Friday, October 18, 2019Eastmont Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL

with Guest Clinicians,Dr. Madeline Bridges and Dr. Becky Halliday

Madeline Bridges is Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at Belmont University. Bridges received her Doctorate of Music Education from the University of Alabama, Master of Music Education from George Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University, and Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Shorter College in Rome, GA. Madeline has taught music and music education in classrooms from kindergarten through the graduate level. She serves as Project Director of the Tennessee Arts Academy, an annual intensive nationally recognized week long summer training event for K‐ ‐12 arts teachers and administrators, and has served for twenty-nine years as

Program Director of the Nashville Children's Choir (NCC) Program which includes four choirs with a total enrollment of over 200 choristers. The NCC Touring Choir has sung repeatedly with Nashville Symphony and Ballet and has been selected to sing in national conferences of American Orff Schulwerk Association, National Association for Music Education, and Organization of American Kodaly Educators as well as for the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. The choir has been featured numerous times on the acclaimed Christmas@Belmont national broadcast.

Becky Halliday is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo, where she teaches teacher preparation and music education courses. Prior to this appointment, she taught elementary general music in Georgia and Mississippi for 17 years, and has led workshops and clinics throughout the Southeast. Currently, Dr. Halliday teaches Pre-K – 6th grade elementary general music in Randolph, AL, as well as a free musicianship class for K-5 students through the UM Community School of Music. She recently served on the committee to revise the 2006 Alabama Course of Studies, and has since conducted presentations across the state to assist teachers in

understanding and unpacking the state standards. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she has presented research findings at regional,

national, and international conferences in the areas of teacher preparation, sociology, arts integration, and music with special learners.

Dr. Halliday is the founding Director of the University of Montevallo Kodály Institute (UMKI) and a co-Director of the University of Montevallo Young Musicians’ Camp. In addition, she is President of the Sweet Home Alabama Kodály Educators (SHAKE) chapter of the Organization of American Kodály Educators and Past-President of the Higher Education Division of the Alabama Music Educators Association. She earned her Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Southern Mississippi and both her MMed and BMUS from The University of Georgia. She holds certifications in the Kodály Concept through the University of Montevallo Kodály Institute and in the Orff-Schulwerk Approach through the University of Kentucky.

2019 Elementary Music Festival FFFestFestival

The cost of the Festival is $40 per student plus a $30 school fee. Fees are paid in the fall. Each school may bring up to 7 students, who should be elected by their music teacher based on the following criteria:

1. Students must be in fourth, fifth, or 6th grade.

2. Students should demonstrate a high level of interest and participation in their local school music program.

3. Students must be able to sing on pitch and follow a conductor.

4. Students must be willing to practice and memorize their music before the Festival. Rehearsal audio tracks will be provided by AMEA. Each student must have original sheet music for each song. No photocopies, please.

5. Students must exhibit self-discipline and a willingness to work hard in all rehearsals.

If you have questions, you can email us at: ameafestival@gmail.com.

Please fill out the commitment form online by Friday, April 26, 2019.

https://goo.gl/forms/ZhqDZzdH4Ivd5mD83 to register on-line.