Meet the WBDI Members at the 2025 Midwest Clinic!
Clinicians, Composers, and Conductors
Composer
Laura Estes
Shadow Ridge MS Honor Winds
December 18, 2025 - 8:45am
"Fleet Street March"
Clinician
Tiffany Hitz
Composer
Christina Huss
1. Trajectory - Bentonville HS - 12/18, 11:15
2. Dark Star - Canyon Ridge - 12/18, 2:00
3. Scarborough Fantasy - Kerr MS - 12/19,
8:30
4. Of Lochs and Thistles - Pearland JH West
12/19 at 11:00
Clinician
Lori Schwartz Reichl
Clinician
Dr. Myra Rhoden
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Inspiring Leaders Through Music: A Legacy for the Next Generation
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Recruiting and Promoting Female Low Brass Players in Middle and High School Band
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Book Signings the GIA Booth #1403 for Through My Music: Inspiring the Next Generation of Leaders
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Wednesday (12/17) @ 1:30 PM
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Thursday (12/18) @ 10:30 PM
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Clinician
Jessica Sneeringer
Recruiting and Promoting Female Low Brass Players in Middle and High School Band
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Meet the WBDI Members at the 2024 Midwest Clinic!
Julia Baumanis
LaToya Webb and Julia Baumanis will be at Midwest with their book, GO ON! Tell Your Story - Voices of Women Band Directors. This will be sold at the GIA booth, and they will also have a reception for all women who are featured in the book at the Conn Selmer Artist Space in downtown Chicago.
Amy Bovin
If the Oxford Handbook on Gender and Queer Studies is out in time, Amy, Colleen Sears, and Heather Sholtis will be doing signings for their chapter that they co-wrote.
Danielle Fisher
Danielle's composition, Pathways, will be performed by the Vandercook Symphonic Band.
Friday (12/20), 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM, 375AB
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Tiffany Hitz
Guest Conductor, J.W. Robinson Secondary School Symphonic Band - 8:45AM
Thursday, December 19, 2024 – Ballroom 375AB
Christina Huss
When an Angel Gets Its Wings will be performed by the Dawson HS Wind Ensemble.
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Wednesday (12/18), 4:15-5:15, 375E
A Song for Peace will be performed by the Kranz JH Honors Band.
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Thursday (12/19), 2:00-2:45, 375E
Trajectory and Giant Slayer: Excelcia Reading Session
Nikki Sanford
Nikki assists the high school and directs the middle school. Her program is the demo group at Midwest for Dana
Sedatole's Rehearsal Lab on Thursday.
