The IU Summer Music Clinic offers students in grades 8-12 a 5-day “Virtual Symposium” that includes daily group instrumental lessons; 6 masterclass sessions with renowned faculty from the IU Jacobs School of Music and across the country; music electives such as music theory, composition, conducting, jazz improvisation, chamber music, and leadership; and the creation of virtual band, orchestra, and jazz ensemble performance projects in collaboration with Keep Making Music. Improve your musical skills and learn from some of the best educators in the country.
Summer Music Clinic
Academy faculty
Jason H. Nam is assistant professor (bands) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Concert Band and teaches instrumental conducting courses and administration of school bands. He has served as a conductor, assistant director, and was recently appointed director of the IU Summer Music Clinic.
Sharilyn Spicknall is a freelance violinist, violist, and pianist who enjoys and sustains an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording studio artist, collaborative pianist, orchestral musician, adjudicator, and teacher/coach/clinician. Mrs. Spicknall's academic affiliations have included positions at Indiana State, Purdue, DePauw, and Eastern Illinois Universities, and Saint Mary of the Woods College.
Dr. Beth Sievers is currently the Director of the Sooner String Project at the University of Oklahoma. Each semester there are approximately 90 students (ages 4-18) in the program. Dr. Sievers oversees the program, acts as the master teacher, and trains college students to assist her with classes and private lessons.
Cindy Watson holds a MME from the IU Jacobs School of Music and has a busy private teaching studio. She has served in middle schools as orchestra director, as string clinician at Emory University (Atlanta), and has frequently performed with orchestras in the greater Baltimore area, including the Baltimore Philharmonia, where she served as principal violist in 2009.
Helen Shively Ford teaches cello and coaches chamber music at the Indiana University String Academy. Previously, she was on the faculty of the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, where she served as cello instructor and chamber music coordinator. Currently, Mrs. Ford performs as a member of the Bloomington chamber music collective, Studio in Bloom.
Brian Powell is Associate Professor of Double Bass and String Music Education at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. He has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Florida Philharmonic. As a soloist, Dr. Powell won the Aspen Music Festival Double Bass Solo Competition.
Christopher Dortwegt serves on the Fine Arts Faculty of Wauconda High School (IL) where he co-teaches four curricular concert bands, marching band, and leads the jazz ensemble. He holds a Master of Music Degree in Wind Conducting with an Outside Area in Flute from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Dr. Kathleen Carter Bell is Lecturer in Oboe and English Horn at Auburn University (AL). She holds a Doctor of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has played with many orchestras, including the Indianapolis and Huntsville symphonies, at summer music festivals including Brevard, Banff, and MasterWorks, and is a founding member of the Elicio Winds and the Aether Reed Quintet.
Dr. Nicholas Waldron is Associate Director of Bands at Cal Poly, where he oversees the marching band and wind orchestra. He holds a DMA in Wind Conducting from the University of Kansas and MM and BME degrees from Indiana University, where he studied bassoon with William Ludwig and Kathleen McLean.
Carl Kling is a clarinetist and Director of Bands at Ballard High School in Louisville, KY. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Wesleyan, a Master of Music degree from Stephen F. Austin University, and has completed coursework for the Doctor of Music degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Kevin Watson, saxophonist, is Associate Professor of Music Education at Western University (Ontario) specializing in music psychology and jazz pedagogy. Dr. Watson directs the Western University Jazz Ensemble, and co-directs the Western Young Winds program.
Trumpeter/cornetist Master Gunnery Sergeant Susan Rider joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in 1997. She holds both a master's degree in music and a doctorate in brass pedagogy from Indiana University. Ms. Rider also taught studio trumpet in Odessa (TX) and at Purdue University (IN).
Aimee Page is a native of Bloomington, Indiana. She has performed with many symphony orchestras, including Jacksonville, Lansing, Battle Creek, Indianapolis and Eastern Connecticut. Her military career spans a 30-year period, joining the U.S. Naval Academy Band in 1987 and retiring from the U.S. Coast Guard Band in 2017.
Jonathan Whitaker is professor of trombone at the University of Alabama. His students have been tremendously successful in national and international solo competitions as well as being placed in some of the nation’s top summer music festivals.
