May 2002

Dear Colleague, Once again it is our pleasure here at Educational Programs to present the third newsletter in our educational series written by leading music educators for Powertalk. We hope that you find these presentations to be enjoyable and enlightening. Please let us hear from you concerning your thoughts and ideas for future Power Talk presentations.  Our authors for this newsletter are Elliot Del Borgo, Tim Lautzenheiser, Gordon Foote, Russell Raber and Joseph Pappas. The editors for Powertalk are our own Tom Talamantes and Matt Alosi who are program directors here at Educational Programs.  Thank you for your interest. Sincerely, Jim Wells President Educational Programs Network

Music In the Parks News

Festivals of Music News

EPN Travel Services Featured City- In each issue of Powertalk, Brenda Miller from EPN Travel, will showcase a city in North America that school groups might consider traveling to.

Judge's Spotlight- Powertalk has a new feature where we spotlight two of our Music In The Parks and Festivals of Music adjudicators. 

Featured Articles:

Hosting a Festival

Russell Raber

Russ Raber discusses the benefits of hosting a festival and the impact that it can make on a school's music program.  Mr. Raber is the Supervisor of Music for the Benton-Carroll-Salem Local School District and teaches junior high school general music and chorus and is the Regional Coordinator for Cedar Point Music In The Parks festivals.

Preparing a Budget

Joseph Pappas

Joe Pappas discusses strategies to preparing a successful band budget under several different conditions.  Mr. Pappas is a music publisher and the St. Louis Regional Coordinator for Music In the Parks and Festivals of Music.

Selecting Jazz Literature

Gordon Foote

Dr. Gordon Foote is the Director of Jazz Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

The Basics of Good String Tone-

Elliot Del Borgo

Elliot Del Borgo, composer, arranger, clinician, discusses techniques to help produce a better sound.

Advocacy:  Sharing the Good News With the Right People-

Tim Lautzenheiser

Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser presents Part Two of a six-part series about advocacy and how it relates to your school music program.  Dr. Tim is President of Attitude Concepts for Today Inc. and is a guest lecturer, clinician and adjudicator across North America. Dr. Tim also presents leadership workshop sessions at select Festivals of Music locations.

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