Volume 26 Number 2 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Winter 2012-13

This special annual event will be held at our Burr Ridge location on Tuesday, February 26th from 8:30am-4:00pm. Lunch will be provided and the event is free to any current student teacher or interested college student. For many years, this event has helped young teach-ers-to-be with some very valuable infor-mation to help during their first year of teaching. Students will spend time with members of the QF Repair Staff learning some

basics of wo o d wi nd , brass, and string re-pairs. These young teach-ers soon real-ize that it’s

very likely they will be asked to repair an instrument before they teach their first note! Other topics to be explored that day in-clude: Prepar-ing your re-sume & inter-view tips, Professional-ism, Recruit-ing & Reten-tion, and more. Student Teacher Day is open to any in-terested college Music student. If you know of a recent graduate, please pass the word along to them too! A registra-tion form is available on the back cover.

18th Annual Student Teacher

Day Ssshh…

Super Secret Code Needed for

Warehouse Garage Sale 2013

We’re planning another super-secret garage sale in our new Burr Ridge ware-house on Sunday, February 10th from 10AM-2PM. The retail store will NOT be open, but directors and their students can receive a special door code to gain access to our warehouse for this special event. Last year’s event drew a huge crowd despite the cold and snowy weather! The garage sale will feature our famous “All You Can Carry for $399” B&O Print Music sale. Directors can choose as much music as they can carry for $399. Spencer White (Edwardsburg Mi)

A very special memory…

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was the winner in last year’s competi-tion! This year a select number (get there early) will be able to compete in our “All You Can Carry Used Single Horn Sale for $995” (Note: cases must be included!! & get there early!!)

There will also be Garage Sale pricing on many items including Professional, Intermediate, Background, and Student Instruments—New & Used. You will also find hundreds of accessories spe-cially priced for that day...lots of close-outs too! See your QF rep for your spe-cial code starting January 31st.

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About 12 days before the big day, my dad (who is 90 years young) fell and broke three ribs. While most of us thought there was NO WAY this event, he was convinced otherwise. After “talking” his way out of the hospital and rehab facility, he was able to meet his “obligation” to the band. Nothing could

have stopped him on his mission. Dis-cretion became the better part of valor when he agreed to conduct from a wheelchair, but not before an important lesson was learned by all of us in atten-dance. Coincidentally, the theme of the

conference was “In Honor of our Men-tors”

...nuff said.

Friends and Family By George Quinlan, Jr.

Many of us enjoy the Midwest Clinic as a delightful December ritual that remains a constant in our ever-changing lives. A time to refresh, learn new things, strengthen our relationships, and ease into the Holiday season.

The 66th Annual Midwest Clinic was no exception. A once-in-a-lifetime event for our family happened thanks to Dr. Charles Menghini and the folks at Van-derCook College of Music. As a foun-

der of the Clinic, the VCM band has performed every year at this event. This year, my father, George Quinlan, Sr. was asked to be a guest con-ductor. As a band director for almost 40 years, he has had plenty experience, but this was truly special. He was able to conduct while

his grandson (my son, Andrew) per-formed on field drum. A very special moment we will always remember!

The back-story goes like this...Dr. Men-ghini had asked my dad six months ear-lier about conducting the band. He re-membered conducting at one of the first clinics with the CYO band - probably over 60 years ago!!

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Funny who you run into at the music

store on Black Friday, isn’t it? Denise Tripp has two daughters-Shannon, vio-lin and Maggie, flute. When the mother of two Jerling JHS students brought her daughters to QF, they just happened to run into two legends of the Chicago Symphony while they were here! Pic-tured below with the Tripp girls are Paul Phillips (CSO violinist) and Donald Peck (CSO flutist—retired). That must have made a really memorable family Christmas card!!

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Stork Report…Don Devany and wife, Melinda had a baby boy , Liam Edward born November 30, 3 :36pm

8 lbs. 11 ounces and 21.75”. Don teaches at Metea Valley High School in Aurora. Congratulations! Emily Dorgan of Woodland Intermedi-ate D50 and her husband welcomed their first baby on December 2, 2012. Her name is Madeleine Rebecca and was 10lbs, 21 inches. Congratulations Emily!!

Lisa Minish Orchestra Director at Mon-roe Elementary has two new lovely addi-tions to her growing family! She wel-comed twins on December 29th! Avery Elise 5lbs 1oz, 18.25 inches and Olivia Marie 5lb 5oz, 18.25 inches. Congratu-lations Lisa!!

Pamela Stanley, orchestra director at Hawthorn Townline School in Vernon Hills, and her husband, John, welcomed son, John (Johnny) Daniel, on Decem-ber 23, weighing 7 lbs 1 oz. He is cur-rently in the NICU at Children’s Hospi-tal in Milwaukee, being monitored for a heart defect, but is doing well. Big sis-ter, Keira, is anxiously awaiting his homecoming.

Fran Fatta, orchestra director at Vernon Hills HS is expecting twin boys in April. They will join big brother, Ni-cola.

Wedding Bells…Congratulations to Bob Mecozzi (Band Director at Stagg HS) and Georgann Grecco (Choir Director at Herrick MS) on their recent engage-ment!

