Volume 26 Number 3 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Spring 2013

Montgomery Location

Expansion & Remodel

Complete!

April showers bring what? New stores, of course!! Our location in Montgomery has been expanded and remodeled and is now ready! The addition of lesson stu-dios and a large string instrument display room (that doubles for special events) are some of the highlights of this new facility. To help inaugurate the new facility, Dr.

Tim Lautzenheiser will be our special g u e s t o n W e d n e s d a y , April 24th at 7pm. All Chica-goland Music Educators are invi ted, but space is limited, so please RSVP to store man-

ager, Michael Edwards at 630.906.6595 o r m e d -

wards@qandf.com.

Tim Lautzenheiser is the leading voice for Music Advocacy in our schools and a trusted friend to anyone inter-ested in working with young people in devel-oping a desire for excel-lence and a passion for high level achievement. His career involves ten years of successful col-lege band directing at Northern Michigan Uni-versity, the University of Missouri, and New Mexico State Univer-

sity.

Chicagoland Edition

Highlights

from

Student Teacher Day

See Page Four

He presently serves as Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, Inc., continue to be bestsellers in the educational world. He is also co-author of popular band method, Essential Ele-ments 2000, and is the Senior Educa-tional Consultant for Hal Leonard, Inc. Tim is the Senior Educational Advisor

for Music for All, and NAMM.

Following our “soft” opening in April, we are planning a special Grand Open-ing Week of Festivities May 13-18th. Stay tuned for more exciting events in

Montgomery this Spring!

2nd Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse Ga-

rage

Sale

Despite a cold and rainy wintry day, customers were lined up and armed with

their “secret door code” on Sunday, February 10th to take ad-vantage of some tremen-

dous bargains at our 1st Warehouse Ga-rage Sale! Scores of Band & Orchestra directors participated in our famous “All You Can Carry” B&O Music Sale. The top bar-gain carrier was Justin Barnish from Lincoln Way North High School. See more photos of your fa-vorite com-petitors on Page Five. In addition, for the first-time ever, we offered an “All You Can Carry” (used) Single Horn Sale for $999. The winner of this prestigious event was Jim De-

Palo of Hadley JHS in Glen Ellyn.

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April is Bobble-Head Contest time!!

You could win a custom-made bobble-head of you and your QF rep, just like

Kevin Schoenbach and Dan Halloran

(pictured to the right). Taka a moment to visit the QF official Facebook page and complete the fol-lowing phrase “…I like my QF rep

because…”.

Last year, Kevin Schoenbeck of Oswego HS composed a song that was judged the winner in the Facebook con-test and he was presented with her cus-tom-made bobblehead of his favorite rep, Dan Halloran and himself as a result. The contest runs through April

21st on our official Facebook page. Take a moment and recognize your QF rep, please!

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

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

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

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

Special Recognition from

MMR

George Quinlan, Jr

Many of you read SBO (School Band & Orchestra) magazine published by Sym-

phony Publishing. This firm also publishes a music trade magazine c a l l e d MMR (Musical Mer-chandise Review). Five years ago, the magazine lost it’s long-time editor, Don Johnson, and dedicated a special

service award in his memory to recog-nize those whose work has made a real impact to the musical instru-ment community. My dad & I were honored to be the receipient of the 2013 Don Johnson Service Award, which was presented during the Support Music Coalition webcast live from the NAMM show in January. In addition, the magazine did a six-page article about our family and the history of our company. We were honored to follow in the shadows of previ-ous recipients: David

Teeple, Felice Mancini, Skip

Maggiora, and Keith Mardak. The entire article is available by visiting t h e i r w e b s i t e : www.mmrmagazine.com/7020/archives/february-2013/the-quinlans/

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Stork Report…Charles Richard Masters

was born December 19th. He’s destined to be a conductor as his parents both teach or-chestra-Congratulations to Andy (St. Charles) and Jenny

(Century MS-Orland Park) Masters.

Twins!!! Fran Fatta, Vernon Hills HS, and her husband, Robbie, welcomed twin boys on March 19. George John was born at 12:02 (16.75" and 5lbs3) and Vincenzo (Vince) Salvatore at 12:04 (17.5” and 5lbs2).

Melissa Marberry (Sycamore Orchestra director) and her husband, Nate welcomed William Daniel to the world on September 20th, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz. and joining big sister, Lauren in their family. Congratula-tions! Kenneth George (Indiana School in Matteson) and his wife, Lindsay wel-comed their second daughter into the world on March 2nd. Annabel Lee was 7lb, 8oz and 19.5" and born at 7:28pm. Congrats to the George family! Cassie & Mark Blas announced the birth of Annalise Elizabeth on October 9th at 12:13 am, weighing 6 lbs, 3 oz. and 19 inches long. Cassie teaches in Tinley Park District 146. Congratulations! Jackson Alexander Carroll-Davis joined the family of Joliet West BD, Kevin Car-

roll as a newborn adoption. Congratula-tions!

Best wishes to Todd & Heather Smith on the birth of a healthy baby girl, Had-

ley recently.

Dana & Kate Berry had baby girl in march, Melody as their family continues to grow! Dana teaches band in Arlington Heights District 25 and Kate in Glen Ellyn District 89. Congratulations! Congratulations to Greg Zalapi and his wife Nicole who welcomed their first baby son, Vincent Elijah Zalapi on March 13, 2013, weighing in at 7lbs, 9ozs. Greg is a band director at Wood-land Middle School District 50, Gurnee. Congratulations Nicole and Greg

Congratulations to Christy Reichen-

bach (Monroe MS-Wheaton) and hus-band Brian on the birth of their daughter Hannah Joy on February 12th. Hannah was born at 8lbs 91/2 ounces and is 21” long. Everyone is fine and her big brother Simeon is ecstatic!

