Conductor's Art
January 24 - 25, 2025 // LSU Baton Rouge Campus
The Conductor's Art is a multi-day conducting and teaching workshop, presenting band and orchestra directors at all levels an extraordinary professional development opportunity. Participants will have the opportunity to conduct the LSU Wind Ensemble, the LSU Symphonic Winds, and the LSU Chamber Winds, while receiving direct coaching from our renowned guest clinician and individual feedback from the LSU School of Music conducting faculty.
Meet Our Guest Clinician
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Michael Haithcock became director of bands and professor of music (conducting) at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2001 following twenty-three years on the faculty of Baylor University. Following in the footsteps of William D. Revelli and H. Robert Reynolds, Professor Haithcock conducted the internationally renowned University of Michigan Symphony Band, guided the acclaimed graduate band and wind ensemble conducting program, and provided administrative leadership for all aspects of the University of Michigan’s diverse and historic band program.
Ensembles under Haithcock’s guidance have received a wide array of critical acclaim for their high artistic standards of performance and repertoire. These accolades have come through concerts at national and state conventions, performances in major concert venues, and recordings on the Albany, Arsis, and Equilibrium labels. Haithcock was selected to conduct the world premiere of Daron Hagen’s Bandanna, an opera for voice and wind band, commissioned by the College Band Directors’ National Association. He is a leader in commissioning and premiering new works for concert band.
Haithcock has earned the praise of both composers and conductors for his innovative approaches to developing the wind ensemble repertoire and programming. Haithcock is in constant demand as a guest conductor and as a resource person for symposiums and workshops in a variety of instructional settings as well as festival and all-state appearances throughout the country.
A graduate of East Carolina University – where he received the 1996 Outstanding Alumni Award from the School of Music – and Baylor University, Haithcock has done additional study at a variety of conducting workshops including the Herbert Blomstedt Orchestral Conducting Institute. The Instrumentalist, the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, the School Musician, the Southwest Music Educator, and WINDS magazine have published his articles on conducting and wind literature.
Repertoire
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- Dooley - Masks and Machines
- Ives/Schumann/Rhoads - Variations on America
- Giroux - Still Here
- Grainger - Gum Suckers March
- Zhou - Nocturn
- Mozart - Serenade No. 10 K. 361/370a "Gran Partita"
- Dvorak - Serenade for Wind Instruments Op. 44
Application Process
Please review the information below carefully before applying to attend.
There are three tracks of involvement in Conductor's Art. Regardless of track, all applicants will submit a resume/CV and a statement of interest. Due to high demand, participation is by invitation only. The School of Music conducting faculty will review all applications and then notify those who have been selected via email, with full payment due at that time. Payments for this event are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Applications Open: November 4, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
- Applications Close: November 18, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
- Invitations Sent Out: December 2, 2024
*All deadlines are in Central Standard Time
Tracks Offered
Full Conductor ($300) - Participants will be able to conduct at all chamber and large ensemble sessions.
Large Ensemble ($200) - Participants will conduct once at each large ensemble session.
*Observer ($100) - Participants may observe all sessions and interact with clinicians and musicians, but will have no podium time.
*Observer registration will remain open until Sunday, January 19th at 11:59 p.m.
Get Started
Apply using the link below. Applications will be accepted until November 18, 2024 at 6:00pm.
Please have your CV/Resume and interest statement ready as PDF or Microsoft Word (DOCX) files. The application form will have fields for you to upload these documents.