Amusicman

Here are the state champions since the state contest started if that helps. The first school is the 4A champion and the second school is the 5A champion. 1979 - 4A Carroll & 5A Fredericksburg 1980 - 4A Round Rock & 5A Crockett 1981 - 4A Georgetown & 5A Crockett 1982 - 4A Georgetown & 5A Permian 1983 - 4A Georgetown & 5A San Antonio MacArthur 1984 - 4A Georgetown & 5A San Antonio MacArthur 1985 - 4A Georgetown & 5A San Antonio MacArthur 1986 - 4A Dickinson & 5A Duncanville 1987 - 4A Allen & 5A Westfield 1988 - 4A Allen & 5A Westfield 1989 - 4A Dickinson & 5A Westfield 1990 - 4A Dickinson & 5A Duncanville

I was wondering if anyone could help me out I am looking for the following recordings - Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! by whitacre Pastime by Stamp Council Oak by gillingham Symphony #3 by barnes Ride by hazo Fantasia in G - Mahr Esprit de Corps - Jager

I am sorry for my absence in the last week, but because of a recent sad issue in my family, I am going to offically discontinue my Composer and Piece of the week articles untill mid-June. Becuase I would not be able to devout the time I want and need o to these articles for the next serval weeks I made this decision. Starting in mid-June though the Articles will be back to being postest every week and the Composer of the Week game will be back in full swing!

Congratulations, manuel_pablo, the fourth winner of a free CD for playing the Composer of the Week Game. Email or PM me to let me know what cd you might want or what works by Berlioz you are wanting and I will get to work getting it for you.

Ok so here are the 3 questions to answer to be in the drawing for a free CD of your choice with the music of Hector Berlioz . 1. What career did Berlioz abandon to start studing music? 2. Which writer was a powerful influence on Berlioz? 3. Berlioz left perhaps his most indelible mark as a what? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok so you can answer these questions by either Private Messaging me or by emailing me at Amusicman46@aol.com. So get your answer's in by 5:00 P.M. on Saturday April 22, to be in the running for the free CD. The winner will be announced on Saturday at 6:00.

Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz Click Here to read it, and let me know what you think. Also remember that tomorrow, Thurs. April 20, is when I will post the 3 questions you will need to answer in order to be in the drawing to win a free CD of your choice containing the music of Hector Berlioz!

Composer of the Week - Franz Schubert Click Here to read it, and let me know what you think. Also remember that tomorrow, Thurs. April 6, is when I will post the 3 questions you will need to answer in order to be in the drawing to win a free CD of your choice containing the music of Franz Schubert ! And be sure to scroll down on the forum page to the TxBPress: Official TxBands Press Outlet topic to where you can find all the updates on the COTW game for the current week!

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I just want to say that I am sorry about last week in not having a COTW to post. Right now I am very busy, besides teaching all day long I just last week started a consulting job where I work 3-4 hours every night. Last week was the first week of this new job and I did not budget my time very well to where I could have time to post a new Composer and piece of the week. I do want to say that this week I have alloted time to to write those two articles and they will be up on Wed. and Fri. respectivly.

Congratulations, viccro, the third winner of a free CD for playing the Composer of the Week Game. Email or PM me to let me know what cd you might want or what works by Mussorgsky you are wanting and I will get to work getting it for you.

To become a judge or a clinician in the state of Texas you must first become a member of a group called TMAA - otherwise know as TEXAS MUSIC ADJUDICATORS ASSOCIATION These are the requirements you must have before becoming a member of TMAA - New Membership In order to be considered for active membership in the Texas Music Adjudicators Association (TMAA) all candidates must satisfy the following components: 1. Successful teaching component Every candidate must have five years of successful teaching in the state of Texas. 2. Employment in music education component Every candidate must be currently employed in the state of Texas, as one of the following: a. a public school or college music educator b. a public school music administrator c. a professional musician 3. Workshop component Within five years prior to application for membership, every candidate must have completed a TMAA workshop in the performance areas (band, choir, orchestra, and/or marching band) in which he or she is applying. 4. Superior performance component a. Directors of public school music groups (grades 7-12) 1) Lead, or primary, directors must have earned a Division I rating at Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) music contests in each area of application (band, choir, orchestra, and/or marching band) in three of the five years preceding the date of the candidate's application for membership. Sight reading ratings do not satisfy this component. 2) Assistant, or secondary directors, whose ratings are used for applications for memberships, must submit a letter of recommendation from the lead, or primary, director of the organization. This letter should detail the responsibilities of the assistant, or secondary, director of the organization during the period of time related to the ratings submitted. 3) Primary conductors of college/university music organizations must submit documentation attesting to five years of teaching in the state of Texas in the areas of application (band, choir, orchestra, and/or marching band). They must also submit three letters of recommendation from current TMAA members. These letters must state qualifications of the candidate. 5. Adjudicator/clinician component a. A candidate must have served as an adjudicator in a Texas UIL music contest in his or her areas of application (choir, band, orchestra, and/or marching band) in at least two different regions within five years prior to application for membership Or b. A candidate must have served as a clinician-conductor of a Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) or Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) All-Region group in the areas of application in at least two different UIL, TMEA, or ATSSB regions or areas within five years prior to application for membership. Or c. A candidate may satisfy the adjudicator/clinician component by serving once an an adjudicator in a Texas UIL music contest and once as a clinician of an All-Region group as detailed in a. and b. above. Or d. A candidate may satisfy the adjudicator/clinician component by serving at least once as a conductor of an All-State group in the areas of application within the five years prior to applying for membership

