June 24 – June 28, 2024
Green Music Center
Sonoma State University
2024 Sonoma Wind Band Conducting Symposium registration form
*If paying by credit card, first complete the application form and then click on the Credit Card payment link.
Clinicians
Andy Collinsworth
Director of Bands
Sonoma State University
Kevin Sedatole
Director of Bands
Michigan State University
Workshop Overview
All sessions will be held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University. The workshop focuses on the development of movement and gestural skills as a means for communicating musical interpretation. Conducting participants work with a live ensemble each day and receive feedback from master teachers. Additional activities include classroom sessions dealing with rehearsal techniques, score study, repertoire, ensemble motivation and personal growth.
Enrollment Information
Conducting Participant
Conducting Participants will conduct a live wind ensemble, as well as attend all sessions. Participant status is designed for music educators currently working with high school, middle school and community college ensembles and for graduate-level students in conducting. Registration is limited to 16 Conducting Participants.
Observer
Observers attend all sessions and participate in all workshop events and activities, but do not conduct the ensemble. Observer status is open to conducting students and musicians at all levels. There is no limit to the number of Observers.
Cost
Conducting Participant | $600
Observer | $375
1 Units of College Credit | $75
2024 REPERTOIRE
| Composer | Title | Grade | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaPlante | In the Forest of the King | 2.5 | Daehn |
| Salfelder | Reminiscence | 2.5 | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Copley | Infinity | 3 | Murphy Music Press |
| Thomas | Shenandoah | 3 | Omar Thomas |
| Mackey | some treasures are heavy with human tears | 3 | John Mackey |
| Giroux | One Life Beautiful | 4 | Musica Propria |
| Day | Shimmering Sunshine | 4 | Murphy Music Press |
| Fucik (ed. Fennell) | The Florentiner | 4 | Ludwig |
| LoPresti | Elegy for a Young American | 4 | Presser |
| Jacob | An Original Suite | 5 | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Grainger (Fennell/Rogers) | Lincolnshire Posy (1, 2, 5, 6) | 6 | Ludwig |
SONOMA SUMMER WIND BAND CONDUCTING SYMPOSIUM 2024 SCHEDULE
Gary W. Hill, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
Andy Collinsworth, Sonoma State University
*Note: all activities take place at the Green Music Center (GMC), Sonoma State University
| 7:45 am | Orientation meeting for all Participants & Observers: GMC 1027 |
| 8:30 – 1:00 pm | Live Conducting Rounds: GMC 1028 |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Session 1: Gestalt f Conducting, Part 1 |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | 15-min. Individual Video Reviews: Conductors #1-4 w/Gary; #5-8 w/Andy |
| 7:45 – 8:15 am | Conductor Calisthenics: Part 1, led by Gary Hill & Andy Collinsworth |
| 8:30 – 1:00 pm | Live Conducting Rounds: GMC 1028 |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Session 2: The Gestalt of Conducting, Part 2 |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | 15-min. Individual Video Reviews #9-12 w/Gary; #13-16 w/Andy |
| 6:15 pm | Dinner/Social TBA |
| 7:45 – 8:15 am | Conductor Calisthenics: Part 2, led by Gary Hill & Andy Collinsworth |
| 8:30 – 1:00 pm | Live Conducting Rounds: GMC 1028 |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Session 3: The Interactive Mind/Body Loop |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | 15-min. Individual Video Reviews #5-8 w/Gary; #1-4 w/ Andy |
| 7:45 – 8:15 am | Conductor Calisthenics: Part 3, led by Gary Hill & Andy Collinsworth |
| 8:30 – 1:00 pm | Live Conducting Rounds: GMC 1028 |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Session 4: The Both/And of Selecting Repertoire |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | 15-min. Individual Video Reviews: #13-16 w/Gary; #9-12 w/Andy |
| 6:30 pm | BBQ/Social |
| 8:30 – 1:00 pm | Live Conducting Rounds: Weill Hall |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Session 5: Wrap Up Q&A Session, Weill Hall |
Housing
Housing is not provided on campus. There are several hotels in the Rohnert Park area. The recommended hotel is Oxford Suites in Rohnert Park.
Contact
Andy Collinsworth, Workshop Coordinator, racworth@sonoma.edu