Clinicians for 2022:
Dr. Cormac Cannon
Director of Bands, University of South Carolina
Dr. Alicia W. Walker
Director of Choral Studies, University of South Carolina
Dr. Scott Weiss
Sarah Bolick Smith Distinguished Professor of Music/Director of Orchestras, University
of South Carolina
Proposed Schedule (subject to change):
Sunday, June 26
Time and Place TBA. Meet and Greet |
Monday-Wednesday, June 27-29, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Morning Conducting Sessions |
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own) |
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Afternoon Conducting Sessions |
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Discussion Sessions |
Evening social gatherings on Monday and Tuesday |
Registration opens January 15
Conductor: $300.00 (all conductor levels are full but you may still register as an auditor)
Deposit: $150.00 due at time of registration. Balance due June 1.
Conductor spots are open until filled.
Cancelation policy: Refunds will be given only if a suitable replacement is found
to fill the vacant spot.
Auditor: $150.00 (Will participate in all sessions but receive no active podium time)
Deposit: $75.00 due at time of registration. Balance due June 1.
Cancelation policy: Non-refundable after June 13.
Tracks
Conductors may pursue one or two of the following (note that all conducting levels
are full but you may still register as an auditor):
Choral Conducting
Orchestral Conducting
Wind Conducting
If choosing one track the conductor will have podium sessions twice per day.
If choosing two tracks the conductor will have podium sessions with
one track in the
morning and the other track in the afternoon.
Choral:
Choral conductors will conduct an ensemble of singers with a pianist.
Participants may select from the following repertoire:
Brahms-Nanie
Corigliano-Fern Hill
Bernstein-Chichester Psalms, movement 1
Todd-Mass in Blue, Gloria
Orchestra:
Orchestral conductors will conduct a sextet consisting of a string quintet and a pianist
covering the woodwind and brass parts.
Participants may select from the following repertoire:
Barber-Adagio for Strings
Beethoven-Symphony No. 5
Dvořák-Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Wind:
Wind conductors will conduct a chamber wind ensemble or wind ensemble depending on
repertoire selected.
Participants may select from the following repertoire:
Day--Rocketship!
Grainger-Lincolnshire Posy (Movements I, II, and/or V)
Spittal-Consort for Ten Winds
Stravinsky-Octet for Wind Instruments (1952 version)
Stuart-Three Ayres from Gloucester
Ticheli-Abracadabra
Choose your primary track to register (conductor levels are full but you may still register to audit):
Track 1-Choral Conducting
Track 2-Orchestral Conducting
Track 3-Wind Conducting
Note: You will be able to select the optional secondary track in the cart
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Questions?: Email lsmith@mozart.sc.edu or call 803-777-5369