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2 You have all made a point to get to know me and my band program personally in order to get a feel for what will make our tours successful. Randy Karon, Director of Bands, Barrington High School Glenn Williams, Music Department Chair, Downers Grove South High School Todd Rogers Tami Rogers Brayer Teague, Music Department Chair, Downers Grove North High School Over 30 years and thousands of trips, Bob Rogers Travel has learned that where you travel with your students isn t as important as what they ll bring back eye-opening experiences and life-changing memories. We ll welcome you into our family and personalize every detail to ensure that your students return with much more than they packed, whether they travel across the state or around the world. Call Dan, Guy or Todd today. Together, we ll create the moments Dan Peichl Sales Consultant dan@bobrogerstravel.com Guy Blair Sales Consultant lifeofez@yahoo.com Dan Peichl Guy Blair Todd Rogers Official Sponsor of bobrogerstravel.com

3 Iowa Bandmaster Magazine Deadlines Winter Issue... January 3, 2014 Conference Issue... March 7, 2014 Magazine Staff Editor Dick Redman 1408 W. 3rd St. Pella, Iowa (H) Festival Results Denise Graettinger 1307 Country Meadows Dr. Waverly, IA (H) (S) Advertising Chad Allard th Avenue Marion, IA (H) District News Elaine Menke 1130 Rolling Hills Ct. Norwalk, Iowa (H) (S) The Iowa Bandmaster 1

4 Iowa Bandmasters Association, Inc. World s Finest Bandmasters Organization COMMITTEE CHAIRS CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT JAYSON GERTH NATHAN SLETTEN CONFERENCE EXHIBITS DAN STECKER ELECTIONS JERRY BERTRAND HISTORIAN MARY CRANDELL PARLIAMENTARIAN FRED STARK WEBMASTER ELIZABETH FRITZ MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR JIM FRITZ ELEMENTARY AFFAIRS AMY SPATARU J.H./M.S. AFFAIRS DENISE GRAETTINGER CONCERT BAND AFFAIRS STEVE STICKNEY MARCHING BAND AFFAIRS MICHAEL PETERS JAZZ BAND AFFAIRS RYAN ARP COLLEGE AFFAIRS MIKE ECKERTY I.B.A.R.D. JAY NUGENT MAJOR LANDERS DALENE O BRIEN MENTORSHIP PETER JACOBUS ENDOWMENT FUND GENE GROSS PUBLIC RELATIONS MARY ANDERSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DANIEL GALYEN STUDENT AFFAIRS LEAH SCHMIDT TECHNOLOGY CHAD CRISWELL DISTRICT PRESIDENTS NORTHWEST DUSTIN BLIVEN NORTH CENTRAL KURT KISSINGER NORTHEAST STEVE KING SOUTHWEST MARK MENDELL SOUTH CENTRAL JASON PENTICO SOUTHEAST MYRON MCREYNOLDS HONORARY MEMBERS JIM COFFIN RAY E. CRAMER MARK S. KELLY WESTON NOBLE PAST PRESIDENT PATRICK KEARNEY MAGAZINE EDITOR DICK REDMAN PRESIDENT BRAD LAMPE 129 N EAST STREET OSCEOLA, IA We are the Music-Makers PRESIDENT-ELECT JACQUELYN MEUNIER 145 S SHERRYLYNN BLVD. PLEASANT HILL, IA SECRETARY STEVEN COOK TREASURER AARON NUSS IBA MAGAZINE-OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION vol. 72 published by Pella Printing Co., Inc., Pella, Iowa NO. 2 CONTENTS President s Message President-Elect s Thoughts Past President s Report Meet the IBA District Presidents Young Conductor s Workshop In the Spotlight Newell-Fonda Community Schools College Corner by Michael Golelmo Welcome to First Year Directors Iowa JEI News Band Talk with Ross Leeper They Continue to Serve David Newport Karl L. King and the 192 Mitchell (SD) Corn Palace Festival The Joke s On Iowa Municipal Band Festival Maquoketa s Timber City Band Celebrates 40 Years Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors Band Performance Application Form Guidelines for Selection of Performing Bands at IBA Conference Contest Results District News In Memoriam Roland Brom Contributions to the Endowment Fund Iowa Alliance for Education IBA Financial Reports IBA Summet Meeting Reports ADVERTISERS Bob Rogers Travel Inside Front Cover Drake University Graceland University IASMD Iowa Lakes Community College Inside Back Cover Iowa State University Department of Music Morningside College Omaha Symphony Association Ray s Midbell Music Rieman Music Simpson College Star Destinations University of Iowa University of Northern Iowa School of Music University of South Dakota Department of Music Wartburg College West Music Yamaha Corporation of America We are the Dreamers of Dreams 2 The Iowa Bandmaster

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6 President s Message By Brad Lampe As I am writing this article, I am supervising Boom Night activities as a Senior Sponsor. I'm glad that I can help the students by supervising but it crosses my mind that as music educators, we have MANY duties as assigned, administrative tasks, advisory rhetoric and portfolio and other non-musical distractions. The time we have to make music, whether it be in a rehearsal situation or lesson setting, is becoming more valuable and meaningful to me. I thoroughly enjoy the process, logistics and aesthetics of making music with my students. It is the joy of music making that makes it possible to endure all of the other conflicts and points of stress that band directors have to deal with on a daily basis. More and more projects and tasks are being assigned to directors making for less and less time to connect with students. I am especially frustrated with the microscopic focus on test scores. Music educators are being required to study data and use methods and strategies in their music classes to help improve these scores. This is yet another huge distraction and deviation from the music education curriculum. Music education stands alone as a necessary part of a student's education. It is not a supplement for the rest of the academic areas. However, even though music education and the study of the fine arts should be viewed as a core path of study, the ability to read and experience music and the fine arts has been proven to increase the academic effectiveness of students in all other areas. Most of you are aware of the state of Iowa's quest to develop the educational track S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Rhode Island and a few other states are looking into a variation of this program called S.T.E.A.M. (the A. stands for the Arts). Please check it out on the web when you get a chance. I am hoping that this push is the beginning of a huge movement in our country to include the Arts as a core track of study. Wouldn t that be wonderful? We are so fortunate in our profession to have strong leaders and advocates in our profession that are fighting to have music education included in curriculum legislation. Leon Kuehner, Liz Fritz, Jim Fritz, David Law and James Bawden have been awesome proponents and soldiers in this fight. They spend countless hours in planning sessions, meetings and research to help music education have a voice. They are making progress! I am in awe of their focus, dedication and enthusiasm. We all need to continue to make our voices heard whenever we have the chance to fight for music education. The musical connection we make with students is unique and invaluable to their education. Cherish the moments when you make this musical experience happen with your students. I am hopeful that the education in music that we find so important and critical to each student will hopefully find its way into legislation and be recognized as the core subject that it should be. Reminders: Clinic applications for the 2014 Conference are due by November 1st. Clinic application forms are found at the IBA website ( in blue on the right side under Pre-Conference Forms. I would like to invite all young conductors to me if they would like to be considered for the young conductor s spots at the 2014 Convention. Young conductors are given a piece to conduct with one of the conference clinic ensembles and a clinician then works with them to improve their conducting skills. This year s clinician is Dr. Marcellus Brown from Boise State University. If you are interested, please e- mail me (Brad Lampe) at blampe@clarke.k12.ia.us. Directors of all grade levels are welcome to apply (Elementary, M.S. or H.S.) and the director should have 1-10 years of experience. Bands that intend to submit a recording to be considered as a performance band at the 2014 I.B.A. Conference, need to fill out a Band Performance Application Form by December 13th, This form can be found at the IBA website ( in blue on the right side under Pre-Conference Forms. Recordings must be submitted by January 22nd, The Iowa Bandmaster

7 President-Elect s Thoughts By Jacquelyn Meunier Happy autumn! I trust the school year is off to a busy yet productive start for everyone. Marching season is in full bloom and nearly coming to an end. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly this time of year comes and goes. Before we know it, many of us will be playing our final chords on the field at State Marching Band Contest. There are numerous aspects of marching band that I have grown to respect and enjoy. The enjoyment comes from attending various festivals or competitions and getting to spend time visiting with fellow band directors. It is always my goal to learn something from those discussions and from watching their bands perform. My respect has grown from watching my students transform from couch potatoes into determined, discipline-seeking, complex-thinking, responsible musical athletes. Early in my teaching career, I was not convinced that marching band had a credible place in the world of music. Though it may not be the best venue for which to teach deep musical concepts, it is one of the best venues to teach life and this is exactly what I strive to do each and every day. In our band worlds, we barely make it out of one area of focus before we are moving into another. Often, those areas overlap for long periods of time. For example, all throughout marching band season we are preparing students for All-State auditions. Talk about worlds colliding. While preparing students for All-State auditions, you may also be having students audition for concert or jazz ensembles, musical pit orchestras and honor bands. It can be overwhelming if you allow yourself to really analyze all it is that you are doing, let alone all it is that we are expecting of our students. Finding that happy medium can be nearly impossible. Throw into that mix all of the things we are assigned to do, that have absolutely nothing to do with teaching music to our students, and it can lead to a recipe for disaster. I believe it is imperative that we find time in each day to stop and smell the roses. Yes, it is a cliché but I find, metaphorically, smelling the roses helps me more easily identify the joys, motivations and/or rejuvenations that may enter my workday that would otherwise go unnoticed. They may be in the form of a special visit or letter from a former student, a student coming to a band lesson prepared, the administration acknowledging a band performance at an in-service meeting or a band hallway packed with students before and after school every day. Each day presents us with opportunities to smell the roses if we are intentionally looking for them. I have found that to be the key. Roses do not come looking for you. They bloom there quietly in the garden until you finally notice their beauty. Next, you must put yourself in a position to smell them. Lastly, visualize what senses come into play following the act of smelling a beautiful rose. You cannot help but have your body immediately experience feelings of relaxation, happiness, release, awe, gratefulness the list can go on. Whatever those moments are throughout your day, look for them intentionally and embrace them. They will keep you strong through the tough times. Once again, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the members of the executive board for their continued mentoring and support of me through my time as IBA President-Elect. I would also like to thank our membership for their ongoing support. Congratulations to Brad Lampe for his outstanding work currently as IBA President! Soon I will be stepping into those big shoes and the biggest task will be putting together our 2015 IBA Conference. I am open to any ideas or suggestions you may have with regard to putting together a great and memorable conference! I wish you the best of luck and most of all remember to stop and smell the roses! The Iowa Bandmaster 5

8 Past-President s Report By Patrick Kearney I want to use my very small pulpit as immediate Past President of the Iowa Bandmasters Association to offer a couple of thoughts in this issue of the magazine. I know that President Lampe s article in this magazine addresses our very busy schedules and the importance of what we teach. I want to reinforce Brad s message with an encouragement to take the road less traveled every so often. If your school district is like mine, I feel as though I am continually inundated with the newest Professional Development model that we are incorporating, the newest technology that we must integrate into our curriculum, and the latest piece of the Common Core or Iowa Core that I am being asked to shoehorn into my curriculum; it can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, with every new program and initiative that gets added to my plate there is no equal reduction in expectations for the quality or quantity of my band s performances. I want to use this opportunity to give you permission to scream for a moment and also to encourage you to breathe. For better or for worse we are all facing many of the same challenges. How do you get it all done? The simple answer is that you can only do so much. I want to encourage you to focus on what is really important, which is teaching young people to make and appreciate great music. Every new initiative is well intentioned and I try my best to make my professional development opportunities relevant, but at the end of the day I try to keep my focus on helping my students become better at the things we teach. Along those lines I encourage you to be creative, take risks and don t feel as though your teaching has to look like everyone else s (or anyone else s for that matter). Very often we feel compelled to teach the way we were taught, the way we observed things being taught while we student taught, or the way that the successful programs around us are teaching. The truth is that your biggest asset is that which makes you unique. Each music program in the state of Iowa should be a unique experience for the students who go through it. Don t feel obligated to simply offer instruction the way it has always been done. I really enjoy seeing teachers who take risks. Your students will appreciate the opportunity to do things in a way that takes advantage of your skill set and makes their experience special. I hope that you find the Iowa Bandmasters Association to be a support system where you can share ideas and offer unique experiences to your students. That starts by being a member and encouraging your colleagues around the state to become members as well. Membership in IBA should also include taking advantage of the festivals and professional development opportunities that IBA offers. Get your students involved in your district honor bands, solo contests and definitely plan to attend (or even better present or perform) at this year s IBA conference. Contact Brad Lampe to find out ways that you can become more involved in this year s IBA conference. This organization will be better because YOU become actively involved. Don t be overwhelmed by the job. Hopefully you are getting opportunities to help kids learn to make and appreciate great music. Don t get bogged down in trying to keep up with the Jones. Make your classroom a unique environment where your students get to experience excellence on a daily basis. The rewards for taking the road less traveled are tremendous. Don t Forget to Make Reservations for the Annual IBA Spring Conference May 15-17, The Iowa Bandmaster

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10 Meet the IBA District Presidents Dustin Bliven, NWIBA Dustin Bliven is a native of Sioux City, Iowa graduating from North High in 1995 under the direction of Larry Kisor. Dustin attended Hutchingson Community College and the Clark Terry International Institute of Jazz Studies at Westmar University until its closing in After the closing of Westmar, Dustin transferred to Morningside College in Sioux City where he had the opportunity of studying with Reggie Schive. Over the next several years Dustin and Reggie became very good friends. After college, Dustin started his teaching career at Maple Valley - Anthon Oto. During his five years there the band doubled in size and received top ratings at many festivals and contests. After MVAO, Dustin started teaching at his alma mater, Sioux City North. While teaching at North High, he directed the Freshman Band, Jazz II, and at three elementary schools. In 2008, Dustin became the Head Director at Sioux City West. While at West High the band numbers have jumped from 48 students to 115. Over the past 6 years the West High Band has continued to receive top honors at festivals and contests. Dustin and his wife, Jennifer, and two dogs, Buddy and Cita, enjoy traveling and camping throughout the summer months. Dustin is a member of the Siouxland All America Concert Band, Sioux City Municipal Band, Dick Bauman Big Band, Mearl Lake Orchestra, and the Sioux City Rockestra. He also is the organizer of the Reggie Schive Big Band. Steve King, NEIBA Steve King received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Iowa, and his Master of Music of Education degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. He taught for ten years in Clinton, and moved to the Linn-Mar district in He is currently the director of the 6th and 8th grade bands at Excelsior Middle School. He has been nominated by the Northeast District for the Karl King Distinguished Service Award, and has received the Phillip Sehmann Award for excellence in middle school teaching. He teaches private trumpet lessons to students from around the Cedar Rapids metro area, and performs in several area groups including The Rod Pierson Big Band, The Ken Paulsen Orchestra and Funk Stop. Steve s family includes his wife, Rhonda, who teaches first grade in the Linn-Mar district, daughter Allison, who is in her first year of teaching Language Arts at Danville High School, and son Tanner, who is a senior at the University of Iowa and a trumpet player in the Hawkeye Marching Band. In his spare time, Steve enjoys fishing, camping and playing golf. Mark Mendell, SWIBA Mark Mendell, originally from Salina, Kansas, earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Fort Hays State University in 1985, and a Masters Degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Iowa in He has taught in the Council Bluffs, Iowa public school system since 1989, and is currently the Director of Bands at Abraham Lincoln High School. He is also a busy free-lance trombonist, having played with the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Lincoln Symphony, the Omaha Symphony, the Des Moines Big Band, the Omaha Big Band and the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. He currently plays with the Palladium Brass, the Nebraska Brass, the Plymouth Brass, and the Omaha Brass Ensemble. 8 The Iowa Bandmaster

11 Kurt Kissinger, NCIBA Kurt Kissinger is in his fourth year of teaching instrumental music at Algona High School. His teaching assignment includes concert band, marching band, jazz band, pep band, small ensembles and individual lessons. He also teaches 7-8 grade jazz band, 5-8 grade percussion lessons and a high school beginning guitar class. Kurt has continued Algona High School s tradition of excellence, earning consistently high ratings at IHSMA events and other festivals. Prior to Algona, Kurt taught instrumental music at the Lake Mills Community School from Kurt earned his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota in He earned his Master of Music Education Degree from the University of Northern Iowa in He has performed as a percussionist in several notable ensembles, including the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Brass Incorporated Drum & Bugle Corps and the North Iowa Concert Band. Prior to serving as NCIBA president, he served as the high school honor band chair. Kurt is the Worship Music Director at First Baptist Church in Algona. In his free time, Kurt enjoys serving at his church as well as running, biking and swimming. Kurt is blessed to be married to his wife, Abby, since He has three beautiful children: David, Paul and Evelyn. Jason Pentico, SCIBA Jason Pentico is currently in his ninth year in the Pella Community School District and the third year as Director of Bands. He is the head director of the Marching Dutch, Jazz Band II, High School Symphonic Band and The Scream Machine pep band. He also co-directs 5th grade band at Jefferson Intermediate School. Ensembles under Mr. Pentico s direction have received numerous national and state awards. While director of Jazz Band I from , they were selected to perform at the Iowa Jazz Championship s finals event five out of six years, placing second in Class 3A for four consecutive years and first in The Marching Dutch is one of the most honored marching ensembles in Iowa with numerous first-place finishes and many section and specialty awards. Many of his students have been selected for the Iowa All-State Band or Orchestra, All- State Jazz Band and district honor bands. Prior to teaching in Pella, Mr. Pentico was Head Marching Band Director and Director of Jazz Studies at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, Staff Clinician with the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California, Head of Instrumental Music at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, and Director of Instrumental Music at Spirit Lake High School in Spirit Lake, Iowa. He has been a faculty member for several festivals and music camps and is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator. He has been a consultant and designer for many high school jazz and marching programs in the upper Midwest and Canada. Mr. Pentico is a former member and featured soloist for ten-time world champion The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps. He previously served as chairman for the Iowa Bandmasters Association Marching Band Affairs committee and is currently a co-chair for the Iowa Jazz Championships committee. His professional affiliations include Iowa Bandmasters Association, MENC, South Central Iowa Bandmasters Association, Jazz Education Network and Jazz Educators of Iowa. Mr. Pentico is a 1992 graduate of Wayne High School in Wayne, Nebraska and a 1996 cum laude graduate of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His wife, Anne, is a school counselor at Pella Middle School and they have one son, Kellen. The Iowa Bandmaster 9

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13 2012 IBA Young Conductor s Workshop The 2012 IBA Conference featured a Young Conductor s Workshop with keynote speaker Lowell Graham. The participants were asked to reflect on their experience and its adaptaion to their teaching. Megan Austin: I was privileged to represent the southeast district at the 2012 IBA conference as one of the young conductors to work with Dr. Lowell Graham. Participating in the workshop allowed me the perfect opportunity to step outside my daily environment as a middle school director and reset a focus on my own musicianship and conducting skills. I was surprised to discover that the biggest benefit of participating in the workshop was not necessarily the skills and information I gained as a conductor, but rather the things I learned about being a band director in the state and a member of IBA. With Tony Garmoe s direction, we were able to be directly involved in the inner workings of both the conference and the Iowa Bandmasters Association. I learned a lot about how much effort and coordination is involved in running a smooth and organized conference of such magnitude. It made me think about and rethink some of the very processes and structures I have in place in my own district and classroom. As far as what I learned as a conductor through the workshop with Dr. Graham, I was reminded to always remain aware of how important it is to first and foremost serve as a musician from the podium; we are not just keepers of the beat when we are in front of our students. That s something I continue to remind myself following that workshop, even on days when it s a struggle for my students simply to keep the beat (any beat!) themselves! While I will likely never have middle school students able to play at the level of the students participating in the workshop, it was a refreshing reminder that that fact doesn t mean I should cease to serve as a musical leader or cease to continue holding them accountable for their own musicianship. The other significant impact the workshop had on me was the chance to establish connections with other directors, with whom I might never have met, who share similar teaching and experience backgrounds as my own. I have been able to draw on the experiences and resources of the other young conductors as well as those I met through the behind-the-scenes work within the conference in the time since the workshop, and will likely continue to utilize those connections as I continue throughout my career. I felt the Young Conductor s Workshop was a valuable experience within the conference and I hope to see it continue in years to come. While it s unlikely logistically that every interested member would be able to participate each year, I d love to see the opportunity continue to be presented to any interested members. Knowing how much I grew as a professional, educator, musician and conductor within the brief time of the conference, I can only imagine what impact such a workshop could have on music education and band directing in years to come! At a time when it seems music and arts education in public schools has reached a critical turning point, I remain exceptionally grateful for the chance to participate in an event that gave me more confidence and drive in the fight to always provide students opportunities to create, express and grow as musicians and human beings. Conner Tipping: The opportunity to participate in the Young Conductor s Mentorship Project was a great one, and something I will never forget. Tony Garmoe, President of IBA that year, was my cooperating teacher for student teaching. Because of our prior relationship, he asked me if I would be willing to help out a bit by picking up Dr. Graham at the Des Moines Airport and driving him from there to the Marriott downtown. It was pretty nerve-wracking to be standing there holding a sign with his name on it, and then to meet him and try to make conversation as we drove into downtown. He is a man of strong convictions, and I was able to pick up on that pretty quickly while we drove. Having the chance to conduct that band was very rewarding. Through student teaching and working on the Dowling marching band staff in college, I knew quite a few of the kids in the band, and was able to make a nice continued on page 12 The Iowa Bandmaster 11

