Volume 27 Number 3 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Spring 2014

Here We Grow Again!

We recently opened our 8th store in La-

fayette, Indiana. For many years we

have serviced schools in that area from

our Valparaiso location. To improve

service to our customers in the Lafayette

region, the new store is located at 1301

Sagamore Parkway North. Pictured be-

low is QF Rep, Steve Rehlander who

visits many of the schools in that area on

a weekly basis.

The store features an excellent selection

of rental instrument and an impressive

inventory of Intermediate and Perform-

ance level B&O instruments, many of

which are available on our First Chair

and Opus 24 plans. In addition, you’ll

find a nice complement of accessories

and print music for band and orchestra

students, teachers, and directors.

Store manager, Scott Butler is no

Chicagoland Edition

Highlights

from

Student

Teacher Day

See Page Four

3rd Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse

Garage

Sale

Despite the cold and snowy weather,

customers were lined up and armed with

their “secret door code” on Sunday, Feb-

ruary 9th to take advantage of some

tremendous bargains at our 3rd Ware-

house Garage Salea!

Throughout the day, folks were able to

take advantage of tremendous bargains.

Over Eighty-

Five band &

orchestra instru-

ments found

new homes that

day and we ap-

preciate the

fantastic sup-

port!

stranger to the area having served cus-

tomers at Weast Music and as a school

service rep in the area for many years.

He most recently served as store man-

ager of our Valparaiso location. Scott is

very excited to be back in the area ser-

vicing customers and friends in Lafay-

ette. Scott is pictured below with our

VERY FIRST CUSTOMER - Abby

Props. Thanks, Abby for getting us off

to a good start!

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Facebook at the Herath Childrens Edu-

cation Fund at Fundly.com

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On a happier note, our Fourth Annual

Facbook Contest ends April 30th. This

is a great chance for you to express

how much you “Like” your QF Rep!

Simply complete the phrase, “I Like

my QF rep because…” on the official

Q&F Facebook page to enter. Past

winners have included Kelly Reh-

lander & Brian Fine, Kevin Schoen-

beck & Dan Halloran, Cory Kelly &

Dan Hough.

Thank you, also for your comments and

suggestions for Throwback Thursday on

our FB page. This pic was a fan favorite

over the last few weeks - a photo dated

back to our original store on 79th street

on the South Side of Chicago!

Southwest Suburban Location: 6827 High Grove Blvd

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 630-654-4111

Fax: 630-522-0331

Northwest Suburban Location: 621 North Main Street

Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 847-253-5592

Fax: 847-253-1761

Fox Valley Location: 291 Montgomery Road

Montgomery, Illinois 60538 630-906-6595

Fax: 630-897-5256

Michigan Location: 5719 St. Joseph Avenue Stevensville, MI 49127

269-429-6232 Fax: 269-429-6250

Valparaiso, IN Location: 2601 Cumberland Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383

219-462-5086 Fax: 219-462-0060

Mishawaka, IN Location: 130 West Edison Road Mishawaka, IN 46545

574-293-6332 Fax: 574-254-0387

Fort Wayne, IN Location: 3678 Wells Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-482-9669

Fax: 260-482-7698

Lafayette, IN Location: 1301 Sagamore Parkway North

Lafayette, IN 47904 765-543-0515

Bridging the Gap

George Quinlan, Jr

For the last several years, I have had the

opportunity to serve on a very special

board, the Music Achievement Council.

The council was established several

decades ago as a joint project between

instrument manufacturers, publishers,

retailers, and NAMM. Consulting with

leading educators, the Council has pro-

vided tools to assist in recruiting and

retaining instrumental music students.

The “Practical Guide to Recruiting &

Retention” and “First Performance”

tools have been a staple for most school

districts for decades.

A few years ago, a focus group of select

B&O directors from the area was

formed to evaluate and probe deeper

into the retention area. Thanks to Glen

Schneider, Bryan Ames, Rita Feuer-

born, Lori Lauff & Bryan Itzkowitz

for serving on this panel and to Marcia

Neel who interviewed countless band &

orchestra direc-

tors to harvest

the “best prac-

tices” to retain

these students.

