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

Michiana Edition

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We celebrated the month of March at Q&F with a fun pro-motional event that has become a win-win for students and their school! Each cus-tomer at any QF store can participate and the school with the most “points” at closing on March 31st, LaSalle Academy, won a mu-sic shopping spree worth $500! Here’s how it works: A customer makes his selection and then steps up to the Free Throw line for two

chances. If they make one, their p u r c h a s e qualifies for a 10% dis-count, if they make two it qualifies for a

15% AND a bonus! A successful bonus toss (a little further back) brings the discount to 20% and earns three points for your school. School standings were posted every day on our website (www.QandF.com) and Facebook pages.

2nd Annual

“Secret”

Warehouse

Garage Sale

Despite a cold and rainy wintry day, cus tom-ers were lined up a n d a r m e d w i t h t h e i r “ s e c r e t

door code” on Sunday, February 10th to take advantage of some tremendous bargains at our 2nd Annual “Secret” Warehouse Garage Sale! Scores of Band & Orchestra directors participated in our famous “All You Can C a r r y ” B & O M u s i c S a l e . The top b a r g a i n c a r r i e r w a s Justin Barnish from Lincoln Way North High School. See more photos of your favorite competitors on Page Nine. 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 Had ley JHS in G l e n E l l y n , IL.

Highlights from

Student Teacher Day

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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 studios 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 was our spe-cial guest on April 24th. Dr. Tim is

the leading voice for Mu-sic Advocacy in our schools and a trusted friend to any-one interested in working with young people in de-

veloping a desire for excellence and a passion for high level achievement. He presently serves as Vice President of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc. and 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!

Quarter Notes Page 2

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

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

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!

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 M M R (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/


Stork Report…Lindsey and Cory Micheel-Mays are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Henry Francis. Henry was born on March 19th and weighed 6 lbs, 1 oz. Lindsey

teaches elementary music and elementary band in the Michigan Center Schools near Jackson, Michigan. James Bradford Baller was born to Jill and Jake Baller on February 15th. James is the first grandchild of John Bradford who teaches orchestra at Merrillville HS. Katherine Herzberg – Wayne HS (FW) is expecting a new baby this coming Au-gust! On The Road Again…During Spring Break week, Westview HS Choir and Band under the direction of Jill Hamm and Mike Brown took a trip to New York City. While there, they visited many sites including Radio City Music Hall and The 9-11 Memorial Spencer White and the Hastings Saxon Band will be performing at Niagra Falls in New York and at the site of the Boston Tea Party in the great city of Bos-ton April 17-21. East Noble HS Band, directed by Brian Munoz, just returned from an enjoyable spring break trip to Disneyworld. The Lakeshore HS band, under the direc-tion of Lori Von Koenig, Phil & Cindy

Huff, traveled to Florida March 31-April 7. They performed with Mickey in the Magic Kingdom.

The AU Festival Band, under the direc-tion of Alan Mitchell, toured Spain in March. The tour was their sixth Euro-pean tour in the last thirteen years. Performances were presented at the Iglesia Rumanian and IglesiaAlenza in Madrid and in the Toledo Cultural Center. The AU Festival Band con-sisted of 56 members. Two-thirds of the ensemble were members of the AU Wind Symphony and the other third w e r e s t u d e n t s f r o m M i c h i -gan schools: Andrews Academy, under the direction of Byron Graves; Battle Creek Academy, under the direction of Michele Stark; and Great Lakes Academy, under the direction of Andres Mendoza. The Kouts High School Jazz Band and Kouts Singers Show Choir, under the direction of Frank Gast, will be travel-ing to Disney World over Spring Break. Both groups will be performing at Downtown Disney as well as visiting the parks. Jim Hopkins and the Battle Ground MS 8th Grade Band will be traveling to Chicago at the end of April. Among the many activities that are planned in the city, the band will be attending Shedd Aquarium, Navy Pier, a Blue Man Group Concert, and a White Sox Game. Jennifer Engleman & the Watervliet HS Band & Choir are traveling to New York City April 25-30 & will be per-forming at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and other venues in New York. The Lowell High School Concert Band will be traveling to Atlanta over Spring Break to participate in the Heritage Music Festival and see the sights of the city. The band is directed by Andrew Killion & Kyle Govert. Lake Central HS band, directed by-Dave Nelson & Chris Harmon took the band to Florida to enjoy some fun in the sun and also to participate in "A