14 Young Conductor s Workshop (continued) connection with the group. My first year of teaching was a challenging one, so the chance to be in a musical environment at that level, with other people who were dedicated to the cause, was a really nice thing to have at the conclusion of the year. The opportunity to be put into that type of high-pressure situation is something I wish I had more often. You learn a lot about yourself, your basic instincts, and your areas of weakness as a conductor by going through that process. The feedback from Dr. Graham was also nice to receive. It gave me a chance to gauge whether the internal feedback I had been giving myself was aligning with what an expert like him was seeing, both negative and positive. I think that the part of the Young Conductor s project that will live with me the longest, though, is the immersion into the IBA experience. Before participating in the program, I didn t feel like I was a full member of the Bandmasters. Through our dinner with Paul Brizzi, Darin Haack, Dr. Graham, and the other young conductors, to the opportunities to socialize with and get to know other talented young teachers from all six regions of the state, I was able to start building connections and networking with a group of people that felt foreign to me before. I still talk regularly with two of the young conductors that I met through the program. I know that I wouldn t have those friendships if it hadn t been for this opportunity, and I am truly grateful for that. Preparing the next generation of teachers and leaders is something that IBA can have a powerful impact on. This project, and the way it was structured (serving younger teachers, people from elementary/middle school/ high school, and covering all six IBA districts), was truly an exceptional event. I still have directors who were in attendance that day that ask if I was one of the young conductors, and how much they enjoyed attending the clinic and learning from Dr. Graham. The event had an impact not just on us as young conductors, but on the students in the ensemble, and the directors in the audience. I would love to see this event be recreated at future IBA conventions, and am a strong advocate for both this and the proposed IBA Honor Band that was to accompany the event. Any opportunity that we can create that gives our young teachers and students the chance to make music at a high level should be something that IBA can get behind and support 100%, and this event certainly did all of those things! 12 The Iowa Bandmaster

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16 In the Spotlight Class 1A Band Program Newell-Fonda Community Schools Colleen Hecht, Director Newell-Fonda Community School, in northwest Iowa, serves approximately 470 learners and has outstanding support from the communities of Fonda, Newell and Varina. The Newell-Fonda district is committed to continually improving as evidenced by a 2009 addition, a 2011 weight room, and the passage of a $7,500,000 bond to include 13 classrooms, media center, practice gymnasium and shop. Our administration and staff are dedicated to providing our learners with the most positive and comprehensive school experience possible. In 2007, the district was one of the first schools in Iowa to implement a 1:1 laptop program for all 9-12 students. In 2009, the district added grades 5-8 to the 1:1 program, and in 2012, grades PK-4 were given carts to provide further access to technology. Along with this program, the school provides a Smart Music subscription for all 5th and 6th grade band members. The high school offers over 90 concurrent enrollment courses, and has recently allied with Iowa Central Community College to provide our learners access to the most up-to-date information on college credits in order to make the most informed decisions possible concerning college. Students begin band in 5th grade. The first few weeks of the school year, they are introduced to the instruments and tested on them. At display night, students receive their instruments and they are off and playing! They perform their first concert in December, along with the Parade of Bands Concert in February and a spring concert. Students receive group lessons and are grouped according to instruments. Over 85% of the class begin band. The 6th grade band meets three times a week. They perform in three concerts during the year. In addition, they perform holiday music for nursing home residents in both Fonda and Newell. 6th grade lessons are group lessons similar to 5th grade. The 7th and 8th grades form the junior high band. Beginning in 7th grade, students are eligible to participate in drum line, audition for jazz band, audition for the NWIBA district honor band and all students perform in solo/ensemble contest that is hosted at our school each spring. Lessons in junior high are small groups or individual. The junior high band performed at Adventureland last spring and we hope to make that a yearly event. The high school band is formed by the 9-12 grade students. This band meets daily for 45 minutes. Students earn a full credit for this class. They begin the year by performing at home football games. They play in three concerts throughout the year. This past year they went to IHSMA Large Group Contest for the first time in a number of years. They received a I rating (the first I rating since 1997) and they qualified for a distinguished academic award. All-Sate auditions are a focus for some students in the fall and honor bands are available to interested students as well. All high school students participate in the IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Contest. Over the past four years, there has been increased participation and higher ratings. This past year, students received 23 I ratings and four II ratings. High school students mentor the 5th and 6th grade students by meeting with them weekly. They play their lesson songs with them and help them practice. It has worked out very well! A jazz band was started four years ago. They rehearse for 45 minutes two mornings a week. Two years ago, they competed for the first time in many years. They received consecutive I ratings at the IHSMA Jazz Contest, qualified for the distinguished academic award, and placed 4th in the NWIBA District Contest. The jazz band performs at three concerts throughout the year. This year, they are playing for a dinner/dance fundraiser at the school so they are focusing on dance music. Clinicians are brought in to reinforce jazz concepts. The Newell-Fonda Drum line is a group for any band student in grades Members do not have to be percussionists. The drum line performs at both school and community events. In the past, the drum line has 14 The Iowa Bandmaster

17 performed blacklight shows, garbage can routines and a big blue barrel show. The drum line has grown to 26 members this year! Drum line is an excellent opportunity for students to improve their rhythm skills while having a lot of fun! The music boosters support the program in many ways. Currently, they are in year three of a five-year plan to purchase new instruments. They are splitting the cost of $50,000 over five years with the school district. In addition, they help in hosting events such as the IHSMA State Solo/Ensemble Contest and organize the concession stands. Colleen Hecht is in her fourth year as band director at Newell-Fonda. Previously, she taught at Rockwell City- Lytton, Manson Northwest Webster, East Greene and Preston. She is a graduate of Western Illinois University. Currently, she is the vice president of NWIBA, and continues to serve on the IHSMA music selection committee. She has been married to Evan Hecht for 22 years and has two children: Ben a sophomore at Iowa State University and Zach who is a junior at Newell-Fonda. Support from the administration, faculty, school board and community is exceptional and has been invaluable in building the program which boasts 100 students this year! This QR Code is on posters in the school and around the community. It is also included on any communication sent home to parents. The code takes you to the Newell-Fonda Band website. Newell-Fonda Jazz Band Many new instruments have been purchased recently through a Buena Vista County Community Foundation Grant, the music boosters, the school district and the Anderson Trust. Newell-Fonda Bands... Expect Great Things! Newell-Fonda Drum Line The Iowa Bandmaster 15

18 COLLEGE CORNER MOVE IT (air) or LOSE IT (expression)!!! Michael Golemo, Director of Bands, Iowa State University Michael Golemo is the Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University. In addition to conducting the Wind Ensemble and teaching courses in music education and conducting, Dr. Golemo oversees a program of ten bands. A native of Chicago, he received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University where he studied conducting with John P. Paynter and saxophone with Frederick Hemke. He completed his doctorate in wind conducting at Michigan State University. He previously served as Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Akron (OH), and prior to that as Director of Bands at Albion College (MI). Under his direction, the Iowa State University Wind Ensemble has performed three times for the Iowa Bandmasters Association conventions, and in Chicago s Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis Orchestra Hall, and Omaha s Holland Center for the Performing Arts. They have also had five performing tours of Europe, including stops in Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Prague, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich and Stüttgart. Dr. Golemo is in demand nationally as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator and holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association (state chair), the National Band Association (state chair), Iowa Bandmasters Association, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honorary, Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honorary, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Mu Bandmasters, and is an honorary member of Cardinal Key Honor Society and both Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi. He is a past President of the Big Twelve Band Directors Association and a past National President and Board of Trustees member for Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity. He is the conductor of the Ames Municipal Band, and an annual guest conductor of the Mount Prospect (IL) Community Band. In 2007, Dr. Golemo was elected to membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. We, as band directors, and our students, work hard for technical perfection. We strive for the right notes, the right rhythms, at the right tempo, with the right intonation and the right articulation, at the right time. However, too often, we focus on the mechanics of making music and forget the need to make music personal and expressive. Expression is something that is not always on the printed page, but something that we, and our students, must remember to add to the process of creating music. Most student musicians spend their practice time on improving the technical aspects of their instruments. However, most students, when asked, would probably agree that playing with expression is more important and more difficult than technical playing. Why is it then that students do not make this a part of their regular practice? Perhaps it is because we, as teachers, do not make playing with expression a focus of our rehearsals and we do not provide exercises that will help our students acquire this skill. Although we all know many of the basics concerning the art of phrasing, there is always room for personal interpretation. That is one of the beauties of music! However, to play without expression is equal to a flat EKG in the world of cardiac medicine and that is NOT a good thing. It is important to teach our students to play with shape and help them define the DIRECTION of the phrase. There is a big difference between the shape of a pick-up note and a downbeat (the arsis and the thesis). One is the windup and one is the pitch. One is drawing the bow back and the other is releasing the arrow. There is always growing tension (crescendo) the closer to you get to the thesis. Once the phrase is underway, where is the peak? Where are the minor peaks? I ve always followed the rule that a large ascending interval requires a slight crescendo (unless told otherwise by the composer). This slight crescendo is not only musical, but will also help brass players get to the second note. Players need to be taught to follow the contour of the melody. Are we adjusting dynamics note-by-note, or is this phrase two bars up and two bars down? Will the soloist do something slightly different and perhaps more complicated than the accompaniment? If notes, or a theme, are repeated immediately, shouldn t the repeated notes have shape and direction, or perhaps more (or less) emphasis? 16 The Iowa Bandmaster

19 Of course it would be preferable for us to be able to SHOW musical phrasing in our conducting, but if students are not picking this up from your gestures, you must discuss the shape of the composition during your rehearsal. Everyone in the ensemble must be in agreement about the shape of phrases, and then need to make that obvious to the listener. Far too often as an adjudicator of large ensembles, I ve made the statements, This section needs to have more direction, and/or This melody needs to have more shape. One of the exercises I ve used to help students focus on phrasing and expression is getting them to hiss. Ask your students, including your percussionists, to put down their instruments and to hiss an eight-count crescendo, followed by an eight-count decrescendo. Most students are shocked at how difficult this is to evenly and gradually. One tendency that is often carried over into music is that students will not carry the crescendo into the ninth beat, but will begin to get softer immediately after beat eight. Example one below highlights this tendency. Most students will back off the downbeat of the third measure, even though the crescendo (and the fortissimo marking) instruct them to carry the crescendo over the bar line. I ve always found that it is much easier for students to hiss a crescendo than a decrescendo. After students hiss the crescendo, it almost becomes a fortepiano effect after beat eight, rather than a gradual, eight-count, decrescendo. Students will quickly learn the importance of moving the air as a means to improving their expression. They will also understand the difficulty associated with making measured, expressive phrases with this additional component of their playing and musicianship. Example two is a simple four-measure melody that is marked dolce but does not include specific directions for expression. What would you do with this? Where are we going? Where is the peak? What are some different ways to do this? I m not sure there are any wrong answers, other than playing with no expression. I d probably add crescendi to the large intervals, not only because they are large intervals but also because they begin on pick-up beats the arsis to the thesis. I would also make sure the downbeat of the third full measure was slightly louder than the downbeat of the second full measure based not only the four-bar phrase being divided two plus two, but also because the downbeat of the third bar features the highest note. Example three is one possible interpretation: It would be helpful to then have the students hiss these dynamics, and hear the shape of the phrase without using their instruments. This allows them to simply focus on air movement without having to deal with notes, fingerings, reeds, etc. Give the students an opportunity to only deal with air movement. The musical concepts associated with expression are nothing new to us as musicians and directors. However, it is critical that we TEACH these simple concepts to our students and make the understanding and execution of these a regular part of our lessons, rehearsals and performances. And what student wouldn t want to hiss as a part of their school day?!? The Iowa Bandmaster 17

20 Welcome to IBA The Iowa Bandmasters would like to welcome these first-year directors from Northeast, Southeast and South Central districts to the profession of instrumental music education. Name: Holly Kauffman Current Teaching Assignment: Elementary Band Director/K-2 General Music Burlington Community School District. Hometown: Boxholm High School: Ogden Community High School College: Iowa State University Major Instrument: Clarinet Favorite ice cream: Strawberry! Interesting Item: I am obsessed with all things Panera, and I have an unhealthy addiction to Diet Coke. Name: William R. Beyer Current Teaching Assignment: Director of Bands: Harding Middle School; Findley, Madison, and Cattell Elementary Schools (Des Moines, IA) Hometown: Vinton, IA High School: Vinton-Shellsburg High School (formerly Washington High School: Vinton, IA) College: University of Northern Iowa (Instrumental Music Education and Composition-Theory) Major Instrument: Saxophone, Piano, and Composition-Theory Favorite ice cream: Peanut Butter Cup, Vanilla Ice Cream Interesting Item: I was UNI's Carilloneur for five years. Name: Alison (Scheevel) Anderson-Kahl Current Teaching Assignment: Robert Blue Middle School, Eagle Grove, IA Hometown: Preston, MN High School: Fillmore Central High School College: Luther College, Decorah, IA Major Instrument: Flute Favorite ice cream: Cotton Candy Interesting Item: I wrote my senior thesis on Whistling: The Neglected Human Instrument. The project included arranging two pieces for Whistling Ensemble and performing them during my presentation. Name: Charlie Calabria Current Teaching Assignment: Jr. High General Music and 5-12 Band at Seymour CSD Hometown: New London, WI High School: New London High School College: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Major Instrument: Percussion Favorite ice cream: Chocolate Peanut Butter Interesting Item: I collect Nintendo games and systems Name: Rachel Petsche Current Teaching Assignment: 5-12 Band Director at West Hancock Community Schools Hometown: Epworth, IA High School: Western Dubuque High School College: Iowa State University Major Instrument: String Bass Favorite ice cream: Chocolate Interesting Item: When I m not playing or teaching, I enjoy trying new recipes and crafting. 18 The Iowa Bandmaster

21 Name: Nick Thompson Current Teaching Assignment: North Polk Middle School Hometown: Beatrice, NE High School: Beatrice High School College: Northwest Missouri State University Major Instrument: Saxophone Favorite ice cream: Chocolate Interesting Item: GO CORNHUSKERS! Name: Jill Humrichouse Current Teaching Assignment: 5-12 Band at Highland Community Schools Hometown: West Branch, IA High School: West Branch High School College: Otterbein University in Columbus, OH Major Instrument: Piano, percussion Favorite ice cream: Frozen Yogurt! Interesting Item: I m a card-holding member of the AARP Name: Mike Conrad Current Teaching Assignment: Head Director of Bands at Waterloo West High School Hometown: Born in Arlington Heights, IL High School: Bettendorf High School College: Bachelors Degrees in Music Education with a Jazz Emphasis and Music Composition & Theory University of Northern Iowa; Masters Degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging Eastman School of Music Major Instrument: Trombone and Piano Favorite ice cream: Coffee Heath Bar Crunch (Ben & Jerry s!) Interesting Item: I love creative improvised music and playing/learning music by ear! Name: Bradley Harris Current Teaching Assignment: 8th Grade Instrumental Music, Johnston Middle School Hometown: Forest City, IA High School: Forest City High School College: Luther College (BA), Illinois State University (MM) Major Instrument: Trombone Favorite ice cream: Ben & Jerry s Oatmeal Cookie Chunk Interesting Item: In addition to my teaching position in Johnston, I am the Director of Operations for the Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Name: Justin Von Ahsen Current Teaching Assignment: 5-12 Band at Southwest Valley Community Schools (Corning/Villisca) Hometown: Belle Plaine, IA High School: Belle Plaine High School College: Central College for undergraduate, some graduate work at Truman State University Major Instrument: Trumpet (play all brass) Favorite ice cream: Super chocolate fudge brownie Interesting Item: My wife, Chrystal Von Ahsen, is the music teacher in the Orient-Macksburg School District continued on page 20 The Iowa Bandmaster 19

22 Welcome to IBA (continued) Name: Ellen Walker Current Teaching Assignment: 5-12 Instrumental Music, Iowa Christian Academy Hometown: Creston, IA High School: Creston High School College: Faith Baptist Bible College Major Instrument: Clarinet Favorite ice cream: Haagen-Dazs coffee ice cream Interesting Item: Traveled to South Africa and Bangladesh during college Name: Sarah Johnson Current Teaching Assignment: St. Anthony School General Music, Choir and Band Hometown: Des Moines, IA High School: East High School College: Drake University Major Instrument: Flute Favorite ice cream: Pumpkin Pie Blizzard Interesting Item: This summer I spent a week in New York City Name: Steph Niewohner Current Teaching Assignment: 6-12 Instrumental Music at North Union Middle/High School Hometown: Onawa, IA High School: West Monona High School College: Drake University 2013 Major Instrument: Clarinet Favorite ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Interesting Item: I am a member of the Sigma Alpha Iota International Chapter Name: Stephanie Reinert Current Teaching Assignment: 5-12 band director at Edgewood-Colesburg Hometown: Dyersville, IA High School: Beckman High School College: Wartburg College Major Instrument: Clarinet Favorite ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip Interesting Item: My favorite movie is Top Gun Name: Tyler Morgan Current Teaching Assignment: K-8 Vocal and 5-7 Instrumental Hometown: Centerville, IA High School: Centerville High School College: Central College Major Instrument: Euphonium Favorite ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip Interesting Item: I really enjoy history and I serve on the board of a county historical society. Other First Year Directors: Lee Plummer Earlham Bret Van Naland Clinton Nick Waymire Vinton-Shellsburg Kevin Meulenthaler North Polk Ashley Certis Waterloo Drew Manternach Holy Trinity Catholic Brittany Manning Central Community of Clinton Melissa Guerpo Cedar Rapids Harding Ethan Connors JFK Catholic Holly Kauffman Burlington Ashley Smith West Liberty 20 The Iowa Bandmaster

23 Iowa JEI News by Christopher Merz, President Greetings to you all, JEI is pleased to announce a number of new initiatives this year. In addition to our continued administration of the All-State Jazz Bands, we are particularly proud of our involvement in the organization and recruiting of clinicians for the jazz strand to be presented at the IMEA conference. We hope that you will take advantage of several of these clinics. To keep up on the newest efforts on behalf of jazz education in the state, become a member of JEI today. Here is a thumbnail sketch of some of the more important opportunities we are offering for jazz educators around the state: Our newsletter will continue to be distributed electronically. It has served to inform and keep the JEI membership current with jazz happenings around the state. Thanks to the Advisory Board contacts and other key contributors to the newsletter as we continue to offer this valuable resource. You must be a member of JEI to receive the newsletter so please take a moment to join if you haven t already done so. A membership form can be printed from the home page on our website and mailed with a $20 membership dues payment to Treasurer Myron Peterson at the address listed on the form. continues to be updated regularly with new information. The website serves as our main communication tool regarding the All-State Jazz Ensembles, classroom resources and available resource panel clinicians. It will continue to develop to better serve your needs. Friend us on Facebook to share ideas and contribute to the dialog. We rely on you to give feedback and offer suggestions for improving these valuable resources. We re pleased to announce this year s All-State Jazz Ensemble Directors; 1A/2A Ensemble Dick Redman, long-time band director at Pella High School and member of the JEI Hall of Fame; 3A Ensemble Jerry Tolson, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Louisville as well as a legendary figure in jazz education in Iowa; 4A Ensemble Rick Hirsch, freelance saxophonist and composer/arranger from State College, PA. Read more about these fantastic jazz educators through links provided on our website. Audition etudes and reference recordings are available along with instructions for submitting student audition recordings and registration materials. Take full advantage of this streamlined process and consider providing your students with an opportunity of a lifetime. Plan on attending a few of the eight JEI-sponsored clinics that make up the jazz strand at this year s IMEA conference: Dick Redman, Pella Community Schools (retired)--let s Talk Jazz Band (Friday 8:30-9:30), Room 254 Mike Michaelicek, Waterloo Community Schools--Jazz Improvisation and Interpretation for Young Students (Friday 9:45-10:45), Room 254 Joel Foreman, Solon Community Schools Skiddle-uh-what?! (Friday 3:30-4:30), Room 254 Erin Wehr, University of Iowa; Jim Dreier, University of Iowa; and Kevin Burt, blues musician--getting the Blues into the Classroom I, II, and III (Saturday 8:30-11:50), Rooms Shelley Droe, Cedar Falls Community Schools--Improvising to Demonstrate Understanding of Essential Learnings K-6 (Sat. 1:00-1:50), Rooms Kristian Svennevig, Davenport Community Schools--Jazzing Your Orchestra: How to Incorporate Jazz into String Classrooms (Saturday 2:00-2:50), Room 254 JEI is sponsoring outreach efforts by the San Francisco Jazz Collective during their visit to Cedar Valley in March of Watch the JEI website and read the newsletter for details. Stop by the booth at IMEA and renew your membership! Looking forward to assisting you all this year, Chris The Iowa Bandmaster 21

