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New York State Band Directors Association
Symposium 2012

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 2, 2012

12:00 PM Registration/Coffee Foyer
1:00 -5:00 PM NYSSMA Manual on display Canal Room
1:00 - 2:00 PM Clinic: Glen Grigel, Clinician
"Some Snare Drum Salvage Suggestions"
Champlain Room
2:00 -3:00 PM

Performance/Clinic: Erica Hartmann, Clinician/Conductor
Woodward Parkway 5th Grade Senior Band
"Recruiting for Retention"

PROGRAM

Front and Center - Paul Murtha (Music Works)
Peace Like a River - arr. Robert W. Smith (C.L. Barnhouse)
Olympia - Brian Balmages (FJH Music)
Tubridge Meadows - Mark Williams (Alfred)

Grand Ballroom
3:00-3:30 PM Break  
3:30-4:30 PM Clinic/Performance: Dr. Matthew Brunner, Clinician
"Do They Hear What You Hear? Building Listening Skills in Rehearsal"
Champlain Room
4:30-5:30 PM

Clinic/Performance: Martin T. Allen, Conductor/Clinician
Grand Island H.S. Wind Ensemble
"Every Rehearsal is a Dress Rehearsal"

PROGRAM

Symphonic Overture, Op. 80 - James Barnes (Southern Music Company)
Symphony in B Flat (Mvt 1) - Paul Hindemith (Associated Music Publishers)
Irish Tune From County Derry - Percy Grainger (Carl Fischer)
The White Rose March - John Philip Sousa/Keith Brion (Southern Music Company)

Grand Ballroom
5:30 - 8:00 PM Dinner Break  
5:30 - 8:00 PM NYSBDA Executive Board Meeting Sackets Room
7:30-8:30 PM M.S. Leadership Session - Ronald Sutherland, Clinician Harbour Ballroom
8:00 - 9:30 PM

Concert:Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble - Mike Titlebaum, Director

PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING

'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin
Chega De Saudade (a.k.a. No More Blues) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Cherokee - Ray Noble
Embraceable You - George and Ira Gershwin
Just One Of Those Things - Cole Porter
My Romance - Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
Willow Weep For Me

(All arrangements by Ithaca College J.E.)

Grand Ballroom
9:30 PM Reception Regatta Grill

 

Saturday, March 3, 2012

 

7:30 AM Registration/Coffee Foyer
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM NYSSMA Manual on display Canal Room
8:00 - 9:00 AM Clinic: Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Clinician
Teaching Music with Promise: 25 More Things You Can Do to Improve Your Ensemble
Champlain Room
8:00 - 9:00 AM High School Leadership Session - Ronald Sutherland, Clinician Pioneer Room - Carrier Circle Hotel
9:00 - 10:00 AM Clinic: Frank Battisti, Clinician
"THE BEST WE CAN BE - Student Musical and Personal Growth: Reflections on the Legendary Ithaca High School Band Program 1955-1967"
Champlain Room-
10:00 - 11:00 AM Clinic: Lawrence R. Neeck, Clinician
"Composing: Enrich Your Students' Band Experience"
Champlain Room
11:00 - 12:00 AM Clinic: Timothy Savage, Clinician
"Teaching Through Modeling: What and How to Practice, Every Time"
Champlain Room
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Registration Foyer -
1:00 - 2:00 PM

Clinic/Performance: Martha Grener, Conductor/Clinician
West Genesee M.S. 8th Grade Band
"Cool Stuff to Do with Middle School Band"

PROGRAM

Beyond the Seven Hills - Michael Sweeney (pub. Hal Leonard)
Rain - Brian Balmages (pub FJH Music Co. Inc.)
Grasshopper Dance - Richard Saucedo (pub. Hal Leonard)
Normandy Beach - John Edmondson (pub. Hal Leonard)
Omaha Beach - John Edmondson (pub Queenwood)
The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert Smith (Belwin Young Band)

Grand Ballroom -
2:00 - 2:15 PM General Membership Meeting Champlain Room
2:15-3:15 PM Clinic: H.Robert Reynolds, Clinician
"Beyond Getting It Right"
Champlain Room
4:00 - 5:00 PM