A new community band has been cre-ated in the Northwest Suburbs: The North Suburban Wind Ensemble. This group is under the direction of former Libertyville HS Band director Don Shupe and is made up of many area band directors and professionals. Mem-bers include: Terri Plohr & Carl Fritz (Hawthorn District 73), Michelle Kittle-son & Sara Griffin (Libertyville Dis-trict 70), Laura Huber (Grayslake Dis-trict 46), Carolyn Awe (Woodland MS-Gurnee), Daryl Beese (Lake Bluff MS), Krista Millard (Round Lake MS), Dus-tin Helvie & John Clemons (Libertyville HS), Samantha Lorens (Hadley MS), Caitlin McGovern (Westmont JHS), Ricardo Vazquez (Sandburg MS-Elmhurst), Dave Tribley & Randy Sundell (Vernon Hills HS), Richard Stiles (Richmond-Burton HS), Kurt Gros (Warren Township HS), Cody Halberstadt (Woodstock HS), Kyle Berens (Parkland MS-McHenry), Adam Gohr (Mundelein HS), Shan Kazmi (Zion-Benton HS), Genaro Cantu (Wauconda HS). The ensemble rehearses Tuesday nights at Libertyville High School and has already performed two successful concerts this year. Their next performance is Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 4:00PM at Libertyville High

School.

Awards, Honors and Events…

Congratulations to IGSMA award recipi-ents for 2013. Jenny Rosario of Troy School District received the Barbara Buehlman Young Conductor Award and Robert Blazek of Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 received the Cloyd Myers Award.

Drew Russell, band director at Warren HS, has been named fine arts supervisor of Vernon Hills HS following the retire-ment of Frank Lestina at the end of this school year.

Best Wishes to Kent Minor as he retires from Lincoln MS band in Berwyn Dis-trict 98 after 32 years of service-Bravo! Recent NIU graduate, Tom Chester takes the reigns at Lincoln.

The Southwest Community Band, di-rected by Ray Forlenza will host “Winter Band Day” on January 19th in Lemont. The event is open to all stu-dents in grades 6-8. For details, call 815.773.4159 or send email inquiry to: BandDay@swcommunityband.com Congratulations to Donald Renz, senior clarinetist from Mundelein HS (Adam Gohr & Keith Pitner directors) partici-pated in the BOA Honor Band in the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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David Allie-Memorial Jr. High-Lansing D.J. Alstadt-Naperville Central HS

Adeline Anderson-Homer JHS-(retired) John Armstrong-Joliet District 86

Melody Balicki-Aurora West HS (formerly) Mike Bandman-Viking JHS-Gurnee Kimberly Barnett-Westlake MS

Ken Bartosz-Loyola Academy (retired) Tom Beckwith-Warren Twp HS (retired) Art Beckmann-Central JHS (retired) Mark Bettcher-Dundee Crown HS Ken Bender-McGugan JHS (retired)

Sue Berge-Blaese - MacArthur Middle School Greg Bimm-Marian Cath. HS-Chgo Hts Emily Binder-Gregory MS-Naperville Robert Blim-Wilmette JHS-Wilmette Robert Blazek-Monroe MS-Wheaton

Pam Breuning-Joliet Twp. HS (retired) Debra Brubeck-Humphrey MS-Bolingbrook

Kevin Carroll-Joliet West HS Scott Casagrande-Hersey HS-Arlington Hts Bill Chambers-Gower School (retired)

Mike Chiodo-Lake Park HS John Christie-Highland MS (retired) Annette Cooper-Granger MS-Aurora

(deceased) Michel Corke-Homer Jr. High (deceased)

Kim Coughlin - Summit Hill JHS Brian Covey-Lockport HS

Don Crews-Hadley MS-Glen Ellyn (retired) Richard Cullen-Independence JHS (retired) George Cizek-Steger Dist. 194 (deceased) Debbie Darnell-Merrillville Int (retired) Adam Davis-Prospect HS (formerly)

Jim Deal-Crown Point HS Chip DeStefano-McCracken School-Skokie

Jeff Doebler-Valparaiso University Tom Drake-Romeoville HS (retired) Mark Duker-Scullen MS-Naperville

Karen Eldrenkamp-Glen Ellyn Dist 89 (formerly)

Charles Emmons, Jr.-Highland Park (retired) Lila Fagan-West Aurora School District

Fran Fatta-Vernon Hills HS Ray Forlenza-Tinley Park, District 140

Jason Freeland-Central JHS-Tinley Park Claire Cannek Fenton-Dist 204-Naperville

Mike Fiske-Joliet Central HS John Fitchuk-Dist 200-Wheaton (retired) Quincy Ford-Michigan City High School Jim Garbrecht-Hawthorn MS South William Gilmer-Willowbrook HS Bill Goetz-Troy JHS-Shorewood

Nancy Golden-Hinsdale District 181 Bob Good-Argo HS (retired)

Tom Goodwin-New Lenox (retired) Stan Gorbatkin-Indian Prairie Dist 204 Wayne Gordon-Wood Oaks Jr. High

Steve Green-Lisle HS (retired) Judy Grimes-Elmhurst College

Dr. Charles Groeling-Roosevelt Univ. (retired) John Harshey-West Oaks MS

Phil Hash-Kelvin Grove School (formerly) Dan Harrison-Thompson JHS-Oswego

George Hattendorf-Chesterton HS (formerly) John Heath-Batavia HS (retired)