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day in the life of a Disney musician" where they got to experience the process of making music for a Disney film and how it's done. Calumet HS - Tom Wright & Rebecca Conners took the HS band to Disney for enjoyment at the parks, marched in the Epcot parade and participated in Your Instrumental, which focuses on sight reading music under the guidance of a Disney musician which is then recorded and set to a Disney Film. Wheeler HS band, led by John Van Patten went to Disney as well over spring break. Justin Thompson took the Washington & Morgan Twp School Band to perform at the Disney Parade in Orlando. Lake Ridge MS directors, Tom Wright & Rebecca Conners are taking their MS band to enjoy Branson, Missouri and to do a performance with the Haygoods. Highland Orchestra directed by Phil Loos traveled to Disney to perform at the Downtown Disney Dockside Stage and to enjoy each park for 5 days last fall. Bishop Dwenger HS Band, led by Mi-chael Petek traveled to Florida over spring break and Performed in Disney World. The Knox High School Band and Choir traveled to Walt Disney World over spring break. The band, directed by Craige Phipps & Darren Day, per-formed in a parade at Epcot Center and enjoyed the sights and sounds of the parks. Director Jake Robaska and the Elkhart Memorial Jazz Band performed at the Purdue Jazz festival in January. Compo-sitions performed included “LiberTango” and “The Chicken”. Miguel Rosario, band director at Valpa-raiso HS, traveled to Puerto Rico in March as guest conductor for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra

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Special recognition…Bryan Ames received the “Most Inspirational Edu-cator Award” at Ply-

mouth High School this year. The top 15% of the seniors choose the winner. Ed King of Northside HS (FW) is now celebrating his 40th year of teaching at Northside! He has touched thousands of lives in a tremendous way. The South Bend Youth Symphony held their winter concert March 3rd. The Sym-phony Orchestra is directed by Robert Boardman and the Concert Orchestra is directed by Emilie Grondin. Gary Kurtis & Larry Vanore hosted a performance by the Temptations Febru-ary 16th at Clay High School. Their jazz 1 and Jazz 2 bands also performed. Both of their jazz bands received gold ratings at contest this year also. Way to go! Nathanael Sudduth had his Laville pep band perform at an Ancilla basketball game on January 12th. In February Susan Walker & Mark Druyos at LaSalle Academy had their Jazz 1 perform for a Black History pro-gram. They also took various ensembles to perform at an Alumni Association Luncheon in March. Go for the Gold...Congratulations to Matt Sutton! He took his Bremen jazz band to contest for the first time this year

and received a gold rating. For spring break the band went to New York City too! Congratulations for gold ratings at

contest this year!

Bart Roberts-Dickinson Band Dan Fortlander-John Glenn Jazz

Zac Coudret-Dickinson Orchestra Susan Walker & Mark Druyos Lasalle

Academy band 1 and 2, Chris Beyer-John Young Orchestra Pete Foster-Triton Band & Choir,

Lisa Wallyn-Lincoln JHS band Jodi Kallenberg-Lincoln JHS Orch

Maureen Gray-Northwood MS band Dan Fortlander Urey Middle School

Ervin Orban.-Woodside MS Joe Peloza &Tammy Sprunger-

Edgewood and Lakeview MS bands Jim Court-Riverview MS Susan Jehl-Summit MS

Everette Hornbarge-Carroll MS Kristine Miller-Maple Creek MS

Amy Day-Eastbrook JHS Doug Hassell-Caroll HS Jazz Tony Strebig-Woodside MS Hope Bechtel-Wawasee MS

