Hartwick College Honor Band

The Music Department at Hartwick College is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Hartwick College Honor Band, to be held at the College’s Anderson Center for the Arts on Saturday, October 26, 2019.

This event brings high school students from around the region together for an intensive day of music-making on our beautiful campus with our faculty and students. The day culminates in an evening concert alongside the Hartwick Wind Ensemble and faculty piano soloist Professor Fideliz Campbell.

Players also work with a distinguished guest conductor. This year’s guest is Jasmine Britt, director of the Kings County Concert Band.

Any experienced band students in grades 9-12 are invited to apply. Applicants will be notified of their status by Friday, October 4. A $25 registration fee will cover lunch, dinner, and a t-shirt.

Complete your online application by October 1.

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Jasmine Britt

Honor Band Guest Conductor

Jasmine Britt is Artistic Director & Conductor of the Kings County Concert Band in Brooklyn, New York. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Florida State University and her Master’s in Music Education from Ithaca College. Upon graduating with honors from FSU, Ms. Britt taught band at Olsen Middle School in Dania Beach, Florida where her students participated in the Broward All-County Band and Florida All-State Bands. In 2007 she became the band director at Middle School 50 in Brooklyn, leading the symphonic band to its first Gold Medal Rating at NYSSMA evaluation in 2009 then again in 2010 and 2011. She is currently a band director at the Grand Street Campus High Schools, directing the Symphonic Band, Jazz Band B, the Concert Band and several chamber ensembles. She is a woodwind coach/associate conductor of the NYC DOE All City Concert Band and most recently conducted the MEANYC District All State Middle School Concert Band.

Andrew D. Pease

Honor Band Host, Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music

Andrew D. Pease directs Hartwick’s Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble and teaches conducting and orchestration. He began his career in New York City, where he led the Columbia University Wind Ensemble and Columbia Summer Winds. He has degrees from Dartmouth College, Columbia University, Hofstra University, and a DMA in wind conducting at Arizona State University, where his primary teachers were Gary Hill and Wayne Bailey.

Program Schedule

9:00 a.m.	Check-In	Anderson 201 (Music Circle)
9:30 a.m.	Rehearsal	Anderson Theatre
12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Campus Commons
1:30 p.m.	Sectional Rehearsals	Anderson Center
3:00 p.m.	Rehearsal	Anderson Theatre
5:45 p.m.	Dinner	Anderson Center
7:30 p.m.	Performance	Anderson Theatre