Volume 29 Number 2 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Winter 2016

5th Annual

Super Secret

Garage Sale

Sunday-February 14th

See Page Back Cover

A special event for Student Teachers was held at QF-Mishawaka on November 4th. Students spent time with members of the QF Repair Staff learning some basics of woodwind, brass, and string repairs. These young teachers soon realized that it’s very likely they will be asked to repair an instrument before they teach their first note! In addition, a special presentation by Wayne Stubbs, r ecently retired

superintendent of Concord Schools, provided keen insight into resume preparation and job interview tips. Other topics included “The Business of Music Education” and more.

A similiar event will be held at our Burr Ridge location on Tuesday, February 23rd from 8:30am-

4:00pm. Lunch will be provided and the event is free to any current student teacher or interested college student. Student Teacher Day is open to any interested college Music student. If you know of a recent graduate, please pass the word along to them too!

www.QandF.com/registration

Student

Teacher

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in Burr Ridge. Doc’s celebrity sta-tus was high-ly apparent from the many re-quests to sign record al-bums and pose for pic-tures with our guests.

On Friday, as a guest of

Dan Farris

& Robert

Sullivan,

Vince provid-ed an out-standing Master Class for the trum-pet studio at Northwestern University. Vince’s ap-pearances were also co-sponsored by S.E. Shires.

Friday evening, Doc performed In Con-cert with Vince and the Q&F All-Star Concert Band at Lincoln Way Central High School in New Lenox. A standing-

room only crowd was treated to a world premier piece and a rousing performance with the Faculty Big Band. For high-lights, see Pages Eight & Nine.

“Keeping Pace” with

Doc Severinsen

Legendary Trumpet artist, Doc Sev-

erinsen visited the Chicago area for three days in November. His appearanc-es were co-sponsored by QF and S.E. Shires (Custom Brass Divison—

Eastman Music Co.), maker of the Desti-no III Trumpet. Doc first provided a master class at VanderCook College of Music on Wednesday, November 18th. He was joined by his long-time friend, Vincent DiMartino, the Dean of Trumpet Teachers. Their session touched on a variety of subjects but they

particu-larly en-joyed playing duets in the (yet to be complet-ed) per-

formance venue—Phase II of the new building.

The next day, Doc per-formed with the Elmhurst College Jazz Band, di-rected by

Doug Beach.

The gig drew a large audi-ence thanks to the work of Dr. Pete

Griffin. Doc and Vinny also found time to visit with fellow trumpet artist (QF Advisory Board member), John

Hagstrom of the Chicago Symphony.

Later that evening, QF hosted a VIP “Meet & Greet” event

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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

Southwest Suburban Chicago: 6827 High Grove Blvd

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527

630-654-4111

Fax: 630-522-0331

Northwest Suburban Chicago: 59 W Seegers Road

Arlington Heights, IL 847-253-5592

Fax: 847-253-1761

Fox Valley Location: 291 Montgomery Road

Montgomery, Illinois 60538

630-906-6595

Fax: 630-897-5256

Lafayette Location: 1301 Sagamore Parkway N.

Lafayette, IN 47904

765-543-0515

Encore! By George Quinlan, Jr.

The “Encore” performance of the Q&F All-Star Concert Band will remain a vivid memory for me forever. Doc Sev-erinsen is 88 years old. He simply de-fies nature! To perform at such a high level, meet a demanding performance schedule, and be so cordial to the stu-

dents and fans is simply...remarkable!

Approximately 30 years ago, we had the bright idea to form an honor band to perform with a world class artist. The first “gig” was with Ed Shaugnessy, legendary drummer in the Tonight Show Band starring Johnny Carson in 1986. The following year, saxophonist Ernie

Watts peformed with the Q&F All-Star Concert Band. It seemed like a long-shot, but in 1988, when the Tonight

Show was at it’s peak of popularity, the band, led by my father, performed with the World’s Greatest trumpet play-er and late-night celebri-ty, Doc Sev-

erinsen. The event was the “cover story” of the very first issue of Quarter Notes too...printed on a state of the art dot-matrix printer in 1988!! Knowing the concert series could never be sur-passed, the Q&F All-Star Concert Band retired...until 2015 - twenty seven years later! We thank the folks at S.E. Shires (Custom Brass Division of Eastman Mu-sic Co.), Lincoln Way Central HS, the Faculty Big Band, and our outstanding conductor, Charles Staley for an amaz-

ing Enore performance. Bravo!

Buffet is celebrating 190 years making high quality instruments in France. I was fortunate to be part of a small USA contingent invited to attend a special concert in Paris on November 23rd featuring some of the fin-est musicians in the world. Our group was treat-ed to a tour of the workshops as well and honored to sign “the 190

Wall” in the workshop for their Anniver-sary guests. Buffet showed considerable strength to proceed with the events fol-lowing the horror in Paris just a week before the concert. The celebration was an important step in the healing process

for our French partners.

