February 14-15, 2025
The annual University of Wisconsin-Platteville Tri-State Honors Band Festival provides rewarding music experiences for high school band students and directors. The two-day event includes clinics, master classes, rehearsals, and concerts led by a guest conductor/clinician and UW-Platteville music faculty.
Guest Clinician
William Owens
William Owens (b. 1963) is a native of Gary, Indiana. He is a seasoned music educator and very active as a composer, clinician and conductor throughout the United States and Canada. His compositional style for young ensembles displays a keen, practical approach which has firmly established him as a leader in the field. Since 1993, Mr. Owens has written over 200 commissioned and published works for concert band, string orchestra and small ensemble. His music is performed and appears on required music lists nationally and abroad.
William is a 1985 graduate of Chicago's VanderCook College of Music and the recipient of numerous awards and grants for composition. Professional memberships include the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), the Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) and Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity.
William resides in Fort Worth, TX with his wife and best friend, Georgia.
Registration
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Director Registration
Participating directors are requested to complete the director registration form. There is no registration fee for directors and we will buy your lunch and dinner on Friday. Please let us know in advance if you plan to attend. Director's activities include observation of rehearsals by our clinicians, the low brass and director's clinic, concert attendance, and a luncheon on Saturday sponsored by West Music. If you need housing on Friday evening, the Holiday Inn Express in Platteville, and Country Inn and Suites are available. Director's spouses, parents, administrators, and others are cordially invited to attend all clinic events.
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Student Nomination
Eligibility
Students enrolled in grades 9-12 must be nominated by their high school director. As the festival is designed for the more proficient and experienced instrumentalists, it is assumed the director will nominate his/her most capable players.
Enrollment Procedure
To recommend talented students interested in participating in the Tri-State Honors Band Festival, directors should use the student nomination form and provide concise comments regarding the students’ musical accomplishments.
Deadline
Student nominations are now closed. Selected students from your school and finalized festival information will be forwarded to you by Jan 17, 2025.
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Student Registration
Fees
To confirm a student’s nomination, they will be asked to register online. Specifics will follow in later correspondence. Please do not complete the student registration or pay the fee until after nominees are notified of their selection. The festival registration fees for students are as follows.
Residential fee: $175
This includes all meals (lunch and dinner on Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday), housing, t-shirt, and complete supervision of your students.Commuter fee: $125
This includes lunch and dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday for students who commute to the festival.Arrival and Departure
Registration and chair placement auditions will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning. The final concert is Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Festival Placement Auditions
After registration check-in, students will perform a brief audition on their festival music for chair placement within their assigned section.
Detailed Festival Information
Accepted students will receive a complete description of the festival procedures (registration form, music, festival schedule, etc.) by Jan 17, 2025. These materials will be emailed to the director for distribution to the invited students.
If you would like to audition for the UW-Platteville Department of Music, bring two contrasting selections to play and we will set up an audition time for you on Friday. Please contact Daniel Rowland at rowlandd@uwplatt.edu. Learn more about the audition process for music scholarships.