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CONDUCTOR STATUS• Limited to 17 conductors• Conductor status on first-come, first-served basis• After 17 slots are filled, additional applicants can receive

auditor status and be placed on a waiting list for conductor status if they wish

• Conductor status obtained by registering online or returning the registration card and $225 fee

• Conductors provide their own scores• All fees are non-refundable upon confirmation of slot

AUDITOR STATUS• Unlimited auditor spots• Auditor status is obtained by registering online or returning

the registration card and $75 fee• Auditors provide their own scores• All fees are non-refundable upon confirmation of slot• Auditors attend all sessions and clinics, but without one-on-

one podium time

WORKSHOP SITECSU RiverCenter for the Performing Arts 900 Broadway Columbus, GA 31901

MAILING ADDRESSColumbus State University Schwob School of Music Conductors Workshop 4225 University Avenue Columbus, GA 31907-5645

WORKSHOP COORDINATORSimon Holoweikoholoweiko_simon@columbusstate.edu

OFFICIAL HOTELColumbus Marriott 800 Front Avenue Columbus, GA 31901706-324-1800

Hotel conveniently located directly across from the RiverCenter and Schwob School of Music

Book early, as there is another event in Columbus that weekend

W o r k s h o p I n f o r m a t i o n

REPERTOIRE

WIND ORCHESTRA (select one—any section or movement)English Folk Song Suite—Ralph Vaughan WilliamsContre Qui Rose—Morten Lauridsen, trans. ReynoldsVariants on a Mediaeval Tune—Norman Dello Joio

CHAMBER WINDS (select one—any section or movement)Divertissement, Mvt. 1 or 3—Emile BernardCanzon Quarti Toni a 15—Giovanni Gabrieli, ed. Crees (or other)

WIND ENSEMBLE (select one—any section or movement)Four Scottish Dances—Malcolm ArnoldColonial Song—Percy GraingerHuldigungsmarsch—Richard Wagner, trans. Schaefer

FRIDAY CONCERT PROGRAM (7:00 PM)RICHARD WAGNER: HuldigungsmarschPERCY A. GRAINGER: Colonial SongWILLIAM BOLCOM: Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet and Band (featuring the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet)DAVID MASLANKA: Symphony No. 4

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016

3:45-4:30 pm Open rehearsal with Mallory Thompson (LH)

4:30-5:15 pm Open rehearsal with Damon Talley (LH)

6:00-7:00 pm Workshop Registration/Check-in (RC Foyer)

7:00 pm Wind Ensemble Concert (LH)

8:15 pm Welcome and Philosophy (ST)

8:30-11:00 pm Wind Orchestra Session (LH)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016

8:00-9:00 am Workshop Registration (RC Foyer)

9:00-12:00 pm Chamber Winds Session (LH)

12:00-1:15 pm Lunch (on own)

1:15-2:00 pm Damon Talley presentation (ST)

2:00-2:45 pm Mallory Thompson presentation (ST)

2:45-3:45 pm Panel Discussion—Thompson, Talley, Nix (ST)

3:45-4:15 pm Break—drinks/snacks provided by CSU

4:15-7:30 pm Wind Ensemble Session (LH)

7:30 pm Conclusion (dinner on your own)

* Meals (except Saturday snack) are not included in your fee. There are several great restaurants within walking distance. Restaurant guide is included in your packet.

* Visit music.columbusstate.edu/windensemble and click 2016 Conductors Workshop for more information, or call 706-649-7252

RC = RiverCenter LH = Legacy HallST = Studio Theater

R e g i s t r a t i o n C a r d 2 0 1 6

You may register and pay by credit card online. Go to

http://music.columbusstate.edu/windensemble and select 2016

Conductors Workshop or use this registration form by regular mail.

Please enclose your check or money order payable to Columbus State University with this registration card.

Select from the following:

I am enrolling as a conductor ($225)

I am enrolling as an auditor ($75)

SDU/PLU ($10, additional)

Return this Registration Card with payment to:

2016 Conductors Workshop

Columbus State University • Schwob School of Music

4225 University Avenue • Columbus, Georgia 31907-5645

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_______________________________________________________ Preferred Contact Phone

_______________________________________________________ School / Position (if graduate student, cite degree plan)

_______________________________________________________ E-mail Address (please print clearly) (Very Important - confirmation, receipts, etc., all by e-mail)

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F a c u l t y

public schools in Texas at both the middle school and high school levels. He is a strong supporter and advocate of music in the public schools, and has served as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for festivals throughout the United States and abroad. He earned the Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Michigan and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Texas. His principal conducting teachers are Jerry Junkin, Michael Haithcock, and H. Robert Reynolds. Talley is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, and holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, the Virginia Music Educators Association, and the Louisiana Music Educators Association.