We are excited about the new Middle School Band Camp being offered in 2016 by Music For All at their Summer Symposium. QF will be supporting the effort by providing a program called “Get on the Bus”. A chartered bus will pick up students and directors at various locations including Valparaiso to transport them to the camp at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Camp Dates

are June 27-July2.

We also look forward to seeing you at the Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois state

music educator conferences this month!

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Stork Report…Heather Kasselman

(Westville Bands) & her husband welcomed their second child, Alexander

Mace Kasselman in August. The baby entered our world at a healthy 7lbs

14oz and 21-1/4" long. Congrats!!

Chris Paulson (Penn HS) and wife Sarah had a baby gir l, Alayna Grace, in August. Congratulations!

Craig & Mallory Redlin welcomed their daughter, Lauren Rose Redlin, into the world in early October. Craig is the Director of Bands and Choirs at North Newton Jr/Sr HS.

Congratulations to Doug Koleszar

(Harrison HS) and wife Teresa on the birth of their son, Simon Daniel

Koleszar.

Rich Merrick, Michigan City HS Band Director, and with his wife, Lisa were blessed with their third child on August 30th. Lucy Marie Merrick was born at 6lbs 12oz. Congrats!!

Wedding Bells...Best wishes to Skylar

Aichinger, director of bands at Clinton Prairie Jr/Sr HS, and Bryanna

Justice on their recent wedding in early October.

New Faces, New Places…Michael

Petek, has accepted the position at

Huntington North HS starting January 2016.

Helen Hockemeyer was named the Assistant Director position at Snider HS in Ft Wayne. Congratulations!

Dr. Jose Rocha joined Goshen College as Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Goshen College Symphony. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Houston and a Bachelor's and Master's of Music degrees from the University of Florida. He previously taught in Florida, Texas, and Mississippi and made his Carnegie Hall debut leading the Johnston Sinfonia Orchestra in 2014.

Zack Sadlo is the new director at the Thea Bowman Leadership Academy in Gary, IN. Zack is a Ball State Graduate.

Mitch Freeman joins Zach Myers at John Adams HS as the new assistant band director and as the orchestra director at Jackson Intermediate. Mitch is a tuba player and taught previously at Portage MS in Fort Wayne and in Arizona while working on his Masters Degree at ASU, where he studied with Sam Pilafian.

Welcome Jeanine Bilik as the new band director at Montessori Academy. Jeanine taught in the South Bend Schools previously and is a clarinetist.

Alice Brown, the band and orchestra director at Career Academy South Bend, is coaching the bassoonists in the South Bend Youth Symphony as well as being a chamber music coach.

Angela Gigler star ted an orchestra program at Fairfield HS. She is a native of Michigan and comes to Goshen with 14 years of private teaching experience. Angela is a violinist from Calvin College and has taught in Michigan, Alabama, and Colorado. The orchestra is off to a great start. Congratulations!

Dr. Dawn Farmer star ted a concer t band this fall at St. Mary’s College. This is exciting news because Saint Mary’s

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2016 MICHIANA OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD

NOMINATION BALLOT

Nominee’s Name

School

I feel this candidate should be considered because

Respectfully submitted by:

Please return before February 20th to: Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Attn: Award Nominations 130 W Edison Road-Mishawaka IN 46545 or send e-mail: gqjr@QandF.com

Vince Arizzi

Steve Barber

Tom Barker

Martin Becker

Karen Braden

John Bradford

Kathy Brannen

Jeff Carnall

Sandy Carnall

Pete Collins

Steve Cotten

Jim Deal

Jeff Doebler

Susan Ellington

Quincy Ford

Lynda Galbiati

Bryan Golden

Chris Harmon

Jeff Hatfield

Karen Hershberger

Jim Hopkins

Cindy Huff

Phil Huff

Ed King

Kevin Klee

Tim Kopf

Leta Sena-Lopez

Max Mault

Alan Mitchell

Glenn Northern

Steve Peterson

Dan Pritchett

Steve Reed

Tom Reed

Keith Rudolph

Cindy Schnabel

Tom Schnabel

Johann Sletto

Christina Wedow Snyder

Scott Spradling

Chuck Steck

Mickey Stisher

Jim Swartzlander

Bill Timmerman

Ann Marie Tschetter

Lori VonKoenig

Murray Weaver

Kyle Weirich

Winners will be announced in the Summer issue of Quarter Notes and presented at our awards cere-mony at our annual reading ses-sion/golf outing in July.

2016

Michiana Outstanding

Music Educator

Awards

It’s often said that being recognized by your peers for outstanding work is the ultimate compliment.