24 BAND TALK with Ross Leeper Some Ideas on Improving the Musicianship in Your Band There are many facets involved in improving the musical quality of a band. I often hear a band that plays nearly all the correct notes and rhythms, yet fails to produce a musical performance. Skills in the various facets of playing must be developed before a high level of musicianship can be achieved. A student that is still concentrating on the correct fingering for a note, the length of a dotted quarter note, or the proper embouchure is unlikely to play musically. The dullest thing in the world is to listen to a band simply wandering through a series of notes with no concept of the elements necessary for a musical performance. To improve the musicianship of your students and your band, you must constantly stress the fundamentals of musical performance that contribute to a musical performance. Following are some comments and observations relating to some of the categories that contribute to a musical performance. TONE Tone is so basic. It is more musically important than technique. As it is developed it also facilitates good intonation, blend, balance, and numerous other aspects of musical playing. Good tone, both individually and in ensemble playing doesn t just happen. Unfortunately a roll of duct tape, an extension chord, a new reed or a different mouthpiece will not solve the problem of producing a good tone. It is important to work on the principles of good tone production on a regular basis. For wind players it mostly comes down to three things: 1) good equipment (instruments, reeds, mouthpieces, etc.) 2) a correct embouchure, and 3) the air stream. Even the tone on inferior equipment can sometimes be greatly improved by insisting that the students play with a correct embouchure and air stream. Nothing can replace long tones to develop a good embouchure and proper breathing skills. Long tones are easy for a young player to overlook as, admittedly, playing them is not the most exciting element of a practice routine so they must constantly be reminded that there is nothing they can do to improve the sound they produce that is equal to playing some long tones on a daily basis. Some time in each ensemble rehearsal should be spent on playing chorales. There are books of chorales that have been around for years specifically for that purpose. Playing chorales is also important in developing intonation awareness. If a band cannot play a chorale well, it is doubtful that anything else they play will sound good either. An idea or perception of a good tone on each respective instrument must be established in the mind of the player. Fortunately there are many fine recordings for students to listen to to develop a concept of a good, characteristic tone for their specific instrument. INTONATION Poor intonation is the nemesis of many otherwise good bands. It is not an isolated skill. It relates to other factors such as tonality, tone color, ensemble intonation, a correct embouchure, and good breath support. It is important for teachers to assume that nearly all students can learn to play in tune, but they must be taught. Learning to play in tune is an ear-training exercise. Students must be taught to listen and what to listen for. They must know the peculiarities of their respect instrument, which notes are most likely to be out of tune and how to adjust for these peculiarities. In spite of the best efforts of instrument manufacturers all wind instruments have intonation peculiarities. Are you, as a teacher, aware of which partials or overtones are naturally out of tune on brass instruments and how to help the student correct these deficiencies? Do you know which pitches on the various woodwinds are inherently out of tune and what must be done to correct these idiosyncrasies? If you do not know these things, you cannot expect your students to know them. There are many sources of information on intonation irregularities of the various instruments, along with suggested ideas on how to improve them. One way that I have found to increase student s awareness of intonation is to have the entire band play unison on 22 The Iowa Bandmaster

25 a specific note and while doing so, point to two individuals, cut off the band except for the two persons I pointed to and have them continue playing. The entire band can then hear if the two selected individuals are in tune with each other. If not, ask other band members if one of the two individuals is sharp, flat, or in tune. This gets everyone in the band involved and helps create an awareness of the importance of intonation. There are conflicting views about the uses and misuses of electronic tuners as a means to improve intonation. There is no question that the use of a tuner is an excellent tool to help students know their instruments and their irregularities and to develop a sense of what in-tune intervals sound like. However, I do not believe that they should be used as the primary tuning devise to tune an ensemble. A high school band director once was heard to say How in the world do you get your band to play so well in tune? With my band, I just can t get them to play in tune. I really don t understand it because I tune each student to the tuner at the beginning of the rehearsal. It is my opinion that therein lies the problem. When a student has lined up the needle on one note at one time and at one dynamic level, he or she subconsciously feels that he/she is in tune. As the legendary Dr. William Revelli once said: tuners are great for tuning the eyeballs but they don t tune instruments ears tune instruments. Students must be taught that they don t have to play in tune with the tuner they must play in tune with each other. Although intonation is the ultimate responsibility of the director of a school band, every attempt should be made to transfer the responsibility of good intonation to the student. When band members learn to play well in tune, they will never be content with playing out of tune. PHRASING One of the dullest things in the world of music is to listen to a musical ensemble simply wander through a series of notes with no concept of phrasing. It is like listening to a speaker that talks in a monotone with no stress, inflection or importance on any words spoken. The limits of a phrase the beginning and the end can effectively be demonstrated by relating them to the beginning and ending of a sentence. Just as students know that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, they must know where the beginning and the end of each musical phrase is. The beginning and ends of phrases often seem to be overlooked by many band directors. Once the beginning and ending of a phrase has been determined, let the students know that they have not played it musically simply by playing a bunch of notes anymore than stringing a bunch of words together following a capital letter and ending with a period while using a monotone creates a sentence. If you speak a sentence to a student or to your band using a monotone voice they are quick to see how important it is to inflict expression to achieve effective communication, be it verbal or musical. Language requires correct pronunciation, good diction and proper word inflections. Music requires correct articulation and dynamic for desirable phrasing. Both language and music require that the performer shape the components in some way or effective communication will not be achieved. It is important for students to develop an awareness of the dynamic high points and low points within the phrase. The musical high point and/or low point within a phrase does not always correspond to the highest and/or lowest note. It is often effective to have students begin by exaggerating dynamic contrast within the phrase and then modify the dynamic contrast to achieve the desired musical effect. We must be very careful not to let our student s playing come across as note-to-note. Good phrasing is a product of understanding note grouping. Two books which I have found to be a wonderful guide to note grouping and musicianship are: 1) Note Grouping by James Morgan Thurmond; published by Meredith Music Resource and with a Foreword by Weston Noble. 2) Sound In Motion by David McGill; published by Indiana University Press. Mr. McGill is principle bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony. This book deals not only with phrasing, but a host of other items that contribute to a musical performance. I recommend both books most highly. ARTICULATION Articulation is very important element in defining style. There is far more to articulation than just tonguing or slurring. There are many styles of each. For example, when playing a march an entirely different style of articulation is necessary than if you are playing a chorale. Students too often think of articulation as either tonguing a note or slurring it with little or no consideration of the many variations that fall within these two categories. Following are some brief comments relating to different types of articulation. continued on page 24 The Iowa Bandmaster 23

26 Band Talk (continued) Attacks: The word attack often sends the wrong message as to how a musical sound should be initiated. It is an imprecise term and can often send mixed or incorrect signals to the student. For example, if you are playing a quiet, chorale-like selection, students should not think of attacking the notes. Far better for them to think of initiating the sound or even releasing it. In music of this style I often told students to think of the sound as having existed for a period of time before it is heard and when they start the tone they are releasing it to be heard. A very gentle attack is necessary and can often be achieved by using a breath attack. Accents: Many times band members take accents too literally. To be effective, an accented note must be accompanied by a decay of sound. If a person plays a whole note at a forte level with no decay, it is simply a loud note. The length of the forte before the decay should be determined by the length of the accented note and the style of the music. In a general way, the accent and the fortepiano are really the same thing. Certainly there are some differences such as the accent necessarily doesn t come down to a piano level as abruptly. Legato tonguing: Bands often have trouble playing legato.many students use too much tongue and/or abrupt tongue thrust and will end one note before starting the next one. There is always a tiny space between the notes when playing wind instruments, but that space must be minimized. It seems to help if you tell your students not to end one note just to start another. They must feel as though they are sealing the notes together. Note spacing: Note spacing is very important in determining style. The correct amount of note spacing, or lack thereof, must be determined by the type of music being performed. Without proper note spacing a march will lose much of its color and excitement. With too much note spacing a chorale or sustained piece becomes choppy and ineffective. We must always remember that articulations differ with composer, music period in which the music was written, and the type of music being performed. BALANCE Every band director must make the proper choices to achieve the correct balance within his/her band. Making decisions about balance is integral to both teaching and to performance. This can often become a Herculean task, depending on the band s instrumentation and the relative strength and maturity of the players in the various sections. This is especially true in younger bands. Generally speaking the upper notes tend to overshadow the lower notes due to unbalanced instrumentation and the fact that the sounds from the upper notes are more easily heard. To be heard, the lower notes must project more fully. This is also true for each section within the band. Many bands simply lack a sufficient number of players on some instruments to achieve an ideal balance, but balance goes beyond the numbers of players on each part. Brass instruments have a wider dynamic range than woodwinds. Higher pitched instruments project more than lower pitched instruments. The tone color of some instruments is more dominant than others. The melodic line must always be clearly heard above supporting lines and harmonies. When considering balance, all dynamic markings are relative. A second trombone player playing a sustained whole note marked forte cannot play as loud as a bassoonist playing a melodic line that is also marked forte. Regardless of the instrument they play, each band member must be aware of their part within the band as it relates to the melodic line and other notes within the ensemble. They must play their part at an appropriate dynamic level regardless of the marking on the page. In most bands weaker or less experienced players are often relegated to the second and third parts. This can com - pound the problem of balance because the players are often not as strong as players, but they are also playing notes in the lower tessitura of their instrument which creates challenges as mentioned previously. Second and third part players should be told that it is their parts that give the band a quality sound and without them the band would have a topheavy, thin, watery sound. It is the quality of the inner voices that creates balance and a desirable overall sound. An effective teaching tool is to have your band sustain the final chord on a piece you are working on and instruct all high pitched instruments and 1st parts to play forte while all others play mezzo piano or piano. Repeat the chord by having the lower and inner voices play forte and the high pitched and 1st players play at a softer level. The students will immediately recognize the difference in the sound quality. You can continue to adjust the volume either louder or softer of each section until the desired balance is achieved. (To be continued next issue) 24 The Iowa Bandmaster

27 They Continue to Serve By Jerry Kinney We are all familiar with the saying, Any port in a storm! IBA can go one better than that, as we can proudly pronounce, Any Newport in a storm! a natural segue to the subject of this TCTS article, Mr. David Newport. Dave is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is a graduate of Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School where he prospered under the tutelage of Luman Colton. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Music Education degrees from the University of Northern Iowa. His initial teaching position included grades 5-12 at Winfield/Mount Union (1 year), after which he was the assistant director at Montezuma High School (2 years). Moving up the musical ladder, from 1980 to 1990, he taught instrumental music at LaPorte City (soon to be Union ) High School, and completed the final 20 years of his colorful career at Grinnell High School. Dave Newport Marching, concert and jazz bands under Dave s leadership were consistent Division I winners at IHSMA Festivals. During his career an average of 65% of his solo and ensemble entries received I ratings at IHSMA contests. Jazz bands from Montezuma, LaPorte City and Grinnell performed at numerous Jazz Championships, a tribute to his versatility. Lighter moments included a jazz band rehearsal when Dave demanded, I need more sax, more sax, more sax! His lead alto player, having a momentary lapse of hearing suggested, You need to talk to Mrs. Newport about that. Another merry moment occurred during a marching band rehearsal after the band had played their opener, the Doobie Brothers Jesus Is Just Alright With Me. Dave implored his band, You need to nail that opener to which one band member queried, Mr. Newport, do you want us to nail Jesus? David has conducted numerous honor bands and is an active IHSMA adjudicator. He has served as district president for both SEIBA and NEIBA. In 1999, he received the Outstanding Iowa Teacher Award from Grinnell College and was the recipient of the Grinnell Educator and Citizen of the Year Award in One of the many highlights of his career has been his association with the Iowa Ambassadors of Music from The Ambassadors have traveled extensively, going to Europe 11 times during his tenure. Dave s assignment of buses, flights, hotels and other accommodations for as many as 440+ high school musicians and 50 music instructors/ advisors has been most rewarding. One unforeseen blip took place in 2008 when the pre-trip camp scheduled for Cedar Rapids was flooded out. Dave scrambled to make alternate plans and managed to secure the facilities of Grinnell College for the group, an arrangement that has been continued since that time. To quote Dave, One of the most enjoyable and rewarding aspects of every trip has been the opportunity to become acquainted with, and work with so many great Iowa educators! Art Linkletter s, Kids Say the Darndest Things, certainly applies to one of Dave s favorite recollections of an Ambassadors trip to England. One of the band members became quite annoyed by all the jet planes flying over Windsor Castle and asked, quite innocently, Why did they build the castle so close to the airport? Nuff said One can scarcely tell where Mr. Newport s teaching career ended and his retirement began. He continues as codirector of the Grinnell Community Band, a position he has held since He has mentored 1st and 2nd year teachers for several years for IBARD and IAAE. He teaches private music lessons at the Grinnell Arts Center to students ranging in age from 19 to 77. He is active in preparing students for All-State auditions, trying out beginners in the 5th grade, and working with bands as a continuing substitute teacher. In 2011, Dave was the musical director for Grinnell College s production of Stephen Sondheim s Sunday in the Park with George, and in the summer of 2012 served in the same capacity for the Grinnell Community Theater s production of Annie. Dave and his wife, Connie, reside in Grinnell, and have one daughter, Samantha. Another fact that is worthy of note (no pun intended), is that Dave is one of three band directors in his family. Older sister, Judy Huxford, and her husband, Gary, taught in the Iowa Valley and Deep River/Millersburg schools for many years. Coincidentally, both were former honorees for a They Continue To Serve article and are also continuing to be active in the instrumental music field. In closing, if any of your instrumental music teaching ships sail into an unforeseen storm, head for the Newport in Grinnell and you will undoubtedly receive assistance for a smoother and more satisfying musical journey. The Iowa Bandmaster 25

28 Karl L. King and the 1921 Mitchell (SD) Corn Palace Festival (September 26 October 1, 1921) During the final week of September starting in 1892, the Corn Palace Exposition in Mitchell, South Dakota provided early settlers an opportunity to display the fruits of their harvest on the exterior of a Corn Palace and thus prove the fertility of South Dakota soil. The Exposition offered venues for entertainment and attracted some of the most popular performing organizations from across the country. In 1904, as part of their bid to become the capital of South Dakota, Exposition organizers persuaded John Philip Sousa and his band to serve as the featured entertainment. Other high profile musical organizations performed during the Corn Palace Festival (renamed in 1905) in the years that followed, including the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Conway s Band, Liberati s Band and Fort Dodge Military Band in front of the Mitchell Corn Palace, another appearance by Sousa in In September of 1921, Karl L. King was beginning his second year as the director of the Fort Dodge Military Band. He realized that in order to establish the band s reputation as a quality concert band across the nation that they needed feature billing at major events. He hoped the publicity would put the band in the same ranks as the bands of Sousa, Conway and Arthur Pryor. The newly named King Band was booked for the 1921 Iowa State Fair as one of a number of bands performing during fair week. Their performances during fair week proved to be quite beneficial. Two officials from the Corn Palace were looking for a band to serve as the official musical attraction for the 1921 Festival and contribute to the dedication of the brand new $275,000 Corn Palace building. Contrary to previous research, the King Band was not the first choice for the 1921 Festival. According to records, officials requested the services of numerous musical organizations prior to booking the King Band. Sousa s band was once again asked to perform for the special dedication of the new building (they performed for the opening of the first and second Corn Palaces in 1904 and 1907) but the dates conflicted with their touring schedule. Similar scheduling conflicts surfaced when requests were made of Pryor s Band and Conway s Band in March Herbert L. Clarke (who was a huge hit among the Corn Palace faithful as soloist with Sousa s Band in 1904 and 1907) had formed his own band in Canada at that time but, by his own declaration, informed officials that his band was just not in shape to make such a jump. Officials reached out to Bachman s Million Dollar Band before announcing that the Mexican National Band would serve as the musical attraction for the festival on June 11, The Mexican Band performed numerous times in Texas and was an unusual organization based on its size (80 pieces). The new stage in the Corn Palace was able to accommodate the band along with the 5,000 patrons expected to attend the concerts throughout the week. The Mexican government altered its plans in August and notified Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota that the band would not come to Mitchell. Rumors surfaced that the Mitchell Musicians Union opposed the performance of a non-union band. However, a letter addressed to the National President of the AFM stated that they welcomed the band to Mitchell. It is unclear as to what happened in the negotiations with the Mexican government but what was very clear was that with little over a month until the festival, a featured band had not been identified. The official announcement of the week-long engagement came on September 7, Numerous newspaper advertisements and articles touted praise to King and his 55-piece band. The contract totaled $5,000 and King set out to augment the band with some of the best musicians in the Midwest. The featured soloist and guest conductor was Robert Willaman soloist with Pryor s and Sousa s bands and author of The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing. 26 The Iowa Bandmaster

29 The week prior to the Festival, the Mitchell Gazette boosted the band as much as they could with banner headlines and detailed articles about King and the group: Mr. King, himself, is only thirty years of age, but Mitchell men who have heard him direct his band declare he is a director whose equal they have seldom, if ever seen As an additional proof of the rapidly increasing popularity of the King Music an unusual fad has sprung up throughout the country. It is nothing more or less than a com(p)lete King program. Many bands from New York to San Francisco and from Canada to Palm Beach are playing all-king concerts and reports assert that such concerts always are attended by exceptional success. The festival opened on Monday, September 26, 1921, with the premier performance of The New Corn Palace March written by King. An All-King performance took place on Thursday evening. The band also performed for the various special acts during the matinee and evening performances during the week. A special guest musician made the trip with the band and performed on tenor saxophone during the entire week of performances A.O. Scott took a break from his usual occupation as mayor of Fort Dodge to occupy a seat on stage with the King Band. The Iowa Bandmaster 27

30 The Joke s On... These gems came about while I served as Fine Arts Curriculum Specialist for Davenport Schools. All were of my own doing, but were caught during proofreading. I used them with the staff as examples of why it is important to check an before sending. Jim Bawden Bawden s Famous Typos the ones that almost escaped The first year on the job brings with it a challenging learning curse. (learning curve ) Lincoln school is offering an African Dance and Rum Program. ( drum program we had a lot of people enroll that year) Heck with building principals with regard to your budgets. ( check with building principals) Music teachers are expected to balance their programs with regard to scared literature. ( sacred literature) The council will get together on October 1. The beeting will begin at 4:30. (meeting) We need volunteers to hose students. (house students) The festival needs to hire a strong judge. (string judge) The ASC Art display ruins September to May. (runs) The music faulty meeting will be after school. (faculty) MORAL: Proofread your s before sinning. (sending) 28 The Iowa Bandmaster

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32 Iowa Municipal Band Festival 2013 by Jay Kahn The 22nd annual Iowa Muncipal Band Festival was held on July 13th of this year at Boone s beautiful Herman Park Pavilion. After surviving last year's sauna-like temperature interrupted momentarily by a torrential downpour, this year's weather couldn't have been more picture-perfect. Eight bands and a large, enthusiastic audience were on hand to enjoy a gorgeous day of band music. This year's line-up included two bands making their first appearance at the festival, some old stalwarts, and the return of the Zumbrota Band of Minnesota. The first newcomer was the Marengo Civil War Band, shepherded by IBARD members Gary and Judy Huxford. Each selection was introduced by Gary in the folksy, neighborly style he does so well. Although the band does not use period instruments, each selection was performed in a stylistically authentic manner. The audience quickly came to feel that it was listening to old friends giving a fascinating history lesson. The second band was the Timber City Band from Maquoketa, directed by yours truly. The Timber City Band did appear at the festival once before, but combined with Dubuque's Tri-State Wind Symphony. This was the Timber City Band's first true appearance on its own. Sandwiched between two powerhouses with venerable reputations, the Ames Municipal Band and the Karl King Band, no one expected much from the little band from a little town. I am delighted to report that we surprised a lot of people and received an enthusiastic standing ovation, plus generous, complimentary comments from the other directors who were in the audience. It couldn't have been a happier debut! Here are the programs. Many thanks to the bandmasters who all took the time to forward this information! Churdan Town and Country Band David Swaroff, Bandmaster Washington Post...Sousa/James Scott Hallelujah (from Shrek)...arr. Michael Brown American Flourish...Robert W. Smith Saturday in the Park...Robert Lamm arr. J. Edmondson (from Fun-Way Bandsman Bk.2) Diamond Jubilee...Karl King Hungarian Rhapsody #2...Franz Liszt arr. Richard Bowles (from Program Highlights Band Bk.) Summertime...arr. Calvin Custer Try to Remember...arr. Bruce Chase Highlights from Jersey Boys...arr. Michael Brown God Bless America...arr. Frank Cofield Big Cage Galop...Karl L. King (Played in 85 seconds! King Band always strives for 90 or less.) Marengo Civil War Band Gary Huxford, Bandmaster Battle Cry of Freedom Tenting Tonight Medley: Dixie, Bonnie Blue Flag Ring, Ring De Banjo Goober Peas How Firm A Foundation Marching Through Georgia Yankee Doodle Amazing Grace When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again The Battle Hymn Of The Republic Zumbrota Community Band (Minnesota) John Vettel, Bandmaster Regents March...Richard Rodgers The Lion King...Elton John & Hans Zimmer arr. John Higgins Military Escort...Harold Bennett (Henry Fillmore) Selections from Aladdin...arr. John Moss The Footlifter...Henry Fillmore Music of the Beatles...arr. Michael Sweeney Montego Bay...Sammy Nestico Sing, Sing, Sing...Louis Prima Their Finest Hour...Theodore Maki You re A Grand Old Flag...George M. Cohan The Ames Municipal Band Michael Golemo, Bandmaster Emil Polashek, Vocalist The Star Spangled Banner...Francis Scott Key Waltzing Winds...Eric Osterling Disneyland Celebration...arr. Michael Brown The Penny Whistle Song...Leroy Anderson featuring the flute section Tijuana Brass in Concert...arr. Ted Ricketts As Time Goes By...Herman Hupfeld Emil Polashek, vocalist You Raise Me Up...Graham & Lovland Emil Polashek, vocalist Clarinet Marmalade...John Edmondson Featuring the clarinet section Hymn: Holy Ghost, With Light Divine...Gottschalk/Reed & Parker Hail to the Spirit of Liberty March...John Philip Sousa The Marengo Civil War Band awaits its introduction for its first appear - ance at an Iowa Municipal Band Festival. You just got schooled! The Karl King Band demonstrates the authentic way to interpret Mr. King's compositions at the 2013 Iowa Municipal Band Festival. 30 The Iowa Bandmaster

