Creative Work | Professional Development
INTERNATIONAL
2018 Presenter, Midwest Clinic - International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, IL)
“Chat Room: Organizational Management and Booster Volunteers”
Invited Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Muncie, IN)
“Foundations for Wind Band Clarity”
“Art from the Start: Mastery and Artistry”
“8 Habits of Highly Effective Conductors”
“Booster Institute” Music Parent Seminar
“Education vs. Competition, Master Teacher Round Table Panel Discussion”
2017 Presenter, Midwest Clinic - International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, IL)
“Strategic Boosters: How to Thrive, Not Just Survive” Invited Presenter,
Music For All Summer Symposium (Muncie, IN)
“Mentor/Master Teacher Lounge for individualized consultation”
“Booster Institute” Music Parent Seminar
2016 Presenter, Midwest Clinic - International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, IL)
“Chat Room: Organizational Management and Booster Volunteers”
Invited Presenter, East Africa Conducting Workshop, Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya)
2015 Invited Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Muncie, IN)
“Master Teacher Mentor Collaboration”
Invited Presenter, Conducting Faculty Collaboration, Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya)
Invited Clinician, Music Teacher Professional Development & Curriculum Development
(Nairobi, Kenya)
2014 Invited Clinician/Conductor, Rauman Poikasoittokunta (Rauma Youth Wind Band) – Rauma, Finland
Invited Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Muncie, IN)
“Foundations for Wind Band Clarity, Parts 1-3.”
“Master Teacher Mentor Collaboration”
“Education vs. Competition, Master Teacher Round Table Panel Discussion”
Invited Presenter, Music Teacher Professional Development (Niarobi, Kenya)
Conducting Faculty Collaboration, Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya (May, 2014)
Presenter, Hawaii International Conference on the Arts & Humanities (Waikiki, HI)
“Expressive Performance Among Seventh-Grade Wind Band Students”
2013 Clinician, Rauman Poikasoittokunta (Rauma Youth Wind Band) – Rauma, Finland
Presenter, Music Teacher Professional Development (Tokyo, Japan)
Presenter, Music Teacher Professional Development (Fujiyama, Japan)
Presenter, Music Teacher Professional Development (Fukushima, Japan)
2012 Presenter, Midwest Clinic - International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, IL)
“Rehearsal Lab: Quantifying the Subjective for Effective and Efficient Rehearsals”
Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Muncie, IL)
“Master Teacher Roundtable, Master Teacher/Mentor Lounge”
“Literature and Materials for the 21st Century Music Educator”
“Foundations for Wind Band Clarity”
2011 Presenter, Music Teacher Professional Development (Roscommon, Ireland)
2010 Presenter, Midwest Clinic - International Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago, IL)
“Its All About the Clarity: Developing a Superior Ensemble Sound”
2008 Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Normal, IL)
“Assessment and Accountability in the Performance-Based Classroom”
“Developing a Superior Ensemble Sound with Resonance and Clarity”
“The 21st Century Booster Organization: Creating a Small Business with Volunteers”
“Mentor/Master Teacher Lounge for individualized consultation”
2007 Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Normal, IL)
“It’s All About the Clarity”
“Modular, Concept-based Instruction Curriculum Plans for Success”
“Survey of New Technology for the Music Educator”
NATIONAL
2015 Invited Featured Presenter/Coordinator, Music For All Booster Institute (Muncie, IN)
Invited Featured Presenter, Conn-Selmer Institute Parent Collaboration
Invited Head Clinician, Smith Walbridge Marching Band Directors Workshop
(Eastern Illinois University)
Invited Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“Foundations for a Successful Booster Club” Seminar Day
2014 Invited Featured Presenter/Coordinator, Music For All Parent Booster Institute (Muncie, IN)
Invited Featured Presenter, Conn-Selmer Institute Parent Collaboration
Invited Head Clinician, Smith Walbridge Marching Band Directors Workshop
(Eastern Illinois University)
Invited Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“Foundations for a Successful Booster Club” Seminar Day
“Booster Concepts: How to Organize and Empower Your Boosters,” for TBA Directors
2013 Presenter, Smith Walbridge Marching Band Directors Workshop
(Eastern Illinois University)
Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“Strategic Plans to Multiply!” Seminar Day
2012 Presenter, Smith Walbridge Marching Band Directors Workshop (Eastern Illinois University)
The 21st Century Band Director: The Everyday Stuff, Every Director Needs to Know!
