{"id":21498,"date":"2017-09-22T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:54","slug":"unc-bands-launches-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=21498","title":{"rendered":"UNC Bands Launches Initiative To Collaborate With High School Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UNC Department of Music is taking a new approach this year to recruit high school students for its concert bands.<\/p>\n

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Arris Golden, seen here conducting the Symphony Band, is leading UNC Bands\u2019 outreach initiative to collaborate with state high schools.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Arris Golden<\/a>, Assistant Director of University Bands and conductor of the Symphony Band, has been instrumental in the effort to reach out to North Carolina high school bands. Several are scheduled to\u00a0perform collaborative concerts and attend clinics on campus.<\/p>\n

Conducted by Andy Carter, the Orange High School Band will perform with the UNC Symphony Band on\u00a0December 4 in an\u00a0American music-themed concert<\/a>.\u00a0Northwood conductor Brett Cox will lead his band with the UNC Symphony Band in a February concert. Finally, West Forsyth conductors Patricia Ball and Phil Wingfield will direct their band with the UNC Wind Ensemble in April.<\/p>\n

In addition to the concerts, Golden will lead clinics on campus\u00a0with the bands from East Wake and Eastern Randolph.<\/p>\n

These\u00a0collaborations not only introduce UNC and the Department of Music\u00a0to many high school band students, but they also\u00a0allow\u00a0the department to\u00a0give back to cherished alumni of the program, such as Ball (B.M. \u201994) and Cox (B.M. \u201914).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting and really an honor that they trust me and my students as much as they do to come put on a concert with a college band,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n

During his time in Chapel Hill, Cox was a member of the Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble, and a\u00a0trombone quartet.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou make all these relationships and then you leave campus, and you\u2019re not really sure who\u2019s still thinking of you,\u201d Cox said. \u201cTo know that they\u2019re keeping up with me and what Northwood bands are doing just touched my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golden feels that bringing UNC\u00a0alumni who are teaching in the public schools back to campus with their students will reinforce relationships that, in time, will support the continued growth of the\u00a0UNC Bands<\/a>\u00a0program and the Department of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our alums to actually come back and perform as conductors in the space where they used to sit and play as players is a neat all-around concept and I think we\u2019ll see dividends from that within the overall program,\u201d Golden said.<\/p>\n

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Marching Tar Heels with high school students at a UNC Honor Band Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UNC Bands\u00a0holds\u00a0a similar high school outreach initiative each football season through the Marching Tar Heels Honor Band Day. The event allows high school marching band students to spend an entire day with the Marching Tar Heels, rehearsing and performing side-by-side with them during a football game.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0program has proved to be an effective recruiting tool, and there are many current UNC students who attended the honor day in high school.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Honor Band Day] definitely reinforced my decision to stay in band,\u201d said UNC sophomore Dylan Ervin. \u201cI kind of already knew it, but [the event] also gave me more insight to how cool of a place this is. Everyone in band was just nice and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow UNC sophomore Gabe Luna also attended an Honor Band Day and said the event was pivotal in his decision to attend Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a junior [in high school], I had no clue what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go,\u201d Luna said. \u201cThen I saw what UNC had to offer and I noticed I fit in, and that\u2019s what I needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golden hopes the collaborative concerts and clinics will have a similar impact on high school students\u00a0as the marching band honor day, giving area high school students the opportunity to observe the UNC concert bands in rehearsal and performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never too early to bring a kid on a college campus,\u201d Golden said. \u201cEspecially if they are already interested in the school. You just start building relationships to get them to be really convinced that \u2018This is where I want to go. This is where I want to be.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The collaboration\u2019s benefit to UNC Bands is evident, however Cox also wants his students to take full advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want my students to get to listen to those that are just above them,\u201d Cox said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to be college students in anywhere from one to four years. For them to know that it\u2019s attainable for them to try out for these kind of groups and get to continue to play, that is one thing I want them to get out of [the concert].\u201d<\/p>\n

Although this is the first time Northwood will perform alongside a UNC band, several music professors have worked with Northwood in the past, including Jeff Fuchs, Evan Feldman, and Michael Kris.<\/p>\n

UNC Bands hopes this outreach initiative will continue to strengthen pre-existing relationships, such as the one with Cox and Northwood, and\u00a0establish new ones across the state.<\/p>\n

By Parth Upadhyaya, UNC music department<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arris Golden, Assistant Director of University Bands and conductor of the Symphony Band, in conjunction with the UNC department of music, is taking a new approach this year to recruit high school students for its concert 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