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Conductors Workshop

13th Annual Conductors Workshop
for all conductors of all levels
November 20 - 21, 2009

Bob Reynolds
H. Robert Reynolds coaching at the 2008 Clinic

Clinicians

Allan McMurray

Robert Rumbelow

Mark Davis Scatterday

Workshop Information

Participant status

Limited to seventeen 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 $175 fee.
Participants must supply their own scores and blank video tape (mini-DV preferred, VHS supported)

Auditor status (unlimited slots)

Auditor status can be obtained by returning the registration card and the $90 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) 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 Coordinator

Josh Howard
E-mail: howard_joshua3@colstate.edu

Main Hotel for Conductors Workshop

Columbus Marriott
800 Front Avenue
Columbus, GA 31901
Telephone: 706-324-1800
Special Rate: $109 per night plus tax
Rooms in Block: 15
Cut-off date: October 23, 2009
*Located directly across the street from the workshop site.

Recommended Alternate Hotels

Courtyard Marriott
3501 Courtyard Way
Columbus, GA 31901
Telephone: 706-323-2323

Fairfield Inn
4510 E. Armour Road
Columbus, GA 31904
Telephone: 706-317-3600

Holiday Inn (Columbus North)
2800 Manchester Expressway
Columbus, GA 31904
Telephone: 706-324-0231

Double Tree
5351 Sidney Simons Blvd.
Columbus, GA 31904
Telephone: 706-327-6868

Repertoire for 2009 Workshop

Wind Orchestra (select one)

Solitary Dancer - Warren Benson
Symphonic Movement - Vaclav Nelhybel

Chamber Winds (select one)

Octet - Igor Stravinsky
Serenade Op. 7 - Richard Strauss

Wind Ensemble (select one)

George Washington Bridge - William Schuman
O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen, arr. Reynolds
Handel in the Strand - Percy A. Grainger

Friday Concert Program

George Washington Bridge - William Schuman
O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen, arr. Reynolds
Handel in the Strand - Percy A. Grainger
The Here and Now - Christopher Theofanidis (world premiere)

Official Music Dealer

Shattinger Music • 1-800-444-2408

Schedule

November 20, 2009 - Friday

3:45pm	Open Rehearsal with Allan McMurray	Legacy Hall
4:30pm	Open Rehearsal with Mark Scatterday	Legacy Hall
6:00pm	Workshop Registration/Check-in	RiverCenter Foyer
7:00pm	CSU Wind Ensemble Concert	Legacy Hall
8:15pm	Workshop Welcome and Philosophy	Studio Theatre
8:30pm	Session 1 - Wind Orchestra	Legacy Hall
11:00pm	Finish

November 21, 2009 - Saturday

8:00-9:00am	Workshop Registration
9:00am	Session 2 - Chamber Winds	Legacy Hall
12:00noon	Lunch Break
1:00pm	Session 3 - Allan McMurray Lecture	Studio Theatre
2:30pm	Session 4 - Mark Scatterday 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 (PLU or SDU) available for an extra $10 processing fee, and can be obtained by attending the entire workshop or just all of Saturday. This workshop meets all national professional development standards.

Faculty

Allan McMurray is the Robert and Judy Charles Endowed Professor of Conducting and Director of Bands at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Prior to this position he was on the faculty of the University of Michigan. Considered one of the world's leading teachers of conducting, Professor McMurray has guest conducted and taught conductors in 45 states and 15 foreign countries. He has been a featured visiting professor at over 200 universities and conservatories nationally. He has hosted the College Band Directors National Conducting Symposium at CU-Boulder since 1986. Since Professor McMurray's arrival in 1978, the University of Colorado Bands have distinguished themselves with performances at major conferences and conventions, including International Conferences in Manchester, England; Nemo Nu Sato, Japan; Hamamatsu, Japan; and twice at the CBDNA Convention. WIth a strong commitment to new music, Allan McMurray is a leader in commissioning compositions by American composers. He is the author of three DVD's on conducting: "Conducting from the Inside Out: Gesture and Movement"; "Conducting from the Inside Out: Conductor and Composer with Frank Ticheli" and "Kindred Spirits". Allan McMurray is a Past-President of the College Band Directors National Association, a recipient of the Bohumil Makovsky Award from the National band fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, and has been recognized by California State University Long Beach as "Distinguished Artist in Classical Music." In December 2004, the Board of Regents designated Allan McMurray as "Distinguished Professor", the first in the College of Music to receive this honor and the only one from the Arts to hold the title.

