Horn Workshop

Jeffrey Agrell joined The University of Iowa School of Music faculty as horn professor after a 25-year career as Associate Principal Horn with the Lucerne (Switzerland) Symphony Orchestra. He has won awards as both a writer and composer with over ninety published articles and many compositions published, recorded on CD, and performed and broadcast worldwide. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society and is on the faculty of the Kendall Betts Horn Camp and (formerly) the Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong). He is very active as a performer and educator and frequently gives concerts and workshops around the country. Recent CDs include Repercussions with pianist Evan Mazunik (Wildwind Records), Mosaic with Duende (horn, cello, piano - improvisational interpretations of medieval and Renaissance music; MSR Classics, and Side Show Tim with Cerberus (horn, trumpet, tuba, and Soundpainting conductor; Dane Records).

Trumpet Workshop with Bob Baca

Mr. Baca is Professor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Other duties include teaching Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, directing Jazz Ensembles I & II, and coordinating one of the nation's largest jazz festivals. Mr. Baca's background includes numerous performances in both classical and commercial areas.

Mr. Baca has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and is a current member of the Phillip Brunelle "Plymouth Music Series Orchestra" as well as a past member of the popular radio ensemble for Garrison Keilor's "A Prairie Home Companion." He has toured with Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett and Mel Torme and numerous others. As a teacher, Mr. Baca works with all levels of students and has served as conductor for many all state honors jazz ensembles. He has performed as a soloist in China, London, Costa Rica and Europe.

Mr. Baca is a past executive board member for the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) as the United States Representative as well as an advisory board member for the "Edwin Franko Goldman Band." He also served as past Vice President of Wisconsin Music Educators Association (Northwest Region) and past president of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Wisconsin Chapter.

Mr. Baca directs the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble I, recognized as one of the premiere jazz ensembles in the United States. In the past decade, the ensemble has toured throughout the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. In 1991 they performed in China, being recognized as the first jazz ensemble to tour this country since opening its borders to the western world. The ensemble has recorded ten CDs to date. Five CD's were awarded the prestigious Down Beat Award in the "Best Big Band" category. Two were nominated for a Grammy. The ensemble's schedule in the last three years has included performances at the Midwest Band Directors Conference in Chicago, Illinois, the New York Brass Conference in New York City, the Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio Music Educators Conferences, two Northwestern Regional MENC Conferences, and the MENC National Conference. Mr. Baca is a Conn-Selmer clinician and excited about the opportunity to work with any age student.

Jazz Ensemble & Combo Camp

Jazz Ensemble and Combo Camp

Dr. Scott Belck is assistant professor of Trumpet at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He has served as trumpet and cornet soloist with the Air Force Band of Flight in Dayton, Ohio where he also held the post of musical director for the Air Force Night Flight Jazz Ensemble. He has also served as the Artistic Director of the Dayton Jazz Orchestra and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra and the Miami Valley Jazz Camp in Ohio. He has taught on the music faculties of Miami University, the University of Dayton, Marshall University, Sinclair Community College, St. Francis Xavier University in Canada, as well as Harwood Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas.

His playing credits include recordings as lead trumpet and featured jazz soloist with the Cincinnati Pops featuring the Manhattan Transfer and John Pizzarelli, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Van Dells, and as a jazz soloist wtih the University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band with whom he recorded four CDs.Belck has performed as principal trumpet with the Minnesota Ballets Festival Orchestra, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lexington Philharmonic, the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and as section trumpet with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Duluth Festival Opera.

He has performed as lead trumpet for shows of Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, John Lithgow, Donna Summer, The Cincinnati Pops, Maureen McGovern, Michael Feinstein, Sandy Patti, Tommy Toon, Manhattan Transfer, The Coasters, Yes, Ben Vereen, Doc Severinsen, the Temptations, Olivia Newton-John, Neil Sedaka, the Blue Wisp Big Band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Dayton Jazz Orchestra, the Ink Spots, the Four Freshmen, The Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Latin Exposure, Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Riddell, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Frankie Valli, The Maritime Jazz Orchestra of Canada as well as touring Broadway shows and regional and national recording sessions.