W e d d i n g B e l l s a r e r i n g -

ing...Congratulations to Stephanie

Faraci of Elmhurst District 205, who became Stephanie Lein when she mar-ried Brian in February!

On the Road Again…Aaron Puckett

(Band) and Bryan Kunstman (Choir) will travel to Washington D.C. and participate in the World Stride Heritage Music Festival this Spring. Mindi Chase and the Newark HS band-visited New York over spring break. Highlights included a Clinic with Jason Stumbo (Director of Bands at University of Toledo) and a performance at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. Members of the Highland Park HS or-chestra, directed by Remington Clark travelled to Costa Rica over spring break where they performed in various towns in and around San Jose. They did a joint concert with the Acosta Youth Sym-phony Orchestra and Masterclasses with Acosta Music Director. Stacy Jackson (LW Central HS) & Mi-

chelle Freeland (LW North HS) took Lincoln Way Orchestras to San Francisco

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including a clinic at University of Cali-fornia-San Francisco with Dr. Cyrus

Ginwala. The Lemont HS Band travelled to Disney-land in Anaheim CA for spring break un-der the direction of Dave Nomensen,

Matt Doherty, and Terry Redford.

Mickey & Minnie hosted a number of groups from the Chicago area this spring in Orlando as well. Kevin Carroll and the Joliet West HS band visited in March and participated in the Disney Performing Arts Workshop. The orchestra from St. Charles North HS, under the direction of Brian

Wis participated in the Disney Festival that included presentations by Dr. Tim

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ONE DAY SALE

May 11th

Q&F 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 12th 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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18th Annual

Student Teacher

Day

at Q&F

String Technician, Andrew Hassel,

and String Shop Mgr. Manuel

Melendez provide instruction. Other topics included “The Business of Music Edu-c a t i o n ” which pre-sented im-portant de-tails regard-ing recruit-ing, reten-tion, 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 Interviews”. Rich has held many school positions (including band direc-tor and principal) which helped provide great insight to students. He shared his ideas about resume preparation and interview techniques with the eager-to-learn students.

Jeff Novak (Wheaton-Warrenville Dis-trict 200 Elementary Band Director) shared his first year teaching experiences with this group of student teachers. It w a s n ’ t too long ago that Jeff was a stu-d e n t t e acher himself, so he had a u n i q u e perspec-tive to share with these future teachers! “I learned so many useful tips to help promote my success in this profession. Thank you so much for this opportunity”

Sara Tischler-VanderCook College of Music

“What an awesome event you have or-ganized for us. This was was extremely helpful and we appreciate your efforts. This was so nice too! Thank you !”

Corinne Jones-University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)

Thank you to participating colleges: Illi-nois State University, Indiana Univer-sity-Bloomington, University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC), 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 18th Annual Student Teacher Day was held at our Burr Ridge location on Tuesday, February 26th. About 40 Stu-dent teachers participated from various colleges and universities from our region 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 the ultrasonic cleaner for the students emphasizing it’s ability to

clean better a n d mo r e safely than chemicals used in the past. Basic instru-ment repair techniques for Woodwinds , B r a s swind s , and String we r e p r e -sented. Brass tech, Mark

Colpean and

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Highlights from 2nd Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse Garage Sale

February 10, 2013

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Lautzenheiser. Pam Holt & Sarah

Djordjevic are taking the band and or-chestra from Maine East HS this Spring. Jason Freeland & Eric Damitz of Cen-tral MS, Tinley Park Dist 146 took band to Orlando. They performed in Magic Kingdom parade and participated in "Your Instrumental" workshop. Dominic Bertino, Director of Bands atGrayslake Central High School, also took his band to Disney World over spring break for the annual Festival Dis-ney competitions. They too performed at DisneyWorld and participated in fun and educational sessions and clinics…as well as a little fun time in the parks. Andrew HS, directed by Mark Iwinski, took band to Orlando for a "performance infused" trip. Highlights included per-formances and parades in Festival Dis-ney, marching in Magic Kingdom March, and participation in "Your Instru-mental" workshop. Also, the band won Gold Marching Band Award, Best Drum Major, and awarded Best In Class-congratulations!

Terry Melbourn & Rich Lehman (Clarendon Hills MS) band, Polly Yuke-

vich Clarendon Hills MS orchestra,

Janelle Sanfillippo & Scott Oliver (Hinsdale MS) band, Emily Beyer (Hinsdale MS orchestra) travelled to Orlando in February. They performed at Waterside Stage, participated in "Your Instrumental" workshop. The Wheaton North orchestra under the direction of Phil Rudd travelled to Illi-nois State University and the University of Iowa to participate in clinics and con-certs. Tom Seaman, Director of Bands at St. Viator High School took his bands to Disney World over Spring Break for the annual Festival Disney competitions. There they performed at Disney World and the students had the chance to par-ticipate in a ”studio-session” to see and

learn what it’s like to record like profes-sional musicians. Blake Jancius & Debbie Schmaltz will take the District 200 Hubble Middle School band and orchestra to St Louis to participate in the Six Flags Concert in the Parks. The Geneva HS Orchestra, directed by Julie Lawrence, toured Florida in Febru-ary as well. The tour included work-shops at the University of Florida in Gainesville and performances at Disney World. Julie also participated with Ma-

jor Brian Miller at the Midwest Clinic with the Directors Reading Orchestra and encourages more of her colleagues to join in 2013! Hinsdale Central Orchestra was on a European trip that included stops in Bar-celona, Arles, and Nice. The orchestra is led by Jeff Wirtz. A side trip to Monaco was also a highlight.

