Summer Conducting Workshop

This conducting symposium will be June 26-29, 2022

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

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