Virginia State University Saxophone Quartet

• The Qartet is one of the most outstanding ensembles in the department of music. The group performs for the University, communities and public schools.

• James Holden, Jr. began his study of the saxophone at the age of fifteen (15) under the tutelage of Joseph Jennings at Brinkley High School In Jackson Mississippi. He later studied with John P. Jones and Harold J. Haughton at Jackson State University, while completing the B.M.E. and M.M.E. degree.

James Holden, Virginia State University

Overton High School JAZZ Band

• The band is the flagship ensemble for Overton High School of the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tn

• Jeff Huddleston earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Mississippi Valley State University and a Master of Music degree from the University of Mississippi. Jeff has played with Bobby Rush, Joyce Cobb and in back-up horn sections for the Temptations and The Four Tops.

Jeff Huddleston, Memphis, TN

Norfolk State University Jazz Band

• The ensemble performs works by Count Basic, Duke Ellington, Bob Mintzer, Frank Mantooth, Jeff Jarvis, Benny Carter, student arrangers and many others.

• Director Stephanie K. Sanders is principal bassoonist with the Virginla Beach Symphony and Tidewater Winds Concert Band. She is also the lead alto saxophonist with the MOTOWN Revue.

Stephanie Sanders, Norfolk State University

Atlanta Metropolitan Community band

• A community band from Atlanta, Georgia composed of many senior citizens

Alfred Wyatt, Sr., Atlanta, GA

Jackson All City Band

• Williams is Chairman of Jackson Public School Bands and he is band director at Province High School

Carlton Williams, Jackson, MS

Southern University Concert Choir

• He is choral dirctor at Southern University

Charles Lloyd, Southern University

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

The State of Urban Music Education

• Marsha Kindall-Smith of the University of Wisconsis at Milwaukee has expertise in Multicultural Music Education, Music in Urban Schools and Music Teacher Education.
  
• This group, lead by Marsha Kindall-Smith, will review the state of Urban Music Education and make recommendations

Marsha Kindall-Smith, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

ELEMENTARY MUSIC WORKSHOPS

Music, Movement and Literacy for Early Learners

• Of particular benefit to educators and caretakers alike, this workshop is a fun and thrilling way to excite young children to express themselves freely through music, to derive pleasure from musical experiences, to sing tunefully, to experiment with creating and performing music, and to broaden their knowledge of music. ( Pre - K to Grade 3)

• Mark and Evia Davis are chairpersons for Langston University, OK . Music and Family & Consumer Sciences Departments, respectively. Each has traveled extensively across the nation serving as experts in the areas of early Literacy and Music or Music and Diversity.

Mark and Evia Davis, Langston University

Exploring Literacy Through Multicultural Music

• The session will focus on components of literacy and their relationship to music of ethnic cultures. Participants will be actively engaged in making connections of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary to ethnic music.
  
• Moore, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, has published Multicultural Music: The Connection to Music Learning and Performance. Tennessee Musician,Winter 2005; Making Music: Grades 7 & 8, Pearson Education Silver Burdett, 2005; and Making Music with Movement and Dance (Book and DVD): Pearson Education Silver Burdett, 2005

Marvelene Moore, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Music and Math for 4th Graders

• This is a new and creative program developed by the Fine Arts Department of the Gary Community School Corporation. Students in grades 4-12 will fine tune their music skills by applying mathematic concepts.
  
• Willie Horne is Music supervisor for Gary, Indiana Public Schools

Willie Horne, Gary, IN

Traditional African American Play Songs and Games for Today's Children, lower grades

• African American songs and games as played by yesterday's children with updatiing by today's children will be featured and researched-based commentary and teaching strategies that address National and Mississippi Standards for Music Education will be discussed

• She is an Associate Professor of Music at Texas Southern University where she she specialises in teaching spirituals, gospel, worksongs and jazz

C. Dianne Mack, Texas Southern University

Traditional African American Play Songs and Games for Today's Children, upper grades

• African American songs and games as played by yesterday's children with updatiing by today's children.
  
• Associate Professor of Music at Texas Southern University whose workshops include Refleftions of Music in Multicultural Books for Children

C. Dianne Mack, Texas Southern University

Rock-a My Soul

• We will address the negro spiritual in the classroom and demonstrate a teaching method for the spiritual.
  
• Lois Amelia Tilly is a grateful Katrina survivor who moved from New Orleans to Detroit where she continues to teach music.

Lois Amelia Tilly, Detroit Public Schools

The Quilt Speaks about African American History in our Schools

• The clinician will look at the art and symbolism of quilting, along with the African American spiritual in helping to understand what lengths the African slave went through to achieve freedom in America

• Boyer has all levels of Orff-Teacher Training Certification and has completed Kodaly Certification from the Danube Bend Summer University in Estrogom, Hungary. She is the past president of the National Association for the Advancement and Performance of African American Music (NASPAMM). She is co-author of Music Fundamentals, Methods, and Materials for the Elementary Classroom Teacher published by Addison Wesley-Longman Publishers and Share the Music, K-8 Basil Book Series published by McGraw-Hill.

Rene Boyer, University of Cincinnati

Education through Collaboration: Celebrating African Music

• An elementary school-university collaboration is offered as a model which provides valuable multicultural music education experience for future educators while supporting music in a local public school. The presentation will feature second and third graders from Churchill Elementary School in Westpoint, MS and Mississippi State University students from the MENC-MSU Chapter.