Have you often wished you had a special way to thank an important mentor or colleague who helped you advance in your career? Do you wish to recognize an up and coming “superstar” in your area? Now’s your chance...nominate that person for this special award.

We proudly announce the opening of nominations for this prestigious award. We began a similar tradition in 1989 to recognize excellence in the music education profession in the Chicagoland area. Since the inception over 150 teachers have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to Music Education. You will find a nomination form above. You can also use our website, and e-mail your nomination to us (gqjr@QandF.com).

Take a moment and complete the nomination form before February 20th. Your nominations will be sent to a selection committee comprising previous winners.

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Congratulations to CCSD 93 (Bloomingdale/Carol Stream) for the start of a brand new string program! The new orchestra will supplement the fine band program led by Sherri Steinke,

Amy Dandeles & Katherine Savino. Superintendent Bill Shields led the initiative securing a grant to get the

program started—Bravo!!

Congratulations to Phillip W. Serna for a successful BASSAPALOOZA at Valparaiso University. Over 19 bassists formed a bass orchestra and a large audience gathered in the student center rotunda on a Friday evening for a bass blast of a fun time. Fun to be among this group and I look forward to

more.

See you at the Midwest

Clinic!

Lloyd Palmiter, our Str ing Specialist, br ings extensive knowledge to our company stemming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and cello; serving as a clini-cian and consultant for Conn-Selmer; and, from his experience as general manager of the William Harris Lee Workshop. Remaining active as a clinician and teacher, Lloyd directs the Silver Strings Ensemble that consists of adult learners of the stringed instruments and has performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. One of his specialties, orchestral work-shops tracing the elements of the making of a stringed instrument and associating those to the elements necessary to produce quality tone on a stringed instrument, have become very popular with our Illinois and Indiana teachers. To schedule a workshop or step-up day, call

his office at our Burr Ridge location. He visits all store locations regularly and is available by appointment to individually help you and your students find just the right instrument. You’ve see Lloyd at conferences of IMEA, MENC, ASTA, Violin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in Cremona, Italy, where he will be scouting to bring you the best quality instruments available from all over the world!

Quinlan and Fabish Music Company is proud to offer the Jay Haide line of violins, violas, and cellos. Like many instruments we carry in this price range, all Jay Haide instruments are hand-made of quality seasoned maple and spruce and have a tone quality and workmanship normally found in those costing much

more.

The new Jay Haide à l'ancienne violins, violas, and cellos are brought to you after years of development. The varnish is a new formulation, carefully applied and beautifully antiqued giving each instrument the patina of age, so desired by both musicians and connoisseurs. And, they are as beautiful tonally as they are visually. The Jay Haide à l'ancienne, as viewed here, has been designed for the advanced student and professional who needs an instrument that will complement

and enhance their artist potential.

VIOLINS

model 101 [1/8-4/4] - $795

a l'ancienne violin [Strad, Guarneri, Guadagnini, Balestrieri] - $2400

a l'ancienne Special Model violin (Eurowood) [ same models] - $3400

VIOLAS

model 101 [14.5”-16.5”] - $995

a l'ancienne Strad Model viola

(14.5”-16.5”) - $3200

a l'ancienne Maggini Model viola

(15”-16.5”) - $3400

a l'ancienne Special Strad Model viola (Eurowood) (14.5”-16.75”) - $4200

a l'ancienne Special Maggini Model viola (Eurowood) (14.5”-16.75”) - $4400

CELLOS

model 101 [1/4-4/4] - $2850

a l'ancienne cello [Montagnana, Ruggieri, Strad] - $4950

a l'ancienne Special Model (Eurowood) [same models] - $6850

A special “shout out” to the northern Indiana teachers for the outstanding Orchestra Festival hosted at Chesterton HS recently. It was great to see Susan

Ellington back on the podium along with Cindy Schnabel who returned to the podium from recent retirement. Impressive work by all the directors with a deserving mention of the excellent intonation I heard from all the ensembles in both group rehearsals and the sectionals. I tell my chums around the country how I am lucky to be among so many talented teachers who not only know how to organize, but, more importantly, know how to demonstrate and model good intonation at the early levels. It was refreshing to watch you all at work.

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has not had a concert band in over 20 years. Dawn is a Visiting Professor of Music

Education from Phoenix, AZ.

Josh Stallworth will be spending the spring semester student teaching with Johann Sletto at Crown Point HS. Josh is a student at Valparaiso University and is a graduate of Portage HS under the direction of Bob Symer &

Bill Timmerman.

On the Road Again…Brian Grenier &

Lauren Teykl-Hobart HS, Matt Sutton-

Bremen HS, and Debbie Korak-Griffith HS both participated in Purdue Band Day.