Concert: NYSBDA Middle School Honor Concert Band - Dr. Deborah Sheldon, Conductor; Andy Janack, Chairperson

PROGRAM

Pacifica (Concert March) - Naoya Wada
West Highland Sojourn - Robert Sheldon
Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune - Pierre LaPlante
Arabian Dances - Brian Balmage

Grand Ballroom -
5:00-6:00 PM NYSBDA Roundtable Discussion: "The Changing Role of the Band Director's Music Curriculum" Harbour Ballroom
6:00 - 8:00PM Dinner
8:00 - 9:30 PM

Concert: The Crane Wind Ensemble - Dr. Brian K. Doyle, Conductor

PROGRAM

A Vaughan Williams Set
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Flourish for Wind Band
Rhosymedre
Toccata Marziale

 
Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble
David Gillingham
Folk Dances
D. Shostakovich
trans. H. R. Reynolds
Concertino for Three Brass and Band
Floyd Werle
Songs Without Words
Dan Welcher
Pas Redoublé, Op. 86
C. Saint-Saëns
trans. A. Frackenpohl
Escapade
Joe Spaniola

 

Grand Ballroom
9:00 PM Reception Regatta Grille

 

Sunday, March 4, 2012

 

7:30 AM Registration/Coffee Foyer
8:30 - 11:00 AM NYSSMA Manual on display Canal Room
9:00 - 10:15 AM Clinic: H. Robert Reynolds, Clinician
"Directors Reading Band Session"
Harbour Ballroom
10:30 - 11:30 AM Clinic: "Interview with a Legend"
H. Robert Reynolds w/ host, Gary Stith
Harbour Ballroom
11:00 AM Break/Hotel Check out  
12:00 - 12:30 PM

Concert:  NYSBDA High School Honor Jazz Ensemble
Bret Zvacek, Director
Timothy Savage, Chairperson

PROGRAM

Bags Groove - Milt Jackson, Arr. John Clayton
Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie, Arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Kids are Pretty People - Thad Jones
Green Piece - Maria Schneider
Runferyerlife - Bob Mintze

Grand Ballroom
12:45 - 1:15 PM

Concert: NYSBDA High School Honor Concert Band
Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Conductor
Michael Cordaro, Chairperson

PROGRAM

Raise of the Sun - Rossano Galante
Rest - .Frank Ticheli
The Maple Leaf Forever - Alexander Muir, arr. Steve Reisteter
Sails of the Time - David Gillingham

 
Grand Ballroom

 

Symposium Acknowledgements

The Officers and Board of NYSBDA would like to express their sincere
appreciation to the following people and organizations for their assistance in
the presentation of Symposium 2012.


Shelly Polge and the Best Western Hotel and Conference Staff
Ellen Kirsch, Sharon Ianzito and the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Staff
Timothy Savage, High School Honor Jazz Ensemble Chairperson
Andy Janack, Middle School Honor Band Chairperson
Michael Cordaro, High School Honor Band Chairperson
Mark Morette, Jason Siepierski, Mark Recording Services
Michael and Kathryn Struzik, NYSSMA Manual Room
Ed Stone, Event photographer
Skaneateles Central Schools, Equipment
Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools, Equipment
East Syracuse Minoa Central Schools, Equipment
Rebecca Bizup, BJ Boycheck, Equipment Coordinators
David Foor, Visual Technologies
JoBeth Dellinger, Syracuse Artists Pianos
Carney and Blumer Trucking Company
Kenneth Williams, Piano Tuner
Linda Tallmadge, Scotsman Press
Todd Reutsch, PPS Pros
Paul Blair, Skaneateles Central Schools

Corporate Sponsors and Vendors:

Al Hemer Music Corp
D'Addario and Company
Empire Winds
Hickey's Music Center
John Keal Music

Mark Custom Recording Service Inc.

McClellan Music
Midstate Music
Music and Arts Centers
National Discount Music, Otisville, NY
New York State Field Band Conference
Northern Music and Video
Ron Cicero Music
Stanton's Sheet Music
Wright Music of Port Washington


Last revision: February 17, 2012