Leo Henning-Brother Rice HS-Chgo (deceased) Patrick Henning-St. Laurence HS

Raeleen Horn-Palatine HS Brian Jacobi-Lincoln JHS-Park Ridge

William Jastrow-Neuqua Valley HS (retired) John Janusek-Grove Jr. High (retired)

Ed Jones-Plainfield HS (retired) Ross Kellan-Glenbard East HS (retired)

Lisa Kiener-Lisle Jr. High Nancy Kocal-Hawthorn MS South

Tim Kopf-Valparaiso HS Randy Kummer-Lincoln Way HS (retired)

Jim Kull-St. Charles East HS Bobby Lambert-Marian Catholic High School Tobin Langridge-Maine West HS (formerly) Stacey Larson-VanderCook College of Music Jon Larson-Eisenhower JHS-Darien (retired) Jonathan Lauff-Neuqua Valley HS-Naperville

Lori Lauff-Scullen MS-Naperville Kevin Lepper-VanderCook College of Music

Frank Lestina-Vernon Hills HS Peter Lograsso-Albright MS-Villa Park

(formerly) Ted Lega-Joliet Central HS (retired)

Chicagoland Outstanding Chicagoland Outstanding Chicagoland Outstanding Chicagoland Outstanding

Music educator award winners Music educator award winners Music educator award winners Music educator award winners

1989198919891989----2012201220122012

Brian Logan-Wheeling HS Sherri Lyons Harrison-Homer JHS (formerly)

Michael Madonia-TF South HS-Lansing Jack Majure-Cooper JHS-Wheeling (retired) Rachel Maxwell-Traughber MS-Oswego

Ken Marx-Old Quarry MS-Lemont Dist 113 Joanne May-Glenbard East HS (retired) Kevin McOlgan-Riverside Brookfield HS

Robert McNulty-Addison (retired) Terry Melbourn-Clarendon Hills MS

Dr. Charles Menghini-VanderCook College Brian Miller-East Leyden HS

Don Miller-Blue Island (retired) Terry Milligan-Rhodes School (retired)

Matt Moore-Fremd High School Dave Morrison-Prospect HS (retired) Milton Mojzis-Villa Park (deceased) Steve Nendza-Hille MS-Oak Forest

Dennis Ostermann-Marquardt MS (retired) Susan Oszvath-Rotolo MS-Batavia

Valerie Page-Plainfield Dist 202 (formerly) Roman Palmer-Addison (retired)

Margene Pappas-Oswego Dist. 308 (retired) Pete Pappas-Glenview (retired)

Nancy Plantinga-Gregory MS (formerly) Ron Polancich-York Comm HS (retired) Mike Pressler-Maine South HS (formerly)

Dan Pritchett-Valparaiso HS Bill Rank-Oak Prairie JHS Terry Redford-Lemont HS

Lou Ricci-St Rita HS (retired) Roger Rocco-Mother McAuley HS (retired)

Dan Romano-Andrew HS-Tinley Park (retired) Craig Roselieb-Downers Grove South HS Wes Russell-Hufford JHS-Joliet (formerly) Robert Rzeszutko-Winnetka District 36 Cindy Schnabel-Willowcreek MS-Portage

Tom Schnabel-Chesterton MS Vic Scimeca-Wheaton Warrenville South HS

Deb Shofner-Elgin CUSD 46 Don Shupe-Libertyville HS (retired) Mary Smelser-Joliet Dist. 86 (retired) Kenneth Snoeck-Lake Park HS (retired)

Christina Snyder-Wilbur Wright Middle School Charles Staley-Neuqua Valley HS

The Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Awards recognize excellence in Music Education in our area. All the winners, including this year’s “class,” are listed below.

In 1996, the John Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award was initiated. This committee will select another group to be inducted in 2011.

Mike Stiers-Batavia MS (retired) Mickey Stisher-LaPorte HS (IN)

Jim Stombres-St. Charles North HS Randy Sundell-Vernon Hills HS

Randy Szostek-Batavia Dist 101 (retired) Brayer Teague-Downers Grove North HS

Tom Tedeschi-Lakeview JHS-Downers Grove Dave Thomas-MacArthur MS-Prospect Hts.

(retired) Sandra Thompson-Wheeling Dist 21 (retired)

John Thomson-New Trier HS (retired) John Timmins-Crone MS-Naperville Cathy Umlauf-London MS-Wheeling

Dan Valkema-Plainfield HS Eric Wellman-Lincoln Way Central HS

Glenn Williams-Downers Grove South HS Brian Wis-St. Charles North HS Greg Wojcik-Glenbrook South HS

John Paynter Lifetime Achievement AwardJohn Paynter Lifetime Achievement AwardJohn Paynter Lifetime Achievement AwardJohn Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award

1996-Barbara Buehlman 1997-Victor Zajec

1998-Dr. Harry Begian 1999-Randy Kummer

2000-Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser 2001-Leo Henning 2002-Ted Lega 2003-Ross Kellan

