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2018 NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles
by Robert D. Coleman 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Dear NAfME State Leaders, We are excited to announce that applications are NOW OPEN for the 2018 NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles. This year's event will take place November 25-28, 2018 at Walt Disney World’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. The 2018 program will also include our first-ever All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble! Attached please find the 2018 promotional flyer, and ensemble selection procedure. You can find all current information about the 2018 ANHE program atnafme.org/ANHE https://nafme.org/programs/all-national-honor-ensembles/ . Announcing the 2018 ANHE Conductors: * Concert Band: Dennis Glocke, Penn State University * Symphony Orchestra: Jean Montes, Loyola University New Orleans * Mixed Choir: Amanda Quist, Westminster Choir College * Jazz Ensemble: Todd Stoll, Jazz at Lincoln Center * Guitar Ensemble: Michael Quantz, University of Texas at Brownsville 2018 ANHE Timeline: * January 12:Auditions open * May 4 at 9:00 PM ET:Auditions close * May 24:State rankings are due to NAfME * May 26:Selections meeting * May 30:NAfME sends ensemble rosters to state MEA’s for verification * June 5:Verifications due back to NAfME * Week of June 11:Initial notifications are sent to students and directors from NAfME office * August 4:Deadline for students to accept & send payment * September 1: Chaperones from states are secured & music is distributed * November 25-28:All-National Honors Ensembles at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort ANHE Eligibility: If your state Music Education Association (MEA) does not sponsor a particular All-State Festival, your MEA will determine which students are eligible to apply.In the case of guitar, we realize that many states do not have an All-State Guitar Ensemble. We encourage you to advertise this opportunity to your members and allow students who participate in their school’s guitar ensemble program to apply. We are hoping this new ensemble will spark more growth of guitar education across the country! Please note that due to this being the first year of the Guitar Ensemble and the limited size (approximately 60), a specific number of seats from for any given state cannot be guaranteed. Consideration will be given to having as much representation from a variety of states as possible. Selection will be based primarily on student audition media for the Guitar Ensemble. About the Application: Students are required to upload an unedited and unaccompanied video performing the required repertoire for their instrument or voice part. Repertoire requirements can be found on theANHE website https://nafme.org/programs/all-national-honor-ensembles/ . There is the option of uploading an additional 2-minute video. This may be a piece of their choosing and may be accompanied or unaccompanied.Students auditioning for guitar will have a slightly different audition requirement and will have 2 required selections and will not choose a piece of their own. Please pass this information along to the rest of your state leadership and membership, and help us promote the All-National Honors Ensembles program.NAfME can supply you with print material to advertise the ANHE program that can easily be included with your All-State paperwork.Please email the Program Director, Kristen Rencher, with your request:KristenR@nafme.org mailto:KristenR@nafme.org . Many thanks to all of the states who continue to support the ANHE program and share the application information with your All-State students and directors. We want to see every state fill their quota by having all eligible students apply. The success of this program relies on our ability to promote this first-class musical experience to all of our outstanding student musicians, and to ensure that their directors are aware of the opportunity for their students to represent their school, their community, and their state! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or the ANHE program staff. Sincerely, Scott R. Sheehan General Chair, NAfME ANHE Eastern Division Immediate-Past President scott_sheehan(a)verizon.net mailto:scott_sheehan@verizon.net (814) 329-5815(cell)

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Guitar instruction opportunity
by Robert D. Coleman 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hello all music teachers… For several years now, GAMA, NAfME and NAMM have sponsored guitar workshops for teachers. The focus of the class is not learning how to play guitar, necessarily, but how to TEACH guitar to students. I attended one in Las Vegas before I started teaching guitar and it was a LIFE SAVER! So many free materials and resources, scope & sequence, tips, etc. If you teach guitar or think you MIGHT be teaching guitar in the future, this is the course for you! There will be a level one for first timers and a level two for you more experienced guitar teachers. They need a minimum number of participants in order to hold it here in Utah, so please sign up if you are interested! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS WORKSHOP! Sharee Jorgensen, Canyons District Arts Chair Instructional Supports Department work: 801-826-5097 cell: 801-558-0478 sharee.jorgensen(a)canyonsdistrict.org mailto:sharee.jorgensen@canyonsdistrict.org "The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music is the driving force behind this intuition. My parents had me study the violin from the time I was 6. My new discovery is the result of musical perception" - Albert Einstein In June 2018 (11-15), Lone Peak High School (Highland, UT) will be sponsoring a wonderful opportunity to expand your professional skills and gain 40 clock hours as well as optional graduate university credits (3). *Classes will be held at the Highland Community Center. Regardless of whether or not there is a guitar program at your school, this could be for you! If you are hoping to improve your teaching skills, considering introducing a guitar program, or if you just want to expand your personal skills this could be for you! There are workshops going in various locations throughout the summer all over the country, but we are privileged to have both Level 1 and Level 2 being taught in Utah for the first time ever!! TGW - Teaching Guitar Workshops http://www.guitaredunet.org/ Teaching Guitar Workshops (TGW) is a professional development opportunity for all music educators. New this year, Ukulele will be included in the workshop. This workshop is a great way for all musicians to remember the excitement of playing an instrument for the first time. TGW will help prepare you to incorporate guitar in your curriculum. Offering guitar will reach another part of your school's population. It is a win/win. You will have another music class to teach which will add to your total enrollment and you will be giving more students the gift of music. For more information and/or to register go to :http://www.guitaredunet.org/ Use the promo code SAVE50 at checkout. Register by 3/31/17 and save $50! Testimonial - As a newly hired guitar teacher (originally trained as a Spanish/ Communications teacher) I took this one week course in Boise, ID (2016). It was amazing and so helpful! The teacher was fabulous! We received tons of materials and supplies along with tried and true ideas/materials on how to teach guitar. I was able to expand my school's program and reach even more of the student body with the gift of music! I am looking forward to taking the level 2 class and I hope to see you there! *if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: Kelly Gummow kgummow(a)alpinedistrict.org mailto:kgummow@alpinedistrict.org

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