Students will attend lecture demonstrations presented by internationally known master teachers and will be videotaped while conducting the Summer Symphonic Band in daily afternoon sessions. Their conducting performances will then be critiqued. Past guest clinicians include Larry Rachleff, Eugene Corporon, Craig Kirchhoff and many others. This year's special guest clinician is Professor H. Robert Reynolds.

ART OF WIND ENSEMBLE CONDUCTING
2008 REPERTOIRE LIST

Please obtain scores to, and be prepared to conduct at least three works from the following repertoire list. In addition you will be asked to perform on your major instrument in the Summer Symphonic Band. Please bring one blank VHS videotape.

Instructors: Robert C. Cameron is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University and holds degrees from the Universities of Miami, Michigan, and Maryland. During his tenure at Duquesne, he has been responsible for having brought the wind band program into a position of high national visibility through performances at National Conventions of CBDNA and MENC as well as numerous regional conventions. Dr. Cameron and the Duquesne University Wind Symphony made their Carnegie Hall debut in New York in April 2004.

H. Robert Reynolds is the Principal Conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. This appointment followed his retirement, after 26 years, from the School of Music of the University of Michigan where he served as the Henry F. Thurnau Professor of Music, Director of University Bands and Director of the Division of Instrumental Studies. In addition to these responsibilities, he has also been, for over 20 years, the conductor of a professional ensemble, The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, which is made up primarily from members of the Detroit Symphony. Reynolds' influence upon the wind conducting profession has made a profound impact upon both the approach to conducting and the repertoire of the wind band worldwide.

GSUM 517 • June 16-20, 2008 • 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

This course may be audited for a $450 fee. When applying please indicate your major performing instrument(s).