He has performed as a leader, musical director, or sideman with many top jazz players on the scene today including: Fred Hersch, Adam Nussbaum, Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Jim McNeely, Claudio Roditi, John Riley, Rick Margitza, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Watson, Tom Harrell, Tim Hagans, Wes Anderson, John Hollenbeck, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Greg Abate, Jim Snidero, Ian McDougal, Gordon Brisker, Hank Marr, Marvin Stamm, Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Garrett, John Fedchock, Phil Woods, Ed Soph, John LaBarbera and Diane Schuur.

Dr. Belck holds a degree in Applied Trumpet from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, a Masters Degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). In addition to an active schedule of clinics and workshops, Dr. Belck has been a guest soloist with numerous college, university, and high school bands. Dr. Belck maintains an active freelance schedule playing trumpet for a wide variety of groups and shows throughout the country.

Rock Band Camp

Tommy Bentz (Guitar) has been teaching guitar for 20 years, playing in numerous Rock, Blues, Jazz, & Swing Bands for 20 years, & has been privileged to share the stage with top notch performers such as Rufus Reid, Ira Sullivan, Clark Terry, Willy Porter, Ben Harper, Pat McGee & Tim Mahoney to name a few. Tommy heads the Tommy Bentz Band, his original music rock band, which has performed regionally and internationally, winning the Icelandair Ticket To Fly Beatles Tribute Contest, and is planning a "Mid-to-West" tour late this summer, covering ground from Wisconsin to Colorado.  Tommy conceived, and is Owner/Operator of Brickhouse Music, Brickhouse Music Academy and Velvet Brick Recording Studio in River Falls. He has had a relationship with the Shell Lake Arts Center for many years, and couldn't be happier than to be sponsoring the First EVER ROCK BAND Camp!

Songwriting by the Lake

Rick Beresford has been coaching individual songwriters since 1985 and teaches commercial songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He is the director of the Kerrville Folk Festival Song School held in Kerrville, Texas each year and a curriculum writer and lecturer for The Nashville Songwriters Association International's song camps and workshops. Rick has conducted numerous seminars for songwriters' groups and conventions across the United States, Canada and England.  Rick's songs have been recorded by dozens of Nashville artists, including a #1 hit with George Jones, and charted songs recorded by the Everly Brothers, Brenda Lee, Don Williams, BJ Thomas, John Conlee, Mickey Gilley, and many others.

Concert Band

Bio coming soon. 

Jazz Ensemble & Combo Camp

Laura Caviani was born and raised in Minnesota, where she currently freelances and teaches at St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in Northfield, MN.  Her 2006 CD release Going There enjoyed a long run on the JazzWeek national radio charts.  Music critic Bob Protzman described it as "piano trio jazz of the highest order."  Caviani has released five CDs as bandleader, receiving notices such as "stunningly fresh" from JazzTimes magazine and "in a word, outstanding" from the Minneapolis Star.  Caviani has extensively toured and recorded with Concord recording artist Karrin Allyson and has performed with many other jazz luminaries including Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz, Diane Schuur, Oleta Adams, Bob Mintzer and Dave Liebman.  In the Twin Cities, her numerous projects include the Pete Whitman X-tet, whose CD Where's When? received a 4-star review from Downbeat magazine. She holds degrees from both Lawrence University  (BM-Theory/Composition) and The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. (MM-Improvisation) Please visit http://www.lauracaviani.com/

Introduction to Orff Schulwerk

Originally from McKenzie, Tennessee, Michael Chandler is currently a resident of Dallas and is teaching in his ninth year as the classroom music specialist at Parkway Elementary in Lewisville, Texas, where he was selected as Teacher of the Year in 2000.  He is completing a Master of Arts degree in Music Education with an emphasis in Orff Schulwerk at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and has also obtained a Master of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied piano with Alan Chow, and a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.  During the 1997-98 academic year, Michael was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying piano in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt.  A winner of a number of competition prizes, he has performed as a concerto soloist with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as well as with the University of Arkansas Chamber Orchestra.  In 1999 and 2003, he was a guest performer at the Mendelssohn-Haus Musiksalon in Leipzig, Germany.  Michael teaches on the faculty for the Orff Schulwerk courses at SMU in Dallas and at UST in Minnesota.   He is the piano accompanist for the Lewisville ISD Fifth Grade Honor Choir, and at Parkway Elementary, he directs the Parkway "Panther" Choir and the fifth grade instrumental and movement ensemble, Schulspiel, which performed as a featured elementary ensemble at the 2007 TMEA Clinic/Convention in San Antonio.  He is a past president of the North Texas Chapter of AOSA and is currently serving a three-year term on the National Board of Trustees for the American Orff-Schulwerk Association as a Region Representative for Region III.

