NC Music Educator Winter 2015

ORCHESTRA SECTION
This was an outstanding conference!
I hope each of you was able to experience
and learn from the outstanding
performances and sessions that were
presented this year. Under the baton of
Octavio Mas-Arocas, the All-State
Honors Orchestra performed with great
beauty and tremendous energy. The
contemporary orchestra composition
with electronica, Medicine Warehouse
by Mason Bates, had a great impact
on the audience as they responded
with great applause. Thank you to
Mr. Mas-Arocas for introducing our
students, directors, and audience
to amazing compositions like this
by living composers. Bravo to
the conductor, the students, and
directors for their hard work and
energized performance.
Thanks to all of the clinicians
and ensembles for taking the time to
share their knowledge and talent with
fellow music educators throughout the
conference: Dr. Jeremy Woolstenhulme,
Mr. Octavio Mas-Arocas, Joli Brooks,
Sabrina Howard, Beth McCollum, Will
Selle and the Watauga High School
Orchestra, Dave Wilson and the
Green Hope High School Orchestra,
and Donny Walter and the Northwest
Middle School Orchestra.
Congratulations to Jennifer
Mahouchick, recipient of the Eastern
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Teacher of the Year Award, and Karen
Guild, recipient of the Western Teacher
of the Year Award. These teachers were
recognized at the start of the All-State
Honors Orchestra Concert. Please take
a moment to congratulate them on this
great accomplishment.
I would like to take this moment
to thank each teacher who attended
the Orchestra Section business
meeting where we approved several
amendments to our governing
documents. In addition, we added
20 pieces to our NC Orchestra MPA
Repertoire List. Thank you to those
directors who served on this committee.
Please take time to view these
documents on the NCMEA Orchestra
Section website, www.ncorchestra.org/
wordpress.
Congratulations to Sarah Russell,
who was elected as our new Honors
Orchestra Chair. I know she will serve
us, and our students, well as chair. Also,
thank you to everyone that attended
the September regional meetings
for discussions that help this to be a
productive and successful meeting.
Please continue to check our
website for updated information for all
student events. Information is updated
as soon as it is available, so please
check back often. For those of you
interested in requesting additions,
changes, and deletions to the NC
Orchestra MPA Repertoire List, the
forms are available under the MPA tab.
All requests must be submitted prior
to next year’s NCMEA Professional
Development Conference.
I am honored and ready to
serve you as Orchestra Section
Chair. I look forward to continuing
the work that Jessica Embry has
done to improve and strengthen
our organization to better serve our
students. Thank you, Jessica, for all
of your hard work and efforts.
Let’s continue to communicate
and share our best teaching ideas
with each other as we learn about new
concepts and technologies that help us
provide the best music education for
our students. Please feel free to contact
me with any concerns, questions or
suggestions for our organization. My
email address is mholloman@wcpss.
net. I am looking forward to the next
two years as your chair.
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