GC hosts first Instrumental Conducting Workshop Feb. 14-15

 

GOSHEN, Ind. -- The Goshen College Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will host the first Goshen College Instrumental Conducting Workshop Feb. 14 and 15.

The orchestra will serve as the laboratory ensemble for young professional and pre-professional conductors from across the United States who are coming to Goshen to refine their conducting skills under the tutelage of workshop host and director Dr. John Graulty, associate professor of music, and special guest clinician Mariusz Smolij, recent resident conductor of the Houston Symphony and music director of the Wroclaw Philharmonic, one of Europe’s premiere professional orchestras.

Twelve conductor participants hailing from as far away as New York City, Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Virginia and Wisconsin will spend an intense two days participating in lectures and video-taped critiqued conducting sessions with the GC Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. One Goshen College student, senior Julia Hershberger, and one faculty member, Dr. Kathy Oyer, will also participate.

Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college's Christ-centered core values -- passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership -- prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron's Best Buys in Education, Kaplan's "Most Interesting Colleges" guide and U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, which named Goshen a "least debt college." Visit https://www.goshen.edu/.

Editors: For more information, contact Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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