As a result, the

newest publica-

tion “Bridging

the Gap be-

tween Middle

School and

High School” is

now available. And...the best part? It’s

FREE for downloading by visiting:

http://www.nammfoundation.org/music-

achievement-council/downloads

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We were saddened with the news of the

passing of Jon Herath, band director in

District 300 recently. Many of you

probably knew Jon and his wife, Holly

who teaches orchestra

in Schaumburg. A

fund has been estab-

lished for the educa-

tion and welfare of the

family by visiting

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Stork Report…Sophie Isabel was born

January 11th weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz and 19’

long to Stephanie & Kenny William.

Mommy teaches in St. Charles Dist. 303 -

Congratulations!

Misty Kuzmanoff, who teaches at Tho-

mas MS in Arlington Heights recently had

a baby boy, Oliver! Congrats!

Henry was born to musical Dandeles fam-

ily. Band director Mom, Amy (District 93)

and Dad, Chris (Waubonsie Valley HS)

were blessed with their little boy...Best

Wishes!

Jennifer Stedman, orchestra director at

Jerling JHS in Orland Park

became a mom in August with

the birth of baby Wyatt Wil-

liam. Congratulations!

Mallory Witek Tallungan was born to

Homewood Dist. 153 director Kim Tal-

lungan on February 12th...sharing a birth-

day with Abraham Lincoln!

What instrument will baby Amelia

Lorraine play? Born on 11-12-13 (how

cool is that?) and weighing 8 lbs. 8 oz.

Amelia joins brother Ben and sister Elli in

the Wifler family. Angela Wifler teaches

orchestra in St. Charles Dist. 303 and Matt

is a professional woodwind player.

Glen Schneider and his wife Ashlee had a

baby girl, Clara Elizabeth Schneider

born February 28th at 7lbs, 9oz, 20 inches.

Glen teaches band at Metea Valley High

School.

Lauren Wargaski, orchestra director at

London MS in Dist. 21 had a baby boy,

James recently. Congratulations!

Brian Everson, band director at Independ-

ence JHS in Palos Heights and his wife had

a baby boy, Gavin on January 28th. Best

Wishes!

William James Iwinski was born a few

days later on January 30th to Mark & Tif-

fany Iwinski. Mark teaches at Andrew HS

in Tinley Park.

Korey Coffer (Band Director at Harvard

HS) and his wife Erika Coffer (Director

of Children’s Ministry at Christ United

Methodist Church in Rockford, IL),

added to their family on March 20th!

Joining her brothers and sister Melody,

Coda, & Coletrane is baby girl Aria

Hope Coffer, weighing in at 5lbs, 13 oz

and 18 ½ inches long. Congrats!

Best Wishes to Nic & Connie Meyer on

the birth of their baby girl, Isabelle

Catherine Meyer. Nic directs the jazz

program at New Trier HS. Isabelle was

born on March 27th, weighing 9lbs, 12

oz. and joins her big brother Charlie who

is now 2 years old.

Megan Zalokar and husband Michael had

a baby girl, Jacqueline Colleen Zalo-

kar born at 7lbs, 2oz, 20 inches long.

Megan teaches orchestra at Crone Middle

School. Congratulations!

Wedding Bells were ringing…for Ryan

Snowden (band director A.V. Martinez

MS in Romeoville) in December. He mar-

ried his beautiful bride, Deanna on Pass-A-

Grille Beach in Florida in December.

On the Road Again…Megan Fitzgerald

& Devin Godzicki led the band, orchestra,

and chorus from Argo HS to NYC per-

forming at various venues around the “Big

Apple”. The tour also included visits to the

Statue of Liberty, 9/11 memorial, a Broad-

way show, Lincoln Center and Carnegie

Hall. Wow!

Participating in the Heritage Music Festival

in NYC was the Oak Lawn HS band under

the direction of Paul Levy with perform-

Send news about your school

music program for our next

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ances at Riverside Church and St. John the

Divine Church. Earlier in the semester, the

band hosted Jazz Clarinetist Felix Peikli

f o r a

c l i n i c .

Sponsored

by Buffet,

Felix also

held clin-

ics at

B r o o k

M S —

Brian & Jennifer Finn and Oak Lawn-

Hometown MS-John Kehl & Beth Ly-

ons.

