Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr., Guest Conductor
Andrew Boysen, Jr. is presently a professor in the music department at the University of New Hampshire, where he conducts the wind symphony and teaches conducting and composition. Under his leadership, the UNH wind symphony has released seven recordings and been invited to perform at regional conventions of the College Band Directors National Association and National Association for Music Education. Previously, Boysen taught at Indiana State University and Cary-Grove (IL) High School, and was the music director and conductor of the Deerfield Community Concert Band. He remains active as a guest conductor and clinician, appearing with high school, university and festival ensembles around the world.
Boysen earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the Eastman School of Music, where he served as conductor of the Eastman Wind Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He received his Master of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University in 1993 and his Bachelor of Music degree in music education and music composition from the University of Iowa in 1991.
He maintains an active schedule as a composer, receiving commissions from festival, university, and high school concert bands across the United States. Boysen won the College Band Directors National Association Composition Contest in 2013, the International Horn Society Composition Contest in 2000, the University of Iowa Honors Composition Prize in 1991 and has twice won the Claude T. Smith Memorial Band Composition Contest, in 1991 and 1994. Boysen has several published works with the Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Wingert-Jones Music, Alfred Music, Ludwig Masters Music, and C. Alan Publications, including pieces for band, orchestra, clarinet and piano, and brass choir. Recordings of his music appear on the Sony, R-Kal, Mark, St. Olaf and Elf labels.
Mr. Joe Gulledge, Guest Conductor
Joe Gulledge served as a band director in South Carolina for 28 years. He is past president of the South Carolina Band Directors Association and the current president for the South Carolina Music Educators Association. Mr. Gulledge received his Master of Arts in conducting at Sam Houston State University in 2010 and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1994.
Concert ensembles under Mr. Gulledge’s direction have received consistent superior ratings at the South Carolina CPA in grades IV and VI masterworks. Most recently, the Clover High School Wind Ensemble was featured as a performing ensemble at the 2022 SCMEA Professional Development Conference. Marching bands under his direction have been finalists at Bands of America Regional and Super Regional events eight times. For the past 25 years, his programs have also received the Outstanding Performance Award established by the South Carolina Band Directors Association.
Mr. Gulledge is also an active adjudicator, clinician, and performer across the Southeast. He was inducted into the South Carolina Band Directors Association Hall of Fame in 2022. His professional affiliations include the South Carolina Band Directors Association, South Carolina Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Educators, American School Band Directors Association, Phi Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Gulledge is a native of Lilesville, NC. He currently resides in Rock Hill, SC with his wife Suzanne and their two children.
Dates/Times
Thursday, November 21:
4 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. (Check-in & ensemble placement auditions)
8 p.m. - Opening Ceremony (Performances by Winthrop University Wind Symphony, trumpet ensemble, percussion ensemble, trombone choir, jazz ensemble & more)
Friday, November 22:
8 a.m. – Ensemble assignments
8:30 a.m. – Morning rehearsal begins
11:30 a.m. – Lunch (on your own)
1 p.m. – Return to rehearsal spaces
1:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. – Masterclasses (Winthrop University Faculty)
3 p.m. – Evening rehearsal begins
7 p.m. – Students dismissed
Saturday, November 23:
8 a.m. – Morning rehearsal begins
9 a.m. – Scholarship Auditions for registered students
11:30 a.m. – Lunch (on your own – change into concert attire)
1:30 p.m. – Afternoon rehearsal begins
3 p.m. – Invitational Band Clinic Concerts
Student participants will be selected from a list of director nominations. Once selected, students will complete a playing assessment for Winthrop University faculty. Participants will then be divided into two bands. Each band will rehearse and perform with one of our expert clinicians.
Nominations must be submitted online no later than Friday, September 27, 2024. Directors will be notified of decisions regarding student selection during the week of October 7th.
To access the Nomination Form CLICK HERE.
Need a schedule for masterclass information
Parking passes will be given out free of charge at the WU IBC Opening Ceremony.
•Map of parking areas around campus
Each student will be assessed for part placement by the Winthrop University faculty. Students are to prepare a short etude or an excerpt from a solo. Sight-reading and scales MAY be part of the audition. Percussionists will sight-read only and should be prepared to play timpani, mallets, and snare drum.
Scholarships and entrance auditions will be held on Saturday, November 23rd at 9 a.m.
Interested Seniors are to fill out an application and read the audition requirements no later than (TBA) to arrange an audition time.
The 43rd Annual Invitational Band Clinic will be held on Thursday, November 21 at 8 p.m. All students and directors are invited to attend a concert performed by our very own Winthrop University Ensembles.
Selected students can find housing at Rock Hill-area hotels either by calling or browsing travel sites online (hotels.com, Trivago, hotwire.com, Kayak, etc.). All housing arrangements are the responsibility of the student, parent, and/or band director. We have provided a list of hotels that participants have used in previous years, but you are free to make reservations wherever you wish. There are numerous restaurants available on campus and within walking distance of campus for lunch and dinner breaks.
CLARION POINTE (803) 329–1330, about 2.8 miles from Winthrop
106 Anderson Rd N, Rock Hill, SC 29730-2712
HILTON GARDEN INN ROCK HILL (803) 325–2800, about 3.1 miles from Winthrop
650 Tinsley Way, Rock Hill, SC 29730
BEST WESTERN ROCK HILL (803) 980–0400, about 3.2 miles from Winthrop
888 Riverview Rd I-77, exit 82B, Rock Hill, SC 29730
HAMPTON INN ROCK HILL (803) 325–1100, about 3.2 miles from Winthrop
2111 Tabor Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730
CAMBRIA HOTEL ROCK HILL UNIVERSITY CENTER (803) 324–0004, about .4 miles from Winthrop
354 Technology Center Way, Rock Hill, SC 29730-0142
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY RADISSON, ROCK HILL (803). 329–5151, about 3.0 miles from Winthrop
865 Patriot Parkway, Rock Hill, SC 29730
The final concert for the Invitational Band Clinic will be held on Saturday, November 23rd at 3:00pm in the Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education, and Wellness Center (701 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC 29733) on the Winthrop University Campus. Students should dress in their school concert band uniform. All guests are welcome to attend at no additional charge. Parking is available on the Winthrop University campus.
For more information please contact:
Lorrie Crochet, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Music, Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Office: 122 Conservatory of Music
Phone: 803/323-4610
E-mail: crochetl@winthrop.edu
Kristin Arp
Professor of Music, Assistant Director of Bands
Office: 224 Conservatory of Music
Phone: 803/323-2572
E-mail: arpk@winthrop.edu