COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Department of Music

735 EXTENSION LOOP

AUBURN, AL 36849-5420

NON-PROFITORGANIZATION

U.S. POSTAGEPAID

PERMIT 530AUBURN, AL

Event DateJanuary 9, 2016

Registration begins at 9:30 AM

LocationGoodwin Music Building

Fee$25 before January 1, 2016$35 after January 1, 2016

Lunch Provided

Websiteauburn.edu/music/all-state-workshop

Saturday, February 20, 2016Fall 2016 auditions for brass, percussion, and woodwind majors Students who have been accepted to the AU Senior High Honor Band can audition on February 11.

Students should have applied to the university first (auburn.edu/admissions) and then to the Department of Music (auburn.edu/music). These applications must be submitted before auditioning in February.

Audition requirements for each area and each instrument can be found at our website (auburn.edu/music). A list of suggested repertoire can also be found online.

ALL-STATE WORKSHOP

2016 AU MAJOR AUDITIONS

REGISTRATION

The AU All-State Workshop is designed to help students take audition preparation and performance to the next level. The workshop will include a variety of classes that target each element of the Alabama all-state audition: scales, technique, phrasing, and sight-reading. You will be coached on specifics related to each required etude. Tips on improving and practicing sight-reading will be revealed. And, the audition process from the perspective of both the performer and adjudicator will be discussed.

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SARA LYNN BAIRDDepartment Chair

Sara Lynn Baird joins the Music Department

at Auburn University as Professor and Chair.

Previously she served as Stephanie Landry

Barineau Professor in Choral Studies and Interim

Dean for the College of Music and Dramatic Arts

at Louisiana State University. She has conducted

mixed choirs and women's ensembles and the LSU

Select Women's Ensemble under her direction was

selected by audition to perform at the 2002 ACDA

Southern Division Convention. She has also taught

graduate and undergraduate Choral Conducting

and Literature.

MARK DEGOTITrumpet

Mark DeGoti is the Assistant Professor of Trumpet

at Auburn University. Prior to joining the faculty

at Auburn, Dr. DeGoti taught at Eastern Illinois

University in Charleston, IL for several years. He

received his Doctorate of Music in Brass Pedagogy

at the Indiana University Jacob's School of Music.

In addition, he holds a Master of Music in Trumpet

Performance from Indiana University and prior

to that, he received a Bachelor of Music both in

Trumpet Performance and Music Theory from the

University of Michigan. Dr. DeGoti has maintained

an active performing career while teaching. He

has played with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra,

Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Peoria

Symphony, and the Auburn Brass Trio.

SHANE DICKERSONBassoon

Marc Shane Dickerson teaches bassoon and

Appreciation of Music as a part- time instructor

at Auburn. He completed a year of post-graduate

studies with classes at both Richmond College and

Guildhall School of Music in London, studying

bassoon pedagogy with Neville Mackinder. While

in London, Mr. Dickerson pursued studies in

Art, Music and Drama on a track towards Fine

Arts Administration. At Auburn University,

he earned the B S and M Ed degrees in Music

Education and bassoon performance, studying

with Laurence Morgan. For 21 years, he was band

director, elementary Music teacher and director

of the Drama group at the Fruitdale School in

Washington County, Alabama.

KAREN GARRISONFlute

Karen Garrison is Professor of Flute in the

Department of Music at Auburn University. In

addition to teaching applied flute lessons, she

teaches classes in pedagogy, woodwind skills, and

general music studies. She also serves as the Music

Department's Woodwind Coordinator. As a flutist

Dr. Garrison has performed at numerous national

conferences, including those of the National Flute

Association, Music Teachers National Association,

The College Music Society, and National

Association of College Wind and Percussion

Instructors. Dr. Garrison earned degrees in music

education and performance from the University

of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of South

Carolina, and Florida State University.

ANN KNIPSCHILDOboe

Ann Knipschild teaches oboe, woodwinds

methods, and Music and Science at Auburn.

She received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree

from the State University of New York at Stony

Brook and the Master of Music degree from Yale

University, studying oboe with Ronald Roseman.