33 Maquoketa s Timber City Band Jay Kahn, Bandmaster Great Race March...Henry Mancini arr. Johnny Warrington That's Entertainment...Arthur Schwartz & Howard Dietz/arr. Bill Moffit Friska from Hungarian Rhapsody #2...Franz Liszt/arr. Andrew Glover When Johnny Comes Marching Home...Patrick Gilmore arr. Bruce Pearson & Chuck Elledge Flower Duet from Lakmé...Léo Delibes arr. Jerry Brubaker featuring the father/daughter duet of David Manning (flute) and Emma Manning (oboe) Basses Conquest (King Bombardon)...Walter P. Woody English revised by Harry Alford The Banks of Bonnie Doon...Traditional arr. Mark Williams Lazy Luke...John Francis Galuska State Fair...Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II arr. Howard Cable & Paul Yoder Alhambra Grotto...Karl King Danse Bohémien...Randall Standridge Karl L. King Municipal Band Ft. Dodge, Iowa Jerrold P. Jimmerson, Conductor Dr. David Klee, Assistant Conductor March: Emblem of Freedom...Karl L. King Overture: Fountain of Youth...Karl L. King Fantasia on Lady of Spain...Tolchard Evans arr. Donald Hunsberger A Night In June...Karl L. King Star-Spangled Spectacular...George M. Cohan/arr. John Cacavas Conducted by Dr. David Klee Civil War Echoes...Kenny Bierschenk God Bless America...Irving Berlin arr. Erik Leidzen Roger Netz, Vocalist Galop: Circus Days...Karl L. King March: Barnum and Bailey s Favorite...Karl L. King Boone Municipal Band David Richardson, Bandmaster Americans We...Henry Fillmore By Loch and Mountai...Robert W. Smith Festa Espagnol...arr. Feeney The Way You Look Tonight...Jerome Kern Pavilion March...Frank Piersol Maquoketa s Timber City Band Celebrates 40 Years by Jay Kahn It s hard to believe that 40 years have passed since the Christmas of 1973 when former Maquoketa High School art instructor Edd Scheer bought his wife Judy a clarinet. After practicing alone for a few days, Judy quickly realized that it s more fun to make music with your friends. And so the Austin Avenue Band was born, so named because the Scheers lived on Maquoketa s Austin Avenue. The Austin Avenue Band struggled along for over a decade, meeting every Monday night throughout the entire year. When a performance was imminent, such as the Rotary Club s annual ice cream social for Maquoketa s senior citizens, they managed to field a full band. But all too often, the weekly rehearsals would be for the benefit of just a quartet or a trio. Still, the band of friends persisted, and in time they attracted additional players. A big problem in the early days was finding someone willing to conduct since everyone wanted to play. The first director of the Austin Avenue Band was Kareen Strumpel, a Maquoketa first-grade teacher. Kareen didn t play a band instrument, but she loved music, so it was a good way for her to participate while fulfilling the group s need for a con - ductor. In the early 80s, Kareen passed the baton to Bill Hayes, former director of the Maquoketa High School Band, and also a former member of the Karl King Band. After Bill s passing, the band was able to purchase his personal library thanks to donations from local businesses. By 1986, the band was getting too large even for the Scheer s substantial Victorian home on Austin Avenue. The brass and percussion were in the living room while the woodwinds were in the parlor. It was too much for the Scheers to handle any more so they said someone else had to sponsor the group. Maquoketa Middle School band instructor Jay Kahn, who had been playing with the Austin Avenue Band since 1980, volunteered to take over. He remains the current director. The rehearsals moved to the band room at Maquoketa Middle School, and Jay cut the season down to the month of June rather than fight attendance problems all year. Since the band was no longer located at Austin Avenue, the name had to be changed. Jay had purchased an antique cornet at an auction in Clinton a few years earlier. Inside the cornet case was an old photo of the original owner, dressed in a band uniform and holding the cornet. The back of the photo revealed that it had been taken by Will Cundhill, Jay Kahn directs the Timber City Band. A demonstration of the ancient and honorable art of combined bass drum and cymbal playing is provided by IBA member Brian Hughes, director of the Quad City Wind Ensemble and the Dubuque Tri-State Wind Symphony. continued on page 32 The Iowa Bandmaster 31

34 Maquoketa s TCB Celebrates 40 Years (continued) Maquoketa s version of photographer Matthew Brady. The letters TCB stood out in white just above the brim of the bandsman s cap. What do you suppose it means? Jay asked Bill Hayes. Why, Timber City Band, of course! Bill responded. (Maquoketa s nickname is The Timber City. ) So the Austin Avenue Band was rechristened the Timber City Band. The band has also spawned some smaller ensembles that have appeared sporadically over the years. They include the Fifth Avenue Saxes (a saxophone ensemble), Long Drawn Silver (a flute choir) and a low brass ensemble called the Root Band ( We re Just A Bunch Of Tubers! ). The Timber City Band has become a regional band, drawing its membership from Platteville, Dubuque, Bellevue, Anamosa, the Quad Cities and various communities along highway 30. IBARD members Gary and Judy Huxford even drive in from Marengo for major performances! The TCB also serves as an alumni band for graduates of the Maquoketa School s band program, and as a summer band for current students. The TCB includes several members of the Quad City Wind Ensemble, the Dubuque Tri-State Wind Symphony and the Big River Brass Band. This year s band featured three married couples, two parent-and-child teams, and one pair of brothers! One interesting feature of the Timber City Band is its recent adoption of a short-bore ( shepherd s crook ) cornet only policy. With the exception of some show tunes, no trumpets allowed! Further, the cornetists use funnel-shaped mouthpieces which are more in line with the original design concept of the instrument. As a result, the cornets can sit up front with the clarinets so the two sections blend better. This set-up was common practice at the turn of the last century. (The Karl King Band also sets up this way.) Amongst the many accolades the TCB has acquired over the years, a standout came from Chuck Offenberger, former Iowa Boy columnist for the Des Moines Register. He accompanied one of Senator Chuck Grassley s tours of Iowa for foreign ambassadors when the tour passed through Maquoketa. After the ambassadors were treated to a meal and a TCB concert at Pearson Hall, Offenberger wrote in the next day s column that the concert had been the highlight of the tour. In honor of the 40th anniversary of its founding, the Timber City Band embarked upon an ambitious extended season this year. It started early in April with preparations for a May clinic at the prestigious Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in Des Moines. The clinic consisted of a program of music written by pioneering Iowa bandmasters. Starting in June, the band The Timber City Band s first appearance at the Iowa Municipal Band Festival is announced to a large, enthusiastic audience. The Timber City Band s Root Band unleashes a pun ( We re just a bunch of tubers! ) while a member of the audience recoils in anguish. Pictured are IBA members (l to r) Robert Fischer, Gregg Marolf, Matthew Hovey (back to camera), Richard Traylor, and Jay Kahn. The lady in the group, Rhonda Van Dyke, is an otherwise normal person. Members of the Timber City Band strike a triumphant pose after their clinic at the 2013 IBA Conference. A magical evening celebrating Maquoketa's 175th anniversary. The next tune up on the stands seems especially appropriate. 32 The Iowa Bandmaster

35 began its regular season, starting with a concert at Dubuque s Eagle Point Park on Thursday evening, June 20th. The same concert was presented on Wednesday, June 26th, at the Maquoketa Rotary Club s annual ice cream social for senior citizens. A recent addition to the Timber City Band s season is the annual July 4th performance at the Tabor Winery in Baldwin. Despite the name, the event is actually held on the Sunday just before the 4th. This year the winery appearance was held on June 30th, and included two concerts beginning at 3 pm. For the first time in its existence, the Timber City Band performed at the Iowa Municipal Band Festival in Boone, which is held annually on the second Saturday of July at the pavilion in Herman Park. This is the farthest distance the band has ever traveled from Maquoketa! At the conclusion of the band s concert, the audience responded with an enthusiastic standing ovation with whoops, whistles and shouts of, More! More! The season s grand finale occurred in August when the Timber City Band was the featured entertainment at a summer soiree in Maquoketa. The soiree was held in observance of Maquoketa s 175th anniversary. The soiree was also a fundraiser for the Jackson County Historical Society. TCB Director Jay Kahn pointed out that, while this is the 40th anniversary of the band s founding, it isn t actually the band s 40th season. The 40th season occurs next year. So I ll guess we ll just have to party a little longer, he said with a smile. Maquoketa s Timber City Band Jay Kahn, Director OUR 40th YEAR! 2013 Season Repertoire Opener: Rhapsody: March: Medley: Trumpet Solo: March: Duet: March Fantasy: Rag: March: Folk Song: Rag: Medley: March: March: Dance: Great Race March...Henry Mancini That s Entertainment...Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz / arr. Bill Moffit Friska from Hungarian Rhapsody #2...Franz Liszt / arr. Andrew Glover Holton Special...John Francis Galuska Guys and Dolls...Frank Loesser / arr. Calvin Custer featuring Adrienne D'agostino, Kim Hayward, Joel Hagen and the Save-A-Soul Mission Ode For Trumpet...Alfred Reed featuring Jerry Miller, trumpet Leviathan...John Francis Galuska Flower Duet from Lakmé...Léo Delibes / arr. Jerry Brubaker featuring David Manning, flute & Emma Manning, oboe When Johnny Comes Marching Home...Patrick Gilmore / arr. Bruce Pearson & Chuck Elledge Making The Rounds...John Francis Galuska Basses Conquest (King Bombardon)...W.P. Woody English / revised by Harry The Banks of Bonnie Doon...Traditional Melody / arr. Mark Williams Lazy Luke...John Francis Galuska State Fair...Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II / arr. Howard Cable & Paul Yoder The Triumph Of Time...John Philip Sousa Alhambra Grotto...Karl King Danse Bohémien...Randall Standridge Remember to let new teachers know about all the benefits of being an IBA member. We need new members to keep the IBA growing and strong. The Iowa Bandmaster 33

36 Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors A questionnaire was distributed to all IBARD members which identifies those who wish to remain active in these categories: Year Mentorship Project Fall Symposium Judge District Solo/Ensemble Contests John Aboud, Algona X X X X X X Bernie Allgood, Albia X X X X Dan Anderson, Eldridge X X X Donna Angell, Iowa City X X X X X X X Jim Bawden, Blue Grass X X Bernie Bjorklund, Nora Springs X Guy Blair, Pella X X X X X X X Diana Blake, Waverly X X Dee Bradt, Johnston X X X X X X X Paul Brizzi, Ankeny X X X X X X X Craig Bullis, Keokuk X X X X Dan Cassady, North Liberty X X X X X X Ron Coberly, New London X X X X X X Cheryl Crandal, S.Sioux City, NE X X George Curtis, Denver X X X Becky Curtis, Iowa City X X X X X Linda Cutshall, Corwith X X X X X X X Ragene Darling, Logan X X X X X Charles Dcamp, Davenport X X X X X X X John Devlin, Le Grand X X X X X X John DeSalme, Solon X Earle Dickinson, Shellsburg X X X Dan Djuren, Clear Lake X X X X X Jon Engelhardt, Adel X X X X X X Marilyn Fee, Clinton X X X X X Luci Ferrin, Sibley X X X Dennis Frazier, Griswold X X Bobbi Garringer, W. Des Moines X X X X X X John Gosnell, Ankeny X X X X X X X Michael Green, Bettendorf X X X X X X Arden Greener, Elgin X X X Gene Gross, Ames X X X X X X X Dennis Hanna, Guttenberg X X X X Terry Hanzlik, Omaha, NE X X X X X X X X Tom Haugen, Decorah X X X X X X X X John Holeman, Centerville X X X Frank Hoskins, Monroe X X X X X Gary Huxford, Marengo X X X X X X Judy Huxford, Marengo X X X X X X X Cheryl Irwin, Des Moines X X X X Greg James, West Union X X X X Harold Jansen, Des Moines X X X X Jerrold Jimmerson, Manson X X X X X X X X Carl Johnson, Urbandale X X X X X Dwayne Johnson, Cedar Falls X X X X X Larry Joiner, Cresco X X X X X John Keller, Urbandale X X X Jack King, Davenport X Kenneth Kirby, Calmar X Curtiss Klein, Fort Dodge X X X X X X X X X X Leon Kuehner, Hampton X X X X X X X X X Fred Lange, Ankeny X X X Guest Conductor Music Program Consultant Concert Band Clinician Jazz Band Clinician Marching Band Clinician Solo/Ensemble Clinician Private Instructor 34 The Iowa Bandmaster

37 Mentorship Project Fall Symposium Judge District Solo/Ensemble Contests Lynn Lange, Ankeny X X Suzanne Lary, Centerville X David Larsen, Alcester SD X David Law, Marion X X X X X X X X X X Steve Lawson, Harlan X X X X X Robert E. Lee, Waverly X X Roger Lueders, Cedar Rapids X X X X Bard Mackey, Waverly X X X X X X X Robert Manson, Cedar Rapids X X Alan Mattison, Belmond X X X X X X Steve McCombs, Pella X X X X X X X X X Gary McCurdy, Washington X X X X X Kris McKlveen, Prairie City X X Kathy McMillen, Davenport X X X X X X X Andy Meredith, Lake View X Bob Meyer, McGregor X Larry Mitchell, Vermillion, SD X X X X X X X Donn Modlin, Indianola X Trish Moe, Albert City X X Clara Mortiboy, Davenport X X X Steve Neve, Creston X X X Thomas Nehls, Ames X Dave Newport, Grinnell X X X X X X X X X Jay Nugent, Urbandale X X X X X Dalene O Brien, Boone X X X X X Mary Peterson, Ames X James Priebe, Burlington X X X Arnold Rabe, West Burlington X X X X X X X Dick Redman, Pella X X X X Doug Robbins, Manchester X X X X X X Bob Roussell, Monticello X Jack Ryan, Spencer X X X X X X X X X Kenneth Sabers, Rock Valley X X Robert Sadilek, Cedar Rapids X Tom Sandholm, Grinnell X X X X X X Rich Scheffel, Maynard X X X X X X X Al Sergel III, Platte City, MO X X X Rod Shedenhelm, Sioux Rapids X X X X X X X Robert Soule, Keokuk X X X X X X X Brian Stevens, Hampton X X X X X X X Gaylin Sudik, Creston X Helen Thiesen, Manilla X X X Richard Thimmesch, Ankeny X X X X X X X X David Twombley, Urbandale X Leonard Upham, Cedar Falls X X X X X X X Joanna VanDeBerg, Sumner X Katy VanNote, Urbandale X X Charles Vetter, Chillicothe, IL X X John Wagner, Grinnell X X Myron Welch, Coralville X X X Paula Welter, Holy Cross X X X X X Michael Wilder, Carmar X X Hans Willadsen, Ocheyden X X Sandra Willman, Rockford X X X Randy Winkey, Aplington X X X X X X X Allan Yeager, Ida Grove X X X X X X X X X Guest Conductor Music Program Consultant Concert Band Clinician Jazz Band Clinician Marching Band Clinician Solo/Ensemble Clinician Private Instructor The Iowa Bandmaster 35

38 BAND PERFORMANCE APPLICATION FORM Iowa Bandmasters Association 87th Annual Conference Des Moines Downtown Marriott May 15-17, 2014 School Director Address City Zip Code Phone Please check the appropriate category and classification CONCERT BAND Number of members Circle the grades represented in the band: Collegiate Adult High School 4A 3A 2A 1A Junior High/Middle School 4A, 3A Feeder 2A, 1A Feeder Elementary/Beginning Band (Circle one) Adult/Community Small College, 9th Grade/2nd Band JAZZ BAND Number of members Circle the grades represented in the band: Adult High School Junior High/Middle School Adult/Community n (Check for consideration) If not selected as an IBA conference honor band, I would be interested in having my ensemble participate as a conference clinic band. This application is submitted with the full approval of the school and/or community administration and in compliance with all policies set forth. Further, I acknowledge that the recording submitted is a performance by this ensemble recorded during this school year. The director has reviewed the submitted recording and accepts full responsibility for its authenticity. School Official Signature Director Signature Return this form postmarked by December 13, 2013 to: Send your recording postmarked by January 22, 2014 to: Jacquelyn Meunier, IBA Pres.-Elect 145 S. Sherrylynn Blvd, Pleasant Hill, IA Jacquelyn.meunier@southeastpolk.org 36 The Iowa Bandmaster

39 GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF PERFORMING BANDS AT The Iowa Bandmasters Association 87th Annual Conference May 15-17, Deadline Information Band Performance Application Form postmarked by December 13, 2013 Audition recording postmarked by January 22, 2014 Mail application and recording to: Jacquelyn Meunier, 145 S. Sherrylynn Blvd., Pleasant Hill, IA All elementary, junior high/middle school and high school bands are eligible for consideration, except those who have appeared at an IBA Conference in the past three years. (IBA Conference Resolution #5) Performing groups selected as IBA Honor Bands will not be considered to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in that capacity more often than once every three years (e.g., a musical group performing at the 2000 IBA Conference cannot perform again until 2003). A performing group may be chosen as a clinic or demonstration band at the discretion of the IBA President. Such participation will not negate or interrupt the performing group s eligibility to be selected as an IBA Honor Band as outlined above. (1983) (1997) (2009) 3. The band director must be a current active member of the Iowa Bandmasters Association and their respective district association. 4. Audition recording Must be of the band Should be approximately 15 minutes in length Should not include any speaking Each recorded selection cannot be altered or edited in any way. No excerpts permitted. It is recommended that all audition recordings be submitted on CD for optimal recording quality; however, cassette tapes will be accepted. Each recording should be identified only on a removable tray card, not on the recording itself. Recordings will not be returned unless otherwise requested. 5. Music literature choice High School Concert Band: It is strongly recommended that one piece be selected from the IHSMA Concert Band Required Music List or be of similar quality. Additional selections should represent contrasting styles of music. Junior High/Middle School & Elementary: should represent contrasting styles of music. Jazz Band: should include three pieces with contrasting styles, similar to IHSMA rules. 6. Recording suggestions The order of your music on the recording is important. First impressions are always important. Consider showcasing a specific strength in your ensemble. Plan enough time for your recording schedule to meet the deadline. Our winter weather is unpredictable! 7. Concert bands will be selected as follows: One high school band of each class - 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A The class category of a band is determined by the IHSMA classification of school enrollment. Two junior high/middle school bands The class category of a band is determined by the IHSMA classification of school enrollment. A band will be considered Middle School/Junior High if it meets the following criteria: Contains any combination of 6th-8th grade students, plus 9th grade students under the following circumstances: 9th grade members do not make up a majority of the band and 9th grade musicians in the district do not participate in Iowa High School Music Association sanctioned activities. At least one elementary band An elementary band is defined as an ensemble whose members have no more than two years of band experience by the date of the IBA performance and be in grade 6 or below. 8. Jazz bands will be selected as follows: One high school jazz band and/or one junior high/middle school jazz band 9. The selection committee will consist of a minimum of four IBA members, including one elementary director, one junior high/middle school director, one high school director teaching in a 1A or 2A program, and one high school director teaching in a 3A or 4A program. 10. The selection committee reserves the right to select no bands in a particular classification when, in the opinion of the committee, the quality of bands does not meet the standards of an IBA honor band. 11. Community bands, college bands, high school second bands, and 9th grade bands are encouraged to submit recordings. Bands in these categories will be selected as performance spots are available on the conference schedule. High school second bands and 9th grade bands may also choose to apply within their IHSMA classification as well. The Iowa Bandmaster 37

40 State Marching Band Results School Name Class Rating Bedford 1A II Belle Plaine 1A II Belmond-Klemme 1A II Bishop Garrigan, Algona 1A II Earlham 1A I East Buchanan, Winthrop 1A II Gehlen Catholic, LeMars 1A I Highland, Riverside 1A II Lenox 1A II Lisbon 1A I Lone Tree 1A II Mount Ayr 1A II New London 1A III Nishnabotna, Farragut 1A II North Mahaska, New Sharon 1A I North-Linn, Troy Mills 1A I Northwood-Kensett 1A III Springville 1A I Alburnett 2A III Aplington-Parkersburg 2A II Bellevue 2A II Camanche 2A III Cardinal, Eldon 2A II Cascade, Western Dubuque 2A III Central Decatur, Leon 2A SC Central Lee, Donnellson 2A II Clarinda 2A I Colfax-Mingo 2A II Denver 2A I Des Moines Christian 2A II Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont2A I Estherville-Lincoln Central 2A I Jesup 2A II Lake Mills 2A I Louisa-Muscatine 2A II Manson Northwest Webster 2A II Mediapolis 2A II Mid-Prairie, Wellman 2A I Nashua-Plainfield 2A I New Hampton 2A WH North Union 2A III Northeast, Goose Lake 2A II Ogden 2A II PCM, Monroe 2A II Pekin 2A II Pocahontas Area 2A II Red Oak 2A I Sheldon 2A I Shenandoah 2A II Sibley-Ocheyedan 2A I Sioux Center 2A II Southwest Valley, Corning 2A II Sumner-Fredericksburg 2A II Treynor 2A I Tri-Center, Neola 2A I Underwood 2A I Contest Results Edited by Denise Graettinger Wapello 2A I West Branch 2A I West Burlington 2A II West Central Valley, Stuart 2A CO West Liberty 2A I West Lyon, Inwood 2A I West Marshall, State Center 2A I Wilton 2A I A-D-M, Adel 3A I Albia 3A II Algona 3A I Anamosa 3A II Atlantic 3A II Benton, Van Horne 3A I Bondurant-Farrar 3A I Carlisle 3A II Center Point-Urbana 3A I Centerville 3A I Central Clinton, DeWitt 3A II Charles City 3A I Clarke, Osceola 3A I Clear Creek-Amana 3A I Creston 3A I Crestwood, Cresco 3A I Dallas Center-Grimes 3A I Davis County, Bloomfield 3A I Decorah 3A I Epworth, Western Dubuque 3A I Forest City 3A I Fort Madison 3A I Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 3A II Glenwood 3A I Grinnell 3A I Harlan 3A I Humboldt 3A II Independence 3A I Keokuk 3A II Knoxville 3A II LeMars 3A I Maquoketa 3A I Marion 3A I Mount Pleasant 3A I Mount Vernon 3A II Nevada 3A II North Polk, Alleman 3A II Oskaloosa 3A I Pella 3A I Saydel 3A I Solon 3A I South Tama County, Tama 3A I Spencer 3A I Spirit Lake 3A II Union, LaPorte City 3A I Vinton-Shellsburg 3A I Washington 3A II Webster City 3A III West Delaware, Manchester 3A I Williamsburg 3A II Winterset 3A I Ankeny 4A I Ankeny Centennial 4A I Bettendorf 4A I Burlington 4A III Cedar Falls 4A I Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 4A I Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 4A I Cedar Rapids, Washington 4A I Clinton 4A I Council Bluffs, A Lincoln 4A I Council Bluffs, T Jefferson 4A II Davenport, Central 4A I Davenport, North (Orch) 4A II Davenport, West 4A I Des Moines, East 4A II Des Moines, Lincoln 4A I Des Moines, Roosevelt 4A II Dowling Catholic, WDM 4A I Dubuque, Hempstead 4A I Dubuque, Senior 4A I Fort Dodge 4A I Indianola 4A II Iowa City, City High 4A I Johnston 4A I Lewis Central 4A I Linn-Mar, Marion 4A I Marshalltown 4A I Muscatine 4A I Newton 4A I Norwalk 4A I Ottumwa 4A I Prairie, Cedar Rapids 4A I Sioux City, East 4A I Sioux City, North 4A I Southeast Polk 4A I Urbandale 4A I Valley, West Des Moines 4A I Waterloo, East 4A II Waterloo, West 4A I Waukee 4A I Xavier, Cedar Rapids 4A II Boone Pufferbilly Days Parade Band Performance Results Class 4A: 1st place Ames High School, Chris Ewan Class 2A: 1st place Ogden High School, Jeremy Britton Class 1A: 1st place Madrid High School, Brad Cook Junior High: 1st place Ogden Junior High School, Jeremy Britton Non-Competing: Boone High School (host band), Chris Truckenmiller Sweepstakes Winner: Ames High School, Chris Ewan 38 The Iowa Bandmaster

