Lakeside Band Festival
February 16, 2008
Timothy Mahr, guest conductor
Festival Concert, 7:00 pm
Our goal for the Lakeside Band Festival is to provide an opportunity for area musicians to observe, engage and interact with world-class musicians. The Festival Band is comprised of area high school students, conducted by noted composer/conductors from the US. Guest soloists present clincs for the Festival Band members in addition to performing with the Carthage Wind Orchestra. Now in its sixth year, distinguished artists to have been invited to campus include:
Larry Combs, principal clarinet - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Woodrow Hodges, bassoon - Carthage College
Dr. Jay Gilbert - Doane College (guest conductor)
Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. - University of New Hampshire (guest conductor)
Daniel Bukvich - University of Idaho (guest composer)
Gregory Flint, horn - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
James Barnes - University of Kansas (guest conductor)
Susan Cook, alto saxophone - DePaul University & Carthage College
The 2008 Festival Band will perform under the direction of Dr. Timothy Mahr:
Dr. Timothy Mahr is a professor of music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he is the Conductor of the St. Olaf Band and teaches courses in composition, conducting and music education. Previous to his 1994 appointment at St. Olaf College, Mahr was Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, for ten years and taught instrumental music at Milaca High School (MN) for three years. Mahr is the principal conductor of the Twin Cities-based Minnesota Symphonic Winds and, while in Duluth, was the founder and conductor of the Twin Ports Wind Ensemble. He is Past President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association (1999-2001), and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Band Association (1996-98) and was a founding board member of the Minnesota Band Directors Association.
Mahr is well known as a composer and has over 50 works to his credit, many of which are published for band. He received the 1991 ABA/Ostwald Award for his piece, The Soaring Hawk. Five other works have been finalists in national band composition contests. His works have been programmed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, numerous national and international music conferences and in twenty countries on four continents.