2004-Dr. Charles Menghini 2005-Peter Pappas

2006-Margene Pappas 2007-Dave Morrison 2008-William Jastrow

2009-Ray Cramer & George Quinlan, Sr. 2010 - Don Shupe 2011-Maurice Rhodes

2012-Ed Jones

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2013 CHICAGOLAND OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD NOMINATION BALLOT

Nominee’s Name ____________________________________________________ School ____________________________________________________________ I feel this candidate should be considered because _________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Respectfully submitted by: ____________________________________________

Please return before March 1st to: Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Attn: Award Nominations 6827 High Grove Blvd.-Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527

or FAX 630-654-4128 or send e-mail: gqjr@qandf.com

2013 Chicagoland

Outstanding

Music Educator

Awards

It’s often said that being recognized by your peers for outstanding work is the ultimate compliment. Have you often wished you had a special way to thank an important mentor or colleague who helped you advance in your career? Do you wish to recognize an up and coming “superstar” in your area? Now’s your chance...nominate that person for this special award. Recognizing excellence in the music education profession since 1989, we proudly announce the opening of nominations for this prestigious award. Since the inception over 150 of your colleagues have been recognized f o r t h e i r o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o M u s i c Education. You will find a nomination form above. You

can also use our website, and e-mail your nomination to us (gqjr@qandf.com). Take a moment and complete the nomination form before March 1st. Your nominations will be sent to a selection committee for final selection that comprises previous award winners (see the list on page four). In addition, this committee will select a winner of the John Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award, which is

dedicated to our first guest speaker at the 1989 awards program, Mr. John Paynter of Northwestern University. Please take time to nominate an important colleague or men-tor for this worthy recognition. With the QF expansion in Indi-ana & Michigan this recogni-tion program was expanded beyond the Chicagoland area with the inception of the Mi-chiana Outstanding Music Edu-cator Awards recognizing Indi-ana and Michigan music educa-tors. Winners will be announced in the Summer issue of Quarter Notes and presented at our awards ceremony in June.

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On The Road

A g a i n … J o l i e t All-City organiza-tions will travel to

Indianapolis in May including perforam-ces by the band directed by Jim Shaw, Jeff Muraida, Scott Barnas & Bret Marcum, orchestra directed by Melissa Schoonover, Cliff Hunt, Linda Pier-son, & Andrew Davis and jazz band directed by Laura Jelinek. The Libertyville HS Orchestra, directed by Jeremy Marino will be going to Cuba in March and is looking to bring needed musical supplies, both instru-ments and music. The Lincoln Way Central Marching Knights directed by Eric Wellman & Al Rendak travelled to San Diego to par-ticipate in the Holiday Bowl festivities. Randy Sundell and David Tribley and the Vernon Hills HS Wind Ensemble will be traveling to France over spring break. Sarah Djordjevic and the Maine East HS orchestra are planning a trip to sunny Florida this Spring!! The bands and the jazz band from Kane-land MS will be traveling to Washington DC in March, along with choral groups to participate in a music festival. The jazz band will participate for the second year in the Evanston Jazz Festival in April, reports director Aaron Puckett. This year the school moved to the tradi-tional eight period day which allowed the formation of two concert bands, a percussion class and a jazz band!! Emergency Repair Service...was pro-vided by QF at the Midwest B&O Clinic in December. Throughout the Spring, you will see our repair techs on duty too support school music at festivals and contests in the area in January & Febru-ary. Best wishes to all for a successful event.

Wednesday is Pro Night at Hackney’s Restaurant in Palos Park

Each school jazz band performs followed by Brass Tracks Band

Tom Fox Tom Fox Tom Fox Tom Fox ---- director and lead trumpet

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Getting down to… BRASS TRACKS

January 2 - Lincoln Way Central HS

Stacy Williams-Jackson

January 9 - Evergreen Park HS

Ken Kazin

January 16 - West Aurora HS

Patty Sampson

January 23 - Carl Sandburg HS

Stewart Bailey

January 30 - Alan B Shepard HS

Chris Pitlik

February 6 - Providence HS

Robert Sanchez

February 13 - Addison Trail HS

Mark Corey

February 20 - Morton East HS

Brian Toms

February 27 - Batavia HS

Chris Owen & Anna Mudrach

March 6 - Andrew HS

Mark Iwinski

March 13 - Lincoln Way West HS

Scott Wagstaff

March 20 - Neuqua Valley HS Jonathan Lauff

March 27 - Bloom & Bloom Trail HS

David Seifest

April 3 - Sal Point HS (Tucson AZ)

