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Conductors Workshop
 

11th Annual Conductors Workshop

for Conductors of all levels
November 16 & 17, 2007

Clinicians

James Keene

Jack Delaney

Robert W. Rumbelow

Workshop Information


Jerry Junkin Coaching at the 2006 Clinic

 
 

Download Conductors Workshop Brochure (Registration Card) (pdf)

2007 Promotional Ad/Flyer (pdf)

Wind Ensemble Activities
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Participant Status

§         Limited to seventeen (17) participants. 

§         Participant status is on a first-come, first-served basis. After the seventeen slots are filled, further participant applicants will receive auditor status and be placed on a waiting list for participant status if they wish.

§         Participant status can be obtained by returning the registration card and the $165 fee.

§         Participants must supply their own scores and blank video tape (mini-DV preferred, VHS supported)

Auditor Status (unlimited slots available)

§         Auditor status can be obtained by returning the registration card and the $85 fee.

§         Auditors must supply their own scores.

Both participants and auditors attend all sessions. The only difference is that participants receive actual podium time with each ensemble and are coached on a one-on-one basis.

All fees are non-refundable (participant and auditor status) upon confirmation.

Workshop Site
Columbus State University RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
900 Broadway
Columbus, GA  31901

Mailing Address
Columbus State University
Schwob School of Music / Conductors Workshop
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA  31907-5645

Workshop Coordinators
Alisha Wooley & Renee Perkins
E-mail: wooley_alisha@colstate.edu
E-mail: perkins_kimberly@colstate.edu

Main Hotel for Conductors Workshop

Columbus Marriott
800 Front Avenue
Columbus, GA  31901
Telephone:  706-324-1800
Special Rate:  $125 per night plus tax
Rooms in Block:  17 arriving Nov. 16  (3 arriving Nov. 15)
Cut-off date:  October 12, 2007
Rhonda DePratt, Director of Corporate Sales 
*Located directly across the street from the workshop site.

Alternate Hotels
All of these alternate hotels below require you to have transportation (car / cab) to and from the RiverCenter.  CSU can not provide shuttle service. The Columbus Marriott (official hotel of the workshop) is located directly across the street from the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts and requires no “in-town” transportation. 

Courtyard Marriott
3501 Courtyard Way
Columbus, GA  31901
Telephone:  706-323-2323
Special Rate:  $89 per night plus tax
Rooms in Block:  4  (King, non-smoking)
Cut-off Date:  November 15, 2007
Tammy Weldon, Sales Manager
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Fairfield Inn
4510 E. Armour Road
Columbus, GA  31904
Telephone:  706-317-3600
Special Rate:  $89 per night plus tax
Rooms in Block:  8  (King, non-smoking or Double, non-smoking – same rate)
Cut-off Date:  October 16, 2007
Nilsa Perez, Director of Sales
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Holiday Inn (Columbus North)
2800 Manchester Expressway
Columbus, GA  31904
Telephone:  706-324-0231
Special Rate:  $79 per night plus tax
Rooms in Block:  4  (King, non-smoking)
Cut-off Date:  October 16, 2007
Renee Scurry, Sales Manager
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Hilton Garden Inn, Columbus
1500 Bradley Lakes Blvd.
Columbus, GA  31904
Telephone:  706-660-1000
Special Rate:  $109 plus tax per night
Rooms in Block: 4
Cut-off date:  October 16, 2007
Wanda Haden, Sales Manager 

Repertoire for 2007 Workshop

WIND ORCHESTRA (select one)
English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
O Cool is the Valley, Op. 118 - Vincent Persichetti

CHAMBER WINDS (select one)
Petite symphonie, Op. 90 - Charles Gounod (Ludwig / Fennell)
La Creation du monde - Darius Milhaud

WIND ENSEMBLE (select one)
First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst (ed. Matthews)
Magneticfireflies - Augusta Read Thomas
Danza de los Duendas - Nancy Galbraith

FRIDAY CONCERT PROGRAM
Magneticfireflies - Augusta Read Thomas
First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
La Creation du monde - Darius Milhaud 
Music for Prague 1968 - Karel Husa

OFFICIAL MUSIC DEALER
Shattinger Music • 1-800-444-2408

Schedule

November 16, 2007 - Friday

3:45pm Open Rehearsal with Jack Delaney Legacy Hall
4:30pm Open Rehearsal with James Keene Legacy Hall
6:00pm Workshop Registration/Check-in RiverCenter Foyer
7:00pm CSU Wind Symphony Concert Legacy Hall
8:15pm Workshop Welcome and Philosophy Studio Theatre
8:30pm Session I - Wind Orchestra Legacy Hall
11:00pm Finish

November 17, 2007 - Saturday

8:00-9:00am Workshop Registration  
9:00am Session 2 - Chamber Winds Legacy Hall
12:00noon Lunch Break
1:00pm Session 3 - Jack Delaney Lecture Studio Theatre
2:30pm Session 4 - James Keene Lecture Studio Theatre
4:00pm Break - Snacks and Drinks  
4:30pm Session 5 - Panel Discussion Studio Theatre
5:30pm Dinner Break  
7:00pm Session 6 - Wind Ensemble Legacy Hall
10:00pm Finish

 

NOTE: Meals are not included in your fee. A suggested restaurant guide will be in your registration packet.

