Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop
Choral & Instrumental Sessions
Southwest Minnesota State University
June 23 - 25, 2025
You can register for the workshop online here REGISTER
This workshop is offered Free of Charge to all Music Educators!
Application Deadline - May 30, 2025
Graduate Seminar Credit will again be available.
Contact Dr. Stephen Kingsbury for more information
Purpose
All musicians know that learning to sing or play an instrument at an advanced level takes years of practice, assessment, and feedback. This is no less true for conducting, but most university programs cannot offer more than two conducting classes for undergraduates.
The purpose of the Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop is to provide Minnesota music educators with a forum in which they can practice their conducting skills, receive feedback from trained conductors, practice self-evaluation skills, discuss issues in music education, and network with other Minnesota music educators in a musical and supportive environment.
Choral Workshop Repertoire
To be announced in May
Instrumental Workshop Repertoire (2024)
Grade 1
- Silver Skies by Mekel Rogers
- NIght Fury by Carol Brittin Chambers
- Ember Skies by Kevin Day
Grade 2
- (not) alone by Randall Standridge
- Cloud Nine by Lauren Bernofsky
- Lullaby to the Moon by Brian Balmages
Grade 3
- Jumpscare Tango by Roshanne Etezady
- Summit by Kevin Day
- Durn Spiro Spero by Chris Pilsner
Grade 4
- Sahuaro (from Little Mexican Suite) by Nubia Jaime Donjuan
- Lyric for Band by George Walker (arr. Luci Disano)
Clinicians
Dr. John Ginocchio
Professor of Music/Director of Bands
Southwest Minnesota State University
Dr .Stephen Kingsbury
Director of Choral Activities
Southwest Minnesota State University
Instrumental Co-clinician
Dr. Benjamin Druffel
Director of Bands
Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
Choral Co-clinician
Dr. Elisabeth Cherland
Director of Choral Activities
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Contact Information
For more information on the Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop, contact:
Dr. John Ginocchio
(507) 537-7209
John.Ginocchio@smsu.edu
or
Dr. Stephen Kingsbury
(507) 537-7247
Stephen.Kingsbury@smsu.edu
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