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Volume 27 Number 1 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Fall 2013

4th Annual Michiana Outstanding

Music Educator Awards

Continuing the tradition, seven out-standing educators were honored for ex-cellence at a luncheon following our reading sessions in July. Recognizing outstanding achievement in the field of Music Education, these awards are pre-sented annually each summer. These winners will join our Blue Ribbon selec-tion committee to select future winners. The “Class of 2013” was selected from dozens of nominations by peers in our Spring issue of Quarter Notes.

Junior High/MS Division

Sandy Carnall North Side MS - Elkhart

Jeff Hatfield

North Side MS - Elkhart

Karen Hershberger Pierre Moran MS

HS/College Division

Karen Braden

Concord HS

Ed King North Side HS-Ft. Wayne

Alan Mitchell

Andrews University

Steve Peterson Concord HS

Johnnie Vinson was our guest speaker for the event. Well known as a composer and arranger, Johnnie recently retired as

Class of 2013 Award Winners

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Summer Reading Sessions

Hit the Mark! Dozens of educators invested a morning to read through a lot of new music for string orchestra and young band. The event was held at Plymouth HS on July 12th. A special thanks to Bryan Ames for hosting this event in their wonderful facility. A FREE piece of music was given to everyone as a thank you for their participation. View more photos on Page Ten. Hal Leonard provided two outstanding clinicians for the event. Soo Han, a composer and o r c h e s t r a director at Carmel HS in Indianapolis did the string session and the legendary Johnnie Vinson the band. “Enjoyed the session – great help...” Carl Doherty – Montessori Academy “Love these reading sessions – great opportunity to hear many good teaching pieces.” - Karen Stonehill – St. Pius X Catholic School “Great spread of genres and difficulty.” - Addie Palmer – Plymouth HS “Really enjoyed this and I bought music from this event. Thank you!” - Jeff Gorman – Riley HS

director of bands at Auburn Unive-sity after several decades of ser-vice. He opens his sessions clev-erly with a strong Southern drawl

by announcing that he is from L.A...Lower Alabama! Since the nominations and selections are done by fellow music educators, the awards are very meaningful to the recipients. Each recipient shared some thoughts with th e aud ie nce . Karen Braden is pictured delivering her remarks. The Michiana Outstanding Music Edu-cator Awards program is part of a full day of educator events sponsored by QF. The day begins with Band & Orchestra reading sessions, followed by the awards luncheon, and finally the Maury Rhodes Classic golf outing. A picture-perfect day for golf played on beautiful Swan Lake Golf course.. The event provided

opportunities for prizes, meeting new friends and enjoying the day. We are grate-ful to our sponsors for their support listed on Page Two.

Quarter Notes Page 2

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269-429-6232 Fax: 269-429-6250

Mike Svanascini (americaneagle.com), Clarmarie Keenan (VCM), George Quinlan, Cam Stasa (VCM) and Her-man Knoll (Hal Leonard).

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NAMM honors a listing of the Top 100 dealers in the nation at the annual Sum-mer NAMM show in Nashville. QF was again recognized in this outstanding group of retailers.

Vaya con Dios to our friend and one of the best reps ever serving Northern Indi-ana...our own Doug Mills! Doug has served directors in the Michiana area for decades and brings his distinguished career to retirement in just a few weeks.

Originally a band director, he teamed with his partner and pal, Paul Milliman for many years servicing schools with Blessing School Music. In 2009, QF merged with Blessing. Former owners, Paul and Doug have continued working at the same consistently high level of service for the directors and families they serve.

We wish Doug all the best for a long and happy retirement with his wife, Linda and their family. We will miss his bright smile, warm personality, and “eager to please” attitude that earned respect from everyone he met. Congratulations on a terrific career, Doug!!

“Mi Casa es Su Casa”

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“Vaya con Dios, Amigo” By George Quinlan, Jr.

