4th BIENNIAL UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I CONDUCTOR'S WORKSHOP - JUNE 2017

Monday-Friday, June 5-9, 2017

​Kapolei High School

Due to construction in the UH-Mānoa Music Department, all events for the 2017 UHCW will be held at Kapolei High School. (Google Map) Mahalo to the KHS faculty and administration!
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Out-of-town participants are encouraged to consider the following nearby hotels:
Hampton Inn & Suites, Kapolei
​Ko Olina (Aulani, Marriott, etc.)

Improve your conducting technique, develop effective rehearsal strategies, and discuss score study, rehearsal planning, movement, and more with our outstanding faculty.  Designed for instrumental conductors at all levels & experiences, our UH Conducting Workshop will help you become a more expressive and knowledgeable conductor.

CONDUCTING LABS
Participants will conduct and rehearse the UH Chamber Winds / Wind Ensemble, 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.

DISCUSSION SESSIONS
Daily discussion sessions on Baton Technique, Score Study, Rehearsal Techniques, Rehearsal Planning, and more, in informal meetings with our conducting faculty.

REPERTOIRE

Music to be conducted will be selected from the following, in consultation with the conducting faculty:

Chamber Winds
Beethoven, Rondino in Eb
Mozart, Serenade in Eb, K. 375, movts. 1 & 2
Jacob, Old Wine in New Bottles, movts. 1 & 2

Full Concert Band

​Erickson, Air for Band
Giroux, One Life Beautiful
Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, movts. 1, 2, 5 & 6
Holst, First Suite in Eb, movts. 1, 2, & 3

SCHEDULE

Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

MONDAY, JUNE 5
10-11:30am       Discussion 1 – Physical Gesture
11:30am            Lunch
1:00-4:15pm      Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 1
4:30-5:30pm      Discussion 2 –  Score Study

TUESDAY, JUNE 6
10-11:30am       Discussion 3 – Score Study, cont
11:30am            Lunch
1:00-4:15pm      Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 2
4:30-5:30pm      Discussion 4 – Score Study & Movement

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
10-11:30am       Discussion 5 – Rehearsal Techniques
11:30am            Lunch
1:00-4:15pm      Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 3
4:30-5:30pm      Discussion 6 – Rehearsal Techniques, cont.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8
10-11:30am       Discussion 7 – Wind Literature
11:30am            Lunch
1:00-5:00pm      Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 4

FRIDAY, JUNE 9
9:30-11:30am    One-on-One sessions w/ faculty
11:30am            Lunch
1:00-4:15pm      Conducting/Rehearsing Lab 5
4:30-5:30pm      Closing Discussion, Reflections
6pm                   Dinner @ Nico's, Pier 38

REGISTRATION
There are two tracks available, Participant & Observer.

Participants will attend all sessions and conduct the UH Chamber Winds / Wind Ensemble each day of the workshop.  This track is recommended for conductors with a bachelor's degree in music and at least one year of teaching experience.  

In order to give all conductors adequate &  meaningful podium time, a maximum of twelve Participants will be accepted, and will be handled on the basis of completed registration form/fees.

Observers will attend all sessions but will not conduct the ensembles. This track is recommended for musicians at all levels of experience. Observer registration is not limited.

Participant fee:           $400
Observer fee:              $300

This fee does not include meals.  Participants/Observers are strongly encouraged to carpool.

Thanks for your interest!

Please email Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman with any questions.
OUR CLINICIANS

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Cynthia Johnston Turner

Director of Bands
University of Georgia

Cynthia Johnston Turner is in demand as a conductor, conducting and ensemble clinician, and speaker in the United States, Australia, Latin America, Europe, and Canada.

Before her appointment at the Hodgson School at the University of Georgia, Cynthia was Director of Wind Ensembles at Cornell University. Earlier in her career Cynthia was a high school music educator, taught middle school beginning instrumental music in Toronto and choral music in Switzerland. She currently serves as a conductor with the Syracuse Society of New Music, the Austrian Festival Orchestra, and the Paris Lodron Ensemble in Salzburg.

A Canadian, Cynthia completed her Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees at Queens University and her Master of Music in music education and conducting at the University of Victoria. Touring with her ensembles inspired her master’s thesis on the musical and personal transformations that occur on tours, and her D.M.A. thesis at the Eastman School of Music centered on the music of William Kraft, one of this generation’s leading composers. At Eastman Cynthia was the recipient of the prestigious teaching award in conducting. She received the National Leadership in Education Award (Canada), the Excellence in Education Award (Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation), and the Marion Drysdale Leadership Award (also from OSSTF). She is also the recipient of the Donald A. Reick Memorial Award for research with wearable technologies and music pedagogy, and the American Prize for innovative programming with wind bands.

Cynthia has commissioned numerous new works for wind band and orchestra, and she continues to actively promote commissions by today’s leading and emerging composers around the world. Under her direction, the Cornell Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association’s Eastern Division Conference in 2007 and 2012. In 2008, the Merrill Presidential Scholars at Cornell recognized Cynthia as an outstanding educator, and in 2009, she was awarded the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. Her performances have been praised by such composers as Steven Stucky, William Kraft, Steven Bryant, Marc Mellits, Eddie Mora, Dana Wilson, Roberto Sierra, Jesse Jones, and Karel Husa.

Cynthia serves as a board member with WASBE, and is an active member of CDBNA, Conductor’s Guild, College Music Society, Humanities Education and Research Association, the National Association for Music Education, and National Band Association.

As Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the Hodgson School, Cynthia conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches conducting, leads the MM and DMA programs in conducting, and oversees the entire Hodgson band program.

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Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman

Director of Bands
University of Hawai`i, Manoa

Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman is the Director of Bands at the University of Hawai‘i. He conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches courses in conducting and wind literature, and oversees the entire UH Bands program.  In the first years under his direction, the UH Bands have embarked on an ambitious agenda of programming, commissioning, touring, and professional development, including collaborations with a series of guest artists, the development of a new chamber winds program, the UH Conductors Workshop, and a composer residency program, with the goal of developing the UH Bands into a national- and international-profile band program.