John Anselmo

April 10 - Eisenhower HS

Justin Antos

April 17 - Tinley Park HS

Vince Aiello

April 24 - Riverside-Brookfield HS

James Baum

May 1- Argo HS

Megan Corkins

May 8 - Oak Lawn HS

Paul Levy

May 15 - Kelly HS

Mike McCain

May 22 - Stagg HS

Bob Mecozzi

May 29 - Lisle HS

Scott Gumina

June 5 - DuPage Community Jazz

Tom Tallman

June 12 - South Suburban College

Andy Hoffel

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Appalachian Mountains) and was next to a hand gliding guy hooked up to all his gear who - as soon and the cloud floating around us cleared – jumped. YIKES! After that, crawling back from “the point” was much more difficult. I mean, I now knew how quickly you drop. The guy was beside me and then –POOF- he wasn’t. He went straight down before his gear lifted him up into a soaring atti-tude. It was exciting. For my purposes, both organizations were valuable and the nationally recog-nized leaders I met via NSOA – Dorothy Straub, Pam Tellejohn, Judy Evans, Jerry Kupchinsky, Arlene Witte, James Godfrey, and, of course, Jacque-lyn Dillon, – all became my mentors. Conversations at conferences allowed me to benefit from their guidance and their suggestions served as my roadmap to improve. With the Midwest theme in mind, I send a tribute to those who were my mentors and publically acknowledge my understanding of their contribution to my endeavors. Because of them, I feel more strongly the sense of importance of my contribution when I am asked to work with students. This summer I got a call from a director asking me to participate in her orches-tra’s performance at IL-MENC. The James Hart Symphonic Orchestra (Homewood/Flossmore area) directed by Sara White will be performing at the Illinois Music Educators Conference on January 26th. Sara suggested that my portion of the program be devoted to a clinic on tone production. COOL! That is one of my favorite topics! I eagerly accepted. I once worked with

Remembering that the theme of Midwest this year was a tribute to mentors; I’m reminded that once upon a time over twenty-five years ago, I attended the Mid-west Band and Orchestra Clinic whilst an orchestra teacher of Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Indiana. When I left the Clinic that year, I left being the newly appointed North Central Division Chairman of the National School Orches-tra Association. Jerry Kupchinsky, then the President of NSOA had asked me to serve. Jerry was a mentor to me. His daughter, Melanie, plays in the CSO. When I see her play, I think of how kind and loving her father was to us all. To the younger among us, NSOA was an organization centered on the concerns more directly associated with the public school orchestra. You see, at that time, ASTA was more concerned with private studio and pedagogy. Or, so it seemed to me. A few years ago, NSOA merged with ASTA and everyone now meets un-derneath one umbrella. While tending to my NSOA duties, I sent a survey to our membership with some general questions to learn of their needs and how NSOA could help them in their current situation. The response was over-whelming! Almost 70% of the question-naires were returned – maybe the inclu-sion of a stamped and addressed return envelope helped. I was able to make a report of some corresponding substance to the NSOA board which, I hope, was useful. I was surprised to see that many had handwritten messages. (Fine point felt markers were the rage then and I remem-ber that many were written using these new markers – trendy lot!) I didn’t save them, but now wish I had. You can imag-ine there was much wisdom from the

trenches and from names you all would know. The North Central Division was a large ten state area of the Midwest which included many school orchestras of incredible diver-sity with accomplished directors in all situations. Imagine the most remote areas in the prairie wilderness and include all the major cities within a day or two drive from you. Well, reading the messages from these directors I noticed a genuineness expressed and realized their intelligent, caring and honest nature. To now see the growth and accomplishment of our collec-tive work represented by the increasing number of students experiencing orchestral playing is a testament to dedication and honor for our cause and the quality of the people doing the work today. Keep it up! You are a noble group. There was something unique about NSOA. Many members of NSOA were not string players but “band people” who were teach-ing orchestra. Band people who love the orchestra and the orchestra literature – cool people to hang with and sometimes in fun situations. NSOA once had a week long summer session in Boone, North Carolina. Being in residence for a week in the Smokey Mountains with the likes of Merle Isaac was amazing fun! After all, I re-member his face being pictured on the cover of my first method book – “A Tune

A Day”.

I didn’t see Merle in the hand gliding line at Grandfather’s Mountain but I did come to know his spirit and energy and knew it was on par with those beside me who did jump off the mountain. I didn’t jump or plan to jump, but, I did crawl (with every molecule of my being trying to cling to cold wet rock) out to the ledge of Grandfa-ther’s Mountain (the tallest point in the

Lloyd Palmiter, our String Specialist, brings extensive knowledge to our company stem-ming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and cello; serving as a clinician and consultant for Conn-Selmer; and, from his experience as general manager of the Wil-liam Harris Lee Workshop. Remaining active as a clinician and teacher, Lloyd directs the Silver Strings Ensemble that consists of adult learners of the stringed instruments and has performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. One of his specialties, orchestral workshops tracing the elements of the making of a stringed instrument and associating those to the elements necessary to produce quality tone on a stringed instrument, have become very popular with our Illinois and Indiana teachers. To schedule a workshop or step-up day, call

his office at our Burr Ridge location. He visits all store locations regularly and is available by appointment to individually help you and your students find just the right instrument. You’ve see Lloyd at conferences of IMEA, MENC, ASTA, Violin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in Cremona, Italy, where he will be scouting to bring you the best quality instruments available from all over the world!

