MUS 790: Band Director's Institute 2025
| Dates: | June 25-27, 2025 |
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| Location: | Fine Arts Center |
| Cost: | $240.00 |
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Band Directors Institute 2025
2025 Guest Clinician: Paul Popiel
Credit Hours: 0-3
Registration Fee: $240 - participants may pre-register by June 1, 2025 for a reduced fee of $215.
Tuition: $40 per credit hour (in addition to the registration fee)
Course Dates: June 25-27, 2025 (Final project is due by July 15, 2025)
Location: Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts
The University of South Dakota’s Band Directors Institute is an intensive program designed to expose music educators to the best in current and standard literature in addition to teaching methods and materials. The three-day institute will include large ensemble reading sessions, master classes and clinic sessions that focus on a wide variety of teaching subjects for band directors. The tuition costs may be paid online: usd.edu/Band-Directors-Institute, by check with pre-registration or on the first dayof the institute. Participants are highly encouraged to pre-register for purposes of instrumentation for the reading bands. Registration for the institute is $240. Pre-registration by June 1 will lower the fee to $215.
Schedule: Sessions will be held daily June 25-27, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on June 25. The seminars conclude on Friday afternoon by 4 p.m., June 27. Graduate credit is available for some sessions.
HOUSING: Participants have the option of staying on campus or planning their own accommodations during the institute. Participants wishing to stay on campus may stay in airconditioned, single occupancy rooms at a rate of $55 per night plus applicable tax, pending Board of Regents approval. These rates do not include bed linens or towels. Please register and pay for housing online here: https://usd-sdbor.nbsstore.net/directors-institute
Optional Graduate Credit:
Participants have the option to earn graduate credit for participation in certain sessions. Payment of tuition ($40 per credit hour) for graduate credit is due on the day of registration. Tuition rates are set by the South Dakota Board of Regents and are subject to change without notice. Selected clinicians and/or USD faculty instruct all sessions.
MUS 790 Band Rehearsal Methods for the Music Educator: Master classes and clinics focusing on teaching materials, techniques, and pedagogy for music educators, grades K-12.
MUS 790 Music Literature for Instrumental Ensembles: Reading sessions focusing on a wide variety of instrumental music for public school bands, grades 5-12. Materials will include both standard works and new releases from major publishers.
MUS 790 New Trends and Best Practices for the Instrumental Music Educator: Seminars and roundtable discussions to allow the band director to facus on current trends in the area of instrumental music education. A written final project is required.
2025 Guest Clinician: Paul Popiel
Credit Hours: 0-3
Registration Fee: $240 - participants may pre-register by June 1, 2025 for a reduced fee of $215.
Tuition: $40 per credit hour (in addition to the registration fee)
Course Dates: June 25-27, 2025 (Final project is due by July 15, 2025)
Location: Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts
The University of South Dakota’s Band Directors Institute is an intensive program designed to expose music educators to the best in current and standard literature in addition to teaching methods and materials. The three-day institute will include large ensemble reading sessions, master classes and clinic sessions that focus on a wide variety of teaching subjects for band directors. The tuition costs may be paid online: usd.edu/Band-Directors-Institute, by check with pre-registration or on the first dayof the institute. Participants are highly encouraged to pre-register for purposes of instrumentation for the reading bands. Registration for the institute is $240. Pre-registration by June 1 will lower the fee to $215.
Schedule: Sessions will be held daily June 25-27, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on June 25. The seminars conclude on Friday afternoon by 4 p.m., June 27. Graduate credit is available for some sessions.
HOUSING: Participants have the option of staying on campus or planning their own accommodations during the institute. Participants wishing to stay on campus may stay in airconditioned, single occupancy rooms at a rate of $55 per night plus applicable tax, pending Board of Regents approval. These rates do not include bed linens or towels. Please register and pay for housing online here: https://usd-sdbor.nbsstore.net/directors-institute
Optional Graduate Credit:
Participants have the option to earn graduate credit for participation in certain sessions. Payment of tuition ($40 per credit hour) for graduate credit is due on the day of registration. Tuition rates are set by the South Dakota Board of Regents and are subject to change without notice. Selected clinicians and/or USD faculty instruct all sessions.
MUS 790 Band Rehearsal Methods for the Music Educator: Master classes and clinics focusing on teaching materials, techniques, and pedagogy for music educators, grades K-12.
MUS 790 Music Literature for Instrumental Ensembles: Reading sessions focusing on a wide variety of instrumental music for public school bands, grades 5-12. Materials will include both standard works and new releases from major publishers.
MUS 790 New Trends and Best Practices for the Instrumental Music Educator: Seminars and roundtable discussions to allow the band director to facus on current trends in the area of instrumental music education. A written final project is required.
| Fee: | $240.00 |
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Fine Arts Center
Paul Schilf