RDC hosting Provincial Festival of Bands
RDC is excited to host students from across Western Canada, who will be attending the annual Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands from May 8 to 13 and May 15 to 18.
About 7,000 Junior, Senior and Community Band students will participate in 10 days of performances, clinics and sight-reading activities.
Prestigious adjudicators, educators and clinicians from Canada and the U.S. will be judging this year’s Festival. They include in Week One: Dr. Rick McEnaney from Clark County School Division in Lav Vegas, Nevada; Dr. Leah McGray from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee; Dr. Karen Gustafson from Red Deer College; Mr. Bill Kristjanson from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg; and Ms. Patricia Hengel from Edmonton.
freeWeek Two includes: Dr. Gordon Brock from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida; Dr. Scott Jones from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Gerard Morris from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington; Dr. Darren Oehlerking from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon; and Mr. Brian Thorlacius from Calgary.