2019 UHCW, June 10–14
Overview
- Monday, June 10 — Friday, June 14, 2019
- Wind Band & Choral Sessions: UH-Mānoa Music Complex
2019 Faculty
- Wind Conducting
- Allan McMurray, Director of Bands Emeritus at the University of Colorado
- Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman, Director of Bands, UH Mānoa
- Choral Conducting
- Dr. Coreen Duffy, Director of Choral Activities, University of Montana
- Dr. Jace Saplan, Director of Choral Activities, UH-Mānoa
Registration & Fees
Conducting Labs
Participants will conduct and rehearse the UH Chamber Winds/Wind Ensemble or the UHCW Lab Choir, guided and assisted by our conducting faculty. Each participant will receive extensive podium time and specific feedback tailored to their specific needs. Movement, conducting technique, rehearsal strategies, and score study will all be addressed. Choral participants will have access to each day’s video later that same day.
Discussion Sessions
Daily discussion sessions on Baton Technique, Score Study, Rehearsal Techniques, Rehearsal Planning, and more, in informal meetings with our conducting faculty.
Schedule
Schedule is tentative and subject to change.
MONDAY, JUNE 10
10-11:30am Discussion 1 – Introduction to Gesture (inst/choral)
11:30am Lunch
1:00-4:15pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 1 (chamber)
4:30-5:15pm Reflections
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
9:30am-12pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 2 (chamber)
12:00pm Lunch
1:30-4:15pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 3 (full band)
4:30-5:15pm Reflections
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
9:30-10:45am Discussion 2 – Score Study
11am-12:15pm Discussion 3 – Rehearsal Techniques
12:15pm Lunch
1:45-3pm Discussion 4 – Windows to the Soul
3:15-4:30pm Discussion 5 – Literature: Seeking an Informed POV
4:30-5:15pm Reflections
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
9:30am-12pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 4 (full band)
12:00pm Lunch
1:30-4:15pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 5 (full band)
4:30-5:15pm Reflections
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
9-11:30am One-on-One sessions w/ facult
11:30am Lunch
1:00-4:15pm Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 6 (full band)
4:30-5:30pm Closing Discussion, Reflections
6pm Closing Dinner
For further details regarding the Wind Band track, please click here.