41 NWIBA LeMars Municipal Band 2013 Summer Season Jerry Bertrand, Conductor June 12, 2013 Fanfare Prelude on Lancashire...James Curnow Iowa Quick Step...Gustavus Eckhart Masque...W.Francis McBeth Meditation from Thais...Massenet Kathy Moore - Flute The Doubtful Wife...McMichael The LeMars Flute Choir The Walking Frog...Karl L. King Irish Tune From County Derry...Percy Grainger Three Klezmer Miniatures...Sparke Flute Cocktail...Harry Simeone Kathy Moore, Robin Venaas, Sue Ashenfelter - Flutes My Fair Lady...Lerner/Loewe Iowa Brigade March...Fred Jewell June 19, 2013 Brighton Beach...William Latham Third Suite...Robert Jager Gershwin...Warren Barker Cajun Folk Songs II...Frank Ticheli Beau Ideal March...John Philip Sousa Harry Potter Symphonic Suite...Williams/Smith Cyrus The Great...Karl L. King June 26, 2013 A Bunch of Roses...R. Chapi y Lorento Prelude and Fugue in G minor...bach/moehlmann Trumpet Blues and Cantabile...James/Phillips Richard Bogenrief - Trumpet The Bugler s Lament...Red Nichols Richard Bogenrief - Bugle Overture Jubiloso...Frank Erickson Loch Lomond...Frank Ticheli Canhanibalmo Rag...Arthur Pryor Blue Tango...Leroy Anderson Jerome Robbins Broadway...Barker The Sinfonians...Clifton Williams July 4, 201 The Liberty Bell March...Sousa Chorale and Shaker Dance...Zdechlik Prelude and Beguine...Victor Williams District News Edited by Elaine Menke Jericho...Paul Yoder Sax Quartet Darrell Lake, Ellen Meis, Randy Benton, John Schneider The Blue and The Gray...Grundman Emblem of Unity...J.J. Richards At Dawn They Slept...Jay Bocook Hymn To The Fallen...John Williams America The Beautiful...arr. Dragon Lest We Forget...James Swearingen The Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa July 10, 2013 Army of The Nile...Kenneth Alford Tribute to Rudy Wiedoeft...arr. Schuller Tom Cronin - Alto Sax Belle of The Ball...Leroy Anderson Havendance...David Holsinger Chili Sauce Rag...H. A. Fischler Blues For A Killed Kat...Jack End Irving Berlin Showstoppers...arr. Higgins The Billboard March...John Klohr July 17, 2013 Durch Kampf zum Sieg...Von Blon The Debutante...Herbert L. Clarke Michael Pritchard - Trumpet Pallidio...Jenkins/Longfield John Williams In Concert...arr. Lavender Circus Band...Charles Ives Cole Porter On Broadway...Barker Blaze Away...Abe Holzmann Goodnight...Lawrence Welk Sioux City Municipal Band Grandview Park Bandshell Kucinski Music Pavilion Lawrence Mitchell, Conductor Robert Gibson, Asst. Conductor Dave Madsen, Host June 9, 2013 Strike Up The Band...George Gershwin Chester Overture...William Schuman Guadalcanal March...Rogers/Leidzen A Cohan Broadway Festival...arr. Werle Black Granite March...James Hosay A Night in June...Karl L. King Irving Berlin Showstoppers...Berlin/Higgins The Ultimate Patriotic Sing-Along...arr. Brubaker The Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore June 16, 2013 Zampa Overture...Herold/Safranek On A Southern Hymnsong...Holsinger Chicago Tribune March...Chambers Cameos...Gordon Jacob Trudy Timblin, bass trombone soloist March of the Slide Trombones...Scott/Lang Symphonic Suite from Star Trek The Motion Picture...arr. Barker Beguine Again...Glenn Osser Selections from Les Miserables...arr. Barker For He s a Jolly Good Fellow...Trad. Good Night Ladies...Trad. Jurisprudence Concert March...Smith The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore June 23, 2013 The Purple Carnival March...Alford/ed. Erickson Merry Wives of Windsor Overture...Nicolai/Godfrey Morceau De Concert...Saint-Saens Dr. Gary Reeves, horn soloist Themes from arr. Lowden Toy Trumpet...arr. Briegel March Militaire Francaise...Saint-Saens/Lake Marvin Hamlisch Showcase...arr. Barker The Band Played On...Charles B. Ward Home on the Range...Cowboy song The Circus Bee...Fillmore/ed. Foster The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore June 30, 2013 Official West Point March...Lt. Philip Egner Virginia...Jacob de Haan Viktor s Tale from the Terminal...Williams/Lavender Dr. Holly Haddad, clarinet soloist William Tell Overture Finale...Rossini/Longfield March Hongroise Rakoczy...Berlioz/Smith Pop and Rock Legends: The Association...arr. Ricketts Shepherd s Hey...Percy A. Grainger Jesus Christ Superstar...Webber/Moss Dixie...Dan Emmett When Johnny Comes Marching Home...arr. Lambert The Southerner March...Alexander/Bainum The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore The Iowa Bandmaster 39

42 July 7, 2013 American Salute...Gould/Lang Napoli...Bellstedt/Simon Dr. David Bohnert, trumpet soloist A Festive Overture...Alfred Reed Stars and Bars March...Robert Jager A Night In Tunisia...Gillespie & Paparelli/Murtha Saxophone Quartet Lynn Gross, Connie Smith, Dustin Bliven, Casey Kingdon National Emblem March...E. E. Bagley/Fennell Disney at the Movies...arr. Higgins Armed Forces Salute...arr. Lowden The Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore July 14, 2013 March Grandioso...Roland Seitz La Belle Helene Overture...Offenbach/Odom Rhapsody for Flute...Steven Bulla Robin Venaas, flute soloist Third Suite for Band...Robert Jager Rhoseymedre...Vaughn Williams/Beeler Ragged Rozey...Karl L. King I d Like to Teach the World to Sing...Backer/Davis/Cook/Greenway Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head...Bacharach and David Tribute to Bacharach and David...arr. Edmondson George Washington Bicentennial March...John Philip Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore July 21, 2013 Celebration Fanfare...Steven Reineke Dance of the Buffoons...Rimsky- Korakoff/tr. Sartorius West Side Story Selections...Sondhim & Bernstein/Duthoit Little English Girl (L inglesina) March...D. Delle Cese Radetzky March...Johann Strauss Sr. Oh When The Saints...arr. Schaars Diana Wooley, vocal solist Russian Sailor s Dance...Gliere/Curnow Rock, Roll, and Remember (Salute to Dick Clark)...arr. Ricketts Take Me Out to the Ball Game...Norworth/Von Tilzer Highlights from Mary Poppins...Sherman & Sherman/O Loughlin From Tropic To Tropic March...Russell Alexander The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore July 28, 2013 Symphony No. 1 for Band...Smith Entry March of the Boyares...Halvorsen/Laurendeau The Debutante...Herbert L. Clarke Mike Prichard, trumpet soloist Themes from Green Bushes...Grainger/Daehn Dave Brubeck: A Portrait in Time...arr. Smith Rakes of Mallow...Leroy Anderson Selections from The Music Man...Willson/Lang Sioux City Sue...Dick Thomas Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer...arr. McClain Americans We...Fillmore/Fennell The Star-Spangled Banner...Key/Moore NCIBA Karl L. King Municipal Band Jerrold P. Jimmerson, Conductor Dr. David Klee, Assistant Conductor May 27, 2013 Memorial Day Program North Lawn Cemetery True Blue March...Karl L. King Lieutenant Commander March...King God of our Fathers...arr. Walters National Salute...arr. Carter Call To Victory March...Karl L. King A Patriotic Salute...John O Reilly America The Beautiful...arr. Edmondson Hosts of Freedom March...Karl L. King Salute To America s Finest...arr. Lavender The Star-Spangled Banner...F. S. Key Valiant American March...Carl Webber June 9, 2013 New Season New Beginnings Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Nazir Grotto...Karl L. King Sir Galahad...Karl L. King Armida...Haydn/Bowles Irving Berlin Waltz Medley...Berlin/Leidzen El Colegio...W. B. Green As Summer Was Just Beginning...Daehn Dr. David Klee, Director Clarinet Cake...Ralph Hermann Featuring the Clarinet Section 40 The Iowa Bandmaster

43 Selections from Cats...Webber/ Edmondson St. Louis Blues...Handy/Nowak Homestretch...Karl L. King The Crosley March...Henry Fillmore The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key June 16, 2013 Flag Day Concert Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Emblem of Freedom...Karl L. King Our Glorious Flag...Rosenkrans United States Overture...Paul LaValle God Bless the U.S.A...Greenwood/Holmes Roger Netz, Vocalist Lassus Trombone...Fillmore/Kinney Featuring the Trombone Section Joplin s Ragtime Follies...Joplin/Curnow National Emblem...E.E. Bagley Directed by Dr. David Klee Civil War Echoes...Kenny Bierschenk Dixieland Jamboree...arr. Warrington Featuring the Dixieland Combo Armed Forces Salute...arr. Lowden The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas...arr. Lake The Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key June 23, 2013 Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Hawkeye Glory...Karl L. King The Marriage of Figaro.Mozart/Slocum Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band...James Curnow Paul Hochmuth, Soloist The Shadow of Your Smile...arr. Whitcomb Blue Tango...Leroy Anderson Dr. David Klee, Director Toccata...Frescobaldi/Slocum The Blazing Comet...Roger Maxwell Directed by the composer, Roger Maxwell A Night In June...Karl L. King Big Bands in Concert...arr. Lowden The Big Cage...Karl L. King Grandioso...Seitz/Reed The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key June 30, 2013 Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Alhambra Grotto...Karl L. King Trumpets Up...W.B. Green Fountain of Youth...Karl L. King Rhapsody for Jazz Trumpet and Concert Band...Andrew Glover Tim Miller, Trumpet Soloist Cyrus The Great...Karl L. King Andrew Glover, Guest Conductor Fantasia on Lady of Spain...Evans/Hunsberger Introduction to Act III Lohengrin...Wagner/Drumm The Syncopated Clock...Leroy Anderson Dr. David Klee, Director Shenandoah...Frank Ticheli Kentucky Sunrise...Karl L. King Circus Days...Karl L. King The Melody Shop...Karl L. King The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key July 7, 2013 Independence Day Concert Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Americans We...Henry Fillmore Sons of Veterans...Karl L. King Symphonic Prologue: Rushmore...Reed A Sousa Collection...arr. Cable Jump Swing Fever...arr. Golemo Featuring the Brass Quintet, Jive For Five Jefferson: A Vision for America...Smith Narrated by Scott Johnston Loyal Americans...King/ed. Bellamah Star-Spangled Spectacular...Cohan/Cacavas Dr. David Klee, Director An American Spectacular...arr. Sharp Seventy-Six Trombones...Willson/ Anderson/adpt. Bocook God Bless America...Berlin/Leidzen The Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key July 13, 2013 Iowa Municipal Band Festival Boone, IA Emblem of Freedom...Karl L. King Fountain of Youth...Karl L. King Fantasia on Lady of Spain...Evans/Hunsberger A Night In June...Karl L. King Star-Spangled Spectacular...Cohan/Cacavas Dr. David Klee, Director Civil War Echoes...Kenny Bierschenk God Bless America...Berlin/Leidzen Roger Netz, Vocalist Circus Days...Karl L. King Barnum and Bailey s Favorite...King July 14, 2013 Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park The New Corn Palace...Karl L. King Hostrauser s March...Chambers Mystic Night...Karl L. King Finale from Luisa di Montfort...Bergson/Glover LuAnn Ewan, Clarinet soloist The Sinfonians...Clifton Williams Thunder and Lightning...Strauss/Carey Dr. David Klee, Director Alto Mood...Eldridge Bunton Someone To Watch Over Me...Gershwin/Barker Bob Shafer, Alto Saxophone Soloist Georgia Girl...Karl L. King Majestic...Karl L. King The Spencer Fair...Reginald R. Schive The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key July 21, 2013 Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park The Goldman Band...Karl L. King Glasgow Fair...Maj. James Howe The Pearl Fishers...Bizet/Cailliet Enchanted Night...Karl L. King Charter Oak...Eric Osterling Dr. David Klee, Director Highlights from Les Miserables...arr. Vinson Orange-Colored Sky...arr. Schive Shari Netz, vocal soloist They Can t Take That Away from Me...Gershwin/Barker Shari and Roger Netz, vocal duet Black & White Rag...Botsford/Daehn The Stormchasers...Robert Sheldon The President s March...Fillmore/Foster The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key July 28, 2013 Karl L. King Band Shell Oleson Park Invictus...Karl L. King The Billboard...John Klohr Superman: Suite for Concert Band...Williams/Lowden Double Concerto...Vivaldi/Glover Kathy Yoakam and Sarah Baldus, French Horn Duet Tribute to Count Basie...arr. Moss The Whippet Race...Karl L. King Dr. David Klee, Director Bugler s Holiday...Leroy Anderson Featuring a Trumpet Trio Overture Tschaikovsky/Lake Auld Lang Syne...Karl L. King The Star-Spangled Banner...Smith & Key SCIBA Des Moines Diocesan All-City Concert Band Festival Hy-Vee Hall February 25, 2013 Bronze Band 5th Grade Scott Davis, Guest Conductor Drumania!...Mike Hannickel Dragon Fire...Paul Lavender The Iowa Bandmaster 41

44 Early Bird March...Mark Williams Homework Blues...Paul Lavender Skeletons in the Closet...Ployhar Silver Band 6th Grade Roger Maxwell, Guest Conductor Trash Concerto...Timothy Loest The Sword of Kings...Robert W. Smith Armed Forces March...Sweeney Overloads...Sean O Loughlin Crazy Crocodile...Dennis Eveland Gold Band 7th/8th Grade Steve Holland & Nick Hoover, Guest Conductors Carpathia...William Owens Pirates of the Caribbean...Klaus Badelt Activity March...Harold Bennett Star Spangled Banner...arr. Kinyon Dowling Catholic High School Steve Holland & Nick Hoover, Guest Conductors The Victor March...Karl King Americans We...Henry Fillmore Combined Bands Dowling Victors...arr. Thimmesch Participating Schools & Directors Assumption, Pam Kenkel Christ the King, Janna Rutledge Holy Trinity, Ryan McNulty Mt. Olive Lutheran, Christa Miller Sacred Heart, Jason Spooner & Jerry Kinney St. Anthony, Maria Cibula St. Augustin, John Gosnell St. Francis, Amy Spear St. Joseph, Jennie Gervais St. Pius X, Beth Haag St. Theresa, Thomas Downey NEIBA Tri-State Wind Symphony Eagle Point Park Bandshell Brian Hughes, Conductor May 30, 2013 How Suite It Is! Star Spangled Banner...Smith Irish Washerwoman...Anderson American Hymnsong Suite...Milburn Minstrel Boy...Anderson Rakes of Mallow...Anderson Little Suite for Band...Erickson Wearing of the Green...Anderson Little English Suite...Grundman The Girl I Left Behind Me...Anderson June 13, 2013 Celebrations and Remembrances Star Spangled Banner...Smith Celebration of Life...Hultgren Nobles of the Mystic Shrine...Sousa To the Unknowns...McBeth The Waltzing Cat...Anderson/trans. Lang A Celebration of Spirituals...arr. Barker An American Elegy...Ticheli 76 Trombones...Willson/Iwai June 27, 2013 Star-Spangled Spectacular A Festival Prelude...Reed Star Spangled Banner...Smith Armed Forces Salue...arr. Lowden A Copland Portrait...arr. Grundman National Emblem...Bagley/ed. Fennell Our Last Best Hope...Stoyanovich Battle Cry of Freedom...Foot/Nowak Sabre and Spurs...Sousa Rushmore...Reed Stars and Stripes Forever...Sousa July 11, 2013 Oh, The Places You ll Go! Flourish for Wind Band...Vaughan Williams Star Spangled Banner...Smith Malagueña...Lecuona/Cacavas Irish Tune from County Derry...Grainger Carribbean Fantasy...Morrissey Slavonic Dances...Dvorak/Johnson Czardas...Waignein Ensenada...Olivadoti 76 Trombones...Willson/Iwai July 25, 2013 Star Spangled Banner...Smith National Emblem...Bagley/ed. Fennell Malagueña...Lecuona/Cacavas The Waltzing Cat...Anderson/trans. Lang An American Elegy...Ticheli Nobles of the Mystic Shrine...Sousa/ed. Fennell Caribbean Fantasy...Morrissey The Irish Washerwoman...Anderson Rushmore: A Symphonic Prologue for Winds...Reed 76 Trombones...Willson/Iwai Old Scottish Melody...setting Wiley 42 The Iowa Bandmaster

45 In Memoriam Roland Brom ( ) Roland Brom, loving husband to June (Tohren), slipped peacefully from this world on Sunday, June 30, Roland was born on Dec. 3, 1925, to Ben and Bernice (Coulter) Brom in Oskaloosa. Roland is survived by his wife of 63 years, June Brom; his daughter Katherine (Dee) Dienst, of Mason City; granddaughter Jessie (Bryan) Clapper, of Niles, Mich.; and his brother Dr. Hubert Brom, his wife Mary, and their children. Roland graduated from Oskaloosa High School in Ivan Kennedy, his high school band director, played an important role in his upbringing and provided Roland a life-long love of music. Roland's college career was interrupted for his service with Army Air Forces. Upon graduation from Drake University in Des Moines with undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education, he served the next 31 years as a director of bands in Iowa public schools. The final 26 years of his music education career were spent directing the Waverly-Shell Rock High School Band, where his band program flourished and won many state, regional, national and international honors. Roland was an accomplished trumpet player, arranger and authored several music lesson books. He recently submitted three novels for publication. The entire family extends their deep appreciation to the caregivers at Muse-Norris Hospice in Mason City, for their care and support during Roland s final days. Memorial contributions may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City. The Iowa Bandmaster 43

46 Contributions To the Endowment Fund As Iowa bandmasters we know that we owe a debt of gratitude to those directors, living or deceased, who came before us. Indeed there are many shoulders on which we stand. One way to recognize those to whom we owe so much is to make a contribution in their name to the Endowment Fund. In doing so, they become a permanent part of our Endowment Fund, the contributor is recorded, and the honoree or, if deceased, the honoree s family is informed of the contribution. Please consider contributions to the Iowa Bandmasters Association Endowment Fund in the names of directors you wish to honor. All contributions are tax-exempt and are invested so that the goals we share in the Iowa Bandmasters Association may continue in perpetuity. To make contributions, checks should be written to the IBA Endowment Fund and sent to: Doug Herbon, Endowment Fund Treasurer, at 423 Heritage Road, Cedar Falls, IA Please remember to indicate whom it is intended to acknowledge. Contributions and Memorials Contributed To the Endowment Fund Larry Hansen, $50.00 in memory of Kieth Altemeier Tom Burchers, $25.00 in memory of Milton Mikesh Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of John Bernatz IBA, $50.00 in memory of Frederick Langrock IBA, $50.00 in memory of Dr. Donald O. Loman IBA, $50.00 in memory of Adeline M. Green IBA, $50.00 in memory of John Berigan IBA, $50.00 in memory of James Croft IBA, $50.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Sheila and Myron Thorberg, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman William and Mary Jean Lafrenz, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Don and Delores Ockelmann, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Kurt and Kristi Ockelmann, $20.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Charles City, Washington Elementary Faculty and Staff, $25.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman $ in memory of Ralph Paarmann from: CCC Education Association; Charles City Schools, Audrey Colson, Mark Kelly, Judy Kielman, H. Roy Lamansky, Martha Lundh, Ralph Paarmann Family, Paul Peck, Carol Phoenix, Phil and Delaine Prichard, Hugo Rammelsberg, Joan Rammelsberg, Bill and Marjorie Rettko, Alice Smith, Amy Spataru, Nyla Thrapp and Evelyn Troyer. Laura Paarmann and Julie (Paarmann) Stolt, $ in memory of their father, Ralph Paarmann. Clara B. Mortiboy, $30.00 in memory of Ralph Paarmann William and Ruth Paarmann, $ in memory of Ralph Paarmann Craig and Robin Paarmann, $ in memory of Ralph Paarmann Norman E. Bissell, $50.00 in memory of Ralph Paarmann Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Ralph Paarmann Kay Ann Ohl, $25.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Earle Dickinson, $50.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Tamara and David Mahl, $25.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Dennis and Kathleen Lawson, $25.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Joseph and Audrey Keeney, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Sam and Colleen Skinner, $20.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman James and Diane Griffin, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Marilyn Black, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Allen and Susan Fields, $15.00 in memory of Ralph Paarman Tom Burchers, $ in memory of Carla Burchers. Tom Burchers, $25.00 in memory of Roger Becker Living Memorial to Luman Colton on the occasion of his 90th birthday from Jeff Triplett in the amount of $90.00 Arden Greener, $50.00, Tom Burchers, $25.00, and Leonard Upham, $25.00 in memory of Russell Kephart IBA, $50.00 in memory of Chuck Barnhouse IBA, $50.00 in memory of Himie Voxman IBA, $50.00 in memory of Chris Covell IBA, $50.00 in memory of Thomas L. Davis IBA, $50.00 in memory of Russell Kephart Anonymous, $50.00 to Endowment Fund Cheryl Crandell, $50.00 in memory of Gene Wibben Cheryl Crandell, $50.00 in memory of Frank Piersol David Law, $ in memory of Mike Hogan Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Max Whitlock Barb Wells and Holli Safley, $50.00 in memory of Max Whitlock IBA, $50.00 in memory of Brett Hall IBA, $50.00 in memory of Max Whitlock IBA, $50.00 in memory of Anton (Tony) Lund IBA, $50.00 in memory of Ernest Beerends IBA, $50.00 in memory of Lewis Jack Sanders IBA, $50.00 in memory of Michael James Hogan IBA, $50.00 in memory of John DeStotel IBA, $50.00 in memory of Lola Krumm IBA, $50.00 in memory of Gene Wibben IBA, $50.00 in memory of William Cornelius IBA, $50.00 in memory of Robert Bob Graves 44 The Iowa Bandmaster