Fenwick HS band, directed by Andrew

Thompson & Rizelle Capito led a suc-

Chicagoland Edition

ONE DAY SALE

May 3rd

In Mt. Prospect

Look for a sale flyer in the mail soon an-

nouncing our Annual ONE DAY SALE at

our Mt. Prospect store on Saturday, May

3rd. This sale is always popular for par-

ents looking for graduation gifts for their

young musicians and teachers stretching

out their budget to the end of the school

year.

You’ll find savings on every instrument in

stock. You’ll also find savings on every-

thing in the store - instruments, print mu-

sic and accessories!

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19th Annual

Student Teacher

Day

at Q&F

String Technician, Andrew Hassel,

and String Shop Mgr. Manuel

Melendez provided instruction.

Other topics included “The Business of

Music Education” which presented

important details regarding recruiting,

retention, and Music Advocacy tools

available from the Music Industry. All

participants received a complimentary

thumb drive complete with all the tools

available from the Music Achievement

Council.

Richard Lesniak, Director of Business

Services for Lockport High School

District 205 presented “Preparing for

Job Inter-

v i e w s ” .

Rich has

held many

s c h o o l

pos i t ions

(including

band di-

rector and

principal)

which helped provide great insight to

students. He shared his ideas about

resume preparation and interview tech-

niques with the eager-to-learn students.

“Success Through Professionalism” was

presented by Dr. Charles Menghini,

Pres iden t

of Vander-

Cook Col-

lege of

M u s i c .

Some “real

world” tips

for the fu-

ture teach-

ers was

very well

received.

“Very structured and inviting….glad that

I was able to be a part of these sessions.

Clinicians did a great job and presented

helpful information”

Karol Domalik

Illinois State University

“I loved all of the sessions. My favorite

was “Success through Professionalism”.

It encouraged me to create better rela-

tionships with my co-workers in the mu-

sic department, other teachers and fac-

ulty. Thank you so much!”

Elizabeth Holaway

Olivet Nazarene University

“I really enjoyed the useful & practical

information. I found the Recruitment &

Retention segment most beneficial”

Shawn Zimmerman

VanderCook College of Music

“The program was informative, hands-on

and included valuable trade secrets that

every music educator needs to know”

Professor Ross Kellan

Elmhurst College

Thank you to participating colleges:

Elmhurst College, Illinois State Univer-

sity, Olivet Nazarene University, Roose-

velt University, University of Illinois-

Champaign, and VanderCook College of

Music, and AND to our cooperating

teachers.

From our vantage point, the future of

Music Education is in good hands!!!

Our 19th Annual Student Teacher Day

was held at our Burr Ridge location on

Tuesday, February 25th. Over 40 Student

teachers participated from various col-

leges and universities for a full-day of

programming.

Techs from our repair department taught

“Emergency Instrument Repair”. Stu-

dents learned what jobs they can try, and

also importantly what jobs not to try.

Shop manager Betony O’Connor and her

team demonstrated techniques that will be

invaluable to these young teachers. Basic

instrument repair techniques for Wood-

winds, Brasswinds, and String were pre-

sented. Brass tech, Mark Colpean and

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Chicagoland Edition

Highlights from 3rd

Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse Garage Sale

February 9th

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cessful band trip to Orlando for Disney-

World this spring. Also visiting Mickey &

Minnie this Spring were Todd Smith and

the River Trails MS band, Jeni Perry &

Dan Jensen and Colin Powell MS Band,

Rolling Meadows HS Bands-Chris Buti,

Orchestras-Kevin Carroll, and Choirs-

Caitlyn Walsh.

Don Stinson and the Morris HS band also

travelled to Orlando to participate in the

“You’re Instrumental Workshop” and they

were recognized by the NAMM founda-

tion with a SupportMusic 2014 award -

Best Community for Music recognition.

“I’ve Never Been there, but I kinda

Like the Music…” The VHHS Orches-

tra, directed by Jason Heath, went to

Spain over Spring Break. Coinciden-

tally, the Orchestra from Neuqua Valley

HS conducted by Greg Schwagler &

Kristina Halvorsen were in Spain

around that same time!

