Schedule (Draft)

Dates: Thursday, June 19th and Friday, June 20th 2025

Location: Lake Region Vocational School

Naples, Maine

Day 1 (Thursday)

8:00-8:45 Registration and Mingle

8:45-9:00 Introductions and Instrument Set Up

9:00-10:00 Session 1

10:00-11:00 Session 2

11:00-12:00 Session 3

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

1:00-2:00 Reading Music Session 

2:00-4:00 Rehearsal Lab Band

Day 2 (Friday)

9:00-10:00 Session 1

10:00-11:00 Session 2

11:00-12:00 Session 3

12:00-1:00 LUNCH 

1:00-2:00 Session 4

2:00-4:00 Rehearsal Lab Band

4:00-4:30 Circle & Wrap Up

Dr. Andrew Pease

"Listening Is Everything!"

Andrew D. Pease serves as Associate Professor of Music, Director of Instrumental Music, and Music Department Co-Chair at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, where he also directs the Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble and teaches conducting, orchestration, and composition. At Hartwick, he spearheaded the creation of the album, Stravinsky: Alone No More, with the Hartwick Faculty Wind Octet, released by Mark Masters. Beyond Hartwick, he is co-conductor of the Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble, a community band also based in Oneonta, and co-conductor of the professional Oneonta Community Concert Band. His guest conducting work has spanned elementary through professional groups in several states and the United Kingdom, including two appearances at Carnegie Hall with bands from Hartwick College and Columbia University. He completed his DMA degree in wind conducting at Arizona State University, studying with Gary Hill, Wayne Bailey, and William Reber. His work there earned him the 2017 American Prize in Wind Band Conducting at the collegiate level. He was a 2025 Grammy Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist.

Dr. Pease started his career in New York City, directing the Columbia University Wind Ensemble and the community band Columbia Summer Winds. He also taught elementary and high school band in New York and Arizona, and remains committed to public education as a board member of the New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA). He has additional degrees from Dartmouth College, Teachers College at Columbia University, and Hofstra University.

Dr. Pease runs two websites dedicated to the music of the wind band. Wind Band Literature (http://windliterature.org) has been used as a repertoire resource for bands around the world. The Wind Band Symphony Archive (http://windsymphonies.org) is a dynamic record of all known symphonies written for wind band. Dr. Pease is also a composer and arranger whose works are available at andypease.com/composer.

Dr. William Kinne

"I get excited about sharing with students where the creative possibilities are within a piece of music. I encourage them to develop a point of view and also to keep an open mind. If my students are waiting for me to tell them how to play every note, I am not doing my job."

William Kinne serves as Assistant Professor of Music and  Director of Bands at the Osher School of Music, University of Southern Maine, where he conducts the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Portland Youth Wind Ensemble. Dr. Kinne also teaches undergraduate courses on conducting and music education and leads the graduate program in wind conducting.

In addition to his duties at USM, Dr. Kinne is the conductor of the Casco Bay Wind Symphony the premiere community wind band in the greater Portland region.  Before his appointment at USM, Dr. Kinne was the Associate Director of Bands at Northern Arizona University, where he directed the symphonic, marching, and pep bands and taught undergraduate conducting.

Dr. Kinne’s career as a music educator spans a decade of teaching middle and high school instrumental music. Ensembles under his direction have earned praise for cross-disciplinary performances. He earned graduate degrees in conducting from the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado Boulder, and a bachelor of music education degree from the University of New Hampshire. His principal teachers were Allan McMurray, Donald McKinney, Michael Haithcock, and Andrew Boysen.