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UWM Concert Band Festival
The UWM Peck School of the Arts Department of Music proudly presents
the 6th annual UWM Concert Band Festival on Wednesday, March 14,
2007. The Festival will be held in the beautiful Zelazo Center for
the Performing Arts, located on the UWM campus. Bring your bands
to our campus for a day of performances, adjudicator feedback, and
a live clinic session!
We are excited to announce that Prof. Stephen
Pratt, Director of Bands at Indiana
University, will be joining this year’s panel of clinicians.
The
UWM Concert Band Festival is open to school wind ensembles and
concert bands
whose applications either meet the February 15, 2007 deadline
or are among those who
fill all of the performances slots on a first-come, first-served
basis. We therefore urge
you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Click here to download the UWM Concert Band Festival
registration form.
Choose from the following
below:
Date
Location
Fee
Deadline
Format
Schedule
More Information
General Information
Date top
Wednesday,
March 14, 2007
8:30a.m. to 4:00p.m.
Location top
The Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing
Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. on the UWM campus. Click here for
map and directions
to campus.
Fee top
$250 non-refundable fee for the first band, $125 for each additional band from
the same school (not the same school district.)
Deadline top
Registrations forms and fees must be returned by February 15, 2007. A packet
of information will be mailed to all participating groups by March 1, 2007.
This information
will include:
- Assigned times for warm-up, performance, and
clinic sessions
- Directions and maps to UW-Milwaukee and the
Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
- Exact instructions on unloading and loading
personnel and equipment
- Precise listing of percussion to be provided
in performance and clinic sites (no percussion available in the
warm-up facility). Some percussion will have to be provided by
the performing ensemble.
- Specific information on restaurant options in
the UWM Student Union and within walking distance of campus
- Complete Festival schedule of all participating
ensembles
Format top
Perform
Bands will be scheduled in 30-minute blocks to perform concert selections
for three adjudicators in the Bader Concert Hall. We suggest 3 selections,
or about
15-20 minutes worth of music. On-stage time (including enter and exit)
is strictly limited to 30 minutes per ensemble.
Clinics
A clinic on the performance will then be given by one of the adjudicators
at a separate location. Each band will receive taped and written comments
in addition
to the clinic. Conductors will also receive a videotape of their performance.
Critical comments
In addition to the live clinic session with one of the adjudication
panel, the remaining
members of the panel will also offer audio cassette tape of their
impressions of your
performance. All of these comments are intended to provide supportive
and constructive
suggestions for offering a superb performance!
Clinicians scheduled to participate
Stephen Pratt, Director of Bands, Indiana University
Prof. Tom Dvorak, Director of Bands, UWM
Prof. Scott Corley, Assistant Director of Bands, UWM
Schedule top
Please indicate on your application whether you prefer a morning
(8:30-11:30 am) or afternoon (1:00-4:00 pm) performance slot.
Exact times
will
be assigned
once registration
has closed. We will attempt to honor as many requests as possible,
and preferences will be considered in order of receipt of the
registration form and fees. See Below for sample morning
and afternoon performance schedules.
It is the responsibility of each conductor to secure
for their ensemble(s) their own transportation, meal plans
(if any), and complete
itinerary.
May we suggest
the following considerations:
- enough time for travel and unloading/loading
of equipment
- 30-minute slots will be assigned for warm-up, performance,
and clinic sessions
- lunch plans (student union and local restaurants
in walking distance are options)
- hearing of several other groups
- sufficient return travel time
Morning Performance - Sample schedule
8:15 am Arrive at UW-Milwaukee, unload equipment
8:30 am Assigned warm-up time
9:00 am Assigned performance time
9:30 am Assigned clinic time
10:00 am Pack-up, load equipment
10:15 am Listen to bands (beginning with 10:30 am performance)
11:30 am Lunch at UWM Student Union
1:00 pm Meet bus, return
Afternoon Performance - Sample schedule
10:45 am Arrive at UW-Milwaukee
11:00 am Listen to bands (beginning with 11:00 am performance)
12:00 Lunch at UWM Student Union
1:00 pm Meet bus for equipment
1:15 pm Unload equipment
1:30 pm Assigned warm-up time
2:00 pm Assigned performance time
2:30 pm Assigned clinic time
3:00 pm Pack-up, load equipment, return
More Information top
Contact the following:
UW-Milwaukee Bands
(414) 229-5641
fax: (414) 229-2776 24 hr. fax line
uwmbands@uwm.edu
Thomas Dvorak
Director of Bands
(414) 229-2936
Scott Corley
Assistant Director of Bands
(414) 229-4560
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