Session Proposals

Jason Worzbyt is Professor of Bassoon and Director of Adult and Community Bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.S. in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music in wind conducting from the University of North Texas and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in bassoon performance from the University of North Texas. Dr. Worzbyt has studied bassoon with Kathleen Reynolds, principal bassoon of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and professor of bassoon at the University of North Texas; Kristen Wolfe Jensen, professor of bassoon at the University of Texas; David T. Borst, professor emeritus of bassoon at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and James Rodgers, principal contrabassoon of the Pittsburgh Symphony. His conducting teachers include Jack Stamp, director of band studies emeritus at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Eugene Migliaro Corporon, director of wind studies at the University of North Texas.

Choosing appropriate and quality repertoire for our youngest instrumentalists is paramount for their initial success in band. The
purpose of this session is to investigate beginning band repertoire 0.5 in difficulty, defining the grading parameters most often used by
composers and publishers, with suggestions for specific works and composers.
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*A significant portion of this clinic/presentation will the performance of 15-20 of these works for beginning band. I am proposing creating a reading band for these performances by contacting all universities in Oklahoma that have music education programs, and asking for music education students at the conference to perform in this reading band. In addition, I would like to invite any other attendees at the conference that might be interested in playing the reading band to participate as well.

• Band - Middle School
• Collegiate
• Mentorship/Beginning Teachers