Kennesaw State University Bailey School of Music Summer Orchestra Directors Symposium

June 10-13, 2024; Kennesaw, GA

Registration Deadline: May 10, 2024

https://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/music/community-programs/clinics-workshops/summer-orchestra-directors-symposium.php

The Kennesaw State University Bailey School of Music is pleased to announce the inaugural Summer Orchestra Directors Symposium! This four-day event offers an immersive professional development experience focused on conducting and designed specifically for both middle and high school orchestra directors. Each afternoon will be devoted to physical conducting technique. Conducting Participants will receive a total of at least 30 minutes of podium time over the course of the event, conducting the symposium lab orchestra under the guidance of Dr. Raphael Jiménez—Director of Orchestras & Ruth Strickland Gardner Professor of Conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music—and KSU Director of Orchestral Studies, Dr. Nathaniel F. Parker. In addition to their podium time, Conducting Participants will also receive high-quality video recordings of their conducting sessions and one-on-one follow-up sessions with Dr. Jiménez and Dr. Parker. Each morning features engaging sessions on a variety of conducting-related topics, including score study, programming, rehearsal techniques, and wellness in the orchestra classroom, led by Dr. Jiménez, Dr. Parker, guest presenters, and other distinguished members of the Bailey School of Music faculty.