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. His post-secondary experience also includes assignments at the University of Manitoba and Iowa Wesleyan College.
Prior to his appointment at Saskatchewan, 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.
Dr. Oehlerking recently conducted the 2022 National Youth Band of Canada, held at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He has previously served as the President of the Canadian Band Association, as well as the President of the Saskatchewan Band Association. Dr. Oehlerking has conducted ensembles, served as an adjudicator, conference presenter and clinician across Canada, as well as in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. He has had two arrangements for wind band published by Eighth Note Publications – Regimental March of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Souvenir de Quebec.