About the Event
The IN-ASTA High School Orchestra Invitational will take place on November 1 and 2, 2024 at Ball State University. Directors may choose to attend Friday evening or Saturday morning/afternoon.
The process will run similar to the ASTA National Orchestra Festival. In three 25-minute segments, each orchestra will receive a warm-up time, performance time (two pieces of director’s choice), and a clinic with one adjudicator after their performance. Lunch, dinner, and travel plans will be at the discretion of the directors. Register today!
Clinicians
Mr. J. Cameron Law
J. Cameron Law is an award-winning educator, cellist, composer, and conductor. He retired in 2019 after 29 years as Director of Orchestras at Grand Junction High School and West Middle School, and he has also served as a music instructor at Colorado Mesa University. He is the co-principal cellist of the Grand Junction Symphony, was the cellist for Trio de las Americas, and performed for several seasons at the Crested Butte Summer Music Festival.
Dr. Matthew H. Spieker
Matthew H. Spieker has been a music educator for over 30 years and has taught all levels of orchestra and general music in the U.S. school districts of South Carolina and Colorado. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Spieker taught at the John F. Kennedy Schule in Berlin, Germany, and since 2016, he has taught music education at Ball State University. Dr. Spieker continues to work with young musicians through the Youth Symphony Orchestra of East Central Indiana.
Dr. Rebecca B. Macleod
Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod is Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she teaches string education and conducts the University of Illinois Philharmonia Orchestra. Her research on working with underserved populations, vibrato technique, music teacher education, and music perception has been presented at the International Conference of Music Perception and Cognition, Music Research and Human Behavior International Conference, International Society for Music Education, National Association for Music Education National Conference, American String Teachers National Conference, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Society for Music Teacher Education, and music educators state conferences.