Sound & Recording Systems

Rich Chitty

Jazz Ensemble & Combo Camp

Tim Coffman is one of the most active trombonists and teachers in the Chicago area. A graduate of the prestigious Jazz Studies program at Indiana University, Mr. Coffman worked closely with David Baker. He was awarded the Performer's Certificate after his Senior Recital.

Mr. Coffman is in demand for studio and show work and has performed with Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Andy Williams, Natalie Cole, Lou Rawls, The Tempatations, Louie Bellson, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Frank Wess, Bassist Ron Carter, Johnny Griffin, Kurt Elling, Von Freeman, Tito Puente, Arturo Sanduval, Tom Harrell, Johnny Mathis, Paul Anka, Al Jarreau, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, Diane Schur, Jimmy Heath, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Joe Lovano, Lennie Niehaus,  Slide Hampton and many others. He performed in the pit for the world premiere of "The Producers" and also performed with the Chicago Symphony playing Lead Trombone in the Duke Ellington "Nutcracker." He also performed on the recording of "Porgy and Bess" featuring Clark Terry and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. This recording was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association.

 Mr. Coffman is currently on the Jazz Studies faculty at DePaul University. There he teaches Jazz Trombone, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, Low Brass Techniques and coaches Jazz Combos. Before teaching at DePaul, he taught at New Trier High School as the Trombone instructor and directed several Jazz Improvisation classes from 1990-2001. In addition to his duties at DePaul, he is  currently directing Jazz Ensemble lll at Oak Park-River Forest HS. He is a regular member of the Rob Parton Jazz Tech Big Band and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble lead by Jon Faddis. He also frequently performs with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra.

Mr. Coffman is a Conn/Selmer artist/clinician and has performed/adjudicated at various high schools, Jazz Festivals and Universities including: Evanston HS,  Rolling Meadows HS, Mundelein HS, Oak Park-River Forest HS, Wheeling HS, Purdue University, Furman University, The University of Wisconsin-River Falls, The University of New Mexico and many others. He recently competed his first recording entitled Crossroads, available on the Blujazz label. In the summer, he teaches at the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Camp at the University of Louisville, and also at the Midwest Young Artists Jazz Camp in Lake Forest, IL. Mr. Coffman is married to Becky and has two children, Daniel and Sarah.

Jazz Ensemble and Combo Camp
Concert Band Camp

Dr. Jeffery Crowell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he teaches applied percussion and percussion techniques, conducts the UW-Eau Claire Percussion Ensemble, and leads Jazz Ensemble III, part of the outstanding UW-Eau Claire award-winning jazz area. Before joining the faculty at UW-Eau Claire, Dr. Crowell taught on the faculties of several colleges, including Purdue University.  Dr. Crowell received his DMA in percussion performance with a jazz performance/electro-acoustic media emphasis from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.  

He is active throughout the United States as a performer, clinician, adjudicator, and educator.  A versatile artist in many genres, Dr. Crowell's performance and recording credits include such artists as Bobby Shew, Louie Bellson, David Samuels, Henry Mancini, Joan Rivers, Lou Harrison, Kent Nagano, David Garibaldi, Buddy Baker, Glen Velez, Nebojsa Zivkovic, and John Bergamo. He has performed at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series, presented and performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, is in the motion picture "The Majestic" starring Jim Carrey, marched with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, and has taught on the staffs of numerous award-winning groups including the Tournament of Roses Marching Honor Band.  

He is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society having been recently the Wisconsin Chapter President, is on the WI PAS Executive Committee, as well as a current member of the Music Technology Committee.

