Illinois Music Educator W2009

Music Educator
Illinois
Winter 2009 VOLUME 70, NUMBER 2
ALL-STATE cONfERENcE
New Mentoring Feature from Writer Richard Cangro p. 50
All-State “It’s Opening Night,” Keynote, Conductor Biographies and Schedule p. 61
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PEOPLE IN THIS ISSUE
Photographs of performing groups
and all-state presenters are
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abOUT THE cOvEr
Te winter issue cover features
the original art for the
program cover of our
All-State Conference 2010–
Music: A Sound Investment.
It incorporates symbols relating
to investment, the stock market, etc.
and shows a general improvement
in the condition. Te selected colors
represent currency and gold.
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Music Educator
Illinois
Winter 2009 VOLUME 70, NUMBER 2
ALL-STATE CONFERENCE
New Mentoring Feature from Writer Richard Cangro p. 50
All-State “It’s Opening Night,” Keynote, Conductor Biographies and Schedule p. 61
LEAdERShIp MESSAgES
INfORMATION SEcTION
dIVISION REpORTS
SpEcIAL AREAS/
pROgRAMS
ALLIEd REpORTS

Making a Sound Investment in You
Randolph F. Kummer | Executive Director
Music: A Sound Investment
John Heath | IMEa President
Ten Reasons Why Music is a Sound Investment
Roseanne Rosenthal | IMEa President Elect
professional development: A Sound Investment
Toni Redlingshafer | Professional Development Director
forms, Applications and Events
Elected Leadership Opportunities | all-State Pre-registration | all-State Housing |
Lending Library Forms | cover art contest | application for Performance/call for Presenters 2011 |
Music: A Sound Investment
Deb Shofner | band Division vice President
Music (and the Allied Arts): A Sound Investment Indeed
Richard Murphy | choral Division vice President
fine-The End
Kendall Hastings | Orchestra Division vice President
Music: A Sound Investment
John Currey | Jazz Division vice President
Investing in the past . . . the present . . . and the future
Jane Nelson | Junior High/Elementary Music Division vice President
A Sound Investment Requires a portfolio of Resources
Brayer Teague | Secondary General Music Division vice President
IMEA and MTE: A Sound Investment
Joseph Manfredo | Music Teacher Education Division vice President
Learning to Listen for a Lifetime
Cherilee Wadsworth Walker | Government relations chairperson
Mentoring: A Sound Investment for the future of Music Education
Richard Cangro| Mentoring chairperson
future Music Educators Seminar
Jonathan and Lori Lauf | Future Music Educators Seminar chairs
Marching Band: putting Our Best foot forward or Stepping on Our Own feet?
William Jastrow | advocacy chairperson
Illinois collegiate Music Educators
Cindy Tovar | Chairperson • Roy Andrew Freeman | IcMEa State President
Music: A Sound Investment
Mary Teresa Reed | Multicultural Education chairperson
Music: A Sound Investment–All State conference 2010
Opening Night concert | conductor biographies | complete Schedule of Events
Music! Just Imagine
Sarah Bush Randolph | Music in Our Schools Month chairperson
diversify Your Investment
Jennifer Wetzel-Tomas | Early childhood chairperson
Meeting the Audition Needs of Students with disabilities: A great Investment
Christine Lapka | Special Learners chairperson
Retirement: A Sound Investment
Rex Benson | retired Music Educators chairperson
Allied Music Organizations
acDa | american School band Directors association | Phi beta Mu
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ILLINOIS MUSIc EdUcATORS ASSOcIATION
BOARd Of dIREcTORS
President Executive Director
John Heath Randolph F. Kummer
Batavia High School IMEA State Offce
1201 W. Main Street 18700 Wolf Road Suite 208
Batavia, IL 60510 Mokena, IL 60448-8603
President Elect Past President
Roseanne Rosenthal Michael Pressler
VanderCook College Maine East High School
3140 South Federal Street 2601 West Dempster Street
Chicago, IL 60616 Park Ridge, IL 60068
dIVISION VIcE-pRESIdENTS
Band Orchestra
Deb Shofner Kendall Hastings
Kimball Middle School [email protected]
451 North McLean Blvd
Elgin, IL 60123 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Chorus Jazz
Richard Murphy John Currey
University of Illinois High School Champaign Central High School
1212 West Springfeld 10 West University Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801 Champaign, IL 61820

Secondary Junior High/Elementary
General Music General Music
Brayer Teague Jane Nelson
Downers Grove North High School Carlyle Junior High School
4436 Main Street 1631 12th Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515 Carlyle, IL 62231
Music Teacher Education
Joseph Manfredo
University of Illinois
1114 West Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
dISTRIcT pRESIdENTS
District I District II
Justin Sisul Curtis Fischer-Oelschlaeger
Lester School Rock Ridge High School
236 Indianapolis Street 14110 134th Avenue West
Downers Grove, IL 60626 Taylor Ridge, IL 61284
District III District IV
Lesa Kline Kim Webster
Prairie Central High School A-C Central High School
411 North Seventh Street P.O. Box 260
Fairbury, IL 61739 Ashland, IL 62612
District V District VI
Mark York Rodney Washburn
Litchfeld High School Wesclin Jr/Sr High School
1705 North State Street 10003 State Route 160
Litchfeld, IL 62056 Trenton, IL 62293
District VII District VIII
Frank Lestina Richard Mayer
Vernon Hills High School Stephen Mack Middle School
145 North Lakeview Parkway 11810 Old River Road
Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Rockton, IL 61072
District IX
Mark Corey
Addison Trail High School
213 North Lombard Road
Addison, IL 60101
ASSOcIATION STAff
Randolph F. Kummer, Executive Director
Linda Kummer, Offce Manager
Toni Redlingshafer, Professional Development Director
Bill Froom, Publications Editor
275 Hillcrest Drive
Macomb, IL 61455-7719
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John Heath, President
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Michael Pressler, Past President
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IMEA sponsors and funds the following Programs and Proj-
ects for the beneft of the entire music education community
in Illinois, both Association members and non-members. For
additional information, please contact the Program/Project
Chairs listed below:
Awards program Roseanne Rosenthal
VanderCook College
3140 South Federal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616
312.225.6288 Ext. 232
FAX 312.225.5211
[email protected]
historian Donna Martin
Shepherd Middle School
701. E. McKinley Road
Ottawa, IL 61350
815.434.7925
[email protected]
Advocacy William Jastrow
Neuqua Valley High School
3220 Cedar Glade Drive
Naperville, IL 60564
630.428.6448
[email protected]
IMEA Mentoring program Richard Cangro
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle-210 Browne Hall
Macomb, IL 61455
309.298.3114
[email protected]
Music in Our Schools Month Sarah Bush Randolph
Lockport School District #91
1300 Kenmore Avenue
Joliet, IL 60435-3960
815.838.0737 Ext. 140
815.725.4321
[email protected]
Music Lending Library IMEA State Offce
18700 Wolf Road Suite 208
Mokena, IL 60448-8603
708.479.4000
Fax 708.479.5638
[email protected]
professional development Toni S. Redlingshafer
9517 West Whittingham Point
Mapleton, IL 61547
309.697.5662
[email protected]
Tri-M Music honor Society Patrick Barnett
Fine Arts Department Chair
Maine West High School
1755 South Wolf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Offce 847.603.5908
Cell 847.609.9020
[email protected]
SpEcIAL AREA chAIRS
The individuals listed below have been appointed by IMEA to
represent Special Areas for the Association. Many of these
individuals are also responsible for coordinating activities at
the All-State Conference. If you would like more information
about these Special Areas, please contact:
Early childhood Education Jennifer Wetzel-Thomas
Mokena Elementary School
11244 Willowcrest Lane
Mokena, IL 60448
708.342.4850
FAX 708.479.3120
[email protected]
future Music Educators Lori Lauff
Scullen Middle School
2815 Mistfower Lane
Naperville, IL 60564
630.428.7051
FAX 630.428.7001
[email protected]
government Relations Cherilee Wadsworth Walker
Illinois Central College
One College Drive
East Peoria, IL 61635-0001
309.694.5548
[email protected]
IcMEA Cindy Tovar
VanderCook College of Music
3140 South Federal
Chicato, IL 60634
312.225.6288 Ext. 235
[email protected]
Multicultural Mary Theresa Reed
Evanston Township High School
1600 Dodge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202
847.424.7857
[email protected]
Research Pamela Stover
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Mailcode 4302
Carbondale, IL 62901-4302
618.453.5814
FAX 618.453.5808
[email protected]
Retired Music Educators Rex Benson

2335 Delany Drive
Ottawa, IL 61350
815.434.0705
[email protected]
Special Learners Christine Lapka
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle–Browne Hall 208
Macomb, IL 61455
309.298.1472
[email protected]
Technology Education Neal Smith
Millikin University School of Music
1184 W. Main St.
Decatur, IL 62522
[email protected]
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EdITOR’S cORNER
Investment
Tey would ask “What do you teach?” and I answered “I teach
young people.” Is there a better investment in our future?
Julia was a young lady with a speech disorder in frst grade when
she was cast in a speaking role in our winter music program “Boo
Bear and the Night Before Christmas.” After practicing very
diligently, she delivered a fawless performance and has been
stutter free ever since. Today Julia is a speech therapist because
of that experience. Te very same elementary program was the
launching pad for another young lady’s career as a country singer
in Nashville, TN.
Te market has its ups and downs. Unfortunately Julia carries
with her another memory from a music class in a later year. She
remembers being told by her chorus director, Mr. Froom, that
she couldn’t sing and should probably not be in chorus. While I
don’t remember feeling even remotely like that and know there
was a constant efort to recruit and encourage all young singers,
something went wrong in that one rehearsal. How lucky I am
to have Julia Cox Dalmasso as a friend today.
Careful the things you say,
Children will listen.
Careful the things you do,
Children will see and learn.
“Children Will Listen” (from Into the Woods)
Stephen Sondheim
In the school newspaper when I retired they asked this inter-
view question, “What will you miss most about teaching?” My
quick answer was “the students and seeing former students suc-
ceed in life.” Ying Wang read that issue and in a pre-college
essay on his career choice wrote, “After reading that article I
thought to myself, ‘wow it must be wonderful when you see your
former students become successful.’ Also, in eighth grade, I real-
ized that my music skills were improving and had the potential
to become better. After that day I decided that having a career as
a music teacher when I grow up would be perfect for me.”
I won’t have to give Ying a copy of the Illinois Music Educator
this time. He will be receiving his own copy as a member of the
Western Illinois University ICMEA chapter!
Tere is a lack of foresight in my statement. Retirement
doesn’t end the interest in former students success. We ALL
are building a rich investment portfolio and can very much
enjoy watching the dividends grow.
Bill Froom
[email protected]
309.224.4628
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Columbia College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
DePaul School of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DePauw University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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High Note Festivals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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MENC Music Makes the Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MENC National Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MENC National Honors Ensembles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MENC Tri-M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Millikin University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Music Friends (MENC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
New Horizons Tour and Travel (Masters of Music) . . . . . . . 39
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Northern Illinois University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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Webster University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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ExEcUTIVE dIREcTOR’S MESSAgE
Randolph F. Kummer, IMEA State Offce
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MAKING A SOUND INVESTMENT IN YOU
With over 125 workshops and guest performances, open rehearsals of ten Illinois All-State ensembles, and
a large music education/industry trade show, the 2010 Illinois “All-State” ofers you a unique and valuable
opportunity to “invest” in you as a music education professional, to the beneft of your program, your school,
your community, and best of all . . . your students.
Ten Ways to Maximize Return on Your All-State Investment
1. Join or renew your MENC membership in advance of the Conference. If you join or renew before
December 15, you will be eligible for Pre-Registration as a current member and beneft from a savings
of $150.00 in registration fees, more than enough to ofset your active membership dues of $100.00.
2. Avoid the lines–Pre-Register. Nearly 1000 attendees took advantage of this opportunity last year.
Not only does this provide a signifcant reduction in fees but your name badge, program and other
materials will be prepared in advance. You may even claim your badge and materials on Wednesday
evening (7:00–7:45 p.m. in the Civic Center Teatre Lobby) at the Pre-Conference “It’s Opening
Night” Concert where your name badge will include FREE admission.
3. Submit your Hotel Reservation Form. Tis form must be returned only to the Peoria Area Con-
vention and Visitors Bureau, only on the forms provided, and only by US mail. Te deadline is
January 13, 2010. Be complete and accurate, guarantee your frst choice room with a frst night
deposit, and include an alternative method of contact (home phone or e-mail) so we can contact
you with any questions or problems during the holiday vacation period. Virtually all hotel reser-
vation problems can be traced to inaccurate or incomplete Hotel Reservation Form submissions.
Be aware that almost all of the downtown hotel rooms (Hotel Pere Marquette, Holiday Inn City
Centre and Mark Twain Hotel) are reserved for All-State participating students, their chaperones,
guest conductors and accompanists and other Conference ofcials.
4. Arrange All-State student rooms on a quad basis with one director/chaperone room for every three
student rooms. Tis would be a typical arrangement for school ensembles on tour. Consider contacting
neighboring schools to share rooms. If all participants were to follow this procedure, ALL students and
director/chaperones could be accommodated in the three downtown hotels.
5. Come to Peoria on Wednesday. Te cost is one additional hotel night but check-in is so much easier
and your students will be a little more relaxed for auditions. Take your students to dinner and enjoy the
Wednesday evening “It’s Opening Night” Concert.
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It’s Opening Night • Tierra Negra with Muriel Anderson
TIERRA NEGRA, Germany’s most successful guitar duo belongs to the protagonists of Flamenco Nuevo
worldwide. Since their discovery in 1997 in Montréal, Canada, and the record contract that followed, they
have produced a total of eight CDs. Teir compositions are featured on countless international guitar compila-
tions. Numerous concert tours brought them all over Europe and Canada. Even HOLLYWOOD used their
music for the movie “THE PERFUME.” Without losing the thread to the Rumba-Flamenco tradition of the
Camargue and Spain, TIERRA NEGRA creates a unique combination of folklore, lounge and pop elements
in their music. Tere is persuasiveness in the rhythm and melody of the duos pieces–the infectious groove of
the accompanying guitar may sometimes steal the melody from the lead guitar but never its place at the fore
of the compositions. TIERRA NEGRA always manage to project their own enthusiasm for Flamenco Nuevo
straight to their audiences, leaving them in a state of amazement and fascination by the end of every concert.
Widely respected as one of the foremost fngerstyle guitarists in the world, MURIEL ANDERSON’s unique
approach to the instrument virtually transforms the guitar into a lyrical choir, then a marching band, then a
Japanese koto, then a Bluegrass band, amazing audiences with her technique and endearing them with her
sense of humor. One minute launching into a Beatles tune and the next, Chopin’s Minute Waltz, her facility
across the genres of folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide.
Muriel Anderson is the frst woman to have won the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. She is
host of the renowned “Muriel Anderson’s ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®” and founder of the Music for
Life Alliance charity. Her music spans the globe in styles, unifed by an honest humanity and superb artistry.
Touring in the USA and internationally year round, her music brings smiles and promotes understanding
worldwide, with performances including the Olympia in Paris, Music Fair in Yokohama Japan, and the
American Embassy in Malaysia.
6. Plan your daily schedule in advance. Start now using the Conference Schedule published in this
issue and reconfrm your session choices on arrival with the ofcial Conference Program containing
detailed session content descriptions. “My Conference Planning Form” is available on the IMEA
web site (www.ilmea.org) by clicking on “All-State Conference.”
7. Read and understand the procedure for gaining Continuing Professional Development Unit
(CPDU) credit. Prompt attendance at the session is mandatory as is the completion and submission
of session evaluation forms.
8. Make time in your schedule to visit the exhibits. Te number of exhibit booths has increased by
20% over the past fve years and the fnancial contribution of our exhibitors to the Conference is
absolutely essential. We’ve provided “confict” free exhibit time on Tursday evening and again on
Saturday morning. Concessions are open in the exhibit halls throughout exhibit hours.
9. Encourage parents, family and friends of All-State students to attend the Jazz Night, All-State and
Honors Concerts. Te Exhibit Halls will be open FREE to the public from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on
Saturday, January 30 to accommodate those waiting for the Carver Arena Grand Finale performances.
10. Spend social time with friends and colleagues, sharing problems and successes. You’ll be amazed
at how, no matter what part of the state, what grade level, or what specifc discipline, we all have
the same concerns. We’re all “invested” in music and music education.
pRESIdENT’S MESSAgE
John Heath, Batavia High School
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MUSIc: A Sound Investment
Today I present, with your help, the frst multi-media presidential article. With your help, because before you read
on, I want you to fnd a recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Teme by Tomas Tallis; hook it up;
press start; sit back and start enjoying it, then read my article . . .
Pause here as needed . . .
I don’t know about you, but this has been a rather rough fall at Batavia, with money being the biggest concern on
everyone’s mind. Are we going to get enough? Can we balance the budget? To balance, how much will we need to
cut back? How much worse is it going to get next year? None of these are easy questions and from what I’m being
told it’s only going to get worse next year. Over the last few weeks I have been talking to some of our members
around the state and I know many of you are asking the same or very similar questions in your communities. In
these hard economic times, it might be considered an easy fx, when faced with a defcit, to cut back on the Arts.
I know it’s been done in the past. Some of you have told me that it’s been done so much, there isn’t much left to
cut and still have a program.
But hopefully, I might have a few words of encouragement. Tis fall I attended the annual meeting of the Chi-
cago Symphony Orchestra and was pleasantly surprised when they announced that for the third year in a row,
they were ending the year in the “black”. Earlier this fall the Lyric Opera of Chicago had their radiothon fund-
raiser and raised thousands of dollars more than their goal. So now you might be thinking, “Sure they’re making
it. Tey have huge corporations, wealthy patrons and benefactors supporting them. What’s that got to do with
the support for my program in my community?”
I don’t think the CSO and the Lyric are really any diferent than your program or mine. Unlike the past, when a
school district here or there is faced with fnancial problems, they could put a referendum on the ballot and hope
for its approval. Today we all know that isn’t probably going to happen; not in our communities, not in our state,
and not in our country. We are all in the same “boat.” And because of that, I feel our parents, our communities and
the American Public as a whole are taking a new position. Tey are asking themselves, “What is truly important
in my life and the lives of my children?” Teir answer is those things that truly make them human and enrich
their lives. Te threat of losing them is not acceptable. I think that is why the CSO and the Lyric were successful
this year. I think that is why we made more proft in our fall music fundraisers than in recent years. People realize
there is a chance we could lose something that we hold very dear. And they’re not going to let that happen.
In this current market, not many investments are showing a proft. But an investment in the Arts and in education
will yield tenfold in the quality of our lives. You know that. We all know that. It is truly “a sound investment.”
John Heath

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pRESIdENT ELEcT’S MESSAgE
Roseanne Rosenthal, VanderCook College of Music
Ten Reasons Why Music is a Sound Investment:
A pragmatic Rationale
Music education has been part of the core curriculum throughout the recorded history of education. It is not a
disposable luxury. Yet in challenging economic times, music education may become just that: a throw-away program.
Music educators need to be prepared to advocate on behalf of their program to assure that they share the pain of
cuts proportionately with others throughout the school. We need to be able to demonstrate that a music education
is a sound investment.
As highlighted in this issue of the Illinois Music Educator, music is an investment in the aesthetic awareness that
it teaches, but also an investment that has practical implications. What follows is my top ten list of reasons, with an
accent on the pragmatic, in no particular order, on why music is a sound investment.
1. Everyone deserves to know how to make the ordinary extraordinary. Whether it’s marking one of life’s
milestone or doing the dishes, music makes it better.
2. Being a musician is a viable career choice, with options including music teaching, music therapy, media
production, sound engineering, music management, music business, music theater, psychology of music,
neurobiology of music, and of course the more competitive aspects of classical music production.
3. Entertainment is a vast industry and major export of the United States. A solid music education, begun
early, contributes to a tasteful representation of our culture and values throughout the world. It really isn’t
hyperbole to say that it is patriotic to be musically educated.
4. Many musical groups thrive on large participation. One music teacher can often manage a student load that
is equivalent to two or more teachers in other subject areas. A music program may not be as expensive as
many think.
5. A group of highly respected cognitive psychologists [1] recently completed an experiment (one of several in a
series) that indicated that playing a musical instrument is correlated with enhanced vocabulary and nonverbal
reasoning along with the more intuitive relationships with auditory discrimination and fne motor skills. Teir
careful work is beginning to make even skeptics like myself more amenable to the possibility that a musical
education is valuable for reasons beyond the experience of music itself.
6. Musicianship is a skill that is valued in weighing college and job applications.
7. Children, along with all humans, need a time and a means for the expression of feeling and emotion.
Schools with thriving art and music programs are noticeably more vibrant and open to the range of feeling
that characterizes the human spirit.

8. Investment in a quality music education program is cheaper than the costs of violence that wreaks havoc in
the souls of those who experience it in our troubled schools.
9. Music is a wonderful communicator, crossing barriers of language, culture, disability, generations and centuries.
10. Musically educated adults understand its importance and will not stand for wholesale cuts to music programs.
I’m curious. What’s on your Top Ten list? Please share your thoughts and your stories. E-mail them to me at
[email protected].
[1] Forgeard, M., Winner, E., Norton, A.C. & Schlaug, G. (2008). Practicing a musical instrument in childhood is
associated with enhanced verbal ability and nonverbal reasoning. PLoS ONE, 3(10):e3566.
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JOB TITLE
Executive Director–Illinois Music Educators Association
TYpE
Part Time / hours as necessary to fulfll responsibilities.
SALARY RANgE
$35,000+ commensurate with professional arts management experience.
STARTINg dATE
No later than July 1, 2010.
dEAdLINE
Application screening begins December 15, 2009.
pRIMARY dUTIES ANd RESpONSIBILITIES
A detailed position description and candidate profle are available at:
www.ilmea.org/director-search/profle.pdf
ExpERIENcE ANd QUALIfIcATION REQUIREMENTS
The ideal candidate will merge a passion for arts advocacy with
the managerial skills necessary to lead an active and prominent association of educators.
Experience in arts management and/or experience in the feld of music education
(direct or indirect) is preferred, but not required.
INQUIRIES
The search committee asks that all inquiries be directed to the following email address:
[email protected].
hOW TO AppLY
Send cover letter, professional resume, and professional references to:
[email protected]
Additionally, please mail hard-copies of same to:
Illinois Music Educators Association
18700 Wolf Road, Suite 208
Mokena, IL 60448-8603
Attn: Executive Director Search Committee
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pROfESSIONAL dEVELOpMENT
Toni Redlingshafer, Director
Over the last calendar year I have had
the opportunity to communicate face
to face, on the telephone and by email
with many of our IMEA members who
are struggling with certifcation issues,
retirement options and career moves.
Here are some excerpts from those
conversations. Perhaps you will see some
value for you in these brief dialogues.
Retirement
“I plan to retire this next year,
and I don’t plan on renewing my
certifcate. I don’t want to substitute or
work part-time as a teacher.”
Many years ago the shorthand/typing
teacher (I said MANY years ago) used
to tell all of the girls in her secretarial
classes you must have a career “to fall
back on” in case one of the “THREE
D’s” occurs. Tose dreaded THREE D’s
she was talking about were Death of a
Spouse, Divorce or Disability. Tat was
a relevant suggestion in the 1960’s and
1970’s, and it holds true for today as
well. Continue to renew your certifcate,
change can come unexpectedly.
Renewal #1
“I talked with you at a workshop this
summer about CPDU credits.
I went home and counted my credits and I
don’t have nearly enough to renew. Where
do I get more credits, QUICKLY?”
Have you checked with local colleges and
universities to see what short term classes
and workshops they are ofering? Te
summer is a good time to take course-
work to increase academic or continuing
education credit. Tere are many three
day and fve day workshops to choose
from at our Illinois Universities.
Have you checked for online classes?
Tere are several accredited universities
that ofer online coursework including
advanced degrees.
Contact your ROE to see if the Educa-
tional Service Region is ofering classes
during the school year. Tey usually hold
classes one night a week for a month or
six weeks.
Check with your school administrator
to see if your school district has applied
to be a Provider for CPDU credits, and
if they plan to ofer credits for institutes
and in-service days at your school.
Attend the Illinois ACDA Summer Re-
treat or the Midwest Band and Orches-
tra event in December. Tere are other
professional training events held that are
sponsored by music industry that ofer
credit as well.
You do attend the IMEA All State Con-
vention in January, don’t you? Tat will
provide you with many opportunities to
collect CPDUs.
“Oh, I don’t bring students to
All-State so I don’t attend.”
You know there are three days of clinics
and presentations by nationally known
music presenters going on for educators
whether they have students participating
in the All State groups or not, right?
“No, I just thought the teachers went
to chaperone their students.”
Please go to the IMEA Website in the
late fall to see a schedule of the events
and then ask for permission to attend.
If you join IMEA you will receive that
information in the winter issue of the
IME Journal.
Renewal #2
“I’ve been working on my renewal
materials here at the last minute
(mid-June) and I don’t have enough
CPDUs to renew my certifcate by July 1st.
I’ve taught for many years and I knew this
was coming but with my teaching load
and family responsibilities I haven’t taken
the time to attend classes and events.
What can I do?”
Have you been to the ISBE Website to see
what activities qualify for CPDU credit?
You may have performed many activities
that would count toward re-certifcation
credit and not realized it. Tere is a de-
tailed list that you should read through.
If you fnd that you have done some of
these activities you only need to provide
documentation to prove that you have
done so. Have you supervised a student
teacher? Have you served on committees
within your school district that qualify?
Have you presented a clinic or seminar?
Have you published an article or a book?
Please visit ISBE WEBSITE to see what
credits you have earned.
professional development–A Sound Investment:
It Makes “cents”
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Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 21
If you are still short of continuing educa-
tion credits, contact your ROE for advice.
Renewal #3
“I’ll be renewing my certifcate for the
frst time, and I don’t know whether to
take coursework toward a Masters Degree
or just gather random academic credit or
CPDU credit. What do you suggest?”
Of course, every situation is diferent, but
in my mind, an advanced degree program
is the answer for young educators. It
allows for movement on a tiered salary
schedule in your school district, it may al-
low for tuition reimbursement and at the
completion of the advanced degree opens
the door to more teaching opportunities.
(Te knowledge gained in the completion
of a degree is a given, right?)

