UNC Charlotte is excited to offer our second annual Charlotte Band Directors Workshop and Conducting Symposium with this year’s featured guest clinicians Kevin Sedatole and Kerry Taylor. This event will welcome band directors and music educators from throughout the region to our beautiful campus for a weekend of conducting sessions, score study, pedagogy, and rehearsal techniques.
Participants will have the option to register as a conducting participant (limited spots) or as an observer participant. All participants will play in the workshop band and attend clinics and sessions on score study and rehearsal pedagogy.
Conducting participants will conduct the workshop band over four sessions, receiving feedback from our guest conducting clinician Kevin Sedatole and UNC Charlotte’s Hunter Kopczynski while also playing in the workshop band and attending clinics, rehearsal labs, and sessions presented by Kerry Taylor and Kevin Sedatole, as well as UNC Charlotte’s Brian Taylor and other Department of Music faculty.
Observer participants are encouraged to play in the workshop band, observe the conducting rounds, and attend clinics and sessions.
Clinicians:
Dr. Kevin Sedatole - Director of Bands, Michigan State University
Kerry Taylor - Director of Bands, Westlake High School, Austin, TX
Dr. Hunter Kopczynski - Director of Bands, UNC Charlotte
Dr. Brian Taylor - Associate Director of Bands, UNC Charlotte
Date: June 9-11, 2024
REGISTER HERE
Repertoire: Repertoire will be announced in early spring 2024.
Schedule:
Sunday, June 9
- 8:30 a.m. - Registration
- 8:45 a.m. - Introductions
- 9:00 a.m. - Session 1
- 10:00 a.m. - Conducting Round 1
- 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
- 2:30 p.m. - Session 2
- 3:30 p.m. - Conducting Round 2
- 5:30 p.m. - Session 3
- 6:30 p.m. - Dinner
Monday, June 10
- 8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 a.m. - Session 4
- 10:00 a.m. Conducting Round 3
- 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
- 2:30 p.m. - Session 5
- 3:30 p.m. - Conducting Round 3 cont.
- 6:00 p.m - Session 6
- 7:00 p.m. - Dinner
Tuesday, June 11
- 8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 a.m. - Conducting Round 4
- 12:00 p.m. - Session 7 / Wrap Up
- 1:00 p.m. - Finish
Registration: Registration will be linked HERE by the end of January.
Complete the linked form to register and pay the $25 deposit.
Conducting Participants $175 (limited number of slots)
Observer Participants $75
Once registration closes, we’ll send a notice for the remaining registration tuition ($150 for conducting participants and $50 for other participants).