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Festival of Music
Sponsored jointly by
Northwestern University School of Music and
Northshore Concert Band
March 18 - 20, 2010
Northwestern University Campus – Evanston, Illinois
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Key Features of the NCB Festival
of Music, according to past participants
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Our solo & ensemble judges are supportive
and give extensive feedback, both oral and written. |
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“I’ve been taking students here for 10
to 15 years because the judges are so great.
They’re consistent;
they’re educational; and they’re supportive. They really
motivate the students.”
—Steven Katz, Orchestra Director, Niles West High School, Skokie, IL |
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“Our judge gave us good suggestions that
will help us in the future and was really
nice about it.”
—6th grader, Golf Middle School, Morton Grove, IL |
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Our concert band clinics provide an opportunity
that isn’t available anywhere else. Bands work with highly
regarded university directors—all of whom have a great
deal of clinic experience—in a noncompetitive, non-rated
format. |
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“This is an exceptional festival
because you get to work with such great
people…they’re
wonderful. When you come to the Northshore
Band Festival you know you’re
getting a quality clinic.”
—Greg Wojcik, Band Director, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL |
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"The Northshore Band Festival is a great tool
to alleviate the jitters and get the bugs out before
the city and state adjudicated contests.”
—Frank Menzies, Director of Instrumental Music, William Jones College Prep,
Chicago, IL |
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The master classes, recital, and Northshore Band
performance make for a more complete educational experience
than a regular solo/ensemble adjudication event. |
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“The biggest advantage for me to come to the
Northshore Band Festival is that it accommodates
my group which consists of a multitude of ages—5th graders through
seniors in high school. We get a variety of experience, and I don’t
have to go to different sites to get the
same job done. I get everything done
in one day.”
—Karen Kurtz, Band Director, Westlake Christian Academy, Grayslake, IL |
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Participants appreciate our efforts to coordinate
performance times, so that students can participate in many
components of the Festival. |
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“The staff is extremely flexible in working
out time conflicts for the students
performing.”
—Chelsea Valenzo, Chicago, IL |
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It’s a great opportunity for students
to visit a major university and for bands to perform in an
acoustically
superior facility like Pick-Staiger Concert
Hall. |
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“We come back to this Festival every year because
there are always good clinicians,
and it’s a chance to play in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, which is a thrill
because it’s a very resonant, vibrant facility.”
—John Thomson, Director of Bands, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL |
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