Dr. Crowell is an artist/clinician for Pearl Drums and Percussion and Adams Musical Instruments, Sabian Cymbals, REMO drumheads, Black Swamp Percussion, and Innovative Percussion Sticks and Mallets.

Jazz Ensemble & Combo Camp

Kurt Ellenberger is an award-winning pianist and composer whose works includes music for solo piano, voice and piano, orchestra, brass quintet, percussion, brass choir, mixed chamber ensembles, carillon, strings, and two concertos. 

He has performed with Danny Gottlieb, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Eckstine, and Della Reese.  He is a Challenge-A Records recording artist, and his first CD?Songs From Far West?was received enthusiastically by critics in Canada, Europe, and the United States.  They have been unanimous in their praise, calling it a "tour de force," "an extraordinary CD," and "one of the major surprises of 1999." He has been hailed as "a gifted pianist who combines the lyricism of Bill Evans with the energy of Keith Jarrett in his playing." He is also featured on the new Innova Records recording of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians which has been named one of the top five "notable releases"of 2007 by the New York Times as well as excellent reviews in LA Weekly, Billboard Magazine, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Calgary Herald, and many others.

He is the author of a textbook on jazz improvisation entitled Materials and Concepts in Jazz Improvisation which is available online at Amazon.com.  He has also been published in IAJE's Jazz Education Journal, Alberta New Music Review, and the Grand Valley Review. 

He has had great success as a teacher, with his students winning national and international awards including Downbeat Magazine's "Instrumentalist of the Year" in 2005 and the Brussels International Jazz Composition Contest in 2003.

He is currently Associate Professor of Music in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University.

Jazz Ensemble and Combo Camp

Classic Jazz Combo Camp

Lennie Foy has served as Professor of Trumpet at DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana since 2002. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and the Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. He began doctoral studies in brass pedagogy at the Indiana University School of Music and his teachers include Charles Gorham, Barbara Butler, Vincent DiMartino, Louis Davidson, and Stanley Friedman. Additionally his jazz studies instructors include David Baker, Bill Dobbins, Ray Wright, and Ray Ricker. While at Indiana University he served as Associate Instructor and served as Associate Professor of Trumpet at Middle Tennessee State University during 1988-2002.

Lennie maintains an active professional career in jazz and classical performance arts as a trumpeter, teacher and clinician. He has recorded as a member of the Nashville Symphony, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Stones River Chamber Players, and the internationally acclaimed Brass Band of Battle Creek.

Additionally he has recently appeared with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and has membership with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra since the 1991 inaugural season in concerts conducted by David Baker, Quincy Jones, John Clayton, and Byron Stripling. Lennie is a Conn-Selmer clinician presenting clinics, master classes, and adjudication. He has appeared in major venues including the Kennedy Center, Pori International Brass Festival, Spoleto Music Festival, Ravinia International Festival of the Arts, and various national events.

An Introduction to Kodály-Inspired Teaching

Leigh Ann Garner teaches elementary classroom music at Kennedy Elementary School in Hastings, Minnesota. She is co-author of Music and Movement, a music curriculum for children ages 1-5. In addition to her duties as director of the Kodály Institute at the University of St.

Thomas, Leigh Ann teaches undergraduate elementary music methods at St.

Thomas. She holds an M.A. in Music Education from the University of St.

Thomas and a B.A. in Vocal Music Education from St. Olaf College. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of St. Thomas.

Jazz Ensemble and Combo Camp
Classic Jazz Combo

An active performer of jazz and classical piano music, Luke Gillespie is the recipient of numerous awards, including best performance from Indianapolis Star in 1993; the 1990 Copland Piano Concerto Competition at Indiana University; and the 1994 Indianapolis Jazz Festival Competition.

He has recorded with the Arts Center Jazz Collective, David Baker, Bruce Bransby, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, James Campbell, Steve Davis, Everett Greene, Dan Perantoni, Rufus Reid, Eugene Rousseau, Dominic Spera, Wanda Stafford, and Tom Walsh. He has performed with Jamey Aebersold, Benny Golson, Bunky Green, Jimmy Heath, Steve Houghton, Ingrid Jensen, Kelley Johnson, Pat LaBarbera, David Liebman, James Moody, Chris Potter, and Jim Snidero.

