February 2004
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Dear Colleague, Greetings to everyone! I hope you had a joyous holiday season and you are experiencing a New Year full of productive rehearsals, preparing your students for the busy spring performance and travel schedule. Here in the northeast we are digging out from yet another round of winter weather while looking hopefully forward to the coming of spring - and what a spring it promises to be! Festivals of Music and Music In The Parks stand to have their largest year in 2004. Our newest family member, EPN Travel Services, is continuing to serve our overnight festival groups while branching out into exciting new areas. This year, EPN Travel Services will take students throughout the US, Canada and Europe on performance tours, arrange Magic Music Days performances and schedule festival performances outside of our standard Festivals of Music and Music In The Parks offerings. EPN is truly becoming the only resource you need to plan any trip! I hope you enjoy the articles by our esteemed authors. Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments. Thanks for stopping!
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In This Issue:
EPN Travel Services News – In this issue we feature our showcase city of Toronto, Canada to visit with your group.
Featured Articles:
Festival Preparation
Carl A. Bly
Carl Bly concludes a two-part article on preparing your large ensemble for festival. Selecting The Ensemble's Music and Preparing The Selected Works are the titles of these two articles.
Music Advocacy = Program Success
"ACCESSING THE INFORMATION SOURCES"
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
Dr. Lautzenheiser presents Part Five of a six part series about advocacy and how it relates to your school music program. Tim Lautzenheiser is Educational Administrator for Festivals of Music . He also serves as Director of Education for the Conn-Selmer Company and national spokesperson for MENC's "Make A Difference With Music".
Warm Up: It Could Be the Most Important Part of Rehearsal
Joe Pappas
Mr. Pappas considers the groundwork needed for an effective rehearsal. Joe is the Director of Bands at Jefferson College and Director of Publications for Educational Programs Publications.
Festival Performances
Paul McKay
Paul McKay presents an article on good mental attitude and physical preparedness for festival day. Paul is a professional musician, composer, adjudicator and clinician in the Toronto area. Currently he is Minister for Music at Erin Mills United Church in Mississauga.
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