No Gimmicks, Just Music: A Band Director’s Guide to Making Music with Limited Instrumentation

This clinic will be presented by Dr. Joseph Earp, the Performing Arts Chair and Director of Bands at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi. The session will empower band directors with limited instrumentation through a guided approach to a structured rehearsal plan beginning with long tones, scales, unison exercises, tuning, and chorales and ending with comparing various flexible ensemble titles to their original versions. Experiences will be shared regarding utilizing flex literature with a band with limited instrumentation. Stop worrying about having to cover parts. Instead, let’s make music!