The Vernon Hills Bands, directors Randy Sundell & Dave Tribley, went to France over spring break. They visited Paris, Rouen, Honfluer, Dinard, St. Malo, Mont San Michel, Rennes, and Tours with great performances in Ville D'Avray and St. Malo.

Remember the Alamo...Scott Gumina &

Dan Schraub travelled to San Antonio with the Lisle HS band in March. D204 Metea Valley High School Band directed by Don Devany, Glen Schnei-

der & Josh Kaminsky traveled to Flor-ida to perform in the Outback Bowl. Kevin Carroll, band director at St. Pat-rick High School took his groups re-cently to New York City. While there they were privileged to tour the legen-dary Carnegie Hall and perform before a very enthusiastic audience aboard the deck of the USS Intrepid. They attended a show at Dizzy Gillespie’s Coca-Cola Jazz Club where they received the sur-prise opportunity to meet the late great Charlie Mingus’ widow, Sue Mingus. How cool was that? Crete-Monee HS will be taking a spring break band trip to Minneapolis Minne-

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sota to perform under the direction of

Chris Tedeschi York High School band under the direc-tion of Bill Riddle & Mike Pavlik will travel in April to the University of Illi-nois for a clinic and campus tour and continue on to St Louis to visit Wash-ington University, the St Louis Museum, and attend the St Louis Symphony con-cert. Earlier this year the band also hosted alumnus and CSO trumpeter John

Hagstrom. Dave Allie and the Memorial Jr. High travelled on a spring break band trip to Washington D.C. to perform.

Steve Sanders & Patrick Hansen-

Schmitt who direct the bands at UIC College Prep took their Jazz Band to perform at the prestigious Berkley Jazz Festival competition in Boston the first week in March. This is the first big cross-country trip Mr. Sanders and Mr. HS have taken the students on and they put on a terrific performance!

Sean Sroka and the McKinley JHS band is taking a band trip to Cleveland this Spring. St. Rita HS is planning a trip abroad! The band excursion to Italy will led by Cindy

Gradek “The Big Easy” was the site for the Evans-ton Twp HS Orchestra under the direction of Charlie Abplanalp in March. The tour included clinics at Tulane University, a concert by the Lousiana Philharmonic Or-chestra, and a ETHS concert at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans. St. Louis is the destination for the band & orchestra students from Edison MS in Wheaton directed by Jill Carr (band) and Joanne Wegscheid (orchestra). Lakeview JHS Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Tedeschi, will be partici-pating in the ISU MS Band Contest. Tom and Brian Ohlsen will also travel to Bran-son, MO to participate in the Music in the Parks Festival and the Valley of Flowers Parade in St. Louis.

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Congratulations to Wesley Dziedzic of Park Ridge District 64 as the winner of a Free marimba rental as the winner of the raffle at VanderCook College of Mu-sic—Day of Percussion.

September 2013 begins the 75th Anniversary of the Illinois Grade School Music Association. The Northern Division is

hosting an Anniversary Celebration to be held on Saturday, September 21, at Harrah's in Joliet, IL. This event is open to

all current members, former members and friends of the IGSMA. If anyone has pictures or any history of the IGSMA

to share, please send to me at the contact information below. Reservation forms, due by August 20, 2013, are available on

our website at www.igsma.org or contact Edward Jones at 815-729-0575 or email to igsma@aol.com.

75 Years Our first new instrument customer in the expanded and remodeled Montgomery store was John Kuhn of Matea Valley HS who is now the proud owner of a Eastman Windy City, Ltd. Trumpet!

Save the Date!

Maury Rhodes Classic

Golf Outing

July 12 2013

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

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Thomas Kanwischer reports that the band, choir, and orchestra students from Percy Julian MS in Oak Park will travel to Cleveland in May and performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Music in the Parks

Jeremy Marino and members of the Libertyville HS orchestra spent their

spring break on a goodwill trip to Cuba where they per-formed several con-certs, and donated

instruments and supplies to area schools.

The Hinsdale South band, under the direction of Patrick Maag, traveled to New Orleans over spring break where they performed at Jackson Square, Tu-lane university, and at the Capital one pavilion

New faces, New places…Sarah Strue-

bing has accepted the position as or-chestra director at Wheeling HS. Frank Lestina, Vernon Hills HS, will retire in June and looks forward to time with his grandkids and other opportuni-ties in music and education. Jason

Heath has been hired as the new Vernon Hills HS Orchestra Director. Jason comes from Glenbrook schools and was also at Libertyville HS.