Jacob Kessler (mellophone), student at New Prairie HS, directed by Patrick

Teykl, was selected to march in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The LaPorte HS band, directed by

Mickey Stisher, Chuck Steck, Matt

Sullivan, & Megan Sullivan, took a Thanksgiving trek to the East Coast first performing in the Thanksgiving day parade in Philadelphia followed by for some sight-seeing in NYC.

Rocco Carrioto, director at Bishop Noll, took his band to perform in the McDonald's Thanksgiving day parade in Chicago.

Lavon Oke, Liz Cravens

and the Penn HS Orchestra will be traveling to New York in April to perform at

Mt. Sinai Children's Hospital. Mark

Cheshier and the Churubusco J r /Sr HS band will be also traveling to New York City early this spring.

Washington DC was the destination for Karen Braden, April Oppenheim and the Concord HS Orchestra in October performing at the Navy Memorial.

Erin Sharpe and the Tri-Township MS Band traveled to Chicago for some sightseeing and to hear the CSO in

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concert….and, of course, some deep

dish pizza!

McCutcheon HS Music Dept. recently traveled the Big Apple visiting the 9/11 memorial, doing some sightseeing, and attending a performance of “The Lion King”. The bands are directed by Dan

Peo and the choir s are directed by Jo

Kincanon & Jacob Gobrogge.

Steve Cotton, Doug Koleszar and the Harrison HS Marching Band will be traveling to Kings Island.

Ayrielle Hoyt & Drew Miller took the Washington HS marching band to Indiana University Band Day this September.

Drew Miller tr aveled to Medellin, Columbia in October to participate as an instructor for the “Medellin Gran Banda” drum corp as they prepared for a competition.

Mike Brown-Westview HS, Kayli

Savage-Prairie Heights and Charles

Westra-Lakeland HS took their bands to perform at the historic “Corn School” in LaGrange, IN this fall. Mike Brown’s

son also performed with the Q&F All Stars with Doc Severinsen.

Highland High School Band and Orchestra directors Phil Loos & Brian

Blocker took their groups for some Disney fun and performances.

Christina Roback and the New Buffalo HS marching band performed at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom over the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Special Recognition…Jim Hopkins of Battle Ground MS, had the honor of conducting the All Region Honor Band at Dekalb Middle School in November.

Congrats to Chesterton HS Trojan Guard, directed by Michael Scheiber &

Vince Arrizi, for winning ISSMA Scholastic Class Marching Band contest! Duneland School Corp was also the proud recipient of a Steinway grand piano donated by Bob Urschel. To celebrate, Tom Schnabel, Chair of the music department, asked students from the Duneland Schools perform in a special recital followed by a dedication concert featuring Nicole Lee and the VU Jazz Trio.

MSBOA District 6 All-Star Band was held November 21 at Bridgman High School with host director Cliff Reppart. Southwestern Michigan College, Dr.

Steven Sanders, Director of Bands at UIC College Prep in Chicago was the winner of our Facebook Contest with his composition “Tribute to Rob Scott...the Best Rep Who

Ever Lived” sung with a Bob Marley-esque feel.

As winner of the contest Steven and Robert each re-ceived custom made tandem bob-ble-head dolls and a set was installed in the QF Bobblehead Hall of

Fame in Burr Ridge. Make plans to

visit the HOF on your vacation in the

SW suburbs!

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Jonathan Korzun-director of bands and

QF-Stevensville assisted with the event.

Alex Akers, director of bands at Scott MS also is an active gigging musician. His original band Caught on Cline just released their debut album, an eclectic mix of R&B and Soul. For more info : facebook.com/caughtoncline

The Concord JH Band directors Bryan

Golden, Cameron Bradley & Ben

Runkel presented their annual Fall Concert with selections including Ritmico!, Traumatic Chromatic and The Curse of Tutankhamun. Also, Ben

Runkel will be per forming a percussion recital at Goshen College in Reith Recital Hall in January.

Elkhart Christian Academy, directed by

Bret Deardorff, Laura Johnson &Pam

Allen, presented their Fall Festival of Sound October 13th. Performing groups included the Middle School Band and Choir, Orchestra, Chamber Choir and the High School Jazz Band. Also appearing was guest conductor Steve Allen.

November 4th was a big day for concerts. The Schmucker MS Orchestra led by Dodi Carnall, presented their Fall Concert with selections including Goblin Boogie, Zombie Intruders, & Our

Favorite Songs, arranged by Anne

Tschetter. The Discovery MS Bands directed by Murray Weaver & Isaac

Brinberg also per formed that day playing Rock the House, March of the

Hyperion Guards & Salvation is

Created. Also, special congratulations to Murray Weaver, guest conductor for the IBA All-Region Honor Band at Centerville HS in November.

Orchestra Directors Kyle Miller & Anne

Tschetter conducted the All Region MS Orchestra Festival at Avon MS North in November. Congratulations!