Professor Gillespie is included in Jazz Play-Along, Vol. 76, "How to Learn Tunes," by David Baker (Aebersold). He has published articles on the aesthetics of jazz and classical music, and a recent book, Stylistic II/V7/I Voicings for Keyboardists (Aebersold, 2000, 2nd printing, 2006). His recent solo jazz piano CD, Footprints, was released on RIAX records.

Professor Gillespie is in demand as performer, teacher, and clinician in Europe, Japan, and the United States, including summer jazz camps in Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

Show Choir

Jennifer Gulsvig is a 2002 graduate of Luther College in Decorah, IA. She has been teaching for the last 6 years.  Her first 3 years were at Clearwater Middle School in Waconia, MN and in 2005-2006 she was in Tomah, WI teaching high school vocal music.  While in Tomah, Ms. Gulsvig directed the Tomah Show Choir, Limited Edition.

Ms. Gulsvig is now a middle school choir directed at Lincoln Middle School in La Crosse, WI where she teaches 6^th grade general music, 3 choirs, an all Hmong speaking choir as well as directs the middle school show choir.  Jennifer is also very excited to be half way done with her masters in Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse!

Program Director for Show Choir

Paul H. Gulsvig received his bachelor's degree in music education from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1973 and completed his Master's degree in May 2003 from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.  He recently retired after 33 years of teaching, the last 28 from Onalaska High School where he was the choral director of the 92 voice a cappella Concert Choir, Men's Chorus, Select Women's Chorus, OHS Express Show Choir, and Hilltopper Show Choir.   He is a sought after clinician, conductor and adjudicator.  In the past few years, he has conducted workshops and/or All-States in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.  Paul is a recovering Norwegian Lutheran.  His two daughters are both choral music directors and his son is a senior at Luther College majoring in music management. (Where did he go wrong?)  In his spare time, Paul loves to golf, run and bike in beautiful western Wisconsin, and spends as much time as he can with his twin granddaughters, who live in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Summer Seminar for Band Directors

Richard Mark Heidel is Director of Bands, Coordinator of the Wind and Percussion Area, and Associate Professor of Music in the Department of Music and Theatre Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts the Wind Symphony, teaches courses in conducting and repertoire, supervises student teachers, serves as advisor to the National Band Association-Collegiate Chapter, and coordinates the UW-Eau Claire band program. Under his direction, the Wind Symphony has performed at the Wisconsin Music Educators Association State Conference, Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference, National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter State Convention as well as on annual concert tours throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota.

A native of Texas, Heidel holds the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Conducting from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas as well as the Doctor of Education in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to his appointment to the UW-Eau Claire faculty in 2000, Dr. Heidel served as Director of Bands at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and as a teaching assistant in the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to his university teaching experiences, Heidel was a high school band director in Texas for nine years.

Dr. Heidel has been distinguished with memberships in numerous national and international honor societies and fraternities including Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota , Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Nu Epsilon, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and Golden Key. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Musician award at Texas Tech University in both 1985 and 1986, and in 1997, he received the A. A. Harding award at the University of Illinois for the "highest possible achievement, service, and devotion to the University Bands." Dr. Heidel was named to the "Who's Who Among America 's Teachers" in 2002, and in 2003 he received the Citation of Excellence from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Band Association. In 2005, Dr. Heidel was honored by being initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota as a Distinguished Member-National Arts Associate.

Dr. Heidel maintains a busy schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator, clinician, guest lecturer, trumpet performer, and custom drill designer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Band Association, NBA-Wisconsin Chapter, and the International Music Camp (Honorary Member), and he has served on the Board of Directors of the Shell Lake Arts Center and Texas Tech Band Alumni Association. Dr. Heidel has presented clinics at state music conferences in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as well as guest lectures at Texas Tech University, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Ohio University, Bowling Green State University, Oakland University, and the University of Illinois. Heidel has served as guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician in Alaska, Texas, New Mexico, Georgia, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada.  In 2003, Heidel served as an adjudicator for the Limerick International Marching Band Competition and the 100th St. Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin, Ireland. His summer teaching experiences include serving as a faculty member of the Shell Lake Arts Center in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Texas Tech University Band and Orchestra Camp, Illinois Summer Youth Music Program at the University of Illinois, and the International Music Camp. His list of publications includes numerous articles in the National Band Association Journal and Teaching Music. Dr. Heidel holds memberships in the National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association. As an active trumpet performer, Dr. Heidel is a member of Eau Claire Brassworks and he frequently performs with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra.

