Volume 27 Number 3 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Spring 2014

Michiana Edition

3rd Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse

Garage

Sale

Despite the cold and snowy weather, customers were lined up and armed with their “secret door code” on Sunday, Feb-ruary 9th to take advantage of some tre-mendous bargains at our 3rd Warehouse Garage Sale! Throughout the day, folks were able to take advantage of tremen-dous bargains. Over Eighty-Five band & orchestra instruments found new homes that day and we appreciate the fantastic support!

Here We Grow Again!

We recently opened our 8th store in Lafayette, Indiana. For many years we have serviced schools in that area from our Valparaiso location. To improve service to our customers in the Lafayette region, the new store is located at 1301 Sagamore Parkway North. Pictured below is QF Rep, Steve Rehlander who visits many of the schools in that area on a weekly basis.

The store features an excellent selection of rental instrument and an impressive inventory of Intermediate and Perform-ance level B&O instruments, many of which are available on our First Chair and Opus 24 plans. In addition, you’ll find a nice complement of accessories and print music for band and orchestra students, teachers, and directors.

Highlights

from

Student

Teacher Day

See Page Eight

Store manager, Scott Butler is no stranger to the area having served cus-tomers at Weast Music for many years. He most recently served as store manager of our Valparaiso loca-tion. He is very excited to be back in the area servicing customers and friends in Lafayette and is pictured with our VERY FIRST CUSTOMER - Abby Props! Thanks, Abby!

Ed Warren has joined the educational rep team at QF to serve our grow-ing family of schools in Michi-gan. Ed is an active show de-signer and adjudi-cator for DCI, WGI, and BOA. He recently oper-ated his own re-tail music store in Onstead, Michi-

gan. Ed brings a wealth of knowledge and a friendly, helpful attitude to the custom-ers he serves. Welcome, Ed!!

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Michigan Location: 5719 St. Joseph Avenue Stevensville, MI 49127

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

Valparaiso, IN Location: 2601 Cumberland Drive

Valparaiso, IN 46383 219-462-5086

Fax: 219-462-0060

Mishawaka, IN Location: 130 West Edison Road Mishawaka, IN 46545

574-293-6332 Fax: 574-254-0387

Fort Wayne, IN Location: 3678 Wells Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-482-9669

Fax: 260-482-7698

Lafayette, IN Location: 1301 Sagamore Parkway North

Lafayette, IN 47904 765-543-0515

Southwest Suburban Location: 6827 High Grove Blvd.

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 630-654-4111

Fax: 630-522-0331

Northwest Suburban Location: 621 North Main Street

Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 847-253-5592

Fax: 847-253-1761

Fox Valley Location: 291 Montgomery Road

Montgomery, Illinois 60538 630-906-6595

Fax: 630-897-5256

Michigan Location: 5719 St. Joseph Avenue Stevensville, MI 49127

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

As our company continues to grow, we are thankful for the support of band & orchestra directors...without the work you do, we wouldn’t exist! Thanks!!

************************ Our Fourth Annual Facebook Contest ends April 30th. This is a great chance for you to express how much you “Like” your QF Rep!

Simply complete the phrase, “I Like my QF rep because…” on the official Q&F Facebook page to enter. Past winners have included Kelly Reh-

lander & Brian Fine, Kevin Schoen-

beck & Dan Halloran, Cory Kelly &

Dan Hough.

Thank you, also for your comments and suggestions for Throwback Thursday on our FB page. This pic was a fan favorite over the last few weeks - a photo dated back to our original store on 79th street on the South Side of Chicago!

Bridging the Gap

George Quinlan, Jr

For the last several years, I have had the opportunity to serve on a very special board, the Music Achievement Council. The council was established several decades ago as a joint project between instrument manufacturers, publishers, retailers, and NAMM. Consulting with leading educators, the Council has pro-vided tools to assist in recruiting and retaining instrumental music students. The “Practical Guide to Recruiting & Retention” and “First Performance” tools have been a staple for most school districts for decades. A few years ago, a focus group of select B&O directors from the area was formed to evaluate and probe deeper into the retention area. Thanks to Glen

Schneider, Bryan Ames, Rita Feuer-

born, Lori Lauff & Bryan Itzkowitz

for serving on this panel and to Marcia

Neel who interviewed countless band & orchestra direc-tors to harvest the “best prac-tices” to retain these students. As a result, the newest publica-tion “Bridging the Gap be-tween Middle School and High School” is now available.

And...the best part? It’s FREE for downloading by visiting: http://www.nammfoundation.org/music-achievement-council/downloads

************************ We are very excited to be expanding in Lafayette, Indiana this spring. This region boasts some of the finest band & orchestra programs and we are delighted to have a local presence to serve these programs better. The addition of Ed

Warren as an educational rep. in Michi-gan is exciting as well to meet the grow-ing demand in that area as well.