Probably the bigger question is in what
course of study should this Masters De-
gree Program be taken? Should a young
teacher get an advanced music degree,
an advanced music education degree, an
administrative certifcate, or a degree in
another educational feld? If you pursue
an advanced degree in a diferent feld
than your teaching assignment, will it be
recognized fnancially and academically
by your school district? Where do you see
yourself in fve, ten or twenty years? Tat
should help clarify the degree to pursue.
Renewal #4
“My spouse is being transferred out of state,
and I don’t know whether to keep my Illinois
certifcate current. Is it worth it to renew it
since we don’t plan to return to Illinois?”
Please re-read the THREE D’s and talk
with someone about job security in this
economy.
Sound Investment Advice–
diversify
I recently read where less than one
fourth of the Music Education jobs are
strictly one discipline-one academic level
positions. Te high school band director,
the middle school orchestra director, or
elementary chorus director positions
only account for one fourth of all teach-
ing positions in the nation. Te majority
of music educators are teaching on mul-
tiple levels and/or multiple disciplines.
As with all investments, it is wise to
diversify. As you work toward advanced
degrees or take courses it would be wise
to include areas outside of your major
feld. Whether it remains within music
education or in another feld becoming
qualifed to teach in more than one area
is wise . . . if you are willing to teach other
courses of study. By doing so, you make
yourself more marketable and qualify for
more positions in the geographic area in
which you choose to reside.
Sound Investment Advise–
Shop Around
What are you looking for? Quick credits?
Meaningful academic classes? Advanced
degrees? Shop around and fnd the best
“Bang for your Buck”. Remember that
your time is a valuable commodity, too.
What form of continuing education
meets your needs, fts into your (or your
family’s) life style and will have the least
impact on your (or your family’s) budget.
Sound Investment Advise–
Set Short Term and
Long Term goals
What do you expect your Professional
Development to give you in the next
fve years? Do you expect your teaching
skills to improve, do you expect the qual-
ity of instruction in your class room to
improve, do you expect the level of your
students’ performance to increase by how
you teach them? Are you solely hoping
to move up on the salary schedule? Do
you wish to move from the classroom
to an administrative position? Place
yourself in a position to achieve those
short term goals by how you approach
re-certifcation.
Do you expect to be teaching 30-35
years from now? What if you had to?
Are your long term goals in line with
that possibility?
Music: A SOUNd INVESTMENT–
All-State 2010
“Te National Board Certifcation Men-
tors Are In” will be presented twice during
the 2010 IMEA All State Convention. If
you are interested in pursuing National
Board Certifcation in the near future
please plan to attend this session presented
by the Professional Development Ofce of
IMEA. Several National Board Certifed
Teachers will be present to answer your
questions and provide valuable knowledge
in your quest to become certifed.
During the All State Conference please
take time to thank the nine District
Professional Development Representa-
tives who voluntarily give hours of their
time through-out the year and especially
at the convention to serve you.

Toni S. Redlingshafer
Illinois Music Educators Association
Director of Professional Development
9517 W. Whittingham Point, Lake Camelot
Mapleton, IL 61547
P: 309.697.5662
E: [email protected]

ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
ELECTED LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The IMEA Board of Directors consists of dedicated music educators who volunteer their time to manage
and expand the Association goals in all levels and divisions of music education. MENC/IMEA members
elect the Board either throughout the State (President and Division Vice Presidents) or within the District
(District Presidents). Board members serve a 1-year elect position and then a 3-year Board Member term.
Although this is a volunteer assignment, expenses relating to the IMEA activities are reimbursed
In spring of 2010 the following positions will be open. The term begins immediately following the 2011 All-
State Conference.
State President Elect District 1 President Elect
Chorus Division Vice President Elect District 3 President Elect
Secondary General Music Division Vice President Elect District 4 President Elect
District 9 President Elect
IMEA is seeking candidates. If you are interested in becoming involved in the mission and policy making
process of IMEA and would like to be considered as a candidate by the Nominating Committee for one of
these positions, please complete the form below and return to the State Office no later than January 1,
2010. Announcements as to which candidates have been selected to run will be posted shortly after the
January IMEA All-State Conference.
IMEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION APPLICATION
POSITION DESIRED:
NAME:
SCHOOL NAME:
SCHOOL ADDRESS:
CITY: ZIP: TELEPHONE:
E-MAIL:
On an additional sheet, please complete the following:
• EDUCATION DEGREES AND THE SCHOOLS FROM WHICH THEY WERE RECEIVED:
• TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
• ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS:
• LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Return application to: Illinois Music Educators Association
18700 Wolf Road – Suite 208
Mokena, IL 60448
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Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 23
ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
ALL-STATE CONFERENCE JANUARY 27 - 30, 2010
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
REGISTRATION FEES
* MENC Member ID# required for all Members: Active, ICMEA, and Retired
ON SITE REGISTRATION HOURS
Terrazzo Convention Lobby – Peoria Civic Center
ON SITE REGISTRANTS - PLEASE NOTE
Members wishing to renew their Membership and individuals wishing to join IMEA/MENC, may do so at the IMEA All-
State Conference. On site fees (see above) will apply and payment, on site, may be in cash, by credit card (Visa/Master-
Card/Discover) or by check. If paying by check you will need to have the following:
One check, made payable to MENC, for Membership Dues, AND a COMPLETED Membership Application
One check, made payable to Bradley University, for Conference Registration, AND a COMPLETED Registration Form

IMEA and BRADLEY UNIVERSITY CANNOT invoice schools or individuals
for Membership Dues or Conference Registration.
IMEA/MENC Member (Preregistration) * $75.00
IMEA/MENC Member (On-Site) * $90.00
Nonmember Music Educator $225.00
Collegiate Member (Preregistration) * $20.00
Collegiate Member (On-Site) * $25.00
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Saturday Only $20.00
High School Student One Day Pass $10.00
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Thursday, January 28 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday, January 29 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 30 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION
New for All-State 2010
All registrations, including pre-registration (online, by mail, or by fax) will be processed by Bradley University Continuing
Education.
Payment may be made using cash, check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or Discover). Members, Non-members, Col-
legiate Members (full-time college students only), Collegiate Non-Members (full-time college students only), Retired Mem-
bers, and Non-Music Educator Spouses may pre-register.
To pre-register online, visit the IMEA website (www.ilmea.org), click on “All-State Conference” click on “Register” and
then select “Pre-Register Online”. Be prepared to pay pre-registration fees with a valid credit card. Those pre-registering
as MENC/IMEA members must have a current membership number and expiration date.
DEADLINE FOR ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION - FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
This form is provided for your convenience in completing the pre-registration process by mail or by fax. Payment by
mail may be by cash, check (payable to Bradley University) or credit card. A separate form must be completed for each
registrant.
POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING THIS FORM AND PAYMENT BY MAIL - FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010
DEADLINE FOR FAXING THIS FORM AND PAYMENT - FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
If you wish to pre-register as a member, MENC must receive your membership application no later than December 15,
2009. You may not preregister as a member if your membership expires before January 2010.
IMEA 2010 ALL-STATE CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION
JANUARY 27 - 30, 2010
If submitting by mail, this form and payment must be postmarked no later than January 8, 2010
If submitting by fax (309.677.2820), this form and payment must be sent no later than January 22, 2010
NAME
SCHOOL/FIRM NAME
PREFERRED ADDRESS
CITY ST ZIP CODE
PREFERRED TELEPHONE
PREFERRED E-MAIL
MENC CARD ID # EXP. DATE
New Member Application/Membership Renewal
must be submitted to MENC prior to 12/15/09 for Member/Retired/Collegiate Rates
Current Expiration Date must be later than 12/2009
* Members MUST include ID # and expiration date above
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PAYMENT
If paying with cash, check, or credit card, this form may be submitted by mail (See Address Information Below). If paying with a credit
card, this form may also be submitted by mail or fax (Fax Number: 309.677.3321).
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Questions: Contact Debbie Devine at 309.677.2820 or
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ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
ALL-STATE MUSIC CONFERENCE - JANUARY 27-30, 2010
PEORIA, ILLINOIS
DO NOT USE THIS FORM IF YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL-STATE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS!
IMPORTANT: THESE NAMES SHOULD NOT APPEAR ON ANY
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at the downtown hotels are "blocked" for participating students and their chaperones.
If you have access to personal transportation, please select one of the "outlying" hotels.
Please indicate hotel choices (a minimum of three) in order of preference:
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Baymont Inn and Suites
Best Western Ashland House (Morton)
Courtyard by Marriott
Embassy Suites (East Peoria)
Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott
Hampton Inn
Holiday Inn City Centre (Downtown)
Hotel Pere Marquette (Downtown)
Jameson Inn and Suites
Mark Twain Hotel (Downtown)
Par-A-Dice Hotel/Casino
Peoria Castle Lodge (Formerly Radisson)
Quality Inn (Morton)
Ramada/Conference Center I74
Red Roof Inn
Springhill Suites by Marriott
Stoney Creek Inn/Conference Center
Super 8 Motel (East Peoria)
Super 8 Motel (Peoria)
Travelodge (Morton)
All room rates listed include local tax
Single Double Triple Quad
(1 Person) (Per Person) (Per Person) (Per Person)
$99.12 $49.56 $33.04 $24.78
$84.50 $42.25 $28.17 $21.13
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Instructions
Please type or neatly print all information
This Housing Form is ONLY for those who DO NOT HAVE All-State Participating Students
*** Review the list of participating hotels and select a minimum of three in order of preference. Indicate, with numbers,
your choices on the Housing Form (1, 2 and 3). Most of the downtown hotel rooms are reserved for participating
students and their chaperones. If you have access to personal transportation please select one of the "outlying"
hotels.
*** ALL reservations MUST be guaranteed with a minimum deposit of the first night's room rate per room reserved at
the first preferred hotel OR a major credit card number.
*** Enter names and titles of guests. If additional rooms are necessary please attach separate sheet(s) using the same
format.
*** Enter ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE dates.
*** Enter name and information for contact person. Confirmation will be sent ONLY to this person.
*** IMPORTANT: include an alternate phone number (home) or e-mail address where contact may be made if neces-
sary during holiday vacation period.
To receive confirmations via email please add [email protected] to your contact list - make sure to list your
email address on the form.

*** Submit Housing Form (by mail only) before the deadline date of January 13, 2010.
January 27 - 30, 2010
Participating Hotels
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ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
MUSIC LENDING LIBRARY
REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
The Illinois Music Educators Association has been accumulating music from District and
All-State Festivals for many years. This music has now been sorted and catalogued and
is being made available to individuals as a lending library. Below are the regulations and
procedures involved in borrowing. Music Listings are available on the IMEA
Website (www.ilmea.org). On the home page, click on “Programs and Projects” and
scroll down to “Music Library”. If you wish to participate in this program, please contact
the State Office regarding the titles that may be of interest you. A $6.00 Postage and
Handling fee (Check or Cash Only Please) per piece will be charged.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Borrower must be a member of MENC/IMEA.
2. Copying of music is prohibited.
3. Music must be used for educational, not-for-profit purposes only.
4. A use date must be specified at time of lending.
5. Music must be returned in the same condition as it was received.
6. Borrower is responsible for any music that has been damaged or lost.
7. The State Office will reorder music that is lost or damaged, and the borrower will be
invoiced accordingly.
8. Out of print music that is lost or damaged will be assessed a value and other music will be
purchased to supplement the music library.
9. If restitution is not made for lost or damaged music, all further borrowing privileges will be
revoked.
10. To insure restitution, a Visa or MasterCard credit card number must be provided.
11. A nonrefundable postage and handling fee of $6.00 per title must be paid to the State
Office before music is mailed.
12. Music ordered by IMEA Board Members and/or District Representatives to be used for
District Festivals or the All-State Conference will be exempt from the postage and handling
fee and credit card liability.
PROCEDURES:
1. Contact the IMEA State Office by phone (708/479-4000) or e-mail ([email protected])
to determine the availability of music. After confirmation of availability, a form will be mailed
or faxed to the borrower.
2. Return completed and signed form along with the appropriate postage and handling fee.
3. Music will be mailed via the US Postal Service.
4. Borrower is responsible for return postage.
5. Music must be returned within 2 weeks of the specified use date.
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MUSIC LENDING LIBRARY APPLICATION
Music listings are available on our website (www.ilmea.org). Click on “Projects and Programs”
and scroll down to ”Music Library”.
NAME:
SCHOOL:
SCHOOL ADDRESS:
CITY: STATE: ZIP:
SCHOOL TELEPHONE: SCHOOL FAX:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
CREDIT CARD: (CIRCLE ONE) Visa MC Security ID #
CARD # Exp. Date:
MUSIC:
DIVISION: (CIRCLE ONE) Band Orchestra Chorus Jazz Band Jazz Vocal
TITLE:
COMPOSER/ARRANGER:
PUBLISHER:
VOICING (Choral):
# OF COPIES (Choral) # OF SETS (Instrumental)
DATE OF USE:
I understand that a nonrefundable postage and handling fee of $6.00 per title must be remitted (Check or
Cash Only Please) All music must be returned as borrowed or I will reimburse the IMEA for any music that
has been lost or damaged. Music that has not been returned within two weeks after the date of use will be
considered lost and restitution will have to be made. A credit card number is required to insure this
restitution. When music is properly returned said credit card number will be destroyed.
MUSIC DIRECTOR SIGNATURE DATE
For IMEA Use
Fee Paid: Type of Payment:
Date Music Sent: Date Music Returned:
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2010 Journal Cover Contest
Sponsored by the
Illinois Music Educators Association
The Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA), in cooperation with the Illinois Art Education Association, is seeking
cover art entries from Illinois students, who are currently enrolled in a music class or music ensemble in grades K-12,
for their publication, the Illinois Music Educator. The professional journal is sent to all IMEA members, college and
university libraries in Illinois, and leaders in the music education profession nationwide.
The First, Second and Third Place Winners will be recognized and presented a plaque at the Opening General Session
of the 2010 All-State Music Conference held in Peoria on January 28, 2010. The top three winner’s artwork will also
appear on the IMEA website for the balance of the 2009-2010 school year. The First Place Winner will be recognized
in an assembly at their home school for their achievement and receive a personal framed copy of the journal cover for
the Spring 2010 issue that features their artwork. All entries will be displayed in a gallery setting at the IMEA All-State
Conference in Peoria on January 28-30, 2010.
OffIcIAL RULES fOR ThE JOURNAL cOVER ART cONTEST
1. Any student in grades K-12 in any public or private school in Illinois, who is currently enrolled in a music class or
musical ensemble, is eligible to submit ONE entry by December 12, 2009.
2. All entries must refect the theme “Music Makes the Difference.”
3. The maximum size of the design should be 11 X 14 inches. The actual cover art will be reduced to 5 1/2 X 7 inches
to ft below the masthead. Please send all artwork appropriately mounted on mat board so it can be displayed, to:
Illinois Music Educators Association Publications Offce, 275 Hillcrest Drive, Macomb, IL 61455-7719.
4. The entry should be multi-color on white or off-white unlined paper.
5. Any art media such as tempera paint or markers may be used. Crayons, chalk or colored pencils are discouraged as
they may not show up well for reproduction.
6. All entries will be assigned a number and judged on:
a. Carrying out the theme
b. Effective use of color
c. Creativity
d. Craftsmanship, clarity and neatness
7. The First, Second and Third Place Winners will be selected by an independent panel of judges. The winner’s artwork
will appear on the cover of the Spring 2010 issue of the Illinois Music Educator. All entries will be displayed at the
2010 All-State Conference in a gallery setting.
8. Winners will be announced by January 9, 2010. Parents and teachers will be invited to the Opening General Session
on January 28, 2010 and provided with a complimentary registration for the IMEA Conference.
9. No artwork will be returned.
10. All artwork should be accompanied by an Entry Form found on the next page, containing all necessary contact
information, signatures of the parent/legal guardian, music teacher and art teacher. These signatures also grant the
Illinois Music Educators Association the right to use the winner’s name, entry and photograph for publicity purposes.
11. By entering the contest, entrants accept and agree to these rules and the decision of the judges which shall be fnal.
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2010 Journal Cover Contest
ENTRY fORM
All entries must be accompanied by this form and mailed to:
Illinois Music Educators Association Publications Offce, 275 Hillcrest Drive, Macomb, IL 61455-7719
Student Name _____________________________________________________ Entry Number __________________
(Assigned by the IMEA)
Address ____________________________________________________________________________________
City _________________________________ Zip _______________ Phone ________________________
School Name ____________________________________________________________________________________
School Address ____________________________________________________________________________________
City _________________________________ Zip _______________ Phone ________________________
Student Age _______ Grade in School ________________________
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature E-mail Address
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Music Teacher Signature E-mail Address
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Art Teacher Signature E-mail Address
OpTIONAL–Write a three or four sentence description of your artwork:
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
APPLICATION FOR PERFORMANCE
2011 Illinois Music Educators Association “All-State” Conference
Peoria, Illinois - January 26 - 29, 2011
Procedures for Application and Selection of Performing Ensembles:
1. Only current MENC members are eligible to submit an application for consideration.
2. Submit this application, a high quality audio CD (tapes will not be accepted) or DVD, 3-4 recent programs, and two letters of
recommendation from fellow MENC members and support information (See # 10) by May 1, 2010, to: Illinois Music Educators
Association, All-State Performance Application, 18700 Wolf Road - Suite 208, Mokena, IL 60448-8603.
3. Video tape or DVD is required for show/swing/jazz vocal ensembles. Audio/video recordings must include two (2) selections which
offer as much variety as possible. Only two selections from any tape will be screened. Recordings should be indentified on the
exterior case but NOT on the sound portion. Submit separate recordings for each group. DO NOT submit more than one
performing group on any one recording.
4. All recordings and materials will be examined by an auditioning committee of the appropriate division. Quality of performance and
contribution to the entire content of the conference program will be contributing factors in the final selection. CD!s, DVD!s and/or
video tapes WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
5. Invitations to appear on the IMEA “All-State” Conference program will be issued by July 1, 2010.
6. A photograph of the selected group, and a teacher/conductor photo and bio, will be required by October 1, 2010.
7. The following information must accompany each application; (Please type or print)
Name of Group No. of Members
Kind of Group (Band, Chorus, String Quartet, Etc.)
School or College State
School Address City Zip
Teacher/Conductor MENC ID # Exp. Date
Home Address City Zip
Telephone ( ) Email
8. Age level of group (check all that apply): ____ Elementary ____ Middle School/Junior High
____ High School ____ College/University
____ Faculty ____ Community
9. Check the Appearance Category: ____Performance Only
____Clinic/Demonstration Only (selected group would work with clinician - provide session
description, if known, on separate sheet)
____Combination of Above (two separate sessions)
10. On a separate sheet, provide materials to support this application. This information should include brief descriptions of:
*** the music program and the community in general
*** activities, festivals, and concerts in which the ensemble regularly participates
*** the teacher/conductor!s educational background and professional experience
*** any unique or distinguishing characteristics of the group and/or the educator/conductor
We understand that all expenses, travel risks and chaperonage will be covered entirely through our local efforts. This application
implies that, if accepted, the ensemble is prepared to travel and perform at the 2010 IMEA “All-State” Conference on the date, at the
time, and in the location as assigned by the All-State Planning Committee.
Signed: Title Date
(School Administrator or Official)
Print Name:
(School Administrator or Official)
Signed: Title Date
(School Music Educator/Conductor)
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32 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
ALL-STATE CONFERENCE - 2011
January 26 - 29, 2011
The Illinois Music Educators Association is issuing a call for session proposals for presentation at the 2011 Illinois
Music Educators Association All-State Conference. If you would like to submit a proposal, please complete the
form below and mail it to: Illinois Music Educators Association, All-State Clinic Proposal, 18700 Wolf Road -
Suite 208, Mokena, IL 60448-8603. The deadline for receipt is May 1, 2010.
All clinic proposals will be reviewed by a committee of the appropriate Division or Special Area with invitations to
appear on the IMEA All-State program extended by July 1, 2010. Contribution to the entire content of the
conference program will be one of the determining factors in the final selection. If accepted, the session may be
scheduled on any day, at any time, and in any location as determined by the All-State Planning Committee.
2010 CLINIC SESSION PROPOSAL
TITLE:
CONTENT/SUBJECT:
RELEVANT DIVISION/SPECIAL AREA (Check All That Apply)
___ General Interest (All Divisions and Areas) ___ Advocacy
___ Band ___ Early Childhood
___ Chorus ___ Mentoring
___ Jazz ___ Multicultural Education
___ Orchestra ___ Retired Music Educators
___ Music Teacher Education ___ Special Learners
___ Junior High/Elementary Music ___ Technology
___ Secondary General Music ___ Other:
TYPE OF SESSION: [ ] Clinic [ ] Panel [ ] Demonstration [ ] Other
CLINICIAN:
ADDRESS:
CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
TELEPHONE: EMAIL:
SESSION DESCRIPTION (Detailed - Attach Additional Page(s) As Needed. If Demonstration, include
demonstration group/ensemble size and information. ALL DEMONSTRATION ENSEMBLES are required to
also submit a Performance Application with “Clinic/Demonstration” option selected):
To be considered, it is understood that I am currently, and will remain, a member of MENC.
NAME (Please Print):
MENC I.D. #: Exp. Date:
2011 CLINIC SESSION PROPOSAL
BANd dIVISION
Deb Shofner, Vice President
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Te IMEA District Festivals are now a
memory of the 2009-2010 school year.
I hope that all of your students had a
musically rewarding experience! We are
now approaching January and the IMEA
State Convention. Tere will be so many
fne ensembles that have invested much
time and efort to bring you outstanding
performances. We also have many out-
standing clinicians that will inspire and
educate you. When you leave the 2010
IMEA Convention you will be taking
home a wealth of ideas and knowledge–
an investment in your student’s music
education! I look forward to seeing many
of you in Peoria!
2010 performances
Te Band Division will be featuring
outstanding Middle School and High
School performances throughout the
convention. Te frst Band Division
Double Performance will be on Tursday
evening in the Civic Center Teatre. Te
McCracken M.S. Symphonic Band
under the direction of Chip DeStefano
will perform from 7:15–7:45 p.m. Te
second half of this program will feature
the Libertyville H.S. Wind Ensemble
under the direction of Don Shupe. Teir
performance time is 8:00–8:30 p.m.
Te Friday afternoon double per-
formance session will begin with the
Normal West H.S. Wind Ensemble
under the direction of Lisa Preston at
12: 30–1:00 p.m. Te second half of this
program will be from 1:15–1:45 p.m. and
will feature the Lockport Township H.S.
Wind Symphony under the direction of
Brian Covey.
Te fnal double concert session will be on
Saturday morning. Te frst concert will
be from 9:30–10:00 a.m. and will feature
the Mundelein H.S. Wind Ensemble
under the direction of Adam Gohr. Te
second concert is from 10:15–10:45 a.m.
and will feature the Elmhurst College
Wind Ensemble under the direction of
Professor Judith Grimes. I hope you fnd
to attend one of these fne concerts!
We will also be featuring performances
outside of the Civic Center Teatre. Te
SIUC Percussion Group under the direc-
tion of Ron Coulter will be featured on
Tursday afternoon in the Civic Center
(check location in the schedule). We will
also have a double performance session
on Tursday afternoon by the Wredling
Middle School (St. Charles, IL) Concert
and Jazz Band. Teir directors are Mike
Bazan and Brett Dean.
2010 clinics & clinicians
Te following is a list of sessions that
should be of interest to the band direc-
tors across the state. Te clinicians range
from well-known composers and uni-
versity faculty to respected public school
teachers from around the Midwest.
Please look at the complete schedule of
oferings in this magazine. Some of the
other divisions may have sessions that
will interest you.
“Help for your Horn players: Tips and
‘insider’ tricks for the beginning or
middle school band director to help
students,” Rachel J. Maxwell, Traughber
Jr. H.S., Oswego
“Reeds & Mouthpieces: A Clinic by the
People, For the People: open discussion
on mouthpieces and reeds,” Michael
Skimmer, President of DANSR, inc.
“Percussion Refresher Course for Ensemble
Directors: Timpani and Latin Percussion,”
Jeremy Brunk, Millikin University and
Ruben Alvarez, Northwestern University
“Best Practices in Scoring for Band:
Examination of best practices in scoring
music for concert and marching bands,”
Dr. Tomas Bough, Northern Illinois
University
“Strategies for Preventing Music-Related
Injury in your Students,” William Daw-
son, M.D., Northwestern University.
“You Want me to do What?: Presentation
of options available to help teachers con-
tinue to motivate students to practice de-
spite growing pressures in today’s schools,”
Scott Casagrande, John Hersey H.S.
“Recruit, Retrain, and Train: Te steam
to power your beginning band,” Abbey
Houser, Mayo Middle School, Paris, IL
“5 Color System for Marking Scores:
Using a color system to properly and
efectively mark scores,” Dr. Tomas
Bough, Northern Illinois University
“Beginning Band Technology,” Craig
Alberty, Ed Sueta Music Publications.
“Middle Level Band: Practical Solutions
to Common Problems,” Stacey Larson,
Vandercook Collegel of Music
“Te Tree T’s: Tone, Tuning and Tech-
nique Trough Daily Band Warm-ups,”
Robert Blim and the Wilmette Jr. High
Symphonic Band, Wilmette Jr. H..S.
“Music from the Land of Lincoln,” Dr.
Richard Fischer, Jon Nowaryta, and
the Wheaton North Wind Ensemble,
Wheaton North H.S.
“New Music Reading Session for Band,”
Dr. Charles Menghini, Stacey Larson and
the Vandercook College Symphonic Band
“Te Virtual Podium: Band Communi-
cation Blogging,” Kyle Freeman
“Integrating a Student-Centered In-
structional Style in a Performance Based
Band Rehearsal,” Dr. Joseph Manfredo,
University of Illinois and Matt Temple,
New Trier H.S.
“Mariachi and Musicianship: Starting
or incorporating Mariachi into the band
or orchestra curriculum,” Dr. Jef Nevin,
Virtuoso Mariachi.
Te Band Division Open Meeting will be
held on Friday, January 30th from 6:15–
6:45 p.m. in 403/404 at the Civic Center
immediately following the Band Reading
Session. Te purpose of this meeting is to
provide an open forum where directors can
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ask questions, express concerns, or submit
ideas concerning any of the IMEA Band
Division activities or procedures.
I encourage everyone to attend the “Open-
ing Night Celebration” on Wednesday,
January 28th at 8:00 p.m. in the Peoria
Civic Center Teatre. Tis concert will
feature a performance by Tierra Negra
with Muriel Anderson. Tey will also be
presenting a clinic on Tursday.
2010 honors and All-State Band
conductors & Repertoire
We welcome two outstanding conductors
to the podium for our 2010 Honors and
All-State Bands. Conducting the Honors
Band is Dr. David R. Gillingham, Central
Michigan University. Mr. Robert Shel-
don, Alfred Music Editor. You can fnd
their biographies later in the magazine.
Te programs that have been selected by
our guest conductors are:
All-State Band
“Beyond the Horizon”
Rossano Galante
“Shenandoah”
Randol A. Bass
“Atlantis: Lost City of the Ancients”
Barry Milner
“Danzas Cubanas”
Robert Sheldon
honors Band
“Crest of Honor”
David Gillingham
“Wild Nights”
Frank Ticheli
“Be Tou My Vision”
David Gillingham
“Sails of Time”
David Gillingham
2011 All-State
It is now time to think ahead to the 2011
All-State! Performance applications for
junior high/middle school, senior high
school, and college or professional bands
interested in appearing in a concert
or clinic setting at the 2011 All-State
Convention will be accepted following
the 2010 Convention. Directors should
complete the application form that is
located on the IMEA website.
If you have any questions concerning the
application process please contact me,
or, the IMEA State Ofce. All District
Presidents and District Band Representa-
tives are strongly encouraged to promote
bands from their region of the state. In
addition, elementary, junior and senior
high school instrumental music teachers
as well as university music faculty are
invited to submit clinic proposals.
ThE dEAdLINE fOR
pERfORMANcE gROUp
AppLIcATIONS ANd cLINIc
pROpOSALS IS MAY 1ST, 2010
I look forward to seeing you in Peoria!
Deb Shofner
[email protected]
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When we say music is central at North Central
College, it means that we expect you to build a full
and complete life around your music studies. Students
choose from majors in Music, Music Education, Musical
Theatre or Jazz Studies—but they also dance, act, explore,
study abroad, volunteer, mentor, pole vault and pursue
countless other passions.
Our location, in downtown Naperville, is only 40 minutes by
train from Chicago and makes it easy to enjoy, perform and
do great works.
Call 630-637-5800 to discover more about our
programs in music.
Or visit us online at northcentralcollege.edu.
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Performing Opportunities at
North Central College
Concert Choir
Women’s Chorale
Women’s Chamber Ensemble
Opera Workshop
Music Theatre Productions
Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Gospel Choir
North Central College Express
Show Choir
Concert Winds
Chamber Winds
Percussion Ensemble
Brass Quintet
Big Band
Jazz Combos
Chamber Jazz
Pep Band
Naperville Chorus
North Central College
Freshman Visit Days:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Transfer Visit Days:
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
At North Central College, being
well-rounded doesn’t mean losing your musical edge.
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chORUS dIVISION
Richard Murphy, Vice President
On August 13, 2009, U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan issued a letter
to educators and community leaders
emphasizing the importance of arts
education in our schools. In the opening
paragraph, Duncan states:

At this time when you are making
critical and far-reaching budget and
program decisions for the upcoming
school year, I write to bring to your
attention the importance of the arts as
a core academic subject and part of a
complete education for all students. Te
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA) defnes the arts as a core
subject, and the arts play a signifcant
role in children’s development and
learning process.
In the fourth paragraph, Duncan reminds
us of a process that should be underway:
Because of the importance of the
arts in a well-rounded curriculum,
the Department of Education’s Na-
tional Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) plans to undertake a survey
to assess the condition of arts education
in grades K–12. Tis fall, elementary
and secondary principals will be asked
about their schools’ oferings in music,
dance, theater, and visual arts . . . In
early 2011, the Department expects
to begin reporting fndings from this
comprehensive profle, the frst since the
1999–2000 school year. Tis data will
help practitioners and policy makers
make more informed decisions about
arts education.
Te letter inspires discussion that is both
positive and negative. Some of the draw-
backs include: (1) federal funding for
the arts only amounts to approximately
10 percent, leaving the other 90 percent
to be made up by the state and local
governments and agencies, (2) the letter
is encouraging but many fear that it will
not change the culture of “teach to the
test” that is so pervasive in our current
environment of NCLB.
On the positive side of things: (1) it
provides some wonderful ammunition
to use in our unceasing advocacy eforts,
(2) having Mr. Duncan on record for
both touting the importance of the allied
arts and for recognizing the need for a
research study that should prove helpful
to decision makers in the future.
Hopefully, the results from this on-going
study will prove benefcial to music and
the allied arts as we continually strive
to strengthen our defense on behalf of
arts education. Progress might be slow,
but I am appreciative to Mr. Duncan for
speaking out and taking a stand on this
very important topic to us all.
All-State 2010
Gatherings:
Lobby Sing
for All Conference Registrant
IL–ACDA Reception
for Choral Directors
Meetings:
IMEA Chorus Division District
Representatives Meeting
IL–ACDA Board and Executive
Committee Meeting
IMEA Chorus Division OPEN Meeting
Clinics:
Strategies for Successful Sight Reading
Jeremy Little, clinician
Developing Vocal Independence
in the Choral Ensemble
Michael Zemek, clinician
Clinic/ Demonstrations:
Te Art of Singing in Tune
Knox College Choir
Laura Lane, Conductor/Clinician
Music (and the Allied Arts): A Sound Investment Indeed
Te Choral Director as Voice Teacher:
Developing Singers in the Choral Setting
Greenville College Choir
Jefrey Wilson, Conductor/Clinician
Te Art of Musical Expression:
Contour, Stress and Silence
Bradley Chorale
John Jost, Conductor/ Clinician
Body and Breath and Sound:
Pillars of Ensemble
Wheaton-Warrenville Choir
Gordon Krauspe, Conductor/Clinician
Concerts:
Edwardsville Chamber Singers
Lynda Marshall, conductor
Carbondale Chamber Singers
Caryn Zimmermann, conductor
Lincoln Park (Chicago)
High School Singers
Tim Cooper, conductor
Wheaton Academy Concert Choir
Joel Visker, conductor
St. Charles North Chorale/
Bel Canto Singers
Dale Morgan, conductor
Waubonsie Valley
Varsity Chamber Chorus
Mark Myers, conductor
Millikin University Men
Ted Hesse, conductor
Millikin University Chamber Chorale
Guy Forbes, conductor
It promises to be another wonderful
conference. I hope that you all have an
exciting holiday season and I look for-
ward to seeing many of you at All-State
2010 in Peoria. Please contact me if I
can be of assistance.
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ORchESTRA dIVISION
Kendall Hastings, Vice President
After six years of writing articles for our
journal, I am submitting my fnal writ-
ing. If you have been reading them dur-
ing this time period, you will have no-
ticed that they have been getting a little
shorter with more pontifcation. I have
been struggling with this last article, try-
ing to see if I may leave you with any
pearl(s) of wisdom. Well here’s a little bit
of what I have taken away from public
school teaching during the past 35 years.
It seems to me that there are two
schools of thought for teachers running
a performing music program. I have
always thought that it was my job to
promote the student’s musical advance-
ment as well as helping them with life
skills. I have worked with or have been
associated with some who feel that the
students are there to promote the music
teacher. I feel that you need to decide
early in your teaching career, which
camp do you want to be associated
with. I have witnessed successes from
both sides of this point of view. For my
“mission statement,” I choice to put the
students frst rather than promoting
myself. My greatest joy while teaching
was when a parent would come up to
me after a concert or write a note, stat-
ing that they were glad to see the stu-
dents smiling while on stage. I have my
formal education during the era when
you were considered a better teacher
if you ruled with an “iron fst”. I never
bought into that, but many did.
I was a local music store the other day
and was talking the clerk and discovered
that we had common orchestra instruc-
tors cross our paths. Te clerk was telling
me how some of the students quit or-
chestra because the instructor told them
that music was a discipline and was not
suppose to be fun. I said that the instruc-
tor was probably jesting. Te clerk said.
“No, he wasn’t joking.” What we say and
do with our students may infuence them
for the remainder of their lives.
I feel that as music teachers have a great
infuence upon their students, partially
because we see them for many years. I
taught some students for seven or eight
years, most for four years. If you stayed
in the same job, as I did, you may have
brothers or sisters in your program at dif-
ferent times. I even had the children of
some of my students. You build family
relationships that may last many years.
I now tell students to be careful of what
they put on their Facebook accounts
because, what may seem like fun today,
may cause them problems down the road.
Many of us have said or done something
in our classes that cannot be taken back
and may come back to haunt us. As a
music teacher, we may have the same in-
fuence on our students as some parents.
We tend to travel more with our students
than other teachers. Music programs like
to travel. Again, you should decide what
is the purpose of your travel. Are you pri-
marily traveling to events that promote
you, as the instructor, or are you travel-
ing to provide opportunities for your
students. If we couldn’t perform, then we
didn’t travel. I never felt that the school
orchestra trip should be a substitute for a
family vacation.
What wisdom am I leaving you? I hope
that you never forget that if it wasn’t for
the students, you wouldn’t have a job. So,
put them frst over your personal ambi-
tions. Tat’s it.
I hope that you will attend the All-
State Conference in Peoria in Janu-
ary. We have some great performances
and clinics scheduled. Tere should be
something for everybody and this is
difdently a time to commiserate with
fellow music teachers.
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank Clark Chafee, vice-president
elect, who has taken on a great deal of
responsibilities organizing the guest
conductor’s programs and music col-
lections. Clark has many more contacts
in the music world than I have and he
will be a great asset to the Illinois Music
Educators Association.
For my year-end concert program, I
would print a good bye for the seniors. I
will leave you with the same good bye.
We are pilgrims on a journey; we’re
together on this road.
We are here to help each other walk the
mile and bear the load.
I will hold the candlelight for you in
the night-time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you, speak
the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping;
when you laugh, I’ll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow till
we’ve seen this journey through.
Lyrics by Richard Gillard
Hope to see you in Peoria. If not there,
maybe I can take you fshing in the
Florida Keys some winter.
Kendall Hastings
[email protected]
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40 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
As we approach the end of marching
band season, I am sure that many of you
have started your jazz band seasons. Tis
is the time of year when kids are full of
energy and anticipation for what the year
will bring. Te students can’t wait for that
frst jazz band rehearsal and energy levels
are high. It’s like I am the broker of a rare
commodity: JAZZ! It’s something I have
and something they want. I set the price
high and they’re all buying. I show up
to rehearsal with my two cups of cofee
and more energy than a four-year old at a
birthday party . . . life is good.

As the season wears on, however, there
always comes a time for my groups when
I can see that they are tired, dreading the
6:00 a.m. alarm to be at a 7:00 a.m. jazz
rehearsal. It’s during these lulls in enthu-
siasm that I fnd myself “selling” music
to my kids. Of course, as a band teacher,
I’m selling music everyday. However,
there are, as I said earlier, certain times
of the year when I can make an easy sale,
like at the beginning of the year or right
before a big performance. It’s like trying
to sell water in the desert . . . pretty easy.
Inevitably, we get to those times of the
year when being the broker is a bit more
difcult. Tat’s when a well-crafted sales
pitch comes in. As music educators, you
and I know the benefts of music educa-
tion. It may be natural for us to assume
that our students know the benefts too.
After all, they signed up for the class, so
they must know how valuable music is,
right? Tat’s not necessarily so.
We have to make sure that each and
every student understands the value of
his or her music education. When we
accomplish that, kids fnd motivation
from within to achieve their goals, both
individually and as a group. And once
again, our jobs are a little easier.
Now you are the broker. Te commodity
is music. How will you sell it? It won’t
be that difcult. Te vast majority of
your students are highly disciplined
individuals who are destined for success.
Tey have goals in life. And you are here
to help them be successful in whatever
path they choose.
A mutual understanding of where your
students are going is the frst thing you
need to establish if you want to get
your foot in the door. After all, if he ac-
complishes that goal a good salesperson
will close a high percentage of deals.
Acknowledge right away, that you are not
trying to turn anyone into a professional
musician. Recognize–out loud–that you
understand that they have goals to
become engineers, elementary teachers,
fnancial planners and the like. You are
thrilled with the diverse goals among
your group. You can’t wait for them to
return to you in ten years to tell you how
great that career path has been.
So, how is fuency in jazz performance
an asset to this diverse group of students?
And, how can you sell it to them? It won’t
take a lot of research on your part. Simply
draw from your own experiences or the
stories of your friends. Share with them
the “extra” things you did in high school
and college, how you were on the baseball
team or in the drama club and how hav-
ing those activities on your resume were
conversation starters in interviews. Tell
them how people in HR departments
will look for individuals with diverse
backgrounds when going through piles
of resumes. Tey will receive hundreds of
resumes and look for diversity in choos-
ing the 10 candidates that they want to
interview. Tell your students that they
will stand out in that pool of applicants
because performing, in general, will
increase confdence and poise. Being part
of a jazz ensemble requires independence,
being accountable for one’s own part, and
teamwork to be able to put all of those
individual parts together. Being able to
improvise a solo is proof that one can
function creatively and productively in
the moment. Jazz performers obviously
have high level thinking skills to be able
to do this. So, they will clearly stand out
beyond their peers who simply have a great
GPA, but limited or no extra-curricular
activities. Take time to tie it all together
for your students so they understand how
music is helping them developmentally
in many areas.
So, what are you selling?
Confdence
Poise
Independence
Teamwork
Creativity
Productivity
High Level Tinking Skills
And, where else can students obtain ALL
of those skills/attributes? You are now
the “superstore” of everything good that
an employer is looking for. Of course,
it’s great when “music for music’s sake”
sells itself. And what a wonderful world
it would be if we didn’t have to advocate
for our art beyond its obvious values.
Fortunately, there are many more ways
that fuency in the arts and particularly
jazz helps to create whole human beings
who are not just productive members of
society, but who go on to be tomorrow’s
true leaders in all types of industry.
2010 All-State
conference highlights
Tis year we have a quality line-up of jazz
performances and clinics for the All-State
Conference in Peoria. I am including the
list here so you can look forward to attend-
ing these events. If you haven’t seen it yet,
the website www.ilmea.org has a fantastic
planning chart called “My Illinois All-
State Planning Form.” Simply click on
the link to download the form and begin
mapping out your conference schedule.
performances
Wredling Middle School Jazz Ensemble
Make Bazan, director
Morton Jr. High School Jazz Band
Katrina Fitzpatrick, director
Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble
Scott Mertens, director
Music: A Sound Investment
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 41
Oak Park and River Forest Jazz Ensemble
Anthony Svejda, director
Dunlap High School Jazz Band
Jason Shea, director
Quincy Senior High School Jazz Band
Chris Beason, director
Northern Illinois University Lab Band
Rodrigo Villanueva, director
All Star Big Band Jam
Doug Beach, leader
2010 All-State Jazz Night concert
All-State Jazz Band: Brian Logan,
Wheeling High School, Wheeling, IL
Honors Jazz Band: David Sporny,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Honors Jazz Combo: John Wojciechowski,
St. Charles North High School,
St. Charles, IL
Vocal Jazz Ensemble: Kirk Marcy,
Edmonds Community College,
Mill Creek, WA
clinics
You Want Me To Do What?
Scott Cassagrande,
John Hersey High School
“Vocal Jazz” Phobia and How to Cure It
Andrew Dahan,
Addison Trail High School
Makin’ It Swing–Moving Your Band
From Swearingen To Ellington,
Joe Roman, Retired &
Todd Kelly, Bradley University
Tips For Jazz Band Brass Sections
Rodrigo Villanueva,
Northern Illinois University
Tips For Jazz Band Rhythm Sections
Rodrigo Villanueva,
Northern Illinois University
Tips For Jazz Band Saxophone Sections
Rodrigo Villanueva,
Northern Illinois University
Improving Time Feel, Time Awareness,
and Phrasing In Te Large Jazz Ensemble
Rodrigo Villanueva,
Northern Illinois University
Looking ahead to the
2011 All-State conference
Now is also the time to start looking
ahead to the 2011 Illinois All-State
Conference. Performance and clinic ap-
plications for all jazz groups and topics
are available in this journal. You can also
download them from the IMEA website
and submit them after this year’s All-
State Conference. District presidents and
jazz band representatives are encouraged
to promote performance groups from
their districts for the conference. In
addition, jazz educators teaching in all
academic grade levels are encouraged to
submit clinic proposals.
Please feel free to contact me if I can be
of any assistance to you. Have a wonder-
ful holiday season. See you in Peoria!
John Currey
Director of Bands
Champaign Central High School
610 West University Avenue
Champaign, IL 6180
P: 217.351.3911 ex 160
F: 217.351.3919
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JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc dIVISION
Jane Nelson, Vice President
A wise person sets aside a percentage of their
income and invests it into stocks, bonds or
annuities that will yield the highest rate of
return. Since there is no way to know what the
future holds, we try as best we can to prepare
for that “rainy day” scenario when we may
need the money we have so painstakingly put
aside. Often we seek the counsel of a fnancial
expert who can guide us away from common
errors made by those who know little about
the world fnancial markets.
Likewise a music educator knows the value
of investing their musical training, time and
energy in the lives of students. Tey live in the
present. Tere are only so many hours in a day,
and those of us with families know how chal-
lenging it can be to balance work and family
life. While we are on the job, we fnd ourselves
wearing many diferent “hats”, and fulflling
many diferent tasks to beneft our music
students. I have the highest admiration for
teachers in our state who teach Music K-12,
Elementary, Junior High and High School
Band and Chorus. Tese folks must manage
their time so carefully every single day in
order to fulfll their responsibilities. In most
cases they are part of small communities and
represent “music” to everyone living there.
Ten there are those teachers who work in
giant school districts. Teir jobs are equally
challenging. Not only do they see hundreds
of students every day, but they must work
in tandem with other music colleagues
throughout their vicinity. Unwittingly, teach-
ers sometimes fnd themselves in competition
with other colleagues for the time and energy
of the same outstanding music students. Tere
is a certain insecurity that the band director’s
eforts will be compared by the administra-
tion and community to what the orchestra
director is doing with his/her ensembles, and
both secretly hope the choral director won’t
outshine them. Conficts arise where unity
should prevail. It’s a constant challenge to
keep everything in perspective and continue
to provide the fnest in music education for
everyone involved.
Tose working in averaged-sized communities
here in Illinois face recruitment challenges.
Not only is it required that we educate kids
about the intrinsic value of music in their lives,
but we must educate their parents as well so
that they’ll want their kids to stay involved
in performing groups. Assisting them in ar-
ranging their class schedule requires extreme
cooperation with music colleagues and the
school district’s administration. Sometime
teaching in these places becomes a numbers
game. Teachers worry and fret if the size of
performing groups dwindles from other years.
We don’t want our administrators to think
we’re not doing a good job of inspiring our
students to stay involved in the Arts. Tere’s
not a math or science teacher alive who
worries about having fewer students in his/
her class from the previous year. If anything,
smaller is better. Band, Choral and Orchestra
people long for large ensembles flled with ea-
ger, willing student participants, and feelings
may actually get hurt when a student wants to
drop out of a performing group. Budget con-
cerns rear their ugly head as we realistically
view our state’s fnancial mess. Tere may be
less money that usual for music/supplies.
Te present necessitates our wisely investing
our time, energy and training as never in the
history of this state. Music teachers need to
come together as often as possible and gain
fresh perspective, techniques,& innovative
ideas to take back to their schools. Tat’s why
it is so essential to attend the workshops at
our All-State Convention. Yes, you will have
to invest the time away from home and work.
Of course, you will need to invest some of
your hard earned money to come to Peoria.
It will require expending the energy to get
to all the diferent venues and experience the
convention. I guarantee you will come away
from the conference refreshed, renewed, and
revitalized . . . ready to “hit the ground run-
ning” the following Monday.
C.S. Lewis has written, “We read books
to know we’re not alone.” I can liken that
to attendance at the IMEA Conference. I
come away from there knowing that I am
not alone. On any given weekday morning
there are countless music teachers all over this
state heading into their elementary, general
music classrooms , instrumental sectionals, or
ensemble rehearsals just as I am, and we are
all facing many of the same difculties and
challenges, because we have chosen to invest
ourselves in the pursuit of musical excellence.
It’s what we do . . . and we love it!
I know you have been asked this question
many times, but I will ask it again. Why are
you a music teacher . . . a band, choral, or
orchestra director? What made you decide to
invest your life in doing that? As you read that
question, did a former teacher’s name or face
come to mind? My guess is that it did. What
did that teacher from your past do to instill
in you a love of creating music. What invest-
ments did that teacher make in your young
life that instilled a desire to share the gift of
music with your students?
I trust you will allow me to share a personal
note of gratitude to two of my teachers, W.H.
Beckmeyer and Tal Smith from Mt. Vernon
Township High School. I simply would not
be doing what I do today if it were not for
them. You can ask anyone I attended school
with those four years; I was, by no means, their
best and brightest student. Tey invested their
time in teaching me music fundamentals that
have served me well over the years. Tough
they were both married men with families,
they invested time in getting to know all
their students and encourage us to be the
best musicians we could be. Mr. Smith had
this marvelous way of teaching melodic and
harmonic intervals to sophomore girls’ chorus
that was actually . . . fun! I never recall either
one of them being too busy to talk to me
individually. Tey both continually “nudged”
their students out of a musical “comfort zone”
to attempt playing and singing music that
stretched us. I don’t remember ever thanking
them for their investment in my life. I regret
that! Tey’re both gone now, and I will never
have that opportunity. Te way I look at it,
though, every day as I enter my classroom,
or rehearsal venue with the same strength of
purpose and love of music that Mr. Beckmeyer
and Mr Smith invested in me, I am living out
my “thank you” to them.
As Peoria native, performer, Dan Fogelberg
sang in his song about his dad in “Leader of
the Band”, “my life has been a poor attempt to
imitate” the positive teaching models of these
two gentlemen. I know you, no doubt, would
echo that same appreciation for a teacher’s
investment in your career. We learn from
these past investors how best to utilize our
time, training and energy today.
So, what about all those future investments?
Tey’re sitting right in front of us in elemen-
tary music; in junior high chorus, orchestra
and band; in your high school ensembles.
Investing in the present . . . The past . . . and the future
42 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 43
How will you invest your time, musical train-
ing and energy in their lives.
I have often told students, parents and ad-
ministrators that it has never been my goal to
see every single one of my students become a
music teacher. It would be wonderful if they
all did, but I don’t count my investment suc-
cess in that way. Tat’s too short-sighted.
My goal for my students is that they see mu-
sic as a sound investment in their own lives
regardless of their vocation, and that they will
perform anytime . . . anywhere the opportu-
nity presents itself. When asked to sing in
the church or community choir, they will im-
mediately say a resounding, “Yes!” When their
sons and daughters are planning their school
schedules, they will encourage them to sign
up or audition for a place in the band, choir or
orchestra. In short, they will see music as an
essential piece of their existence. I will know
that my investment will have paid of with the
highest of dividends when I hear in the future
that my former students are doing just that.
It’s foolish for any investor to complain about
the money he or she puts in the stock market,
bonds, annuities or certifcates of deposit, but
sometimes it’s hard to invest when there is no
immediate gain to see. It can be tough to put
money in a savings account or buy a CD when
you would just love to purchase a BMW . . . or,
at least go buy a car not held together with a
paint job, bailing wire and fervent prayers that
it will start! Let’s not get discouraged! Te
dividends are coming . . . there’s, hopefully, a
well-deserved pay of up ahead. A wise inves-
tor doesn’t worry about the ups and downs
of their stocks (well, not too much, anyway!)
because they know that they’ve chosen that
which has the potential to bring in the high-
est dividend when it comes time to retire. We
all get restless from time to time. We wish
our circumstances were diferent. We wish we
were better time managers. We wish we had
an assistant director. We wish we had more
planning time . . . or any planning time. We
wish we had more time to spend with our
families and more time to spend at school
getting paperwork done and lessons planned.
We wish we had a classroom of our own and
didn’t have to teach from a cart. We wish we
didn’t have to travel from building to build-
ing to teach . . . or we wish we could move
about from building to building for a change
of scenery. Tere’s the danger that we’ll get so
overwhelmed with wishing for what we don’t
have that we quit investing in what we have
before us. I suggest we all change what we
can and accept, with grace and patience the
things that simply are. Let’s take a long, hard
look at the individual “investments” we teach
every day, seeing their potential, and leading
them in their exploration of music. We want
them to gravitate to the music room because
there they fnd fulfllment in creating music,
personal acceptance and a true sense of their
own personal identity. What a sound use of
our musical training, time, and energy!!!
We won’t be disappointed if we invest our-
selves in their lives.
Times are challenging for all music educators
regardless of where you teach here in Illinois.
Let’s invest ourselves musically in the lives
of our students. We can’t always know our
potential successes, but let’s determine to
review and renew our music training, manage
our time and expend the energy to create for
our students a sound investment in music
education.
So, arrange with the school ofce for your
professional leave, pack your suitcase, leave
fabulous lesson plans for your substitute
teacher, and head to the all-state convention.
You’ll never regret this investment of your
time, energy and money. We’ll look forward
to seeing all the familiar faces and welcoming
those coming to the convention for the frst
time. We’ll have a great time!!!
Jane Nelson
IMEA-JEM Divisional Vice President
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Brayer Teague, Vice President
44 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
Music Education is, undeniably, an invest-
ment on many levels. Families choose to
invest (in many cases fnancially) in their
child’s music lessons. Students choose
to invest their personal time into music
lessons and related activities. Teachers
of music invest their time, resources and
passion for the arts in every lesson they
develop or share with their students.
Any “investment” becomes more stable
and sustainable with the appropriate
portfolio of resources. To that end, the
focus of this article will be a list of several
resources I have found to be of interest
in my work with student composers. I
hope you will consider researching these
resources as you continue your personal
investment in the student composers
your mentor.
ASCAP’s “JAM”
www.ascap.com/jam
Te J.A.M. Program ( Junior ASCAP
Members) was started so that teenagers
who are interested in music, both its
creation and the business, would have a
place to learn about diferent aspects of
the music industry. J.A.M. gives teens the
opportunity to get involved in a real mu-
sic business organization, while keeping
up with their favorite music creators, and
hopefully learning a thing or two from
them. As a member, you’ll be eligible
to receive promotional materials, select
discounts, and special benefts. Te site
features helpful and informative articles
that give students an inside look at the
inner workings of the music industry,
interviews with professional songwriters
and composers, and articles on the craft
of songwriting. Additional resources in-
clude an “All You Need To Know About
Copyright” section and “Descriptions of
Careers in the Music Business.”
Young Composers
www.youngcomposers.com
Young Composers is a place where
composers and musicians of all ages can
communicate, share, and collaborate
with others on the subjects of music,
composition, performance and reper-
toire. Tis site is home to many people of
diferent experiences and styles, and is an
excellent resource for all musicians. After
registering, you will be able to converse
with musicians of all types and ages in
the forum. You may also make use of the
wiki system to create a profle showcas-
ing you and your works, or just write
about something that you are particularly
knowledgeable about. Special “Featured
Profles” showcase inspiring biographies
of young composers.
Meet Te Composer
www.meetthecomposer.org
Meet Te Composer supports the
creation of new musical work and the
engagement of new work with people
and communities throughout the United
States. Meet Te Composer is motivated
by a core belief that interaction with a
living composer and his or her music
has the power to invigorate and inspire
musicians and audiences alike.
MTC was founded in 1974 as a project
of the New York State Council on the
Arts. Led by the visionary composer John
Dufy, Meet Te Composer soon became
an independent organization dedicated
to the idea of composers as active profes-
sionals with a central role in our country’s
musical culture. In the more than thirty
years since, MTC has grown to become a
truly national organization, serving in all
ffty states composers and audiences of a
thrillingly broad range of new music.
American Composers Forum
www.composersforum.org
Te American Composers Forum is
committed to supporting composers
and developing new markets for their
music. Trough granting, commission-
ing, and performance programs, the
Forum provides composers at all stages
of their careers with valuable resources
for professional and artistic develop-
ment. By linking communities with
composers and performers, the Forum
fosters a demand for new music, enriches
communities, and helps develop the next
generation of composers, musicians, and
music patrons.
Founded in 1973 as the Minnesota
Composers Forum, the organization has
grown from an innovative regional
initiative into one of the nation’s premier
composer service organizations. Forum
programming reaches composers and
communities in all 50 states.
Te Forum helps composers engage
communities with music as a source of
inspiration, self-refection and delight.
Tis engagement takes the form of
groundbreaking composer residencies,
designed to engage communities in
the creative process and broaden the
contexts in which new music is written,
performed and heard. It means innova-
tive approaches to teaching music while
nurturing the next generation of com-
posers, performers and audiences.
Looking ahead to the
2010 All-State
All-State Composers Showcase Concert
Te Secondary General Music Division’s
opening ofering to the 2010 All-State
Conference will be the All-State Com-
A “Sound Investment” Requires a portfolio of Resources
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 45
posers Showcase Concert on Tursday
afternoon, January 27–at 3:00 p.m.–in
the Civic Center Teatre. I am sure you
will enjoy the 2010 Guest Speaker and
Co-Moderator, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser.
Dr. Lautzenheiser is a well-known name
in the music education world as a teacher,
clinician, author, composer, conductor,
consultant, and, above all, a trusted
friend to anyone interested in working
with young people in developing a desire
for excellence.
Following Dr. Tim’s remarks you will be
treated to wonderful performances of
new music composed by our very own
Illinois high school musicians.
I am also pleased to announce some very
exciting and engaging SGM sessions for
the 2010 All-State:
• Guitar Workshop: Questions &
answers–A discussion and playing
demonstration with Muriel An-
derson and Tierra Negra regarding
guitar performance. ( January 28 /
12:45–2 p.m. / CC401)
• renaissance Music alive! Explora-
tions of ways that the arts of the
Renaissance have inspired contem-
porary musicians, artists, and dancers
in the 21st Century. Linda Aicher,
presenter. ( January 29 / 8-9:15 a.m.
/ CC401)
• Guitar class: building curriculum
and Enrollment–Overview of mate-
rials, equipment and performance by
Addison Trail HS guitar ensemble.
Jef Kust and the Addison Trail HS
guitar ensemble, presenters. ( January
29 / 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. / CC401)
• Teaching composition 101–Out-
line of a six-step process to intro-
ducing composition into a curricular
program. Robin Giebelhausen,
presenter. ( January 29 / 12:30–1:45
p.m. / CC401)
• community Drum Ensemble–A
performance-based percussion pro-
gram for advanced middle school
through high school students.
Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust,
presenters. ( January 29 / 5–6:15 p.m.
/ CC401)
• Strategies for Connecting Illinois
Learning Standard Frameworks with
Music Lesson Planning–Overview
of the standards and examples of
how to incorporate these standards
in music area lesson planning with
audience participation. Lisa Gawlik,
presenter. ( January 30 / 9:30 – 10:45
a.m. / CC212-213)
Muriel Anderson and TIERRA
NEgRA to Share Musical gifts
Tere are hundreds of school music pro-
grams in Illinois that ofer instruction in
guitar, and enrollments in these classes
are expanding with the increased atten-
tion given to the instrument through
popular video games such as Guitar
Hero and Rock Band. I am very excited
that attendees to the 2010 All-State
Convention will have the opportunity to
experience and learn from the musician-
ship of Illinois native Muriel Anderson.
Widely respected as one of the world’s
foremost fngerstyle guitarists and harp-
guitarists, Muriel Anderson is the frst
woman to have won the National Fin-
gerpicking Guitar Championship. She is
host of the renowned “Muriel Anderson’s
ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®” and
founder of the Music for Life Alliance
charity. Muriel’s recording of “El Noi
de la Mare” appears in Woody Allen’s
flm “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” and her
“Heartstrings” recording accompanied the
astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery.