The first Annual Elkhart County Opus

24 Night was held at Concord JHS in September. Students from Concord, Goshen and Elkhart schools participated resulting in many beautiful sounding new instruments for their ensembles! Special thanks to Karen Braden & April

Oppenheim for hosting the event and

to Sharon Stauffer, Jay Pfeifer, Sean

Patrick, Kyle Weirich, Kyle Miller &

Rebecca Yoder for assisting students.

The Schmucker MS Band-Jeff Carnall,, presented their Fall Concert in November performing On Caribbean Shores, Obwisana, Creepy Crawlies &

Storm Mountain.

Marching Band News…Northside HS, led by Ed King, was a Class B state finalist for the 34th time - all while Mr

King has been at the helm.!!

Diane Moellering and Concordia Lutheran were Class C State Finalists, adding yet another great accomplishment to Diane's storied career there. Angola HS-Kevin Fogle and Woodland HS-

Robert Slattery were also Class C State Finalists.

Congratulations to Scott Spradling,

Steve Peterson, Bryan Golden,

Cameron Bradley, Ben Runkel and the Concord Marching Minutemen on winning the ISSMA Class B State Marching Championship.

Congratulations to the Penn HS Marching Kingsmen led by Glenn

Northern, Bill Leather, Chris Paulson,

Jeff & Dodi Carnall, on their 7th Place finish at the ISSMA Class A Marching Band Finals.

The Lewis Cass Marching Kings, under the direction of Don

Krug, capped off their competitive marching season with their 34th consecutive time at the Indiana state marching band finals on November 7th where they finished 3rd in Class C.

Congratulations to the Jimtown HS Marching Band, led by Kathy Baughman for receiving a Silver rating at Regionals in their first year competing in Open Class C. Go Jimmies!

In September, the Lafayette Jefferson Band hosted the 20th annual Star City Marching Band Invitational. On November 21st, the Lafayette Jefferson Band Department under the direction of Tom Barker & Bruce Knepper hosted

their 20th Annual Gala. The Gala consisted of the Marching Band, Wind Band and the Jazz Band.

The Rensselaer High School Marching Band led by Kelso Daning, finished their marching season with their highest finish ever at the Scholastic Class State Marching Finals.

On November 14th, the Purdue All American Marching Band-Jay Gephart,

Matt Conaway, Ishbah Cox, Pam

Nave & Max Jones hosted their annual alumni marching band. They had over 700 alumni return for the day and marched the halftime show with a 580 member band.

Congratulations to the Munster HS Marching Band-Bret Winternheimer &

Victor Ribadeneyra on their 10th place finish in Class B of the ISSMA Marching Band State Finals. Great Job!

The following HS Marching Bands participated in the 2015 Harrison Showband Spectacular in West Lafayette: Harrison HS-Steve Cotton

& Doug Koleszar, Attica HS-Matthew

Berg, Covington HS-Andy Simpkins,

Delphi HS-Jay Dennison, McCutcheon HS-Dan Peo, Tipton HS-R.D. Fletcher

& Rob Shaver, West Lafayette HS-

Don Pettit & Clayton Henady, and Seeger Memorial HS-Jacob Dowling.

Congratulations to Jennifer Engleman-

Watervliet HS, David Elliott & Alexis

Hiner-Edwardsburg HS, and Lori Von

Koenig-Lakeshore HS. Their marching bands performed at the MCBA (Michigan Competing Band Association) state championship held at Ford Field in November. Watervliet placed 6th in flight IV, Edwardsburg placed 11th in flight III, and Lakeshore state champions in flight III placing 1st. Way to go!

Congratulations to these marching bands for earning gold at contest: Plymouth HS-Bryan Ames & Lisa Wallyn, John Glenn HS-Dan Fortlander and Cathy

Burnett, Riley HS-Jeff Gorman &

Dale Kokot; Mishawaka HS-Dennis

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Doc Severinsen in Concert

November 20, 2015

Doc was joined by his longtime friend and fellow world-class trumpet artist,

Vincent DiMartino for a world premiere of a composition written by

Anthony DiLornenzo entitled “Thoughts from a Stairwell” accompa-nied by the Q&F All-Star Concert Band

conducted by Charles Staley. The program included a performance of “Hounds of Spring” and a solo

performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” featuring Vince DiMartino.

Special thanks to Charles Staley-Conductor,

Qian Ni, Saul Friedgood, Sarah Merkel-

bach, Samantha Glazier, and Eastman Mu-sic Company (S.E. Shires Custom Brass Div.),

Dr. Charles Menghini & Cindy Tovar-

VanderCook College of Music, Dr. Steven

Provis, Stacey Williams-Jackson, Chris

Mroczek & Nate Jackson-Lincoln Way Cen-tral High School, Susan Steele-Doc’s Personal Manager, Ken Partyka-Big Band Musical Di-rector and Tom Fox-rehearsal trumpet artist.