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Stork Report…Congratulations to Alice

& Aaron Zemelko on the birth of their son, Andrew Michael Zemelko in early March. Aaron is the orchestra director at Merrillville IS. Congratulations to Emily & Don Pettit on the birth of their son, Micah Alan

Pettit. Don is the director of bands at West Lafayette Jr/Sr HS. Mabel Leann Day was born on February 27th to Marisa & Darren Day, band director with the Knox Schools.

Congratulations to Ellen & Joel Good (Attica Jr/Sr.) on the birth of their son, Oliver Eugene Good.

Best Wishes to Catherine & Craige

Phipps on the birth of their son, William Eugene

Phipps. Craige is the head director for the Knox band program.

Baby Paxton Matthew Clemens was born on February 19th to (QF Marketing Manager) Matt & Allison Clemens.

John VanPatten (Northrop HS) and his wife Kelly, are expecting a baby this Fall!!

Wedding Bells…Sarah Harrison (Hamilton Schools) is getting married to Phil Sponseller. Best Wishes!

New Faces, New Places…Wayne HS (Ft

Wayne) has named Mr. Kenny Woods as the new Director of Bands. Welcome to Colin Stage who took over the reigns at Lake Ridge MS/Calumet HS bands

Chris Davis from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer will be student teaching during the 2014 Spring semester with Alex Warren at West Central Jr/Sr HS. Welcome to Jennifer Moss, the new director at Lafayette Christian

On the Road Again…Dan Cummins of Hammond Morton HS took a group of students to see the Itzhak Perlman Recital at the Civic Opera House. The Goshen HS Jazz band, Concert band, Orchestra, and Choir performed at the Heritage Festival in Atlanta in March. The entire Goshen HS Music program won the Sweepstakes Award for best overall rating of the performing groups. Alex Warren and the West Central HS Band will be traveling to Six Flags Great America to participate in the Mu-sic in the Parks program. M a n c h e s t e r H S B a n d a n d Choir traveled to New York City over Spring Break. Several of the highlights of their trip was visiting Radio City Music Hall and the group performed at the Cathedral of Saint John the De-vine. Jeff Huber is the director. The Rensselaer HS Band, directed by Kelso Daning, traveled to Washington DC over Spring Break and performed in concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Scott Garner and Dan Burton and Elkhart Central HS Band performed in the Heritage Festival in New York and received the best score for their class. Congrats! Scott Abbott and the Rossville HS Jazz Band participated in the Ball State University Jazz Festival in early March.

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music program for our next

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Disney World in Or-land is always a very popular destination for spring tours...among those school heading to see Mickey & Minnie this year are

Clinton HS Band-Bill Murray, North-west HS Band and Choir (Jackson, MI), Heritage HS-Jim Widmer, Angola HS Kevin Fogel, Elkhart Memorial Band-Kurt Weimer, Berrien Springs HS-Andrew Raven, Clay HS Band and Or-chestra-Denise Kuehner, Gary Kurtis,

Larry Vanore & Shawn Harrington, Niles HS Band-Joshua Doe & Keith

Hiscott,

The Carroll HS Band, under the direction of Doug Hassell & Phil Frazier traveled to St. Louis over their spring break. The Seeger Memorial HS Band toured to Nashville, TN. While there, the band directed by Patrick Teykl, performed outside the Country Music Hall of Fame, recorded in the RCA Studios, and partici-pated in a clinic at Vanderbilt Univer-sity. Director Melissa Marks and Onsted HS’s trip to New York City includes a visit the Intrepid and the Statue of Lib-erty. In June of 2014, seventy years later, the “D-Day 70 Years Committee” and “American Musical Salute” will com-memorate WWII and 70 years of Libera-

tion, while salut-ing America’s war veterans, our ac-tive duty military men and women and their families. These officially

recognized events will feature America's outstanding performing ensembles in an unforgettable and historic tribute. The Lakeshore “Lancers” Marching Band under the direction of Lori Von Koenig

will be the official representative of Michigan in Normandy France for the event. The Crown Point HS Concert Bands, under the direction of Johann Sletto

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visited California over spring break performing at Disneyland.

The bands from North Judson-San Pierre HS-Chase Sprouse, Knox HS-Craige

Phipps & Darren Day, and Oregon Davis HS-Daniel Jackson will be per-forming in the Starke County Pride Con-cert in May.

The Lakeshore Middle School 7th and 8th grade bands will be traveling to Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. The bands are under the direction of Phil

& Cindy Huff.

