MUS 790: Band Director's Institute 2027

Band Directors Institute 2027

This course is for tuition payment and graduate credit registration only.
Participants must also register separately for the Band Directors Institute event (CRN for 27SU-BAND).

2027 Guest Clinician: Randall Standridge

Credit Hours: 0-3

Tuition: $40 per credit hour (in addition to the institute registration fee)

Course Dates: June 23–25, 2027 (Final project due by July 9, 2027)

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.

Participants registering for graduate credit must pay the tuition of $40 per credit hour on the day of registration, in addition to the institute registration fee paid through the event listing (27SU-BAND). Tuition rates are set by the South Dakota Board of Regents and are subject to change without notice.

Graduate credit is available under the following course options:

MUS 790 Instrumental Rehearsal Concepts and Classroom Methods (UE1 CRN 56923)
MUS 790 Educational Music for Instrumental Ensembles (UE2 CRN 56924)
MUS 790 Contemporary Issues in Instrumental Pedagogy (UE3 CRN 56925)

Selected clinicians and USD faculty instruct all sessions.