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(Page updated 5-21-13)


Entries for the Outstanding Performance Series are now complete. If you submitted one or more CDs, be sure to check out the following link to keep track of advancing CDs (they will be listed by Form number so only you will know what the title is):

OPS 2013 Advancing CDs

REGION COORDINATORS: please note that the second level of the adjudication (due June 7) requires advancing CDs to be sent to regions that were erroneously listed in the March Newsletter. The current link to the Newsletter now lists the correct regions.


Please be aware that etude lengths for 2013-14 have been adjusted. See the new requirements for most instruments on the Auditions Page. Percussion updated 4-4-13, bass trombone and tuba clarified 4-29-13.

 

Also, if you plan to enter students in jazz auditions next fall, be sure to check out the Jazz Page (click HERE) for updated information regarding the etudes and Mattei Music files available for the auditions.


ATSSB at TBA

Sunday, July 21, 2013: Outstanding Performance Series - 8:30-noon

Class C followed by Class AA - CC 004

Class CC followed by Class A - CC 005

Class AAA followed by SARC meeting - CC 212

ATSSB OPS Office - CC 1067

Monday, July 22, 2013 (tentative): ATSSB All-State audition music clinics

Tuesday, July 23, 2013:

State Board meeting 7:30 a.m. - Menger Patio Room

ATSSB General Session 4:30-5:30 p.m. - CC 210

 

The March Newsletter is now online: Click HERE to read the pdf file. It contains important information about the 2013 ATSSB Outstanding Performance Series.


2013 All-State Band Pictures - click HERE


2013 ATSSB All-State Band: click HERE to see chair results.


ATSSB All-State Bands Realigned


The membership approved the realignment of the ATSSB All-State Band. Next year (2013-14) students in Class 1A and 2A will automtically be entered into the 1A/2A Track (from here on called "2A Track"). 3A students are automtically entered in the 3A-Down Track (from here on called "3A Track"). Students entered on color instruments (oboe, bassoon, alto clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, and bass trombone) are entering an Open Track (1A, 2A and 3A). Should any student in Class 1A or 2A wish to audition on the 3A Track, they must submit a Track Selection Form with their first audition (ATSSB or TMEA) selecting 3A Track, 4A Track or 5A Track. If they do not, they are automatically entered into the 2A Track (unless entering Color Instrument Open Track).

Area will be somewhat different also. There will be separate auditions for 2A Track and 3A Track (but only one for the Color Instrument Open Class). One panel will hear 2A Track, then immediately hear the 3A Track. Flute, clarinet and trumpet (possibly percussion) will be heard by separate panels - one panel for 2A Track flutes and a separate panel for 3A Track flutes, both panels running at the same time, so there will be separate holding rooms for 2A Track and 3A Track flutes, etc.

Chair auditions at State will also be a little different - details to follow.


ATSSB Active Membership Change


The membership approved the Constitutional Amendment refining the definition of Active Membership. Essentially, for people wanting to join ATSSB as an Active Member (wanting to enter students into ATSSB activities and run/vote in ATSSB elections), their school must be classified as a 1A, 2A or 3A school as defined by UIL (or be a private middle school) and must be accredited by the Texas Education Agency or an accrediting agency approved by the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission.

Current ATSSB members seeking membership renewal (and those seeking Active Membership in ATSSB) whose school is not accredited by TEA or an accrediting agency approved by TPSAC will not be allowed to join in 2013-14.


Need to join ATSSB quickly?

Click HERE and fill out the application, then click SUBMIT. Click on the PayPal logo to use your credit card to pay your dues or send a check or Purchase Order as instructed.

A receipt and membership card will be emailed to you as soon as possible.

Contact the Executive Secretary if you need help with this.

Already a member but lost your card?

Copy the URL below, replace the XXXX with your last name and last four Social Security numbers and paste into a browser. You can then print the ensuing pdf file of your card and receipt.

http://www.atssb.org/CARDS.13/XXXX.pdf

Contact the Executive Secretary if this does not work.


The ATSSB State Board of Directors has voted to allow the use of electronic media in lieu of printed music in auditions (a book will still be provided on the stand for all students to use if they wish).


2013 All-State Jazz Ensemble results are posted HERE.


REMEMBER: Dues are now $60!


BULLETIN!!!!!

We will not use The Complete Rose - 118 Etudes for Clarinet as an alternative to the Hite edition of Artistic Studies Book 1 - The French School.

The Hite edition is readily available from your favorite music dealer.

See the email sent to all directors regarding the reasoning behind this decision.

If you purchased the Complete Rose online, you will not be able to use it for clarinet auditions this year.

Here is the link to the updated clarinet etude pages from the Prescribed Audition List: CLICK HERE


TIMPANI: The etudes must be taken from the new edition of the Saul Goodman Modern Method for Tympani. Note that the publisher is Alfred, not Belwin (although some editions may have a Warner-Brothers publisher). Some may also have a copyright of 2000, but the newest editions list only the 1988 copyright. Just make sure it is published by either Alfred or Warner-Brothers.

Please remember that percussion auditions are unified (not separate).

Click HERE to see the Unified Percussion requirements.


Click HERE for details regarding the 2014 ATSSB COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are now being accepted)

Byron Alsup, Region 2 Coordinator, has compiled an Excel spreadsheet with links to many mp3 audio files of tunes used at UIL contests. It also includes audio links to some marches. Click HERE to download the Excel file.