Joyce Pacheco and the orchestra from

Manhattan JHS will perform at Music in

the Parks in Gurnee in May. The band,

directed by Carleen Pedziwater is plan-

ning a trip to Cleveland with a clinic at

Case Western Reserve University.

Mother McAuley HS took a spring tour to

Ireland led by Tony Rallis & Hannah

Lawson. Wow!

Memorial JHS Band under the direction of

Matt Becker will perform at Six Flags

also in May.

The Highland Park HS Wind Symphony,

under the direction of Dr. James Hile

(who is retiring at the end of the school

year), went on a nine day tour to China.

What a fantastic way to celebrate a won-

derful career!

Members of the Antioch Community

bands and orchestras, lead by Michael

Riggs & Jonny Untch, toured New York

City over spring break where they visited

Juilliard School of Music, the Empire State

Building, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln

Center, Ellis Island, and the Statue of Lib-

erty.

During their trip to southern California, the

Libertyville HS Band, directed by Adam

Gohr, Dustin Helvie & John Clemons participated in a Soundtrack Session Work-

shop, where they were able to take part in a

simulated film recording session, complete

with video playback and click track

Receiving the Dixie Classic Festivals

Honor Award and the Festival Banner was

the Joliet Central HS band, directed by

Mike Fisk. Their trip to Washington D.C.

included a visit with Congressman Bill

Foster, Arlington Cemetery, and a cruise

on the Potomac.

The Wheaton North Orchestra, under the

direction of Phil Rudd, travelled to Iowa

in February to participate in the Univer-

sity of Iowa Orchestra Invitational.

Stephanie San Roman & Kevin

Schoenbach took bands from Oswego

HS to Washington DC over spring break.

Highlights included a clinic with US

Navy Band & performance at Mount

Vernon

The St. Charles Easst Wind Ensemble and

Jazz Workshop took a four day tour in

March that included clinics with Kevin

Kastens & Eric Bush - Univ. of Iowa,

Matt Smith - Univ. of Kansas, and

Frank Tracz & Don Linn - Kansas State

Univ. The tour included concerts featuring

Jaleel Shaw, Dave Douglas, and the KC

Symphony with violinist Joshua Bell.

Jack Holt, Andrew Hunter, & Brad

Rychecky took the Dist. 118 Wauconda

HS Band to New York City. Events in-

cluded performing at the Atrium at

Trump Tower and a clinic with the direc-

tor of Wicked, Ben Cohen.

Terry Melbourn (band) & Polly Yuke-

vich (orchestra) of Clarendon Hills MS

took their top groups to the University of

Wisconsin – Milwaukee Zelazo Center

for Performing Arts in February and in-

cluded clinics with John Climer &

Margery Deutsch.

A “busy” day for Jason Kluge and the

Westchester MS bands included a clinic at

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Quarter Notes

VanderCook, a performance at the Field

Museum, dinner at the Hard Rock Café,

and an evening performance by Blue Man

Group in April. Also...located next to the

band room, the MS

teacher’s lounge recently

became inhabited by an

unwanted family of squir-

rels inspiring the title of

the band’s new CD - “Squirrels Listening

In”.

The band from Chaney-Monge School

under the direction of Danielle Hayes

likewise started their special day with a

VanderCook Clinic followed by a perform-

ance of “Stomp” and the Southwest Sym-

phony Orchestra.

Germany was the site for the St. Charles

North tour with directors Jim Strombres

& John Wojciechowski. Concerts at the

University in Munich and the Bix Jazz

Club in Stuttgart were some of the high-

lights. While in Chicago, they shared the

stage at Symphony Center with the bands

from Neuqua Valley HS and Metea Valley

HS too!

Travelling to Cincinnati in May will be the

A.V. Martinez MS Band from Romeoville

directed by Ryan Snowden. In addition,

Ryan was honored as a “Pillar of Valley

View” recognition by the school district.

Place your order now

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Available from QF

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DELIVERY by your friendly QF rep!!

Ed Warren has joined the educational

rep team at QF to serve our growing fam-

ily of schools in

Michigan. Ed is an

active show designer

and adjudicator for

DCI, WGI, and BOA.

He recently operated

his own retail music

store in Onstead,

Michigan . Welcome, Ed!!

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A QF First!

