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Arkansas All-State Music Conference
Hot Springs Convention Center, Austin Hotel & Embassy Suites
February 18-21, 2015 – Tentative
Wednesday, February 18
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration – Jazz Bands & Chamber Orchestra
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
All-State Jazz Band & Chamber Orchestra Rehearsals
1st All-State Jazz Band
2nd All-State Jazz Band
Chamber Orchestra
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Rehearsals – Jazz Bands & Chamber Orchestra
1:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Exhibitor Set-up
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Clinic – Adoption of 3 Sets of Jazz Material – Clay Hooten – Dardanelle
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Dinner
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Rehearsal – Chamber Orchestra
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Rehearsal – Jazz Bands
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Early Bird Registration – Beat the Thursday Morning Crowd
7:30 pm – 8:20 pm
Jazz Clinic – Required for All-State Jazz Students – Directors Welcome
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Rehearsals – Jazz Bands
Thursday, February 19
7:00 am – 9:00 am
8:00 am – 5:15 pm
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
9:30 am
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:30 am – 11:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
10:45 am – 11:45 am
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Exhibit Set-up
Registration
EXHIBITS OPEN
OPENING SESSION
All-State Rehearsals
Mixed Choir
Male Chorus
Female Chorus
Orchestra
Concert Band
Symphonic Band
Wind Symphony
AR Intercollegiate Band (AIB) Auditions
AR Intercollegiate Choir (AIC) Registration
North Orchestra Directors Meeting – Karol Rulli, Presiding
South Orchestra Directors Meeting – Tom McDonald, Presiding
Clinic – ArkCDA – Creating a Positive Culture in the Choral Classroom
Sam Huskey – Conway High School
Clinic – Music Technology: Band Director to Film Director
Stephanie Williams – Benton
Clinic – ASBOA – Gary Hill – Arizona State University, AIB Conductor
Lunch
AR Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal
AR Intercollegiate Choir Rehearsal
EXHIBITS OPEN
All-State Rehearsals
Clinic – ArkCDA – Surviving Common Core in the Choral Rehearsal
Clinic – Classic Arkansas Bands & Directors Project – John Caldwell
Clinic – Technology in the Band, Choir & General Music Classroom
Stephanie Williams – Benton
ASBOA Committees (as needed)
Combined Orchestra Directors Meeting – Jesse Collett, presiding
Clinic – ASBOA – Guitar Class: Options, Resources, Coolness!
Dr. Deborah Barber – Arkansas Tech University
Clinic – Music Technology: Practical Applications for the Band Director
Brad Coffman – Russellville High School
Grand Lobby
Horner
207-208-209
203-204
Same areas
Hall C
205
Same area
Same areas
Grand Lobby
Horner
Same areas
Hall C
Grand Lobby
Hall C
Hall A
Hall A
102-103
104-105
Horner
Austin Ballroom
207-208-209
Arena
Austin Hotel & HSCC
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Arena Press Room
Arena Air Space
201-202
205
203-204
Hall D
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hall C
Same Areas
201-202
203-204
205
101 & 106
Austin Pageant
203-204
205
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
11:00 pm
Friday, February 20
7:30 am – 9:30 am
8:00 am – 11:30 am
8:30 am – 11:30 am
8:00 am – 8:50 am
8:00 am – 11:00 am
8:00 am – 11:30 am
8:00 am – 11:30 am
8:30 am – 11:30 am
8:30 am – 8:45 am
9:00 am – 9:50 am
8:30 am – 9:00 am
9:00 am – 9:30 am
9:00 am – 10:15 am
9:30 am – 11:00 am
9:40 am – 10:40 am
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:15 am – 11:30 am
10:45 am – 11:45 am
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
12:30 pm – 5:15 pm
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
AR CBDNA Meeting – Christopher Knighten, Presiding
206
ARJE Meeting – Clay Hooten, Presiding
106
Jazz/CO Concert Set-up – Region Jazz Chairs/Orchestra Directors
Horner
All-State Jazz Band/Chamber Orchestra Warm-up
2nd All-State Jazz Band
Horner
1st All-State Jazz Band
207-208-209
Chamber Orchestra
203-204
AR Intercollegiate Choir Rehearsal
TBA
AR Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal
Hall D
Chamber Orchestra Warm-up and Jazz Bands Seated in Horner
Horner
Evening Concerts – All State Jazz Bands and Chamber Orchestra
Horner
Chamber Orchestra – Jim Waddelow – Meredith College – Raleigh, North Carolina
2nd All-State Jazz Band – Sean Reed – Arkansas Tech University – Russellville, Arkansas
1st All-State Jazz Band – Chris Vadala – University of Maryland – College Park, Maryland
Curfew
ArkCDA Executive Board – Carrie Taylor, Presiding
Registration
All-State Rehearsals
Arkansas Ambassadors – Brady Massey, Presiding
AR Intercollegiate Choir Rehearsal
AR Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal
ASBOA Committee Meetings (as needed)
EXHIBITS OPEN
Phi Beta Mu Candidate Authentication
Phi Beta Mu Meeting – Peggy Jeffries, Presiding
ArkMEA General Meeting and Coffee Talk – Dr. Vicki R. Lind, President
Amber Moss, President-Elect
ArkMEA Clinic – Renew, Review, Refresh: Creative Ideas to Energize
the Music Classroom – Part I
Jayme Kain – Music Specialist George Elementary, Springdale
Haley Greer – Music Specialist/GT Coordinator, Monticello SD
Marcia Brown – Music Specialist, Bryant School District
ASTA General Session – Dan Mays, Presiding
Clinic – ArkCDA – Music to My Ears: Grant Funding!