Painting: ho hum to WOW!

Kimberly A. R. Jochman, born 1972, Menasha, Wisconsin.  Kim is currently an art teacher for the Appleton Area School District. She began art at an early age. Her grandmother was her greatest influence, teaching Kim how to really look at the world. She owes her appreciation for the arts to her grandmother and her parents for supporting her desire to create art and pursing a higher learning of art and design. She attended the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, majored in art and minored in graphic design 1991-1996. After college she worked in the field of graphic design for two years, a challenging career path, but one that was not fulfilling to her.  Because of this, she went back to UW-Green Bay and earned her teaching certification 2000. While attending UWGB in 2000 Kim earned the Curators Award. Kim earned her masters in Integrating Arts from Lesley University in 2002. Kim has been teaching art for six years in the Appleton Area School District and could not imagine doing anything else.

Kim works in various mediums and finds challenges and pleasure in all. Her emphasis in collage was printmaking, particularly collagraph and relief. Her prints can be described as small close ups of nature.

This past year Kim displayed her art at the Wild Apple Art Gallery in Appleton, Wisconsin and the Bergstrom Mahler Art Museum in Neenah, Wisconsin. Her focus was photo-realism, drawing vintage cars, in Nu Pastel.  "Be silent, be patient, look closely, see clearly, then you can create art."

SmartMusic 10.1 and Impact Grading Software

Intro to Finale 2008 Notation Software

MAVIS KALLESTAD is a Finale clinician and music engraver in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.  She has done music engraving for various composers and has edited solos and method books that appear on-screen in SmartMusic learning software.  Mavis has been a Finale instructor at the Minnesota Summer Music Technology Symposium.  She has demonstrated Finale software for MakeMusic at state music conventions and for school in-service workshops in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, New York, Texas and Missouri, as well as individualized 1-on-1 Finale/ PrintMusic training.  Her sequential Finale handouts with step-by-step directions have been used numerous times in MakeMusic sponsored workshops.  Mavis is also a free-lance piano accompanist and has created rehearsal recordings for the Minnesota All State Choirs.  Mavis has a Composite Degree in Music Education (vocal and instrumental) from Dickinson State University. 

Art Cloth & Story Vessels

Donna Kallner is known for the contemporary ways she interprets ancient fiber techniques to tell timeless stories. She teaches and exhibits her work across the country, and writes about fiber arts. On her web site, www.donnakallner.com, you will find samples of her work, learn about little-known fiber traditions, and find reading recommendations and much more. Donna's home is in White Lake, Wisconsin.

Jazz Ensemble and Combo Camp

Greg Keel is on the faculty at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. He has been a visiting conductor in the UW-Eau Claire Jazz Studies Department, and developed the jazz improvisation course for the summer UWEC High Potential Institute. Greg is an artist/clinician for Selmer Saxophones, and is a member of the jazz saxophone quartet "JAZZAX." Greg attended the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, Madison, and Concordia College in St. Paul. He studied saxophone with Harry Miedema, Brian Grivna, Ruben Haugen, Richard Fletcher and Bill Grahn. Greg has performed with Anthony Cox, Mel Torme, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Bobby Vinton, Andy Williams, The O'Jays, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Bob Hope, and blues guitarist Luther Allison. He is vice-President of the Minnesota chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE). Greg's appearance is made possible in part by Conn-Selmer.

Music for Life: Developing Small Ensembles In Schools

MICHAEL LEVINE is originally from St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He first attended the University of Minnesota and then The Juilliard School, where he received his Bachelor of Music Degree. For three years he held the position of Assistant Principal Trombone in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Michael founded the Dallas Brass in 1983, and he serves as the ensemble's trombonist, Master of Ceremonies and Artistic Director.  As an arranger, he has made significant contributions to the Dallas Brass library. Michael has invented a device called the WindMaster, to help wind players develop their breathing technique. It is being marketed nationally and in conjunction with Dallas Brass breathing clinics. Michael recently had an article published in School Band and Orchestra magazine on the Value of Small Ensembles. He presently resides in Dallas.

