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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)

Click HERE for details regarding the 2012 ATSSB COMPOSITION COMPETITION (entries are now being accepted)

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.



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


Click HERE to view the ATSSB-produced video "A Note-able Career" on your computer.

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.


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).



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:

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 (you do not have to have a PayPal account to charge your dues to a credit card; 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 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 2010, the head director of the entering band must be a current Regular 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 a class C/CC middle school that feeds a AAA or smaller high school or a private middle school. 

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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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