Justin Goelz-West Noble MS Barb Slagel-Bethel Christian MS Max Mault-Goshen MS (3 bands)

Bryan Golden Concord JHS Kathy Lambright-Jimtown JHS

Vicky Marshal-Grissom MS Murray Weaver -Discovery MS

Anne Watts-Discovery MS Karen Hershberger-Pierre Moran MS

Jeff Hatfield-North Side MS Orch Sandy Carnall-North Side MS Band Tim Carnall-West Side MS Bands

Jeff Carnall-Schmucker MS April Oppenheim-Concord JHS Orch Sean Patrick-Goshen MS Orchestra

Central Noble Drumline under the di-rection of Laura Tomlinson received a Gold Medal rating at the March 16th IPA Divisional Finals at Decatur Cen-tral HS. The Jackson HS Jazz Band participated in the MSBOA State Jazz Band Festi-val held at Jackson HS in March. The band received a 1st Division for their performances. Jackson HS has four concert bands, and they all participated in the MSBOA District Band and Or-chestra Festival. The Symphony Band and the Varsity Wind Ensemble re-ceived 1st Divisions for their perform-ances. The bands are under the direc-tion of Joel Shaner and Nathan Heim. Congratulations to Melissa Butner at St. Pius! She took 3 bands to contest and they all played fine performances. Andria Kessler at Oregon Davis had

her pep band perform for Ancilla basketball games in January and February.

Co ngr a tu l a -tions to all South Bend music teach-e r s ! T h e SBCSC re-ceived the “Best Com-munities for Music Education” award from NAMM and the NAMM Founda-tion on March 18th. (Photo L-R) Greg Noble, Kristi Noble, Candace Butler, George Quinlan at South Bend school board presentation. The Manchester (MI) Middle School 7th and 8th grade bands received 1st Division ratings at the MSBOA District Band and Orchestra Festival as did the Manchester HS Concert Band. The bands qualified to participate in the MSBOA State Band and Orchestra State Festival in May. The bands are under the direction of Jared Throneberry. . The Plymouth Winter Drumline under the direction of Bryan Ames & Lisa Wallyn took 9th place in the state finals this year. Great job! Dawn Forsythe at Jefferson Intermedi-ate had her Jazz band perform at an Alumni Association luncheon at The Landing on March 14th. This is the bands second year and they received a standing ovation! William Brown presented a recital on March 3rd on the campus of Culver Acad-emies. The title of the program was “A Unique History of the World According to the French Horn”. (A Concise, Incom-plete and Highly Biased Chronicle of History.) He played the horn, conch shell, shofar, cornu, cow horn and alp-horn. He was assisted by Sharon Burke, John Gouwens and members of the Culver Orchestra conducted by Chad Gard. Jim Keranen & Chris Beyer at Misha-waka High School had a string trio play for a Lion’s Luncheon on February 7th. Congratulations to Whitko Middle School, led by Joseph Shepherd and

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Dan Hough is our percussion specialist in Ft Wayne. A former percussionist and drum major with The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, he often consults with various high school bands and conducts Drum Major workshops. Dan specializes helping directors make wise choices for the percussion needs...and golf!

A lot has been changing in the percussion world these days. For one, Yamaha is officially moving drum production to their existing plant in Xiaoshan, China. Yamaha opened this facility in 1997 to produce wooden parts for their famous grand pianos, among other instruments. The quality & integrity of the Yamaha name will continue.

An Industry Legend Robert Zildjian – 1923-2013

On March 27, Robert Zildjian passed away. His father, Avedis Armand Zild-jian, brought the family business of cym-bal making to the United States. The firm started in Turkey back in the early 1600’s. Bob Zildjian was instrumental in developing a Canadian Zildjian plant in 1968, and in 1980 transitioned that fac-tory into the SABIAN company.

