Fall Bulletin No. 239 - August 2011 - Iowa High School Music ...

Cedar Rapids; and his percussion assistant, Chris Ewan, Ames. Mr. Crandell also cited
the outstanding cooperation of Brooke Croshier-Sidebotham and the staff of the Hilton
Coliseum. Mr. Crandell thanked Mike Golemo and the ISU Faculty for their continued
cooperation and support. He also thanked Chris Wood and the Percussion Source for
their continued support of the festival by providing percussion instruments for the band.
He also expressed his appreciation for the efforts of Mary Citta and Ann Gribbins in coordinating
rehearsal schedules and students.
The All-State Band Chairs surveyed the All-State Band and found that:
75.9% of the students accepted study privately
58.4% of the students were there for the 1 st time.
28.3% of the students were there for the 2 nd time.
11.2% of the students were there for the 3 rd time.
2.1% of the students were there for the 4 th time.
20 students had been members of both the All-State Band and Orchestra
1 student had been a member of both the All-State Band and Chorus
86% of the 2010 Band was made up of students from Class 3A/4A
75.25 of the total registrations for wind/percussion were from class 3A/4A
Mr. Crandell expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the Percussion Source/West
Music in Coralville, for again providing most of the major percussion instruments and
many of the special auxiliary percussion instruments for the All-State Band. This has
continued to be a major improvement in the quality of instruments the All-State percussionists
were exposed to.
Mr. Crandell announced that the 2011 All-State Conductor would be Dr. Scott Jones, Director
of Bands at the Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Mr. Crandell announced that they would be changing the Bassoon Etude book and now
will be using the Method for Bassoon by J. Weissenborn/Bettoney, published by Carl
Fischer.
Mr. Crandell also announced a recommended change in the All-State Band Concert Attire
to:
• Men: wear BLACK suits or Tuxedos, white shirt with black neck/bow tie; Women: wear
BLACK dress or pant suit, or long black dress, or black top and long black skirt. Any option
should include sleeves past the shoulder.
Director Greiner presented a written report on behalf of Ann Osborne Gribbins of the 2010
All-State Orchestra citing the outstanding work of Dr. Henry Duitman and the All-State
Orchestra. Mrs. Gribbins expressed her appreciation to Ted Hallberg for assisting her
with the transition and for the work of the assistants: Nick Hoover, Dowling Catholic High
School, Des Moines; and Katherine Bendon, Pella, Mrs. Gribbins announced that Steve
McCombs, Pella Community Schools would be taking over as the All-State Orchestra
Percussion Assistant.
Mrs. Gribbins announced the following proposed changes:
• Audition scale requirement for strings only: Violin, Viola, Cello – 16 th notes only –
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