2009 Wind Ensemble Invitational

  March 2nd and 3rd, 2009
  Belmont University

 












Mr. Eric Rombach-Kendall,
Clinician & Guest Conductor

Featuring...

The Hendersonville High School Wind Ensemble
-Jeff Phillips, Chris Seger, and Alan Copenhaver, Directors

Blackman High School Wind Ensemble
~Brenda Monson and Ben Frasier, Directors

Eric Rombach-Kendall is Professor of Music at the University of New Mexico, where he has served as Director of Bands since 1993.  Prior to his appointment at UNM, Mr. Rombach-Kendall held conducting positions at Boston University and Carleton College and taught in the Washington State Public Schools for six years.

Mr. Rombach-Kendall’s bands have received national acclaim through their performances at the College Band Directors National Association National and Southwest Division Conferences, the MENC National Conference, and the New Mexico Music Educators Conference.  Mr. Rombach-Kendall is the conductor and co-producer of three recordings with the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony on Summit Records:  Fandango, featuring Philip Smith, Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, and Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic, Illuminations, featuring Mr. Alessi, and Classic Solos for Winds, featuring woodwind faculty members at the University of New Mexico.

An advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Rombach-Kendall has commissioned and premiered many works for wind ensemble and concert band.  Works he has commissioned have been performed by such prestigious organizations as the New York Philharmonic on Live at Lincoln Center, and the United States Marine Band (The President’s Own).  He has been a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and Canada and has published articles in The Instrumentalist, New Mexico Musician, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.  He currently serves as Vice President of CBDNA.  

Mr. Rombach-Kendall is an alumnus of the University of Michigan, where he studied conducting with H. Robert Reynolds and Larry Rachleff.

2008 Wind Ensemble Invitational

 



Dr. Ken Van Winkle, Clinician &Guest Conductor

Featuring...

The Riverdale High School Wind Ensemble
- Ron Meers & Mike Aymett, Directors 

The John Overton High School Band
- Jo Ann Hood & Debra L. Burton, Directors 

Tenative Schedule 2008

Dr. Ken Van Winkle is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at New Mexico State University.  He is a graduate of West Texas A&M University, the University of North Texas, and the University of Oregon.  Dr. Van Winkle conducts New Mexico State University’s “Symphonic Winds,” and is also the Academic Department Head for Music.  He has served two terms as the college vice president of the New Mexico Music Educators Association and is past president of the New Mexico Music Educators Association.  Dr. Van Winkle is active as a clinician, judge, and guest conductor throughout the United States.

In 2003 New Mexico Music Educators selected Dr. Van Winkle as Music Educator of the Year and under his leadership, New Mexico State University “Symphonic Winds” has become one of the premier wind ensembles in the Southwest.  Performances include the Southwestern Divisional Biennial Convention of the College Band Directors National Association and most recently, as the first band from the United States to be featured at the Columbian National Band Festival, in Paipa, Colombia.

Dr. Van Winkle is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.  In 2005 he was inducted into the American Bandmaster’s Association.
 

2007 Wind Ensemble Invitational

 



Dr. Jack Stamp, Clinician & Guest Conductor

Featuring...

The McGavock High School Wind Ensemble
- J. Jeff Beckman, David Hazlett & Laura Boucher, Directors 

The Seigel High School Symphonic Band
- Randy Rhody and Ed Medford, Directors