Product Spotlight: Musser 3PM Marimba. This is a new addition to the entry level per-cussion world, as well as the practice at home

crowd. Made of Padouk wood, it’s 3 full octaves, has 4 full graduations, and weighs in at only 34lbs.! In addition to the specs, it has been added it to the list of available student rental instruments for beginners. For the programs looking for an alternative to the standard bell kits, here you go! In the future, Yamaha & Mapex also plan to roll out a similar product. Innovative Percussion IP-JC Are you looking for an alternative to the basic concert snare sticks? The Innovative Percussion IP-JC is a fantastic up-grade. Balance, feel, and projection are all attributes gained from this stick!

Obligatory DCI update! Now is the time of year all the competi-tive Drum Corps are gearing up for their summer tours. Soon members will be moving in for the final design segments, and finishing up putting the shows to-gether. The summer touring schedule will bring a LOT of great shows to our areas. As always, I strongly recommend school music programs with competitive march-ing bands to try and get their students to a show. Take them to a rehearsal too! Work ethic, musicianship, everything rolled into one can be a great teaching moment. Go to www.dci.org for sum-mer schedules.

The Percussion Room

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

Contact your QF rep for details


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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 custom-

ers 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 o M u 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-


Indian Springs MS, led by Carolyn Hindbaugh. These schools received a Silver ratings at ISSMA

contest in their first time to participate in these events. The Kidder Middle School 8th grade band near Jackson, Michigan earned a 1st Division rating at the MSBOA Dis-trict Concert Band and Orchestra Festi-val is March. The band is under the di-rection of Jeremy Figlewicz. In May, the band will perform at the MSBOA State Concert Band Festival. The Northwest HS Symphonic and Con-cert bands participated at the MSBOA District Band and Orchestra Festival in March. The Concert Band received a 1st Division for their performance and qualified to participate at the MSBOA State Band and Orchestra Festival in May. The bands are under the direction of Bryan Mangiavellano. The Northwest Schools are located near Jackson, MI. The following High School Jazz Ensem-bles performed in the 23rd Annual Pur-due Jazz Festival in January:

West Lafayette HS-Don Pettit Harrison HS-Steve Cotten

Lafayette Jefferson HS-Bruce Knepper

McCutcheon HS-Dan Peo

“I love to play the bassoon,

but I hate that old junky one the school owns…”

Available on our First Chair Rental/Purchase Plan at $159 per month including

Maintenance & Replacement coverage

The Accent & Noble Student Bassoons Now available in standard and short-reach models!

(Accent available in Illinois and Indiana only)

Benton Central HS-Michael Richardson

Crown Point HS -Johann Sletto Knox HS-Darren Day

Lake Central HS-Chris Harmon Valparaiso HS-Dan Pritchett & Miguel

Rosario-Vega The Fairfield Drum Line under director Andrew Muth competed at the IPA State Finals in the PSCO class placing 11th. East Noble Drumline under the direction of Brian Munoz and Jason Slone par-ticipated in the IPA State Finals placing 7th in the PSO Class. Under the direction of Tom Cox and Derek Shannon, the Goshen HS Drum-line took second place at the IPA State Finals in the PSO class. Central HS Orchestra director Kyle Weirich and the Elkhart Central HS Orchestra competed in the ISSMA Jazz Contest in LaPorte March 1st. Composi-tions performed included “Tuxedo Junc-tion” and “Send in the Clowns”. Goshen MS Orchestra director Sean Patrick and the Goshen MS Jazz Or-chestra competed in the ISSMA Jazz Contest in LaPorte March 1st. Selections performed included “Mango Tango” and Bowtown Blues”. Elkhart Christian Academy Fine Arts director Bret Deardorff and the ECA bands performed at the annual ACSI

convention at Bethel College in March. Guest conductors included Discovery MS band director Murray Weaver and Fischer’s band director Todd Lehman. Congratulations to the following direc-tors and their ensembles for achieving a Gold Rating with Distinction at the 2012-13 ISSMA Middle School Band and Orchestra Contest: Jeff Hatfield-North Side MS Orchestra Sandy Carnall -North Side MS Band Dan Burton-Pierre Moran MS Band Jeff Carnall-Schmucker MS Band