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Kristin Vaziri, Al-g o n q u i n M S (DesPlaines) orches-tra director, and hus-

band, Barzeen Vaziri, band director at Medinah Middle School (Roselle), are competing in a charity weightlifting competition in March. All monies raised by the lifters are donated to the HopeKids Foundation, which benefits children with terminal illnesses. For any donations or wishes for encouragement, please go to www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/vaziri Local schools at IMEA...include the following performances: Hawthorn MS South Symphonic Band directed by James Garbrecht, Vernon Hills HS Women’s Choir and Symphony Orches-tra directed by Jeremy Little, Vernon Hills HS Symphonic Band directed by Randy Sundell and David Tribley. Among the great presentations will be these local educators as well: Seven Steps to the Blues presented by Daniel Brame & Deerfield HS Jazz Band;, Bloom’s and Band: Using Chamber Mu-sic to Reach Higher Levels of Musical Thinking presented by Adam Gohr, Keith Pitner & Mundelein HS Chamber Ensembles, Ideas for Finding Advanced String Literature presented by Jeremy Marino and the Libertyville HS Cham-ber Orchestra, Not Just Noise: Modern Electronic Music and the 21st Century Classroom presented by Adam Schlip-mann-Lake Forest Academy. Matt Pickett & Kristen Hanna, direc-tors at Central School in Glencoe hosted a performance in October featuring three time Grammy award winner Jeff Coffin and his Mu'tet. Awesome! Several local schools were involved at the Midwest Clinic, Jemima Bunn and Joanne Heaton, clinicians from Austra-

lia featured the Clarendon Hills MS Symphonic Band conducted by Terry Melbourn. Maybe it’s got something to

do with Terry’s last name?!?

Are you a fan of the Conan O’Brien Show and the Basic Cable Band? B&S Musical Instruments trumpet artist (as seen on the Conan Show), Mark Pender provided evening master classes in Burr Ridge (below) & Mt. Prospect following ap-pearances at Woodland MS (Carolyn Awe, Elise Matusek,

Greg Zalapi), Va nd e r Co o k College of Music (photo on left), Orland and Jerling Junior High Schools (Jack Kinsella, Jen Stedman, and Eli Heit-

manek), and Marian Catholic HS (Greg Bimm, Bobby Lambert, and Tyler Sammons). Courtois Trombones sponsored an appearance of the Lyric Opera Trombone section at the University of Chicago Lab School recently. Pictured (L-R) Brad Brickner, Cathy Janovjak, Jeremy Moeller, Mark Fisher, John Schwalm, Francisco Dean, and Lee Gustafson.

Flutist Dr. Cate Hummel provided an in-store mas-ter class in QF-Valparaiso in November following a successful school clinic at Hobart HS with Brian Grenier. Her appearance was sponsored by Azumi Flutes (division of Jupiter) Our friends at Yamaha Japan recently brought 35 music dealers to Chicago for the Midwest Clinic. Prior to that event, we hosted the group for a tour and presentation about the partnership schools in the US have with school music dealers to promote and advance Music Education. The group also toured some schools in our area. Thanks to

Nancy Golden (Hinsdale District 181), Bill Rank (Oak Prairie MS) and Terry Redford, Matt Doherty, and Dave Nomensen for cooperating on this venture. A wonder-ful time was had by all!!

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Also presenting or performing at Mid-west were local schools and teachers Diane Ellis-CPS, Tom Tedeschi-Lakeview JHS, Mary Rudzinski-Wilmette JHS, Randy Sundell-Vernon Hills HS, Josh Thompson-Lake Zurich HS, Richard Bauer-Neuqua Valley HS, Matt Temple-New Trier HS, Charles Abplanalp-Evanston Twp HS, Dr. Charles Menghini-VanderCook Col-lege of Music, Ben Helton-NIU, and Bruce Moss-Wheaton Municipal Band. Truman State University Wind Sym-phony I under the direction of Dan Pe-terson recently toured our area with performances at Lisle HS-Scott Gumina and Dan Schraub, Hersey HS-Scott Casagrande, Mark Hengesh, Joshua Stewart and Jennifer Foss, Maine East HS-Ed Eubank, Pamela Holt and

Sarah Djordjevic and Riverside-Brookfield HS-Kevin McOlgan and James Baum (pictured above with Dan Peterson) As a thank you, each school was presented with a set of the “Band Pioneer Portraits” prints that had been drawn by Truman State Faculty member Thomas Trimborn. Congratulations to Samantha Didier, who joins Meghan Fulton at Plank JHS-Oswego. Lemont HS will host the DePaul Univer-sity Alumni Band under the direction of Bob Lark on March 19th at 7:00pm. Three HS School jazz bands will per-form at Jazz Night report directors Dave Nomensen, Matt Dougerty and Terry Redford. The Walter R. Sundling Symphonic Band under the direction of Jeff Zilke has commissioned a new work with

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composer, Brian Balmages. Mr. Balmages will be traveling to Pala-tine to work with the students and will premier the new work at their 8th Grade March

Madness Band Concert on Monday, March 18. Carleen Pedziwater will host the Lin-coln Way Area All-Star Festival in Man-hattan on January 19th. Middle School students will rehearse and perform under the direction by High School conductors. Dr. Thomas Bough of NIU will conduct a special brass master class sponsored by the Southwest Community Concert Band on February 26th. For details visit www.swcommunityband.com The Troy Winter Carol band kicked off their second annual season this Decem-ber! The Troy Winter Carol band is a group of about 50 band students (ranging from grades 6-8) from the Troy District 30C. These students met with director Jenny Rosario only three times and then went out into the community to spread some holiday cheer! The group per-formed at the Troy Bands Spaghetti Din-ner in Plainfield, Essington Place Inde-pedent Senior Living Community in Joliet, The Inn at Willow Falls Assisted Living community in Crest Hill, and the Jewel-Osco in Shorewood. Immaculate Conception School in Mor-

ris bands under the direction of Brent Mitchell played Christmas music out-side our school on December 20 as par-ents and students arrived. Earlier that week, the same students took a bus trip to perform Christmas concert band mu-sic and sing carols for the residents of Park Pointe Morris Senior Living Cen-ter. The week prior, the bands per-formed at the ICS Christmas musi-cal, a musical drama written by Mitchell entitled " T h e S i l e n t Knight".