Rich Paluch is currently the Director of bands at Mannheim Middle School (IL), where he directs three concert bands, a jazz band, and a percussion ensemble. As a percussionist, he has performed with the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Fox Valley Concert Band, The Aurora American Legion Band, and the prestigious Wheaton Municipal Band, where he has been a featured summer soloist and guest conductor.
Masterclass faculty
Frank Diaz is associate professor of music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he teaches courses on instrumental music education, research methods, and mindfulness for musicians. He is also a highly sought-out conductor for honors, community, secondary, and collegiate orchestras.
Rodney Dorsey is professor of music in bands and chair of the Department of Bands at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Ensembles under his direction have performed at state and national events. He is an active guest conductor, having led intercollegiate, all-state, and regional honors bands around the country.
As a jazz educator, Lissa May served as jazz band director at Oakland University, Michigan, while also serving as supervisor of fine arts for the Waterford School District. She is a former faculty member in band and jazz studies at Purdue University, where she directed the Purdue jazz band.
Samuel Fischer is artist professor of violin at the University of Redlands (CA) and violin instructor at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts. He enjoys a versatile career as a performer, recording artist, and educator.
Stephen Wyrczynski is professor of music in viola at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He was a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 18 years and has been an artist-faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival and School since 2006.
Brandon Vamos is professor of practice in cello at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and a member of the Pacifica Quartet, the school's quartet-in-residence. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras worldwide and has collaborated with many distinguished artists, including Paul Katz, Michael Tree, Yo-Yo Ma, Menahem Pressler, and the Emerson Quartet.
Robert Goodlett is assistant principal bass with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Prior to joining the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1972, he played four seasons with the Louisville Orchestra.
Tamara Thweatt was principal piccolo of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 2000-2002 and has served as guest principal piccolo in subscription concerts of the Chicago Symphony, National Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra, and has performed as flutist with the Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Thweatt teaches privately, coaches chamber music, and performs widely in concerts and recordings in Indianapolis.
Linda Strommen is professor of music in oboe at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has also been a guest faculty member at The Juilliard School for the past 20 years and is a faculty member with Interlochen Arts Camp and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.
Kathleen McLean is associate professor of music in bassoon at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Internationally recognized, McLean was the associate principal bassoon of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 2009 and is a sought-after chamber and orchestral musician, recitalist, and teacher.
Howard Klug is professor of music in clarinet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is a chamber musician, soloist, and clinician who has performed throughout the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Venezuela, China, and Israel.
Otis Murphy is professor of saxophone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is in great demand as an international soloist and clinician, having performed in some 20 countries worldwide across four continents.
Joey Tartell is professor of music in trumpet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has toured and recorded with Maynard Ferguson, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and the U.S. Army's Jazz Ambassadors.
Jeff Nelsen is professor of horn at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, founder of Fearless Performance LLC, and a member of the Canadian Brass.
Jonathan Whitaker is professor of trombone at the University of Alabama. His students have been tremendously successful in national and international solo competitions as well as being placed in some of the nation’s top summer music festivals.
Demondrae Thurman is professor of euphonium at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He has an outstanding international reputation as a euphonium soloist in Europe, Asia, and throughout North America. He plays first euphonium and trombone in the Sotto Voce Quartet, and first baritone horn in the Brass Band of Battle Creek, a British brass band.
Dan Perantoni is provost professor of tuba at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is a legendary tuba artist and pedagogue as well as a trailblazer in a variety of genres, including work as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, jazz musician, and in instrument design.
Kevin Bobo is professor of percussion at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Internationally respected as a solo marimba artist, Bobo has performed on five continents. His travels have taken him to Taiwan, Singapore, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Australia, Latvia, Lithuania, Europe, the Czech Republic, and nearly 40 states in the U.S.
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Registration
Dates: June 14–18, 2021
Tuition: $500
Non-refundable registration fee: $75
Registration and fees deadline: May 31
We look forward to our usual full in-person IU Summer Music Clinic experience in 2022; in the meantime, take advantage of this unique opportunity to improve musical skills and learn from some of the best educators in the country. Please visit our website for more information.