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The Midwest Clinic is pleased to present a series of seven rehearsal labs, designed to provide instruction to directors in the most concrete, practical way that we can. These are not clinics but actual rehearsals that pair middle school and high school ensembles with noted rehearsal technicians. These rehearsals will include warm-up techniques and sight-reading, as well as rehearsals of pieces familiar to the ensembles. They are not intended to be polished run throughs, but dynamic learning opportunities that work toward building a sound and an understanding. The rehearsal labs have been planned with you in mind!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Middle School Orchestra Rehearsal Lab
Terry Shade, Technician
Elm Place Middle School Orchestra
Highland Park, IL
Daniella Valdez, Director

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
10 AM – 11 AM
Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab
Gloria Ramirez, Technician
Traughber Junior High School Band
Oswego, IL
Rachel Maxwell, Director

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
1 PM – 2 PM
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
Rodney C. Dorsey, Technician
West Aurora High School Band
Aurora, IL
Steve Orland, Director

Thursday, December 17, 2009
11:30 AM – 12: 30 PM
Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab
Jo Jossim, Technician
Glenn Westlake Middle School Band
Lombard, IL
Kim Farris, Director

Thursday, December 17, 2009
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
John R. Locke, Technician
Plainfield Central High School Symphonic Band
Plainfield, IL
Daniel Valkema, Director

Friday, December 18, 2009
1 PM – 2 PM
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
Richard Floyd, Technician
Glenbard East High School Band
Lombard, IL
Brian Shaw, Director

Friday, December 18, 2009

4 PM – 5 PM
Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab
Cheryl Floyd, Technician
Thompson Junior High School Band
Oswego, IL
Dan Harrison, Director

The rehearsal lab schedule is subject to change.

About the Rehearsal Technicians:
Rodney C. Dorsey is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Cheryl Floyd is the Director of Bands at Hill Country Middle School in Austin, TX.

Richard Floyd is the State Director of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jo Jossim is the Director of Bands at Florida Southern College in Lakeland.

John R. Locke is the Director of Bands at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Gloria Ramirez is the Director of the Langham Creek High School Symphonic Band in Houston, TX.

Terry Shade is the Orchestra Director at Issaquah Middle School in Issaquah, WA.


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