Scott Casagrande &

Tom Beckwith

Hersey HS

Matt Kurinsky & Matt Goeke

Hinsdale Central HS

Sarah Whitlock

Homewood-Flossmoor HS

Eric Wellman & Karol Doma-

lik

Joliet West HS

Scott Gumina & Dan Schraub

Lisle HS

Stacy Williams-Jackson &

Chris Mroczek

Lincoln Way Central HS

Bert Johnson

Lincoln Way East HS

Cary Ruklic & Scott Wagstaff Lincoln Way West HS

Mark Corey

Addison Trail HS

Mark Iwinski Andrew HS

Jeannette Soebbing &

Megan Fitzgerald

Argo HS

Al Rendak & Tony Rallis

Brother Rice –Mother McAuley HS

Ed Jacobi Buffalo Grove HS

Jake Robaska, Tim Carnall

& Kurt Weimer

Elkhart Memorial HS

Ken & Amy Kazin

Evergreen Park HS

Andrew Thompson &

Rizelle Capito

Fenwick HS

Greg Bimm, Scott Oliver & Mat-

thew Black

Marian Catholic HS

Andrew Creagh & Matt Jackson

Marist HS

Don Devany, Glen Schneider,

Josh Kaminsky & Claire Fenton

Metea Valley HS

Bret Winternheimer &

Victor Ribadeneyra

Munster HS

Jonathan Lauff, Emily Binder,

Andrew Seidel & Corinne Jones

Neuqua Valley HS

Paul Levy

Oak Lawn HS

Tony Svejda

Oak Park - River Forest HS

Kevin Schoenbach &

Stephanie San Roman

Oswego HS

Kelly O'Neill &

Stevan Rexroat Oswego East HS

Steve Klaus

Ridgewood HS

Francisco Dean

U of Chicago Lab School

Mike Brown

Westview HS

Kent Krause

Wheaton North HS

Vic Scimeca

Wheaton Warrenville South HS

Bill Riddle & Mike Pavlik

York HS

Participating Schools in the Q&F All-Star Concert Band

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Gamble, Kaleb

Chamberlin &

Brooke Victor; Triton HS-David Seel.

Congratulations to Bands making State

Finals including Fairfield HS-Andrew

Muth & Scott Lehman (Runner Up); Northridge HS-Brad Zook, Bryce Cone

& Micah Detweiler, Nor thwood HS-

Eric Criss & Jacob Grabill.

The following schools participated in the Rensselaer Central HS Marching Festival in Late September-Crown Point HS-

Johann Sletto, Kankakee Valley HS-

Nick Boersma & Brandon Dinkins, Michigan City HS-Rich Merrick,

Benton Central HS-Michael Richardson,

Calumet New Tech HS-Colin Stage,

Highland HS-Brian Blocker, Nor th Montgomery HS-Jonathan Flodder &

Zach Burney, Crawfordsville HS-Paul

Belleville, and Rensselaer Central HS-

Kelso Daning.

Performing ensembles in the Valparaiso Popcorn Fest Parade included: Kouts HS-

Fank Gast and Valparaiso HS-Miguel

Rosario, Andria Kessler, & Sarah

DeRossi

Harrison HS-Steve Cotton & Doug

Koleszar, hosted the 14th annual Harrison Showband Spectacular in October, a non-competitive marching festival showcasing entertainment focused marching bands. Those performing were: Attica, Covington, Delphi, Harrison, McCutcheon, Tipton, Seeger and West Lafayette.

The Benton Central HS Marching Band led by Michael Richardson performed in the Dan Patch Days Parade in Oxford, Indiana.

The Rensselaer HS Marching Band-Kelso

Daning and the South Newton HS Marching Band-Michael Jamieson both performed in the Earl Park Festival Parade as well as the Little Cousin Jasper Parade in early September.

The Goshen HS Crimson Marching Band directed by Tom Cox, Josh

Kaufman, Max Mault, Derrick

Shannon & Rocco Duranti placed 10th at the ISSMA Class A Marching Band Finals, and also performed in the BOA Regional in Bowling Green, Ohio where they placed 1st in 3A competition and 3rd in the Finals. Bravo!

The Grand Parade for Falloween

featured the John Glenn Marching Band under the direction of Dan Fortlander &

Cathy Burnett with many other participants including the Argos Marching Band-Amanda Malone and the Oregon Davis Marching band led by Amanda Lester. This is Amanda Malone’s first year at Argos as director of bands and choir, and they were recognized with the grand prize! Also performing at this event was the band “Just for Fun” consisting of four John Glenn teachers including Dan Fortlander

on drums.