Jamie L. Nix is director of wind ensemble activities and professor of conducting at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music. Appointed in 2010, Professor Nix conducts the CSU Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra. He coordinates the graduate wind band conducting program, teaches advanced undergraduate conducting, and hosts the annual CSU Conductors Workshop, now in its 19th year. Previous posts include serving as associate director of bands and the Donald R. Shepherd assistant professor of conducting at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and assistant director of bands at The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music.

Under the direction of Dr. Nix, the nationally acclaimed CSU Wind Ensemble has performed at the 2015 CBDNA National Convention, 2012 CBDNA Southern Division Conference, and the 2012 Georgia Music Educators Association State Conference. Nix has recently served as conductor at the Alberta International Band Festival, International Double Reed Society Conference, International Trumpet Guild Conference, International Trombone Festival Conference, Florida All-State Band, Music

For All Summer Symposium, the Cobb Wind Symphony, and numerous region and honor bands and orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. Upcoming appearances include the 2017 Virginia All-State Band, and the 2018 Salem-Kaiser All City Band in Oregon. As an orchestral conductor, he has led performances with the CSU Philharmonic, was music director and conductor of the Advanced Young Musicians String Orchestra in Coral Gables, FL, and in 2008 participated in the two-week International Mahler/Brahms Conducting Festival with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic in the Czech Republic.

Nix, elected into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association in 2016, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Miami Frost School of Music (Gary Green), two Master of Music degrees, in trombone performance and conducting, from the University of Michigan (H. Robert Reynolds), and a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Auburn University. Nix is a conductor or producer on the following CDs: Atlanta Chamber Winds, Psychedelia (James Markey, Boston Symphony bass trombone), A Beautiful Noise (featuring trombonists Joseph Alessi, Charles Vernon, Paul Pollard, and others), Wolf Rounds, The Blue Album, Brooklyn Bridge, The Victors Valiant, and will release a new CSU Wind Ensemble CD entitled Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs on the Klavier label in 2016.

Mallory Thompson is director of bands, professor of music, coordinator of the conducting program, and holds the John W. Beattie Chair of Music at Northwestern University. In 2003 she was named a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence. As the third person in the university’s history to hold the director of bands position, Dr. Thompson conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, and administers all aspects of the band

program. Thompson has recorded four albums with the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble on the Summit Records label.

Dr. Thompson received the Bachelor of Music Education degree and Master of Music degree in conducting from Northwestern University, where she studied conducting with John P. Paynter and trumpet with Vincent Cichowicz. She received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Donald Hunsberger.

Dr. Thompson maintains an active schedule as guest conductor, conducting teacher, and guest lecturer throughout the United States and Canada. She has taught conducting to hundreds of undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional educators. Dr. Thompson has served as a conductor or clinician at the College Band Directors National Association regional and national conventions, the Midwest Clinic, the Interlochen Arts Academy, numerous state music conventions, and the Aspen Music Festival. In addition to conducting all-state ensembles throughout the United States, she has had professional engagements as guest conductor with the United States Air Force Band, the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” the United States Army Field Band, the United States Coast Guard Band, the United States Navy Band, the West Point Band, the Dallas Wind Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Monarch Brass Ensemble, and Banda Sinfônica in Sao Pãulo, Brazil. Her professional affiliations include Pi Kappa Lambda, the College Band Directors National Association, and the American Bandmasters Association.

Damon Talley serves as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Louisiana State University School of Music, where he oversees all aspects of the University Band Department, conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches graduate conducting. Prior to his appointment at LSU, he held the position of Director of Bands at Shenandoah Conservatory, where he was responsible for guiding the wind band program, conducting the EDGE New Music Ensemble, and teaching graduate conducting. While at Shenandoah, he established the Mid-Atlantic Invitational for high school students as well as the summer Conducting Symposium. Talley was previously on the faculties at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan. While in Michigan, he also served as Music Director and Conductor of the Dodworth Brass Band, a professional brass ensemble based in Ann Arbor, MI. Their recording, released on Best Classical Records, received favorable reviews from publications including Gramophone magazine and the American Record Guide. He has also served as producer or associate producer on several commercial recordings by the Naxos, Klavier, Equilibrium, and Longhorn record labels, and is published in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, distributed by GIA Publications. As an avid supporter of new music for the wind medium, Talley has conducted numerous world premier performances and commissioned composers to write for the wind band. He has won praise for his work by composers such as William Bolcom,

Kevin Puts, Donald Grantham, John Mackey, Carter Pann, and Dan Welcher. While at Shenandoah Conservatory, along with faculty colleague David T. Little, he hosted a visiting composer series that brought composers of national and international status to the campus. He is a strong advocate for young composers, and regularly premieres works by student composers. Prior to teaching at the university level, Talley taught in the