2012 Rehearsal Lab Sessions

Rehearsal labs provide observers an opportunity to watch and listen to well-known conductors working with various types of ensembles in an open rehearsal.  Attendees engage in a meaningful learning experience by observing rehearsal technicians prepare multiple styles of music.  An important goal of these sessions is for audience members to gain insight and develop practical skills they can use at home with their own groups.*


Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (10:30-11:30A)
Middle School Orchestra Rehearsal Lab
Rachel Dirks, rehearsal technician
Lawrence High School (Lawrence, KS)
Marie Murphy/Wilmette Junior High School Senior Strings (Wilmette, IL)
Mary Rudzinski, conductor
Meeting Room W183

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (1:10-2:10P)
Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab
Mary Land, rehearsal technician
Young Harris College (Georgia)    
Lakeview Junior High School Wind Ensemble (Downers Grove, IL)
Tom Tedeschi, director
Meeting Room W183

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 (4:00-5:00P)
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
David W. Vandewalker, rehearsal technician
Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
Lake Zurich High School Wind Ensemble (Lake Zurich, IL)    
Josh Thompson, director
Meeting Room W183

Thursday, December 20, 2012 (10:00-11:20A)
Adult Band Rehearsal Lab
Leonard Slatkin, rehearsal technician
Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Music Director, Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), France
Principal Guest Conductor, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, TX)
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Music Director and Conductor    
Christopher Tucker, Director of Artistic Planning
Skyline Ballroom W375AB

Thursday, December 20, 2012 (11:10A-12:10P)
High School Orchestra Rehearsal Lab
Walter Temme, rehearsal technician
Mountain View High School (Mesa, AZ)    
Main South High School Orchestra (Park Ridge, IL)
Rebecca Oppenheim, conductor
Meeting Room W183

Thursday, December 20, 2012 (1:30-2:30P)
High School Orchestra Rehearsal Lab
Leonard Slatkin, rehearsal technician
Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Music Director, Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), France
Principal Guest Conductor, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Evanston Township High School Symphony Orchestra (Evanston, IL)
Charles Abplanalp, conductor
Meeting Room W183

Thursday, December 20, 2012 (4:30-5:30P)
Middle School Band Rehearsal Lab
Mike Brown, rehearsal technician
Downing Middle School (Texas)
Shadow Ridge MS Honor Winds (Flower Mound, TX)
Chris Meredith, director
Meeting Room W183

Friday, December 21, 2012 (8:30-9:30A)
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
Douglas Akey, rehearsal technician
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies (Mesa, AZ)
Valley High School Symphony Band (West Des Moines, IA)
Tony Garmoe, director
Meeting Room W183

Friday, December 21, 2012 (11:00A-12:30P)
Jazz Band Rehearsal Lab
Wynton Marsalis, rehearsal technician
Managing and Artistic Director
Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York, NY)
Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Christopher Dorsey, director
Skyline Ballroom W375AB

Friday, December 21, 2012 (3:30-4:30P)
High School Band Rehearsal Lab
Marcellus Brown, rehearsal technician
Boise State University (Boise, ID)
Clarence Wind Ensemble (Clarence, NY)
William Eicher, conductor
Meeting Room W183

Saturday, December 22, 2012 (10:00-11:00A)
Community Band Rehearsal Lab
My Favorite Marches, Vol. 1
Col. John Bourgeois, rehearsal technician
Director Emeritus, The United States Marine Band, "The President's Own"
Visiting Professor and Artist-in-Residence, Loyola University New Orleans
Virginia Wind Symphony (Virginia Beach, VA)
Dennis Zeisler, music director
Meeting Room W183

*Rehearsal labs are subject to change.