Tomorrow night, I’ll take a little time at the beginning of rehearsal to give you a few moments to reflect and share your thoughts on Thursday’s performance. Then — it’s time to dig into the new rep!

Important: please note our clinic performance at the 2012 Wind Conducting Symposium:

• Friday, June 1 at 7:00-9:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – WSW Clinic with Dr. Mallory Thompson, Director of Bands, Northwestern University. Repertoire: Whitacre – Lux Aurumque and Vinson – Echoes of the Hollow Square. We will hand out the parts ahead of this date, but there will be no separate rehearsal. Dr. Thompson would like to headline this as a sight-reading clinic. Members of the sponsoring organization, Music Educators of Bergen County, are invited to observe, but you may invite anyone you like as well. You can read more about the Symposium at http://wcs.ebernet.biz.

• Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 pm (White Plains High School) – Stanley Drucker, former principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, will perform Weber’s Clarinet Concerto #1 in F minor with the St. Thomas Orchestra. Weber’s Der Freischutz Overture and Beethoven Sympony No. 3 “Eroica” are also on the program. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students. Go to http://www.storchestra.org for more information.
• Wednesday and Thursday, July 25-26, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm (Northern Valley-Old Tappan High School, Old Tappan, New Jersey) – Workshop for Music Educators: Real-World Solutions for Improving Your Ensembles. I am the facilitator of this workshop, and topics will include: Social-Emotional Leadership in Rehearsals, Score Preparation, Developing Repertoire Study Guides, Post-Undergrad Conducting Boot Camp, Repertoire & Idea Sharing, Technology Strategies, and more. Workshop cost is $350.00 (undergrad music majors may attend for a student rate of $200.00). Download a information flyer/registration form here. Music educators and undergrads from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut are all welcome. It’s going to be a high-powered two days!