Summer Conducting Workshop

The Sacramento Summer Wind Conducting Workshop, established in 1994, is a great way for music directors  to improve their awareness and skill in the art of conducting.  Each summer, founder Robert Halseth and an outstanding guest clinician work with 15-20 participants (high school and middle school band directors, grad students, college and community band conductors) for five days, in front of "The Governor's Own" 59th Army National Guard Band.  

Previous guest clinicians have included John Whitwell (twice), Gary Hill, Frederick Fennell, Eugene Corporon, Jack Stamp, Allan McMurray, Stan DeRusha, Michael Haithcock, Jerry Junkin, Craig Kirchhoff, Harvey Benstein and in 2006 H. Robert Reynolds.  Since 2007, our guest clinician has been Dr. Mallory Thompson, Director of Bands at Northwestern University.

Everyone who has come has praised the experience, with such phrases as "Enlightening and encouraging," and "...great teaching, sensitively conveyed and articulately expressed."

The 2010 workshop will take place on June 21-25. For further information, contact Dr. Robert Halseth at (916) 278-5091. Next year's brochure and application is not currently ready, but you can view last year's brochure to get more of an idea of what to expect. You can also view a previous year's repertoire list, to get an idea of the variety and difficulty of music used in the workshop, here.