Her facility across the genres of folk,
classical, jazz, bluegrass and international
music is revered by guitarists worldwide.
Her unique approach to the instrument
virtually transforms the guitar into a
lyrical choir, then a marching band, then
a Japanese koto, then a Bluegrass band,
one minute launching into a Beatles tune
and the next, Chopin’s Minute Waltz.
Touring in the USA and internationally
year round, she continually amazes audi-
ences with her technique and endears
them with her sense of humor.
Te Music For Life Alliance created and
maintains a national database of individu-
als and organizations working to increase
music education opportunities for young
people. Trough formal recognition and
grants to organizations providing instru-
ments, instrument repair, music learning
materials, and music instruction, the
MFLA provides an important service to
children who otherwise may not experi-
ence the joy, benefts, and satisfaction of
making music.

Find out more at www.musicforlifeal-
liance.com
Most importantly, all three guitarists
will be available for a special clinic at the
convention, and I encourage any music
educator in Illinois that teaches guitar to
make it a priority to attend. I guarantee
you will not be disappointed!
IMEA composition contest Award
ceremony & honors Recital
On Saturday morning of All-State we
take time to honor the winners in all 10
categories of the Composition Contest.
Te Awards Ceremony, which will also
include a short recital featuring several
of the winning compositions, will begin
at 9:30 a.m. at the Apollo Teater. Te
Apollo Teater is located at 311 Main
Street, approximately 1½ blocks east
from the Pere Marquette Hotel (toward
the river). I guarantee that–should you
be able to block this event into your
busy conference schedule–you will not
be disappointed. It is so exciting and re-
warding to see these student composers
recognized, and to share in that special
moment with them.
I welcome your phone calls or emails
should I be able to be a resource to you
in any way, and I look forward to seeing
you in Peoria!
Brayer Teague
Fine Arts Department Chairperson
Downers Grove North High School
4436 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
P: 630.795.8081
F: 630.795.8090
[email protected]
46 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION dIVISION
Joseph Manfredo, Vice President
Tis issue of the Illinois Music Educator
has a common theme of Music: A Sound
Investment. As I thought about possible
subjects to write about, it quickly became
clear to me to slightly modify the prompt.
Instead of music as a sound investment,
I decided to write about two excellent
investments for members of the Music
Teacher Education division: 1. IMEA and
the All-State Conference, and 2. the MTE
Division’s events at the 2010 All-State
Conference.

Te IMEA organization and its annual
state conference is not just for school music
educators. It’s also not just for concerts by
our all-state ensembles. Finally, it not just for
promotional and recruitment opportunities
for Illinois based colleges and universities.
Te IMEA is THE music organization in
our state and the all-state conference is a
comprehensive event that cuts across every
music education related activity, organization
and grade level.

I believe that the IMEA organization and the
all-state conference is a SOUND INVEST-
MENT for music teacher educators. Trough
our attendance and active participation, we
enhance the IMEA. I have presented at
several other state MEA conferences and
was surprised by the lack of attendance, vis-
ibility and involvement by their MTE’s. Our
state conference provides all MTE’s a unique
leadership opportunity in which we can make
a contribution to school music education in
critical areas such as assessment, curriculum,
instructional strategies and mentorship for
new teachers. Te conference also provides us
valuable information, though a snap shot, of the
status of music education in our state. Trough
the many performances, clinics and workshops,
as well as industry oferings, we are able to stay
connected to school music programs.

I also believe the Music Teacher Education
(MTE) division of IMEA is another SOUND
INVESTMENT for music teacher educators
throughout our state. It is difcult for us to
participate in MTE division events when we
have multiple duties at the conference, includ-
ing promoting our schools through working
at conference booths, making presentations
sponsored by other IMEA divisions, attend-
ing alumni functions, and a host of other
responsibilities. However, your attendance and
participation at MTE events will provide you
many unique and valuable experiences.

Te sharing of information through con-
ference presentations has been a regular
highlight. Every year our colleagues provide
insight on critical subjects related to our
profession. At last year’s conference, we
learned of a unique senior research project
for music education students at Augustana,
or how DePaul’s music education division
bridges theory and practice through a creative
early feld experience. In addition, our divi-
sion luncheon/meeting provides a relaxing
environment for collegiality, as well as for
communicating information from regional
and national events such as the SMTE and
MENC conferences.

Te MTE division will once again ofer a full
slate of events throughout the conference. Our
frst session will be on Tursday afternoon
and feature Mary Lynn Doherty from NIU
presenting a session on Mentoring Student
Teachers. Friday sessions will begin at 8:00
a.m. and continue until 5:00 p.m.! Richard
Cangro from WIU will begin the day with
Standards-based Teaching for Early Career
Educators. Matt Temple (New Trier High
School) and Joe Manfredo (Illinois) will
collaborate on a session about Student-
Centered Instructional Strategies. Later in
the day, Janet Barrett from Northwestern will
make a presentation entitled Music Teacher
Education Comes of Age. On Saturday,
David Snyder from Illinois State University is
presenting a session that is being co-sponsored
by the MTE and ICMEA divisions, entitled
How Preservice Teachers Perceive Teir
Own Teaching Ability.

Once again, the MTE Division and the
Research Special Area will co-sponsor a
guest speaker. Tim Gerber from Ohio State
University will be this year’s guest presenter.
As probably most everyone remembers, Tim
was scheduled to speak at the 2009 conference.
However, his trip was cancelled due to the ice
storm that hit Columbus, Ohio on Tursday
evening of last year’s conference. We’ve asked
Tim to come back and make two presenta-
tions on critical issues in music education.
Te frst is entitled Teaching of the podium:
Reaching Diverse Student Populations
with Even More Diverse Music. His second
session is a report on a research project on the
impact on music education by the No Child
Left Behind initiative.

Tim is Professor of Music at Ohio State
University where he teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses for the music education
division. His current research focuses on music
teacher education, musical development in
adolescents, and arts policy in secondary
schools. Dr. Gerber has long championed
the notion of music study for all students in
middle and high schools. He is co-author
of the high school text, Music! Its Role and
Importance in Our Lives, published in 2006 in
its third edition by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
I hope everyone will be able to attend Tim’s
sessions and also socialize with him during his
visit to our state conference.
Announcements

Presiders for MTE sessions at the 2010
conference are needed. Due to the large
number of sessions, as well as in the spirit of
getting more people involved in our division’s
activities, I am seeking volunteers to serve as
presiders at MTE events. Please email me if
you are interested in serving as one.

A committee of music teacher educators is
being formed to work on establishing links on
the IMEA website to schools that have aligned
their curriculum with the Illinois Learning
Standards, as well as providing examples of
standards-based instruction and assessment
across all grade levels and music education
subjects. I am seeking volunteers to work on
this project, which needs to be completed by
September 2010. Please contact me if you are
interested in working on this special project.

Best wishes and looking forward to seeing
you at the 2010 All-State Conference.
Joseph Manfredo
School of Music
1114 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217.244.7432
[email protected]
IMEA and MTE: A Sound Investment
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 47
gOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Cherilee Wadsworth Walker, Chairperson
When teaching an appreciation class, I
usually break the silence of the frst day
by asking students to list all the places
they encounter music. Te raising of
hands is quickly dispensed with as
voices begin calling out “Restaurants!”
“Church!” “Working out!” “Radio and
television!” “Waiting on the phone, on
hold,” and soon the blackboard flls. Ten
I ask two more thoughtful questions: 1)
Is it possible to go for 24 hours in modern
American society without hearing any
music? and 2) Is that continual exposure
to music good or bad?

Research suggests that most humans
learn to ignore things that become a
constant part of the environment, such
as tuning out the drone of fuorescent
lights, the whir of ventilation systems,
and so forth. So when considering
music, I wonder if we are even aware
that the upbeat, perky music of a
fast food establishment encourages
us to “bolt” our lunches? Or that the
soothing sounds of an upscale clothing
store lull us into spending hundreds of
dollars on a suit? Does music infuence
other choices?

Although the sounds of music itself are
not universal, musicologists generally
agree that its presence and function in
societies looks remarkably the same
all over the world: to communicate,
entertain, create an aesthetic experience,
provoke a kinesthetic response, represent
people or concepts, and integrate society
through passing on traditions. As you
know from your foundational studies,
these are not mutually exclusive and
more than one function may be fulflled
by the same piece of music at a given
time. For example, a school’s “spirit song”
is intended to both encourage greater
physical feats from its athletes and unite
the crowd across generational and social
boundaries; Beethoven’s “Pathetique”
piano sonata both communicates on an
emotional level and makes us gasp at its
beauty; and so forth.

So after keeping journals awhile, enter-
ing when/where they heard music and
what its purpose was in that setting,
my students invariably conclude that
our society primarily uses music for
entertainment and communication. And
the notion of utilizing music for enter-
tainment and communication does not
disturb me unduly: music’s constancy in
modern life–at the very least–represents
a certain amount of job security to those
of us in the business.

What does concern me is the lack of
engagement, a kind of hearing without
listening. Te most popular instrument in
America is not taught in any classroom,
refned through any lessons, or regu-
lated through any government testing or
pedagogical standard. Rather, we simply
push the on/of buttons of our numerous
electronic devices unthinkingly, seldom
considering whether we are feeding our
ears, minds, and souls a balanced diet or
ingesting thousands of sound-calories
with limited value. Furthermore, much
of what we hear is forced upon us as we
go about our daily lives, like secondhand
smoke. If food must come packaged
with a listing of its ingredients and
their relative worth to promote intel-
ligent consumption, perhaps the most
important concept we can teach is how
to listen well . . . and when to unplug.
Cherilee Wadsworth Walker, PhD
Associate Professor of Music
One College Drive
East Peoria, IL 61635-0001
Phone: 309.694.5548
Email: [email protected]
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MENTORINg
Richard Cangro, Chairperson
Mentoring . . . not just a job, but an
adventure! Tis is my frst article and my
frst year of service in IMEA. I am very
happy to be starting my involvement in
IMEA as the chair for Mentoring. In
the issues to come, I hope to provide
mentoring resources for all teachers–new
and not-so-new, mentors and mentees.
Mentoring happens on many levels.
Learning the ropes and learning how to
teach someone the ropes are two areas
that require attention and study. We are
all in this profession together. Let’s help
those teachers that are just forging their
way for the frst time be successful. We
were all new teachers once.
My Background
I moved to Illinois in the summer of
2008 and joined the faculty at Western
Illinois University. I teach graduate and
undergraduate courses in music educa-
tion, direct the new Community Music
School, conduct the youth string orches-
tra and advise the CMENC and ASTA
student chapters. Formerly, I was a band
and orchestra director in Connecticut for
15 years as well as a presenter for music
departments and conferences. I come to
IMEA after a decade working with the
Connecticut Board of Education as a
portfolio assessor for beginning teach-
ers and as the chair for the Professional
Afairs Commission of Connecticut
Music Educators Association overseeing
profession development, journal, afliate
organizations, and in-service confer-
ences. As a public school music director,
I have had many student teachers whom
I mentored and now work in assorted
states. Te great part is that many still
keep in contact with me. I am proud to
call them my colleagues!
cut to the chase
Conway and Garlock (2002) chronicle
some of the difculties and realities of
frst year music educators.
How am I ever going to extend this a
whole year? I am SO tired after just
seven days. (journal entry, September
12, 1999; p.18)
Its [sic] only been six weeks. I need to
relax in class, or I’m not going to make it
to Christmas. Te thought of going back
tomorrow turns my stomach. I don’t hate
it, and I don’t feel miserable, I am just
completely overwhelmed at the thought
of doing this long term. (journal entry,
October 7, 1999; p. 18)
Multiple times today I went to veteran
teachers for advice on how to deal with
students in their classes. Every time
I got the “I don’t know, do what you
think is best” speech. I told them that
was the problem. As a frst-year teacher
I don’t know what is best, and I feel
pretty much clueless. (journal entry,
March 1, 2000; p. 22)
Tese journal entries cut to the chase
regarding issues with beginning music
educators: mentoring is not only a cry
from new teachers, it is an absolute
necessity for the transition from pre-
service teacher to in-service teacher.
In her Masters thesis, Benson (2008)
discusses various strategies of mentoring
new teachers both in general education
and specifcally in music education. Te
researcher notes that “it is imperative
novice teachers be exposed to benefcial,
efective mentoring opportunities to
combat the ever-looming dangers of
frustration, depression, and attrition”
(Benson, 2008). Concern for students in
schools should be coupled with concern
for the educators who help these students
fulfll their potential to achieve in music.
John Dewey believed that the school is
a microcosm of the larger community.
Many believe this only applies to the
students in that school. If we broaden
our thinking, it is reasonable to suggest
that teachers are also members of the
community, modeling ways in which to
contribute to the larger society. Collabo-
rating with others, helping each other,
and supporting our peers are hallmark
tendencies in a caring community. If
schools are to purport developing con-
tributing members of society, modeling
that premise is paramount in all levels
and areas with all members of that com-
munity, including faculty.
In All I Ever Really Needed to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum
describes several characteristics that
are recommended strategies to live by.
Mentors and mentees should pay heed
to the following two contributions by
Fulghum:
• Shareeverything
• When you go out in the world,
watch out for trafc, hold hands and
stick together.
Of course, the advice to “Take a nap
every afternoon” wouldn’t hurt either! In
closing, here is an activity for you to do
right now. Hear in your head the follow-
ing lyrics and see if the melody comes to
mind. I think it will. Your mission–fnd
someone who may need your help. Tey
may be hiding it, but asking someone
Mentoring: A Sound Investment
for the future of Quality Music Education
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I fnd I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I fnd I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 51
who is new to the profession may be
the beginning of a fabulous symbiotic
relationship that, in the end, will be what
is best for our students–efective educa-
tors who take the time to model a caring
community. You’ll be glad you asked!
Cue music . . .
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
When I was younger, so much younger
than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any
way.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so
self assured,
Now I fnd I’ve changed my mind and
opened up the doors.
Lyrics by Lennon and McCartney
Some helpful Links
(Open this article in our digital edition
for easier navigation of web links)
Te following links are great resources
from diferent organizations that provide
valuable information for new teachers.
http://www.menc.org/careers/view/
career-center-music-education
http://www.wmea.com/mentoring/
index.html
http://www.middleweb.com/mentoring.
html
http: //www. ksmea. org/mentoring/
handbook/?id=home
References
Benson, M. (2008) Efective Mentoring for New
Music Teachers in UPDATE: Applications of Re-
search in Music Education, 26(2), 42-49, spring/
summer.
Conway, C., & Garlock, M. (2002). Te frst year
teaching K–3 general music: A case study of Mandi.
Contributions to Music Education, 29(2), 9–28.
Division of Teacher Education and Licensure
(2000) Guidelines for Mentor Teacher Programs
[Brochure] Richmond, VA: Author.