She holds baccalaureate degrees in both music

and agronomy from the University of Missouri-

Columbia. Dr. Knipschild is active as a recitalist

and chamber musician and has performed

regularly with the Auburn Wind Trio, Auburn

Wind Quintet, Alabama Chamber Players, and as

Oboist and English Hornist with the Huntsville

Symphony Orchestra, Albany (Ga.) Symphony

Orchestra, Columbus (Ga.) Symphony Orchestra

and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. She has

been featured on concerts throughout the United

States and in Puerto Rico, Greece, Italy, Austria,

England, Scotland, and The Netherlands.

DAVID ODOMClarinet

Clarinetist David Odom has a thriving career as

soloist, chamber artist, orchestral musician and

educator. He engages audiences both near and far,

having performed on four continents to critical

acclaim. His performances have been featured on

television and radio, including recent broadcasts

on Georgia Public Broadcasting and Public

Broadcasting Atlanta. An artist at the 2015 Festival

Internacional de Música de Campina Grande in

Brazil, his recital was broadcast on TV Itararé (TV

Cultura), Brazilian public television. Other recent

appearances include a solo program in Madrid,

Spain for the ICA ClarinetFest 2015.

MICHAEL PENDOWSKISaxophone

Michael Pendowski is currently the Director of

the Jazz Ensemble and Instructor of Saxophone

at Auburn University. Previously he has taught

at Eastman School of Music, VanderCook

College of Music, Northwestern University,

DePaul University, Harper Community College,

and Wheaton-Warrenville High School He is a

graduate of the Eastman School of Music with

a doctorate in Jazz and Contemporary Media,

and Northwestern University with Degrees

in Conducting and Music Education. He has

published dozens of compositions, writing for

the full spectrum of ensembles available in

today's' schools and universities. Pendowski’s jazz

compositions are considered to be at the forefront

of the field and are performed throughout the

United States, Japan and Europe.

DOUG ROSENERPercussion

Doug Rosener received his Bachelors degree in

Music Education from Penn State University,

his Masters in Percussion Performance from the

University of North Texas, and his Doctorate in

Percussion Performance from the University

of Colorado in Boulder. He has performed with

many professional orchestras including the

Altoona Symphony, the Boulder Philharmonic, the

Sinfonia of Colorado, the Colorado Ballet Company

Orchestra, The Colorado Springs Symphony, and

the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. While at

North Texas he performed with such artists as

Trilok Gurtu, Airto, and Chad Wackerman. He was

also a member of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle

Corps in 1987, 1988, and 1990.

BILL SCHAFFERHorn

Dr. Schaffer holds the Bachelor of Music Education

degree from Indiana University, where his

teachers included Philip Farkas and Michael

Hatfield, a Master of Music in horn performance

(Illinois State) and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree

(UNC-Greensboro). He has taught in the public

schools in both Virginia and Illinois. His orchestral

credits include the Peoria Symphony (IL), the

National Opera Company, and resident orchestras

for such festivals as the 1989 Bodensee Festival

in Friedrichshafen, W. Germany, and the Roque

Cordero Festival Orchestra in Normal Illinois. Dr.

Schaffer performs recitals regularly and has been

featured as a soloist at several chamber music

festivals. Originally from the Washington D.C.

area, Dr. Schaffer is now a resident of Auburn, and

performs regularly with the Auburn Brass Quintet

and the La Grange (GA) Symphony.

MATT WOODLow Brass

Matthew Wood is Assistant Professor of Low

Brass at Auburn University. His duties include

maintaining the trombone, euphonium, and

tuba studios as well as conducting the trombone

choir and tuba/euphonium ensemble. A native

of Columbia, Missouri, Dr. Wood received both

a BM (Summa Cum Laude) and MM from the

University of Missouri-Columbia and a DMA

from the University of Texas-Austin. Before

moving to Auburn, Dr. Wood was an active

performer, educator, and clinician in both the

Austin and San Antonio areas. He performed

with San Antonio-based BrassFX and the Austin

City Brass as well as with the Austinbones

trombone quartet. He also performed and

recorded with several pop, rock, and Latin groups

including Drew Smith and His Band.