CSC leads workshop for band conductors at state conference

Dr. Adam Lambert and the Wind Symphony coordinated and conducted a workshop for aspiring conductors at the Nebraska Music Educators Association Conference in Lincoln on Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Lincoln.

Each of the aspiring band leaders conducted CSC’s 48-member band and received live and recorded feedback from three clinicians. The clinicians were Dr. David Bohnert, Wayne State College, Dr. Gary Davis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Dr. Jay Gilbert, Doane College.

Lambert made the proposal to conduct the workshop after being selected as participant in the University of North Texas Conductors Collegium this summer. He modeled the NMEA workshop after that event.

Lambert said the event not only provided a valuable experience for the student conductors, but also showcased CSC’s band offerings.

“The fact that we had a band there primetime during the Nebraska Music Educators Association convention was a big opportunity for us, and the feedback was just amazing,” Lambert said. “The band played the best they have played in my time here at Chadron State.”

Representing Chadron State among the student conductors was senior Brittany Weglin of Yoder, Wyo., a 2005 graduate of Southeast High School. Other institutions with student participants were Wayne State College, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska Wesleyan and Nebraska-Kearney and Doane College.

While en route to the conference, the Wind Symphony performed concerts at Alliance High School and Bridgeport High School. It also performed a concert at the Nebraska Wesleyan University concert hall in Lincoln.

The Wind Symphony will join the CSC choirs Saturday for the Holiday Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The concert is open to the public free of charge.