Fulghum, R. (2004) All I Really Need to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten rev. NY, NY: Ballantine
Books.
Illinois Music Educators Association
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR
Devoting time, talent and emotional energy to achieve something is the
defnition of investment. Te Future Music Educators Seminar is IMEA’s
way of investing in the future of music. Music teachers from across Illinois
nominate the most promising students who show the best potential to
pursue a career in music education. Tese students then collaborate with
other highly motivated students to learn more about the profession and
begin networking with new friends from across the state. Tese students
are the future of music education. And this year’s conference theme, Mu-
sic: A Sound Investment, is the perfect way to describe the eforts of the
FMES program.
Forty-fve students will travel to Peoria to participate in FMES this com-
ing January. Te students will invest their time to achieve greater under-
standing of the music education profession. Guest speakers Dr. Tim Lau-
tzenheiser and Dr. Barbara Geer will share their time and talent with the
FMES students. Teir experience and passion in the feld will both inspire
and inform the students about the wide-variety of experiences that await
them. Current collegiate MENC members will share their experiences
about what life is like as a music education major. New teachers will speak
to the students about the realities and joys of teaching in the frst few years.
FMES students will also learn from attending All-State rehearsals, perfor-
mances and clinic sessions. Overall, the Seminar includes a variety of expe-
riences in and in-depth discussions about the feld of music education.
We look forward to investing our time working with another outstand-
ing class of FMES students. As evidenced by last year, there are many
incredible students who want to invest their time learning more about the
profession, and we look forward to helping students fnd their path.
See you in Peoria!
Jonathan and Lori Lauf
Future Music Educator Seminar Coordinators
AdVOcAcY
Bill Jastrow, Chairperson
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Marching Band:
putting Our Best foot forward or Stepping On Our Own feet?
What Message are We Advocating?
AcT/ISAT ScORES:
Tere is one day in every school year that I wish I could avoid. Te day occurs in mid-to-late fall. It is never predictable and
it is always an unsettling surprise. Typically, a few warning signs appear during September faculty meetings or sporadically
on radio and television news broadcasts. Nevertheless, the Dreaded Day always unfolds right in front of me as I open the
morning newspaper to discover the front-page Complete Ranking of Schools headline.
Anyone just scanning one of these annual test score reports, and most everybody does, including students, follows a similar
information gathering psychology. What is the ranking of our school? – Which schools placed in the top 20? - Where did
our neighbor area schools rank? - Who is on the bottom of the list?
On D-Day everything about your school, your students, your colleagues, your community, and your skills and credibility as a
professional educator can be instantly celebrated or challenged on the basis of a single number. (Don’t believe me? Talk with
a realtor.) Many years ago I arrived at school on D-Day to discover that the receptionist was now answering the telephone
with the greeting “Where Excellence Is a Tradition!” We had cracked the Top 10 for the frst time. Was that a tradition? I
could not help but be amused at the prospect of what might be said the following year should our test scores drop by a tenth
of a percent – “Where Mediocrity Is Commonplace?”
I feel very fortunate to have never had to come to school on D-Day to work with students, or to talk with parents who just
read that their school was ranked in the bottom 50 percentile, or 20 percentile, or 10 percentile for the 2nd, 5th, or 10th
consecutive year. Is there anything else we could do to demoralize the children or to negate whatever progress and initiatives
had been made in that school over the previous year?
At the moment, my school is surfng a wave of success as a result of several national awards, state athletic championships, and
prestigious invitations for student groups and faculty members. However, my school, by NCLB standards, is a failing school
and a prominent headline in the paper has dramatically announced that to the entire community for several years: LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL FAILS TO MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS.
No doubt there are members of my community – parents, business leaders, senior citizens - who are questioning what is
going on in that school? I have no problem sharing student achievement information with our community. I only wish the
“reporting source” would utilize a more informative perspective when publically headlining that information, test scores in
particular. What signifcant problems are some schools facing that other schools are not? What steps have been taken to
directly improve instruction and learning? Which schools have made signifcant progress towards meeting or exceeding state
standards? In comparison to simply listing an entire school as second, twenty-second, or second to last out of 240 schools in
6 counties, that is a signifcantly diferent and certainly more comprehensive message on student achievement.
With the exception of salaries, the D-Day rankings rarely address diferences between schools. Little is ever mentioned about
scheduling, textbooks, instructional facilities and equipment, private tutoring programs, school-sponsored AP and test prep
classes, summer school courses, professional development workshops, etc., etc., etc. School report cards do provide an oppor-
tunity for each school or district to put things in a better perspective. Unfortunately, the only people that usually read school
report cards are parents. Everyone else, within and outside of the community, is generally left with just a score ranking. Not
surprisingly, even administrators from schools with high marks are quick to paint a broader, more “authentic” picture of their
students and the education process whenever questioned about a school’s test score success.
When the goal is excellence rather than victory, it seems silly to spend time fguring out who’s doing better than whom. In
fact, we may be inclined not only to stop comparing standardized test scores, but also to rethink the whole rationale for giv-
ing such tests in the frst place. Te only reason for assessment to be standardized is to facilitate ranking. If we simply want
to know how well a student is learning, or how well a teacher is teaching, there are many rich, authentic, classroom-based
forms of assessment that can give us a meaningful answer. Only if your primary concern is to know who’s beating who do
you need to give some form of mass-produced tests under the same conditions.
Te Homework Myth
Alfe Kohn
M&M/gE ScORES:
It is ironic that the fall is also the time of year when thousands of parents statewide receive instrumental music “test” scores
via marching band festivals, in some communities on a weekly basis. “With a score of 80.00, but receiving no recognition for a
quality, standards-based performance, the Smallville High School Marching Band. With a score of 80.05, and receiving a large trophy
and accolades in the local newspaper, the Not-Quite-So-Smallville High School Marching Band.”
Fortunately, the days of announcing marching band scores from the press box have generally been discontinued, at least in
Illinois. Unfortunately, press box announcements have been replaced by complete, categorized, on-line “test results,” acces-
sible to not only the participating music educators, but to students, parents, administrators, school board members, and the
newspapers. Not so long ago, I worked together with my Glenbard colleagues to promote the activities and achievements of
all four high school bands. Tat “professional understanding” was in the best interest of all of us and our students. We “man-
aged” the information and could minimize the tendency of the press, parents, and students to celebrate the “victory” of one
band over another with the same mentality commonly displayed at a Friday night football game.
For the sake of discussion, let us compare four “imaginary” Class AA high school marching bands. School A Band is a cur-
ricular band of 75 members that only rehearses as a full band one evening per week, given the stadium feld is available. All
other rehearsals take place during the school day. As a result of district stafng guidelines, there is one music educator who
serves as drill writer, arranger, music director, drum line coach, and color guard choreographer/instructor. Limited supply and
capital outlay funds are available for the purchase of music, feld supplies, drum heads and mallets, etc, but these funds must
also support the concert band, jazz, and chamber music programs. In only her fourth year of teaching, the director is pursuing
a master’s degree through summer course work. Consequently, this marching band starts rehearsals in mid-August.
School B Band is a co-curricular all-inclusive ensemble of 180 members that rehearses several hours a day after school. Te
marching band staf includes 2 certifed music educators, a non-certifed percussion specialist, and a color guard choreog-
rapher/instructor. Te marching band is a fee based program that provides adequate funds with which to purchase some
marching band equipment, fabric for multiple fags, etc. Te band uses stock music arrangements and the directors write the
drill. As a result of a summer community band tradition which involves the directors and many students, this marching band
starts rehearsal in early August.
School C Band is a co-curricular ensemble of 160 members. Te marching band staf includes 8 certifed music educators,
and a color guard choreographer/instructor. Te marching band is a fee based program that provides ample funds to com-
mission custom music arrangements and drill in addition to the purchase of marching band instruments and equipment, pit
percussion instruments and mallets, and color guard supplies. An active summer jazz, percussion ensemble, and concert band
programs dictate that this marching band begin rehearsals in early August. Te pre-season schedule includes several full-day
sessions at an of-campus location.
School D Band is a curricular band of 120 members, including 12 alternates, that rehearses both during the regular school
day, and a minimum of two nights per week. In addition, rehearsals for various sections, as well as the full band, are held
weekly through the summer. Te marching band staf includes 3 certifed music educators, and 3 special caption instruc-
tors. In addition to participation fees, marching band members and parents, sponsor several fund raising activities in order
to purchase brass sousaphones, feld amplifcation equipment, multiple performance uniforms, and visual efects equipment.
Te additional funding also provides stipends for state and national clinicians, as well as travel expenses which allow the band
perform for adjudication most every weekend. All color guard and drum line musicians have the opportunity to participate
in school sponsored winter season programs and competitions.
Coincidentally, all four bands perform at the same “imaginary” marching band festival. Before the buses leave the parking lot,
the festival website posts for public viewing the rankings for the thirteen Class AA bands:
SchoolABand• 12thPlace
SchoolBBand•10thPlace
SchoolCBand• 5thPlace
SchoolDBand• 2ndPlace
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At the awards ceremony, the bands placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd receive a well-deserved recognition and a trophy commemorat-
ing an outstanding musical and visual performance. One might even say a performance that “Exceeds Standards.” Regretta-
bly, there is no public recognition during the closing ceremony or acknowledgement on-line indicating that the performance
scores for Community A & B Bands could by the festival or national criteria be described as “Meeting Standards,” or that
the performance of Community C Band “Exceeds Standards.”
Nothing is mentioned about Band A more than doubling its membership within the past couple of years. Nothing is posted
on-line indicating the annual yearly progress of Band B from “Below Standards” to “Meets Standards.” Nothing appears in
the newspapers congratulating the 4th through 11th Place bands, 8 diferent music programs, which all met or exceeded
standards in the music and maneuvering captions. Te majority of the “audience” is unaware of the diferent resources, fund-
ing, or rehearsal time available to each program. All that anyone just scanning the “test score” report will notice is the fact
that the 1st Place Band beat the last place band by 50 plus “test score” points.
At this point you may be thinking this article is an argument in opposition to competitive marching bands, or for that
matter, music ensemble competition of any kind. IT IS NOT! My intent is simply to pose questions and stimulate discus-
sion amongst my colleagues in music education. 1) How does the public posting of marching band scores difer from the D-
Day list of school test scores? 2) What message is our profession advocating when we award all of those trophies without any
public acknowledgement of the other bands in a festival that met or exceeded the performance standards that in some form
we all share for a high school marching band? And, remember the administrator with the great test scores who is quick to
balance that isolated data with a broader picture of the school? 3) Following that example, what information are we providing
to our marching band audiences concerning our standards of performance and/or the at times extremely challenging factors
impacting the music education of students at schools throughout Illinois? I dare say the message being heard in the bleachers
and scrutinized on the festival websites is not very diferent from that of the front page Complete Ranking of Schools head-
line. Tis band beat that band. Tese couple of bands won and all of those bands lost. What is going on in those schools?
Recently a half-page article on high school marching bands appeared in a major suburban newspaper. Te article was com-
piled from interviews with music educators, an adjudicator, and a representative from a national marching band competition
festival. It highlighted the achievements of several “consistently at the top of the rankings,” “perennial powerhouse” bands.
“Successful marching bands are spending a lot of money on stafs and instruments. Tat’s the style they want so they’re
spending a lot of money on drill, a lot of money on color guard, and a lot of money on front percussion section.”
Tose are true statements. (Grand Pause!) Is that really a message the music education community wants to advocate con-
cerning the value of secondary music education and the priorities of a “successful” instrumental music program? In that
context does “successful” mean meeting standards, exceeding standards, or does it simply mean winning? Based on current
practice, it may appear to many that only 12-15 “consistently at the top of the rankings” marching bands in the state provide
a quality music education experience for students? Band directors may understand why that is not a true statement, but I am
certain that the majority of school administrators, school board members, parents, and community members do not.
Te theme for the 2010 All-State Conference is “Music: A Sound Investment.” Without question, a quality marching band
is a very sound investment in a school music program and the community it serves. But maybe we should collectively invest
a little more in the comprehensive music education of all Illinois students. Maybe we need to collectively invest a little more
in support of each other and music education as a whole within our state.
For example, can we establish a protocol for keeping the “assessment results” within the hands of the individual music edu-
cators so that it can be communicated to their students, parents administrators, and local news sources in a professional,
philosophically-grounded manner at an appropriate time? Can we implement a format similar to IHSA Organization Con-
test through which recognition can be given to multiple marching bands (jazz ensembles, show choirs, chamber orchestras)
for meeting or exceeding agreed upon standards for performance while at the same time maintaining the current placement
awards for exceptional performance in various captions and classes? Collectively, can we foster a festival environment that
both encourages participation in a public performance and assessment venue by all schools, and sends a loud and clear mes-
sage about the fundamentals of a 1st Class music education to anyone listening, watching, reading, or just scanning? To
paraphrase Alfe Kohn, when the goal is statewide excellence in every music classroom rather than victory, it seems silly to
spend time spotlighting who’s doing better than whom.
ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE MUSIc EdUcATORS
Cindy Tovar, Chairperson
From our position as
students creating
a supportive com-
munity, well educated
in the many benefts
of music education,
is one of the most
rewarding tasks for
a music teacher. To
understand what
building a community
means, we must actively participate in
our own musical community. Confer-
ences and workshops provide an amazing
opportunity to get out there and meet
your colleagues, and to learn what our
community is dedicated to and working
for. I look forward to coming together
soon as a community and celebrating the
best of music education with you all in
January and February of 2010.
Roy Andrew Freeman
ICMEA State President
VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, IL 60616
E: [email protected]
Some of my most memorable college
learning experiences have happened
outside of the classroom. As a colle-
giate member of ICMEA/MENC, we
were encouraged and took advantage of
traveling to diferent music education
conventions. We would meet as a group
in the morning and split up, taking in
as many clinics, rehearsals, and per-
formances as the day would allow. We
would then meet up again in the evening
to discuss our experiences. Being able to
break down in our own words all the in-
formation given to us, relating our own
experiences, and creating a welcoming
environment to freely speak our mind,
was where the real learning took place
Because we were all in a similar situa-
tion, aspiring to be music educators, we
gained so much from listening to each
other talk about our personal experi-
ences. As the week went on we started
inviting students from other chapters
to our discussion group, adding an even
greater interest and curiosity about their
school and point of view. We engaged
each other in conversation about some-
thing we were all very passionate about,
each of us having a different take on the
material, but all very much enjoying our
time together. We left the convention
with great enthusiasm, with new con-
tacts, new friends, and anticipating the
day we would graduate from being colle-
giate members and attend as professional
members of the Association.
We have some exciting sessions lined-
up for the upcoming IMEA Confer-
ence in Peoria. We hope your chapter
will join us, create your own memories,
and share the experience with other
chapters in attendance. We also hope
to see everyone on February 27, 2010
for the ICMEA Convention held at
VanderCook College of Music.
Cindy Tovar
ICMEA State Advisor
VanderCook College of Music
3140 S. Federal
Chicago, IL 60616
E: [email protected]
P: (312) 225-6288 x235
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Roy Andrew Freemen
ICMEA
State President
IcMEA STATE cONfERENcE
Open to all ICMEA chapter members and interested music educators
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
VanderCook College of Music
3140 S. Federal Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Contacts:
Cindy Tovar: [email protected]
Roy Freeman: [email protected]
2010 All–State conference
First Year Teacher’s Panel
What to Expect in Student Teaching
and Your First Job
Dr. Pamela Stover
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
CC 202
Key Note Speaker
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Friday, January 29th
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
CC 403/404
Sustaining the Passion
Dr. Charles T. Menghini
With Special Guest: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Friday, January 29th
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
CC 210/211
How Pre-service Teachers Perceive
Their Own Teaching Ability
Dr. David Snyder
Saturday, January 30th
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
CC 401
ICMEA General Session/Business Meeting
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles T. Menghini
Saturday, January 30th
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
CC 401
MULTIcULTURAL EdUcATION
Mary Theresa Reed, Chairperson
Recently I received a letter inviting me
to the concert of a wonderful new choral
group in the Chicago-land area. It was
the second invitation that I had received
regarding this group and I wondered why
people were making such a big deal over
them. We have a lot of wonderful choral
groups in the area, so it would take a lot
for me to be wowed by a new group. I
kept reading the letter and got to the
part where the author noted that one of
my former students was singing in this
new group. Tis was not just any former
student. Tis was one of my favorite
students (I know, we are not supposed to
have favorites, but I must confess, I have
a lot of them.) from my days of teaching
elementary school 20 years ago. Tat was
all the “wow” I needed. Somehow, all of
those long days teaching in the dark au-
ditorium seemed to still pay of in a very
positive way.
A second story involves me walking into
a well-known Chicago Jazz Club at 1:00
a.m. on a summer morning and there on
stage was another one of my wonderful
former students playing a trumpet solo
with his band. Ten there was the time
I was at Borders in the heart of down-
town Chicago (State and Randolph)
and upstairs was the display of that same
trumpet players frst CD and downstairs
in the store’s display window was another
former student’s frst CD. I’m not claim-
ing any credit for their success, but I can
claim to be pretty darned proud.
Another story! Tere was a second grade
student of mine that came from a family
that did not have a lot of money. Tey
were all very intelligent and hardwork-
ing people, just not well of. Tere were
a couple of old banged up brass instru-
ments in my storage closet at school
and the mom noticed the French horn
on the foor. It was pretty beat up. She
asked me what was going to happen to
it. I told her we were going to see if it
could be repaired or used for parts. She
asked me if she could take it for her
daughter. Her husband was a brass player
and could probably get it working. Tey
could not aford a new one, but maybe
this one could get her started. I gave it
to her. During the fall of her third grade
year, my student came in and played it for
music class. Again, “Wow!” Te family
moved to Colorado a few years later. She
played with the Denver Symphony after
winning a competition and went on to
major as a french horn player.

One more story! Facebook has allowed
me to reconnect with a lot of people that
I have out of touch with for many years.
One of them is a former high school
teacher. She was the teacher sponsor for
my high school choir. Her latest message
invited me to a concert that she was sing-
ing in. I look at the successes of my for-
mer students, and wonder does she think
of me as one of her successes. Te time
she invested in me and the other students
by sponsoring the choir may seem small
but was so important. Otherwise, we
would not have had a choir in my very
small high school. It is where I frst spent
time running rehearsals and conducting
concerts. I even started to teach music
notation. What does she think when she
sees what I am doing now? My mentor,
Dr. Phillip Carey, though no longer with
us, I wonder if he knows that all that he
invested in me has paid of a thousand
times over. Te encouragement along
with the skills and techniques that he
taught were sound investments for sure.
What we do as music educators is far
beyond a sound investment. Te more
we encourage, inspire and support our
students through music the better. Our
student populations are so diverse. Te
stories above are just examples from my
life on how the small investments in our
students can later pay of in ways much
greater than we can imagine. Every music
teacher has similar stories and moments
in teaching that touch lives. So keep en-
couraging and teaching and caring. We
make an even greater investment when
we make an efort to include the music
of various cultures in our teaching. If we
are inclusive of varying cultures now, our
students will be more open to people with
diferences. Te impact could be world-
wide. Talk about a sound investment!
Mary Teresa Reed
Director of Choirs
Evanston Township High School
1600 Dodge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60204
847.424.7857–Ofce
[email protected]
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Pre-Conference
Opening Night Concert
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Peoria Civic Center Theater
8:00 p.m.
Open to the public
OPENING NIGHT CONCERT
January 27, 2010 8:00 P.M.
Tierra Negra with Muriel Anderson
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BARBARA L. gEER, MENC President for 2008-2010, is a music consultant in the Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County (North Carolina) School System. She has taught elementary, middle
and high school vocal, instrumental, and general music. In addition to her instructional du-
ties, she has served as a supervisor of the secondary band, choral and orchestra programs
and provided extensive mentorship for collegiates and new teachers.
She received the BME degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg (North
Carolina) and the MM degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has a
distinguished record of state and national leadership experience having served as president
of both the Southern Division of MENC, and the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
During her term on the MENC National Executive Board, she served as a member of the
Finance Committee, National Executive Committee, National Convention Task Force, Vision
20/20 Seminar, and planning committees for national conferences in Washington, Nashville
and Minneapolis. She is currently a member of the Lowell Mason Fellows Selection Commit-
tee and the National Anthem Project Committee. Additionally, she chairs the North Carolina
In-Service Conference and district vocal and large choral festivals.
TIM LAUTzENhEISER is a well-known name in the music education world as a teacher,
clinician, author, composer, conductor, consultant, and, above all, a trusted friend to anyone
interested in working with young people in developing a desire for excellence. His career
involves ten years of successful college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the
University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. During this time Tim developed highly
acclaimed groups in all areas of the instrumental and vocal feld.
Following three years in the music industry, he created Attitude Concepts, Inc., an organization
designed to manage the many requests for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking
engagements focusing on the area of positive attitude and effective leadership training. He
presently holds the Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturer position at Ball State University. Tim also
is the Executive Director of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc.
His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, The Art of Successful Teaching, The Joy of In-
spired Teaching, and Everyday Wisdom are bestsellers in the educational world. He is also
co-author of Hal Leonard’s popular band method, Essential Elements.
TIERRA NEgRA, Germany’s most successful guitar duo belongs
to the protagonists of Flamenco Nuevo worldwide. Since their
discovery in 1997 in Montréal, Canada, and the record contract
that followed, they have produced a total of eight CDs. Their
compositions are featured on countless international guitar com-
pilations. Numerous concert tours brought them all over Europe,
Canada and the US. Even HOLLYWOOD used their music for
the movie “THE PERFUME”. Without losing the thread to the
Rumba-Flamenco tradition of the Camargue and Spain, TIERRA
NEGRA creates a unique combination of folklore, lounge and
pop elements in their music. TIERRA NEGRA always manage
to project their own enthusiasm for Flamenco Nuevo straight
to their audiences, leaving them in a state of amazement and
fascination by the end of every concert.
In addition to being topnotch players, Raughi and Leo are into
the craft of instrument designing. In conjunction with a top
luthier in Spain they are producing a line of guitars that bear
their own brand name, Tierra Negra. These are high-end,
professional quality famenco guitars.
MURIEL ANdERSON’S audiences experience a world of mu-
sic in each concert–international, folk, classical, jazz, Beatles,
bluegrass, and perhaps a Sousa march, played nylon string,
steel string and harp guitar. Muriel was the frst woman to win
the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship and was also
awarded a bronze level for classical in the 2009 Acoustic Guitar
Magazine’s Players Choice poll. She has been composing since
the age of six and has published works for guitar and orchestra,
voice, and solo guitar. Muriel has published several instructional
books and videos and tours extensively. She is also the founder
and director of Music for Life Alliance charity, and is the host of
Muriel Anderson’s All STAR GUITAR NIGHT.
“IT’S OPENING NIGHT” CONCERT–WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
PRESENTING SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR ALL-STATE 2010
PROUDLY ANNOUNCING OUR ALL-STATE CONDUCTORS (SEE INSIDE)
ALL-STATE JAzz BANd
BRIAN J. LOgAN assumed the Director of Bands position at Wheeling High School in 1990. His
responsibilities include directing the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Jazz Band I, Marching Band,
and Pep Band. Mr. Logan is also the Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator at Wheeling High School.
Prior to his appointment in Wheeling, Mr. Logan directed bands at Holmes Middle School, Wheeling,
IL, and Gemini Jr. High School, Niles, IL.
Ensembles under Mr. Logan’s direction have performed at the Mid-West International Band
and Orchestra Clinic, the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival (2007 and 1997),
the University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival (eleven times), and the International
Association of Jazz Educators Conference (1997). Mr. Logan received a Bachelor’s degree
in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music (1983), and a Master’s in Educational
Administration from Northeastern Illinois University (1989). He is a member of IMEA, MENC,
ASBDA, NBA, and JEN.
hONORS JAzz VOcAL ENSEMBLE
KIRK MARcY is a 1983 Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Northern Colorado
where he received a Bachelor of Music Education degree. Kirk brought honors to himself and
his programs at Lake Washington High School with the 1985 DownBeat Magazine award
of “Best High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble in the U.S. and Canada.” In 1987, he joined
the prestigious Four Freshmen, and performed with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Glenn
Miller Orchestra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Buddy Morrow. In 1988, Kirk Marcy
returned to the Pacifc Northwest to become the Director of Soundsation, the internationally
acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble at Edmonds Community College. Soundsation was honored
by downBeat Magazine as one of its “Outstanding College Performing Groups” for 2001.
Soundsation has the distinction of being the only choral group to ever be invited to sing
with the Count Basie Orchestra. A passionate conductor of all styles of choral music, Kirk
directs the Edmonds Community College Symphonic Choir, a choral ensemble dedicated to
the beauty of singing great literature.
hONORS cOMBO
Saxophonist JOhN WOJcIEchOWSKI, of whom the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich
wrote: “. . . technically accomplished, musically profound and harmonically daring” is
originally from Detroit and has spent most of the last decade performing and teaching in
Chicago. In addition to leading his own groups, some of the groups he has performed or re-
corded with include The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Woody
Herman Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony Orchesta,
Clark Terry, Jeff Campbell, John Hollenbeck, Charlie Haden, and Kurt Elling. John was also
a fnalist in the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Besides being an
active performer, John (a National Board Certifed Teacher), is also a jazz educator noted
for his versatility, creativity and enthusiasm. He has taught at the public school as well as
university levels and has appeared all over the country as a guest artist and clinician. He is
currently on the music faculty at St. Charles North High School in St. Charles, Illinois where
he teaches Jazz Bands and Music Theory.
hONORS JAzz BANd
dAVId d. SpORNY is a performer, educator, clinician, conductor, composer and arranger. He
is recently retired from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he was Professor of
Trombone, conducted the Chapel Jazz Ensemble, Trombone Choir and performed with the Faculty
Brass Quintet. After earning his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Illinois, he
became the Low Brass Instructor at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. During his 16 years
at Interlochen he founded the Jazz Studies programs at the Academy and at the National Music
Camp. He led the Dave Sporny Big Band and the Interlochen Jazz Quintet while being active as a
performer throughout the Midwest.
Since coming to the University in 1982, he has been a frequent recitalist, clinician and freelance
trombonist in New England. Equally comfortable in both classical and jazz traditions, Sporny
has appeared in concert halls throughout the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,
Kennedy Canter, Tanglewood and Ravinia.
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ALL-STATE ORchESTRA
JAcK RANNEY accepted a position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in 1980,
where he served as the coordinator of string programs for the School of Music, Offce of Continuing
Education and Public Service in Music. At the University, he taught undergraduate conducting, string
classes, and was the conductor of the Illini Symphony. During his tenure with the symphony, the string
size of the string section increased to over 100 members. Because of this, a third campus orchestra,
known as the Illini Strings, was created. He continued to serve as conductor of the Philharmonia
Orchestra (formerly known as the Illini Symphony) until his retirement in August of 2005.
Ranney also serves as the conductor of the Parkland College Orchestra in Champaign, Illinois,
as well as, the conductor for the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Young People’s Con-
certs. For his efforts with the Young People’s Concerts, he was presented the Illinois Council
of Orchestras Community Relations Award of the Year as Coordinator and Conductor of the
Kinderkonzerts and Young People’s Concerts for 2001-02.
ALL-STATE chORUS
ROBERT L. SINcLAIR has served VanderCook College of Music as Director of Choral
Activities since 2001. His educational background includes three years at Luther College
where he sang in the Nordic Choir under the direction of Weston Noble. After transferring
to Sam Houston State University, he completed his Bachelor of Arts completed a Ph. D. in
Curriculum and Instruction (Music Education) at the University of Missouri-Columbia where
he worked with Drs. David Rayl and Wendy Sims.
Dr. Sinclair has ten years of public school teaching experience and continues to work as an
active choral clinician and adjudicator for junior high and high school students from across
the nation and abroad including honor choirs in Japan and the Bahamas. Sinclair has pre-
sented sessions to the Music Educators Association in Texas, Illinois, and Ohio, the Illinois
Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), as well as the Southwestern
Division and Southern Division of ACDA.
ALL-STATE BANd
ROBERT ShELdON (1954) has taught instrumental music in the Florida and Illinois public
schools, and has served on the faculty at Florida State University where he taught conducting
and instrumental music education classes, and directed the university bands. As Concert Band
Editor for Alfred Music Publishing, he maintains an active composition and conducting sched-
ule, and regularly accepts commissions for new works. Sheldon received the Bachelor of Music
in Music Education from the University of Miami and the Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental
Conducting from the University of Florida. An internationally recognized clinician, Sheldon has
conducted numerous Regional and All-State Honor Bands throughout the United States and
abroad, is Conductor of the Prairie Wind Ensemble in residence at Illinois Central College, and
teaches Composition at Bradley University. The American School Band Directors Association
has honored him with the Volkwein Award for composition and the Stanbury Award for teaching,
and the International Assembly of Phi Beta Mu honored him with the International Outstanding
Bandmaster Award.
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hONORS BANd
dAVId gILLINghAM earned Bachelor and Master Degrees in Instru-
mental Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and
the PhD in Music Theory/Composition from Michigan State University.
Dr. Gillingham has an international reputation for the works he has writ-
ten for band and percussion. Many of these works are now considered
standards in the repertoire. His commissioning schedule dates well
into the frst decade of the 21st century. His numerous awards include
the 1981 DeMoulin Award for Concerto for Bass Trombone and Wind
Ensemble and the 1990 International Barlow Competition (Brigham
Young University) for Heroes, Lost and Fallen. Dr. Gillingham’s works
have been recorded by Klavier, Sony and Summit and Centaur. He is
a member of ASCAP and has been receiving the ASCAP Standard
Award for Composers of Concert Music since 1996.
hONORS chORUS
JON hURTY is professor of music and director of choral activities at Augustana College in Rock
Island, Illinois where he directs the Augustana Choir, Chamber Singers, Handel Oratorio Society
and teaches choral conducting. He also directs the adult choir at St. Paul Lutheran Church in
Davenport, Iowa and is the artistic director and conductor of Quad City Choral Arts. Prior to his
work at Augustana, he was director of choral activities at Concordia University, Irvine, Califor-
nia. Active as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States, he has served in
this capacity for the American Choral Directors Association, the Association of Lutheran Church
Musicians and the Music Educators Association as well as many festivals, churches and high
schools. He has conducted his choirs and has guest conducted throughout the United States
as well as Sweden, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan and Korea. He completed his
undergraduate degree in vocal performance at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, his mas-
ter’s degree in choral conducting from California State University, Northridge, and his doctorate
in choral conducting and literature from the University of Illinois.
hONORS ORchESTRA
An accomplished conductor, educator, clinician, lecturer, and performer, dR. JEAN MONTèS is
passionate about challenging and stimulating audiences and musicians alike. He is the Director
of Orchestral Studies and Coordinator of Strings at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana
where he conducts orchestral ensembles and teaches conducting and string pedagogy courses
for music education majors. In addition to his responsibilities at Loyola University, Montès is the
Artistic Director of The Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras (GNOYO) where he conducts the
Symphony Orchestra which he lead in their Carnegie Hall debut.
Montès’ experience goes beyond the stage, as he is passionate about education and spent four
years in the Fox Valley Area School District (Wisconsin) teaching K-12 strings and conducting
multiple ensembles. He spends his summers teaching strings and directing ensembles at sum-
mer music festivals in the U.S. and at the Holy Trinity Music Camp in Haiti where he has been
the Assistant Director.
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WITH MURIEL ANDERSON
* * *
WEdNESdAY, JANUARY 27
* * *
7:00-7:45 p.m. ........................................................................... CC Theatre Lobby
Materials and Name Badges available for all those Pre-Registered for the Conference
SpEcIAL “IT’S OpENINg NIghT” cONcERT
8:00 p.m.
PEORIA CIVIC CENTER THEATRE
Complimentary Tickets Provided for
All-State Participating Students and Chaperones
via the Ticket Request Form in the All-State Information
Free for All Pre-Registered Conference Attendees
Additional General Admission Tickets ($5.00)
Available in Advance for All Those
Requesting Tickets via the Ticket Request Form
in this issue of the IME Journal or via the IMEA Website
cURfEW fOR ALL pARTIcIpATINg STUdENTS
12:00 midnight
* * *
ThURSdAY, JANUARY 28
* * *
cONfERENcE REgISTRATION
8:00 a.m–8:00 p.m.
Civic Center
“Terrazzo” Convention Lobby
Illinois Music Educators Association All-State conference
January 27 - 30, 2010
please Note: Times and Locations are Subject to change
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fAcILITY cOdES
AT
Apollo Fine Arts Center
(311 Main Street)
cc
Peoria Civic Center
(201 SW Jefferson Street)
hIcc
Holiday Inn City Centre
(500 Hamilton Boulevard)
pM
Hotel Pere Marquette
(501 Main Street)
Rcc
Riverside Community Church
(207 NE Monroe)
UMc
First United Methodist Church
(116 NE Perry)
700 Main
Methodist Church Annex
(700 Main Street)
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. ......................................................................... PM-Blackhawk
Band, Orchestra, Chorus and Jazz Division Vice Presidents and Wind,
Percussion, String, and Jazz Audition Chairpersons meet with State Offce Staff
9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. ................................................................ Auditioners Meetings
Jazz .............................................................................PM-LaSalle
Strings .................................................................... HICC-Salon C
Winds and Percussion .................................. PM-Marquette South
10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon ...................................................................................... PM
AUdITIONS fOR ALL JAzz BANdS
10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. .......................................................................................HICC
AUdITIONS fOR ALL STRINgS
10:00 a.m.–2:30 PM ................................................................. PM UMC 700 Main
AUdITIONS fOR ALL WINdS and pERcUSSION
IMEA ALL-STATE cONfERENcE
OpENINg gENERAL SESSION
10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Civic Center Grand Ballroom–400
CPDU Credit
KEYNOTE AddRESS
MUSIC: A SOUND INVESTMENT
Barbara Geer, MENC National President
Introductions and Presentation of Awards
Presiding: John Heath, IMEA State President,
Batavia High School, Batavia
10:00 a.m.–10:30 p.m. ......................................Chorus and Vocal Jazz Rehearsals
See Student Schedules for Details
ALL-STATE fOcUS SESSION
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. .................................................................... CC-403/404
MUSIC: A SOUND INVESTMENT
Barbara Geer, MENC National President
CPDU Credit
11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. ................................................................................... CC-209
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session I - Introductions and Procedures (Lunch Provided)
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
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12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit)...............................................CC 135/136
BANd and JAzz dIVISIONS–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensembles: Wredling Middle School Jazz Ensemble and Band, St. Charles, IL
Conductors: Michael Bazan and Brett Dean

