Pacific Wind Band Festival

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Thursday, April 1, 2027

University of the Pacific's Wind Band Festival is a non-competitive and non-rated festival designed to be an educational experience for your students. Each participating ensemble will perform in Faye Spanos Concert Hall, receive recorded comments from our clinicians and enjoy a 25-minute clinic immediately following the performance. Directors will also receive a video recording of their ensemble’s performance. Pacific applied faculty will lead instrument-specific masterclasses during the noon hour, and the festival will conclude with an early evening concert at 6:30 pm featuring the Pacific Wind Bands.

Join Us

Open until filled (12 bands max.) 

$450—group registration fee

Each registered group will perform for 25 minutes. Each performance will be followed by a feedback session.

 

Faculty and Clinicians

Timothy Harris

Timothy Harris

He serves as director of bands and music department coordinator at Chabot College where he directs the Wind Symphony and Contemporary Music Ensemble. He also maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician.

Eric Smedley

Eric Smedley

He is associate professor of music in bands at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he directs the Symphonic Band and the Big Red Basketball Band. He maintains an active schedule as a clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator and trumpet performer.

Kevin Sütterlin

Kevin Sütterlin

He serves as associate professor of conducting and director of Pacific Orchestras at University of the Pacific. He is an internationally sought-after conductor and pedagogue who believes in the power of music. Among many other appointments, he is a Distinguished Guest Professor at Ocean University of China.

TBA once registration closes.

All performances take place in Faye Spanos Concert Hall.

There will be a 25-minute clinic following each performance.

  

Contact us

Vu Nguyen

Professor, Director of Bands

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