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Grammy New Artist winner, Esperanza Spalding performed at Hubbard High School in October with her 12 member band. She was in Chicago playing three nights at the City Winery. She took time out of her busy schedule to come play at Hubbard for all the music program students report directors Pat Benson & Dave Stahlberg

Legendary Band-Man Passes Legendary Joliet Public School band director, Charles Peters recently passed away. He was 99 years old this year. He became the director of the Championship Joliet Grade School Band in 1942 after briefly teaching in Tinley Park and Crete. Many believe he set the standard for Middle School bands in our area, perhaps even the na-tion! He was a professional trumpet player and author of the legendary band method, Mas-ter Method and Master Theory with Paul Yoder, published by Kjos.

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The D81 Lincoln Middle School band, directed by Karen Olsen, will be performing at t h e C h i c a g o Wolves game on February 20.

On November 7th, Chris Prohaska and-the Rosemont Elementary band per-formed at the Rosemont McDonalds on River Road for a fundraiser concert. It was a huge success and the place was packed with parents and customers from 5pm to 8pm. Candace Edstrand and the Grayslake North HS band hosted the district’s an-nual “Bandarama” on October 24th. Dis-trict schools attending were Grayslake Central HS-Dominic Bertino, Grayslake MS-Steve Thomas, Park Campus school -Megan Ames, Lindsey Bassett and Calombi Middle School-Renee Brown. The Lincoln Park High School Marching Band, under the direction of Lise Gilly and Chad Smith performed October 26th in Northwestern University’s Home-coming Parade. Tom Seaman and St. Viator High School will again host State of the Art Catholic Band competition on Saturday February 16th.

The Woodland MS Jazz Band, under the direction of Carolyn Awe, performed on December 17th at the Westfield Mall in Hawthorn. Guitarist and Singer Darryl Boggs, who also teaches band at Lindop Elementary in Broadview was featured December 19th at Hackneys with the Brass Tracks Big Band…their annual Christmas cele-bration concert! Greg Bimm & Bobby Lambert of Marian Catholic HS were part of the All-Star instructional staff for the BOA Honor Band for the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.

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a group of undergraduate string education majors at The University of Michigan. As we were thinking through the sequential steps needed for teaching string playing skills, the undergraduate students used the phrase - “chunk it down” – to suggest the need to understand each elemental skill needed to attain mastery of a technique. The suggestion here is that, very different from the one-on-one private teaching stu-dio, a classroom teacher has the need to have a group of students with differing physical abilities or proficiencies (ear-to-hand skills for example) gain confidence with a skill so they can proceed to the next step comfortably. No matter where tapes are on the fingerboard, you are never going to play in tune until you learn to make your finger center pitch. You are never going to center pitch until your ear can hear the difference. So, you gotta wake up the ears. That’s a very good place to start. Sequential learning - it’s hard to do in a group setting. Though needed, you can’t go around and individually work with 40 bow arms during a 30 or 45 minute class. So you learn strategies of delivery to keep everyone interested and moving together as a group and, believe it or not, learn a new skill. The challenge to “chunk it down” helps the teacher be creative. An experienced teacher will know this as the need to say the same thing in many different ways. As a guest conductor/clinician, you are a new face telling the students things you know they have heard many times already from their director. But, you may have a differ-ent perspective or delivery strategy which enlivens the moment for learning new. So it will go on January 26th in Peoria at 9:30AM in CC403-404. I hope to see you there. I’ve worked with the kids already and they are GREAT! We’ll have a fun time. Come join us!

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Congratulations to JEN, the “Jazz Edu-cation Network”, for a successful 2013 conference. This organization continues

to grow and fill the void left by the IAJE. In addition to a seem-ingly endless roster of performers (including Chicago’s own Mark O’Connor Quintet

and the Rob Parton Big Band) and clinics, many instrument manufacturers and publishers were able to display their wares in a very jazz-centric manner. Needless to say, there were no timpani

or contra-bassoons anywhere in sight! For more information on JEN, please visit their website at www.jazzednet.org. Perfect for jazz educators of all levels, this organization is a great resource. The Easy Jazz Play-Along series from Hal Leonard is definitely worth a look

for your middle school or high school musicians learning to play jazz. Currently, there are six books in the series, Vol-ume 1 First Jazz Songs, Volume 2 Standards for