Saxophone Workshop

Thomas Liley has appeared throughout the United States and in Canada and Eastern Europe in chamber music performances and as a soloist with conductors such as Karel Husa, Sir Vivian Dunn, and James Barnes.  His recordings for Delta Music and the Educational Music Service have included works written for him by James Barnes, William Davis, and Frederick Fox as well as standard repertoire for saxophone.

A charter member of the World Saxophone Congress, Liley is a member of the Executive Board of the North American Saxophone Alliance, serving as Director of Scholarly Publications.  Articles and reviews by and about Liley have appeared in The Instrumentalist, The Saxophone Symposium, The Saxophone Journal, Bandworld, and several state music educators' journals.  He is co-author of The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, published by Cambridge University Press in Great Britain, and the author of A Brief History of the World Saxophone Congress, 1969 - 2000.

Liley received the degree of Doctor of Music in Saxophone Literature and Performance with distinction from Indiana University, where he studied with the internationally renowned virtuoso Eugene Rousseau.  As a member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C., he toured nationally and performed before dignitaries at the White House.  Liley has been Professor of Saxophone at the University of Florida and the University of Kansas and Guest Professor of Saxophone at Indiana University and the University of Minnesota.  A Yamaha Performing Artist, Liley is a Professor of Music at Joliet Junior College in Illinois.

Piano Accompaniment

American pianist Roger McVey has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia, Cyprus, New Zealand, and New Caledonia.  Dr. McVey is an Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he teaches Applied Piano, Class Piano, Piano Proficiency, Music History, and Piano Pedagogy.  He has previously taught at the University of Kansas, Mercer University, Georgia College and State University, and Macon State College. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Kansas, Indiana University, and East Carolina University. Additionally, he has studied at the Aspen Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institute.

 Dr. McVey has studied with internationally acclaimed pianists Menahem Pressler, Jack Winerock, Anton Nel, Herbert Stessin, and Henry Doskey, and has coached with artists such as Claude Frank, Janos Starker, William Warfield, Eric Rosenblith, and the Emerson Quartet.  He was a top prizewinner in the International Beethoven Competition (U.S.A.), and was a Semi-Finalist at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Poland, where critics praised his "passionate artistry and electrifying virtuosity."  Recent performances have taken him to China, Korea, Spain, and Italy, as well as New York and Atlanta's Spivey Hall.  In 2005, he appeared in concert with violinist Robert McDuffie at Mercer University, and performed as a soloist with orchestras in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia. He frequently gives concerts with his wife, violinist Giselle Hillyer, and their debut CD, Sonatas and Images, was released in 2005.

An active clinician, Dr. McVey regularly gives masterclasses and presentations to various teaching organizations, and frequently serves as an adjudicator for local and state music competitions.  He has a particular interest in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his article "Teaching Modern Music" was recently published by the Georgia Music Educators' Journal.  An avid listener of rock music, jazz, rap, funk, and reggae, Roger's other interests include cooking, playing chess, surfing, and skiing.  He resides in River Falls, Wisconsin with his wife Giselle and their son, Kieran. 

Concert Band Conductor

Steve Michaels is in his tenth year as Director of Bands at Lincoln Middle School in La Crosse, WI.  He earned his undergraduate degree in Music Education from UW-Stevens Point where he studied horn with Dr. Patrick Miles and conducting with James Arrowood.  Shortly after his career began in the School District of La Crosse, Mr. Michaels earned a Master of Music Education degree from the Vander Cook College of Music in Chicago, Il.

Mr. Michaels serves as an adjudicator and clinician for bands throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.  He had the honor of conducting the Wisconsin National Band Association All State Junior Band in 2006.  In addtion, Mr. Michaels teaches horn privately, coaches brass in the La Crosse Youth Symphony, and performs with the La Crosse Concert Band.