Holly Brain Johnson, Director of Development, Grants &
Community Relations – Fayetteville School District
ArkMEA Clinic – Disciplinary Literacy in Music
Cynthia Outlaw – Vocal Music, Camden Fairview High School
ASBOA Executive Board
Clinic – ASBOA – Young Directors Survival Kit
Tim & Jan Cunningham – Retired, Conway SD
ArkMEA Clinic – Bloomboard: Working with Assessment Technology
Amber Moss, ArkMEA President-elect , Lakeside SD
Lunch
AR Intercollegiate Choir Dress Rehearsal
Registration
EXHIBITS OPEN
AR Intercollegiate Choir Performance – Dr. Gary Seighman
Trinity University – San Antonio
ArkMEA Clinic – Renew, Review, Refresh: Creative Ideas to Energize
the Music Classroom – Part II
Jayme Kain, Haley Greer, Marcia Brown
All-State Rehearsals
ASBOA Committee Meetings (as needed)
ASBDA Meeting – Mike Echols, Presiding
Music Conference Board
AR Intercollegiate Band Rehearsal
HSCC Board Room - 206
Grand Lobby
Same areas
101
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hall D
106
Hall C
203-204
203-204
205
205
Austin Mountain Tower
201-202
HSCC Board Room – 206
203-204
205
Hall A
Grand Lobby
Hall C
Hall A
Same areas
101 & 106
203-204
206
Hall D
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
ASTA Clinic –
Austin Mountain Tower
2:00 pm – 3:20 pm
ArkMEA Clinic – Arkansas Frameworks for Music Education:
What’s New - Lana Hallmark, Arkansas Department of Ed
Clinic – ArkCDA – SmartMusic in the Choir Room – Curtis Minor
Fulbright Junior High, Bentonville
AWBDA Meeting – Susan Ford, Presiding
AR Intercollegiate Band Performance – Gary Hill
Arizona State University, Tucson, AZ
ArkMEA Clinic – TESS: Teacher Excellence Support System
Ivy Pfeffer, Arkansas Department of Education
ArkCDA General Meeting – Carrie Taylor, Presiding
Spirit of Arkansas – Cathy Williams & Steve Warner, Presiding
Phi Mu Alpha Province 4 Meeting
ABA Board Meeting – Brady Massey, Presiding
205
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
6:00 pm
7:30 pm
11:00 pm
Evening Choir Concerts
Jonesboro Annie Camp Choraliers – La Juana Warner
Benton Chamber Choir – Angela White
University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum – Dr. Stephen Caldwell
201-202
203-204
Hall D
205
201-202
101
106
206
Hall A
Curfew
Saturday, February 21
8:00 am – 8:30 am
8:30 am – 10:15 am
8:30 am – 11:00 am
9:30 am – 10:00 am
10:30 am
11:30 am
11:30 am – 11:50 am
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm
Final Stage & Floor Set-up ASBOA & ArkCDA
ASBOA All-State Dress Rehearsals
Wind Symphony
Symphonic Band
Concert Band
Orchestra
ArkCDA All-State Dress Rehearsals
Male Chorus
Female Chorus
Mixed Choir
ASBOA Business Meeting – Omar Taweel, Presiding
Orchestra Warm-up
Choirs Assemble for Performance
Concert Band Warm-up
Symphonic Band Warm-up
Wind Symphony Warm-up
Arena – Hall A
Arena
207-208-209
Austin Ballroom
Horner
Hall A – 102-103
Hall A – 104-105
Hall A – Hall B
Hall D
Arena
Hall A
Hall D
Hall D
Hall D
ALL-STATE PERFORMANCES – ArkCDA CONCERTS – HALL A
12:00 pm
12:30 pm
1:00 pm
MALE CHORUS – Dr. Brian Russell, Stewarts Creek High – Smyrna, TN
FEMALE CHORUS – Dr. Karen Kennedy, University of Miami – Miami, FL
MIXED CHOIR – Dr. Craig Jessop, Utah State University – Logan, UT
ASBOA CONCERTS – ARENA
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
ORCHESTRA – John Jeter – Fort Smith Symphony – Fort Smith, AR
CONCERT BAND – Dr. Daniel Schmidt, Northern Arizona University – Flagstaff, AZ
SYMPHONIC BAND – Dr. William Clark, New Mexico State, Emeritus – Las Cruces, NM
WIND SYMPHONY – Dr. Steven Grimo, Malone University – Canton, OH
Directors, Teachers
$ 30.00
Chaperones, Retired Music Teachers, Bus Drivers
College Students, Interns
$ 5.00