Latin families have an expression that translates “My House is Your House”. Since opening our new facilities in Misha-waka, Burr Ridge and Montgomery, we have welcomed different groups to QF hosting their meetings and events in our conference rooms. Recently, we hosted an Elkhart Symphony board meeting, an Illi-nois ASTA board meeting, focus groups for Hal Leonard and Rico, the new QF Advisory Board, and most recently a workshop with Bob Phillips & Dr. Peter Boonshaft sponsored by Alfred Music.

We would like to thank the following hole sponsors of the Rhodes Classic: Alfred

Music, American Way, Americaneagle.com, Anthem Musical In-struments, Arcos-Brasil String Instruments, ARS Technology, Blatti Aviation, Buffet, C a n n o n b a l l , CliftonLarasonAllen

LLP, Concord, Conn-Selmer, CSC-Shen, D’Addario, DANSR, Devries Roofing, Director’s Showcase, DJR Cleaning Ser-vice, Dolan & Murphy, Eastman Music Company, Edgewood Commercial Real Estate, Gemeinhardt, Grasso Graphics, Hal Leonard, Harris-Teller, Howard Core, Insurance Plans Agency, Jupiter, Krusin-ski Construction, Pearl, Resort Meetings Consortiaum, Scribes Inc., St. Louis Mu-sic, VanderCook Alumni Association, Vic Firth, West Suburban Bank, West Subur-ban Wealth Management, Woodcreek Builders, and Yamaha. With their help we were able to raise over $10,000 for the Rhodes Library Fund at VanderCook Col-lege of Music.

J o i n i n g the fun at the Rho-des Clas-sic is Ray D e V r i e s (DeVries Roofing),


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Stork Report…Bryan & Rachel Man-giavellano are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy. Nathan James was born on July 13th. Bryan is the band director at North-west High School in Jack-

son, Michigan.

Katie Herzberg of Wayne HS in Ft. Wayne) had a new baby girl! Isabelle was born August 9th, healthy & happy!

Wedding Bells…Congratulations to Pat-rick Teykl & Lauren Donnelly who

were married over the sum-mer. Patrick is the director at Seeger Memorial Jr/Sr HS and Lauren is the assistant director at Hobart MS and Hobart HS.

Congratulations to Keegan Finkbine, the band director at Frontier Jr/Sr HS!! Keegan was married over the sum-mer to Elizabeth Rehnborg.

Congratulations to Chase Sprouse. Chase is the new band direc-tor at North Judson-San Pierre HS. If a new job wasn’t enough, Chase was also married over the summer. His wife Erin is the new choir director at North Judson.

New Faces, New Places…Joshua Huff has taken over the reigns as head band director at Huntington North HS in Huntington, Indiana. Sherry Dopp has been selected as the new director at Kidder MS. Her school is part of the Northwest Schools in Jackson, Michigan. Congrats!

Best wishes to Katelyn Williams, recently named the new band director at Wheeler HS & Union Twp MS. She is a Valpo U grad who student taught at Hobart...welcome! Andria Kessler has taken over the band and choral position at North White Jr/Sr HS. Congratulations An-dria!! Congratulations to Kelso Daning being named as the new band director at Rensselaer Central Jr/Sr HS. River Forest Jr.Sr HS has a new band director - welcome to Bridget Fine! Derek Meilander is the new band di-rector at Barker MS in Michigan City following the retirement of Rick D’Ar-cangelis. Ray Kirk will be the new band and orchestra director this year at Clay In-termediate Center. Ray is originally

from Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Andrews University majoring in voice. Welcome to South Bend, Ray!

Danny Jackson is the new band director this year at Oregon Davis Schools. He is a Ball State graduate, plays trombone and played tuba in the Blue Stars Drum Corp. Dawn Forsythe will be the Band direc-tor at Brown Intermediate Center this year along with Jefferson Intermediate where she has taught for many years. She has also been an instructor for the Penn Marching Band this summer. Grayling Hawkins has taken over as the orchestra director at LaSalle Academy this year. He has been the band and or-chestra director at Clay Intermediate Center for many years. Sam Hauter has returned to the Valpa-raiso Schools to help take the place of Dan Pritchett who retired over the sum-mer. Congratulations Sam!! Congratulations to Andreaw Newell who is now the new band director at Ant-werp HS in Ohio. Kirsten Miller is starting her second year as the band director at St. Michaels School in Plymouth. She graduated from Grace College and is a violinist.