There will be one (1) Staff Development Unit available (extra $10 processing fee) and can be obtained by attending the entire workshop or just all of Saturday. This workshop meets national standards.

Faculty

James F. Keene is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Illinois. Appointed in 1985, he is only the fourth person to hold that position since 1905.  During his 21-year tenure at Illinois, the Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony, under his direction, have been selected to perform for every major music conference in the U.S., have toured throughout the country, as well as Great Britain, and have performed in several of the America’s prestigious concert halls. In addition to producing an extensive recording series for Mark Recordings, the Symphonic Band was featured on the Masterpiece Series distributed by EMI-Toshiba of Japan. These recordings have been broadcast on National Public Radio in the U. S., as well as radio programs in Asia, Australia, and several European countries.  Mr. Keene is a Past-President of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association and recently completed a term as chairman of the Board of Directors. He is also a Past-President of the National Band Association, and The Big Ten Band Directors Association. For several years he served as chairman of the ABA/Ostwald Composition Contest, and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Band Research.  In addition to membership in several professional and honorary societies, Mr. Keene is an Evans Scholar, a Past-President of the Champaign Rotary Club, and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation. In 1993 Professor Keene was named as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the International Percy Grainger Society in recognition of his devotion to the music of Grainger; he also serves on the Board of Directors of the John Philip Sousa Foundation and the historic Goldman Memorial Band of New York City. Recently, Professor Keene was named Honorary Life Member of the Texas Bandmasters Association, becoming only the sixth person to be so honored in the 55-year history of that organization. He has served as clinician, conductor, and adjudicator throughout the United States and around the world, with appearances most recently in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Europe.

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Jack Delaney is Director of Bands at the Meadows School of the Arts of Southern Methodist University, where he conducts the Meadows Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in conducting and wind literature. Under his guidance, the Meadows Wind Ensemble has established itself as one of the leading ensembles of its kind, as evidenced by performances at significant regional, national, and international music festivals and conferences throughout the United States and Europe.  Numerous national radio networks around the world, including the BBC in London, have broadcast performances and recordings by the Meadows Wind Ensemble.  Delaney has conducted professional and student ensembles throughout Israel, Europe, South America and the United States, including performances with the New World Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Wind Symphony, as well as performances in Boston's Symphony Hall, New York's Town Hall, and the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.  In addition, Delaney has commissioned some 50 major works by leading composers, a partial listing of which includes Augusta Read Thomas, Stephen Paulus, Warren Benson, Stephen Jones, Samuel Adler, Akira Miyoshi, John Mackey, Simon Sargon, Timothy Broege, David Sargent, Cindy McTee, Kevin Hanlon, John Gibson, Robert Frank, Eric Stokes, Charles Rochester Young, and Vicente Moncho. He has collaborated with a number of choreographers to create, and in some instances recreate, original works for dancers, wind ensembles, and chamber orchestras. These commissions include works to accompany the music of Norman Dello Joio, Stephen Montague, Joseph Schwantner, Igor Stravinsky and Carlos Surinach.  The recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, Delaney was recently awarded the Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the Meadows School of the Arts. He also received the Achievement in Music Award from the Ohio University School of Music Alumni Association and was honored by the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music at the first alumni concert by the Cincinnati Wind Symphony.

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Robert W. Rumbelow is in his twelfth year as Conductor and Director of Wind Ensemble Activities at the Schwob School of Music of Columbus State University.  In addition to teaching classes in conducting and literature, he is the conductor of the faculty Camerata chamber orchestra and frequent conductor of opera productions.  Dr. Rumbelow previously served as the associate conductor of the famed Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra.  He also worked with the Eastman Studio Orchestra, Kilbourn Orchestra, Musica Nova, and the independent Rochester Chamber Players.  Rumbelow received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from Eastman and primarily studied with Donald Hunsberger.  Prior to his doctoral studies at Eastman, he successfully served as a director of bands in the Texas public schools.  Rumbelow maintains a very active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, arranger, composer, and lecturer. He is the recipient of several notable accolades, including being a two-time winner of the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize, the first prize winner in the Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition sponsored by the Sousa Foundation, and winner of the North American round and finalist in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition.  Dr. Rumbelow is in demand throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Europe as a conductor for both wind bands and orchestras.  His Russian debut conducting the Hermitage State Chamber Orchestra in April of 2003 received critical praise.  Outstanding performances of the CSU Wind Ensemble under his baton have been recorded and broadcast on NPR and Georgia Public Broadcasting.  Recordings on the Summit label as well as performances by the ensemble at statewide and national conferences have brought widespread praise for the wind ensemble program. Commissions and consortia spearheaded by Rumbelow have met with great success and have included premieres of works by Christopher Theofanidis, Shafer Mahoney, J.M. David, Dorothy Chang, and many others.  Dr. Rumbelow’s own compositions and arrangements are internationally performed and published by Kjos, Ludwig, Warner Brothers, and Alfred Music Publishers. Broadcasts of Dr. Rumbelow's music have been heard on NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, NPR, BBC, and NHK Japan.  He has received numerous ASCAP Awards for his writing, multiple selections to Who’s Who listings, several citations from the National Band Association, and election to Phi Beta Mu. 

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