12:34 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC-212/213
MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION, ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE
MUSIc EdUcATORS (IcMEA) and MENTORINg SpEcIAL AREAS
Clinic: “First Year Teacher’s Panel: What to Expect in Student Teaching & Your First Job”
Moderator: Pamela Stover, IMEA Research Special Area Chair, Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Brett Dean
Mike Bazan
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Pamela Stover
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...............................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “The Art of Musical Expression: Contour, Stress and Silence”
Ensemble: Bradley University Chorale, Peoria, IL
Clinician/Conductor: John Jost
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC-221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Interactive Listening Lessons Boys Love!”
Clinician: Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski, Surrey School District, British Columbia, Canada
Sponsor: Neil A. Kjos Music co., San diego, cA
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC-202
RESEARch SpEcIAL AREA and BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “An Historical Overview of the Infuences
on the Development of Wind Band Repertoire”
Clinician: Jeffrey Daeschler, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC-401
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM) dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: Guitar: Questions and Answers
Clinicians: Muriel Anderson and Tierra Negra
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC-408
TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL AREA
Clinic: “Getting Webby!”
Clinician: Brenda Muench, Iroquois West CUSD #10, Gilman, IL
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. ................................................................ PM-Marquette South
All-State and Honors Band and Orchestra Percussion Sectional
and Part Assignment Meeting
1:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. ................................................................... Various Locations
All Jazz Band and Combo Rehearsals
See Student Schedules for Details
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC-220
BANd, chORUS, JAzz and ORchESTRA dIVISIONS
and TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “You Want Me To Do What”
Clinician: Scott Casagrande, John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, IL
John Jost
Deb Ziolkoski
Jeffrey T. Daeschler
Brenda Muench
Scott Casagrande
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2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit)................................................ CC-135/136
BANd dIVISION–pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: SIU-C Percussion Ensemble,
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Conductor: Ron Coulter
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ................................................ RCC-Sanctuary
CHORUS DIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “The Choral Director as Voice Teacher:
Developing Singers in the Choral Setting”
Ensemble: Greenville College Chamber Singers, Greenville, IL
Clinician/Conductor: Jeffrey Wilson
Ron Coulter
Jeff Wilson
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2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit)................................................ CC-405/406
JAzz dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Morton Junior High School Jazz Band, Morton, IL
Conductor: Katrina Fitzpatrick
Ensemble: Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble, Sycamore, IL
Conductor: Scott Mertens
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................................CC-210/211
JAzz dIVISION (VOcAL)
Clinic: “Vocal Jazz Phobia and How to Cure It”
Clinician: Andrew Dahan, Addison Trail High School, Addison, IL
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ....................................... 700 Main-Auditorium
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) and chORUS dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Creating Artistry with Quality Literature for Young Choirs”
Clinician: Susan Brumfeld, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Sponsors: hal Leonard corporation and West Music
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC-202
MENTORINg SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Mentoring Student Teachers: An Informational Session”
Clinician: Mary Lynn Doherty, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Scott Mertens
Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble
Katrina Fitzpatrick
Susan Brumfeld
Mary Lynn Doherty
Andrew Dahan
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2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC-212/213
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic: “Left Hand Flexibility: Breaking the D-Major Straight Jacket”
Clinician: Gabriel Villasurda, Ann Arbor, MI
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC-408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Google Me!”
Clinician: Carol Broos, Sunset Ridge School, Northfeld, IL
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. ..................................................................................HICC-901
chORUS dIVISION dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: Richard Murphy, IMEA Chorus Division State Vice President,
University of Illinois High School, Champaign, IL
3:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...........................................CC-Theatre
ALL dIVISIONS and
ALL-STATE pARTIcIpATINg STUdENTS
OpEN fREE TO ThE pUBLIc
Showcase pre-concert Event
Featuring
dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Attitude Concepts for Today (ACT)
3:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...........................................CC-Theatre
ALL DIVISIONS and
ALL-STATE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Showcase Concert
Young composers and Their Music
Presiding: Brayer Teague, IMEA Secondary General Music (SGM)
Division State Vice President, Downers Grove North High School
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. ..................................................................................... CC 203
ORchESTRA dIVISION dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: Kendall Hastings, IMEA Orchestra Division State Vice President,
Cary, IL
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. ............................................................................... PM Bradley
JAzz dIVISION–INSTRUMENTAL dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: John Currey, IMEA Jazz Division State Vice President, Champaign
Central High School, Champaign, IL
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ....................................................................PM Bradley/Peoria
JAzz dIVISION–VOcAL JAzz dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: Cory Jones, Vocal Jazz Ensemble State Chair, Rochelle Township
High School, Rochelle, IL
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m. .............................................................................. CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: Jane Nelson, IMEA JEM Division State Vice President,
Carlyle Junior High School, Carlyle, IL
Gabriel Villasurda Carol Broos
Tim Lautzenheiser
Brayer Teague
John Currey Cory Jones
Jane Nelson
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3:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ................................................................................ PM Illinois
BANd dIVISION dISTRIcT REpRESENTATIVE’S MEETINg
Presiding: Deborah Shofner, IMEA Band Division State Vice President,
Kimball Middle School, Elgin, IL
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ........................................................ CC Theatre Lobby
ALL cONfERENcE SINg
gALA gRANd OpENINg REcEpTION
MUSIc EdUcATION/INdUSTRY ExpO
CIVIC CENTER EXHIBIT HALLS A, B, and C
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments Compliments of IMEA
6:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. ................................................................... Various Locations
All Band and Orchestra Rehearsals
See Student Schedule for Details
7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................................CC 210/211
AdVOcAcY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Arts Alliance Illinois and Illinois Creates Present ‘Arts At The Core’”
Clinician: Ra Joy, Executive Director, Arts Alliance Illinois, Chicago, IL
7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit)................................................. CC Theatre
BANd dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band, Skokie, IL
Conductor: Chip De Stefano
Ensemble: Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble, Libertyville, IL
Conductor: Don Shupe
7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 401
chORUS and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Strategies for Successful Sight Reading”
Clinician: Jeremy Little, Vernon Hills High School, Vernon Hills, IL
Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble
Don Shupe
Jeremy Little
Deborah Shofner
Ra Joy
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7:15 p.m.–8:45 p.m. .......................................................................... HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session II–Special Guest: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Attitude Concepts for Today (ACT)
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit)...........................................RCC Sanctuary
JAzz and ORchESTRA dIVISIONS–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Oak Park and River Forest High School Jazz Ensemble
Conductor: Anthony Svejda
Ensemble: Oak Park and River Forest High School Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Patrick Pearson
Anthony Svejda
Patrick Pearson
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7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Imagine-Create-Explore: Interactive Listening Lessons”
Clinician: Deborah Lynn Ziolkoski, Surrey School District, British Columbia
Sponsor: Neil A. Kjos Music co., San diego, cA
7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 212/213
MULTIcULTURAL SpEcIAL AREA, JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc
(JEM) and chORUS dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Hot Peas and Barley-O: Children’s Songs and Games from Scotland”
Clinician: Susan Brumfeld, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Sponsors: hal Leonard corporation, Milwaukee, WI,
and West Music, coralville, IA

7:15 p.m.–8:30 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
and SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Good Company: Creating a Record Company Using Free Software”
Clinician: Tom Miller, Decatur Public Schools, Decatur, IL
8:45 p.m.–10:00 p.m. ...................................................HICC Conference Room 3/4
chORAL dIREcTORS REcEpTION
Sponsor: IL-AcdA
10:30 p.m.–12:00 midnight ............................................... PM Rendezvous Lounge
JAzz dIVISION
Directors “All Star” Big Band New Music Reading Session
Leaders: Doug Beach, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, and Rob Parton, Chicago
College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Sponsor: Kidder Music co., peoria, IL
cURfEW fOR ALL pARTIcIpATINg STUdENTS
12:00 midnight
* * *
fRIdAY, JANUARY 29
* * *
cONfERENcE REgISTRATION
7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Civic Center
“Terrazzo” Convention Lobby
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. ................................................................................PM-Bradley
IL-AMERIcAN chORAL dIREcTORS ASSOcIATION (IL-AcdA)
BOARd MEETINg
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ................................................ CC-403/404
AdVOcAcY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Advocacy: Building the Necessary Support
Clinician: Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Attitude Concepts for Today (ACT)
Tom Miller
Doug Beach
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8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .............................................................. CC-220
BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “5 Color System for Marking Scores”
Clinician: Thomas Bough, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Sponsors: Yamaha Band and Orchestra and Ellman’s Music center
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC-135/136
BANd dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Help for Your Horn Players”
Ensemble: Traughber Junior High School French Horn Ensemble
Clinician: Rachel Maxwell, Traughber Junior High School, Oswego, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit)...........................................RCC-Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: St. Charles North High School Chorale/Bel Canto Singers,
St. Charles, IL
Conductor: Dale Morgan
(see next page for Waubonsie Valley Varsity Chamber Choir)
Thomas Bough
Dale Morgan
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8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit)...........................................RCC-Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION (continued)
Ensemble: Waubonsie Valley Varsity Chamber Choir, Aurora, IL
Conductor: Mark Myers
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. ........................................................................... HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session III–Refections and Reactions
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
8:00 a..m.-9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 405/406
JAzz dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Makin’ It Swing–Moving Your Band from Swearingen to Ellington”
Ensemble: Bradley University Jazz Ensemble, Peoria, IL
Clinician/Conductors: Todd Kelly and Joe Roman, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ....................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM), BANd dIVISIONS
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic/Demonstration: “Dare to Drum!”
Clinicians: Susan Romano Keeble and Andrea Esther O’Neal,
Mahomet Public Schools, Mahomet, IL
Todd Kelly
Joe Roman
Andrea Esther O’Neal
Susan Romano Keeble
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8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. ..................................................................................... CC 209
MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION
and ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE MUSIc EdUcATORS (IcMEA) SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Standards Based Teaching for Early Career Educators:
Not Brain Surgery, Just Good Teaching”
Clinician: Richard Cangro, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. ..................................................................................... CC 220
MULTIcULTURAL SpEcIAL AREA
and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “From Cairo to Chicago:
African American Clapping Games from Illinois”
Clinician: Pamela Stover, IMEA Research Special Area Chair,
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 212/213
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic: “High School Orchestras Have Too Much Rehearsal Time!–
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Your Rehearsals”
Clinician: Sarah Djordjevic, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, IL
Sponsor: Alfred publishing co., VanNuys, cA
8:00 a..m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................ CC 401
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc dIVISION
Clinic: “Renaissance Music Alive!”
Clinician: Linda Aicher, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA (Showcase)
Clinic: “Integrating Technology and Music Instruction”
Clinician: Greg Foreman, Lee’s Summit School District, Lee’s Summit, MO
Sponsor: Alfred Music publishing co., Van Buys, cA
Rehearsals for All-State/Honors Organizations
See Student Schedule for Details
ExhIBITS OpEN
9:00 a.m.–5:00 a.m.
Civic Center Exhibit Halls A, B, and C
Rich Cangro
Sarah Djordjevic
Linda Aicher
Greg Foreman
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .....................................................CC 210/211
ALL dIVISIONS
and ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE MUSIc EdUcATORS (IcMEA) SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Sustaining the Passion”
Clinician: Charles Menghini, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 203
ALL dIVISIONS
Panel: “The National Board Certifcation Mentors Are In - Session I”
Panelists: Beth Best, Thayer J. Hill Middle School, Naperville, IL,
and Charles Staley, Nequa Valley High School, Naperville, IL
Moderator: Ann Schinske, Prairie Elementary School, Naperville, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit).........................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Millikin Men, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Conductor: Ted Hesse
Ensemble: Millikin University Chamber Chorale, Decatur, IL
Conductor: Guy Forbes
Charles Menghini
Ann Schinske
Guy Forbes
Ted Hesse
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 135
EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Sing High, Sing Low, Little Children Kodaly Grow”
Clinician: Jennifer Schramm, Mark Twain Elementary School, Niles, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 220
BANd and MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Integrating a Student-Centered Instructional Style
in a Performance Based Band Rehearsal”
Clinicians: Joseph Manfredo, IMEA Music Teacher Education Division State Vice
President, and Matt Temple, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. ........................................................................ HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session IV–“Why Teach? – Why Music? – Why Me?”
Presenter: Barbara Geer, MENC National President
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Panel: “Welcome to Orff!”
Panelists: Marcie Lumor, Marnie Macke, Melissa Marchman
and Jennifer Schramm, GCAOSA Members
Moderator: Thom Borden, GCAOSA President, Plainfeld, IL
Sponsor: greater chicago American Orff Schulwerk Association

9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit)............................................... CC Theatre
ORchESTRA dIVISION–pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra, Normal, IL
Conductor: Glenn Block
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 212/213
RETIREd MUSIc EdUcATORS SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “TRS for Active and Retired Music Educators”
Clinician: Claire Ribelin, Teachers Retirement System, Springfeld, IL
Matt Temple
Glenn Block
Claire Ribelin
Joseph Manfredo
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA and BANd dIVISION (Showcase)
Clinic: “Beginning Band Technology”
Clinician: Craig Alberty, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Sponsor: Ed Sueta Music publications, Rockaway, NJ
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................CC 210/211
AdVOcAcY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Advocating for Music Education with Mom and Dad”
Clinician: William Jastrow, IMEA Advocacy Special Area Chair, Nequa Valley
High School, Naperville
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................. CC 403/404
BANd dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “The Three T’s: Tone, Tuning and Technique
Through Daily Band Warm-Ups”
Ensemble: Wilmette Junior High School Symphonic Band, Wimette, IL
Clinician/Conductor: Robert Blim
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................. CC 212/213
BANd, JAzz, JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM)
and ORchESTRA dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Strategies for Preventing Music-Related Injury in Your Students”
Clinician: William Dawson, M.D.,
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Craig Alberty
William Jastrow
Robert Blim
William Dawson
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11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Wheaton Academy Concert Choir, West Chicago, IL
Conductor: Joel Visker
Ensemble: Lincoln Park High School Singers, Chicago, IL
Conductor: Tim Cooper
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ................................................................ PM
JAzz dIVISION
Clinics: “Tips for Jazz Bands” ( for All-State Jazz Student Musicians)
Clinicians: Rodrigo Villanueva and the Northern Illinois University Big Band
Clinicians:
Brass–Cheminee | Art Davis and Tom Garling
Saxophones–Illinois | Stephen Duke and Doug Stone
Rhythm–LaSalle | Fareed Haque and Kelly Sill
Joel D. Visker
Rodrigo Villanueva
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11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .........................................................135/136
JAzz dIVISION–VOcAL JAzz REAdINg SESSION
Clinician: Andrew Dahan, Addison Trail High School, Addison, IL
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .............................................CC 405/406
JAzz dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Dunlap High School Jazz Band, Dunlap, IL
Conductor: Jason Shea
Ensemble: Quincy Senior High School Jazz Band, Quincy, IL
Conductor: Chris Beason
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................. CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Harmonica: Hear It, Sing It, Play It”
Clinicians: Janet Gore and Judy Meyer Hays,
Schaumburg School District # 54, Schaumburg, IL