Faculty Big Band

Saxophones: Ken Partyka, Scott Gumina, Mark O’Connor, Tony Kidonakis, Mark Hiebert

Trumpets: Chuck Parrish, Doug Schuler, Ben Clark, Brian Finn, Tom Reed

Trombones: Luke Malewicz, Craig Sunken, Brian Jacobi, Chris Darwell

Rhythm: Tom Vaitsas, Frank Alongi, Nate Jackson, Stacey Williams-Jackson

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Goshen HS-Steve

Snyder and the four Goshen MS Bands presented their Winter Concert with selections including

Hard Rock Blues, Holiday Magic, Night

Star & The Polar Express.

Penn HS Bands presented Kaleildoscope—which featured the combined 8th grade bands from Discovery MS, Schmucker MS, and Grissom MS. Jeff Carnall directed Ah-

free-kah, Heather Marshall directed Kentucky 1800 and Murray Weaver conducted Aggressivo. Kaleidoscope 2 was performed November 19th and featured Bill Leather conducting the Intermediate and Advanced Jazz Bands, Chris Paulson conducting the Freshman Bands and Concert Bands and Glenn Northern directing the Symphonic Winds and Marching Kingsmen.

Elkhart Memorial HS-Rebecca Yoder,

Jim Keranen & Jeffery Hatfield, presented the annual Memorial String Festival in October featuring the North Side MS, West Side MS 6th & 7th grade beginning orchestra, 7th Grade Orchestra, 8th Grade Orchestra, Memorial HS Concert, and Symphonic Orchestras. The Festival concluded with a combined orchestra of 7th -12th grade students performing Mouret’s Rondeau.

Jimtown Band Assistant Director Becky

Snider conducted her premiere concert in October with selections from 1812 Overture, Relics of the Past &

Hungarian Dance No.5.

Bethany Christian Orchestra-Stacey

Farran and Band-Sherry Good

performed their “Music in the Park” concert in September.

In November, the Goshen College Youth Honors Orchestras presented their Fall Showcase Concert in Sauder Concert Hall. The Youth Honors Concert Orchestra (grades 7-9),is conducted by Kyle Miller, and the Youth Honors Symphony Orchestra (grades 9-12), is conducted by Brian

Mast.

Goshen MS Orchestra, under the direction of Zac Coudret, Sean Patrick

& Jason Pfeifer, per formed their annual Fall Concert October 5th. Selections performed included Sword Dance, North Country Legend, Wiley

Waltz, & Bittersweet Symphony.

The Discovery MS Orchestra, under the direction of Anne Tschetter performed their Fall Concert with selections including Gaelic Castle, Mystic Fawn,

Curse of the Rosin Eating Zombies from

Outer Space and an original composition by Anne entitled Old

MacDonald Had a Scary Orchestra.

Elkhart Central HS-Kyle Weirich,

Jeffery Hatfield, Kyle Miller &

Sharon Stauffer presented their annual String Festival, featuring orchestra students from ten elementary schools and students from North Side and Pierre Moran Middle Schools. Selections performed by the High School included Furioso, Handel’s

Water Music, & Fiddlin’ Casey Jones.

Elkhart Memorial HS-Kurt Weimer,

Jake Robaska, Lynne Gwin, Sandy

Carnall & Tim Carnall presented their annual Band Festival including performances by the Jazz Ensemble, Crimson Charger Command, combined North Side MS and West Side MS Bands and concluded with a combined performance of the

middle school and high bands playing the Memorial HS fight song.

And finally, Elkhart Central HS-

Jeremiah Bowman, Dan Burton,

Sandy Carnall, Carus Schaffer,

Harold Walt & Lynne Gwin presented their annual Band Festival. The festival concluded with a combined MS and HS band performing the Elkhart Central HS fight song.

The Grissom MS band and orchestra, led by Heather Marshall & Vickie

Marshall both presented Fall Concerts which included Portrait of a Clown, Tempest, Rhythm X, & Kentucky

1800 by the band and orchestra selections included Arches, To Dance in

Windy City Flutes (a new division of Quinlan & Fabish Music Co.) has be-come a destination point for serious flute performers with it’s debut this fall. As a “specialty store within a store”, we are focusing on professional quality flutes for high school, college, and pro-fessional flutists. Windy City Flutes will include all the flutes currently available through QF, but much, much, more too!

Windy City Flutes is a collaboration with the flute professionals serving on the QF Advisory Board and Jenn Clark, manager of QF-Burr Ridge. Pictured below is our first WCF customer - Anja Robbert of Lyons Twp HS with her new Yamaha Profes-sional Flute!

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& Ensemble January 30th and an IPA percussion show February 13th

Snider HS and Kevin Klee will be hosting their annual Jazz Festival February 13th.

