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Parkview Panther Band!
Click play to hear the Fight Song.
NEWS
- New items on the Swap Shop page!
- Band Show T-shirts
- Welcome to new Asst. Band Director, Jason Atha and Student Teacher, Jesse Carlson.
- Heat Index Information
- New pictures and videos
Band Show T-shirts
There are a limited number of Show T-Shirts left for purchase, size small only. If interested, e-mail me at racer1978@gmail.com
Thanks, Amanda Bjorklund
Posted: 30.Aug.2010
Welcome to new Asst. Band Director, Jason Atha and Student Teacher, Jesse Carlson
Jason Atha is the new Assistant Director of Bands at Parkview High
School. Mr. Atha attended The University of Georgia and graduated with
a Bachelor's of Music in Music Education from the Hugh Hodgson School
of Music and an Interdisciplinary Certificate in Music Business from
the Terry College of Business. Previously, Mr. Atha was the Assistant
Festival Director for the UGA Band Program. In this position, he
oversaw Janfest and Midfest, two of the largest band music festivals
of their kind in the nation. Under his direction, enrollment increased
to 2000 students and over 260 schools across the state of Georgia. In
addition, Mr. Atha served as the Visual Director for the North Oconee
High School Titian Regiment Marching Band and he served on the
executive board with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. In 2006, Mr. Atha helped
to develop the Athens-Area Band Showcase, a pre-festival concert
series offered to local middle and high school bands. He later became
the director of the AABS and saw festival attendance grow by over 50%.
In 2008, Mr. Atha interned with renowned video game composer Chris
Rickwood and studied composition using software such as Logic,
Protools, Sonar, Audiosuite and the Unreal Game Development Engine.
Mr. Atha student taught at Jefferson High School with Kris Plummer and
West Jackson Middle School with William Kilgore. In 2006, Mr. Atha
performed in six cities across China with the UGA Redcoat Band and was
principal clarinetist in the UGA Wind Symphony from 2008-2009.
Professional affiliations include The National Band Association (NBA),
Delta Epsilon Iota Honor Society, Music Educators National Conference
(MENC), Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Jesse Carlson, new Student Teacher in his own words:
"I am a native of Lilburn, I went to Arcado then R.D. Head Elementary, Five Forks Middle, and then that other school in the county (as Richard puts it). I graduated high school in '04 and went to the University of Tennessee. I graduated there in May of '09 with a degree in bassoon performance. In the Fall of '09 I entered Kennesaw State University to complete my degree in music education."
Jesse will be with us until December.
Posted: 9.Aug.2010, UPdated: 18.Aug.2010
Heat Index Information
Click on this link for the official Gwinnett County School guidelines:
GCPS Hot Weather Guidelines.
Click on this link for the current Weather Channel Heat Index Number.
Check the current Heat Index Number by clicking on the link above. The current temperature and the heat index number or the "Feels Like" number, which is the heat index. That is the number that you can compare to the Gwinnett County School guidelines. Mr. Magner knows these procedures, checks it, and adheres to it.
If it ever reaches the Black Flag the schools are notified and all practices stop.
Posted: 21.Jul.2010
New Pictures and Videos
Pictures and videos of the Washington D.C. trip are on the PICTURES pages.
Posted: 28.Jun.2010