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Association of Texas Small School BandsCelebrating 19 years of service to small school bands in Texas |
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(Page updated 6-29-09)
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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. |
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 HEREClick HERE for details regarding the 2012 ATSSB COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are now being accepted) |
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 |
Use Year D in the Prescribed Audition List for auditions in 2009-10 |
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. Diane Elaine Gorzycki (b. November 9, 1953 - d. September 30, 2008)Charles A. Roberts (b. October 27, 1930 - d. October 25, 2008)Pete Rodriguez (b. February 24, 1929 - d. April 20, 2009)Ralph Glenn Smith (b. October 15, 1923 - d. October 12, 2008) |
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