A few clips from The Collage Concert.

Happy Holidays to All!

The Band of Distinction at Homecoming 2006. Due to stadium renovations, games for the 2006 season are being played at Russellville High School's Cyclone Stadium.

Melita Hunsinger of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Timothy Smith of ATU presented a program of Fauré, Bach, and Beethoven. Thank you for a beautiful evening!

Curtis Minor directed the concert at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Altus.
The video is of Palestrina's "Sicut Cervus."

"America" from the ATU choirs Spring Concert.
Happy 4th!

This portion contains solo by Sarah Busch.

A very nice afternoon of good music by the ATU Bands and selected soloists and ensembles.

An excerpt from J. Randall Stroope's "Homeland" the finale for the Spring Concert on April 20.

Compositions by Dr Walter Mays and ATU's Phil Parker were featured. Artists performing the works were: Kelly Johnson, clarinet; Tim Smith, piano; Richard Ramey, bassoon; Claire Detels, piano; Glenda Secrest, soprano; Cindy Fuller, piano; Caroline Taylor, alto saxophone. File is 9 MB

"America" Combined choirs - Washington Junior High Seventh Grade Select Choir, Fayetteville High School A Cappella Choir, and ATU Concert Chorale and Chamber Choir
In the photo - Directors Andrea Ramsey, Gary Morris, and Dawnelle Fincher

"This Can't Be Love" Great ensemble playing!
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Concert opener. "Lose Again" written by Karla Bonoff. Our arrangement is from an Alison Krauss recording. Lisa is featured on vocals with Shane and Dolan playing solos.
And let's not forget Brian spinning the string bass.

Go to http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/string/Feb25.html for more QuickTime clips.

The final portion of Holsinger's piece, conducted by the composer. Stirring!
Due to a Winter Storm Warning performances were moved up and completed in time for students, parents, and educators to be home before the bad weather began.
QuickTime video is 4.2 MB. Takes a bit to download.

We all want you to practice!
Podcasting session from Arkansas All-State Music Conference, Feb 16, 2006.
Send us a link to your new podcast if you want to share it with us.

Feb. 14, 2006 Tech students perform with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra!
The clip is ATU's Dr Kelly Johnson in a portion of Mozart's "Clarinet Concerto."

New Technologies for Music Educators - Podcasting
PODCASTS - Podcasting was the term first used by Adam Curry (former MTV host and video jockey) to describe the process of creating and publishing a digital radio broadcast on the Internet. Basically. a podcast is an internet-based radio show. To create a podcast, all you need is a microphone, a PC, and audio editing software. The resulting MP3 audio file is uploaded to a website from where it can be downloaded and then listened to "on demand" via a portable MP3 player. Podcasting provides for a range of different activities as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Focus of podcasting activities
1. Talk and music shows
2. Interviews
3. Storytelling and audio books
4. Tutorials and instructions
5. Giving directions and sharing information
6. Providing commentaries on events from http://www.recap.ltd.uk/articles/podguide1.html
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Examples:
from a VA elementary school - http://slapcast.com/users/Jamestown/
from a CA middle school http://www.stanleymusic.org/podcasts/
from the UK http://www.brasscast.com/
more art & music http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/art_music.php
more schools - from around the globe http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/schools.php
private trumpet studio - http://hollandtrumpetstudio.com/
Rice University (not podcasts) - http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/sounds/index.html
Stories of great hymns - player on page - http://sunlite.podblaze.com/
SaxTips - RSS feed (iTunes) - feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSaxTipsPodcast
EdTech Musician - brothers - Ohio State Band alumni - http://www.podcastingnews.com/details/feeds.feedburner.com/EdtechMusician/view.htm
from Harvard - http://kuumbapodcast.blogspot.com/ - http://www.kuumbasingers.org/
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Author: Dave Jobbings, Russell Educational Consultancy and Productions
Published: April 2005 © RECAP Limited (updated July 2005)
Contents
1. An overview of podcasting
2. Creating and listening to podcasts
3. Podcasts for schools

1. Devising a cross-curricular activity
2. Providing alternative teaching approaches
3. Promoting and using personalised learning

4. Copyright, music and legal issues
5. Further reading and information

http://www.recap.ltd.uk/articles/podguide.html