2010 Summer Wind Conducting Symposium

August 9-14, 2010

The Program

The Acadia University Conducting Symposium has helped conductors from across the Maritimes, across Canada, and around the world become better musicians. Advanced topics pertaining to the development of a clear gestural language are explored, alongside the study and performance of great wind band and chamber wind music. Participants will study this body of great repertoire with leading professional and collegiate musicians under the tutelage of world class instructors. Each participant's program is individualized, tailored to address the needs of the novice and expert alike. The chamber music will be performed by professional and collegiate musicians of high calibre. An extraordinary ensemble with players from across the Maritimes is organized to support the live conducting sessions.
Each day offers an opportunity to explore and address the issues all conductors face on the podium, whether you teach junior high concert band or work with professional chamber musicians. A tentative schedule is listed below. The goal is to explore new and old repertoire, and to send each participant away with a new array of insights, abilities, and repertoire to use when she/he returns home.

This symposium is designed to serve the needs of middle school band teachers, high school teachers, graduate students, community, and professional conductors, offering an opportunity to develop conducting and ensemble leadership craft. There is limited room for Full Participants; registration is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Graduate credit options are open to qualified candidates. Enquiries about eligibility or course content should be directed to Dr. Mark Hopkins, mark.hopkins@acadiau.ca. Registration and rooming enquiries should be directed to Barbara Jordan, barb.jordan@acadiau.ca.

Featuring

Dr. Colleen Richardson Special Guest Lecturer University of Western Ontario Don Wright Faculty of Music Coordinator of Bands Wind Ensemble Director Assistant Professor, Music Education and Music Performance Studies

Within the Music Performance Studies Department, Colleen Richardson oversees the bands, directs the UWO Wind Ensemble, and teaches graduate courses/seminars in conducting.  She also teaches Instrumental Ensemble Techniques and Instrumental Literature and Techniques within the Music Education Department.

Dr. Richardson is sought after as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator across Canada. Her research interests include wind literature, chamber wind repertoire, conducting pedagogy, ensemble rehearsal techniques, Messiaen’s compositional techniques, and Varèse’s connections with visual artists. She recently presented her research at conferences in Ireland, Switzerland, and Italy.

Before her Western appointment, Dr. Richardson was Assistant Professor of Music Education and the Wind Ensemble Director at Converse College in South Carolina. She taught conducting, instrumental methods, woodwind techniques, and general music methods, as well as supervised student teachers.

Dr. Richardson, a native of Winnipeg, graduated from Brandon University with a bachelor’s degree in music education and earned a Wind Conducting Diploma from the University of Calgary. While working towards her diploma, she studied with many well respected composers and conductors, including: Craig Kirchhoff, Karel Husa, Warren Benson, David Maslanka, Eugene Corporon, Mallory Thompson, Dale Lonis, Allan Bell, Robert Reynolds, Jerry Junkin and Tyrone Paterson. In 2001, she received her master’s degree in conducting with Dr. Glenn Price at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Richardson completed her DMA in Wind Conducting with Rodney Winther in 2005 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she taught undergraduate conducting, was involved with the supervision of undergraduate music education students during their practicum, and regularly conducted works with the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Chamber Winds, and Chamber Players. Along with her activities at CCM, Dr. Richardson co-directed the Tri-State Chamber Players, as well as served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Richardson taught general, choral, and instrumental music in the Canadian public school system for 14 years. She was an active clinician and conductor for a number of ensembles, including the University of Manitoba Tuesday Jazz Ensemble, the Manitoba Band Association Summer Band Program, the Parkland Regional Junior Honour Band, the Manitoba Provincial Honour Band and the Long & McQuade All-Star Wind Ensemble. Dr. Richardson served as the Chairperson for the Optimist International Band Festival Committee for seven years, and she was the Business Manager for the Winnipeg Wind Ensemble and performed in the ensemble for seven seasons. Dr. Richardson was selected as “Outstanding Conductor” at Musicfest Canada in 1996.

Resident Faculty

Dr. Mark Hopkins, Course Coordinator and Instructor
Dr. Derek Charke, Theory and Analysis
Movement and Dance, tba
Dr. Jeff Hennessy, Theory and Analysis
Ardith Haley, Ensembles Coordinator and Lecturer

Repertoire to be Studied and Performed

Registration Deadline JULY 15, 2010

Space in the course is limited – applicants will be enrolled on a first-come, first served basis. Follow this link to download a registration form.

Registration Deadline JULY 15, 2010

Space in the course is limited – applicants will be enrolled on a first-come, first served basis. Follow this link to download a registration form.

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