This session will use excerpts of Canadian wind band music to highlight information and topics that can provide practical and immediate benefit to educators and conductors attending the Midwest Clinic, regardless of nationality.
Darrin Oehlerking
- Biographical Information
Dr. Darrin Oehlerking currently serves as Associate Dean of
Student Affairs for the College of Arts and Science at the University of
Saskatchewan, and is Professor of Music in the USask School For The Arts. He
previously served as Director of Bands and Jazz at Bemidji State University in
Bemidji, Minnesota, and as Music Coordinator for the Louis Riel School Division
in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prior to his appointment at USask, Dr. Oehlerking taught
a wide variety of students and musicians at the primary, secondary, and
post-secondary levels. His ensembles have enjoyed success on local, national, and international stages, garnering outstanding performance awards and showcase
invitations from a variety of organizations. He has previously served as the
President of the Canadian Band Association, as well as the President of the
Saskatchewan Band Association. Dr. Oehlerking was the conductor of the 2022
National Youth Band of Canada, and has guest conducted other prestigious groups
such as the Central Band of the Royal Air Force in Northolt, England. He has
conducted numerous honor bands and served as an adjudicator, conference
presenter, and clinician across Canada, the United States, United Kingdom,
Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. He has had two arrangements for wind
band published by Eighth Note Publications – R.C.M.P. Regimental March and Souvenir de Quebec. He is also the editor
and compiler of Winds of the
North: A Survey of the Canadian Wind Band Tradition and Repertoire,
published by GIA.