Congratulations to Maura Brown and the Batavia HS Orchestra for a fine perform-ance at 2013 IMEA Conference in Peoria. Joyce Pacheco-Orchestra/Choir director at Manhattan JHS is always on the move directing four orchestras and three choirs (and teaches general music!). This year, she implemented Madrigal Choir complete with authentic Renaissane attire. The Madrigal Choir performed at community events including a “Flash Mob” at the local grocery store! Great Press…(CPS) Mark Twain Elemen-tary School Christmas show directed by Melisa Rutkelis received some nice pub-licity in the SouthtownStar for an out-standing Christmas show. The SWIC Band Festival will be hosted at Orland JHS by Eli Heitmanek and will feature guest conductor, Stewart Bailey

from Carl Sandburg HS on April 24th. Wood Oaks JH has been busy. They hosted the Northshore Solo and Ensem-ble Festival in February. The Symphonic Band will play at IGSMA State Festival in April, and the Wind Ensemble will play at SuperState on May 3rd - it's 3rd consecutive invitation and 5th in the past

“I love to play the bassoon, but I hate that

old junky one the school owns…”

Now Available on our First Chair Rental/Purchase Plan

at $159 per month including

Maintenance & Replacement coverage

The Accent Bassoon

(Available in Illinois and Indiana only)

7 years. Their band director, Wayne

Gordon, has been selected to conduct the IMEA District VI (Southern Illinois) Jr. Concert Band in November. Ed Jacobi and the Buffalo Grove HS Wind Orchestra and Symphonic Band will travel to U of I and perform at Foel-linger Great Hall joining Dr. Linda

Moorhouse. Ed will guest conduct the U of I band. He was also Master of Ceremonies at the Hofbräuhaus in Rose-mont for some recent special events. Congratulations to McCracken MS Band, directed by Chip DeStefano and to Wheeling HS Jazz Band, directed by Brian Logan for their selection to per-form at Midwest Clinic in December!

Coolidge MS Jazz Band, directed by Mario Moody took first place at the South Suburban Jazz Festival. Washington MS (Lyons) performed the national anthem at the Chicago Steel minor league hockey game reports direc-tor Eric Rauch Jazzy Jazz...Cabaret Night in Lisle fea-tured Jazz Bands directed by Lisa Kie-

ner-Barnett (JHS), Scott Gumina (HS), and Dan Schraub (Alumni) The 6th Annual Lincoln-Way Central HS Jazz Festival, hosted by Stacy Wil-

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als where new instruments are compared in performance with instruments by the old masters. It’s a room full of very AT-TENTIVE listeners. You can only imag-ine. Wonderfully intense. Everyone is listening to glean the possibility in a new instrument. And then, upon hearing the potential of a modern maker’s instrument you are caught with a feeling of exhilara-tion. I was traveling with a friend who is look-

ing to sell his vio-lin through one of the auction houses sometime in the near future. So a stop at Tarisio Auction was in order. WOW! Carlos Tome, Head of Sales for Tariso’s is one of the most knowl-edgeable in the business as to what is selling at what price and who is willing to sell what and on it goes. Neverthe-

less, he brought out several instruments and bows to show to help us gain a per-spective of value. Thanks for your help, our best selling violin bow is now the Quinlan & Fabish exclusive Coda NX bow! It is great comfort to know that the students are getting such good quality for their first upgraded bow. Your help communicat-ing the value of this bow to parents has been helpful. When they realize the little extra a NX bow adds to the OPUS24 package, it’s a simple decision for them. Again, thanks for your help!

Lloyd Palmiter, our String Specialist, brings extensive knowledge to our company stemming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and

cello, serving as clinician and consultant for musical instrument and educational

organizations, and countless hours of working with students and parents to assist in

selecting the best instrument for their needs. He visits all store locations regularly

and is available by appointment to individually help you and your students find just

the right instrument. You’ll see Lloyd at conferences of IMEA, MENC, ASTA, Vio-

lin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in Cre-

mona, Italy, where he will be scouting to bring you the best quality instruments

available from all over the world! Travels to the countries of origin and hand select-

ing the instruments and bows to be included in our showrooms make our instruments

among the best available today. We maintain a vigilant effort to assure our customers that Quinlan and Fabish Strings are always known for their

value and quality.

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Soon to be released is our latest edition of the String Buyers Guide and I’m ex-cited about the additions to our line of

stringed instruments. Instrument making is getting better and better worldwide as more in-dividuals are pursuing careers in the instru-ment making industry whether it be by being an individual maker or specializing in certain

of the processes involved in making the instruments. In the new String Buyers Guide, you will find an expanded offer-ing of our lower priced instruments, as well as, a greater offering of Signature Maker instruments. I’m especially proud of the expanded Nikolaus Bero line to include a couple of cellos called the “Cadet” and the “London”. In fact, I’ve chosen a Niko-laus Bero “London” cello to play in a forthcoming Elkhart Indiana Symphony concert. You will see these appear in our showrooms soon. Nikolaus Bero instru-ments are among our more performance driven instruments with their characteris-tic strong projection and clear focused tone. Noticeable during the last few years is the improvement of the varnishing of instruments. Varnishing is one of the more difficult aspects of making a stringed instrument. There are many things that can go wrong very quickly. Individuals are specializing in varnishing as their career choice and they can use their expertise to facilitate the final stages of making thus relieving the maker of this time consuming and prob-lematic need. Each year I am more and more amazed at what is available today

compared to when I was a student. Each fall in C r e m o n a , Italy there is a festival celebrat ing the art of the l u t h i e r . Called Mon-d oMu s i c a ,

thousands of makers from around the world go to Cremona to socialize, of course, but also to be up close and per-sonal to the best instruments ever made – years ago or made today. I was able to attend the festival in Italy once a few years ago and can only say it is trans-forming to experience. There are three hundred instrument makers living and working in Cremona. Everywhere you go someone is carrying a violin case. Last month was the first time the Mon-doMusica held an exhibition in New

