Young Teacher Track - Schedule

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
4:00 - 10:00 pm Check-in for students and directors
7:30 - 8:30 pm CONCERT: Burleson High School Wind Ensemble
9:00 - 10:00 pm CONCERT: Mount Si Jazz Ensemble I
10:00 pm Honor band meeting & introduction of guest conductors

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
8:00 - 8:50 am Director & YTT Clinic #1: Composers' Forum
9:00 - 9:50 am Young Teacher Track Clinic #2: Todd Zimbelman - Ear Training and Intonation
10:00 - 10:50 am Director & YTT Clinic #3: Patrick Sheridan - Tuba Pedagogy from Day One
10:50 - 11:20 am Break
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 pm Directors' Reading Band Session #1
1:00 pm Lunch
2:45 - 3:35 pm Director & YTT Clinic #4: Randall Standridge - Reading is Fundamental: Practice Skills and Music Literacy in the Everyday Ensemble
3:45 - 4:30 pm Young Teacher Track Clinic #5: Tim Lautzenheiser - If I Knew Then What I Know Now...!
7:30 - 8:30 pm CONCERT: Pebble Hills H.S. Woodwind Chamber Ensemble
9:00 - 10:00 pm CONCERT: Butler University Jazz Ensemble

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
8:00 - 8:50 am Young Teacher Track Clinic #6: Sam Ormson - The Missing Manual - Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Teaching
9:00 - 9:50 am Director & YTT Clinic #7: Brian Balmages - Making the Most of Our Music Selection
10:15 - 11:45 am Directors' Reading Band Session #2
12:00 pm Directors' Luncheon
2:00 - 3:20 pm Young Teacher Track Clinic #8: Todd Zimbelman - Building Excellence Culture
3:30 - 4:20 pm Director & YTT Clinic #9: Allen Vizzutti - The Power of Musicality and the Techniques to Make It Happen
8:00 - 8:45 pm CONCERT: WIBC U Intercollegiate Honor Band
9:15 - 10:15 pm CONCERT: Mariachi Sol De Mexico

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
8:00 - 8:50 am Young Teacher Track Clinic #10: Sam Ormson - Tuning the Trio - Engaging the Three Kinds of Musicians in Our Bands
9:00 - 9:50 am Young Teacher Track Clinic #11: Patrick Sheridan - JUST DO THIS! Techniques to Give You Space to Grow
9:50 - 10:15 am Young Teacher Track Clinic #12: Todd Zimbelman (wrap-up) - Implementing Ideas
10:30 am CONCERT: Phoenix-Sunbird Honor Band Concert
12:30 pm CONCERT: Firebird-Thunderbird Honor Band Concert
2:30 pm End of concerts/convention