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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 3-8-10)
The 2010 ATSSB All-State Band was another great success. See the roster by chairs HERE.
The March Newsletter is now online. Click HERE to view the Newsletter. It includes instructions for the 2010 Outstanding Performance Series.
Updated 3-3-10 (added State Chair Audition Coordinator Column)
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Click HERE for details regarding the 2012 ATSSB COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are now being accepted)
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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.
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Need to have a replacement ATSSB membership card and receipt? Did you pay your dues at TBA and got a hand-written card and receipt? Just enter your last name and last four digits of your Social Security Number (if you do not have that on file and what you enter does not work, use four zeros instead). Then print the page you get or download it to your computer. Contact the State Office if you still have problems accessing your card. Replace the XXXXX in the following URL with your last name and last four digits of your SS#, then copy the entire URL into your browser to retrieve your card and receipt: http://www.atssb.org/CARDS.10/XXXXX.pdf |
| 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 E in the Prescribed Audition List for auditions in 2010-2011 |
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.
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Obituaries
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. |
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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