TGDA Guitar Directors' Summer Conference 2024
Friday & Saturday, August 2 & 3, 2024
Host: Travis Early College High School, Austin ISD
Susan Rozanc, Director, Travis HS Guitar Program
Location: Austin, Texas
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EXCITING UPDATE: Our Key Note Speaker will be Dr. Tony Mariano, Director of Community Education, Austin Classical Guitar
SCHEDULE:
Friday, August 2, 2024
12:30pm -- Check-in
1:00 pm -- Rehearsal / Ensemble Reading Session --
(Directors rate each ensemble after playing.
This year we have NEW UIL additions!)
2:00 -- BREAK
2:30 pm -- Rehearsal (cont'd)
3:30 pm -- Select Pieces for Saturday Recording as a Group
(Same conductors as reading session)
4:00 pm -- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tony Mariano, Austin Classical Guitar Director of Community Education - Biography: HERE.
6:00 pm -- Dinner, Local Restaurant
Saturday, August 3, 2024
9:00 am -- Conducting Practicum: Cool Conducting with Group Warmups and Technique Exercises
10:00 am -- "Repair That Instrument! (Bring your lightly broken guitar!)" -- Susan Rozanc, Travis HS
11:30 am -- LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm -- "Arranging and Composing for Guitar Ensemble" -- Grigassy, et al
2:00 pm -- TGDA Annual Session 2024
2:30 pm -- Final Rehearsal (pieces selected on Friday)
4:00 pm -- Final Performance (with audio and video recording)
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