UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF OF The department is a fully accredited institutional MUSIC member of the National Association of Schools of Music and offers B.A. and B.M. degrees, in addition to graduate studies. Our outstanding faculty of 19 full- SUMMER time and approximately 14 part-time members - performers, scholars, , conductors and INSTRUMENTAL teachers - work closely with graduate students in seminars, classes, lessons, performances, and research. Graduate students can work with faculty in exploring SYMPOSIUM virtually every aspect of music. Special areas of interest in the department July 9-12, 2007 include early music performance, jazz, and composition. Clinicians: The University of New Hampshire is located in Dr. Timothy Mahr Durham in the seacoast region of New Hampshire, St. Olaf College equidistant from metropolitan Boston, Portland, and the White Mountains. Dr. Andrew Boysen University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Department of Music PCAC 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824 Visit us on the web: www.unh.edu/music/

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Andrew Boysen fielding questions from the last symposium. Timothy Mahr SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION Andrew Boysen Dr. Timothy Mahr is a professor of music at St. Olaf College Andrew Boysen, Jr. is presently an assistant professor in the music department at the University of New Hampshire, in Northfield, MN, where he is the Conductor of the St. Olaf Participants will: Band and teaches courses in composition, conducting and where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches music education. Previous to his 1994 appointment at St. ¾ Have several opportunities to conduct conducting and orchestration. Previously, Boysen served Olaf College, Mahr was Director of Bands at the University live ensembles as an assistant professor and Acting Associate Director of of , Duluth, for ten years and taught instrumental ¾ Receive feedback from the clinicians Bands at Indiana State University, where he directed the Marching Sycamores, conducted the symphonic band and music at Milaca High School (MN) for three years. Mahr is ¾ Be videotaped in their sessions the principal conductor of the Twin Cities-based Minnesota taught in the music education department. Prior to that Symphonic Winds and, while in Duluth, was the founder ¾ Have the opportunity to learn from a appointment, he was the Director of Bands at Cary-Grove and conductor of the Twin Ports Wind Ensemble. world class conductor/ about (IL) High School and was the music director and conductor Under Mahr’s baton, the St. Olaf Band performed at conducting his own music of the Deerfield Community . He remains the 1997 American Bandmasters Association Convention in ¾ Have additional sessions on conducting active as a guest conductor and clinician, appearing with San Diego, gave its New York City debut at Lincoln Center’s high school, university and festival ensembles across the Alice Tully Hall in 2003 and performed in Minneapolis at technique, wind literature, and score and Great Britain. the 2004 National Convention of the Music Educators analysis Boysen earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in National Conference. wind conducting at the Eastman School of Music, where Mahr is well known as a composer and has over 50 he served as conductor of the Eastman Wind Orchestra works to his credit, many of which are published for band. Tentative repertoire: and assistant conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He received the 1991 ABA/Ostwald Award for his piece, He received his Master of Music degree in wind conducting The Soaring Hawk. Endurance - Timothy Mahr from Northwestern University in 1993 and his Bachelor Mahr (b. 1956) graduated with two degrees summa cum Daydream - Timothy Mahr of Music degree in music education and music composition laude from St. Olaf College in 1977 and 1978 (B.M. Theory/ Divertimento - Vincent Persichetti from the University of Iowa in 1991. Composition and B.A. Music Education). In 1983 he Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes He maintains an active schedule as a composer, receiving commissions from the Herbert Hoover received the Master of Arts degree in Trombone Performance Chance from The University of Iowa, where in 1995 he earned a Presidential Library, the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting. More Old Wine in New Bottles - Gordon Jacob Orchestra Festival, the Iowa All-State Band, the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, and many university and high school concert bands across the United States. Tentative schedule: Monday, July 9 through Thrusday, July 12 9 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm plus a possible Wednesday evening rehearsal

Participating ensembles will be announced at a later date

Further information will be posted soon on the UNH Bands website www.unhbands.org

Course credit is available