(Page updated 10-2-08)

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Don’t forget that dues have increased to $60 (it is after October 1)

Kenneth Griffin
ATSSB Executive Secretary
atssb@att.net

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Check the TMEA Website regarding changes in entry deadlines and audition dates affected by Hurricane Ike by clicking HERE.

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Brian Zator, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Percussion at Texas A&M University-Commerce, has prepared a series of videos to help ATSSB directors prepare their percussion students for the Unified Percussion Auditions new this year to the ATSSB audition process. Access the videos by clicking HERE.

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F Horn Errata, Year C

The ATSSB Executive Committee voted to approve the following errata for F Horn, Year C. Unfortunately, an email sent to the membership recently had the articulation reversed. Note that it is slur two, tongue two in measure 30.

Pages 38-39, #52 Allegro vivace q = 92-104
Play all of page 38 and first six lines of page 39.
Known Errata:
1. Measure 13, second 16th note should be a C# (the remaining C‘s in the measure are C natural).
2. Measure 30 articulation should be slur two, tongue two.

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Here is the quick link to the 2008 OPS State Final Results: CLICK HERE

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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.

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ATSSB at TMEA

Incredible concerts! Click HERE to see pictures from All-State. To order a 2 CD set of the 2008 ATSSB concerts, click HERE for a CD order form (you can also order previous years' recordings). Click HERE for a DVD order form.

Click HERE to see pictures of the ATSSB State Board and the General Session.

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

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Use Year C in the Prescribed Audition List for auditions in 2008-09

Please note that percussion auditions have changed to a unified audition (not separate) for 2008-09.

Click HERE to see the Unified Percussion requirements for 2008-09.

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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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SAL UPDATED 10-2-07

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.

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, 1053 - d. September 30, 2008)

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TMEA has taken the ATSSB-produced video "A Note-able Career" and streamed it for video. You can now watch it on your computer by going to the website (also listed in the left sidebar)