Y o r k . W a l k i n g around the exhibi t ion you are able to get very close to some of the most in-c r e d i b l e examples of instruments ever made. There is

only a plastic/glass sheet between you and any number of the old master maker’s instruments. You are close enough to see the tool marking, or ab-sence of markings. Plus, there are recit-

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Not surprisingly, Mike is also a re-nowned trumpeter, having amassed a truly impressive resume as a commercial trumpet player. The new Practizpal Pal has arrived. This is a neat combination metronome and digital practice journal. This product can track and display up to one year of practice time, can stand alone on a flat surface or can be clipped to a music stand. Most importantly, it has a locking feature that will prevent the metronome from turning on while in a bag being transported. Available in 5 fun colors, the price for Q&F customers is $44.99. Are you looking for a neat venue for a jazz performance? Fitzgerald’s in Ber-wyn now has live jazz every Wednesday in their Sidebar. The series is called the “Sidebar Sessions” and it features a wide variety of Chicgao’s finest jazz talent. In following the model set forth by Tom Fox and Rob Parton, we are looking for interested schools to bring out their jazz combos to open up for these acts. Please contact me at kenpartyka@sbcglobal.net for more information or to arrange a time slot.

The IMEA 2014 All State Jazz Ensemble piece, Aaron’s Blues by Chip McNeill, is now in stock at Q&F. Retailing at $56 (schools get a 10% discount), this me-

dium swing chart contains all the typical hallmarks of each year’s commissioned selection, including a sax soli, detailed dynamics and articulations and lead trum-pet range to optional high

D. A free recording for listening pur-poses is available upon purchase. Finally, a way for jazz saxophonists to figure out what type of reed they need without buying multiple boxes. New from Vandoren is the Jazz Mix reed cards. Each card contains 4 reeds from the Vandoren collection, including V16, Java Green. Java Red and ZZ Jazz. Available for alto sax and tenor sax in strengths of 2 ½, 3 and 3 ½, this new product is perfect for all jazz saxophon-ists searching for that perfect personal-ized sound. The Articulate Jazz Musician (Mastering the Language of Jazz) by Jeff Coffin and Caleb Chapman is new available from

Alfred Publishing. The series has books in C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef, each coming with a reference CD. It’s rare that some-one finds a new approach to teaching jazz, but I believe this will be an invalu-able tool for years to come. The Articu-late Jazz Musician details Caleb Chap-man’s proven approach for mastering the fundamentals of jazz articulation, phras-ing and interpretation. Just a reminder that Q&F is fully stocked with the new Reserve clarinet mouth-pieces from Rico. Introduced at the 2012 Midwest B&O Clinic, these mouthpieces are fantastic. Available in three tip open-ings (closed, medium and medium open), these are available to Q&F customers for $99. New from Balquidder Music, and way off the “jazz path”, are two new compila-tions of the methods of legendary CSO trumpeter and Northwestern University Professor Vincent Cichowicz. The books are titled Vincent Cichowicz Long Tone Studies ($19.95) and Vincent Cichowicz Flow Studies Volume 1 ($32.95). These books were compiled by Mike

Cichowicz, the son of the late Professor.

Ken Partyka has been active in the music business for over 15 years. In addition to his role as buyer for Q&F, he is very active as a performer having spent four years in the acclaimed Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble. He has worked for the Walt Disney Company, and has backed such artists as The Temptations, The Spinners, Frankie Valli, Keely Smith and Mel Torme. He has appeared at the Chicago, Elkhart and South Shore Jazz Festivals, as well as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He toured with the band Sonia Dada and has performed on numerous recordings. He has worked as a clinician with many school jazz bands, and been guest performer with the Notre Dame University Jazz Lab Band.

Ken’s Jazz Page

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Endorsed by Bobby Mintzer, the

Andreas Eastman 52nd Street saxophone is a professional instrument and comes un-lacquered for a truly vintage appearance. It is an exceptionally responsive horn in all registers from low to high, and produces a big, fat sound with precise intonation. A larger bell and rolled-style tone holes contribute to the sound qualities of this instrument that many compare to some of the great vintage horns of the past. Solid construction with comfortable hand position and extras such as adjustable palm keys.

EASTMAN 52nd street saxes

New...Venuto reeds from Eastman...endorsed by Don

Sinta (Professor of Saxophone at Univesity of Michigan) and

Mike Vaccaro (LA Studio Musician)

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liam-Jackson featured 23 ensembles in performance and a performance by the

Mark Colby Quartet. Bob Palmieri,

John Wojciechowski, Bob Lark, Brad-

ley Williams, Mark O’Connor, Tim

Coffman, Mark Colby, and Bob Rum-

mage adjudicated the ensembles.

The Kaneland-Harter MS Jazz Band, directed by Rebecca Andersen, will perform at the Chicago Wolves hockey game on April 20th. Congratulations to the Lakeview JHS Jazz ensemble for an outstanding per-formance at IMEA conference in Janu-ary directed by Brian Ohlsen.

Cary Ruklic and the Lincoln-Way West Music Boosters will be hosting a Jazz Café event on Saturday, April 27 at 7 pm highlighted with a performance by Tim

Coffman, DePaul University Jazz Stud-ies professor. Congratulations to Cindy Severino and the Cooper Middle School Jazz Band on winning their division at both this years’ NorthShore Jazz Band competition and at Jazz in the Meadows, held at Rolling Meadows High School. The NIU Jazz Ensemble with guest jazz trumpeter, Sean Jones was featured in concert with the Lisle High School Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble notes director

Scott Gumina.

