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Volunteer Concert Clinic

February 22, 2024

Registration is OPEN @ the link below!

The Volunteer Concert Clinic is an exciting opportunity for MS and HS concert bands to perform on the University of Tennessee-Knoxville campus in the beautiful Student Union Auditorium. Ensembles will have a 15-20 minute performance slot followed by a hands on rehearsal clinic an outstanding featured music educator and the UT bands faculty. This is a non-rating format festival focused on student achievement and growth!

CLINICIANS:

David Adyelott, featured clinician
UT Bands faculty: Dr. John Zastoupil, Dr. Michael Stewart, and Dr. Fuller Lyon

FEATURED CLINICIAN
David Adyelott

A Middle Tennessee State University graduate, David Aydelott is the recently retired Director of Bands at Siegel High School in the Rutherford County Tennessee School District. Before his retirement, Mr. Aydelott taught high school bands in Tennessee at Lexington, John Overton, Ravenwood, Franklin, and Siegel for 29 years. Additionally, he was the Director of Fine Arts in the Williamson County School District for two years.

Bands under Mr. Aydelott’s direction received recognition on state and national levels, including the Grammy “Signature School” Award and the John Philip Sousa Association Sudler Shield.  His ensembles received invitations to perform at the Tennessee Music Education Association annual conference, the Music for All National Festival, and the Music for All National Chamber Music Festival. 

Mr. Aydelott has been a part of several commissioning efforts, including Magnetic Fireflies by Augusta Read Thomas, The Seal Lullaby for Wind Ensemble by Eric Whitacre, Of Our New Day Begun by Omar Thomas, and to commemorate Siegel High’s 20th year, Leading Star Fanfare by Tyler S. Grant. 

A recipient of the National Band Association’s Certificate of Merit and the Citation of Excellence, Mr. Aydelott is an active clinician and arranger and has served as an adjudicator for Drum Corps International and Bands of America. As part of their 40th Anniversary, Music for All named David Aydelott to the “Forty for Forty,” a list of educators who made a difference in Music for All’s history. In December 2014, the John Philip Sousa Foundation named Mr. Aydelott a Laureate of the Bandworld “Legion of Honor.” Mr. Aydelott has held leadership positions in professional music education associations, and two years as a member of the Education Council for the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. He and his wife Renee have two children, Katherine and Meredith. 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Cost: $150 per ensemble
Payment Link:
https://www.tennesseebandevents.com/volunteer-concert-clinic.cfm

The University of Tennessee Bands

University of Tennessee Bands
1741 Volunteer Blvd.
227 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-2605
Phone: 865-974-5031
Email:  utband@utk.edu

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