Special Recognition…The Plymouth HS winter drum line under the direction of Bryan Ames made runner up at state finals. And...Congratulations Bryan

Ames & Jodi Kallenberg Plymouth High School. They won the NAMM “Support Music Merit Award” this year. Greg and Katie Habegger from Com-munity Baptist took 2nd place on March 14th in the Indiana Association of Chris-tian schools. Nathanael Sudduth of Laville HS was nominated “The educator who has had the most significant impact in his educa-tion” by one of his students who was selected as an Indiana Academic All-Star. Nathanael received a certificate at the banquet in Indianapolis honoring these top students in Indiana and the teachers they nominated. Congratulations to the Carroll HS winter percussion ensemble. Winter drumline placed 1st at the IPA State Finals in the Scholastic A Marching Class. Doug

Hassell & Phil Frazier are the directors. Jazzy News…Brad Zook and Bryce

Cone took the Northridge High School Jazz ensemble to Ball State Jazz Festival in March. The Annual North Side Jazz Festival hosted 22 groups. This year’s special

guest was legendary jazz great Michael Davis, who has toured the

world five times with the Rolling Stones. Congratulations to Bill Leather and the Penn HS Jazz band for being cho-sen to perform in the 2014 Savannah Music Festival. Penn HS is one of only 12 Jazz bands nationwide selected. Penn HS Jazz also hosted their annual Jazz a la Mode in February which fea-tured the Penn HS Jazz Bands, Discov-ery MS Jazz Band, Grissom MS Jazz Band, and Steve Peterson with the Concord Jazz 1 Band. The following schools participated in the Purdue University Jazz Festival in January: Harrison HS-Steve Cotten, Lafayette Jefferson HS-Tom Barker &

Bruce Knepper, Valparaiso HS-Miguel Rosario & Wayne Coil, Ross-ville HS-Scott Abbott, Knox HS-Darren Day & Craige Phipps, Crown Point HS-Johann Sletto & Tom Reed,

Benton Central HS-Michael Richard-

son, West Lafayette HS-Don Pettit,

Wea Ridge MS-Ryan Burnette Valparaiso University and its director Jeff Brown hosted it's 29th annual Jazzfest which included performances by Billy Foster, John Fedchock &

The New York Voices.

Adrian Mark and Zach Myers took the Adams Jazz Band to ISU Jazz Fes-tival on February 22nd. Dennis Gamble & Kaleb Chamberlin took the Mishawaka HS Jazz Band to Western Michigan University Jazz Fes-tival March 15th. Congratulations to Parkside MS Jazz Band. They were one of 5 middle school jazz bands in the state of Michi-gan to perform at the MSBOA State Jazz Band Festival. Kevin Krieger is the director. Spring Activities and recognition…It was a busy March for Jared Staub at

Lakeland HS. Five perform-ances by the show choir and the competition and then the jazz band to Ball State Jazz festival on March 8.

Farewell & good luck to Gail Bannister

(New Prairie MS) who will resign at the end of this school year for graduate work. A farewell and wishes of a happy retire-ment to Ken Steidle, Kankakee Valley B&O. He guided young musicians for 38 years, 16 at KV. The John Glenn band and choir collabo-rated with theatre dept. in the musical “Tarzan” with Dan Fortlander on drums. Dan Balog, Jeff Gorman & Kelly

Rider had the "Sweets and Sounds" band concert on March 8th at Riley High School. Congratulations to everyone receiving Gold at contest, notably: Pete Foster-

Triton Band & Choir, Melissa Butner, Bart Roberts-Dickinson Band, Zac

Coudret-Dickinson Orchestra, Matt

Sutton-Bremen, Dan Fortlander-Urey Middle, Randy Ripley-Stanley Clark, Dennis Gamble and Kaleb Chamber-

lin-John Young Middle School Band, Chris Beyer-John Young Middle School Orchestra, Hank Gore-Prairie Heights, Lisa Wallyn-Lincoln Jr. High Band, Jodi Kallenberg-Lincoln Jr. High Or-chestra, Bryan Ames-Plymouth HS Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, Gary Kurtis

& Larry Vanore-Clay HS both jazz bands, Tony Strebig-Woodside MS, Jim

Court-Riverview MS, Susan Jehl-

Summit MS, Everette Hornbarger-

Carroll MS, Maple Creek MS-Kristine

Miller, Wawasee MS-Hope Bechtel, Carroll HS Jazz -Doug Hassell, Colum-bia City HS Jazz-Helen Hockemeyer, Memorial Park MS-Scott Maak & Kim

Randinelli, Whitko MS-Joseph Shep-

herd, and Lowell MS Jazz-Kyle Govert,

Bryan Golden, Cameron Bradley, Ben

Runkel-Concord JH Band, Tim Car-

nall-West Side MS Band, Sandy Car-

nall-North Side MS 7th Grade Band, Dan

Burton-Pierre Moran MS 6th and 8th Grade Bands, Murray Weaver-

Discovery MS 7thGrade Band, Vicki

Marshall-Grissom MS 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Bands, Anne Watts-Discovery 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Orchestras, Patrick

Ciesielski, Rebecca Yoder-West Side MS Orchestra, Sean Patrick-Goshen MS

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8th Grade Orchestra, Kyle

Miller-Pierre Moran 7th & 8th Grade Orchestras,

Jeff Hatfield-North Side MS Orchestra, Joe

P e l o z a & T a m m y

Sprunger-Warsaw Edge-wood & Lakeview MS and Kathy

Baughman-Jimtown JH Band.

