clinic, at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

Recording credits include two compact discs on the Summit Records label, Soliloquies, featuring euphonium soloist Demondrae Thurman, and Forbes Plays Koetsier, featuring tuba soloist Mike Forbes. Additional recordings include James Dick Plays Edvard Grieg, with the Texas Festival Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta, and Overtures from Overture Hall, with the Madison Symphony Orchestra conducted by John DeMain. Dr. Boldin has also published articles in The Instrumentalist Magazine and The Horn Call: The Journal of the International Horn Society.

Boldin is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and The International Horn Society.

Office Location: Biedenharn 212

Phone: 318-342-1591

Email: boldin@ulm.edu

Website: http://www.ulm.edu/~boldin

Craig Konicek came to FBC Ocala in June of 2005. Craig accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior in 1982 in Orlando where he was baptized at FBC Orlando. He and his wife Jaclyn have been married for over 25 years and have two girls, Katia and Alison, both who are in college. Craig has been in full time ministry for 10 years as both a Minister of Music and an Associate. He was the Music Associate at FBC of Merritt Island, Florida and at Lakeside Baptist in Birmingham, AL before becoming Minister of Music at Shades Mountain Independent Church and Crestway Baptist Church, both in Birmingham. Before ministry Craig spent most of his time playing trumpet professionally and teaching. He has had the opportunity to play with such stars as Andy Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Tony Bennett, Temptations and many others as well as Walt Disney World. He has recorded with Tex Beneke, Johnny Desmond, Lou Marini, Lew Soloff, Ellis Marsellis and the North Texas One O'Clock Jazz Band. Through the years Craig and Jaclyn have presented concerts and led worship across the country and recorded one album, "l'll Still be Praising You" together. Katia and Alison now join them as they all make music together. Craig and Jaclyn are very active marriage and family counselors and spend a lot of their free time counseling. The name of their counseling ministry is "Master's Way Biblical Counseling."

Craig and his family now reside in Thibodaux, Louisiana where he is a brass instructor for the Lafourche Parish School system.