Dodi Carnall-Schmucker MS Orchestra Murray Weaver-Discovery MS Band Anne Watts-Discovery MS Orchestra Kate Truscello-Goshen MS Orchestra

Sean Patrick-Goshen MS Orchestra Concord Percussion Specialist Ben Runkel performed his first faculty re-cital at the Beickman Performing Arts Center on January 17th. Also performing with Ben was Concord Director Steve Peterson on tenor sax and Goshen Col-lege Music Director Christopher Fashun on percussion. Ben also used the event to announce his new web site www.benrunkel.com and his commit-ment to the Birch Creek Music Perform-ance Center. For more info go to www.birchcreek.org The Youth Honors Orchestra performed their concert “Ladanza: A Winter Con-cert of Ballet and Folk Dance Music” at Goshen College Sauder Hall January 31st. Goshen MS orchestra director Kate

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Since 1995, we have provided a special day for Student Teachers to help bridge the gap between college and their profes-sional careers. With the advent of our new facility in Mishawaka, we would like to consider offering this event specially for the Michiana region next school year. If you support the idea, please let your QF rep know so we can plan accordingly. Here are a few highlights from Student Teacher Day in Burr Ridge (IL) in Febru-ary. Emergency Repair Tips from our repair techs teach the soon-to-be teachers what to try and, maybe equally important...what

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Truscello conducted the 7th-9th grade orchestra and Goshen College Mu-

sic Director Christopher Fashun con-ducted the 10th-12th grade orchestra. The Parkside Middle School Jazz Band, Jackson, MI received a 1st Division rat-ing at the MSBOA State Jazz Band Fes-tival in March. The band is under the direction of Kevin Krieger. The Park-side Middle School 8th grade Symphonic Band, under the direction of Steve Brat-tain, and the 7th grade Concert Band un-der the direction of Kevin received 1st Divisions at the MSBOA Band and Or-chestra District Festival and qualified to participate at the State Festival. Penn HS Jazz Band director Bill Leather and the Penn HS jazz bands performed at their annual “Jazz Ala-mode” February 8th. Also performing

were Vickie Marshall and the Grissom MS Jazz Band, Murray Weaver and the Discovery MS Jazz Band, and Steve Peterson and the Concord HS 1 Jazz Band. The Elkhart County Symphony and Director Emeritus Brian Groner per-formed “A Taste of the Tropics” March 3rd at the Lerner Theater in Downtown Elkhart with steelpan vir-tuoist Liam Teague and Elkhart County Symphony Association con-certo competition winner cellist Ben-jamin Weibe.

Concord Percussion Specialist Ben Runkel and his Band of Drummers presented their annual “Groove –An Evening of Percussion” on Friday February 21st at the Concord JH cafe-teria. Spring Musicals...Concord HS Or-chestra Director Karen Braden con-ducted the pit orchestra for the school musical Singing in the Rain in March.

Veteran school administrators coach stu-dents about preparing your resume and providing some interviewing tips. Dr. Charles Menghini of VanderCook College of Music teaches a session enti-tled “Success Through Professionalism” sharing important tips that are often over-looked by young, inexperienced teachers.

“Lessons Learned My First Year” is a session provided by a 2nd year teacher to encourage the class to have a fantastic first year...and maybe provide a map to where some of the “bumps in the road” might be!

Our staff provides tips on The Business of Music Education...the “ins & outs” of school purchase orders, recruiting, re-tention, rental programs, and much more. If this sounds of interest to you, please share your thoughts with your QF rep and we look forward to offering the 1st Annual Student Teacher Day in Misha-waka next school year.

