Conducting Symposium

February 14th-15th, 2025150thlogo

Dr. Damon Talley, Director of Bands, Louisiana State University

Dr. Chris Knighten, Director of Bands, University of Arkansas

Jennifer Jolley, Guest Composer

Information

  • Free to attend
  • Lunch provided
  • Participants will have two, 12-minute conducting sessions with the University of Arkansas Wind Ensemble.
  • Observers will participate in all aspects of the symposium except conducting
  • Both Participants and Observers will each receive up to seven hours of professional development from the Arkansas Department of Education.

Schedule

Friday, February 14*
6:30-7:00pm Symposium Registration
7:00pm Pre-Concert Talk with Guest Composer Jennifer Jolley
7:30pm Wind Ensemble Concert, Faulkner Performing Arts Center

 

 

 
Saturday, February 15
8:30am Coffee/Registration
9:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15-11:45am Conducting
Noon Catered lunch provided for all pre-registered participants and observers
1:30pm Conducting
3:45pm Closing Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

*registrants are highly encouraged to attend the Friday night talk and concert but may choose only to participate in the Saturday sessions

Repertoire

Participants will be contacted within a few days after registration regarding repertoire. Selections for the 2025 University of Arkansas Conducting Symposium include:

Carol Brittin Chambers, Kalos Eidos

Gustav Holst, Second Suite in F

John Mackey, This Cruel Moon

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor/Shiree X. Williams, O Ye That Love the Lord

Frank Ticheli, “Here Take This Flower,” from Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs

Satoshi Yagisawa, Amaranthus