Over twenty HS ensembles participated in the 10th Annual Evanston Jazz Festi-val in February hosted by Dr. David

Fodor and featured the Chicago Jazz

Orchestra, Randy Brecker, Art Davis,

and Mark Colby.

Congratulations to Drew Russell and the Warren Township High School Jazz Ensemble on winning Grand Champion honors at the Jazz in the Meadows com-petition. The DePaul Jazz University Jazz Ensem-ble, directed by Bob Lark joined the

Hickory Creek MS Jazz Band, directed by Dana Shoemaker & Doug Adams,

and the Lincoln-Way East Jazz Ensem-ble directed by Ben Clark for a festival at HCMS in January. The Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage, directed by George Andrikokus, per-formed at the Jazz Showcase recently with guest artist, Mark Colby.

Mark Coulter from Lenart Regional Gifted Center School performed at IMEA festival w/ the CPS big band “Noteworthy” Bassist, Larry Gray will be conducting an afternoon workshop with the OLHMS (Oak Lawn-Hometown MS) jazz band in April reports John Kehl Tonti Elementary is marching in the Dia De Los Ninos parade on April 27th di-rected by Teresa White.

The Joliet Central Big Band, directed by Mike Fiske, participated in the UWEC Jazz Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin April 6th, 2013. The school who had the highest percentage of students attending clinics at the festival won a new drum set compliments of Ludwig Drum Com-pany. The Central band brought home the new drum set! Whitney Young Magnet High School Philharmonic Strings performed at the IMEA festival conducted by Michael

Mascari Emergency Repair Service was pro-vided by QF repair staff at many festi-vals and contests this spring including:

IGSMA Solo & Ensemble Contests

Liberty JHS-New Lenox

Jen Clark & Jennifer Venutolo

IGSMA Organization Contests Oak Prairie JHS-Lockport

Bill Rank & Dee Nommensen

Hufford JHS-Joliet Jim Shaw, Laura Jelinek, Clifford Hunt

Manhattan JHS

Carleen Pedziwater

39th Annual Catholic

Band Directors Festival

Richard Case

District 365U - 36th Annual Solo &

Ensemble Contest

Debra Brubeck

27th Annual Midwest Music Festival-Lemont HS

Mike Madonia & Terry Redford

Oswego Fine Arts Festival Thompson JHS

Dan Harrison

And the Grammy go e s t o…

Congratulations to the staff at Neuqua Valley HS in Naperville-Charles Staley (Music Dept. Chair) for receiving the 2013 National Grammy Signature School Award and the $10,000 prize which accompanies that recognition! And...congratulations to the staff at York HS-Bill Riddle (Dept. chair) for receiv-ing the Grammy Gold recognition and the $5,500 prize.

Mark Corey was elected President-Elect for the Illinois Music Educators Association. Mark is the first DePaul alumnus to be elected to lead the music teachers in Illinois (from the DePaul Alumni Assn.)

Congratulations to Matt Pickett and Glencoe District 35 for recognition by the NAMM Foundation as one of the Best Communities for Music. Indian Prairie School District (Naperville-Aurora area) was also recognized with this distinction in 2013. Ted Wojcik (Finley JHS) performs each Saturday evening at Jack Gibbons Res-taurant in Oak Forest. Ted is on piano along with Don DeSanto on bass. Check them out sometime!

Kelly Kirscher & Christina Ruklic hosted the South Suburban Junior High Conference Band Festival on Feb-ruary 20th at Arbor Park MS in Oak For-est. Eric Wellman and Lincoln-Way Central HS hosted its annual Day of Percussion

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New from FJH is an exciting string method titled “A Scale in Time”. This method is a collaboration between

Joanne Erwin, Kathleen Horvath,

Robert McCashin & Brenda Mitchell which focuses on scales and becoming proficient in those scales. This method

includes a separate book for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass and Conductor’s score, so each student is only focused on what they are playing. The method focuses on the keys of C,

G, D, A, F, Bb, and Eb. Each scale is played in the octave, two octave and minor form. This book goes beyond simply playing scales to give students the knowledge and practice of playing these scales and their forms in melodies and harmonies. Each scale is broken down into four sections. The first sec-tion is the scale in either one or two oc-taves, and their arpeggios. In certain cases their will also be scales in broken thirds. This section also includes a fin-gerboard graphic of the fingers of each tetrachord for the scale. The second section is a harmonized melody in the key of the scale. The third section is a harmonized chorale meant to teach into-nation in the key of the scale, as well as a harmonized study in thirds. The final section of each scale is the improvisation loop. This section is meant solely to bolster confidence and creativity in each student. Each section of the scale in-cludes four parts per instrument making this method truly great for any sized ensemble or private study. Once all the scales have been learned the method then goes on to an “Alternatives Style” section. Finally each book includes a full finger board graphic with fingers in first, second, third and fourth positions. This method is a fully inclusive guide to mak-ing students confident and their playing easier.

