Australian Band and Orchestra Directors Association

ABODA Queensland (abodaq.org.au) is hosting the 2012 Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference (ANBOC2012). Registrations are now open! The event includes domestic and international guests, a fine variety of materials for conductors in a variety of settings (educational, community, band and orchestral, etc), and performances by ensembles from around the country.

As of this Thursday, the 2012 ABODA Victoria Conducting Summer School had all conducting seats filled, and only one observer seat remained. Convener Andrew Mathers is ecstatic to have almost every opening filled. Now, we must fill the gap for ... brass players!

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Jeremy Woolstenhulme is a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Orchestra Director at Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA). As an educator, his ensembles have performed at the MidWest Band Clinic in Chicago, and also travelled for performances in Washington DC, New York City, and around the United States.

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In 2012, ABODA Victoria's annual Summer Conducting School will be held from 8-14 January at St Catherine's School in Toorak, Victoria. Registrations are open, and Early Bird registrants receive a discount through 18 November.

Tuesday 14 June through Saturday 18 June 2011

ABODA members are strongly encouraged to attend the 2011 MSO Education Week events. Notably, the MSO recently supported Benjamin Northey's appearance at an
engaging Conducting Seminar and Masterclass on Wednesday 8 June. ABODA Life Member and MSO Education Advisory Committee Member Roland Yeung has recently drawn attention to Education Week by distributing the week's program and offerings for educators.

14-17 July 2011
Melbourne High School

ABODA Victoria is proud to be part of the upcoming 2011 Sounds Great! Music Education Conference. The biennial conference brings together educators, clinicians, merchants, and students from Victoria together with focused national and international development events.

Strategies and Techniques for Non-Percussionist Conductors 

Friday 27 May, 2011
2:00 - 5:00pm
Camberwell High School

ABODA Victoria is pleased to announce its upcoming Percussion from the Podium professional development event, an opportunity to discuss percussion questions from the stance of a conductor. Mr Trent Hutchinson of Trinity College, Kew, will join us to provide basic and foundation information, as well as to address the questions and concerns conductors have regarding percussion performance:

ABODA Victoria is glad to announce that it will host the 2011 ABODA Honours Band as part of the Sounds Great! 2011 Conference.

Well worth checking out: some the world's great conductors, passing through one digital room.

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