Huntington College News Release
Contact John W. Paff, Public Relations Director (260) 359-4048 or 358-7074
19th Annual Band Clinic ScheduledOpportunity to learn from professional military musicians
HUNTINGTON, IN JANUARY 8, 1998 --- Huntington College will host its 19th Annual Band Clinic March 7-8, 1998. SousaFest 98 will be a unique educational and cultural event which will draw students from throughout the Midwest for instruction by professional military musicians.
SousaFest 98 will offer high school and middle school students the opportunity to be tutored by professional military musicians. This year's special clinicians in-residence include:
- Guest conductors from the Armed Forces School of Music, Norfolk, Virginia
- Members of the 566th US Air Force Band , Chicago, Illinois
- Members of the 38th Infantry Division Band, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Maestro Jeffrey Taylor of the Chicago Lyric Opera as vocal soloist and narrator
Students and directors alike will have opportunities to interact all weekend with these professional performers. A special Saturday luncheon is planned to enable students to ask questions of the clinic’s guest conductors.
After intensive instruction and rehearsal on Saturday, there will be a gala performance on Sunday afternoon in which professional clinicians and soloists, interspersed among student instrumentalists, show off the hard work of the previous day. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Merillat Centre for the Arts on March 8.
The concert is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. All seats will be reserved. Tickets may be requested (limit 6) by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to "SousaFest98," Merillat Centre for the Arts, 2303 College Avenue, Huntington, IN 46750. Tickets may also be requested in person. The Merillat Centre Box Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information, please call (260) 359-4261.
"We invite band directors to bring their students and their own instruments to join us on campus in March," says Schleiffer.
Registration for the SousaFest 98 clinic is $22, including the Saturday luncheon. Students may request free overnight lodging at Huntington College. Visiting students will be guests of Huntington College music students. Registration must be received by March 2, 1998. For additional information about the band clinic, contact the Huntington College Music Department at (260) 359-4262.
Music is one of many academic programs available from Huntington College. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College provides high-quality academic programs "to equip men and women to impact our world for Christ." Located on a contemporary, wooded campus in Huntington, Indiana, the four-year liberal arts college offers graduate and undergraduate programs in nearly 50 academic concentrations.
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