Sawdust City Celebra-

tion is a new Hal Leonard publication by Michael Sweeney. This piece was commissioned by the Oshkosh Area Commu-nity Band in Oshkosh, WI and was debuted in March 2012. Now available for your purchase this piece is sure to please any audience. Named for Oshkosh’s town nickname, “Sawdust City” was once a small pioneer town filled with lumber mills. This piece is based on folk tunes that were popular to the area in the 1800’s. Some of the folk songs to be recognized are “The Toma-hawk Hem”, “The Pinery Boy”, and “The Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire”. Meant to transport any listener to a different time and place in the Mid-west’s history, this piece is sure to please any audience. Spring has sprung and with the warm air comes cool new pop tunes from Belwin Publishing. The Rolling Stones on

Tour will bring band students and listen-ers back to a time when music was more than pop and R&B. This piece arranged by Patrick Roszell is meant to celebrate some of the great Rolling Stones music over the past 50 years, as the Rolling Stones are now celebrating their 50 year anniversary. This piece is played in a straight-ahead rock fashion and is a veri-table tour de force of great rock music. The songs that inspired this piece in-clude “Paint it Black”, “Ruby Tuesday”, and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. Also from Belwin is The Beatles Suite arranged for full orchestra by Jack Bul-lock. This is really more of a flex or-chestra piece as the string parts can stand alone, with piano or any combination of winds. This is another great piece of rock music for today’s musicians and features some of the great songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

These songs include “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”, “From Me to You” and “She Loves You”. As we approach the lazy days of spring and summer, Hal Leonard brings stu-dents a great folio to pass the time. Folk-

songs, which has books for flute, clari-net, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola and cello, is a collection of folk songs from various times and places across the globe. Stu-dents will be having fun playing this collection of 15 folksongs while enjoy-ing the warmer weather to come.

Compatible Trios for Strings, com-posed by Larry Clark and published by Carl Fischer, is a great new trio set for strings. With separate books for violin, viola, cello and bass this collection of 32 trios can be played with any combination of string instruments. Meant to be a start in chamber and small ensemble music, these trios are easy enough for students to play and experiment with on their own. To keep students motivated over the summer, invite some friends over and practice with these fun and unique trios all spring and summer long!

Amanda Jennings is a bassoonist and a

former band director. As print music

buyer for Q&F, she has the opportunity

to preview every new publication. She

will keep you up to date on the latest

new issue music and happenings in the

publishing world!

Stephanie San Roman of Oswego HS recently had a book published entitled

Score Study Fundamentals. Now available at QF!

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Chicagoland Edition

on Saturday, February 16th. The day included performances by many

area high school and junior high en-sembles, as well as clinics by faculty from DePaul University, Northern Illi-nois University, and Elmhurst College.

The Saint Xavier University Wind En-semble, directed by Jeff Malecki re-cently joined the Pritzker College Prep Band, directed by Ben Das in concert March 22. The performance featured special guest conductor Colonel John

Bourgeois, Director Emeritus of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band, leading both bands in masterworks including Holst's First Suite, Semper Fidelis, and the Northwind March. Johnsburg JHS band and choir director, Sue Childress, hosted the Fox Valley Honors Choir Festival on Wednesday, April 3. In addition, her group, “Winds Off The Lake” Woodwind Quintet – Sue Childress, Johnsburg JH – flute; Kathy Krepel, Prairie Grove School – oboe; Joyce Beernink, Johnsburg School Dist – clarinet; Russ Henning, private instructor – French horn; and Randy Sundell, Vernon Hills HS – bassoon, performed a concert at McHenry County College on March 10. They were joined by Dave Chil-

dress, keyboard; Dave Tribley, Vernon Hills HS – alto sax; and mem-bers of the Vernon Hills HS Jazz Combo. Betty Ann Sturm and St. Louise de Marillac School Band is celebrating its " 5 0 An n i v e r s a r y " o n M a y , 13,2012. We are asking all the former Band Directors and students to join in this celebration. There will be a 5pm rehearsal, 6pm pot luck dinner, and 7pm concert with Ed Ward (the foun-der) as honored guest. News from David Seifert - Bloom Township H.S. District 206 - Our Jazz Band had it’s successful first perform-ance at Hackney’s with Brass Tracks while our Concert Band attended UIC Concert Band Festival and received

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Ariel Community Academy, Dr.

Lenette Coleman, and staff hosted a C h i c a g o Bulls as-sembly to c e l e b r a t e completion of ISAT testing and the start of S p r i n g b r e a k . The Ariel S t o r m T r o o p e r d u m l i n e under the direction of Lauri Valentin

performed for Scottie Pippin, BJ Arm-

stong, Stacey King and Derrick Rose.

In return the Bulls gave autographs and “High Fives” while Benny the Bull and the Lovabulls entertained the kids. The players gave words of inspiration and encouragement to the students to strive for excellence!

superior ratings and the outstanding per-formance award. Katie Bartel, Hawthorn Elementary North, completed two Master's degrees. One from DePaul University for Music Education and one from American Col-lege of Education for Curriculum and Instruction. On Wednesday, March 13, the Walter R. Sundling Junior High School Bands, under the direction of Jeff Zilke, hosted composer, Brian Balmages. The band students gained valuable insight during his Composition Workshop. The WRS Symphonic Band members worked with Mr. Balmages in preparation for their world premiere performance of his new composition, Endless Rainbows. Gregory Middle School hosted world renowned tuba player Marty Erickson in a masterclass on April 5th. Mr. Erick-son then performed a concert with the Naperville Municipal Band at Neuqua Valley High School on Sunday, April 7th. Band directors at Gregory Middle School are Emily Binder & Kelly Di-

midik. District 300 Carpentersville Middle School was awarded a generous grant of nearly $10,000.00 from the EFS founda-tion in Elgin, Illinois delighting the di-rectors - Michael Kasper (Band) and Beth Wood (Orchestra)-congratulations! New Trier High School’s Music Depart-ment (Matt Temple, Peter Rosheger,

Patti Rohwer & Nic Meyer) hosted a very special session recently, led by re-tired Marine veteran Tom Day. Mr. Day is the founder of “Bugles Across Amer-ica” and he was the leader in spearhead-ing a bill passed by Congress in January 2000 that guarantees veterans at their funeral, a flag ceremony performed by at least two uniformed service personnel and the live playing of taps. The organi-zation has over 6,000 volunteer buglers throughout the nation and overseas to conduct these honorable ceremonies.

