UD BAND CONDUCTING WORKSHOP
Primary Clinicians
JOIN US!
Band conductors and teachers of all experience levels are invited to join us at the University of Delaware School of Music for the 2025 Band Conducting Workshop. Participants will work with Dr. Reynolds and Dr. Johnson in daily conducting sessions with the workshop ensemble (in which participants will also play their instruments). In addition to conducting sessions, each day will feature several topics-based sessions led by UD faculty artists.
Participation will be capped at 20 conductors. An unlimited number of non-conducting auditors may register to play and observe. Participants will be responsible for their own transportation, meals, and housing.
DMEA member? Earn clock hours for participating in the workshop!
Participant Registration will close on 6/10/25 and Auditor Registration will close on 6/17/25
WHO?
The workshop is open to conductors and educators of all experience levels from prospective graduate students to in-service band directors at all levels. Learning from each other is a major component of the workshop!
WHERE?
All sessions will take place at the University of Delaware School of Music in the Roselle Center for the Arts - Puglisi Orchestra Hall.
WHEN?
June 30 - July 3, 2025
View the daily workshop schedule below
LITERATURE
Click HERE for the workshop literature list
RATES
- Participants - $400
- DMEA member participants - $300
- Auditors (non-conducting participants who play in the ensemble) - $50
- DMEA member auditors - FREE!
WORKSHOP DAILY SCHEDULE
Monday, June 30, 2025
1:00 p.m. Welcome, Introductions
1:30 p.m. Conducting Session
3:00 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. Conducting Session
5:00 p.m. END
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
9:00 a.m. Coffee/Community building (Sponsored by DMEA)
9:30 a.m. Topic Session
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Conducting Session
12:30 p.m. Lunch (on own)
1:30 p.m. Conducting Session
3:00 p.m. Topic Session
4:15 p.m. Wrap up
4:30 p.m. END
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
9:00 a.m. Coffee/Community building (Sponsored by DMEA)
9:30 a.m. Topic Session
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Conducting Session
12:30 p.m. Lunch (on own)
1:30 p.m. Conducting Session
3:00 p.m. Topic Session
4:15 p.m. Wrap up
4:30 p.m. END
Thursday, July 3, 2025
9:00 a.m. Coffee/Community building (Sponsored by DMEA)
9:30 a.m. Topic Session
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Conducting Session
12:30 p.m. Lunch (on own)
1:30 p.m. Conducting Session
3:00 p.m. Final Wrap up
3:30 p.m. End of workshop!
Literature List
Each conductor will have one conducting session per day on a piece or movement of their choosing.
You will be asked to submit your selections for Day 1 before the workshop begins. At the end of each day, you will select your piece/movement for the following day (allowing for flexibility based on the work we do during the week).
- Kelijah Dunton, Stillwater
Gustav Holst/ed. Matthews, First Suite in E-Flat
Gustav Holst/ed. Matthews, Second Suite in F
Ronald Lo Presti, Elegy for a Young American
Dwayne S. Milburn, American Hymnsong Suite
Cait Nishimura, Wilderness
Ryan Nowlin, Let Freedom Ring
Nicole Piunno, Solace Dance
Florence Price/arr. Williams, Adoration
Florence Price/arr. Bocook, Juba Dance from Symphony No. 1
Omar Thomas, Shenandoah
Frank Ticheli, Simple Gifts
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin/arr. Sweeney, The Willow Tree
