| Being able to present a session at a conference such as the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic held annually in Chicago would be a huge honor for me. The Midwest Clinic held it's first clinic in Chicago in December of 1946 and has continued to be a high mark for music educators throughout the United States and around the world. The Midwest Clinic offers an enormous exhibitor expo as well as six days packed full of concerts, clinics, sessions, hands - on technology training, and so much more. I had the privilege of attending Midwest this last December and I was completely blown away. I had no idea there was so much to take in and there was absolutely now way you could take it all in each day. Unfortunately, this clinic has already cut off the date. However, I do have a back - up. There is another clinic that takes place every summer in San Antonio. The Texas Bandmasters Association (TBA) has been holding annual conventions since 1920. I have never attended the TBA summer convention so I do not know how it compares to other conventions. However, I have talked to many of my colleagues who have attended TBA and they always come back with a ton of information. I know that the deadline for this conference is not until January. So I will definitely apply to present here. If both of these plans fall through, then I still have another option, and that is to present at our states annual summer conference. The Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association is the organization that all public school band and orchestra programs in the state of Arkansas belong to. Every summer we have our annual conference either in Little Rock or Fort Smith. Ever since I have been a music educator, I have attended this conference and I will say that this could be an extremely beneficial presentation for our state. The conference usually lacks in technology presentations. So having been a professional in this state and this organization, I have become friends with many of it's members as well as many past and current board members. I am pretty certain that I would not encounter many difficulties applying to present at this conference. So this would be another great conference to present at. |
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