Recently retired Band Director William

(Bill) Koch was honored on April 18th, for his 30+ year tenure at Niles West High School, in having the Music De-partment Band facility named in his honor. Congratulations to Elise Matusek, Di-rector of Bands at Woodland Middle School District 50 in Gurnee, for being selected in SBO Magazine’s December 2012 issue as the Illinois representative for their annual “50 Directors that Make a Difference” award. Each year the magazine selects one individual from each of the US 50 states to recognize. What an honor, Great job Elise!! Joining Brass Tracks at Hackney’s in Palos Park in April-June will be Eisen-hower HS-Justin Antos, Tinley Park HS-Vince Aiello, Riverside-Brookfield HS-James Baum, Argo HS-Megan

Corkins, Oak Lawn HS-Paul Levy,

Kelly HS-Mike McCain, Stagg HS-Bob

Mecozzi, Lisle HS-Scott Gumina,

DuPage Community Jazz-Tom

Tallman, and South Suburban College-

Andy Hoffel.

Have you heard about Make Music Chi-cago 2012 yet? On June 21st (summer solstice-the longest day of the year), music will be celebrated in over 65 dif-ferent sites for 18 hours! As part of the global “Fete de la Musique” phenome-non, Make Music Chicago 2012 will be joined with more than 460 cities and 130 countries worldwide—the largest music event in the world!! Coordinated by Kelly Jocius (Executive Director of “Rush Hour Concerts”) on event that should be of interest to QuarterNote

readers is SOUSA-PALOOZA!! At noon, any interested performers can join the Sousa-Palooza band under the direc-tion of Richard

Fisher. For more details, contact Kelly at 312.640.7418 or

Kelly@rushhour.org What a great outing for Summer Bands!!

QF and our friends from Vandoren hosted a special evening for District 300 band students hosted at Carpentersville MS by Mike Kasper & Heather Rob-

erts. Michael Skinner (top photo) and Gary Winder (bottom) provided master classes for the middle school students on the fine art of reed and mouthpiece se-lection for clarinet and s a x o p h o n e s t u d e n t s while Rich-

ard Galime

provided in-formation and help for the brass students interested in Dennis Wick mouthpieces.

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The Story Behind JUNO reeds by Vandoren

At the NAMM show in January 2013, Quinlan & Fabish was invited to a private preview of a new reed from Van-doren called JUNO. Available for Bb Clarinet, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax, JUNO has been designed with the stu-dent in mind. It’s very important that student reeds are responsive so that beginners can make a sound immedi-ately. The challenge has always been how to make the reed sound good as well as make it easy to play. Ber-nard Van Doren has wanted to make a reed that stu-dents could use and experience early success. He knew if he could design one, he could help thousands of begin-ners experience the magic of that first note. In Van-doren’s 108-year history, they have never comprised quality, which is why Vandoren is the choice of profes-sionals around the world. So why hasn’t Vandoren made

a student reed sooner? The issue was they did not have the technology to create such a reed that beginning students and parents would appreciate. With the advent of laser analysis, video selection and other key innovations, the day arrived where Bernard’s dream of a reed specifically designed for beginners could happen. “So many people told me over the years that there was no reed for the beginner,” commented Mr. Van Doren. “It seemed curious to me that the only issue with reeds for beginners was cost while to me it was a matter of perform-ance. I am proud we could finally create this very special reed for beginners.” Made from cane grown in the Mediterranean basin, the reeds are cut with a unique profile, which is why even though these reeds are easier to play; they still retain the sound of a Vandoren. The advanced technology Vandoren uses al-lows the company to cut the JUNO reed in significantly less time than is does to create the other more complex Van-doren reeds. The shorter cutting time plus the other cost savings associated with using the same packaging and pro-tectors as Vandoren products all adds up to a cost effective reed that out performs all other reeds at any price point for a beginning student. Once they are precisely cut, each reed is sealed in its own humidity balanced Flow Pack where it waits for you. That way, when you take a JUNO reed out of the box, it feels and sounds as fresh as the day it was made. “This is a Vandoren reed,” continued Mr. Van Doren. “It’s a select reed for students. It gives them a chance to succeed from the beginning, which for band directors and parents is very important. Vandoren is the first reed com-pany to think about performance first for these young students.” You may have already tried some JUNO reeds since Quinlan & Fabish was one of the first JUNO dealers in the United States. The responses from band directors have been unanimous. Here are some quotes:

Juno reeds are just that extra bit of encouragement that your select beginning band student may need to become successful on their instrument and stay in band. They decrease frustration and increase a student's desire to practice. The reeds are avail-able in a variety of sizes so you may even transition the student up into regular reeds through Juno's other sizes or completely

change over once the student is ready. Phil Robb - Richland School District 88

I was instantly impressed with the quality of sound produced by the reeds. A good quality reed can make all the difference in a beginner's first experiences with his/her new instrument. Jennifer Rooney - Union Ridge School District 86

If you haven’t tried JUNO reeds yet, make sure you ask your QF Rep for some samples.

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