47 Contributions To the Endowment Fund (continued) IBA, $50.00 in memory of LeRoy Bras IBA, $50.00 in memory of Barry Larkin IBA, $50.00 in memory of Janice Lee Lessin IBA, $50.00 in memory of Richard Dick William Lingwall IBA, $50.00 in memory of Julie Ann Reese IBA, $50.00 in memory of Frank A. Piersol IBA, $50.00 in memory of George Max Hueschen Dorothea Dean, $2000, Robert W. and Dorothea Dean Endowment Mary Anderson, $20.00, in memory of Richard Lingwall Mary Anderson, $20.00, Mrs. Karl Killinger Cheryl Crandell, $50.00 in memory of Frank Piersol Dorothea Dean, $2,000, R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Larry Hansen, $50.00 in memory of Gil Lettow Martha Kroese, $ in memory of Terry Kroese IBA, $50.00 in memory of William Van Devender IBA, $50.00 in memory of Albert Bert Kruse IBA, $50.00 in memory of Jack Oatts IBA, $50.00 in memory of Erling Hanson IBA, $50.00 in memory of Kieth Bear IBA, $50.00 in memory of Karl Killinger IBA, $50.00 in memory of Rick Tibbott Dorothea Dean, $2,000, R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Dr. Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of August Knoll. Mrs. Lorna M. Esserli, $20.00 in memory of Ray Stumbaugh Dick Redman, $ donation to the Endowment Fund Gene and Vicki Gross, $50.00 in memory of Gil Lettow Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Gil Lettow Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Jim Moen Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Larry Miller Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Gil Lettow IBA, $50.00 in memory of Larry Miller IBA, $50.00 in memory of Robert Bageley IBA, $50.00 in memory of Gil Lettow Dorothea Dean, $2,000 to R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Linda Ballou, $25.00 in memory of Ray Stumbaugh Robert Rousell, $25.00 in memory of Ray Stumbaugh Diane and Irvin Bohlken, $25.00 to Mj. Landers in memory of Ray Stumbaugh Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Carla Burchers Myron Welch, $50.00 in memory of Steve Colton Myron Welch, $1000 donation to Endowment Fund Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Carla Burchers Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Terry Kroese Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Steve Colton Gene andvicki Gross, $50.00 in memory of Steve Colton Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Roger Britton Gene and Vicki Gross, $50.00 in memory of Roger Britton IBA, $50.00 in memory of Ray Stumbaugh IBA, $50.00 in Memory of Ed Ackerman IBA, $50.00 in memory of Carla Burchers IBA, $50.00 in memory of Terry Kroese IBA, $25.00 in memory of Ken Smykil IBA, $50.00 in memory of Steve Colton Dorothea Dean, $2, to R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Cheryl Crandell, $25.00 in memory of Tina Foss Cheryl Crandell, $25.00 in memory of Ray Wallace Crandell Family, $50.00 in memory of Bob Lowry Laura and Dale Hanna, $50.00 in memory of Marty Crandell Gene and Vicki Gross, $50.00 in memory of Dean Pelz Dorothea Dean, $2,000.00, R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Cheryl Crandell, $ in memory of Martin Crandell Karl L. King Band, $50.00 in memory of Marty Crandell James Bawden, $ in recognition of all past Major Landers scholarship winners Dorothea Dean, $ , R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Marty and Cheryl Crandell, $50.00 in memory of Reg Schive Larry Hansen, $ in memory of Milt Trexel Clare Mortiboy, $50.00, in memory of Robert Gish Dorothea Dean, $2, to the R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Archive Video Project: $1, Anonymous Past-Presidents who contributed to the video archive: Kenneth F. Smykil: $20.00, Gerald M. Kinney: $50.00, Ray Stumbaugh: $25.00, Frank A. Piersol: $50.00, R. E. Bob Lowry: $10.00, Luman J. Colton: $25.00, Steven D. McCombs: $100.00, Chuck DeCamp: $100.00, Steve Lawson: $50.00, Leon Kuehner: $50.00 and Gene Gross: $ Anonymous, $2, in memory of Elbert Edelbroch Marge Bourne, $ in memory of Bob Bourne Dorothea Dean, $10, in mutual funds to establish the R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Earle Dickinson, $1, to the R. W. Dean Endowment Fund Frank Rieman family, $1, in memory of Frank Riema The Iowa Bandmaster 45

48 You CAN Make A Difference! The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education promotes arts education for ALL students in Iowa. During the past few years, while we have operated with all volunteer effort, we have been able to accomplish many things on behalf of Iowa students, including the items listed below: Retained a lobbyist to work on behalf of our students and fine arts programs. Assisted 70 school districts in presenting information to their local school boards in support of continuing fine arts programs. Of those 70, approximately 80% have had a positive outcome. Conducted a Fall Symposium for the support and retention of first-year fine arts educators. Facilitated the Iowa Model of Excellence mentoring program. During the school year, over 200 observation mentor visits were completed. Collaborated with the Iowa Department of Education to present statewide workshops on the role of arts education in the Iowa Core. Workshops were presented at ten AEA sites in the state to approximately 400 participants. We are excited to announce the hiring of Leon Kuehner to be the new Executive Director of the Alliance. With the addition of the new executive director, we will be able to accomplish even more, but we will need your help, financial and otherwise. Additional objectives for the year: Inclusion of the Fine Arts in Iowa Core Creation of a state-wide arts advocacy day. Continuation of training program for future leaders of our member organizations. Development of a sustainable mentoring program, as the current grant funding concludes in If you are a current member of IAAE, we thank you for your continued support. If you are not a member yet, we need your help. While we are affiliated with the Kennedy Center, this organization does not provide us with funding. Your membership is vital in allowing us to communicate the essential place the arts have in every student s education. With that in mind, we ask for your financial support available for the IAAE. Please use the enclosed form and send your membership today. Together WE Can Make A Difference! Thank you, David Law, Chair-Iowa Alliance for Arts Education Leon Kuehner, Executive Director-Iowa Alliance for Arts Education 46 The Iowa Bandmaster

49 Advancing the Heart of 21st Century Skills Individual Membership Form Name: (for electronic newsletters and e-blasts) Address: Phone: Fax: Circle one area of interest: visual arts music dance theater other Membership Categories: n $10: Student Member n $35: Individual member n $50 - $99: Friend n $100 - $249: Supporter n $250 - $499: Sustainer n $ : Additional Contribution Please make checks payable to IAAE and send to: Robin Walenta, IAAE Treasurer, West Music Company, th Street, Coralville, Iowa Questions? Membership Forms also available on-line Leon Kuehner, Executive Director, llkuehner@fastermac.net David Law, Chair, maestrolaw@gmail.com To advance quality arts education, IAAE provides: a UNIFIED message with strength in numbers, acting as one state arts education advocacy association. continual contact and coordinated leadership with all of the major arts education associations, the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa Arts Council, the Iowa Association of School Boards, the School Administrators of Iowa and AEA consultants responsible for arts support in our schools, who operate as collaborative and advisory organizations for IAAE. a strong voice for arts inclusion education for the whole child in those discussions, in which proposed education changes take place, affecting arts education on state and national levels. alerts concerning issues facing arts education in the Iowa Legislature and Congress. a Mentor Program for beginning arts teachers through a grant from the Department of Education. arts education information and resources through electronic updates, newsletters, issue pieces, and the IAAE website: professional development in areas current to member needs. assistance in proactive and reactive advocacy to maintain quality arts programs. an active, working board including members from arts education and other community arts education supporters. an Executive Director who represents all members at various conferences, collaborations, partnerships and communications to advance our mission. IN SHORT, The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education strives to increase awareness, recognition and support of policies, practices, and partnerships that ensure and advance quality arts education for all Iowans. The Iowa Bandmaster 47

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58 IBA Annual Summer Meeting Iowa Bandmasters Association Annual Summer Meeting Marriott Hotel - Des Moines Board of Directors Meeting: Friday, June 28, 2013 President Brad Lampe called the meeting to order at 8:06 a.m. Present: Brad Lampe, Jacqui Meunier, Patrick Kearney, Steve Cook, Aaron Nuss and Dick Redman. Secretary Cook presented a brief Secretary s report. Treasurer Nuss presented a detailed financial report. Honorariums were discussed. No action taken. Technology needs were discussed. The board wants to be proactive on replacements and updates. Conference fee increase was discussed. Newsletter will have to go out to the membership sooner, noting the change in fees. Pricing will have to be set and information out to membership as soon as possible. Motion by Aaron Nuss, seconded by Dick Redman to increase the IBA Conference Fee to $50.00 with a $10.00 discount for pre-registration (Secretary Cook noted that the April 15, 2014, preregistration deadline will be strictly enforced. Any registrations received after that date will be returned). Motion passed unanimously. It was noted that Luther College did not receive a plaque for their performance at the IBA Conference. Secretary Cook was instructed to purchase a plaque for their performance and mail it to Luther with our apologies for the oversight. A House Rule that all K-12 and college groups performing at the IBA Conference be recognized with a plaque. Aaron Nuss has been in contact with Endowment Fund Chair Gene Gross to make sure we have open lines of communication between the IBA Board and the Endowment Fund Committee. District contributions to the IBA website costs were discussed. Treasurer Nuss noted that contributions were not needed at this time due to a decrease in website costs. The board will revisit the issue if website expenses increase. Online voting for IBA elections was discussed. The board felt more investigation into best practices was needed. No action will be taken at this time. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m. MMS Redman/Meunier IBA Advisory Board Meeting I.B.A. President Brad Lampe called the Board of Director's/Advisory Board meeting to order at 10:01 a.m. President Lampe issued a welcome to those in attendance and thanked them for taking the time to attend the meeting. Lampe introduced those present and made opening remarks about the forthcoming year Secretary s Report: (see written report on following pages) Secretary Cook presented his written report. MMS (Mary Andersen/Nate Sletten) to approve the Secretary s Report as presented. Motion passed. Treasurer s Report: (see written report on following pages) Treasurer Nuss presented his written report. MMS (Jayson Gerth/Jason Pentico) to accept the Treasurer s report as presented. Motion passed. Treasurer Aaron Nuss gave a detailed explanation of the fiscal budget for MMS (Jayson Gerth/Jason Pentico) to approve the projected budget for Motion passed unanimously. Magazine Editor s Report: (see written report on following pages) Editor Dick Redman presented his written report. Committee Chair Reports: I.B.A.R.D. Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Jay Nugent presented his written report. David Law presented information of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education activities (see written report on following pages). Major Landers Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Dalene O Brien was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented her written report. Conference Equipment Report: (see written report on following pages). Co- Chair Nathan Sletten presented his written report. Conference Exhibits Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Dan Stecker was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented his written report. Election Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Jerry Bertrand was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented his written report. Historians Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Mary Crandell presented her written report. Parliamentarians Report: Parlia - mentarian Fred Stark noted his role in assuring the meeting runs smoothly and that parliamentary procedure is followed. Webmaster Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Liz Fritz was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented her written report. Mentorship Coordinator Report: (see written report on following pages). Coordinator Jim Fritz was not in attendance. Pete Jacobus presented his written report. Mentorship Report: (see written re - port on following pages). Chair Pete Jacobus noted that Jim Fritz s mentorship coordinator report covered everything that has happened. Jacobus noted that the new Mentorship Coordinator position will be good for both the Mentorship Committee and IBARD. Public Relations Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Mary Anderson presented her written report. Elementary Affairs Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Amy Spartu presented her written report. Junior High/Middle School Affairs Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Denise Graettinger was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented her written report. Concert Band Affairs Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Steve Stickney presented his written report. Marching Band Affairs Report: (no written report submitted). Chair Michael Peters noted no activity since the IBA Conference. He noted the committee would be meeting in July to look at adding a color guard adjudicator to the panel of judges. He hopes to send out a recommendation to district presidents for review in late July, and then take the final document to the IHSMA board for adoption. Jazz Band Affairs Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Ryan Arp presented his written report. College Affairs: (see written report on following pages). 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59 Research and Development Report: (see written report on following pages). Chair Danny Galyen was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented his written report. Endowment Fund Report: (see financial report on following pages). Chair Gene Gross presented his written report. Technology: (no written report submitted). Chair Chad Criswell was not in attendance. No written report submitted. stated nothing new to report since the IBA Conference. Project Reports: March Project Tony Garmoe noted that the project is now two years old. Garmoe recommends creating a small committee to keep moving forward. The goal is to record marches of all levels. Garmoe noted that directors who submitted recordings requested feedback as to why their recordings were not selected. Young Conductors Project President Lampe noted that he would continue the project and track the progress of the young conductors. Credit to Tony Garmoe for the idea. Very positive experience for all involved. Lampe is seeking input for improving the project. It was noted that more time should be allowed for the clinicians to talk with the young conductors. History of Iowa Bands Project Fred Stark presented information on the progress made to date. Fred noted that he and Jay have been traveling the state searching for information. Progress is being made with the final goal of creating a book on the history of Iowa Bands. Iowa Core Update (see written report on following pages): Secretary Cook presented a report from Liz Fritz concerning progress on the Iowa Core Curriculum. District President Reports: North Central District Report: (see written report on following pages). NCIBA President Kurt Kissinger presented his written report. Northeast District Report: (see written report on following pages). NEIBA President Steve King was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented King s written report. Northwest District Report: (see written report on following pages). NWIBA President Dustin Bliven presented his written report. South Central District Report: (see written report on following pages). SCIBA President Jason Pentico presented his written report. Southeast District Report: (see written report on following pages). SEIBA President Myron McReynolds was not in attendance. Secretary Cook presented his written report. Southwest District Report: (no written report submitted). SWIBA President Mark Mendell presented his written report. Old Business: President Lampe noted that the IBA dues increase (from $50.00 to $55.00) for should eliminate the Major Landers funding difficulties. New Business: President Lamp presented information on the possibility of creating an electronic voting system for IBA elections (see Voting System for IBA Elections document on the following pages). Lampe noted that this is a very preliminary investigation into the possibility of moving to an electronic type voting system for IBA elections. Further discussion will take place at the November meeting. President Lampe called for a lunch recess at 11:22 a.m. President Kearney reconvened the meeting at 12:27 p.m. President Lampe noted that the 2014 IBA Conference Fee would be increasing to $50.00 with a $10.00 discount for preregistration. Lampe noted that IBA Conference pre-registration would open earlier to make it easier for people to preregister for the conference. President Lampe noted that since the Unified Activities Calendar dates rolled this year, several of the IBA deadlines (i.e. Hotel Registration) have moved earlier also. President Lampe noted that the conference is coming together nicely, and that Dr. Tim has already committed to the 2014 IBA Conference. Past President's Report: (see report on following pages). Past President Pat Kearney presented his written report. President Elect Report: (see written report on following pages). President Elect Jacqui Meunier presented her written report. President's Report: (see written re - port on following pages) President Brad Lampe presented his written report. Pete Jacobus inquired about a list of commissioned pieces (not just the IBA commissions, but also IBA district commissions). President Lampe suggested that compiling the list might be a worthwhile project for the R & D committee. Steve Stickney shared information on the Yale Music Educators Conference he attended. Stickney noted that Iowa is on the front edge of music education reform and the IBA is a driving force behind that movement. Stickney noted that Leon Kuehner and Liz Fritz are great representatives for Iowa and IBA. Motion by Steve Stickney, seconded by Fred Stark to adjourn at 2:00 p.m.; motion passed by acclamation. An audit committee consisting of Jacqui Meunier, Jayson Gerth, Nathan Sletten, and Michael Peters was appointed to audit the IBA Treasurer s books for the past four quarters. The audit committee found the Treasurer s books to be in order. A copy of their certification is on file with IBA Secretary Steve Cook. Respectfully submitted: Steve Cook, IBA Secretary Secretary s Report I spent the first few weeks of June going through conference registrations and updating the computer database. I ask that District Presidents remind their members that as of July 1, 2013, Active and Retired dues have increased by $5.00 ($55.00 for Active members and $20.00 for Retired members), and to pay dues prior to the September 15th directory deadline. Anyone who has not paid dues by September 15th will not be included in the membership directory. There will be a dues reminder mailing sent out in early August. Please remember that in order to participate in district events, directors must be current members of both I.B.A. and their respective district. District Presidents: please check the membership database posted on the Internet ( and notify me of any discrepancies. An I.B.A. Registration Deadline Card will be included in the summer issue of the Iowa Bandmaster magazine. The card will be printed on card stock and perforated for easy removal. Please encourage your members to post this in a prominent place. Registration deadlines continue to be strictly enforced. This year s official document color is green. Because some districts reproduce their own copy of the membership information card, please try to use some shade of green paper for this and use the current version of the membership information card (a.pdf version is available on the I.B.A. website). DUES FOR HAVE CHANGED: Active - $55.00, The Iowa Bandmaster 57

60 Associate - $30.00, Retired - $20.00 and Student - $ Final I.B.A. Conference attendance for Pre-Registered Members (-40) 261 Registered Members (Thurs. + 64) 39 Registered Members (Friday -8) 665 Registered Members Total (+16) 47 Pre-Registered Guests (-19) 55 Registered Guests (Thursday +8) 7 Registered Guests (Friday +1) 109 Total Registered Guests (-10) 33 Non-Member VIPs (-5) 193 Registered Exhibitors (+26) 226 Total VIPs/Exhibitors (+26) 1,000 Total Registered Members, VIPs, Exhibitors and Guests (+32) 1,265 Guest Band Members (0) 83 IBA HS Honor Band (0) 75 Guest Soloists/Ensemble Members/Lobby Concerts (0) 1,423 Total Guest Band Members (+/-0) 2,423* Total 2013 I.B.A. Conference Attendance (+32) *The total listed above does not include the many chaperones, parents, relatives, friends and others who were in attendance to hear one of the guest bands and/or Major Landers performers. The IBA Middle School Honor Band Concert seated approximately 800 parents, relatives, and family members. 365 members and 47 non-member guests pre-registered for this year s conference. My records indicate 427 (+11) tickets were sold for district luncheons. The breakdown by districts are: NW 45 (+5), NC 60 (+17), NE 70 (-17), SW 45 (-1), SC 140 (+13), SE 67 (-6). In addition, 189 (-10) tickets were disbursed for Friday night s I.B.A. Banquet. Banquet attendance was down by 10 members from last year. Our final membership totals as of June 15, 2013 are as follows: NW 125 (+4) NC 119 (-4) NE 283 (-3) SW 68 (-8) SC 307 (+11) SE 189 (-9) OS 65 (-7) Total 1,156 (-16) Active 760 (-24) Associate 91 (-13) Student 109 (+25) Retired 191 (+1) Honorary Life 4 (-1) High School 1 (-4) Total 1,156 (-16) Our total conference attendance was up by 32 attendees this year as compared to last year. Pre registrations were down by 40 members. Total I.B.A. membership this year is down 16 members from last year. We begin with 445 (-49) members paid for the coming year. Respectfully submitted, Steven Cook, I.B.A. Secretary IBA Summer Business Meeting Magazine Editor s Report The Iowa Bandmaster magazine will feature many of the same kinds of articles that were published this past year. The deadline dates for the magazine are published in each issue as well as the tear-out section of the summer Iowa Bandmaster issue. All members are encouraged to submit articles or suggestions for topics that would be beneficial to the membership. I want to recognize and thank Chad Allard, Denise Graettinger, Elaine Menke, and Jerry Kinney for their assistance with the Iowa Bandmaster magazine. District Presidents: Please remember that it is your responsible to notify the magazine editor of an IBA member that has passed away in your district. Submit a picture and obituary when possible. I also need all of the district presidents to send me a picture and bio for inclusion in the fall Iowa Bandmaster by October 4. New IBA committee chairs are asked to submit a picture and bio to me for the winter issue. You may me a Word document and picture in jpg. format to dredman@iowatelecom.net. The deadline dates for this year s magazine are: Fall issue October 4 Winter issue January 3 Conference issue March 7 Respectfully submitted, Dick Redman, IBA Magazine Editor IBA ELECTION REPORT June 28, The same election procedure will be followed for the 2014 elections. The slate of candidates for the 2014 election will include: President-elect, Karl King Distinguished Service Award active and retired candidates as well as a confirmation vote for IBA Secretary. 2. Election information, including Hall of Fame criteria, will be posted on the IBA website. 3. Candidates will find the information forms on the IBA web site. 4. District Presidents or the district elections chairpersons are strongly en - couraged to have their candidates meet the deadline for submitting biographical information to the election chair for the IBA magazine by January 10, District presidents are further encouraged to submit Hall of Fame candidate information anytime BEFORE the January 10, 2014 deadline. Respectfully submitted, Jerry Bertrand, IBA Elections Chair PUBLIC RELATIONS REPORT Summer IBA Meeting - June 28, 2013 OUTSTANDING ADMINISTRATOR AWARDS: The following recipients were presented awards during the banquet at the IBA convention in May: Elementary/Middle School Principal: Dr. Gregg Shoultz, Northwest Junior High School, Iowa City Nominated by Jane Triplett High School Principal: Ms. Lynell O Connor, Williamsburg High School Nominated by Tyler Kalina Superintendent: Dr. Bruce Kimpston, Ankeny Community Schools Nominated by Scott Hook SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF IOWA SCHOLARSHIP: We decided to video record eligible candidates at the IHSMA honors recital in Ames on May 15. The application deadline is May 17. Applicants who are unable to perform at the recital could still submit their own recording prior to the deadline. Electronic submission was the norm, but a few DVDs were received. The recipient will receive a $1, scholarship and perform at the SAI conference on August 8, at the Polk County Convention Complex in Des Moines. This year s recipient is Grant Simmons, marimba, of Ames High School. I think the video and applications at the IHSMA recital helped get more interest and participation in the scholarship. We had 18 students complete the application process! (a HUGE increase from past years) Alan Greiner asked the committee to review the selection process vocalists make their selection based entirely on the video performance. I personally feel the application is helpful, because all of these students are performing at an extremely high level. We also ended up making our decision late, 58 The Iowa Bandmaster