Congratulations, davidpowell , the second winner of a free CD for playing the Composer of the Week Game. Email or PM me to let me know what cd you might want or what works by Liszt you are wanting and I will get to work getting it for you.

Ok so here are the 3 questions to answer to be in the drawing for a free CD of your choice with the music of Franz Liszt. 1. Lizst was known for making a piano sound like what? 2. What new term and form did Liszt invent for orchestral compositions? 3. Which 3 composers had the premires of some of their finest operas conducted by Liszt? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok so you can answer these questions by either Private Messaging me or by emailing me at Amusicman46@aol.com. So get your answer's in by 5:00 P.M. on Saturday March 11, to be in the running for the free CD. The winner will be announced on Saturday at 6:00.

Congratulations, MSmith, the first winner of a free CD for playing the Composer of the Week Game. Email or PM me to let me know what cd you might want or what works by Bartok you are wanting and I will get to work getting it for you.

Remember you only have untill 5:00 P.M. today to either PM me or Email me your answer's to be in the running for a free CD of Bartok's music!

Ok so here are the 3 questions to answer to be in the drawing for a free CD of your choice with the music of Bela Bartok. 1. What are the names of the 2 ballets that Bartok wrote? 2. Which of Bartok's works was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation? 3. What work was Bartok writing when he died that was designed to provide his widow with an income after his death? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok so you can answer these questions by either Private Messaging me or by emailing me at Amusicman46@aol.com. So get your answer's in by 5:00 P.M. on Saturday March 4, to be in the running for the free CD. The winner will be announced on Saturday at 6:00.

I am posting this here now, just this first time but from know on I will only post about the Composer of the Week Articles and games in the TxBPress: Official TxBands Press Outlet section of the forums. The Fourth Composer of the Week is Bela Bartok. Click Here to read it, and let me know what you think. Also remember that tomorrow, Thurs. March 2, is when I will post the 3 questions you will need to answer in order to be in the drawing to win a free CD of your choice containing the music of Bela Bartok!

Yea if this works out I might just start doing it with my piece of the week too.

Ok guys in order to give us something to do while we twiddle away the hours untill summer, when the DCI competitions start, I thought this might be fun. So this is how the game is played. Every Wed. I will post my COTW article in the TxBPress section of the site. On Thur., the next day, I will post 3 questions about facts from that specific composers life covered in the article. You will have untill 5:00 P.M. on Sat. to PM or E-mail, me your answers. At that time I will randomly choose 1-2 people who got the correct answers. These 1-2 people each week will then win any 1 CD they choose with works from that specific composer. They can pick from any of the works that that composer has written. So if you like the COTW articles and want to win some FREE CDs then make sure to look every WED. for the article, then every Thur. for the 3 questions to answer! Also if you have any specific composers you want to learn more about just let me know and I am sure I can include them, and give them a article!

Well all you have to do is to wait for tonight. Tonight the next composer of the week will be posted, and on Friday the next piece of the week will be posted. You can find the Articles under TxBPress on the menu at the top of the screen. The delay has been that I have been contacting several record labels to try to get permission to post mp3's of their recordings. Unfortunately I was not able to find any company which would allow me to post their recordings on this site. So I will go back to posting the Composer and Piece of the week, their just will not be any professional recordings. However if anyone should happan to have a school recording, or a region band recording of any of the works I post please PM me so we can at least post that.

I would also say that one of the toughest area competitions will be Area B. Haltom Richland L.D. Bell Marcus Martin Plano East Hebron Lewisville Collyville Area C also has three of the top bands in the state- Berkner Coppell Duncanville

What you are talking about here is actually just one small section from Damnation. The actual Damnation of Faust if a hour and a half long, "dramatic legend" to quote Berlioz, that uses a large orchestra, choir and vocal solists.

98 is awsome as well. Machine was just amazing

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