For the first

time in our 55

year history,

we sold a

Cimbasso!

What’s a Cim-

basso, you

ask? Check

out the You-

Tube video

with Andy Smith, Tubist from the Lyric

Opera (our customer) as he puts the

Meinl-Weston instrument through it’s

paces at our Burr Ridge location.

Emergency Repair Service was

provided by QF repair staff at

many festivals and contests

this spring. Congrats to hosts

including: Clarendon Hills MS

- Terry Melbourn & Rich

Lehman, Woodland MS-Elise

Matusek, Carolyn Awe & Greg

Zalapi, Gurrie MS - (LaGrange) - Jerry

Lowrey, 39th Annual Catholic Band

Directors Festival - Richard Case,

14th Annual Chicagoland Invitational

Conce r t Band Fes t i va l—Sco t t

Casagrande, 28th Annual Midwest Mu-

sic Festival-Lemont HS— Mike Mado-

nia & Terry Redford, Hart JHS—Sara

White, Central JHS-Jason Freeland &

Cassie Blas, Fox Valley Music Festival

at Geneva HS-Julie Lawrence, Maple

JHS-Jeff Jay, Prairieview JHS-Ray

Forlenza, Mark Hodges & Mike

Szczasny, Troy MS-Bill Goetz, Jenny

Rosario & Ted Lega, Hinsdale South

HS-Patrick Maag, Mokena JHS-

Rebecca Cheney, St. Laurence HS-

Patrick Henning, Northshore CB Festi-

val at Northwestern Unv-Laura Stibich,

Hubble MS-Blake Jancius, Dundee

Crown HS-Mark Bettcher, Melissa

Aukes, & Heather Roberts, Manhattan

JHS-Carleen Pedziwater, Wauconda

HS-Jack Holt, Andrew Hunter, &

Brad Rychecky, Liberty JHS-Jennifer

Clark, Humphrey MS-Debra Brubeck,

Marist HS parochial-Ken Stiak, Monroe

MS-Jeff Novak, and Wredling MS-

Mike Bazan & Jim Pesek.

Congratulations to Scott Casagrande

and Hersey HS for a successful concert

band festival that included clnicians: Dr.

Mike Fansler, James Keene, David

Morrison, Dr. Mallory Thompson,

Barry Houser, Dan Farris, Dallas

Niermeyer, Gary Markham, Richard

Floyd, John Casagrande and John

Thomson. The following groups par-

ticipated in the event: Sandburg HS-

Steward Bailey & Annabelle Sar-

miento, Macomb HS-David Wetmore,

Hersey HS-Scott Casagrande, Tom

Beckwith, Sam Simpson, Mundelein

HS-Jerry Shelato & Andy Sturgeon,

Schaumburg HS-Kevin Miller, Maine

South HS-Joel Matter, Naperville North

HS-Dan Moore & Brian VanKley,

O’Fallon HS-Melissa Gustafson-Hinds,

Oswego HS-Stephanie Silosky &

Kevin Schoenbach, Fenton HS-Garett

George, Elk Grove HS-Ron Fiorito,

Rolling Meadows HS-Chris Buti,

United Twp HS-David Maccabee,

Fremd HS-Matt Moore & Jeremy

Figlewicz, New Trier HS-Matt Temple

& Bruce Daugherty, Lincoln Way East

HS-Bert Johnson & Chris Mroczek,

Lake Zurich HS-Josh Thompson, Lock-

port HS-Brian Covey & Andrew

Beckwith, Prospect HS-Chris Barnum,

Collinsville HS-Robert Wright, Tho-

mas MS-Candace Horton, and MacAr-

thur MS-Mike Malek.

Patrick Benson & Polly Yukevich were guest conductors for the 11th An-

nual “A Night at the Pops” at Vander-

Save the Date!

Maury Rhodes Classic

Golf Outing

July 11, 2014

Swan Lake Golf Club-Plymouth, Indiana Benefitting the Rhodes Music Library at Vander Cook College of Music

James Hart Jr. High of Homewood Dist.

153) Chamber Orchestra under the di-

rection of Sara White performed at this

year's 2014 IEA (Illinois Education

Assoc.) Representative Assembly in

Chicago.

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