Mike Brown had the Westview Alumni Band perform in December during West-view-Lakeland basketball game with over 40 alumni participating.

Brad Zook & Bryce Cone hosted ISSMA High School Organizational Festival at Northridge HS on April 25th. The Fairfield winter drum line under the direction of Andrew Muth made state finals this year. Congratulations An-drew! QF hosted the Instrument Playground at

the FAME Conven-tion that was held at the Fort Wayne Grand Wayne Convention Center on March 15th and 16th to show our

support for Fine Arts in the elementary schools. Diane Barton from Hickory Center School was the chairman of the convention this year. The combined 5th grade Beginning Band from Arcola, Hickory Center, and Oak-view Elementary Schools performed at the FAME Convention held at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne on March 15th. The band was under the direction of Diane Barton & Kristen Lemley.

Dan Hough is our percussion specialist in Ft Wayne. A former percussionist and drum major with The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, he often consults with various high school bands and conducts Drum Major workshops. Dan specializes helping directors make wise choices for the percussion needs...and golf!

Spring is FINALLY here!!! It means many different things to all of us. Con-cert band Contest, Graduation music, spring concerts, the end of the competi-tive winter percussion season, beginner recruiting, mowing your lawn, and hopefully some tee times mixed in somewhere! After the worst winter many of us have endured in over 35 years, i t’s a very welcome change….even if you are still teaching on an extended day, and missing some of those extra days off. Either way, summer will be here before we know it!

Winter Season Recap: This past com-

petitive winter “season” saw a record number of competitive Scho-lastic percussion groups. Not only on Indiana’s IPA

circuit, but also the national WGI stage. At times, this activity can become an off season Hot Button topic. (“Too much

emphasis on marching beyond the fall.”

Or “It takes too many performers away

from my Concert or Jazz programs”.) Most all are valid points, and what it boils down to is that it’s not for all pro-

grams. I’ve seen some schools open up winter auditions to non-music students, and inadvertently grow the size of their music program. Others have limited it to an internal clinic style activity. Of course, others have grown the size of their percussion programs into a formi-dable learning opportunity that has enriched many a performer & some-times shaped future educators! Whether its just a Concert Class group, or a full blown Movement venture, the activity can have many benefits beyond what is initially assumed.

Percussion Product Spotlight: Inno-vative Percussion continues to expand, and improve, their line of sticks and mal-lets. In particular they have recently introduced a Hy-

brid Stick (IP-HB) which crosses over very well from Concert Snare to Drum

Set. Innovative has also created an extensive selection of Timpani Mallets. In particular The Field Series have a very durable synthetic felt. They bal-

ance very well, and are price competitive with the usual Vic Firth Corpmaster models many are familiar with. (IP-FST2 & T4)

Currently at Q&F….. We are now of-fering student level Marimbas & Xylo-phones at a Student Rental price point. Only $59 per month! This means you can rent to own your very own full size key-board for home practice, instead of being limited to only practic-ing at school. Play more, get better, be better!

Lastly… I can never stress this enough: As always, don’t forget your ear protec-tion…. And don’t forget to remind our students too!!! Not just for drummers, but ALL players. I hope you heard me!

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The Percussion Room

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special uniform for this concert, so dress comfortably yet look nice for the crowd that gathers. Oh, and don’t forget your music stand – and clothespins! There is something else to bring too. Bring a former student or two, or three,

or…that is the reason for the concert - A chance for people who used to play to join in for a quick rehearsal and concert. Most pieces selected will be familiar to anyone who has played in their high school orchestra. My not so hidden agenda for this day is to pay tribute to our public school or-chestra teachers and the effect you have on a community and how you affect your students by sharing your passion for or-chestral playing. A passion so strong it will get you out of bed for an early downtown Chicago RISE AND SHINE

ORCHESTRA!

I’ll be counting on your “get-er-done” attitude and experience to make it all unfold like nothing anyone has seen. Your efforts last year are memorable and have inspired much to happen within the Rush Hour organization in support of orchestral education opportunities such as the program of music instruction in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. BRAVO! Let’s continue to inspire by playing in the Rise and Shine Orchestra 2014.

Lloyd Palmiter, our String Specialist, brings extensive knowledge to our company

stemming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and cello, serving as

clinician and consultant for musical instrument and educational organizations, and

countless hours of working with students and parents to assist in selecting the best

instrument for their needs. He visits all store locations regularly and is available by

appointment to individually help you and your students find just the right instru-

ment. You’ll 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! Travels to the countries of origin and hand selecting the instruments

and bows to be included in our showrooms make our instruments among the best available today. We maintain a vigilant effort to assure our custom-

ers that Quinlan and Fabish Strings are always known for their value and quality.