2012 Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“The 21st Century Booster Concepts” Seminar Day
2011 Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“The 21st Century Booster Concepts” Seminar Day
Presenter, Smith Walbridge Marching Band Directors Workshop (Eastern Illinois University)
“The 21st Century Band Director: a CEO of a small business with a music problem
Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“The 21st Century Booster Organization” Seminar Day
2009 Presenter, Texas Bandmasters Association Convention (San Antonio, TX)
“The 21st Century Booster Organization Seminar Day
2006 Presenter, Music For All Summer Symposium (Normal, IL)
“Boosters to the Rescue”
Presenter, National Band Association Biennial National Convention (Normal, IL)
“A Delegation of Delegation: A ‘How to’ Survival Kit for Making the Best Partnership!”
REGIONAL
2015 Guest Lecturer, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
"Organizational Management" for Instrumental Methods and Administration Class
Guest Lecturer, Towson University (Baltimore, MD)
“Conducting Seminar: Hear, Move, Respond”
“Developing a Quality Curriculum Through Literature”
Guest Lecturer, Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA)
“Conducting Seminar: Incorporating Laban Efforts and Expression”
2014 Invited Featured Presenter, Missouri Bandmasters Association Convention (St. Louis, MO)
“Foundations for Wind Band Clarity: Developing the Modern Wind Band Sound” and “Foundations for a Successful Band Program,”
Guest Lecturer, Ttuman State University (Kirksville, MO)
“Developing a Quality Curriculum Through Literature Development”
“Graduate Conducting Seminar: Incorporating Laban Efforts and Expression”
Invited Presenter, GSU Summer Leadership Institute-Director Track (Atlanta, GA)
“Developing a Quality Curriculum Through Literature Development”
Invited Featured Presenter, Booster Institute at Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Clinician, Kappa Kappa Psi Undergraduate Conducting Symposium (Atlanta, GA)
Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference (Savannah, GA)
2013 Featured Presenter, Booster Institute at Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Presenter, GSU Summer Leadership Institute-Director Track (Atlanta, GA)
Presenter, GSU Summer Leadership Institute-Student Track (Atlanta, GA)
Presenter, Spirit Camp (Birmingham, AL), “Foundations of a Successful Program”
with Chris Martin (Chicago Symphony) and Freddy Martin (DCI Hall of Fame)
Featured Presenter, Inspiring Musicianship: a Conductor’s Art (Atlanta, GA)
Clinician/Presenter, Georgia Honor Bands of Distinction (Atlanta, GA)
Presenter, Band Division Key Note, North Dakota Music Educator’s Association (ND)
2012 Presenter, Leadership Training, Harrison H.S. Chorus and Orchestra (Kennesaw, GA)
Presenter, University of Georgia Marching Band Leadership Training (Athens, GA)
2012 Presenter, Keynote, Leadership Academy, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)
Featured Presenter, Virginia Tech Band Directors Institute and Conducting Workshop (VA)
in collaboration with Michael Haithcock (University of Michigan)
Presenter/Guest Lecturer, Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
“Literature and Materials for the 21st Century Music Educator”
Presenter, University of Georgia CMENC In-Service (Athens, GA)
“Surviving the Everyday Stuff and More”
2011 Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference (Savannah, GA) “I Didn’t Know What I Didn’t Know: The Everyday Stuff”
“The 21st Century Booster Organization: Creating a Small Business with Volunteers”
“Unpacking the Georgia Performance Standards for Band: Step Two”
2011 Presenter, University of Georgia School of Music Graduate Seminar (Athens, GA)
“Foundations for Wind Band Clarity”
2011 Presenter, University of Georgia CMENC In-Service (Athens, GA)
“Survival of the 21st Century Music Educator: The Everyday Stuff
2010 Presenter, Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Convention (Tulsa, OK)
“Developing a Superior Ensemble Sound with Resonance and Clarity”
2010 Presenter, Georgia State University CMENC In-Service (Atlanta, GA)
“The 21st Century Booster Organization: Creating a Small Business with Volunteers”
Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference (Savannah, GA) “Unpacking the Georgia Performance Standards for Band”
2009 Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference (Savannah, GA) “No One Taught Me That…”
“Creating Superior Ensemble Sound: Its All About the Clarity”
Presenter, University of Tennessee Music Education Seminar (Knoxville, TN)
“101 Ways to Harmonize the Madness”
“Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques for Developing Wind Band Clarity”
2008 Presenter, “Boosters to the Rescue” All Day Seminar (Cobb County, GA)
2007 Presenter, Cobb County Director In-service (Cobb County, GA)
“Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques and the Harmony Director Keyboard”
2006 Presenter, University of Georgia School of Music Graduate Seminar (Athens, GA)
“101 Ways to Harmonize the Madness”
2005 Presenter, Georgia Music Educators Association State In-Service Conference (Savannah, GA)
“Boosters to the Rescue”
Panel Member, Music Education Collaboration Round Table Discussion,
Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)
2003 Presenter, Columbus (GA) Public Schools Director Staff Development In-service
“Block Scheduling: Pros, Cons, and how to make it work for you!”