Elkhart Central HS Orchestra Director Kyle Weirich conducted the pit orches-tra for the school musical Suessical the Musical in March. Fiddler on the Roof was presented at Goshen HS and Susan Ellington con-ducted the pit orchestra for their school musical in March. Penn HS Jazz Band Director Bill Leather conducted the pit orchestra for the school musical Guys and Dolls in March. Van Wert MS (OH) Tina Decker Hosted a “Live Loud” Band Day on March 27th, combining multiple Middle School bands for a day of clinics & workshops. Leo HS, directed by Bob Myers finished 3rd at IPA State Finals (Concert A) Earn-ing a Bronze medal Indoor Dumline News...Heritage HS and Jim Widmer sponsored “Aphex” winter percussion line won IPA State Finals (Independent A). Dekalb HS led


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by Terry Fisher (Waterloo) Winter Per-cussion qualified as a state finalist in A class. Northrop HS (FW) Winter Guard finished their season as a State Finalist in Class A. Concordia Lutheran HS and Dianne Moellering hosted the Canadian Brass April 13th to perform with local musi-cians, including local area music stu-dents. Sarah Roccia from Indiana State Uni-versity will be student teaching with Dan Pritchett at Valparaiso HS for the remainder of the spring semester. The Westville school district enjoyed its first solo night where every student in the middle school and high school band performed solos with accompaniment for guest clinicians. The evening was a huge success for the students, the parents, and the community. The clinicians were all current Vandercook students where Heather Marshall graduated from with her masters degree in music education last year. PHOTO

Jim Hopkins and the Battle Ground MS band commissioned Matt Conaway, a compose r wi th Barnhouse and a Purdue University Music Professor, to create a piece of music to honor the memory of one of their students entitled “Maya’s Song” The Michigan Center Jr. High School Band and High School Band partici-pated in the MSBOA Band and Or-chestra District Festival in March. Performing at the Festival was a new experience for the students. Dan Bickel, the director, was pleased with their performance and progress. Taking over the reins of the Frontier Jr/Sr High School Band and Choral departments is Keegan Fink-bine. Keegan comes from the Univer-sity of Georgia where he recently completed his Masters Degree in Bas-soon Performance. Quinlan and Fabish recently provided

Emergency Repair and/or Accessory Services to the following schools for the ISSMA District Solo & Ensemble Con-test:

Crown Point HS-Johann Sletto Valparaiso HS-Dan Pritchett

Harrison HS-Steve Cotten Twin Lakes HS-Zachary Crowder

Chris Kaflik of Northrop HS has been named Visual Caption Head of The Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps The East Jackson High School Band under the direction of Ken Sieloff re-ceived a 1st Division rating at the MSBOA District Concert Band and Or-chestra Festival in March. The band qualified to participate in the MSBOA State Band and Orchestra Festival in May. Ken is a recent graduate of Michi-gan University, and was selected to take Warren Miller’s position in February. Warren serves in the Army Reserves was deployed to Afghanistan. Ken has done a fantastic job.

2nd Annual “Secret” Warehouse

Garage Sale Highlights!


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!

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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 Vandoren called JUNO. Available for Bb Clarinet, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax, JUNO has been designed with the student in mind. It’s very important that student reeds are responsive so that beginners can make a sound immediately. The challenge

has always been how to make the reed sound good as well as make it easy to play. Bernard Van Doren has wanted to make a reed that students 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 Vandoren’s 108-year history, they have never comprised quality, which is why Vandoren is the choice of professionals 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 ad-vent of laser analysis, video selection and other key innovations, the day arrived where Bernard’s dream of a reed specifically de-signed 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:

The new Juno reeds by Vandoren have really surprising results. In my sixth grade Beginning Band, I had 3 students that were

really struggling with producing a good sound on their sax and clarinets. I had tried different strength reeds and different name

brand reeds without good results. I was beginning to think that these students were playing the wrong instruments. Then my QF

representative brought me samples of the new Juno reeds. I couldn’t believe the difference in what I heard. The fuzzy sound was

gone and they produced a good, clear, in-tune tone. I will definitely continue to start my beginners on the Juno reeds. Vandoren

has given my students instant success and the ability to play successfully and in tune with a clear tone. As the one student says,

“they’re amazing and they do wonders.” Pete Foster - Triton Schools - Bourbon IN

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 Dist 86 (IL)

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

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