• Robert J. Damm is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Music Education partnerships at Mississippi State University. In 2004, he participated in the rhythms of Africa summer program that allowed first hand experience of African culture in ghana and study with traditional artist and instructors from ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya.

• Susie Marshall is a level III Orff Certified Elementary Music Specialist who has taught elementary music in Mississippi for 24 years.

Robert Damm and Susie Marshall, Mississippi State and Westpoint, MS

Unleashing the Genius through a Blues Aesthetic

• In this workshop, I will be focusing on the City Sounds section from my book Secret Meeting, Kwanzaa Songs and City Sounds. City Sounds is a story about the experience of African American children in Urban settings. What does a city sound like? How do you create a Junkyard Band. How are girls' experiences different from boys? Where do Street Cheers come from? What is the correlation between Street Cheers and Step Dancing?

• A Graduate of both the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Trinity University in Washington, D.C. Kwelismith is an interdisciplinary performance artist and Jazz vocalist.

Kwelismith, Washington, D. C.

LECTURE RECITALS

A performance of Chansons Creoles by Jason Oby, Tenor

• The collection of songs was written in 2005 by John Cornelius for tenor, Jason Oby.
  
• Dr. Jason Oby, is one of the acclaimed Three Mo' Tenors and he teahces at Texas Southern University

• John L. Cornelius, II, compositions range from songs and other chamber pieces to orchestral works and full scale musicals for the theatrical stage. He is currently on the faculty at Prairie View A&M University, teaching theory and composition and piano.

John Cornelius II and Jason Oby, Houston, Texas

Bassoon compositions by African American Composers

• Music of Ed Balnd, William Grant Still, Gary Powell Nash, Adolphus Hailstork, and Daniel Bernard Roumain will be presented.

• LECOLION WASHINGTON, bassoon, received his BM in Music Studies from the University of Texas at Austin (1999) and a MM in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music (2001). Washington served three seasons as co-principal bassoon of the Missouri Chamber Orchestra and currently performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Iris Chamber Orchestra while employed at the University of Memphis.

Lecolian Washington, University of Memphis

Poetry in Motion: Paul Laurence Dunbar and Lanston Hughes in Song

• There will be a brief discussion of the poets and a performance of the songs that reveal poetry in motion

• Sebronette Barnes is an associate professor in the fine arts department at Cheyney University.

• Jia An is an instructor in the fine arts department at Cheyney University.

Sebronette Barnes and Jia An, Cheyney University

From Ragtime, to the Blues, to Jazz: A Taste of African-American Music.

• A Lecture Recital/Performance featuring compositions by African-American legends and played by a Woodwind Ensemble

• Girtmon is currently Associate Director of Bands/Coordinator of Music Education, and Assistant Professor of Music at Jackson State University.

Paxton Girtmon, Jackson, MS

Music of African American Female Composers

• She is on the Jackson State University Faculty

Karen Laubengayer, Jackson, MS

RESEARCH PAPERS

Mississippi Cries for Liberty: Voices of Protest, Melodies of Hope

• The emergence of Mississippi blues and the birth of traditional gospel music are direct responses to the struggles of African Americans in the Magnolia state. A correlation between Mississippi Blues and Traditional Gospel Music in Mississippi will be explored

• Sharon Young, teaches at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has presented at MENC National Biennial Conference in phoenix

Sharon Young, Pine Bluff, Ark

What are the statistics Really telling us?

• This session will provide an overview of Black educational satistics, causations and solutions that may increase the academic achievement of Black students

• Nicole Robinson is Music Education Division Head and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Nicole's research interests include effective pre-service teacher preparation, curriculum development, and "at risk" student populations.

Nicole Robinson, University of Memphis

Spirituals for a New Milennium: New Settings of Old Favorites

• In this presentation I will share the results of my research including an interview with noted Cuban composer Tania Leon and sound clips from the program. My paper will clearly show the ongoing artistic and emotional stimulus provided by the spiritual music of a strong resilient people.

• Dr. Kendall founded the BlackNote Ensemble, a performance group of actors and musicians presenting programs dedicated to African American arts and culture

Yvonne Kendall, University of Houston

An Expose on Nigerian Choral Composers

• Western choral music was introduced to Nigeria through the churches established by early missionaries from the United States and Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. By the turn of the twentieth century, Nigerian composers had begun writing indigenous choral songs. Prominent among these composers are Thomas Ekundayo Phillips (1884-1969), Fela Sowande (1905-1987), Ayo Bankole (1935-1969), and Joshua Uzoigwe (1946-2005).

• Dr. Sadoh is a Nigerian ethnomusicologist, composer, church musician, organist, pianist, choral conductor, and publishing scholar. He is the first African to earn a doctoral degree in organ performance and he teaches at LeMoyne-Owen College.

Godwin Sadoh, Memphis, TN

Gospel Music Education in the Urban University Setting

• The purpose of this paper is to define the meaning and purpose of a gospel music education; to provide essential components of an effective gospel music education curriculum; to determine the benefits of students participating in African-American based ensembles; and to evaluate universities that offer gospel music ensembles for academic credit.

• Lemondra V. Hamilton is director of the University of Memphis Gospel Choir; teaches Orff for Memphis City Schools and is Minister of Music at First Baptist in Indianola, Mississippi.

• Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Music Education at the University of Memphis.

Lemondra Hamilton, Memphis, TN