Starters, Volume 3 Easy Jazz Classics, Volume 4 Basic Blues, Volume 5 Easy Latin Classics and Volume 6 Christmas Stan-dards. Each book in the series includes 18 songs, written out

in C, Bb, Eb and bass clef and CD play along. Retailing for $19.99, they are in stock at Q&F. Not jazz specific is the new “Trumpets that Work” 2013 wall calendar. Pre-pared by John Hagstrom of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and his company Trumpet Multimedia, this is the perfect post Holiday gift for your favorite trum-pet player. Each month features a differ-ent trumpet complete with photographs, manufacturing detail and performance history of each trumpet featured. The amount of research put into this calendar is evidenced throughout and is now available at all Q&F stores for $21.95. The Father of modern jazz education, Jamey Aebersold, still a vital source for anyone in the field of jazz education, has again expanded his library. Volume 133 Down by the Riverside features 15 tra-

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On January 12, alumni of legendary N.I.U. saxophone professor Stephen Duke gather for food, drink, fellowship, reminiscing and of course, music. A true genius in both saxophone p e r f o r m -ance and educa tion, P r o f e s s o r Duke left an i n d e l i b l e mark on each of his students and a lasting l e g a c y throughout not only Chicago, but throughout the country. Congratulations Steve!

Saxophonist Ken Partyka enjoys a multi-faceted career in the music business, which spans over twenty years. In his unique career, he has amassed an impressive resume as a performer, educator, bandleader and composer/arranger as well as being integrally involved with the retail music indus-try as Director of Procurement, Fulfillment and Distribution at Q&F. He currently leads the New Standard Quintet, and is also the lead alto saxo-phonist with the renowned Rob Parton Big Band. Over his career, Ken has performed with celebrities such as Frankie Valli, The Temptations, The Spinners, Mel Torme, Arturo Sandoval and Frankie Avalon. He has recorded on numerous commercially released CDs, most notably with the band Sonia Dada. As a member of various ensembles, Ken has performed at some of the largest venues in the country, including the Chicago Jazz Festi-

val, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and at the legendary Red Rock. In addition to his professional performances, Ken is also in demand as a clinician, adjudicator and guest artist. Ken has appeared with junior high, high school, college and municipal bands, including the Notre Dame University Lab Band and the Ferry Ilg Big Band in Gmunden, Austria.

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Welcome Back and Happy New Year to everyone! The publishers have been working overtime (like Santa’s elves) to bring some exciting publications to you for 2013. Here are some of my favor-ites! The Ultimate Movie Instrumental Solos

is a new solo series from Alfred. The series includes fo-lios meant for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola and Cello. Each book contains 60 different songs and a MP3 CD which features a live performance

and play-along track for each song. This folio is meant for students that have al-ready completed the first book of any standard band method. The wind books are fully compatible with each other (but not with the string books) and students can play each song as a solo or as part of an ensemble. This series does include an option piano accompaniment book so students can play-along with live or re-corded accompaniment. A few new and interesting pieces have recently been released from FJH Publish-ing. One is entitled Metal, which is an

advanced piece for more experience players, composed by Brian Balmages. This piece is rated as a grade 5 by FJH and gives the stu-dents all the techni-cal challenges they can handle. The inspirations for this

piece include both metal sounds and heavy metal music. This is an intense piece that will keep audiences on the

edge of their seats. This piece helps students become familiar with multi-meter passages and shifting tonalities; finally ending in one triumphant chord. Another exciting piece from FJH is Spy-

scape. Written by local composer Timo-thy Loest, (Peacock JHS), FJH rates this as a grade 3 meant for intermediate bands. This piece takes players and audiences through the riveting and wild world of spies. The music is very ener-getic and pushes listens through an adrenaline filled experience. Stu-dents will learn more complex and dark harmonies, as well as understated melodies. Both Metal and Spyscape are sure to be hits both with students and audiences. Grand Mesa publishing has relaesed a stunning look into the universe around us with Through the Rings of Saturn, composed by Ben Kirby. Inspired by the 1997 NASA launch of the Cassini Orbiter, this music successfully brings all the sights and sounds of the great rings of Saturn directly into your classroom. This piece is delicate and thrilling all at the same time and meant for a more experienced band with a grade rating of 5 from Grand Mesa. This piece will help students to understand the finer points in expressive playing and painting a picture through music. A fantasy for the less experience band is still possible with Bert Appertmont’s

The Sword in the Stone, published and rated as a grade 2 by Beriato publishing. Appertmont expertly tells the story, which takes place in the middle ages in England, of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. The picture of kings and princess, castles and festivities are perfectly painted for students and audi-ences alike. This piece is certain to sweep all listeners away to another era full of excitement and wonder. Hal Leonard has also put out a new folio series titled The Women of Pop. Folios are available for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Viola, and Cello and all folios come com-plete with perform-ance accompaniment CD. This folio fea-tures the works of modern and current pop stars including Katy Perry, Adele, Lady GaGa, Beonce and more. Students will love being able to play along with their favorite pop songs. A new string orchestra collection is now available from Queenwood Publishing. Composed by John Edmondson with Anne McGinty Developing String Or-

chestra Collection features separate parts for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and optional Piano Accompani-ment. It also has a separate full score that includes program notes and re-hearsal suggestions. This collection is filled with 20 concert selections that can be used as concert pieces for younger groups, and great resource tools for more advanced groups. Students are able to learn more about the upper positions will still continuing their knowledge of al-ready learned notes and bowings. This is a great tool for any young to interme-diate performing string orchestra.

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