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................................... CC 209
MULTIcULTURAL and RESEARch SpEcIAL AREAS
Clinic: “Save the Music: Music Education and Research in Ecuador”
Clinician: Phillip Wilhelm, McKendree College, Lebanon, IL
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ......................................................................HICC Hamilton
ORchESTRA dIVISION
American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Luncheon
Presiding: Peter Rosheger, Illinois ASTA President, New Trier High School, Winnetka
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................ CC Theatre Lobby
RESEARch SpEcIAL AREA–pOSTER pRESENTATIONS
Coordinator: Pamela Stover, IMEA Research Special Area Chair,
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Dunlap High School Jazz Band
Phillip Wilhelm
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fAcILITY cOdES
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Apollo Fine Arts Center
(311 Main Street)
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Peoria Civic Center
(201 SW Jefferson Street)
hIcc
Holiday Inn City Centre
(500 Hamilton Boulevard)
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Hotel Pere Marquette
(501 Main Street)
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Riverside Community Church
(207 NE Monroe)
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First United Methodist Church
(116 NE Perry)
700 Main
Methodist Church Annex
(700 Main Street)
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ......................................................... CC 401
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM) dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Guitar Class: Building Curriculum and Enrollment”
Ensemble: Addison Trail High School Guitar Ensemble, Addison, IL
Clinician: Jeff Kust
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ......................................................... CC 220
SpEcIAL LEARNERS SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Including Special Learners: It’s All Greek to Me”
Clinician: Christine Lapka, IMEA Special Learners Special Area Chair,
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ......................................................... CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “The General Music Classroom Goes Digital: Ideas, Practices, and Projects”
Clinicians: University of Illinois Pre-Service Music Education Students
Facilitator: Matthew Thibeault, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. ........................................................................ Packard Plaza
phI BETA MU LUNchEON and BUSINESS MEETINg
Presiding: David Vroman, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
12:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. ..................................................................... CC Lexus Room
ASSOcIATION Of ILLINOIS MUSIc SchOOLS (AIMS)
gENERAL MEMBERShIp MEETINg
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit)............................................... CC Theatre
BANd dIVISION - dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Normal West High School Wind Ensemble, Normal, IL
Conductors: Lisa Preston and Ryan Budzinski
Ensemble: Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony
Conductor: Brian Covey
Christine Lapka
Matthew Thibeault
Brian Covey
LIsa Preston
Jeff Kust
Ryan Budzinski
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12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...............................................RCC Sanctuary
CHORUS DIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Body + Breath + Sound: Pillars of Ensemble”
Ensemble: Wheaton-Warrenville South High School Chamber-Madrigal Choir,
Wheaton, IL
Clinician/Conductor: Gordon Krauspe
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 135/136
EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “A Playful Approach to Teaching Preschool and Kindergarten Music”
Clinician: Heather Nelson Shouldice, Farmington Public Schools, Farmington, MI
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Brain Bop! Get Your Students Focused and Ready to Learn”
Clinician: Kate Kuper, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. ................................................................. PM Carnegie’s 501
MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION cOUNcIL
LUNchEON MEETINg
Presiding: Joseph Manfredo, IMEA Music Teacher Education (MTE) Division
State Vice President, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ................................................HICC Hamilton
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Tuneful Approach to Advanced Shifting”
Clinician: Gabriel Villasurda, Ann Arbor, MI
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 212/213
RETIREd MUSIc EdUcATORS SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “TRS/Social Security - TRIP/Medicare - Help!”
Clinician: Edward Slininger, Social Security Administration, Peoria, IL
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 401
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Teaching Composition 101”
Clinician: Robin Giebelhausen, Highland Middle School, Libertyville, IL
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Real, Simple and Inexpensive Technology Solutions for Music Educators”
Clinician: Mark Corey, IMEA District IX President,
Addison Trail High School, Addison, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ......................................................CC 210/211
AdVOcAcY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Working With Your Music Dealer: A Team Approach to Music Advocacy”
Clinician: George Quinlan, Jr., Quinlan and fabish Music co., Burr Ridge, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 212/213
BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “Best Practices in Scoring for Band”
Clinician: Thomas Bough, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Sponsors: Yamaha Band and Orchestra and Ellman’s Music center
Heather Shouldice
Kate Kuper
Robin Giebelhausen
George Quinlan
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2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 209
BAND and JUNIOR HIGH/ELEMENTARY MUSIC (JEM) DIVISION
Clinic: “Recruit, Retain, and Train: The Steam to Power Your Beginning Band”
Clinician: Abbey Houser, Mayo Middle School, Paris, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit)...........................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Carbondale Community High School Chamber Singers,
Carbondale, IL
Conductor: Carlyn Zimmermann
Ensemble: Edwardsville High School Chamber Singers, Edwardsville, IL
Conductor: Lynda Marshall
Carlyn Zimmerman
Lynda Marshall
Abigail L. Houser
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2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 135/136
EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
Clinic: “Let’s Start at the Very Beginning: Pitch Skills Leading to Music Literacy”
Clinician: Pamela Stover, IMEA Research Special Area Chair,
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 405/406
JAzz dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Improving Time Feel, Time Awareness, and Phrasing
in the Large Jazz Ensemble
Ensemble: Northern Illinois University Lab Band
Conductor: Rodrigo Villanueva
Sponsors: Sabian, Vic firth, and Yamaha
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 202
MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION
Clinic: “Music Teacher Education Comes of Age”
Clinician: Janet Barrett, Northwestern University, Evanston
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION (Showcase)
Clinic: “Making the Grade”
Clinician: Greg Foreman, Lee’s Summit School District, Lee’s Summit, MO
Sponsor: Alfred Music publishing co., Van Buys, cA
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 401
MULTIcULTURAL SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Southeast Asian Children’s Songs in Your Music Classroom”
Clinician: Jui-Ching Wang, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 403/404
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Middle School Full Orchestra:
Making It Happen At Your School”
Ensemble: Churchville Middle School Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Barbara Scott
Clinician: Sandra Dackow, Conductor of the Hershey, PA, Symphony Orchestra
Janet Barrett
Jui-Ching Wang
Barbara Scott
Sandra Dackow
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2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 220
SpEcIAL LEARNERS SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Tourette’s Syndrome and Music”
Clinician: Kimberly McCord, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA (Showcase)
Clinic: “The New SmartMusic 2010”
Clinician: David Hawley, SmartMusic Product Specialist
Sponsor: MakeMusic, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 203
ALL dIVISIONS
Panel: “The National Board Certifcation Mentors Are In - Session II”
Panelists: Leslie Manfredo, Mahomet-Seymour High School, Mahomet, IL, and
Karen Monhardt, Bloomington High School, Bloomington, IL
Moderator: Ann Schinske, Prairie Elementary School, Naperville, IL
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................................CC 210/211
BANd dIVISION (Showcase)
Clinic/Demonstration: “Reeds and Mouthpieces:
A Clinic By the People, For the People”
Clinician: Michael Skinner, President of DANSR, Chicago, IL
Sponsors: Vandoren/dANSR, chicago, IL
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 135/136
BANd and ORchESTRA dIVISIONS
Clinic/Demonstration: “Percussion Refresher Course for Ensemble Directors:
Timpani and Latin Percussion”
Clinicians: Ruben Alvarex, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,
and Jeremy Brunk, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Sponsor: Illinois chapter of the percussive Arts Society
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION–NEW MUSIc REAdINg SESSION
Sponsor: IL-ACDA
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. .......................................................................... HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session V–“Life After High School As A College Music Education Major”
Panel: Current collegiate music education majors from across Illinois
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit).................................................CC 405/406
JAzz dIVISION–pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Northern Illinois University Lab Band
Conductor: Rodrigo Villanueva
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA (Showcase)
Clinic: “Treasures of Literacy”
Clinician: Thom Borden, Plainfeld, IL
Sponsor: Macmillan/Mcgraw-hill, New York, NY
Kim McCord
David Hawley
Michael Skinner
Rubén Alvarez
Jeremy Brunk
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3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 212/213
RESEARch SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Teaching Off the Podium:
Reaching Diverse Student Populations With Even More Diverse Music”
Clinician: Tim Gerber, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. ..................................................................................... CC 401
MULTICULTURAL SPECIAL AREA and BAND and ORCHESTRA DIVISIONS
Clinic: “Mariachi and Musicianship”
Clinician: Jeff Nevin, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Sponsor: Neil A. Kjos Music co., San diego, cA
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) .......................................................CC 210/211
ORchESTRA, BANd and chORUS dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Developing a Model for a Cross-Curricular Unit”
Clinician: John C. Hughes, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Music Technology 101: From Elementary to Middle School”
Clinicians: Debbie Kanyo, Alton Middle School, Alton, IL,
and Lori MeCaskey, East Elementary School, Alton, IL
5:00 p.m.– 6:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ..................................................... CC 403/404
BANd dIVISION–NEW MUSIc REAdINg SESSION
Ensemble: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band, Chicago, IL
Clinician/Conductor: Charles Menghini
Sponsor: J. W. pepper and Son, Inc., chicago, IL and Exhibiting Publishers
5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. .........................................................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION OpEN MEETINg
Presiding: Richard Murphy, IMEA Chorus Division State Vice President,
University of Illinois High School, Champaign, IL
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. .............................................................................. CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION OpEN MEETINg
Presiding: Jane Nelson, IMEA JEM Division State Vice President,
Carlyle Junior High School, Carlyle, IL
5:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. ...............................................................................CC 210/211
ORchESTRA dIVISION OpEN MEETINg
Presiding: Kendall Hastings, IMEA Orchestra Division State Vice President,
Cary, IL
Tim Gerber
John Hughes
Deborah Kanyo
Lori MeCaskey
Charles Menghini
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5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 209
RESEARch SpEcIAL AREA
Research Paper Reading Session
Presiding: Pamela Stover, IMEA Research Special Area Chair,
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. ....................................................PM Presidential Suite (1204)
RETIREd MUSIc EdUcATORS SpEcIAL AREA REcEpTION
Presiding: Rex Benson, IMEA Retired Music Educators Special Area Chair,
Ottawa, IL
5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 401
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM),
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM), and BANd dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Community Drum Ensemble: Drumming Outreach for All”
Clinicians: Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust, Dancing Drum, Santa Barbara, CA
Sponsor: West Music, coralville, IA

5:00 p.m.–6:15 p.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA and BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “The Virtual Podium: Band Communication Blogging”
Clinician: Kyle Freesen, Schuyler-Industry School District, Rushville, IL
6:15 p.m.–6:45 p.m. .............................................................................. CC 403/404
BANd dIVISION OpEN MEETINg
Presiding: Deborah Shofner, IMEA Band Division State Vice President, Kimball
Middle School, Elgin, IL
UNIVERSITY hOSpITALITY REcEpTIONS
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Various Locations
JAzz NIghT cONcERT
8:00 p.m.
Peoria Civic Center Theatre
All-State Jazz Band
Conductor: Brian Logan–Wheeling High School, Wheeling, IL
honors Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Conductor: Kirk Marcy–Edmonds Community College, Mill Creek, WA
honors Jazz combo
Conductor: John Wojciechowski–St. Charles North High School, St. Charles, IL
honors Jazz Band
Conductor: David Sporny–University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Admission: Conference Name Badge or
$5.00 General Admission Tickets Available at the Door
Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust
Kyle K. Freesen
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10:30 p.m.–12:00 midnight ............................................... PM-Rendezvous Lounge
ALL cONfERENcE
Special Event: Director’s “All-Star” Big Band Jam
cURfEW fOR ALL pARTIcIpATINg STUdENTS
12:00 midnight
* * *
SATURdAY, JANUARY 30
* * *
fINAL “dRESS” REhEARSALS
Carver Arena at the Peoria Civic Center
All-State/Honors Bands, Choruses and Orchestras
See Student Schedule for Details
7:00 a.m.–7:45 a.m. ................................................................... PM Carnegie’s-501
IMEA SpEcIAL AREA and pROgRAM/pROJEcT chAIRS
BREAKfAST MEETINg
Presiding: John Heath, IMEA State President, Batavia High School, Batavia, IL
Conference Registration
7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Civic Center
“Terrazzo” Convention Lobby
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. ..................................................................................... CC 202
AMERIcAN SchOOL BANd dIREcTORS ASSOcIATION (ASBdA)
MEMBERShIp MEETINg
Presiding: Gene Montgomery, ASBDA State Chair, Illinois Valley Community
College, Oglesby, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 212/213
BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “Middle Level Band: Practical Solutions to Common Problems”
Clinician: Stacey Larson, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 135/136
BANd and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Drumming Up Character:
A Modern Musical Approach to Character Education”
Clinicians: Steve Campbell and Lindsay Rust, Dancing Drum, Santa Barbara, CA
Sponsor: West Music, coralville, IA
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION
Clinic: “Developing Vocal Independence in the Choral Ensemble”
Clinician: Michael Zemek, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Michael Zemek
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fAcILITY cOdES
AT
Apollo Fine Arts Center
(311 Main Street)
cc
Peoria Civic Center
(201 SW Jefferson Street)
hIcc
Holiday Inn City Centre
(500 Hamilton Boulevard)
pM
Hotel Pere Marquette
(501 Main Street)
Rcc
Riverside Community Church
(207 NE Monroe)
UMc
First United Methodist Church
(116 NE Perry)
700 Main
Methodist Church Annex
(700 Main Street)
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .........................................PM Marquette South
BANd dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “Music From the Land of Lincoln”
Ensemble: Wheaton North High School Wind Ensemble, Wheaton, IL
Clinician/Conductors: Richard Fischer, Concordia University, Chicago, IL,
and Jon Noworyta, Wheaton North High School, Wheaton
9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. ........................................................................ HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session VI–Round Table Discussion
Participants: Novice Illinois Music Educators
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 401
ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE MUSIc EdUcATORS (IcMEA) and RESEARch
SpEcIAL AREAS and MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION
Clinic: “How Preservice Teachers Perceive Their Own Teaching Ability”
Clinician: David Snyder, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and SpEcIAL LEARNERS SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Special Learners in the Music Classroom”
Clinician: Scott Houline Iseminger, Krejci Academy, Naperville, IL
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ......................................................CC 210/211
ORchESTRA dIVISION (Showcase)
Clinic: “Fun and Musicianship:
Using Ensemble Music in Beginning and Intermediate String Class”
Clinician: Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Lexington, SC
Sponsor: hal Leonard corporation, Milwaukee, WI
David Snyder
Scott Houlné Iseminger
Pamela Tellejohn Hayes
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8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 209
RESEARch and ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE MUSIc EdUcATORS
ASSOcIATION (IcMEA) SpEcIAL AREAS
Clinic: “The Unique Attributes of a Collegiate Ensemble Director”
Clinician: Sarin Peck, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................................. CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Do You PowerPoint? Music Technology in the Classroom”
Clinician: Chia-Pao Hsu, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
8:45 a.m.–9:30 a.m. .................................................................... PM Illinois/Bradley
JAzz dIVISION INSTRUMENTAL and VOcAL OpEN MEETINgS
Presiding: John Currey, IMEA Jazz Division State Vice President,
Champaign Central High School, Champaign, IL,
and Cory Jones, Vocal Jazz Ensemble State Chair,
Rochelle Township High School, Rochelle, IL
ExhIBITS OpEN
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Civic Center Exhibit Halls A, B, and C
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
OpEN fREE TO ThE pUBLIc
NO cONfERENcE REgISTRATION REQUIREd
9:30 Aa.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ............................................ CC Theatre
BANd dIVISION–dOUBLE pERfORMANcE SESSION
Ensemble: Mundelein High School Wind Ensemble, Mundelein, IL
Conductor: Adam Gohr
Ensemble: Elmhurst College Wind Ensemble, Elmhurst, IL
Conductor: Judith Grimes
Associate Conductor: Ross Kellan Guest Composer: Samuel R. Hazo
Sarin W. Peck
Adam Gohr
Judith E. Grimes
Samuel R. Hazo
Ross Kellan
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ...............................................RCC Sanctuary
chORUS dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “The Art of Singing In Tune”
Ensemble: Knox College Choir
Clinician/Conductor: Laura Lane
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. ........................................................................ HICC Madison
fUTURE MUSIc EdUcATORS SEMINAR (fMES)
Session VII- Coda: What Your Future Holds
Mentors: Jonathan and Lori Lauff, Naperville Schools, Naperville, IL
ILLINOIS cOLLEgIATE
MUSIc EdUcATORS ASSOcIATION
gENERAL SESSION and BUSINESS MEETINg
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Civic Center - Room 405/406
Keynote Speaker
Charles Menghini
VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL

9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 221/222
JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISION
and EARLY chILdhOOd SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Ice Breakers and Friend Makers: Creative Dance in the Classroom”
Clinician: Kate Kuper, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .....................................................CC 210/211
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic: “Communications for the Orchestra Teacher”
Clinician: Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Lexington, SC
Sponsor: hal Leonard corporation, Milwaukee, WI
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC-209
RESEARch SpEcIAL AREA
and MUSIc TEAchER EdUcATION (MTE) dIVISION
Clinic: “No Child Left Behind: What the Research Says in Regard to Music Education”
Clinician: Tim Gerber, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Laura Lane
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC 403/404
ORchESTRA dIVISION
Clinic/Demonstration: “If It Ain’t Baroque, Fix It!”
Ensemble: Western Illinois University Chamber Orchestra, Macomb, IL
Clinician/Conductor: Richard Hughey
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc dIVISION
Meet the Composers, Awards Presentations, and
Recital of Winning Compositions
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
CPDU Credit
APOLLO FINE ARTS CENTER
311 Main Street - Peoria
Open Free to the Public
No Conference Registration Required
Presiding: Brayer Teague, IMEA Secondary
General Music Division State Vice President
Downers Grove South High School
Downers Grove, IL
Sponsor: MakeMusic/finale
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) .................................................... CC-212/213
SEcONdARY gENERAL MUSIc (SgM)
and JUNIOR hIgh/ELEMENTARY MUSIc (JEM) dIVISIONS
Clinic: “Strategies for Connecting Illinois Learning Standard Frameworks
with Music Lesson Planning”
Clinician: Lisa Gawlik, Simmons Middle School, Aurora, IL
Richard Hughey
Lisa Gawlik
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9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 220
SpEcIAL LEARNERS SpEcIAL AREA and BANd dIVISION
Clinic: “Performing a Concert for Children With Autism”
Clinician: Lawrence Van Oyen, North Central College, Naperville, IL
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. (CPDU Credit) ........................................................... CC 408
TEchNOLOgY SpEcIAL AREA
Clinic: “Using Garage Band Software for Beginning Composition”
Clinician: Erin Lodes, Urbana Middle School, Urbana, IL
ALL cONfERENcE dRUM cIRcLE
THE PUBLIC INVITED
11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Peoria Civic Center Triangle Lobby
Presented by Dancing Drum
Sponsor: West Music, coralville, IA
VISIT THE EXHIBITS
Civic Center Exhibit Halls A, B, and C
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
OpEN fREE TO ThE pUBLIc NO cONfERENcE REgISTRATION REQUIREd
ALL-STATE cONcERT
1:00 p.m.
Carver Arena–Peoria Civic Center
All-State Orchestra
Conductor: Jack Ranney–Champaign, IL
All-State chorus
Conductor: Robert Sinclair–VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, IL
All-State Band
Conductor: Robert Sheldon–Bloomington, IL
hONORS cONcERT
3:15 PM
Carver Arena–Peoria Civic Center
honors Band
Conductor: David R. Gillingham–Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
honors chorus
Conductor: Jon Hurty–Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
honors Orchestra
Conductor: Jean Montés–Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
General Admission: $5.00 or Conference Name Badge
Tickets available in advance via the
IMEA State Offce or the Peoria Civic Center Box Offce
Lawrence Van Oyen
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fAcILITY cOdES
AT
Apollo Fine Arts Center
(311 Main Street)
cc
Peoria Civic Center
(201 SW Jefferson Street)
hIcc
Holiday Inn City Centre
(500 Hamilton Boulevard)
pM
Hotel Pere Marquette
(501 Main Street)
Rcc
Riverside Community Church
(207 NE Monroe)
UMc
First United Methodist Church
(116 NE Perry)
700 Main
Methodist Church Annex
(700 Main Street)
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EXHIBITS
PARTNERS IN THE SOUND INVESTMENT
Please include time in your Conference agenda to visit the many and varied exhibitors. You’ll fnd products
and services available such as: sheet music, instruments, instrument repair and maintenance, fundraising
programs, gifts, tour/travel services, photography, performance equipment, uniforms, computer software,
teaching aides, and, of course, Music Education! We are especially pleased to announce that the MENC
Resource Shop will be with us again this year.
ExhIBIT hALL LOcATION
We will use Exhibit Halls “A”, “B” and “C” in the Civic Center. This large area offers a spacious, well-arranged,
attractive and convenient display area with three entrances: one from the Registration “Terrazzo” Lobby, one
from the “Skylight” Lobby and one from the “Triangle” Lobby.
ExhIBIT hOURS
We have arranged our traditional Gala Grand Opening Reception, scheduled for Thursday evening, Janu-
ary 28, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Complimentary refreshments will be provided for all in attendance using a
Reception Ticket included in the Conference Registration materials. IMEA leadership, visiting guests and
dignitaries, including MENC National President Barbara Geer, will be on hand to meet and greet you at the
MENC and IMEA booths.
Additional visits to the Exhibit Hall may be made during the hours of:
friday, January 29, 9:00 a.m.–5;00 p.m. and Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Make special note that the Exhibit Halls will be open fREE to the public on Saturday, January 30, from
11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., without the need for Conference Registration. This is intended as an opportunity
for parents, family members and friends of our All-State participating students to visit the exhibits as they
await the All-State and Honors Concerts. Please encourage concert-goers to visit the exhibits. This will also
be confict free exhibit time for all attendees.
EARN AcAdEMIc cREdIT ThROUgh SIUc fOR
2009 IMEA ALL-STATE cONfERENcE pARTIcIpATION
One hour of graduate credit will be available through the
School of Music of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Conference participants may register for Music 499-1, Independent Study.
In-state tuition will be $328.00. Payment will be made through direct billing from the University
after the conference. Registration can be processed when you arrive in Peoria.
LOOK fOR ThE SIUc TABLE IN ThE cONfERENcE REgISTRATION AREA
Course requirements include:
1. Attendance at a minimum of 15 hours of conference workshops or concerts.
2. Completion of brief written responses to each workshop and concert attended.
Sample questions will be provided as a guideline.
If you have questions regarding the course, write to:
Dr. Pamela Stover
[email protected]
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The exhibitors in BOLD type are recognized as Conference sponsors.
2 Click Fundraising.com
85th Division US Army Band
Accessorized by Ann
Anderson University
Augustana College
Benedictine University
Bob Rogers Travel
Blue Print Tours
Bradford Systems
Bradley University
Branson on Stage Live
Butter Braid
Carl's Pro Band
Center X Productions
Central Illinois Youth Symphony
Century Resources, Inc.
Check Awards
Chicago College of Performing Arts
Chicago State University
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Collegiate Apparel
Columbia College
Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Dana Legg Stage Band
DeMoulin Brothers & Company
DePaul University School of Music
Destinations Unlimited Travel
Doug Beach Music
DownBeat Magazine
Eastern Illinois University
Eastman Music Company
Edwards Instrument Company
Elmhurst College
Entourage Management
Express Industries Corporation
Fox Products Corporation
Fundraising Concepts, Inc.
Getzen Company, Inc.
Gourmet’s Delight, Inc.
Great American Opportunities
Griggs Music
Hal Leonard Corporation
Hemisphere Educational Travel
The Hindsley Transcriptions, Ltd.
Illinois Collegiate Music Educators Association
Illinois Grade School Music Association
Illinois Music Educators Association
Illinois State University
Illinois Tri-M Music Honorary
Illinois Wesleyan University
J. W. Pepper and Son, Inc.
Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc.
Kendor Music, Inc.
Kidder Music
Knox College
Lawrence University
Macie Publishing/Ed Sueta Music
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Mark Custom Recording Service, Inc.
McCormick's Enterprises, Inc.
McKendree College
MENC Resource Shop
Midwest Young Artists
Millikin University
Missouri Baptist College
Monmouth College
Music and Arts Center
The Music Shoppe, Inc.
Neff Company
Neil A. Kjos Music Co.
New Horizons Tour & Travel, Inc.
North Central College
North Park University
Northeastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
Oboe Chicago, Inc.
Olivet Nazarene University
Ozark Delight Candy Co.
Peak Performance Tours
Pearl Corporation
Pee Jay's Fresh Fruit
Peoria Charter Coach
PepWear
Piano Technicians Guild
Plowsharing Crafts
Romeo Music
Saint Xavier Univerity
Samuel Music
Shattinger Music
SmartMusic and Finale
Southern Illinois Univeristy Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
StageRight Corporation
Stanbury Uniforms, Inc.
Taylor Tours
TJ’s Pizza & Fund Raising Co.
Tom Lapka Sales
VanderCook College of Music
Vanguard Tour Service, Inc.
Wenger Corporation
West Music
West Music Company
Wheaton Conservatory of Music
Yamaha Corporation of America
Yankee Candle Fundraising
Youth in Harmony
ALAPHABETICAL LISING OF 2010 EXHIBITORS
MUSIc IN OUR SchOOLS MONTh
Sarah Bush Randolph, Chairperson

Music In Our Schools Month
Te theme for March 2010 Music In
Our Schools Month® is “Music! Just
Imagine…”
MIOSM CONTESTS (go to www.
menc.org for entry forms and details)
1. Student Essays: Te Deadline was
November 2, 2009 for the student
essays beginning with the words “I
imagine…” I hope everyone from
IL sent in entries. Hopefully some
student from IL will be selected to
be flmed reading his or her essay
and be featured in the 2010 World’s
Largest Concert®.
2. Lesson Plans: What do you do in
your classroom to celebrate MI-
OSM? Enter your creative lesson
plans, teaching tips, and activities.
All MENC members are eligible to
submit up to three (3) lesson plans.
Lessons will be judged by a teacher
committee and the top lesson plans
will be announced in March 2010
during Music In Our Schools
Month. Deadline: February 1, 2010
3. Lyrics to”Te Green anthem” Invite
your students to write new lyrics to
“Te Green Anthem” with their own
variations on “Te Green Anthem”
melody. Select up to three (3) student
entries to submit to MENC. Entries
will be judged on lyric and melodic
variation originality by an MENC
member panel. Four (4) winning
entries will be posted on the MENC
Web site and will be performed at the
national Green Anthem Concert* in
celebration of the 40th Anniversary
of Earth Day in April 2010. Dead-
line: February 15, 2010
The World’s Largest concert
Te 2010 World’s Largest Concert
(WLC) sing-along event will be on
March 11, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
UPDATE: Te sheet music, rehearsal
tracks, and lesson plans for 2010 have
been posted on the MENC web site!
Te World’s Largest Concert® (WLC®)
has been the highlight of Music In Our
Schools Month® (MIOSM®) since 1985.
A sing-along concert linking students
around the world through music, the WLC
reached an estimated 6 million students,
teachers, and music supporters in recent
years. Questions? Email [email protected].
Music: A Sound Investment

Music is an investment of our time,
talent, and fnancial resources. Tose of
us who earn our living through these
“sound” investments need to protect the
human organ that makes it all possible –
the ears of our students and ourselves. As
music professionals, imagine what your
life would be like with impaired hearing.
Te future of our industry is at risk.
Te following information is from the
American Academy of Audiology web
site. For more information, download-
able color bookmarks, posters, charts,
etc. go to:
www.audiology.org/resources/con-
sumer/BHM/Pages/posters.aspx
www.audiology.org/resources/con-
sumer/Pages/Kids.aspx
www.howsyourhearing.com
Approximately 12% of all children ages
6-19 have noise-induced hearing loss
which is PERMANENT and is almost al-
ways PREVENTABLE! Tirty-six million
Americans have hearing loss. One in three
developed their hearing loss as a result of
exposure to noise. Although hearing prob-
lems are commonly associated with the
normal aging process, more than half of
all hearing-impaired persons are younger
than 65. With the increased use of personal
music players (MP3s) and ear buds, the
number of Americans experiencing hear-
ing loss at a younger age is growing.
Children, teens and adults are damaging
their hearing by prolonged exposure to
loud noise. Noise–induced hearing loss is
caused by damage to the hair cells that are
found in the inner ear. Hair cells are small
sensory cells that convert the sounds we
hear (sound energy) into electrical signals
that travel to the brain. Once damaged,
our hair cells cannot grow back, causing
permanent hearing loss.
Noise-induced hearing loss can be caused
by prolonged exposure to any loud noise
over 85 dB. Te loudness of sound is
measured in units called decibels (dB).
• 60 dB–Normal conversations or
dishwashers
• 80dB–Alarmclocks
• 90 dB–Hair dryers, blenders, and
lawnmowers
• 100dB–MP3playersatfullvolume
• 110dB–Concerts(anymusicgenre),
car racing, and sporting events
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• 120dB–Jetplanesattakeof
• 130dB–Ambulances
• 140 dB–Gun shots, freworks, and
custom car stereos at full volume
If you have to shout over noise it not only
can be dangerous and painful for your ears,
but can also damage your vocal chords.
The cost of Losing Your hearing