Music for Life: Developing Small Ensembles In Schools

BRIAN NEAL was born in New York City but considers himself a native of Miami, Florida, where by the age of fourteen he was performing as a soloist and by fifteen freelancing professionally with his teacher Gilbert Johnson (former principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra). Classically trained at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City where he received a full scholarship, Mr. Neal was in demand as a freelance musician throughout the city. During summers he was a fellow at many of the major music festivals such as Tanglewood, Waterloo, Fountainbleau Conservatory in France and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.  He went on to play with the New World Symphony and Principal trumpet with the Miami Symphony. Mr. Neal has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the country from the Monterey Ensemble and the California Symphony to the Florida Philharmonic and Miami Symphony. He has been a member of the Dallas Brass since 1999.  Brian recently recorded a solo CD entitled "Reflections" for trumpet and organ. Brian resides in Miami with his wife, Karen, and their three children.

Painting, Drawing, and Collage for Every Classroom

Darwin Nordin is an accomplished visual artist, a garden designer and an experienced teaching artist who resides in Seattle. Darwin's work includes drawings, paintings and sculpture that reflect his fascination with nature and explore the generative cycles and rhythms found in the natural world. His artwork has won several awards and been exhibited nationally.

Darwin's commitment and energy for engaging others in the creative process is at the center of a twenty-plus year career as a teaching artist. He has worked collaboratively with poets, writers, actors, dancers, filmmakers and set designers. He has facilitated the creation of a number of large mixed media sculptures, murals, and performance sets with youth for such organizations as The Seattle Children's Museum, The Port of Seattle, The Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Museum of Glass and The Salina Arts and Humanities Commission in Salina, Kansas. 

Darwin has served as an arts integration consultant and teaching artist in schools and for school districts in a number of states. He has conducted residencies in numerous public and private schools and taught for The Washington State Arts Commission, Powerful Arts, Arts Corps, The Gage Academy of Fine Arts and The Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Darwin is a Mentor Teaching Artist for Arts Corps and an Adjunct Instructor for Lesley University in Cambridge MA. where he provides graduate instruction in Arts Integration to teachers for Lesley's National program in Creative Arts and Learning.

Darwin holds a BFA, with studio emphasis in Fiber Arts and Painting, from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, and an MFA, focused on Sculpture and Installation Art from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.

Alternative Style Strings

Molly Malone Nordin is a native of Eau Claire, WI.  In 1995 she earned a Bachelor's in Music degree from Viterbo College with emphasis in violin and piano. At this time she performed with the LaCrosse Symphony and the Winona, MN Symphony Orchestra.  While in college Molly studied with Dr. David Phipps, Dr. Mary Ellen Haupert, Mark Taylor and Ray Shows of the Artaria String Quartet of Boston.  She was fortunate to spend a day with Joshua Bell, including turning pages for his accompanist at a Bright Star Season concert.  Molly also had the opportunity to have a lesson and masterclass with Pinkas Zuckermann.  While in college, Molly gave four full recitals on both piano and violin, and was a violin soloist with the Viterbo College Orchestra.   Immediately after college Molly began her public school teaching career in Platteville, WI, as the orchestra teacher for grades 5 - 12.  In Southwest Wisconsin she performed with the UW-Platteville Community Orchestra and the Dubuque Symphony.  After seven years and doubling the orchestra program, it was time to move back home.  In 2002 Molly began teaching in Chippewa Falls, WI and is currently the orchestra director for grades 6, 8 and 9-12.  She has been a member of the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra, has been a substitute with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, and performed with the Chippewa Valley String Quartet for several years.  Molly earned her String Development masters degree through UW-Madison in 2005.  She was the State Newsletter Editor for the American String Teachers Association.

Chippewa Falls Orchestra program has grown tremendously under Molly's direction.  There are now five high school orchestras:  9/10 orchestra, 11/12 orchestra, Symphony Orchestra which combines grades 9 - 12, an auditioned fiddling/pop strings group called Wire Choir, and an auditioned full orchestra called Philharmonic.  There is also a string quartet that performs throughout the community.  Wire Choir now memorizes a few pieces a year and puts a routine to it.

Molly lives with her wonderful husband Karl in the house they built together in 2003.  They have 3 cats.  When Molly is not involved in music activities she can be found waterskiing or downhill skiing, depending on the season.