Concert Date and Time
- Thursday, February 17, 2022
- 5:00 PM, shortly after the LMEA All-State Symphonic Band Concert
- The concert is free and open to all.
Concert program (to be selected from the following)
- Kevin Day: Nitrous
- Vincent Persichetti: Divertimento (selected mvts.)
- John Mackey: Some treasures are heavy with human tears
- Roshanne Etezady: Panhelion
Selection of Intercollegiate Concert Band Members
- The college band directors of Louisiana nominate some of their most deserving students.
- The final selection of band members is made during the Louisiana CBDNA annual meeting, held during the LMEA conference.
2021-22 Guest Conductor:
 Gary W. Hill — Professor of Music and Director of Bands Emeritus at Arizona State University, where he taught from 1999-2019 — is one of the most sought-after guest conductors and clinicians in the instrumental music education field. As a conductor, appearances in more than a dozen countries and throughout the United States have included performances with myriad honor bands, numerous college and university wind bands and orchestras, many professional ensembles, at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and at World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles' conferences As a clinician, Hill has presented hundreds of workshops on conducting and rehearsal technique for music teachers of all levels and has worked with thousands of bands and orchestras and their teachers. Professor Hill is currently a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician.
Prior to Hill's appointment at ASU, he was Director of Bands at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music (1986-99), at Texas A&M University-Commerce, (1982-86), and Associate Director of Bands at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1980-82). Hill began his teaching career in Michigan, where he was Director of Bands for the Traverse City (1977-80) and West Bloomfield (1974-77) public schools.
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