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62 because the original recipient we chose was also selected to perform on piano, so I had to go back to the committee votes to find another name that was mentioned repeatedly. We re continuing to work on the process, but the increased interest is encouraging! PUBLIC RELATIONS PROJECTS: The committee is always open to suggestions for press release templates to share on the website. Respectfully submitted, Mary Andersen, chair Public Relations Committee Members: NE Ashton Reams (14) 1 NC Joan Philgreen (15) 2 NW Tiffany Wurth (14) 2 SE Mary Andersen (16) 2 SC Jennifer Williams (15) 2 SW Jarrod O Donnell (16) 2 Historians Report 1. Continuing to acquire new pictures /records/programs for the IBA archives. I also maintain the home for the All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band Commissioned music, complete with the Clinician/Composers signature. 2. Scanning archives is continuing. 3. Cheryl Crandell and I are going through all of the IBA Magazines in the archives and would like the blessing of the board to send the extra magazine copies to the National Music Museum on the University of South Dakota Campus in Vermillion. We are maintaining one full set in Des Moines and would like to send the extras to Vermillion. The National Music Museum would like to keep the extras in their archives. Respectfully submitted, Mary Crandell, IBA Historian Summer IBA Board Meeting Conference Exhibits Report The 2013 IBA Conference Exhibits were outstanding. This year we had 60 companies exhibiting in 81 booth spaces, which was full capacity. There were 8 new exhibitors - 7 exhibitors from 2012 did not return. Recommendations for the 2014 Conference: Exhibit days and times should remain the same. I strongly recommend we continue to schedule a minute period in every hour for directors to visit the exhibits. I recommend the required associate member fee again be included in the cost of the first booth space. That fee shall be for the year following the conference. Fees for additional booths shall be adjusted accordingly. Online exhibitor registration was used this past year for the first time and received many positive comments from exhibitors. Pat Kearney has agreed to help with Exhibits beginning next year. The Exhibits process has become more timeconsuming throughout the years and Pat s organizational skills and networking will be a great asset. Freeman Decorating and the Marriott were very professional and great to work with, as usual. Thanks to all directors who took time to visit the exhibits. Traffic flow was very good on both Thursday and Friday. A special thanks to Pat Kearney and the rest of the board for an extremely well run conference. Thanks again, for the help of our friend, Gaylin Sudik. Thanks for the countless hours answering my many questions and giving me support. I am looking forward to the 2014 conference. Respectfully submitted, Dan Stecker, IBA Exhibits IBA Conference Equipment Report First and foremost, we must thank several organizations who contribute their resources to helping this conference run. Thanks to West Music and the Percussion Source for providing our major performance venue percussion, including a drum set in the jazz venues for the third year running, Rieman Music for providing all pianos, Wenger Corporation for providing all music stands and stand carts and our student helpers: Nate Ingram from SEPHS and Cole Ridgely, Rebecca Johnson, Sarah Smith, Michael Woolcott, Tiffany Smith, and Zack Wisecup from Earlham on Wednesday for set-up; Dakota Barnard, Justin Shaver, Arianna Edvenson and Hope Metts from SEPHS and Zach Howarth from Earlham during the conference. We further would like to thank Southeast Polk HS for assisting with AV needs and sound shells. The Catholic Pastoral Center continues to be a wonderful space in which to hold events. Thanks to Sue Relyea and company for working with us in that space. Thanks also to Dowling Catholic High School and their director Nick Hoover for loaning so much percussion equipment for use in the Pastoral Center this year. The Marriott continues to treat us well in regard to logistics. We have been pleased with their attention to detail and thoroughness. Going forward, it is our recommendation that IBA asks the Percussion Source to tune the timpani heads after assembling the equipment the day before the Conference. This may be done without charge, but it may not. Also, discussion was had at one point about extending an honorarium to schools who donate the use of major conference equipment (sound shells and other AV equipment). We ask that the IBA put in place a policy for this practice. Respectfully submitted, Jayson Gerth, Nathan Sletten Conference Equipment Chairs Elementary Affairs Report Summer Meeting 2013 On Thursday, May 9, 2013 (during the conference), an informal gathering of elementary band directors met and discussed ideas for future clinics. Suggestions included the following: 1. continuing the reading band clinic, playing grade music 2. continuing with clinics giving ideas for technology use in rehearsals and lessons 3. discuss programs that help needy students obtain band instruments 4. time management home practicing, scheduling, goal setting 5. assessment, data teams, classroom management 6. recruiting and retention Several of these ideas have been used for clinics and discussions at past conferences, but we feel that we can always get new ideas no matter how many times we hear about them. Denise Graettinger and I briefly discussed the possibility of having a joint Elementary Affairs and Junior High/ Middle School Affairs mixer/meeting at the 2014 conference. We thought that since so many directors teach at both levels, it might work to have the committees meet in the same room, at the same time. We think we can get more directors to attend if there is only one meeting, and also, many of our clinic ideas tend to overlap. The committee wants to again thank past president Pat Kearney and the 60 The Iowa Bandmaster

63 IBA board for listening to our ideas this past year and turning them into conference presentations. It was a wonderful conference! Respectfully submitted, Amy Spataru, chair Summer Report - June 2013 IBA Middle School Affairs Committee The Iowa Bandmaster s Association Middle School Affairs Committee is dedicated to providing the leadership necessary to support and strengthen Iowa s Middle School Band directors and their programs. The committee will accomplish this by providing meaningful educational opportunities to students and serving as a professional resource for directors. 8th Grade All-Iowa Honor Band The 2013 event, under the direction of composer/clinician Larry Neeck, ran smoothly and the 1:00 p.m. concert was very well attended, standing room only. Many thanks to Ann Kamp for serving as the chair for this event. Plans are already underway for the 2014 All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band. Rob Grice will be next year s guest composer and clinician. Kevin Mixon is lined up for It was also brought to our attention that we had a few students participating whose directors were not paid members of IBA. We agreed that this could best be handled at the district level through clear communication/reminders and also through a thorough double-checking with district secretaries. Project Brainstorming MS affairs is working with Liz Fritz and finalizing the web-based Literature Recommendation form. Editing and finalizing has taken some time due to some formatting/coding challenges. MS affairs also has discussed the idea of a statewide data-gathering survey, similar to those we used to see in the magazine years ago. We are quite interested in the possibility of collaborating with R&D on a project like this. At the May meeting, Dick Redman told us that this idea was one that had been discussed in other circles too. Though we have not moved forward on this since our initial discussions in May, we think a project such as this could provide valuable data about our programs and are quite interested in pursuing this. Another idea discussed at the conference was to host a mixer for Middle Level directors at the conference. We are going to pursue this and explore the possibility of combining this with the Elementary mixer as many directors in our state have teaching responsibilities at both age levels. Respectfully submitted, Denise M. Graettinger. Chair Concert Band Affairs Report Summer Business Meeting - CBA committee discussions from their spring meeting May To contact directors and create a database of application repertoire used by ensembles selected (by classification) for the IBA conference. The list would be made available to our members as a resource guide of appropriate literature used in conference honor band application recordings, and as an example of what IBA caliber programs are performing in December/January. The repertoire list will be presented to our members on the IBA website and in the magazine by classification only, not by school/director. 2. Large Group discussion Should directors be allowed to give program notes (example dedicating a selection to honor a deceased band member) prior to their band s large group performance? Does that positively or negatively influence ratings? Should IHSMA provide a scripted? Should altering the performance space be allowed for concert band large group performances? An example would be the use of platform risers to elevate certain sections for better projection. 3. IBA Performance Application Form recommendations Change the categories on IBA Band Performance Application Form under Concert Band from separate slots for Adult/Community and College to one umbrella category entitled Other that would include - Adult/Community, Small College and 9th Grade/2nd Band Include on the IBA Band Performance Application Form a place where directors can indicate that they d like to be considered as a clinic band if not selected as an honor band 4. State Solo/Ensemble discussion Due to declining participation and the distance some schools must travel, discussions with Alan Greiner focusing on the idea of intermixing site (3A/4A) and (1A/2A) is underway. Addition conversation regarding pros/ cons will be discussed at our fall meeting. Respectfully submitted, Steve Stickney, Chair IHSMA Jazz Affairs Summer Report A meeting of district chairs was held on Saturday April 20th in Boone. Numbers comparing the 2012 to 2013 festivals were shared was the first year adding a clinic instead of a sight-reading component. Eliminating sight-reading may have helped somewhat but not to the extent the survey indicated it would. Still, we are back up where we were with participation so that s a move in the right direction Alan Greiner Class break down: Class /- 4A A A A total bands: 155 Names were updated on the approved judges and clinicians list Dates were discussed Week 30 of the master calendar: North will be Monday, January 27 (3:30pm-9:00pm) South will be Saturday, February 1 Note: Division North/South is same as Marching Band Note: Schools in south can petition to move to the earlier date. Reminder to Jazz Festival organizers: complete the form to be an approved IHSMA Sanctioned Event. This form is available on the IHSMA website. Respectfully submitted, Ryan Arp, Chair IBARD Report 41 IBARD members were actively mentoring first- and second-year teachers during the school year. IBARD mentors were encouraged to visit firstyear teachers four times and second-year teachers two times during the school year. This year marked the 12th time that the IBARD band has performed at the IBA Conference. IBARD was founded in 1991 when Jerry Kinney, as IBA President, and Ralph Paarmann, long time Davenport West High Director, founded IBARD as a means to give retired directors a reason to attend the annual IBA conference. Ralph conducted The Iowa Bandmaster 61

64 the band up through 2003, followed by Lee Nelson of Harlan who led the band through Present co-conductors are Guy Blair and Jay Nugent. This year s concert was held on Thursday evening at 9 p.m. in the Iowa Ballroom. Guest Conductor Jerry Kinney took the podium directing his rendition of Lassus Trombone. Myron Welch conducted the band on American Salute and Robert Shafer thrilled all in attendance as the Alto Saxophone soloist on Georgia On My Mind. The band paid a special tribute to co-founder Ralph Paarmann, who passed away this past January, with the playing of the IBARD theme song Old Scottish Melody conducted by Laura Paarmann. IBARD is working with Jim Fritz, newly appointed IBA State Mentorship Coordinator, to streamline the procedure by which we compile the names of firstand second-year teachers and assign mentors. IBARD and Mentorship will join forces to gather all the data on new hires no later than September 1st. IBARD committee members will join with Mentorship committee members to recommend IBARD mentors in their respective districts to the IBARD Chair so that final mentor/mentee pairings can be made by September 15th. Through this procedure, IBARD mentors should be able to start their visits much earlier in the fall. Early visit are especially important for first-year directors as they work through all the responsibilities as a beginning band director. A combined meeting of the IBARD and Mentorship committees, headed up by Jim Fritz, was held on Friday during the conference at 4 p.m. in the Cedar Rapids room to discuss the implementation of the above-described plan. Respectfully submitted, Jay Nugent, IBARD Chair Major Landers Report from IBA Competition held in Waterloo room, chaired by Jim Davis. Auditors for this year s contest: Jennifer Tiede, Cory McBride, Scott Davis (no relation) Head Judge. Final Results as follows: Winner: Lydia Raim, Clear Creek Amana Runner-up: Joshua Carlo, Cedar Falls Finalists listed alphabetically Rebecca Luksan, Le Mars Grant Simmons, Ames Rachel Zimmerman, Harlan Chairman s comments: The progress that has been made this year can be summed up as uniformity across the state. Those being as follows: All districts are now using the standard application form. Reimbursement of mileage and stipend to the district candidates for their attendance at the IBA conference. I strongly feel that we need to treat these candidates like the honored guests that they should be. They are the future of our business. I ve suggested the $25 stipend along with the mileage that the IHSMA is currently using. I have put language in the communications to inform the state finalists that the winner, parents and accompanist will be guests of IBA at the Banquet. Any additional family members/ guests that wish to attend will have to be paid for by themselves. As I am leaving this position, my suggestions for future improvements could be to have the new state chair shadow the existing chairman on their final year. That was extremely helpful for me. I have made that recommendation to each district to do the same when their chair is in their last year of service. 62 The Iowa Bandmaster

65 Carol Ayers will continue to monitor the administration of the test for district and state exams. There is one segment of the test that is still done on staff paper. It would be nice if that too could be done electronically via free notation software. Carol said that she d be the state chair. Only issue with that is that she must depart following the theory exam to get to ILCC commencement. Tom Cronin has volunteered to take the position. Presently he s not sure where he will be teaching next year. Thank you for the opportunity to serve I.B.A. in this capacity. It was a joy working with these fine young people over my past four years. I m here if you ever need me for something again! Respectfully submitted, Jim Davis, Major Landers Chair College Affairs Report June 28, 2013 Little to report since IBA conference. Congratulations to the Luther College Concert Band, Joan dealberquerque, conductor, and The University of Iowa Symphony Band, Richard Mark Heidel, conductor. These bands have been selected to perform at the 2014 CBDNA North Central conference. This is a reminder to the membership about the Iowa Conductors Forum that will be held at UNI on January 24/ This event is hosted by UNI, Iowa State, Iowa and Drake. More information will be sent out in late summer. There was continued discussion about researching the possibility of smaller colleges being able to apply for an IBA convention concert spot one academic year in advance or at least in the beginning of a school year. This is primarily due to the logistics of scheduling and budget that these schools face. Respectfully submitted, Mike Eckerty, Chair Student Affairs Report Current Student Involvement: Currently, active and functioning student chapters of IBA can be found in Wartburg and UNI. Many colleges already have NAfME and/or NMEA chapters but have not been approached about starting IBA student chapters. It is fair to assume that many students at various colleges have assisted at IBA sanctioned events and have attended the May conference, but I believe that student involvement and conference attendance would increase significantly if more chapters were created that met regularly. Goals and Action: My goal as chair of Student Affairs is to create student chapters across the state and then foster communication between these groups to exchange service ideas and develop relationships among members. I have sent s to acquaintances at the University of Iowa, Iowa State, Luther and Drake about starting their own chapters and have been met with varying success. Many education students at these colleges are required to be a part of NMEA and/or NAfME organizations and are worried about the success of an IBA student chapter. This being said, Drake seems quite interested in starting a chapter and I have not received responses from everyone that I originally sent s to. Your Help: If your school is near a college that you frequently work with, please talk to them about the possibility of starting an IBA chapter at their school. If you do come across students that are interested but need more information, please do not hesitate to give them my ! For more information regarding what purposes a student chapter of IBA holds, I am happy to send you a copy of UNI s student chapter constitution and there is also a document under the About Us tab on the IBA website for beginning student chapters. Continued thanks are due to the band directors that work with and inspire our members. We are constantly looking for more ways to serve in band programs and would love to hear your input. If you have ideas for creating more student chapters and/or how we can be of a greater service please contact me! Thank you for your time! Respectfully submitted, Leah Schmidt, Student Affairs Chair IBA Mentorship Coordinator Report I am unable to attend today s meeting as I m in Denver, Colorado, for the National Federation of State High School Associations Summer Meeting as a representative of IHSMA. The newly-developed position of IBA Mentorship Coordinator came about following lengthy discussions with IBA President Brad Lampe, Pat Kearney, Guy Blair, Jay Nugent, Leonard Upham, Leon Kuehner, Liz Fritz and myself. The impetus for this discussion was due to the fact that the role of IBA Mentorship Chair had grown to an unmanageable size and responsibility. The process of data collection and IBARD Mentor assignments needed to be streamlined. The role of the Active Mentor needed to be more fully realized across the state. Following these discussions I presented the general framework of this new position at a clinic/meeting during the IBA Conference to about 20 people who represented the Mentorship Committee, the IBARD committee and other interested parties. Following a lengthy discussion of the proposal we came to a consensus agreement on the new, shared role of mentorship with the IBARD and Mentorship committees along with the role of the new IBA Mentorship Coor - dinator. It was presented to President Pat Kearney, during the Conference, who appointed me to this position. I then began work with Guy Blair, Jay Nugent, and Leonard Upham to rewrite the Operations Manual for the Mentorship and IBARD committees along with creating the list of responsibilities for the IBA Mentorship Coordinator. Along the way we discovered that there was no listing at all in the Operations Manual for the IBARD committee. Guy and Jay wrote up a list of Purpose and Tasks for IBARD that I then incorporated into the revisions that Leonard had already made. The final draft of this was presented to President Lampe in early June and is attached to this report. It is my recommendation that, if approved, these new responsibilities and tasks should be added to the IBA Operations Manual in place of any preexisting entries (Mentorship Committee only). I have sent a copy of this revised Operations Manual entry to all members of the IBARD and Mentorship committees to insure that all parties are informed of the changes and everyone is on the same page. I attended the Summer Planning Meeting for the Fall Symposium at UNI on June 2 where we planned for this fall s Symposium, which will be held on November 2, 2013 at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. I intend to follow up with both the IBARD and Mentorship Committees later this summer as information about new hires within the state becomes available. I will continue to communicate with IAAE and the Co-Directors of the Iowa Model of Excellence Mentor - ship Program. I am very pleased with the new direction of our mentorship efforts and wish to The Iowa Bandmaster 63

66 extend a hearty THANKS! to all previously mentioned who have assisted me in this transition. Respectfully submitted, James Fritz, IBA Mentorship Coordinator Endowment Fund Committee Report 1. Current remaining terms for Endow ment Committee members are as follows: NC John Aboud 3 years SW Chuck Teutsch 3 years NE Doug Herbon 1 year NW Cheryl Crandell 1 year SC Gene Gross 2 years SE Myron Welch 2 years Ex-Officio IBA President Brad Lampe Ex-Officio IBA Treasurer Aaron Nuss 2. Officers for are: John Aboud Secretary, Doug Herbon Treasurer, and Gene Gross Chair. 3. The Endowment Fund Committee would like to thank the districts for contributions to Major Landers. The one-time donation of $ assures that Major Landers will be funded this fall without the need to cash in investments and will help with the transition to full funding through the membership dues increase voted on at the state conference. 4. The Endowment Fund Committee also would like to thank the Board of Directors and the IBA membership for their support to increase dues by $5.00 to fund the Major Landers scholarships. 5. A complete updated list of memorials will be published in the Fall Magazine. 6. The annual meeting with our financial advisor will take place in Cedar Falls during February, at a date and time to be determined. 7. At this point there appears to be no need for a fall business meeting (All- State). If a need develops there may be a change, but as of this time, there will be no fall business meeting for the EF committee. 8. The Endowment Fund Committee congratulates Patrick Kearney on a successful state conference and commend him for assigning the Robert W. and Dorothea Dean Fund as sponsor of the Young Directors Clinic and Keynote Speaker. 9. There is no further business to report at this time. Respectfully submitted, Gene Gross, Chair IBA Endowment Fund Committee Research & Development Committee The Research Committee met at the IBA conference and discussed several goals for We would like to re-establish the research poster session at the IBA conference in We would like to be able to contribute to the IBA Journal in the form of a short article related to band, music education, or wind literature research. 3. The committee identified in-school pullout lessons as an area that could use attention from the committee. We would like to survey the membership of IBA regarding this issue. 4. Since many of us on the committee are new to our positions we would appreciate any suggestions or guidance from the board. Respectfully submitted, Danny Galyen, Chair IBA Webmaster Report Summer Meeting 2013 Website and Development We launched our exhibitors component in January and had success with use for the 2013 conference. I will be reviewing with Dan Stecker and discuss any tweaks that may be needed for next year I had been asked to create methods for data collection for various committees. Most of those projects have been completed on my end. My next task will be to make sure the committees know how to use the forms so they can make progress on their own projects. I will be creating new online forms for the President-Elect and Karl King can - di dates per request from Jerry Bertrand. We are looking into online voting, possibly creating a custom component with August Knight. Looking into ways to create a more robust and reliable newsletter. Still in progress Discussion about budget for the website regarding district use (please advise if this is no longer being discussed) o Districts who use the website for a hosting purpose also financially contribute to the cost of these services. o My recommendation is to propose a yearly fee ($50- $60) to all districts using the IBA site as their host. Currently NW, SE, and SC are using the IBA site as a host. Still working on being only 1-click away. An update to our Joomla interface may need to happen soon to keep this moving along and remove third party components that do not serve our needs. Look at social media components and how to incorporate, Twitter, Facebook, etc. ***Reminder *** Website ads can be purchased for $30 per month. Persons interested in communicating specific events may purchase advertising on the IBA website to promote their event. Contact Chad Allard to purchase an ad. All new committee chairs should check out the operations manual. Please send in an any changes that should be posted on the website. All the forms that have been sent to me so far are updated on the website. Still working on contact page s. New Business Electronic Voting for IBA Voting I was approached by Jerry Bertrand about the possibility of online voting at the spring conference. The number of ballots being returned has been declining and his thought was this may be a way to encourage more people to participate in the voting process. Jerry may be bringing more of that information to the table? If not, Here are the answers to his questions from his How can the voting be set up so a member can vote only once? Members would have to log in to the website into their account, this would be the same as registering for the conference or paying dues. Will the voting procedure be easy to follow? I would try to maintain a consistency with other online components we already have. Will the results be sent directly to me? The results can be sent to a designated person, just like the exhibitor or membership components. Will an electronic voting process encourage more members to vote? Will it discourage members with limited computer skills from voting? This would be a point of discussion you would need to have at the meeting. It may be difficult to have both paper and electronic voting. Right now if someone loses their mailed ballot they are out of luck to get another one. The electronic voting would provide better access from that point of view. Can all the bio info be included in the electronic official ballot? Yes, for all candidates. I see an advan- 64 The Iowa Bandmaster

