NORTHERN COLORADO HONOR BANDS
FOSSIL RIDGE - FORT COLLINS - LOVELAND - MOUNTAIN VIEW
POUDRE - ROCKY MOUNTAIN - THOMPSON VALLEY - WINDSOR
POUDRE - ROCKY MOUNTAIN - THOMPSON VALLEY - WINDSOR
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WELCOME TO NORTHERN COLORADO HONOR BANDS
Harlan Parker has been the conductor The Peabody Wind Ensemble and Coordinator of the Music Education Division at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University since the fall of 1990. Additionally, he held the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Peabody Youth Orchestra between 2007 and 2016. During that time, the Peabody Youth Orchestra grew from approximately 35 members to close to 90. In the fall of 2013, he became the founding conductor of the Peabody Modern Orchestra, an ensemble focusing primarily on repertoire of the past 20 years. He was also appointed as Music Director/Conductor of the Greenspring Valley Orchestra in the summer of 2017. Under his direction, the Peabody Wind Ensemble has given over 40 world premieres, and has performed at State, Regional and National Conventions. Considered “among the very top wind bands in the US” (Fanfare), the Peabody Wind Ensemble has received critical acclaim from contemporary composers such as David Amram, James Syler, H. O. Reed and Johan de Meij. Their debut CD, From an Antique Land, has been praised as one of the most exciting wind ensemble recordings in recent times and the second CD, Orff, Bird and Reed, was re-released in August 2006 on the Naxos label. Of the performance of La Fiesta Mexicana on the second CD, composer, H. Owen Reed in a letter to Dr. Parker writes, “I have just listened, twice, to your brilliant recording of my La Fiesta Mexicana, and I must tell you that it was a thrill to hear my music performed exactly as I always hoped for. Your total understanding of the work showed up on all parameters. Your tempos were on the mark, and the overall conception of the work was superb.” The Orff, Bird and Reed CD was also listed on the “Best of the Year Discs for 2006” by Audiophile Audition. Their second CD for Naxos, Collage: A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Peabody Institute: 1857 – 2007, was the top classical music download (out of more than 12,000 CDs) on eMusic.com for the first half of April 2007. Their third CD for Naxos, Trendsetters, was released in the summer of 2009. The fourth CD on Naxos, Johan de Meij: The Symphonies, was released to critical acclaim in June 2013, and was a Grammy nominee. As well as his duties at Peabody, Dr. Parker has a very active musical life outside of the Institute. He is a Past-President of The Conductors Guild, an international service organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting the highest standards in the art and profession of conducting. Dr. Parker is also a member The American Bandmasters Association, an organization whose membership is by invitation and recognizes “outstanding achievement in the field of the concert band and its music.” He is active regionally, nationally and internationally as a guest conductor, conducting pedagogue, clinician and adjudicator, having worked with professional musicians and students from all 50 states and over 40 countries. In his first year as a faculty member at Peabody, Dr. Parker reorganized the Peabody Wind Ensemble in its present format after several years of non-existence and was awarded the Peabody Student Council Faculty/Administration Award for outstanding contributions to the Peabody Community. In the fall of 2000, Dr. Parker accepted the first graduate class of Wind Conducting students. Graduates and students of the program are teachers and conductors in high schools and colleges and conductors of military bands, with the most recent a DMA student accepted as a conductor with the United States Air Force Band Program. Dr. Parker received his Bachelor of Music from Emporia State University and his Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education with an emphasis in Conducting from the University of Kansas and has completed post- doctoral work at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York.
Dr. Emily A. Moss is the Director of Bands and Director of Instrumental Music Education for the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at California State University, Los Angeles. Her duties include direction of the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, teaching undergraduate and graduate conducting, and instruction in instrumental music education methods. Her previous appointment (2008-2011) was at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York where she served as Director of the Conservatory Wind Ensemble and Coordinator of Music Education. Originally from Seattle, WA, Dr. Moss earned her Bachelors’ degrees in music and music education at the University of Washington, studying conducting with Timothy Salzman and bassoon performance with Arthur Grossman. She taught middle school band and private bassoon lessons in Chandler, AZ and Seattle, WA for six years where her bands received honors and awards from regional and state festivals. While serving as a teaching assistant with the University bands at the University of Northern Colorado, she earned her Master’s degree in Wind Conducting and the Doctor of Arts in Music Education and Bassoon Performance, studying with Kenneth Singleton, Richard Mayne and Charles Hansen. As a conductor and clinician, Dr. Moss has been invited to guest conduct at middle schools, high schools and universities in Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and California and regularly gives band clinics throughout Southern California. She is also an accomplished bassoonist, actively performing during her degree programs in Washington and Colorado, with the Conservatory Orchestra and other ensembles at Brooklyn College, and for faculty recitals at Cal State L.A. Dr. Moss is passionate about music education and effective teaching. As a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Cal State L.A., she is actively involved in exploring and finding ways to improve student learning. She was recently awarded a planning grant from the Lipton/Modarres Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to develop a Pre-Service Teaching component within the B.M. in Music Education program at CSULA. She can be seen presenting at conferences across the United States on topics ranging from effective rehearsing and good ensemble tone to practical tips for non-percussionist band directors. Her professional memberships include College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), California Band Directors Association (CBDA), National Band Association (NBA), and the National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi. |
STEP 1: Apply Online Here! (Due by Nov 14th) STEP 2: Record & submit your audition to your Band Director! (NoCo Audition Recording Instructions) Step 3: Submit $15 Audition Fee (payable to your school band) to your Band Director! Step 4: Complete the Application Confirmation Form. 2019-20 Schedule
November 1 - *Registration Opens November 22 - *Registration Deadline *Audition recordings due to your Band Director *Directors submit via Dropbox Thursday, 1/9/20 *5:00-8:00p - Sectional and Ensemble rehearsal @ Ft. Collins HS or Fossil Ridge HS Friday, 1/17/20 *5:00-9:00p - Rehearsal @FCHS or FRHS (dinner provided) Saturday, 1/18/20 *8:00am-12:00pm rehearsal, 12:00-1:30pm lunch on your own, 1:30-3:00pm rehearsal, 4:00pm Concert Performance @FCHS |
