After its introduction in the winter of 1994, the K-State Concert Band Clinic has grown to include over 600 students from the Midwest region. All participants experience educational and musical learning from nationally acclaimed guest clinicians. Centered on the K-State campus in Manhattan, the students are offered opportunities to visit the area and gain a sense of the University's atmosphere. The three-day event includes six large ensembles, percussion ensembles, sectional rehearsals and master classes with the K-State Department of Music studio faculty. For the directors, clinician sessions are offered by the honor band directors as well as an opportunity to meet the clinicians at a sponsored luncheon. The weekend concludes with performances by all six honor bands and their percussion ensembles on the stage of McCain Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. A recording of the performance is given to each band director of the participating schools.
Concert Band nominations can be made by clicking here.
- All students wishing to participate in the K-State Concert Band Clinic must be nominated by their director. Please use the enclosed nomination form to list all nominees in the order of their performance skills, with the strongest player listed first. We appreciate your comments about your students on the nomination form. We will accept a minimum of two students from every school.
- Nomination deadline is in late November (TBA 2009), after that date nominations will be considered on the basis of instrumentation needs at that time.
- Please note that more Clarinets, Bass Clarinets, Double Reeds, Horns, and Tubas are generally needed to balance instrumentation.
- Students selected, will be auditioned upon arrival and assigned to one of the five/six concert bands.
- Your students may also arrange an appointment to audition for a KSU Music Scholarship on the Saturday of the clinic.
There is a non-refundable $40.00 registration fee for each student participating in the clinic. A professional recording will be made available for an additional fee. Please DO NOT send any registration fees for the students you nominate on the enclosed form. Student registration fees will be payable after nominees are notified of their selection. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE IN OUR HANDS BY THE POSTED DATE. STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR PARTICIPATION WILL BE NOTIFIED BY TBA, 2008. Please help us serve your students by submitting the nomination form at your earliest convenience. We are looking forward to an inspiring three days for these young musicians as well as teachers in attendance. Please call if additional information is needed.
You can take advantage of our on-line nomination option by clicking HERE, or you can download and print a nomination form to fill out and mail to us by clicking HERE.
The following hotel will have rooms reserved under the name of KSU Band Clinic until December. After that date, availability of rooms will not be guaranteed.
Holiday Inn 785-539-7531 1614 Anderson Ave.
Clarion Inn 785-539-5311 530 Richards Rd.
Fairfield Inn 785-539-2400 300 Colorado
Other hotels in Manhattan are:
Super 8 785-537-8468 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd.
Days Inn 785-539-5391 1501 Tuttle Creek Blvd.
Motel Six 785-537-1022 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd.
Hampton Inn 785-539-5000 501 E. Poyntz
Clinic locations: McCain Stage, McCain 201, 204, Holiday Inn Landon Room, Student Union Little Theater, All Faiths Chapel
Friday, January 22, 2010
3:00-6:00 pm Registration (201 McCain) Audition Rooms TBA
7:00 Massed Meeting (McCain Auditorium)
7:30-9:30 Clinic Rehearsals (201, 204, McCain Stage, Ramada Ballroom, Union Little Theater, Holiday Inn)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
8:30-12:00 am Clinic Rehearsals (201, 204, McCain Stage, Ramada Ballroom, Union Little Theater, Holiday Inn)
9:00-10:00 Director’s Session #1
10:00-11:00 Director’s Session #2
11:00-12:00 Director’s Session #3- / Students-Master Classes all instruments (rooms TBA)
Noon Lunch
12:15 pm Directors’ Luncheon (Ramada Inn-Landon Room)
1:30-3:00 Clinic Rehearsals (201, 204, McCain Stage, Ramada Ballroom, Union Little Theater, Holiday Inn)
1:30-2:30 Director’s Session #4
3:00 KSU Band Concert Band & Symphony Band Concert (Auditorium)
3:45-5:00 Clinic Rehearsals (201, 204, McCain Stage, Ramada Ballroom, Union Little Theater, TBA)
3:45-4:45 Director’s Session #5
5:00 Dinner
7:00-8:00 Director’s Session #6
7:00-9:30 Clinic Rehearsals (201, 204, McCain Stage, Ramada Ballroom, Union LittleTheater, TBA)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
8:15a-12:00 Final Clinic Rehearsal
1:00 pm Honor Bands Concert - McCain Auditorium
In addition to their full ensemble and sectional rehearsals, also built into the students' schedules are: Master classes taught by the studio faculty in the KSU Department of Music. A Saturday afternoon performance given by the KSU Symphony Band, Dr. Frank Tracz, Conductor and Concert Band, Dr. Anthony Pursell, Conductor.
While all rehearsals and master-classes are open to any who wish to observe, directors may also attend: Director's workshops, presented by our six clinician/conductors and Dr. Frank Tracz, Director of Bands at K-State Resource rooms setup by Flint Hills Music and Senseney Music Inc. of Wichita Hospitality Room, maintained by the K-State Band Ambassadors.
The three-day event culminates in a Sunday afternoon performance by each of the six bands onstage at McCain Auditorium
KSU BANDS
226 McCain Auditorium
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
(785) 532-3816
FAX: (785) 532-3817
e-mail: band1@ksu.edu
Future Dates:
2011 - JANUARY 21-23, 2011
2012 - JANUARY 20-22, 2012
2013 - JANUARY 25-27, 2013
2014 - JANUARY 24-26, 2014
2015 - JANUARY 23-25, 2015