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MONTELEONE – MONDOMUSICA

NEW YORK Last week the Big Apple hosted “MondoMusica” which is the New York version of a festival which takes place every October in Cremona, Italy- the home of Stradivarius. Luthiers and ven-dors from all over the world gather to display instruments made by makers from all over the world including some rare instruments by the Masters. While there I was able to select several new Monteleone instruments for our showrooms. Excellent craftsmanship and consistently offering rich, full tone, the Monteleone instruments are our most popular. Noticeably, the violas have taken on a devoted following. The tone is full and vibrant with strong projection yet they have the rich, darker qualities many violists are looking for in their instrument. Monteleone easily competes with instruments selling at twice their price. This is what I refer to when I mention the value of Quinlan and Fabish strings - Honest quality at fair prices.

LAFAYETTE – WE ARE HERE!

This month our new store opens in La-fayette, Indiana and it is exciting to be able to offer the Quinlan & Fabish qual-ity of service to that community. Over the years, I’ve known many string play-ers there and look forward to offering them and their students our fantastic se-lection of stringed instruments. I recently purchased instruments while in NY for the Lafayette showroom.

RISE AND SHINE ORCHESTRA

MAKE MUSIC CHICAGO

JUNE 21 – DALEY PLAZA

Join hundreds of fellow musicians in the Fourth annual citywide Make Music Chi-cago festival on Saturday, June 21 2014,

celebrating everyone's ability to make music. Last year, seventy-five volun-teer violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists showed up at the iconic Daley Plaza for the Rise and Shine Orchestra and performed a concert free to the public. This year we are going to be a full symphony orchestra and already have enough winds, brass, and percus-sionists to consider it possible. But, we need more. The goal this year is to go BIG. Here’s why...in the 1890's, Chicago and Cin-cinnati were competing to be the cul-tural center of the Midwest. One city would have a music festival and then the other city would have to have one larger. This went on to the point where there is a picture showing a chorus of 1000 and an orchestra of 300 perform-ing in a music hall constructed for the event along the lakefront. If, in 1890, 300 Chicago area musicians could form an orchestra and perform at a venue downtown, why can't we! The citizens of the 1890’s thought to hire Theodore

Thomas to form the Chicago Sym-

phony Orchestra from which we all have benefited. Several musicians of the CSO will be performing with us again this year! Paul Phillips, CSO first violinist, will perform Czardas with us and we will play Hoedown from Rodeo and other fun popular clas-sics of similar nature. Along with Paul, Blair Milton, Nisi Howell, and Bar-

bara Queen have agreed to play again this year! WOW! Join them! Sign up o n l i n e t o d a y a n d v i s i t www.MakeMusicChicago.com Rehearsal starts at 9:00AM and it is downtown Chicago. The concert is at 10:00AM so you need to be dressed and ready for a public performance. No

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Congratulations to Pete

Foster-Triton Schools, Bryan Ames-Plymouth Schools, Dennis Gam-

ble, Kaleb Chamberlin, Chris Beyer & Jim Keranen Mishawaka Schools and Candy Butler and all the Music teachers in South Bend Community Schools. These are winners of “Best Communities for Music Education” award in 2014. The Huntertown Beginning Band under the direction of Julie Sefton and the Woodside Beginning Orchestra directed by Ervin Orban performed at the 2014 Fort Wayne FAME Convention. The Parkside MS 7th and 8th grade bands received 1st Division ratings at MSBOA b and and Or ches t ra Co nce r t Band Festival. The bands are under the direction of Steve Brattain & Kevin

Krieger. Congratulations to all the Bands for their participation at the MSBOA Festival in-c lud ing Eas t Jackso n-Wa rren

Miller.Kidder MS-Sherry Dopp, North-west HS-Bryan Mangiavellano, Man-chester MS/HS-Jared Throneberry, Clinton HS-Bill Murray, Jackson HS-Joel Shaner & Nathan Heim Norwell HS led by Cory Kelley winter Percussion finished as an IPA State Final-ist, and also competed at WGI. Bishop Dwenger led by Michael Petek winter Percussion & Winter Guard, both

finished 1st in their respective classes at State Competition. Many of our Ft Wayne area Directors performed at the World Renowned National Association of Brass Band Convention(NABBA)with the "Old Crown Brass Band" of Ft Wayne. Terry Fisher (Dekalb HS), Bill An-

ders (West Noble HS) Jeff Huber (Manchester Schools), Everette Horn-

barger (Carroll MS), Doug Hoffer (Huntington Schools), Zach Kohl-

meier (Hicksville Schools). The Lakeland Fine Arts Festival was held at Berrien Springs High School on April 30th, hosted by Andrew Raven, Director of Bands for Berrien Springs

Schools. The event featured all day clinics for Art, Band, Choir and Drama and featured a performance by all four disciplines at the Howard Performing

