Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop

Choral & Instrumental Sessions

Southwest Minnesota State University
June 27 - 29, 2022

In light of the continuing concerts over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Area Conducting Workshop will not be offered this summer.  Look for the next workshop to take place June 27-29, 2022.  In the meantime, for more information on the workshop feel free to examine materials below from the last workshop.

Updated documents will be added in the spring, but please refer to the following for more information about the event.

• 2020 Invitational Letter  
• Workshop Application and Brochure 
• 2020 Final Informational Letter Participants  (coming in June, 2020)

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 April

Instrumental Workshop Repertoire

2021 Repetoire 

Grade 1
     Midnight Mission  by Brian Balmages
     Imperium  by Michael Sweeney
     Simple Song  by Ralph Hultgren
Grade 2
     Creed  by William Himes
     Night Flight of the Gargoyles  by Timothy Loest
     Australian Up-Country Tune  by Percy Grainger
Grade 3
     Encanto  by Robert W. Smith
     Ginger Marmelade  by Warren Benson
     Good Night, Dear Heart  by Dan Forrest
Grade 4
     Chorale and Shaker Dance  by John Zdechlik
     O' Magnum Mysterium  by Morten Lauridsen/arr. Reynolds

Clinicians

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