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Saturday, January 31, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mark your calendars for the UT Conducting Workshop! We will welcome KEVIN SEDATOLE, Director of Bands at Michigan State University, alongside John Zastoupil, Michael Stewart, and Fuller Lyon of the University of Tennessee for a fulfilling day of collaborative music making, personal growth, and friendship! The workshop takes place in the Haslam Music Center on the beautiful campus of the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration Application<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application window is open until November 1, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions, please contact John Zastoupil at jzastoup@utk.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop Registration Details\/Fees:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Participant: $150\n
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    • Participating conductors receive podium time with each ensemble and coaching by our clinicians<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Achieve professional development hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Observer: $50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Student (non-UT) Observer: $25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Repertoire (one selection per ensemble):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Repertoire TBD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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          Schedule:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          8:00am<\/td>Welcome<\/td><\/tr>
          8:05am<\/td>Morning \u201cTune Up\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
          8:30am<\/td>Conducting Session I w\/ UT Wind Symphony<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
          12:15pm<\/td>Lunch (provided)<\/td><\/tr>
          1:00pm<\/td>Presentation by Dr. Kevin Sedatole<\/td><\/tr>
          1:45pm<\/td>BREAK<\/td><\/tr>
          2:00pm<\/td>Conducting Session II w\/ UT Wind Ensemble<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
          5:15pm<\/td>Wrap-Up<\/td><\/tr>
          5:30pm<\/td>Dinner\/Social<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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          Featured Clinician<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          Kevin Sedatole<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          Kevin Sedatole<\/em> serves as Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the Michigan State University College of Music. At MSU, Professor Sedatole serves as administrator of the entire band program totaling over 700 students that includes the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Concert Band, Chamber Winds, Campus Bands, Spartan Marching Band and Spartan Brass. He also guides the graduate wind-conducting program in addition to conducting the MSU Wind Symphony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Prior to joining MSU, he was director of bands and associate professor of conducting at Baylor University. Previous to his appointment at Baylor he served as associate director of bands at the University of Texas and director of the Longhorn Band, and as associate director of bands at the University of Michigan and Stephen F. Austin State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Sedatole has conducted performances for the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as performances in Carnegie Hall. He has conducted across the United States and Europe. Most recently the MSU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Professor Sedatole, has given featured performances at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic held in Chicago, Ill. and at the national conventions of the College Band Directors\u2019 National Association held in Austin, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri. Performances conducted by Professor Sedatole have won accolades from prominent composers including Robert Beaser, John Corigliano, Michael Colgrass, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, Ricardo Lorenz, Michael Daugherty, John Mackey, Jonathan Newman, Carter Pann, Joel Puckett, Dan Welcher as well as many others. Professor Sedatole also serves on the summer faculty of the Interlochen Music Camp, Board of Directors for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and as the president of the CBDNA North Central division. His international engagements include residencies at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Tokyo, Japan and the Mid Europe Festival, Schladming, Austria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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