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Association of Texas Small School Bands21 years of service to small school bands in Texas |
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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.
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.
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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.
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Click HERE
for details regarding the 2014 ATSSB
COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are
now being accepted)
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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.
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 |
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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).
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