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Showcase Bands 2010 - GUEST CONDUCTOR
February 25-27
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Michael Haithcock, Director of Bands
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI
Michael Haithcock assumed his duties as Director of Bands and Professor of Music (Conducting) at the University
of Michigan in the fall of 2001 following twenty-three years on the faculty of Baylor University. Following in the footsteps
of William D. Revelli and H. Robert Reynolds, Professor Haithcock conducts the internationally renowned University of
Michigan Symphony Band, guides the acclaimed graduate band and wind ensemble conducting program, and provides
administrative leadership for all aspects of the University of Michigan's diverse and historic band program.
Ensembles under Haithcock's guidance, have received a wide array of critical acclaim for
their high artistic standards of performance and repertoire. These accolades have come through
concerts at national and state conventions, performances in major concert venues, and recordings
on the Albany, Arsis, and Equilibrium labels. Professor Haithcock was selected to conduct the
world premiere of Daron Hagen’s Bandanna, an opera for voice and wind band, commissioned by
the College Band Directors National Association and is a leader in commissioning and premiering
new works for concert band. Haithcock has earned the praise of both composers and conductors
for his innovative approaches to developing the wind ensemble repertoire and programming.
Professor Haithcock is in constant demand as a guest conductor and as a resource person for
symposiums and workshops in a variety of instructional settings as well as festival and all-state
appearances throughout the country.
A graduate of East Carolina University, where he received the 1996 Outstanding Alumni Award
from the School of Music, and Baylor University, Haithcock has done additional study at a variety of conducting workshops
including the Herbert Blomstedt Orchestral Conducting Institute. The Instrumentalist, the Michigan School Band
and Orchestra Association, the School Musician, the Southwest Music Educator, and WINDS magazine have published
his articles on conducting and wind literature.
SHOWCASE BANDS 2010
Each year, three high school bands with proven
concert success are invited as SHOWCASE BANDS
to spend two days on the campus of Western Illinois
University immersed in music, sharing their
dedication, their talent and their energy. These
ensembles will be under the direction of a topnotch
conductor/clinician who will be selected and
announced as early as possible after the 2010
Showcase. We invite high school band directors
to contact us if interested in being considered as a
Showcase Band in 2011.
CONTACT: University Bands
Sallee 202/204
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
PH 309.298.1505
Fax 309.298.1499
E-mail Bands@wiu.edu
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This program is partially sponsored by a grant from the
Illinois Arts Council.
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College of Fine Arts & Communication, School of Music,
Visiting Lectures Committee, and Council on Student Activities Fund.
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