Arts Center at Andrews University that evening. The Blossomtime Festival Grand Floral Parade will be Saturday May 3, 2014. The Parade begins in St. Joseph, MI and continues its way through the city, across the Bicentennial Bridge and into Benton Harbor. MSBOA District 6 held their MS Solo & Ensemble Festival on Saturday, April 19 hosted by Dr. Jonathan Kor-

zun at Southwestern Michigan College. The Southwest Michigan MS Honors

Band was held at Andrews University once again this year on Wednesday April 23, hosted by Dr. Alan Mitchell and coordinator Sarah Bopp. Sarah is the director of bands at South Haven Base-line Middle School. The MSBOA District 6 Band & Orches-tra Festival was held at Lake Michigan College on March 6th & 7th and March 10th & 11th. The event was coordinated by the Vice President of Band & Orches-tra Activities, Cheryl Thomas. Cheryl is the director of bands for Coloma Schools. Kelly Rehlander & Lauren Teykl (Hobart MS) celebrated “Music in our Schools” month by having their solo &

ensemble kids perform for the school board. Hobart Schools are ex-cited to announce that orchestra will be intro-duced into the curricu-lum August 2015.

Dan Cummins of Hammond Morton HS hosted an in-school trombone clinic by Bach artist and Q&F advisory board member Phil Brown. Good luck to Jay Lowry at Hanover Central who will be working hard over the summer to put the first marching band ever onto the field in the fall Congratulations to the Directors and Middle Schools who received a Gold

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Save the Date!

Maury Rhodes Classic

Golf Outing

July 11, 2014

Swan Lake Golf Club-Plymouth, Indiana Benefitting the Rhodes Band Library at VanderCook College of Music

Contact your QF rep for details

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Rating with Distinction at ISSMA Middle School Band and Orchestra Con-test in March: Tim Car-

nall-West Side 8th Grade Band, Sandy

Carnall-North Side MS 8th Grade Band, Kate Truscello-Goshen MS 6th Grade Orchestra, Sean Patrick-Goshen MS 7th Grade Orchestra, Dan Burton-Pierre Moran 7th Grade Band, Murray

Weaver-Discovery MS 6th & 8th Grade Bands, April Oppenheim-Concord JH Orchestra, Jeff Carnall-Schmucker MS 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Bands, Dodi Car-

nall-Schmucker MS 7th& 8th Grade Or-chestras, , Susan Walker & Mark

Druyos-LaSalle Symphonic, and Bryan

Golden-Concord JH 8th Grade Band.

Jake Robaska and the Memorial HS Jazz Band, Kathy Baughman and the Jimtown HS Jazz Band, Bill Leather and the Penn HS Jazz Band, Kyle

Weirich and the Elkhart Central HS Jazz

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Student Teacher Day Student Teacher Day Student Teacher Day Student Teacher Day

at QFat QFat QFat QF Our 19th Annual Student Teacher Day was held at our Burr Ridge location on Tuesday, February 25th. Over 40 Student teachers participated from various colleges and universities for a full-day of program-ming. Techs from our repair department taught “Emergency Instrument Repair”. Stu-dents learned what jobs they can try, and also importantly what jobs not to try. Shop manager Betony O’Connor and her team demonstrated techniques that will be invaluable to these young teachers. Basic instrument repair techniques for Wood-winds, Brasswinds, and String were pre-sented. Brass tech, Mark Colpean and String Technician, Andrew Hassel, and

String Shop Mgr. Manuel

M e l e n d e z p r o v i d e d instruction.

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Other topics included “The Business of Music Education” which presented im-

portant details regarding recruit-ing, retention, and Music Advocacy tools available from the Music Industry. All par-ticipants received

a complimentary thumb drive complete with all the tools available from the Mu-sic Achievement Council. Richard Lesniak, Director of Business Services for Lockport High School Dis-trict 205 presented “Preparing for Job Interviews”. Rich has held many school positions (including band director and principal) which helped provide great insight to students. He shared his ideas

a b o u t r e s u m e prepara-tion and interview t e c h -n i q u e s with the

eager-to-learn students. “Success Through Professionalism” was presented by Dr. Charles Menghini,

President of VanderCook College of Music. Some “real world” tips for the future teach-ers was very well received.

String Orchestra, Rebecca Yoder and the Memorial HS Jazz Strings.

Congratulations to Derrick Shannon,

Tox Cox, and the Goshen HS Indoor Percussion Line for their Indiana State IPA Championship in Concert Class and the WGI Open Class in Dayton. Directors Max Mault, Mel Carpen-

ter, Tom Cox, Josh Kaufman, and

Steve Snyder presented the Goshen MS Band Showcase in March. Four bands performed featuring the compo-s i t i o ns “T he Las t D r ago n” , “Whirlwind”, “Aventura”, and Green-way March”. Concord Percussion Specialist Ben

Runkel held the annual “Groove” percussion concert in February. This year’s theme was “Heartbeats: Goshen HS Band Director Josh Kauf-

man hosted the IHSCGA Winter Guard Spectacular in February. Forty-four groups from thirty-five schools performed.

Megan Sullivan and Boston MS will hosted QF advisory board member Dr.