In the Ft. Wayne area...Northrop HS welcomes John VanPatten as their new Band Director. Snider HS named Jackie Nason as their new Asst. Band Director. Nick Bobay has been named the band director at St Vincent school and Wayne HS chose Clay Kennerk to lead the band program. Memorial Park MS has se-lected Scott Maack as their new Director of Bands. River Valley Schools (MI) has a new band and choir director, Mary Lyn Ed-wards. She was previously assistant director at St. Joseph Schools. Congratu-lations Mary Lyn! Kathleen Kohn will be taking over as the orchestra director at Navarre Interme-diate this year. She is also the orchestra director at Adams HS and performs regu-

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larly with the Elkhart Sym-phony as a vio-linist. Congratulations and welcome to Damon Newel, t h e n e w band director at Eastside HS in

Butler, Indiana. Please welcome Jeff Lang as the new orchestra director at Merrillville HS. He replaces John Bradford who retired at the end of the school year. Stephanie Reimer has become the music teacher and band director at Cedar Canyon Elementary School which is part of the Northwest Allen County Schools near Fort Wayne. Congratulations to Stephanie!! Former River Valley director Ryan Kasperski is now the band director at Schoolcraft Community Schools. Best wishes in your new position, Ryan!

Chris Kaflik formerly of Northrop HS (Ft Wayne) has left the Hoosier state, to ac-cept a position at Broken Arrow HS. Alumnus Homecoming...One of Misha-waka High School’s “own” returns to teacg at his alma mater. Kaleb Chamber-lain attended Mishawaka HS and gradu-ated from Valparaiso University in 2013. He has taken over the duties of assistant band director at MHS and John Young MS. He is a percussionist and is looking forward to a great future with the Misha-waka band program. Welcome home, Kaleb! Please welcome Kyle Miller as the new orchestra director at Pierre Moran MS. Kyle is also assisting the Central HS Or-chestra. He is a graduate of Indiana State University and a cellist.

Elkhart Community Schools Supervisor of Instruction and Learning Dr. John Hill has been promoted to Assistant Superin-tendant of Instruction. Congratulations John! Greetings to new band director, Joshua

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Doe at Niles Community Schools. Josh is joining percussion instructor Keith Hiscott at Niles. Good luck Josh! Congratulations to Jim Graham, the new middle school band director at Dekalb Middle School in Auburn, IN. Padraig Kavanagh will be teaching atWilliamsport & Pine Village Elemen-taries (Seeger) this year-All the Best! Let’s welcome Stacey Farran as the new Orchestra director and Sherry Good the new Band director at Bethany Christian School. Noah Leininger from Indiana State University will be student teaching with Jim Hopkins at Battle Ground MS dur-ing the fall semester. Good Luck Noah! Marching Band Festivals…The Home-stead HS Spartan Alliance Band will host the Fall Festival of Bands marching band invitational contest on October 5th. Approximately 25 bands will par-ticipate including the 300 member Spar-tan Alliance Band. The band is under the direction of Steve Barber & Brad Wadkins.

Penn HS Director of Bands, Glenn Northern and the Penn Marching Kingsmen will host the annual Carnival of Bands Marching Invitational Satur-day, September 28th. The Concord Marching Minutemen will host the annual Concord Marching Invi-tational Saturday, September 21st re-ports director Scott Spradling.

Bryan Mangiavellano and the North-west HS Band in Jackson, MI will be hosting the MSBOA District Marching Band Contest on October 12th. Good luck to the competing bands!!

Fore!!...Congratulations to the winners of the QF Maury Rhodes Golf Classic

held at Black Swan Golf Club in Plymouth (IN) in July...Bob Myers of Leo HS & Mark Cheshire of Churubusco HS were hon-

ored with 1st place in the Maury Rhodes Golf Classic! Lori Von Koenig and the Lakeshore HS band will be representing the State of Michigan at the 70th Anniversary Cele-bration of D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 2014. Sponsors are needed and welcome for this momentous occa-sion. For more information go to www.ddaymichigan.com. Donna Sevcovic of Memorial Park MS, an icon in the Ft Wayne area, has retired after a long and illustrious career. She will be missed!

