NC Music Educator Conference 2020

Band
Jason Barclift, Chair
Tradition.
Innovation.
Collaboration.
I
am very excited about this year’s NCMEA Professional
Development Conference. I know it will be different, but we
have worked hard to provide sessions that are second to none!
I know you have been in so many Zoom meetings and Google
Meets in the past several months, but please make plans to attend
this year as the Band Section continues to include some of the best
educators in the country at our conference. Scott Rush and Bruce
Pearson are both known around the world as first class educators
and will be sharing their vast experience with us.
Habits of a Successful Band Director
This clinic focuses on the journey from the “components of
playing” to music making. Teaching strategies are the cornerstone
of the presentation, and they logically progress from being effective
with non-pedagogical issues to going beyond the notes. Nontraditional
means of assessment are also explored.
Creating Habits of a Success in the Young
Band Musician
This session provides solutions for all things beginner band
musicians face. Topics include the first days of instruction, initial
fundamentals on the mouthpiece, mouthpiece and barrel, reed,
bocal and reed, or headjoint prior to playing, sequential rhythm
vocabulary, first-time challenges for beginners, and teaching
strategies that address both technique and musicianship. The latest
breakthroughs in music technology in the classroom will also be
explored.
Scott Rush
Scott Rush is the director of fine and
performing arts in Dorchester School
District Two in South Carolina, and is the
former director of bands at Wando High
School in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He is a
graduate of the New England Conservatory
of Music in Boston, and the University
of South Carolina. He currently serves as
conductor of the Charleston Wind
Symphony, a semi-professional ensemble in Charleston.
Under his direction, the Wando symphonic band performed
at the 2007 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and
were recipients of the 2007 Sudler Flag of Honor administered by
the John Philip Sousa Foundation. His marching bands were twotime
BOA Grand National finalists and won the South Carolina
State 5A Marching Band Championships nine consecutive years.
Rush is active as a conductor, clinician and adjudicator
throughout the United States and Canada. He is lead writer for the
Habits series and has authored or co-authored ten highly touted
books for GIA Publications.
Rush served as president of the South Carolina Band Directors
Association and is a former member of the board of directors for
the National Band Association. In 2010, he was elected into the
prestigious American Bandmasters Association and in 2011 was
awarded the Bandworld Legion of Honor. In 2015, he was elected
into the South Carolina Band Directors Association Hall of Fame
and in 2016 was awarded the Edwin Franko Goldman Award by
the ASBDA for contributions to music education.
Band Talk with Dr. Charles Menghini
Host of the popular podcast, Band Talk, Dr. Charles
Menghini is planning a special conversation just for the North
Carolina Bandmasters Association. He will provide motivation
and encouragement for all of us during these crazy times. His
podcast features weekly guests who are big names in the world
of band from across the country. Charlie Menghini is putting
together a special conversation just for us that will include Dr.
Tim Lautzenheiser and Dr. Paula Crider, professor emerita of the
The University of Texas. You won’t want to miss this outstanding
presentation.
Dr. Charles T. Menghini
Dr. Charles T. Menghini is president emeritus of VanderCook
College of Music in Chicago. Menghini served as professor
of music and director of bands from 1994 – 2017. Prior to his
appointment at VanderCook, he spent 18 years as a high school
band director in Missouri and Kansas where his bands earned
national acclaim.
Our premiere award for music majors includes
full tuition, room, board, plus additional
study funds.
Other scholarships available in brass, composition,
jazz, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds
October 17 | November 21
December 12 | January 23
*Bachelorof Arts
*Bachelorof Music
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