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Bandmasters Review                                                                  Mission



                                                                                              Statement
            An Educational Publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association

                                                                                               The purpose of the
                                                                                               Texas Bandmasters
             Features                              TBA News                                   Association, Inc. is to:

              6   Exploring the Process of Vertical     2   Be Thankful and Pay it Forward     Continually assist its
                 Tuning                                by Phillip Clements, 2018-19 TBA      membership in achieving
                 by Richard L. Saucedo                 President Elect
                                                                                              the highest standards
              9   Road Signs For Personal Success     3   The Gift of Service                   of instrumental
                 by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser              by Daniel Allen, 2018-19 TBA Treasurer
                                                                                                music education.
             11   Musical Excellence: The Hallmark of     4   Malcolm Helm Scholarship Fund
                 Texas Bands                        5   TBA News                                    uuu
                 by Bradley N. Kent, DMA                                                      Promote the place and
                                                       by Michael Brashear, TBA Executive Director
             13   Creating a Culture of Excellence in    25   2018 The Midwest Clinic        value of music education
                 Your Second and Third Bands           Performances                           in our society and the
                 by Brittney Cook and Bryn Roberts                                         important role instrumental
                                                   25   NAMMB Contest Awards
             17   Teaching Mallet Instruments:                                              music plays in our cultural,
                 Let’s Start Differently           27   The UIL Marching Contest State      intellectual, and social lives.
                 by Dr. Yi-Jan (Rachel) Liu            Champs
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               21   Ten Guidelines for First Year
                 Ensemble Directors                                                             Foster goodwill,
                 by Dr. Brad Meyer                                                          fellowship and a collegial,
             23   I like, I wish, I wonder...                                                    fraternal spirit
                 Introspection and Evaluation of the                                           among its members.
                 Marching Season
                 by Jeremy Spicer                                                                   uuu
                                                                                             Provide its membership
                                                                                                 with an annual
                                                                                             Convention/Clinic which
                                                                                              introduces new music,
                                                                                            tried and proven teaching
                                                                                              methods and materials
                                                                                              as well as instruments
                                                                                                and equipment.

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                                                                                               Provide educational
                                                                                           publications of instructional
                                                                                              methods and materials
                                                                                              for TBA members and
                                                                                               aid them with their
                                                                                              personal development
                   TBA publishes these educational articles for your use in the classroom and rehearsal hall and to
                   share with your students as you wish. The opinions and teaching methods are those of the authors   and leadership.
                       and not necessarily shared by all members of the TBA staff and Board of Directors.
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            BANDMASTERS REVIEW is an educational publication of the Texas Bandmasters Association.
            The magazine’s purpose is to assist TBA members in achieving the highest standards of instrumental   Provide information for
            music education.  BANDMASTERS REVIEW is a quarterly publication and is mailed to current   the university music student
            Active/Retired and Business Members of TBA. If your address has changed, please contact the
            Texas Bandmasters Association office:  1002 Central Parkway South, San Antonio, TX  78232   preparing to become
                                         Phone: (210) 492-8878 Fax: (210) 492-8996              a band director.
                                         www.texasbandmasters.org

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