BANDFEST 2007 SCHEDULE (PDF)

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MARCH 3-4, 2007

GRAND CONCERT SUNDAY,
MARCH 4, 2007 @ 2 PM
FREE ADMISSION

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BAND CLINIC 2007: MASTERWORKS FOR BAND
 

The Huntington University Music Department is now accepting registrations for BandFest 2007, the 27th annual Band Clinic, to be held March 3-4, 2007. The HU Band Clinic is open to instrumentalists from grades 8 -12, college, and the community who desire an opportunity to perform challenging band music, to work with guest conductors, and to experience Huntington University. Clinic participants will receive small group instruction on their primary instrument from qualified professional musicians with the Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, 555th Air Force Band from Swanton, OH during the intensive rehearsals and clinic sessions held on Saturday, March 3. The guest conductor for the Band Clinic is Staff Sergeant Haley Armstrong, the Deputy Commander of the 555th Air Force Band and a master’s degree candidate in Instrumental Conducting at Indiana University. BandFest 2007 will feature masterworks of wind band literature. Some of the featured works will be “Army of the Nile” by Kenneth Alford, “Variations on a Korean Folksong” by John Barnes Chance, “First Suite in E flat for Military Band” by Gustav Holst, “Circus Days” by Karl King, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Philip Sousa, “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and “October” by Eric Whitacre. A Grand Concert will be performed in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts on the campus of Huntington University at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 4, 2007. The concert will feature the Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes, 555th Air Force Band and the combined clinic band. The concert is open to the public and admission is free, however, tickets are required. Please contact the Huntington University Box Office (260) 359-4261 for free tickets. To register for the Band Clinic, visit the website www.huntington.edu/music/bandclinic, print out the registration form, and return it with the $20 registration fee to HU Band Clinic, 2303 College Ave., Huntington, IN 46750. Participants may also stop in the HU Music Office and register or call (260) 359-4262 for more information.