The minutes from the IBA Convention are now available.

The January minutes are now available.

Middle School Band Opening (grades 7-8)
Oak Ridge Middle School
Linn-Mar Community School District

Oak Ridge Middle School in the Linn-Mar Community School district has a 1.0 opening for a 7-8 Instrumental Director starting in 2009-2010. The position would include directing a 7th and 8th Grade Concert Band, 8th Grade Jazz Band, and teaching individual brass, woodwind, and percussion lessons in grades 6-8.

Linn-Mar is a growing class 4A district located in Marion, Iowa, and is a part of the greater Cedar Rapids metro area.

The Linn-Mar 5-12 band programs have a long tradition of program excellence with strong community and administrative support, and a collaborative, supportive 5-12 band staff. Current program honors include the Oak Ridge 6th Grade Concert Band being selected to performing at the 2009 Iowa Bandmaster Conference, and the Linn-Mar High School Music Department being recognized as one of the top music programs in the country by the 2009 GRAMMY Signature School program (www.grammyintheschools.com).

All interested applicants are encouraged to view the posting on the Linn-Mar Community website at www.linnmar.k12.ia.us or click here.

Questions can be directed to:
Steve Stickney
Linn-Mar Director of Bands
319-447-3094
sstickney@linnmar.k12.ia.us

The schedule for the 2009 Jazz Festival is now available.

Thanks to Audra for sending these pictures from our honor band festival. If anyone has other pictures they would like to share please send them to me and I will add them to the album.

The minutes from the summer meeting are now available. Sorry for the delay in posting. I had pep band tonight and wasn't able to get them posted till 10:00. There is also another update to our membership directory.

The honor band auditions are on time. Any students arriving late due to road conditions will be accommodated as best as possible in the schedule.

The honor band schedule is now available. There has been a correction to the JH Concert Band Festival registration form, please download a new version. The directory has once again been updated.

The auditions schedules for high school, junior high school, and jazz band are now available. There is also a newly updated membership directory that contains many additions.

The jazz festival registration is now available, along with another update to the directory.

Kim Benson has forwarded the registration form, adjudication form, and adjudication criteria for the junior high concert band festival. Steve has also sent version 8 (I lost track) of our SEIBA directory .

Our SEIBA directory has once again been updated.

Our SEIBA directory has once again been updated.

The Major Landers Scholarship application is now available. Please visit the events page for more information.

The membership directory is now available. This file will be updated throughtout the year.

The president's message and the honor band packet are now available. There have also been some minor updates to our officer page.

The junior high large group page has been updated. Please visit the events page for changes.

The SEIBA membership form is now available for download.

Saturday, November 1st, Fall Symposium, ISU Campus in Ames. This Symposium is a day long event directly geared for 1st and 2nd year Directors (Band, Vocal, and Orchestra.) All the sessions are centered around topics that are important to first year teachers such as a panel discussion from 2nd and 3rd year directors on "How I survived my first year," a session sponsored by IHSMA on rules and regulations, to a round table discussion with retired and experienced band directors. Contact Dorothy Jacobi, IBA and SEIBA Mentorship chairperson at djacobi@solon.k12.ia.us for further information.

Thursday, September 4th, SEIBA New Directors Get-Together at 6:30PM at "The Edge" Restaurant in Coralville. All first and second year Directors as well as new to SEIBA directors are welcomed and encouraged to attend. At this get together you can get acquainted with other area band directors, get information about festival and contest dates, learn more about SEIBA and IBA, and get a great meal where the tab is picked up by SEIBA (South East Iowa Bandmasters Association) and West Music Co.! In addition, if you are a first or second year teacher and would like a mentor, this is the place to do that also! This meeting is geared to welcome all new band directors but mainly to assist first year teachers in finding a mentor for the school year and maybe even for life! Contact Dorothy Jacobi, IBA and SEIBA Mentorship chairperson at djacobi@solon.k12.ia.us for further information.

The solo and ensemble festival page has been updated.

As of today there have been no updates to the site. Following the summer planning meeting the web page will be updated gradually as I receive all of the new information from the officers and event chairs. Hopefully this process will be done prior to September 1st.

The summer planning meeting scheduled for August 4th has been rescheduled on Wednesday, August 6th. The meeting will take place at The Edge Restaurant on 1st Avenue in Coralville beginning at 1:00 PM.