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CLASS OF 2013 Michiana Outstanding Music Educator Award Winners

Sandy Carnall North Side MS-Elkhart

Jeff Hatfield North Side MS-Elkhart

Karen Hershberger Pierre Moran MS

Karen Braden Concord HS

Ed King North Side HS

Ft. Wayne

Steve Peterson Concord HS

Alan Mitchell Andrews University


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Without the exceptional participation by the public school orchestra directors of Chicagoland (including our friends from Michigan and Indiana who made the trip into Chicago!) the concert would never had been the success it was. I extend my most sincere thanks to you all. The posi-tive effect of the day went well beyond what I ever envisioned and continues because many people felt inspired from your efforts. One audience member wrote to Rush Hour: “It turned the day into a Holiday event like Fourth of July - A downtown community event which was uplifting.” The Rise and Shine Orchestra was the string orchestra portion of PLAY THE PLAZA, which was a major piece of the Make Music Chicago event sponsored in Chicago by RushHourConcerts. Rush Hour organizers placed the count of or-chestra participants at an amazing num-ber of seventy-five! The Daley Plaza personnel had to keep bringing out sec-

tions of stage plat-forms as more and more performers arrived. It was an exhilarating experi-ence for me as you all arrived and just (as I knew you would) made it hap-pen! Who else could pull such an event off like this, but you-all! As it turned out, hav-ing a rehearsal at

9:00AM worked to our advantage. During our rehearsal, hundreds of people walked by on their way to work, stopped for a moment and said a few kind words to Rush Hour organizers about their appre-ciation for our presence. One judge enter-ing the Daley Building said, “We need this here everyday so people entering this building relax and decompress as they enter”. Thanks, your Honor! Maybe not everyday, but, we’ve been invited back next year! So, mark you calendar. JUNE 21 – always on the Solstice no matter what day of the week. CSO cellist, Brant Taylor, made this comment after playing with the Rise and Shine Orchestra. He said, “It reminded me of when I did, and, why I fell in love with playing my cello in the first place.” Thanks Brant! Thanks, Paul Phillips! Thanks, Blair Milton. You all have so often offered you time and energy to sup-port public school orchestras and we will never forget it. You inspire us all!

Whether it is a string orchestra again or if we go full orchestra (working on that option), we’ll be playing either to string version or the full orchestra version of Hoedown from Rodeo! That plus other gems we know and love. Our tribute this year to Merle Issac pro-vided a special moment for Bennet Schumacher, who is going to begin playing bass this year in his school or-chestra and was our guest con-ductor for the Apollo Suite. Those of you who were there will appreciate this: Remember how I was holding his arm at the wrist to move him in the con-ducting patterns? Well, by the time we got to the da Capo section back to the “bouncy 2 beat pattern”, he separated his arm and took over conducting on his own with full command. I was laughing inside as his baton conveyed the style, mood, and tempo for the group. What a cool moment. I was telling George Quinlan (our prin-cipal percussionist *ahem*) about how I wanted to do something for the orchestra directors for their participation in Rise and Shine and we came up with a FEAST of a plan. For schools only, we will have instruments offered at special “garage sale” pricing. You deserve a boost and we will have a HUGE cornu-copia of instruments and bows for you to select from. Plan your budget now, you will benefit greatly. And, thank you, thank you, thank you. Sincerely. lp

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On the afternoon of Sep-tember 20th, MSU’s Spartan Marching Band will be presenting a clinic at Edwardsburg HS hosted by Tom Crowner, director of

Bands. They will also be participating in the halftime performance at Dowagiac’s Chris Taylor Alumni Field during their game against local rival Berrien Springs. C.J. Brooks is the band director at Do-wagiac Schools and Andrew Raven is the band director at Berrien Springs Schools. The Merrillville High School Marching Band under the direction of Chris Haddad & Mark Danielson partici-pated in the Independence Day Parades for Crown Point, Indiana and Merrill-ville, Indiana. The Benton Central Marching Bison Band under the direction of Michael Richardson will be participating in the Kankakee Valley Marching Invitational in September.

