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Association of Texas Small School Bands
(Page updated 6-29-09)
All-State students will no longer be housed in the Emily Morgan Hotel. All ATSSB activities (lodging, chair auditions and rehearsals) will now take place in the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Please see President Robert Vetter's letter of explanation regarding this positive change in procedures at All-State:
CLICK HERE to read his letter.
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The June Newsletter is now online. Click HERE to view the Newsletter (updated 6-3-09 at 7:40 p.m. - added Housing Procedures, a column by Frank Coachman, TMEA Deputy Director). To view the March Newsletter (which has all of the OPS data in Don Thoede's column), click HERE.
2009 OPS forms and information are now available on the OPS page.
2009 ATSSB All-State Band
Click HERE for a pdf file listing the 2009 ATSSB All-State Band members listed by band.
NEWLY POSTED: Click HERE for pictures from the All-State Clinic
Click HERE to view the ATSSB-produced video "A Note-able Career" on your computer.
Dues for 2009-10 are $35 until October 1
Announcing the results of the 2010 ATSSB Composition Competition: CLICK
HERE
Click HERE for details regarding the 2012 ATSSB COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are now being accepted)
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New Jazz Ensemble page administered by the State Jazz Coordinator,
BobMcClure. Click on left sidebar or HERE for jazz ensemble audition
information.
| 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 |
Please remember that percussion auditions are unified (not separate).
Click HERE to see the Unified Percussion requirements.
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.
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).
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Obituaries 2008-09
The following band directors passed away this year. Click on their name to read their obituary. 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.
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Music Loan Library
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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
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Apply Online for ATSSB Membership
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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:
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
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.
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 after October 1 (Associate Memberships remain $35; Retired and College Division dues are $10). 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
in 2009, the head director of the entering band must be a current
Regular Member of ATSSB.
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ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS SMALL
SCHOOL BANDS
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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 a class C/CC middle school that feeds a AAA or smaller high school
or a private middle school.
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ATSSB
Kenneth L. Griffin, Executive Secretary
2117 Morse Street
Houston, Texas
77019
713-874-1151
(voice and fax)
atssb@att.net
Contact
713-874-1151 for more information
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