MSBOA District 6 will hold their HS Solo & Ensemble Festival on Saturday, February 6 hosted by Dr. Jonathan

Korzun at Southwestern Michigan College, in Dowagiac. There will also be a Friday evening site at St. Joseph High School on February 5 hosted by director of bands Aaron Engleman.

MSOBA District 6 MS Solo & Ensemble Festival was held at Edwardsburg Community Schools on December 5th with host directors David Elliott and

Alexis Hiner.

Southwest Michigan high school and middle school concert bands and orchestras will perform for judges at MSBOA's district 6 band & orchestra festival held March 8-11 2016 at Lake Michigan College's Mendel Center for Performing Arts. John Owens, director of bands is the host for the event.

the Fields of Glory, & Goblin Boogie. Lavon Oke and the Penn HS Orchestra also performed Lullaby to the Moon & Rondo in Blue.

Joel Good, the director at Rossville J r /Sr High School, was a very busy host in November. The All Region Honor band festival was held on November 14 & 15 and the All District Honor Band Festival on November 20 & 21.

Barnes & Noble played host to a couple of our directors this year! Alex Benoit

and the Dickinson Orchestra performed this fall where they performed Pink Floyd tunes on electric violins and Ipads. Melissa Butner and the St. Pius 7th and 8th grade band performed at the book store on December 4th for a Winter Concert.

James Hornor, co-band director at Dickinson Fine Arts Academy, led the newly formed Dickinson Percussion Ensemble in performance several times in the month of October. The group performed for the SBCSC Magnet Fair and South Bend Education Truck Pull

Music for All Announces

2016 Summer Symposium

for Middle School stu-

dents!!

The Symposium already includes a track for Middle School Band Directors. The new track will of-fer a concert band experience for all middle school band students. The division is being coordinated by Keith Ozsvath, band director at Rotolo Middle School in Bata-via, and Greg Scapillato, band director for Northbrook School District 28. Both Keith and Greg are deeply familiar with Music for All and the Summer Symposi-

um, having attended the camp as high school students and

having served as SWAG Team members (counselors and teach-ing assistants) as college students

and young band directors.

“I am very excited that middle school band students will now be able to experience the same posi-tive energy and amazing educa-tional environment that the Sum-mer Symposium is known for,” says Ozsvath. “These students will make music, new friends, and lasting memories while learning from outstanding educa-

tors.”

“This is a big win for middle school band programs every-where!,” says Scapillato. “A nat-ural ‘next step’ for the Symposi-um, this camp is uniquely posi-tioned to foster both the growth of the young band student and

their desire to continue performing.

Get On the Bus…

QF will support the new MS Band Camp by providing a program called “Get on the Bus”. A char-

tered bus will pick up students and directors at three QF locations starting in Arlington Heights, then Burr Ridge, and finally Valparaiso to

transport students to the Camp at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Camp Dates are June 27-

July 2. Visit www.musicforall.org/mscamp for more information or call 800.848.2263 for details.

Fundraiser. Plans are for the group include it’s first “percussion-only”

concert in April.

Dave Weirich hosted a clar inet & saxophone recital with Culver Academies Music Adjunct Teacher Sharon Burke. Joining Dave on saxophone were Penny Vidito Sauer,

Keith White, & Scott Wykoff and the Culver Academies student jazz combo, “The Blue Notes”.

Susan Walker and Mark Druyos

hosted the North Central All-Region Honor Band at LaSalle Academy. Directors who coached for the event were Sherry Good, Dawn Forsythe,

Bryce Cone, Tim Carnall, Jeff

Carnall, Lisa Wallyn, Melissa

Butner, Mike Brown, Dan Burton,

Isaac Brinberg and Daniel Weinber

supporting guest conductor Deborah

Mizelle.

Carroll HS-Doug Hassell & Phil

Frazier, will be hosting ISSMA Solo

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5th Annual “Secret”

Warehouse

Garage

Sale

Despite the cold and snowy weather, customers were lined up and armed with their “secret door code” last February to take advantage of some tremendous bargains at our Annual Warehouse Garage Sale!

To sweeten the offer, the Sweet Super Secret Warehouse Garage Sale will be held on Valentine’s Day in 2016

Sunday, February 14th. What better way to say “I Love Y ou” than to bring that special someone to this event

and carry out a ton of music or that special instrument you’ve been longing to play?

Our famous “All You Can Carry Music for $399” Sale will be available to those strong and strong-willed par-ticipants. You will also fine great bargains on discountinued, demo, used, and distressed inventory of

instruments and accessories at unbelievable prices!

In late January, your QF Rep will provide you with a Secret Code to gain access to this special event on Sunday, February 14th from 10AM-2PM (Central Time). But, remember...it’s a secret...don’t tell anyone...

(except maybe a few close friends and students).