67 tage of saving the cost of printing and mailing paper ballots. Yes, I agree. While it may cost more the first year, the component can be updated each year by the webmaster/ elections chair similar to the membership component on the backside of the website. We would then eventually save money on the process and gain greater participation in the election process. Please see an estimate provided by Joe Wilson at August Knight Web Services. We have been doing this (even) long(er) distance since I have been traveling in Europe since June 8th. This is just a preliminary bid for our discussion. Additional Website Updates In May I did test to see how many people were receiving the newsletters. I received about 300 res - ponses, we have 1190 on the list. It certainly was a frustration for both Steve Cook and I when we received comments during conference registration, not knowing the deadlines, can it go longer, how about a reminder, etc. I know that Pat included a reference to the conference in every enews we sent. However our click rate is very low, I really feel that members are not receiving our s (many told me they go right to junkmail.) I would like to try either a different market component inside Joomla OR a service such as Constant Contact which caters to non-profits ($21 per month). In order to maximize our Joomla site we would need to do an upgrade. When we started, Chad Criswell created the site with Joomla! 1.5. This is no longer being supported with security updates the most recent version is Joomla! 3.0. Joe is preparing a bid for joomla upgrades but I have not received it yet. If we decide to go that route (rather than paying for another service) then all of our components would be upgraded to 3.0. Upgrading would give you access to a wider range of up-to-date components that offer support and security updates. Respectfully submitted, Liz Fritz, IBA Webmaster NWIBA President s Report Dates for the School Year Fall Meeting September 4, 2013 MS Honor Band Auditions October 19, 2013 MS Honor Band Concert November 2, 2013 HS Honor Band Auditions November 2, 2013 HS Honor Band Concert Jan. 11, 2014 District Jazz Festival Feb. 17, 2014 District Honor Band: Stephen Melillo and David Shaffer are our guest conductors this upcoming year s Honor Band. Each guest conductor has also been asked to write a commissioned piece. District Jazz Festival: Our district jazz festival will continue to be held at Le Mars Community High School again this upcoming year. Last year was a big success and saved the district a lot of money by moving it to LeMars. Also once again the judges comments were uploaded on a google site page and were available for download following the awards. This year we did have an online registration using google doc and this worked great. This google doc was shared with individuals within our district to check for payment and if they have paid all of the respected dues to participate. Major Landers: The Northwest district raised the amount awarded for Major Landers from the current $500, $300, $200 to $1000, $750, $500 with a cap of $3000. It was also decided to have a cap of $200 for below 3rd place for next year. Other Business/Announcements: Sioux City West Middle School will be offering a 6th grade honor band this coming school year. They are looking at making this honor band into a PD opportunity for those directors involved. The proposed date for this honor band is January 13th. Stacey Pepin and Joe Hardin are the directors at West Middle School. The NW district is also looking into changing how they form their honor bands. We are looking at several different options including; 1) 9/10 band and 11/12 band, or 2) a smaller Top Symphonic Band and and larger 2nd ensemble. Discussions on these changes will be addressed at the fall meeting. The NW district is also looking into creating a Honors Jazz Band. This group would audition at the NW Honor Band auditions and would perform during the wait for the awards at the district jazz festival. Discussion of this topic will also be discussed at the fall meeting. Concern were brought up about when and where to rehearse this group. Respectfully submitted, Dustin H. Bliven, NWIBA President NCIBA Report for IBA Summer Meeting I. Elected Officers a. President is Kurt Kissinger from Algona High School b. Secretary/Treasurer is Jared Barnes from Newman Catholic Schools II. Newly Appointed Committee Chairs a. Concert Band Affairs (Mike Stittsworth Belmond-Klemme) b. Jazz Band Affairs (Jake Gassman Charles City High School) c. College Affairs (Dr. Josh Thompson Waldorf College) d. HS Honor Band (Jon Jensen Webster City Middle School; Thom Mahler Aplington- Parkersburg) e. Technology/Webmaster (Beth Trulson North Butler) f. Student Affairs (Kala Keller Iowa Central Community College) III. Spring Meeting a. Discussion on the commission of a piece of music for a future honor band no action taken IV. Goals and Objectives a. Secure a composer for commission estimated premier during school year b. Reorganize district meetings in order to allow enough time for all action items V Schedule a. See NCIBA Calendar of Events Friday, August 30, 2013 Fall Cruise attendance notification Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Fall Cruise Event Wednesday, September 11, 2013 IBA Dues Deadline Friday, September 13, 2013 IBA & NCIBA Dues Paid Deadline for MS HB participation Wednesday, September 18, 2013 MS Honor Band Registration Deadline Wednesday, September 25, 2013 MS Honor Band Selection Night (Site to be determined) Friday, October 11, 2013 HS Jazz Festival Registration Deadline Saturday, October 12, 2013 HS State Marching Band Festival All classes Saturday, October 26, 2013 District Auditions, All-State Music Festival Friday, November 1, 2013 HS Honor Band Registration Deadline Wednesday, November 6, 2013 HS Honor Band Selection Night (Site to be determined) Thursday, November 7, 2013 HS Concert Band Clinic Registration Deadline The Iowa Bandmaster 65

68 Saturday, November 16, 2013 MS Honor Band Event in Humboldt, NCIBA Business Meeting Thursday, November 21-23, 2013 All- State Music Ames Friday, December 6, 2013 Karl King Scholarship Registration Deadline Saturday, December 7, 2013 HS Jazz Festival Event at Webster City H.S. Friday, January 10, 2014 MS Jazz Festival Registration Deadline Saturday, January 11, 2014 HS Honor Band Event at NIACC, NCIBA Business Meeting Saturday, January 11, 2014 Karl King Scholarship Auditions Friday, January 24, 2014 MS Concert Band Clinic Registration Deadline Monday, January 27, 2014 State Jazz Band Festival All classes for north half of Iowa Saturday, February 8, 2014 MS Jazz Festival Event at Clear Lake Tuesday, February 18, 2014 MS Concert Band Clinic Event at Forest City Friday, February 21, 2014 MS Concert Band Clinic Event at Fort Dodge Friday, March 7, 2014 HS Concert Band Clinic Event at NIACC Saturday, March 29, 2014 State Music Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 3A Saturday, April 5, 2014 State Music Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 2A Saturday, April 12, 2014 State Music Festival, Solo and Ensembles, 4A, 1A Friday, May 9, 2014 State Music Festival, Large Group, 3A, 1A Saturday, May 10, 2014 State Music Festival, Large Group, 4A, 2A Thursday, May 15-17, th Annual IBA Convention, Marriott Hotel Friday, May 16, 2014 NCIBA Business Meeting (Convention Luncheon) Respectfully submitted, Kurt Kissinger, NCIBA President NEIBA District President s Summer Report Membership NEIBA currently has 209 members NEIBA Summer Business Meeting The NEIBA summer business meeting will be held at Luigi s in Oelwein in July, date to be determined. Commission Project Progress is on track for our 50th Annual NEIBA Honor Band Festival Commission Project. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NEIBA, four compo - sers have been commissioned to compose a piece to be performed at our honor band festival on December 7, Each of our four performing ensembles will premier a work written specifically for that group. Composers include Dr. Timothy Mahr, Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr., Mr. Travis Cross, and Mr. Cory McBride. Each composer will conduct the piece he has written. In addition, the project will serve as a mentorship program pairing veteran composers with younger, up-andcoming people seeking to enter the field. Special thanks go to Jim Fritz of Decorah for coordinating this project. For additional information pertaining to the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association and upcoming activities and events, please visit our website at Respectfully submitted, Steve King, NEIBA President SWIBA 2013 Summer Report SWIBA is looking forward to another great year in and welcomes new teachers to the district in the fall. Andy Walters, Lewis Central High School, was instrumental in establishing an award for outstanding young teachers in our district: the Lee Nelson Award. The recipient in selected through a nomination process and is awarded at our HS Honor Band concert in January. Because this is a new award, it was decided that the chair for the award would fall under the leadership of the president-elect of the district. The chairperson for this award in the coming year will be Don Struve. Last year s recipient was Leigh Ann Martic, director at Wilson Middle School in Council Bluffs. Ruben Newell and Jarrod O Donnell have done great work in rebuilding our web site over the past couple of years. This past spring they set up a Google group for SWIBA, facilitating correspondence for the group. The setup is working well, however Google schools typically will not allow members to join outside Google groups without permission. is able to be shared, however the site and archived messages are not accessible without cooperation from the district tech department. This coming May we will once again be having our auditions for our Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band, which, although not officially sponsored by SWIBA, is staffed by SWIBA directors and is open to all SWIBA member schools. The change in the state jazz festival schedule, along with more interest in alternate host schools has brought the need to adjust our own district jazz festival. The sites for our festivals have not changed in recent years, and it is our hope that we can set up a procedure where interested schools can host these festivals. Upcoming Dates for SWIBA September 9 Fall Meeting, Griswold September 21 Creston Balloon Days Parade October 5 Clarinda Band Jamboree October 12 Loess Hills Fieldfest, Glenwood November 2 SWIBA Middle School Honor Band Auditions, Clarinda MS November 15 SWIBA Middle School Band Festival, Atlantic HS December 15 SWIBA High School Honor Band Auditions, Red Oak HS January 13 SWIBA High School Honor Band Festival, Red Oak HS January 18 Bluffs Jazz Festival, Abraham Lincoln HS, Council Bluffs February 15 SWIBA 3A/4A Jazz Festival, site TBA February 20 SWIBA 1A/2A Jazz Festival, site TBA March 1 Creston Middle School Solo Contest March 3 Winter Meeting, Griswold March 29 Lenox Honor Band May 3 Denison Middle School Large Group Festival Red Oak Middle School Large Group Festival May TBA Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band Auditions, Atlantic SWIBA Officers for President Mark Mendell, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln President Elect Don Struve, IKM- Manning Secretary/Treasurer Bob Hoffman, Audubon Past President Jarrod O Donnell, Atlantic Respectfully submitted, Mark Mendell, SWIBA President SCIBA District President s Summer Report The academic year was the first for the usage of the SCIBA membership owned digital voice recorders. The recorders were used at all district level festivals/events. The recorders were also used at independent festivals by membership schools with a rental rate of $5 per unit. This is a similar rate that is charged 66 The Iowa Bandmaster

69 by the IHSMA. The new devices are able to record in mp3 format allowing for much faster transfer rates on festival days. Our HS honor band site was moved this year to Ames High School after a long and successful run at Drake University. The new location met the needs of directors, students, guest conductors, and patrons extremely well. We are very thankful to Ames High School band directors Chris Ewan and Andrew Buttermore for their hospitality and organization, which made the transition as seamless as possible. The 2014 SCIBA High School Honor Bands will be conducted by Dr. Joan DeAlbuquerque from Luther College (9-10 Honor Band) and Mr. Robert Meunier from Drake University (11-12 Honor Band). The SCIBA commissions project has contracted composer Charles Dibley to compose a new work for band. This will be premiered at the MS Honor Band festival in the fall of 2013 and will be performed by the 7th grade honor band. This fall s honor band festival will be moved from Johnston to Knoxville. Knoxville has new facilities and their administration is excited to be hosting. Directors for this year s honor bands will be Brandon Borseth (7th grade), Lynne Lange (7/8 grade combined), and Andrew Buttermore (8th grade). The online posting and approval process for district meeting minutes has been a great success. The majority of the membership has done an excellent job of reviewing, making suggestions and corrections, and then approving the minutes in a timely fashion. This fall we will be implementing a requirement asking all directors who wish to make announcements/requests on our weekly SCIBA online newsletter to be current members of the SCIBA organization. A decision will be made at the fall district meeting if non-members will continue to receive the online newsletter. Nonmembers will not be allowed to vote on approval of meeting minutes. This coming year we will be using a new host for our district jazz festival 2A/3A jazz band site, as Norwalk will be moving up to class 4A next year. Thank you to Dameon Place and the Winterset Band Booster organization for allowing us to use their facilities on Saturday, December 14th. Respectfully submitted, Jason Pentico, SCIBA President SEIBA Summer Business Report The coming year will see the same events as the past; solo and ensemble festivals, concert band festivals, jazz festivals and corresponding dates. The calendar may be found online. New for school year is the planned addition of an elementary honor band festival to be held in April. Please watch for updates regarding this event. Jim Colonna has been commissioned to write a new work that will be premiered by the Junior High Honor Band in January, The commission for 2015 will be a work for jazz ensemble. Congratulations to Lydia Raim from Clear Creek who was selected as the Major Landers Scholarship winner for The increase in admission for our January Honor Band concert saw a correlated increase in revenue. Online registration for SEIBA Honor Band was successful. Digital recorders were purchased for use at all district contests and festivals. New entry fee for Jazz Band Festival will go into effect for school year The new fee will be $ and $ late fee. Finally, a big thank you to Dorothy Jacobi for serving as district president for the past two years, and to the new SEIBA committee chair: Megan Austin, Mentorship. Respectfully submitted, Myron McReynolds, SEIBA President Past President Report 2013 Summer Meeting First of all I want to thank the members of IBA for their support during my term as IBA President. It was an honor to serve. A special thanks goes to the IBA district Presidents for all of their work at the district level, to the IBA Board of Directors for all of their counsel, to Liz Fritz for her work on the web site, and to Jayson Gerth, Nathan Sletten, and Dan Stecker for their support during the IBA conference. In my final report as IBA President I noted that my biggest failing had been in the area of advocacy. I intend to become a more active presence in the area of advocacy during my term as Past President. Current educational trends are towards more narrow curriculums in our schools. I intend to lobby to our Governor, our Department of Education, and our legislators for a varied curriculum for our students that obviously includes the fine arts. Our best students in Iowa will tell you that they want curricular options that include music and other fine and related arts. Iowa must recognize the importance of a wide and balanced curriculum and not fall into the trap of offering a narrow curriculum that is focused only on subjects that are re - ported out through standardized testing. I plan to be of service to President Brad Lampe in any way that I can. Brad will do an excellent job representing our organization. Respectfully submitted, Patrick J. Kearney, Past President IBA President-Elect Report Summer Meeting Happy summer to everyone! I m looking forward to my time of service as President-Elect of the Iowa Bandmasters Association. Though things still seem somewhat overwhelming, I know I have many wonderful and knowledgeable people I can rely on to help me through the next few years! It is indeed a new and exciting challenge! Congratulations to Pat Kearney for putting together a fantastic conference. He did a tremendous job of bringing us all together to experience a large variety of wonderful clinics, performances and social events! Personal thanks for the menu change for our district luncheon! Great choice and I heard many members voice their approval! I am eager to begin working with and supporting Brad Lampe during his tenure as President and as he prepares for the 2014 conference. I am anxious to watch and learn from someone I consider to be one of the best in our profession. Although I knew this from our friendship prior to presidencies, it continues to be confirmed that he and I share many of the same values as teachers that will prove valuable as we move forward in our roles as leaders in our organization. I am also looking forward to working with and learning from the members of the board of directors of our association as we conduct the business of IBA. It is truly an honor to begin my service as President-Elect of IBA and I am grateful for the trust bestowed upon me. I hope to continue the fabulous work of those before me with at least the same passion, enthusiasm and integrity. 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70 school year completely refreshed and ready to go! Respectfully submitted, Jacquelyn Meunier, President-Elect 2013 Summer Meeting President s Report My time as President Elect was too short! I observed, collected data, made connections and had many conversations with many people. Am I ready for the Presidency? I'm not sure if I will every feel like I am ready. The Presidency of the Iowa Bandmaster's Association is an incredible honor bestowed on me by the membership and I will do my best to uphold the office with hard work, vision, creativity, and organization. If I fulfill my duties half as well as my predecessor, Pat Kearney, I will be a successful President. He did an outstanding job of leading our organization and providing us with an incredible I.B.A Conference. I will shamelessly steal from him and hope to create and add my own flavor to the Conference in I look forward to being able to continue to work with him as IBA Past President. So far, even though I have had many, many, many questions, he has continued to answer my calls and s. He is a good friend and an excellent presidential model for me to follow and emulate. I am also excited to work with our President Elect, Jacqui Meunier. She is an outstanding educator and very worthy of this position. Her band s (Southeast Polk) performance at the 2013 conference was excellent and one of the highlights of the weekend. I am looking forward to sharing ideas and insights with her as we work together to complete our administrative tasks. Another exciting change to I.B.A. is the creation of the Mentorship coordinator position which will be held by Jim Fritz. Our mentorship program has been very strong and effective under his leadership as mentorship chair. It will become even more effective and stronger with the addition of the I.B.A.R.D. organization. Jim will coordinate the activities between I.B.A.R.D. and the mentorship committee to provide our new directors with outstanding guidance. We have the best mentorship program in the State and now it will be even better! I am working with Jerry Bertrand and Liz Fritz to possibly embark on a new adventure on the way we vote for I.B.A. officers. We are looking into the possibility of going to an electronic method of voting. We have many details and logistics to discuss in order for this to happen in Liz and Jerry are already working hard to see if this method of voting can happen for I.B.A. I will continue to keep advocacy high on my presidential priority list. We have some very hard-working and extremely qualified people working for us in this area. David Law and James Bawden in the I.A.A.E. and Liz Fritz and Leon Kuehner with the Iowa Core Curriculum continue to work many hours to fight for music education. In talking with these folks, we are making progress! The funding of our mentorship program was extremely important and beneficial. I would still like to see, in writing, backing for music education in the Iowa Core Curriculum and in the S.T.E.M. education program. I will do what I can to make some contacts and use this office to hopefully bring about awareness and progress towards inclusion of music education in legislation. I will be working hard to produce an effective and educational 2014 I.B.A. Conference. Remember that this is a rollover year for dates and the I.B.A. Conference will be held on May This is later than most years so mark it on your calendars and plan to attend. Any suggestions or input concerning programming is always welcome. Please contact me at blampe@clarke.k12.ia.us. I hope everyone has a great summer. Make sure that you make time to sharpen the saw. Our individual mental and physical well-being is very important to our teaching effectiveness. Spend time with family and friends and prioritize in a way that makes you happy. Brad Lampe IBA President IAAE Report This past year the Alliance has been very active in the Mentorship for New Teachers (see attached report) along with serious lobbying for inclusion of the arts in the Iowa Core. Cal Hultman is the lobbyist representing the Alliance and all the Advisory Board members. Through his efforts we have been able to meet personally with specific members of the legislature to promote the inclusion of Arts Education into the Iowa Core. In addition we have also been made away of the movement of bills that have language regarding our interests including teacher compensation, assessment and how those would affect the delivery of arts education in Iowa. Your Alliance board has been able to meet with Mary Luhersman from NAMM and we were privileged to talk with her for a day regarding successful lobbying efforts and the best way to continue our efforts. She told us that once again, Iowa leads the nation in this type of preparation for arts inclusion and also in our lobbying efforts. Our web site is constantly updated with advocacy information and news at the local, state and national level. The Alliance has responded to fourteen requests for assistance regarding music programs being restructured and almost all of those programs have reported a positive outcome. We have also had the governor issue a proclamation designating March as Arts Education Month in Iowa. We appreciate your support and hope that you will continue to support the Alliance through your donations of time and your financial contributions. All the money that the Alliance receives goes directly back into our programs in the state of Iowa. We have no national dues and all our board members serve without compensation. Thank you for your time and efforts on behalf of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education, David Law, Chair IAAE Iowa Core Update Report It has been a busy summer for the Iowa Core Fine Arts writing teams. There has been 10 different Professional Development presentations at AEA s around the state. Over 400 Fine Arts educators have participated in these PD opportunities. Additionally there was an online component offered to complete the opportunity for credit with over 80 participants IBA members that were involved in the presentations included Leon Keuhner, Mike Prichard, Brad Jensen and Liz Fritz. The legislation to include Fine Arts as part of the Iowa Core did not pass, but excellent connections were made, and that is progress in its own way. Leon is already continuing the process, meeting with legislators just this week. The Fine Arts documents should make their way to the website by the start of school. My thanks to all who continue to support this work! 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