Cate Hummel for an in-school flute clinic in April. Bret Deardorff and the Elkhart Chris-tian Academy Bands performed at the ACSI Festival at Bethel College in March. The Elkhart Symphony presents Michi-ana Roots with pianist Nicholas Roth at the Lerner Theater June 14th. The con-cert will also feature the “Wanna Be A” conductor contestants. Goshen HS Orchestra Director Susan

Ellington retired from teaching April 1st. Susan has taught orchestra in Goshen for 18 years and has been in string education for 42 years. Susan is currently serving as Executive Director of the Elkhart County Symphony Association. Best wishes Susan! The Youth Honors Orchestra will be performing works of Beethoven May

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Highlights

from our 3rd

Annual“Secret”Warehouse

Garage Sale

11th at Sauder Concert Hall at Goshen College. The YHO Concert Orchestra is directed by Kate Truscello and the YHO Symphonic Orchestra is directed by Josh

Aerie. Selections include Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.67 and Shepherd’s Hymn from Symphony No.6.Op.68. Long time customer service representa-tive Jamie Barts has retired from Q&F to focus on her roll as a full time mother of seven. Jamie began working at Bless-ing Music at the age of 16 when she was a Concord HS student. She was very in-strumental in many of the areas recruit-ing programs and enjoyed helping direc-tors and their students. Best wishes Ja-mie! The IMEA Festival welcomed back Elaina Sutton and the Winamac HS Band for the first time in several years. The Knox HS Winter Drum Line was promoted from Class PSB to Class PSA. The directors are Craige Phipps

& Darren Day.

The North Newton HS Concert Band, under the direction of Craig Redlin, will be returning to the ISSMA Organ-izational Contest for the first time in many years. Good Luck! The Benton Central HS Jazz Band, directed by Michael Richardson, re-ceived a Gold Rating for the first time in school history. Congrats! Lori Von Koenig represented Michi-gan in SBO magazine as one of 50 Di-rectors Who Make a Difference! The Pierce MS Seventh and Eight Grade Bands, directed by Chris

Haddad, recently raised over $ 2,000 profit in the band’s recent fundraiser. Queen of Peace band director and local percussion instructor Kyle Lutes held a free percussion clinic at the Mishawaka store on January 28th. Congratulations to Elkhart Community Schools new STEAM (Science, Tech-

nology Engineering, ARTS and Math) program at Roosevelt which introduces students in the 2nd grade to musical in-struments. They plan to start this pro-gram as these 90+ students enter the 3rd grade. The students will receive one

hour of instrumental music instruction every day. The primary instruments used were cornet, flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello. They plan to start the Steam program in August 2014.

SAVE THE DATE

July 11, 2014

Plymouth HS will once again host our

annual Band & Orchestra Reading

Sessions

followed by the

Michiana Outstanding

Music Educator

Awards Luncheon

and

Maury Rhodes Golf Classic

at

Swan Lake Golf Club

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The movie Frozen is a hit! Some of the most popular titles are Let It Go, written

by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. This song is arranged for various levels of concert band, string or-chestra, marching band and jazz band. Music from Fro-

zen and Highlights from

Frozen are also very popular titles ar-ranged for various levels of concert band, string orchestra marching band and jazz band. Cutting no corners, Hal Leonard has even produced a Frozen themed, wide staffed manuscript paper book. But the Frozen train doesn’t stop there. In June, be on the look out for a new instrumental folio from Hal Leonard. The folio will contain musical selections from Disney’s most recent hits, including “Frozen”, “ T a n g l e d ” a n d “Enchanted”. These “sure to be popular” folios will be available for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, f horn, trom-bone, violin, viola and cello. Hal Leonard delivers this spring with a young band version of Cups (When I’m

Gone) as performed by Anna Kendrick in the movie Pitch Perfect. Originally composed by A.P. Carter, Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, this piece has been arranged for young band by Johnnie Vinson. The movie is about

several college a cappella groups and dif-ferent competitions they perform in, as well as the personal and musical growth of the singers. The song Cups is introduced as an audition piece with the singer (Anna Kendrick) performing the rhythm with a single plastic cup on the stage. The young band version is written with bongos as the “cup” part, but can be performed on other instruments, such as wood block or temple block, as well. However, if one or more of

your students is able to play the cup part, it would create a great visual aspect to have them in front of the band “playing the cup”. This piece is lyrical and relax-ing; a pleasure for musicians to play and audiences to listen to. It also introduces students to the notion that anything can be a “musical instrument”. Alfred brings us a new Belwin Band piece for young bands to add to the clas-sical-pop genre. Two by George fea-tures a relaxed version of “I Got Rhythm” from the musical Girl Crazy and a march style piece entitle “Strike Up the Band!” from the musical of the same name. Both mu-sicals written by George and Ira Gershwin are well known and come together nicely to create a fun and creative piece. Arranged by Jason Scott for young band, the melodies are separated by a caesura. This pause can be long or short depend-ing on how the director would like to present the piece; as two connected but different themes, or two movements in the one piece. This is a piece that can be enjoyed by all, whether it is a student just beginning to explore music, or an audience member able to sing along, it will be a hit in any concert. Another exciting Belwin Band piece from Alfred is At the Movies with