When you lose your hearing there is a
loss in quality of life. A hearing loss can
also cost you fnancially. Personal and
Medical costs can include: c. $1500/
hearing aid (hearing aids are typically
replaced every 5-6 years); on average
$300/year on hearing aid batteries
Audiologists across the nation are encour-
aging Americans to be more aware of their
hearing health and protect their hearing.
NOISE-INDUCED hearing loss is
100% PREVENTABLE. Here are some
steps you can take to protect yourself.
• Wear proper hearing protection
(earmufs or earplugs) when in noisy
environments (concerts, sporting
events, freworks displays, car races).
• Turndownthevolumewhenlisten-
ing to the radio, car stereo at full
volume, TV, MP3 player, or anything
through ear buds and headphone
(Visit www.TurnItToTeLeft.com)
• Walkawayfromloudnoise.”
childhood Noise Risks Include
Noisy toys, Arcades, Sporting events,
Concerts, Band Class, Firearms, Motor-
bikes, Firecrackers and freworks, Farm
equipment, Movie Teaters, Power tools,
Shop class, MP3 players.
E: [email protected]
P: 815.838.0737 ext. 140
school web address for current MIOSM
and other Music teacher information:
www.d91.net select Music Department,
then select Music Teachers heading.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Galesburg, Illinois 61401-4999
800-678-KNOX Toll-free
www.knox.edu/music
Are You Knox?
Are you looking for outstanding
performance in a rigorous liberal
arts tradition?
•
Scholarships for talented musicians of any major
•
Music education program with teacher certification
•
Opportunity to work closely with nationally-
renowned faculty
Have your students design the cover for the spring Illinois Music Educator
Journal Cover Art Contest
2009-2010 Theme: Music Makes the Difference
Deadline: December 12, 2009
For more details and applications forms see page 37 of this issue.
EARLY chILdhOOd
Jennifer Wetzel-Thomas, Chairperson
diversify Your Investment
100 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
As schools are celebrating a wider diversity of learners, many educators are recognizing a need to better under-
stand their students. One particular area of importance for music educators is students’ cultural backgrounds.
When is the last time you asked a child to share a part of their cultural background through music?
All cultures have songs, fnger plays, and rhythmic games that adults play with young children. Tese songs and
rhymes are refective of the children we teach (Freshwater, Sherwood & Mbugua, 2008). Have you entertained
the idea of inviting a parent into your classroom to teach the students a cultural song, game or chant from their
childhood? When reaching out to a child and their parent and viewing them as the teachers, music educators can
create a rich tapestry of musical background and experiences. In this scenario children are experiencing music
with a meaningful adult in their lives, and they are sharing this music with others.
Experiencing and sharing music with people is a vital component of music education. Ideally students will con-
tinue the desire to experience and share music as they grow older. Students might choose to learn to play an
instrument, participate in band, or sing in choir.
A vital connection is made within the realm of music education whenever teachers work with students and par-
ents to make music together. When music educators take time to invest in the lives of their students and families,
they make connections that enrich humanity and create musicians for life.
Freshwater, A., Sherwood, E., & Mbugua, E. (2008). Music and physical play: what can we learn from early
childhood teachers in Kenya?. Childhood Education, 85(1), 2-6.
Jennifer Wetzel-Tomas
IMEA Early Childhood Chair
Music Educator
Mokena Elementary School
[email protected]
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SpEcIAL LEARNERS
Christine Lapka, Chairperson
“Te Illinois Music Educators Association
(IMEA) is committed to providing access to
Association sponsored events and activities for
all students regardless of race, religion, ethnicity,
gender, disability or economic standing. IMEA
will make every good and appropriate efort to
provide adaptation(s)/accommodation(s) for
students with special needs.” To ensure that
students with disabilities receive the proper
supports for IMEA auditions, the Association
has created a policy and form. With supports,
more students should have the opportunity to
be involved in the competition.
Some important points about the process:
1. Te form is due to the District President
on or before September 1.
2. Te school flls out the upper portion of
the form to provide as much information
as possible about the student. “Describe
the adaptation(s)/accommodation(s)”
3. Te Special Learners Chair reads the
information, and if needed gathers more
information from the school.
4. Te Special Learners Chair is responsible
for fnding a solution that adapts the
method of delivery or suggests accom-
modations.
5. Te Special Learners Chair flls out
the “Description of the Recommended
Adaptation(s)/Accommodation(s) or
Rationale for Denial”
For the sake of clarity, it is important to
discuss the diference between accommoda-
tions and modifcations and the distinction
between classroom and competition. Tere
are many references to the creation of two
distinct types of adaptations. I fnd the fol-
lowing information at peakparent.org clear
and appropriate:
Accommodations and modifcations are
types of adaptations that are made to the
environment, curriculum, instruction, or
assessment practices in order for students
with disabilities to be successful learners and
to participate actively with other students
in the general education classroom and in
school-wide activities.
Accommodations are changes in how a
student accesses information and demon-
strates learning. Accommodations do not
substantially change the instructional level,
content, or performance criteria. Te changes
are made in order to provide a student with
equal access to learning and equal opportu-
nity to show what he or she knows and can
do. Accommodations can include changes in
the following:

•presentation and/or response format
and procedures
•instructionalstrategies
•time/scheduling
•environment
•equipment
•architecture

Modifcations are changes in what a student
is expected to learn. Te changes are made to
provide a student opportunity to participate
meaningfully and productively along with
other students in classroom and school learn-
ing experiences. Modifcations might include
changes in the following:
•instructionallevel
•content
•performancecriteria”peakparent.org
When persons are part of a competition, they
must meet certain skill levels. While we might
fnd it necessary to modify our curriculum in a
classroom with in an IEP, we do not have the
same license in a competition. Perhaps we need
to create a similar event such as the “Special
IMEA” for persons with modifed skill levels.
For the purposes of the current audition, it is
only appropriate to adapt with accommoda-
tions. However, that leaves us with a world of
opportunity for student achievement.
Make sure you are investing in the student’s
abilities. If a student cannot read music
because of lack of sight, invest in their ability
to memorize sound and to learn braille music.
Remember, sight-reading and sight-singing
are currently required audition skills. Te judge
is responsible for assessing sight-singing and
sight-reading. Ten, as we remember that it
is impossible to read instantly at sight when
a student is non-sighted, we can look closer at
the underlying skill. Sight-reading is the abil-
ity to translate symbols into sound. Excluding
any physical disabilities, the student should
translate braille music. A reasonable accom-
modation would be to allow the student to
read and process a measure at a time and then
produce each measure. Te student will require
time to feel the music, memorize the measure,
and after a short pause, create the sounds.
Additionally, we will have to examine the
length of the sight-reading example. Te
student’s ability should be appropriate to the
musical needs of the child. A student who is
unable to use sight as their primary channel of
learning will rely on hearing and touch. Hav-
ing them translate a long passage from braille
to sound is not practical for persons who
use auditory sources as a primary channel of
learning. Braille is not a direct parallel to how
persons with sight use print. However, some
literacy is required and worthy of learning and
testing. It is reasonable to ask for some “read-
ing,” but maybe less.

If braille is not an option or if you have other
questions, we can work together to create ac-
commodations that enable the student to dem-
onstrate the fundamental skill. I am available
to ofer advice throughout the year at the email
address below. (Remember, even if we discuss
accommodations well in advance, you must
fle the Adaptation(s)/Accommodation(s)
form on or before September 1 of the audition
year). While it might seem odd to be thinking
about this at the end of our audition season, it
is necessary to invest early and examine your
resources to get the best return. In the end, be-
lieving in and guiding students toward musical
achievement is a great investment.
IMEA Special Learners
http://www.ilmea.org/SpecialLearnersSA.shtml
IMEA Policy
http: //www. i l mea. org/documents/Spe-
cial_Needs_Policy.pdf
IMEA Request for Accommodations-Form
http: //www. i l mea. org/documents/Spe-
cial_Needs_Form.pdf
Peak Parent Accommodations-Modifcations
http://www.peakparent.org/pdf/fact_sheets/
accommodations.pdf
Chris Lapka | [email protected]
Meeting the Audition Needs of Students with disabilities:
A great Investment
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Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 103
104 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
RETIREd MUSIc EdUcATORS
Rex Benson, Chairperson
Greetings fellow music educators AND
RETIREES,
For sometime now the executive com-
mittee and editor Bill Froom have been
having all of the contributors to the
Illinois Music Educator theme their
articles. I must admit that I have been
having fun with a play on words for
the last couple of editions. As the title
says–“music” and “retirement” are indeed
a sound investment . . . an investment
not only in our students, but in us and a
better way of life.
In my Fall Journal issue I talked about
how IMEA continues to serve (invest) us
and how we can serve (invest) in IMEA.
In today’s economic challenges I think
this relationship is even more important.
how we can continue to invest in
IMEA and Music Education?
If you have been following changes at
the national level of MENC then you
were aware that in 2008, the MENC
National Executive Board decided to
make a bold change to the MENC
conference model. In the words of John
Mahlmann, MENC Executive Director,
“Te board decided to stop replicating
what state music education associations
and regional divisions can do so efec-
tively and efciently . . . and to focus on
what MENC as a national organization
is uniquely positioned to do. Music
Education Week in Washington is the
result of that decision.”
Te MENC website lists this defnition:
“Music Education Week in Washington
is a new annual event created by MENC
at the direction of the MENC National
Executive Board. It is built around a
new format, diferent from that of past
national biennial conferences. Tis
format is designed to provide members
with opportunities for music education
advocacy, intensive professional develop-
ment, and performances in a destination
location on an annual basis, and during
the summer instead of the school year.”
As a past state president, the times
that we spent in Washington either for
national board meetings or lobbying on
the hill showcase MENC at its best. I
am extremely pleased to see MENC
putting forward their eforts at this level.
As retired members we can participate in
this exciting event. Check out MENC’s
web-site and clear your calendars to be in
Washington, DC June 23-29, 2010!
At the local and state level we are
uniquely qualifed to help our local IC-
MEA chapters. We know the university
directors . . . volunteer to help them with
their student chapters. Trough this same
process we can help mentor new direc-
tors entering the feld. Stay as involved
as you would like to be! Continue to be
an advocate for the profession.
IMEA continues to invest in us
For several years now, we have ofered
a session at the All-State on TRS and
music educators. Tis has been a very
benefcial session for retirees to stay
current on TRS initiatives and for those
looking to retiree to plan ahead. We have
this session again with Claire Ribelin
from the Springfeld TRS ofce. Tis
session will be Friday, January 29 from
9:30–10:45 a.m. in rooms 212/213 of the
Peoria Civic Center.
Last year we added a session from
Social Security. We have this again with
Edward Slininger from the Peoria Social
Security ofce. Tis session really helped
answer questions of how TRS and SS
work together. Tis session will be on
Friday, January 29 from 12:30–1:45 p.m.
in the same room–212/213 of the Peoria
civic Center.
Reception for Retirees
I frmly believe that one of the most im-
portant aspects of going to a conference
is maintaining the contact with friends
and colleagues. Te IMEA leadership
is once again hosting a reception for all
retirees in the Presidential Suite of the
Pere Marquette room 1204 on Friday,
January 29 from 5:00–6:15 p.m. Hope to
see many of you there!!
Keep smiling!
Rex Benson
IMEA Retired Special Area Chair
2235 Delaney Drive
Ottawa, IL 61350
815.434.0705
[email protected]
“Music: A Sound Investment”
I Like . . . Retirement: A Sound Investment!
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 105
find your Passion.
Get your bachelor of arts in music, bachelor of music in performance,
bachelor of music in music education, bachelor of music in music in
worship, bachelor of music in composition, or master of music in
vocal performance.
Undergraduate Auditions Graduate Auditions:
February 13 and 27, 2010 February 14, 2010
For more information please contact Rebecca Olthafer, admissions
counselor at (773) 244-5623, or visit www.northpark.edu/music.
Questions
about your
MENC
membership?
Call
1-800-828-0229
or e-mail
[email protected]
For more information contact:
Dr. David Vroman
Bradley University • Department of Music
Peoria, IL 61625 • 309-677-2595
E-mail [email protected]
www.bradley.edu • 1-800-447-6460
Our music students think it does. Studying Music at Bradley means having the
opportunities, choices and technologies of a larger university and the quality and
personal attention of a small, private college. The music program at Bradley prepares
students for careers in teaching, performing, composing, and music business.
Scholarships are available to many students who major in music. Come join over
100 music majors and the 350 students who participate in our ensembles and lessons.
DOES THE SIZE OF A UNIVERSITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
at Bradley
Music
106 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
ALLIEd MUSIc ORgANIzATIONS
IMEA enjoys an excellent working relationship with all of the allied music organizations.
As a service to our membership, we are pleased to share the following contact information:
American School Band Directors Association
Gene Montgomery
Illinois Valley Community College
815 North Orlando Smith Avenue
Oglesby, IL 61348
[email protected]
Arts Alliance Illinois
203 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 1920
Chicago, Illinois 60601
P: 312.855.3105
F: 312.855.1565
www.artsalliance.org
Association of Illinois Music Schools
Mario Pulusi
Presser 110
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL. 61701
309.556.3061
[email protected]
Chicago Dance and Music Alliance
Emily Herr, Executive Director
410 S. Michigan Avenue, Room 819
Chicago, IL 60605
312.987.9296
[email protected]
Illinois Alliance for Arts Education
Becky Blaine, President
P.O. Box 825
St. Charles IL 60174-0825
630.584.7169
[email protected]
Illinois Arts Council
Terry Scrogum, Executive Director
100 W. Randolph, Suite 10-500
Chicago, IL 60601
312.814.6750
[email protected]
Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association
John Jost, President
Bradley University
Music Department
Peoria, IL 61625
309.677.2600
[email protected]
Illinois Chapter of the American String Teachers Association
Peter Rosheger, President
611 Barberry Road
Highland Park, IL 60035-4429
847.784.6699 (w)
847.831.0764 (h)
Illinois Council of Orchestras
Marie Ann Vos, Executive Director
46 South Walkup Avenue
Crystal Lake IL 60014-6130
815.459.7664
www.ilcouncilorchestras.org
[email protected]

Illinois Grade School Music Association
Northern Division President
Ellen Singer
300 Church Street
Lake Zurich, IL 60047
[email protected]
Southern Division President
Dennis R. Carter
417 Washington
East Alton, IL 62024
igsmasouth.org
Illinois HIgh School Association
P.O. Box 2715
Bloomington, IL 61702-2715
P: 309.663.6377
F: 309.663.7479
[email protected]
Illinois Summer School for the Arts
Laurie Merriman, Executive Director
College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-5600
309.438.2850
[email protected]
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Tara Siwicki, Executive Director
224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 250
Chicago, IL 60604
312.786.1121
[email protected]
Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmaster Fraternity
David Vroman, President
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625
309.677.2605
[email protected]
Winter 2009 | www.ilmea.org 107
Music: A Sound Investment
R. Brett Goad
President–Illinois American Choral Directors Association
Over the years, I have had several conversations with my fnancial adviser, concerning the importance of having a diversifed
investment portfolio. While his reasons were many, his primary concern was that my invested dollars would generate the
greatest return. From time to time he and I would sit down and review my investments, making note of those funds that were
paying good dividends, as well as those that were not performing as greatly as we would have hoped. In the case of those
funds not reaping the greatest fnancial beneft, we made changes in the portfolio, in the hope of improving the performance.
I believe that these same concepts apply to our role as music educators and leaders in our schools and communities.

I would ask that each of us look back on our learning years and take stock of those individuals that invested themselves in our
future. Tese people might be considered our personal Board of Directors, who oversee their personal investment in each of
us. I think back to my childhood days in Galesburg. Little did I realize the role that music would play in my life. Images are
fashing in my memory concerning numerous experiences that helped to shape who and what I am today.

Tere was the Youth Choir at my church which was led by a rather eccentric director. She was also my general music teacher
in grade school. Eccentric as she may have been, it was obvious that she certainly had passion for her work. She loved her
music and she cared for her kids.

And then there were my childhood piano teachers. Tese ladies were the epitome of patience with me in my piano studies.
Tere were several times that I came to lessons not being all that prepared due to my lack of practice. Still, they did not give
up on me; rather, they urged me to do better in the coming weeks.

My high school choral director was led by a gentle giant, who for well over 25 years served as the school’s choir director. In
that time, he had to have touched the lives of thousands of students. Yes, he exposed his choirs to great choral music. Still,
I would suggest that he taught his students so much more–the value of hard work, teamwork, the importance of patience,
having a positive attitude, and an appreciation for others.

My years at Western Illinois University were rich. Te WIU music faculty was a dedicated cadre of fne music educators, each
with their unique gifts Tere were four men that truly inspired and challenged me. Tese individuals led by example. Each
was demanding and yet caring, hardworking and still fun-loving, an expert in their feld but not stufy, and all had a life away
from work, providing them balance and sanity in their lives.

At the top of my Board of Directors, and I hope yours as well, is family. We quickly learn the importance of family. Teir
continued investment of love and support provide the fuel for our survival. Tey wait patiently by as we pursue our musical
dreams with our students. And when the last cutof in the last concert is given, the family is there eagerly waiting in the
wings to urge us on.

Each of us have most certainly beneftted from the eforts of numerous individuals. And while all of our experiences may not
have been positive, we learned something to aid us in our quest to be efective and productive music educators.

So, as you look about your classroom informally assess the progress of your students, take time to pause. Pause to think about
the many individuals that helped you along the way. Each of them saw something in you–something that they were willing
to give of themselves so as to invest in your future. No matter the level of your talent or the quality of your attitude, someone
believed in you and was willing to help you.

And now, the student has become the teacher. You have your own students. Some are talented and others seemingly not.
Some are motivated and some are not. Will you invest in your students just as your teachers and family invested in you? Te
risks are well worth it and the dividends are innumerable.

Invest wisely.
With Appreciation to my Board of Directors:
Sue, Gene, Rachel, Ben, Maggie, Lucille, Muriel, Margaret, Roland, Forrest, Bob, Frank, and Suy

AMERIcAN SchOOL BANd dIREcTORS ASSOcIATION
Jeffrey Phillips, President–Tennessee
ILLINOIS chApTER
Gene Montgomery, Chairperson
Music: A Sound Investment
Investments exist is many diferent forms. While some are easily recognized, others are a bit more dif-
fcult to defne, let alone access. Tangible investments include physical resources, funding allocation, time,
accessibility, and so on. Tese “investments” refect the practical elements of our profession. Tey can be
identifed, isolated and evaluated with statistical data analysis.
Tangible investments are important. Tere must be constant, consistent evaluative monitoring of these
investments comparing past and present with an eye on future needs that will secure progress toward,
and attainment of, our noble objective. Te question is, however, are these investments really the most
important?
I submit that the “intangible” investments of personal commitment, attitude, perseverance, and PUR-
POSE, while being the most illusive and abstract, are our most important investments. Te acquisition of
the “tangibles” is ancillary to the extent we refect the “intangibles” in our daily interactions with students,
peers and administrations. “Quality of life” is more than a talking point. “Value” is more than what we can
see and analyze. It has to be felt. We will be most efective in attaining that afect when we dedicate our-
selves to beginning where we (and, our students) are and making the best of what resources we have while
pursuing what we may consider to be ideal. Especially when resources are scarce, time is at a premium, and
priorities seem to be askew, our “examples” will be the best investment we will make.
108 Illinois Music Educator | Volume 70 Number 2
News from phi Beta Mu
On the state level, the annual meeting of the Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Mu will be Friday, January 29, 2010 with
our Call to Order at 11:30 a.m. in the Packard Plaza. Tis meeting is held in conjunction with the Illinois
Music Educators State Conference each year. Information about this meeting will be sent directly to each
member’s home.
Te 63rd Midwest Clinic is being moved to Chicago’s McCormick Place West this year. Te International
Assembly of Membership will take place on Tursday, December 17th from 8:00 til 10:00 am in the Hilton &
Towers. Ten on Friday, December 18th the Phi Beta Mu Awards Luncheon will be held from 11:45 am until
1:45 pm in the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. Xi Chapter members have the great advantage of having
this wonderful clinic take place in our own State of Illinois. More information about these international
meetings can be found at http://www.phibetamu.org/
Investing in Music is the signature of the new Executive Secretary of Phi Beta Mu International. David
Lambert served 33 years in music education and retired in 2004 as Director of Fine Arts in Fort Bend ISD,
which is immediately southwest of Houston, Tx. He holds degrees from S. F. Austin State University and
administrative certifcation from the University of Houston.
His band director days culminated in a nine-year tenure as Director of Bands at John Foster Dulles High
School (Fort Bend ISD), where he led the band to numerous awards in state and national competitions.
Upon his appointment to the Director of Fine Arts position in 1985, David worked diligently to recruit and
hire exemplary teachers. Since that initiative, the school district’s bands and orchestras have been awarded
three honor performances at the Texas Music Educators Association’s conference and have received ffteen
Midwest invitations.
Mr. Lambert is an active adjudicator, clinician, and consultant. He serves as Executive Secretary for University
Interscholastic League Music Region 17 and as president of Texas Music Adjudicators Association. Among
other awards, David was presented the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award for Music Administration by
the Texas Bandmasters Association and Administrator of the Year awards by both music and educational
theater associations. Te Xi Chapter is pleased to have an outstanding educator playing a leadership role in
the fraternity.
If you have questions about Phi Beta Mu you may contact one of the current ofcers:
David Vroman, President [email protected]
John Springbrunn, Vice President [email protected]
Laura Ramseyer, Recording Secretary [email protected]
Charles Groeling, Executive Secretary [email protected]
Information concerning Phi Beta Mu in Illinois may be found at: http://www.phibetamuxi.org/
ΦBM
International Bandmasters’ Fraternity
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Northern Illinois University
School of Music
Paul D. Bauer, Director
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@ NIU
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Approximately 400 undergraduate and graduate
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Millikin University School of Music
in the College of Fine Arts
1184 West Main Street • Decatur, Illinois 62522 • 800.373.7733 • [email protected]
www.millikin.edu/music
C O MMI T T E D T O E X C E L L E N C E
Rentals Sales Repairs Lessons Sheet Music
Supporting music today and tomorrow

Kidder Music is a
Proud Member of:

National Association of
School Music Dealers

Retail Print Music
Dealers Association

National Association of
Professional Band
Instrument Repair
Technicians

National Association of
Music Merchants

American Music
Conference
x Band and Orchestral Instrument Rental and Purchase
x Largest Music Selection in Central Illinois
x Yamaha Digital Pianos and Keyboards
x Knowledgeable, Experienced Staff
x Lessons, Repairs, Gifts


QUALITY PRODUCTS & THE BEST SERVICE

Peoria—Bloomington—Sterling
1-800-322-2800

www.kiddermusic.com

SERVING IMEA SINCE 1974
“Making Music Makes You Smarter”
Rentals Sales Repairs Lessons Sheet Music
“Making Music Makes You Smarter”
• Band and Orchestral Instrument Rental and Purchase
• Largest Music Selection in Central Illinois
• Yamaha Digital Pianos and Keyboards
• Knowledgeable, Experienced Staff
• Lessons, Repairs, Gifts
QuaLIty PROduCtS & thE bESt SERvICE
Peoria—Bloomington—Sterling
1-800-322-2800
www.kiddermusic.com
SERvINg IMEa SINCE 1974
KIddER MuSIC
is a
Proud Member of:
National Association of
School Music Dealers
Retail Print Music
Dealers Association
National Association of
Professional Band
Instrument Repair
Technicians
National Association of
Music Merchants
American Music
Conference
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Illinois Music Educators Association
18700 Wolf Road Suite 208
Mokena, IL 60448-8603
Rentals Sales Repairs Lessons Sheet Music
Supporting music today and tomorrow

Kidder Music is a
Proud Member of:

National Association of
School Music Dealers

Retail Print Music
Dealers Association

National Association of
Professional Band
Instrument Repair
Technicians

National Association of
Music Merchants

American Music
Conference
x Band and Orchestral Instrument Rental and Purchase
x Largest Music Selection in Central Illinois
x Yamaha Digital Pianos and Keyboards
x Knowledgeable, Experienced Staff
x Lessons, Repairs, Gifts


QUALITY PRODUCTS & THE BEST SERVICE

Peoria—Bloomington—Sterling
1-800-322-2800

www.kiddermusic.com

SERVING IMEA SINCE 1974
“Making Music Makes You Smarter”