The Rensselaer Central HS Marching Band, directed by Kelso Daning, partici-pated in the Crawfordsville “Parade of Bands” over the summer. The band also participated in the Brook Fourth of July parade along with the South Newton HS Marching Band directed by Michael Jamieson. Schmucker MS Band Director Jeff Car-nall conducted the Penn HS Jazz Band at the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June. The Hobart Youth Band Completed its 9th Season with a performance at the Revelli Band Shell at Festival Park in Hobart, Indiana. The band is comprised of students from River Forest Jr/Sr HS (Bridget Fine), Thomas Edison Jr/Sr HS (James Wasmundt), Hobart Middle School (Kelly Rehlander & Lauren Teykl) and Hobart High School (Brian Grenier). Bryan Munoz, director of bands at East Noble, was named East Noble Teacher of the Year for the 2012 - 2013 school year last May. "Bryan has demonstrated

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his enthusiasm and passion for his pro-gram, which can be seen in the improv-ing band enrollment numbers," said East Noble High School Principal Steve Pe-terson. Recruitment has been a major focus for Munoz. Since he took over the East Noble Marching Knights, enroll-ment is up 20 percent for the second year in a row. Congratulations Bryan on achieving this honor! Mishawaka HS held a fund raiser "Cavestock" on May 31st. The proceeds went to the student council and the Mishawaka Education Foundation. Jim Keranen played electric bass along with 3 other teachers. Lisa Wallyn & Brandy Brennan took the Lincoln Jr. High band and choir to Cedar Point to kick off the summer. The Rossville Hs Marching Band par-ticipated in the Rossville Summer’s End Festival Parade in August directed by Scott Abbott.

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Instrumental Innovations Workshop - August 9, 2013 - QF Burr Ridge Thank you!

Dr. Peter Boonshaft & Bob Phillips our friends at Alfred Music ...and VanderCook College of Music (CPDU credits)


It’s back-to-school season and that means new band methods and new con-cert band, orchestra and marching music. This season Kjos brings us two new methods. Rhythm Basics is a rhythm method written by Wendy Barden. This book is a supplemental workbook loosely based on the string orchestra method String Basics. This method

strives to challenge students to expand their understanding of rhythms and use a higher level of think-ing when working through any rhythm. The method is se-quential and often refers back to

rhythms learned previously in the method, keeping each new rhythm and concept fresh in the students mind. Rhythm Basics focuses on rhythms commonly found in middle school and early high school compositions. Stu-dents will feel challenged without feel-ing overwhelmed. While this book is written as a supplement to, and loosely based on, a string method, it is a rhythm workbook allowing students of any in-strument to use it effectively. It truly does allow any young musician to be-come a rhythm master. The other new method from Kjos this year is Technique and Musicianship, the third book in the Tradition of Excel-lence series. This band method is de-

signed for students who have completed the second book of any band method. Students go beyond learning how to play their instruments, into learning how to play music by focus-ing on technically

challenging exercises. These exercises

include scales, thirds and arpeggios; ex-ercises for technique, articulation and intonation. Melodious etudes and ex-cerpts from classical repertoire and full band chorales in 16 major and minor keys round out this complete 3rd method book. This method goes above and be-yond techniques books of the past by placing the emphasis on specific musical skills and offering options for differenti-ated learning and instruction. With sepa-rate books for flute, oboe, bassoon, clari-net clarinet, bass, alto clarinet, alto saxo-phone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxo-phone, trumpet, trombone, baritone bass clef, baritone treble clef (coming soon), tuba and percussion, this method is per-fect in a private lesson, small group or whole band setting. As students start to learn their instru-ments and how to play music, teacher’s look towards the first concert. Alfred Publishing has release Light Concert Collection, in the Accent on Achieve-ment family. This collection is a com-pilation of 22 full arrangements origi-nally composed by John O’Reilly and Mark Williams. O’Reilly and Wil-liams are well known for their young band compositions and that is what you will find in this collection. This collection is perfect for the begin-ning or second year band. The works in this collection correspond exactly to the Accent on Achievement methods, mak-ing the pieces found within accessible and fun to all students. This is a great tool in teaching performance through concerts as students will easily recognize the writing styles of both O’Reilly and Williams. For students in their second and third