Hans Zimmer, arranged for intermedi-ate concert band by Justin Williams. This piece features some of Zimmer’s newer works. Melodies featured in this piece in-clude “Look to the Stars” from Man of Steel, “Dream is Collapsing” from Incep-

tion and “Rise” from Bat-

man: The Dark Knight

Rises. These melodies come from a well known and awarded Hollywood com-poser. Zimmer has been awarded four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, a

Classic BRIT award and an Academy Award over three decades and over 100 films. Williams arranged a tour de force of familiar and dramatic pieces from Zimmer in an emotional soundtrack col-lection of Zimmer’s moods and ambi-ence. This piece is sure to be enjoyed by all who hear and play it. And lets not forget that Marching band season is right around the corner. Hal Leonard and Alfred have started to re-lease their marching band music for the upcoming season. Happy (from Despi-

cable Me 2), published by Hal Leonard, is bound to be a smash hit on the field. This wildly popular upbeat tune by artist Pharrell, was written by the artist Pharrell Williams and arranged for marching band by Ishbah Cox. This song is makes anyone who hears it want to dance and get happy. It has been the inspiration of many a YouTube video of people danc-ing and being happy to this song. When played on the field, it may start a “happy” craze in your stands! Alfred released a three piece halftime show based on Man of Steel. Hans Zimmer is quickly becoming one of the most important film composers of our time. His music is moving and versatile and always tells the story. In the three piece show Part 1 features “Look to the Stars” and “If you Love these People”, Part 2 features “Goodbye My Son” and Part 3 features “Oil Rig” and “What are You go-ing to do when You are not saving the World?”. All parts are arranged by Mike Story making the three components of the show cohesive. Any fan of Superman will be thrilled and players and audiences alike are sure to be captivated by this stunning work.

Amanda Jennings Lonergan is a

bassoonist and a former band director.

As print music buyer for Q&F, she has

the opportunity to preview every new

publication. She will keep you up to

date on the latest new issue music and

happenings in the publishing world!

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The Story Behind JUNO reeds by Vandoren

My First Vandoren...Available for Bb Clarinet, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax, JUNO has been designed with the stu-dent in mind. It’s very important that student reeds are responsive so that beginners can make a sound immedi-ately. The challenge has always been how to make the reed sound good as well as make it easy to play. Ber-nard Van Doren has wanted to make a reed that stu-dents could use and experience early success. He knew if he could design one, he could help thousands of begin-ners experience the magic of that first note. In Van-doren’s 108-year history, they have never comprised quality, which is why Vandoren is the choice of profes-sionals around the world. So why hasn’t Vandoren made a student reed sooner? The issue was they did not have the technology to create such a reed that beginning stu-

dents and parents would appreciate. With the advent of laser analysis, video selection and other key innovations, the day arrived where Bernard’s dream of a reed specifically designed for beginners could happen. “So many people told me over the years that there was no reed for the beginner,” commented Mr. Van Doren. “It seemed curious to me that the only issue with reeds for beginners was cost while to me it was a matter of perform-ance. I am proud we could finally create this very special reed for beginners.” Made from cane grown in the Mediterranean basin, the reeds are cut with a unique profile, which is why even though these reeds are easier to play; they still retain the sound of a Vandoren. The advanced technology Vandoren uses al-lows the company to cut the JUNO reed in significantly less time than is does to create the other more complex Van-doren reeds. The shorter cutting time plus the other cost savings associated with using the same packaging and pro-tectors as Vandoren products all adds up to a cost effective reed that out performs all other reeds at any price point for a beginning student. Once they are precisely cut, each reed is sealed in its own humidity balanced Flow Pack where it waits for you. That way, when you take a JUNO reed out of the box, it feels and sounds as fresh as the day it was made. “This is a Vandoren reed,” continued Mr. Van Doren. “It’s a select reed for students. It gives them a chance to succeed from the beginning, which for band directors and parents is very important. Vandoren is the first reed com-pany to think about performance first for these young students.” You may have already tried some JUNO reeds since Quinlan & Fabish was one of the first JUNO dealers in the United States. The responses from band directors have been unanimous. Here are some quotes:

Juno reeds are just that extra bit of encouragement that your select beginning band student may need to become successful on their instrument and stay in band. They decrease frustration and increase a stu-

dent's desire to practice. The reeds are available in a variety of sizes so you may even transition the student up into regular reeds through Juno's other sizes or completely change over once the student

is ready. Phil Robb - Richland School District 88

I was instantly impressed with the quality of sound produced by the reeds. A good quality reed can make all the difference in a beginner's first experiences with his/her new instrument. Jennifer Rooney - Union Ridge School District 86

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