ATSSB A to Z

Frequently Asked Questions and Topics

Everything you always wanted to know about ATSSB and its audition processes, the Outstanding Performance Series, Area, State, Membership, Licensees ....... you name it. Go HERE for all the answers, forms you might need, links to places you might need, etc.


The State Board of Directors approved the following Region/Area alignment. Click HERE to view the alignment. Regions 5, 20, 24, and 25 are combined into one ATSSB region for ATSSB auditions (designated Region 5); Regions 18 and 26 are combined into one region for ATSSB auditions (designated Region 18), Regions 9, 17, and 19 are combined into one region for ATSSB auditions (designated Region 9), Regions 15 and 28 are combined into one region for ATSSB auditions (designated Region 15) and Regions 23 and 27 are combined into one region for ATSSB auditions (designated Region 23). If you are unsure as to what region you have been assigned, go to the following URL and find it: Region Alignment


Use Year C in the Prescribed Audition List for auditions in 2013-2014


Obituaries

If you know of a director who passes away this year, please contact the state office (atssb@att.net) and provide a link to the obituary if possible - or at least a date and place of death so it can be found. This is not restricted to only ATSSB members, but also directors who influenced your lives in some way. The list is kept from September 1-August 31 each year.

Marcos Antonio Bazaldua - b. 7-16-1973, d. 1-26-2013

Kelbert Taylor - b. 10-19-1948, d. 3-27-2013

Wayne Dyess - b. 11-27-1947, d. 2-27-2013

Kelly Glaze - b. 9-1-1946, d. 5-5-2013

Doyle McElroy - d. 4-30-2013

SAL UPDATED

10-28-07

The Suggested Audition List for Middle School auditions has been updated. The Year B Combined Percussion etudes are listed in error. The mallet etude was listed as #I on page 81 but should read #XXIII Marcia on page 81 (play all) with tempo marking of quarter note = 60-76. Also, for some strange reason the flute scales were an octave too low! They are corrected now.

The reasoning behind this is that Year B mallets are the primary instrument so must play a more difficult piece (they play a much simpler piece in Year A and Year C).



Music Loan Library


Brian Boecker at Groesbeck High School has agreed to host the ATSSB Band Music Library. This is a collection of previous All-State Band literature, all-region band program literature, etc., from which regions or individual ATSSB Active Members may borrow music. There are certain restrictions regarding its use, so read the guidelines before requesting music. The literature available is listed here: ATSSB Band Music Library

You may download the loan agreement here: Music Loan Application

If you have music left from previous region clinics, be sure to send it to Brian Boecker for inclusion with the growing ATSSB Band Music Library:


Brian Boecker, Assistant Band Director
Groesbeck High School
1202 North Ellis
Groesbeck, Texas 76642
(254) 729-4117 (voice)
(254) 729-5167 (fax)
b.boeck@groesbeck.k12.tx.us 


Apply Online for ATSSB Membership

Forgot to pay your annual ATSSB Membership Dues? Want to become a new member of ATSSB? Do you enjoy the convenience of paying online? Now you are in luck! ATSSB and PayPal.Com have teamed up to offer an online payment system for your ATSSB Membership Application:

ONLINE APPLICATION

Just type in your information and click SUBMIT at the bottom of the page. An email will be sent to the Executive Secretary with this data and you will be taken to a second page where you can get information on where to send your dues. You can also elect to pay your $60 dues on that page using a credit card by clicking on the PayPal logo (specify atssb@att.net as the email recipient of the PayPal payment). If you have trouble using PayPal, give them a call at 1-888-221-1161 and they will walk you through the process (you do not have to have a PayPal account to charge your dues to a credit card - just click on DON’T HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT?; ATSSB will pay the associated fees).

If you would rather just download an application and mail it in with a check or school Purchase Order, click here for a pdf file on which you can type the information on your computer and print it out (the file will not save with information on it):

*NOTE: The membership year runs from September 1 to August 31. Dues are $60 for Active Members since it is now after October 1 (Associate Memberships remain $35 all year; Retired and College Division dues are $10; the $25 penalty for Active Member dues goes to the ATSSB All-State Band Scholarship Fund.). To enter students into competition leading to membership in the ATSSB All-State Band, you must be a current Active Member of ATSSB and the Texas Music Educators Association. To enter the Outstanding Performance Series, the head director of the entering band must be a current Active Member of ATSSB.


 ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS SMALL SCHOOL BANDS


Created in 1991, ATSSB is an organization dedicated to promoting the interests of small school (Class AAA and smaller) bands in the state of Texas. The focus of ATSSB is on serving the needs of small school band students, directors, parents, and administrators. ATSSB meets twice each year in General Session - once in February and once in July. In addition, the ATSSB All-State Bands rehearse and perform in San Antonio in February. ATSSB Active Membership is open to any director or assistant director of a class AAA, AA or A high school or middle school that feeds a AAA or smaller high school or a private middle school, with classifications determined by enrollment. The school must be accredited by the Texas Education Agency or an accrediting agency approved by the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission. 

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Kenneth L. Griffin, Executive Secretary
2117 Morse Street

Houston, Texas 77019
713-874-1151 (voice and fax) 

atssb@att.net

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