years of playing, Hal Leonard has brought forth another great folio to keep students engaged and practicing on their own time. 12 Smash Hits has a separate book for flute, clari-net, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola and cello. Each folio contains music students hear on the radio and will quickly learn to play on their instrument. Making the music easy to recognize and easy to play, stu-dents will get the instant gratification of being able to play their favorite song. Songs in this folio include “Ho Hey”, “I Knew You Were Trouble”, and “Some Nights” by artists such as The Lumi-neers, Taylor Swift and fun.; as well as nine others. This folio will keep stu-dents playing for hours. Last year brought us a powerful movie about one of America’s most recogniz-able presidents: “Lincoln”. The music composed by John Williams (and re-coreded by our own Chicago Symphony Orchestra!!) was a key ingredient in making this such a powerful movie, as the music is powerful even on its own. Hal Leonard has released William’s soundtrack under the title Lincoln, ar-ranged by Jay Bocook. Arranged for the concert stage, students and audi-ences will experi-ence a range of mu-sic from poignant and understated to spirited and buoy-ant. The music will take players and l i s t ene r s a l ike through the highs and lows that were experienced in the movie, and in life.

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Lowell HS Band Depart-ment was a recipient of the Indiana State School Music Association All Music Award for the 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 S c ho o l Year. The director is

Andrew Killion. The Kouts HS Marching Band, directed by Frank Gast, participated in the Kouts Pork Fest Parade Congratulations to Alex Warren and the

West Central HS March-ing Band. The band re-turned to the field and performed its first half-time marching show since the late 1980’s.

The South Central HS Marching band, directed by Mike Scheck, premiered new uniforms and its first ever color guard at the Mill Pond Festival Parade. The following schools participated in the Indiana State Fair Band Day: West La-fayette HS - Don Pettit, South Newton HS - Michael Jamieson, Attica HS - Joel Good. Congratulations to all the bands that participated in this event! Brigette Knox, Band & Choir Director at Central Catholic Jr/Sr HS in Lafayette will be leaving her position within the next few weeks. She will be moving on to a new position as a horn player in the “President’s Own” Marine Band based in Washington D.C. Congratulations Brigette!! Pete Foster had the Triton HS band perform at Bourbon Fest on August 10th. Discovery MS Orchestra Director Anne Watts and the Discovery MS 8th String

Orchestra will be performing at IMEA in Ft.Wayne this January. Congratulations Anne and Discovery MS Orchestra! The Elkhart County Symphony will be performing Saturday September 21st at the Lerner Theater with nationally known vocalist Steve Lippia. Mr.Lippia relives the heyday of Frank Sinatra with his “Simply Sinatra” tribute Westview HS Band, under the direction of Mike Brown, performed at the an-nual State Fair Band Day in early Au-gust. There were 44 bands participating. A long standing tradition,this will be the 22nd consecutive year for the Westview band to participate.

What a vacation!! Matt (Kesling MS Band) & Megan Sullivan (Boston MS Band) enjoyed Peru and notably Machu Picchu this summer

Fun in the sun...the bands from Grim-mer MS-David Gore, Clark MS-Mark

Walton) and Kahler MS - Leta Sena-Lopez) enjoyed Deep River Waterpark after their summer band.

More Fun in the Sun... Hobart MS band with Kelly Rehlander & Lauren Teykl enjoyed Indiana Beach after their sum-mer band program

Heather Marshall director of the West-ville Band was once again a staff mem-ber for the Conn-Selmer Institute in South Bend this summer. Concord HS Jazz Band Director Steve Peterson and the Concord Jazz 1 Band performed at the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June.


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