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Robert W. Rumbelow is in his fourteenth year as Conductor and Director of Wind Ensemble Activities at the Columbus State University Schwob School of Music. In addition to teaching classes in conducting and literature, Dr. Rumbelow is the conductor of both CSU Wind Ensembles, the faculty Camerata chamber orchestra, frequent conductor of opera productions, as well as guest conductor, clinician, arranger, composer, and lecturer throughout the U.S. and abroad. Rumbelow received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from Eastman where he studied with Donald Hunsberger. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, he successfully served as a director of bands in the Texas public schools. Before joining CSU, Dr. Rumbelow 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. He has received several notable accolades including the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize and first prize in the Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition sponsored by the Sousa Foundation. In 1997 he won the North American round of the Tokyo International Conducting Competition conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, and progressed to the finals conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic and the Shinsei Symphony Orchestra. He received critical praise for his Russian debut conducting the Hermitage State Chamber Orchestra in April of 2003.

Both NPR and Georgia Public Broadcasting commonly broadcast performances of the CSU Wind Ensemble under the baton of Dr. Rumbelow. The ensemble program has received widespread praise for live performances at many statewide and national conferences, as well as their commercial recordings. Rumbelow has spearheaded many notable commissions and consortia including premieres of works by Christopher Theofanidis, Shafer Mahoney, J.M. David, Dorothy Chang, and many others. His collaborations with artists such as Joseph Alessi, John Yeh, Christopher Martin, and other top artists have demonstrated his belief in the highest professional standards within the educational experience. Rumbelow's own compositions and arrangements are performed throughout the world, and published by Kjos, Ludwig/Masters, Warner Brothers, and Alfred Music Publishers. His works have been broadcast on NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, NPR, BBC, and NHK Japan. Dr. Rumbelow is the recipient of numerous ASCAP Awards for his writing, has appeared in multiple Who's Who listings, earned several citations from the National Band Association, has been elected to Phi Beta Mu (National Honorary Band Fraternity), inducted into the High School Band Directors National Association Hall of Fame, and is currently President-Elect of the Southern Division of CBDNA.

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Mark Davis Scatterday is Professor of Conducting and Chair of the Conducting and Ensembles Department at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. As only the fourth conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Scatterday joined a prestigious line of conductors in the past fifty-plus years of the famed ensemble - Donald Hunsberger, Clyde Roller, and Frederick Fennell. In 2004, he led the EWE in their return tour to Japan, as well as to Taiwan and Macao. In 2005, Scatterday led the Eastmand Wind Ensemble in a highly acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall and also conducted a concert in Japan as part of the opening seremonies of a new concert hall in Karuizawa, joined by members of the Tokyo Philharmonic. Recently, the EWE and Scatterday recorded a new CD with the Canadian Brass entitled Manhattan Music featuring music of Bernstein, Bramwell Tovey, Rayburn Wright, and Jeff Tyzik -- released in 2008 on Opening Day Records with ArchivMusic (nominated for a Canadian Grammy, a "JUNO" in 2009). Professor Scatterday maintains an active guest conducting schedule as well as researching and writing articles involving score analysis, performance practices, and conducting. His articles on Venetian Renaissance wind music and the wind and percussion music of Karel Husa have been published in editions of WindWorks, College Band Director's National Association Journal, and Band Director's Guide. He is also one of the lead clinicians in the Frederick Fennell Conducting Masterclasses held annually by the Conductor's Guild. An advocate of contemporary music, especially the music of Husa and Roberto Sierra, Scatterday has commissioned and premiered over 25 works including Sierra's Diferencias (1997), Fanfarria (2000), and Octeto (2003), and transcribed his Fandangos (2004) and Symphonia No. 3 (2009). He conducted the premiere recording of Robert Sierra's Cancionero Sefardi with members of the Milwaukee Symphony on Fleur De Son Classicas (2001), Judith Weir's Concerto for Piano and Musicians Wrestling Everywhere with Ensemble X on Albany Records (2006), and Barcelonazo with the Eastman Musica Nova on Bridge Records (2008) - nominated for a 2008 Latin Grammy.